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LOS ANGELES, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc sellers are bracing for product shortages as Chinese workers - worried about the fast-spreading coronavirus - may be unable or unwilling to return to idled factories. Brandon Young, who pulls in more than $10 million in annual revenue from the online marketplace, has a 30-45 day supply of portable Apple Inc watch chargers that could be difficult to replenish because they are built from genuine Apple components that are exclusively made in China. Plugable Technologies founder Bernie Thompson says he could run out of his top-selling triple display laptop docking station by...

Dramatic video allegedly shows a junior varsity basketball coach at a high school in New Jersey being assaulted by members of his own team, according to a report. Four members of the team from Malcolm X. Shabazz High School in Newark allegedly assaulted the victim after they exited a bus upon returning from a basketball game in Livingston Tuesday night, as WABC reported.

Beijing, China : The endangered pangolin may be the link that facilitated the spread of the novel coronavirus across China, Chinese scientists said Friday. At least 31,000 people have been infected and 630 killed by the virus, which has spread to two dozen countries. Researchers at the South China Agricultural University have identified the scaly mammal as a "potential intermediate host," the university said in a statement, without providing further details.

NASHUA, N.H. - Outside the castle-themed Radisson Hotel where Joe Biden has been staying, his campaign bus was parked and ready for events. But on Thursday, just five days before the crucial primary here, the candidate was nowhere to be found. Biden spent Thursday gathered with his top advisers at his home in Wilmington, Del., seeking a reset and perhaps a last-ditch effort to save his candidacy, beginning with a debate Friday night. He held no public events. Following dismal results in the Iowa caucuses that have rattled many in his orbit, his campaign is now simultaneously trying to lower...

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s priorities are all mixed up. Though his state has been suffering financially for years, the pro-abortion Democrat leader is pushing for additional tax dollars for Planned Parenthood, a billion-dollar abortion chain. NBC Connecticut News reports Lamont released his proposed budget this week as he gave his annual State of the State address. The $22.3 billion budget plan includes $1.5 million for Planned Parenthood, according to the Hartford Courant. Lamont wants the state taxpayer funding to counteract President Donald Trump’s new Title X rule, which defunded Planned Parenthood of about $60 million nationally. Locally, the Southern New...

The number of cases on the quarantined Diamond Princess tripled, as the death toll from the virus in China surpassed 600. Japanese officials said on Friday that 61 people had tested positive for the coronavirus on a quarantined cruise ship in Yokohama, a steep increase from the 20 confirmed cases on Thursday. Officials have screened 273 passengers they said were potentially exposed to the virus. The 41 new patients were to be taken off the ship for medical treatment. More than 2,000 passengers on the Diamond Princess ship have been stuck inside their cabins for days as part of a...

A New York state family is trying to get Guinness World Records recognition for their dog's unusual trick -- fitting six tennis balls in his mouth at once. Cheri and Rob Molloy of Canandaigua said their daughter, Erin, brought golden retriever Finley home when he was just a puppy and she was a senior in college. Finley always had an affinity for tennis balls, and they noticed when he was about two years old that he would try to fit as many into his mouth as he could. The dog, now 6 years old, has developed the skill to the...

An Al Qaeda Leader Came to America as a Refugee, And Applied for Disability for Bullet Wounds How Biden helped an Al-Qaeda leader come to the USA. Thu Feb 6, 2020 Daniel Greenfield 88 Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. After engaging in terrorism in Iraq, an Al Qaeda leader came to America as a refugee and applied for Social Security disability benefits because his “injuries” in Iraq had made it too hard for him to work. In 2006, Ali Yousif Ahmed...

Police in Australia shared video of the rescue of a wallaby found swimming in circles nearly 4 miles from shore. The Queensland Police Service said a Water Police boat responded Wednesday to a call from a resident who spotted the marsupial swimming and monitored the animal for two hours, determining it was confused and unable to find the way back to shore. Police shared video of officers plucking the wallaby, dubbed Dawny after swimmer Dawn Fraser, out of the water. The officers gave the wallaby a lift to North Stradbroke Island, where the animal was released onto dry land.

More closures announced due to severe weather LOCAL NEWS Posted: Feb 6, 2020 / 07:55 AM CST / Updated: Feb 6, 2020 / 11:10 AM CST Severe Weather As severe weather approaches the Panhandle, more closures have been announced in several counties. Wednesday night, multiple school districts announced that they were canceling school ahead of the storm system. Washington County declared a local state of emergency, and closed several facilities. Thursday morning, the Jackson County property appraiser and tax collector office announced that they will also be closed. PanCare said its clinics and offices in Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes,...

A 72-year-cyclist seriously injured when he was involved in a collision with a car climbed back on his bike and rode nine miles home before going to hospital. Doug Gale, from Cheltenham, suffered four broken ribs, a fractured hip and a head injury after coming off his bike on Gupshill roundabout on the edge of Tewkesbury. But rather than call an ambulance the bloody and battered veteran cyclist headed home so his wife could take him to Cheltenham General Hospital. He is currently on a ward at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital after a CT scan at Cheltenham detected a small brain...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP/VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE and AMERICA: Healthcare, Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

A Massachusetts man attempting to save his neighbor from a dog attack accidentally shot and killed him with a crossbow, officials said. Police are investigating the incident as an accidental death, according to a release from the Berkshire District Attorney’s office. Police from Adams received multiple 911 calls on Wednesday at approximately 12:09 p.m. “for a reported mauling in progress.” Investigators believe that the man, described as a good Samaritan by the district attorney’s office, heard a commotion coming from his neighbor’s apartment and rushed over to help. The man retrieved a crossbow and shot at one of the pit...

UNEXPLAINED sightings of something mysterious lurking in Loch Ness were at the highest level this century during 2019. A total of 18 sightings were recorded on the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register – the highest since 1983. They ranged from eyewitness accounts by visitors to the area to unusual objects spotted by people on the other side of the world scouring images on a live webcam of the loch. The entries also include a sighting by seriously-ill Zachary White, aged five, who travelled from his home in Berkshire to the loch and spotted the monster after being given a...

The memorial services for John Altobelli, his wife Keri and their daughter Alyssa will be held at Angel Stadium on Monday, Feb. 10 at 4 p.m. The public is invited. John Altobelli was Orange Coast College’s baseball coach for 27 years. The Altobellis died Jan. 26 in the helicopter crash that killed six others, including Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and Bryant’s daughter Gianna.

Conservative actor James Woods finally returned to Twitter late on Thursday after taking a 10-month break from the platform and wasted no time doing what he does best: trolling. In his first tweet, Woods took aim at socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) writing, “I’ve tried so hard this past year to live without the wealth of knowledge available on Twitter, but this kind of blazing insight can be found nowhere else, so… I’m back! #AOCStillAMoron”

Until recently, I spent much of my time working hard to elect Democrats to public office — but the early presidential campaigning pushed me away from the party, as well prompting my resignation from the board of Democrats for Life, where I had served since 2014. For someone who is progressive on most issues, this decision doesn’t come easy. Like most Democrats, I believe government has an energetic role to play to support women, families and children. I support paid family leave, help with unaffordable child care, labor-union rights, the Affordable Care Act, child and adoption tax credits and much...

The rich are different from you and me — they can buy themselves instant presidential campaigns. Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg has elbowed himself into the Democratic nomination race solely on the basis of his fortune. His campaign is high-handed as only a billionaire many times over could even contemplate. He ­entered late, is skipping the early contests and hasn’t participated in any of the debates to date ­(although that will change soon, thanks to the Democratic National Committee retrofitting its rules for Bloomberg).

Two of President Trump's biggest allies on Capitol Hill have been selected for top GOP roles on a pair of committees. The House GOP Steering Committee met Thursday and recommended that Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan serve as ranking member of the powerful House Judiciary Committee effective March 12, and that North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows take Jordan's spot as Oversight Committee ranking member for the remainder of this Congress, Fox News has confirmed. The full conference now has to ratify the recommendation, which was first reported by The Hill. Current House Judiciary Committee Chairman Doug Collins, R-Ga., will step down...

Talk radio king Rush Limbaugh is expected to return to his golden EIB microphone and host “The Rush Limbaugh Show” on Friday, according to sources close to the program. Limbaugh has been away from the show since he stunned his audience Monday with the announcement he’s been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. On Monday, he told his audience that his job has provided him with the “greatest satisfaction and happiness” of his life after informing listeners of his diagnosis.