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A Beijing-based company was ordered by the United States on March 6 to divest all interests from a Maryland-based company that it acquired back in September 2018. President Donald Trump ordered Beijing Shiji Information Technology to divest all interests in StayNTouch, a hotel property management software company, over national security concerns. The Chinese Communist Party requires most of the companies in their country to share information with the party’s intelligence sector. In the order, Trump said there was “credible evidence” that led him to believe that Shiji “might take action that threatens to impair the national security of the United...

Home > Christian Living > Miracle: Coronavirus Passes Over Houses With Chick-Fil-A Sauce Smeared On ... Christian Living Miracle: Coronavirus Passes Over Houses With Chick-Fil-A Sauce Smeared On Door Posts March 5th, 2020 Shares SHARE U.S.—The CDC is suggesting lots of weird ways to avoid contracting coronavirus, such as "washing your hands" and "not licking doorknobs." These methods sound kind of sciencey, so we were immediately suspicious of them. Sure enough, it seems the best way to avoid getting infected is supernatural: many have found that if you paint Chick-fil-A sauce on your doorposts, the virus will pass right over...

A 62-year-old man who became Spain’s first coronavirus patient is believed to have made a full recovery after being treated with an HIV drug, according to a report. Miguel Ángel Benítez was hospitalized at the Virgen del Rocio Hospital in Seville, where he received lopinavir-ritonavir, an antiretroviral drug sold under the brand name Kaletra, according to Metro UK, which cited El Pais. The drug - which has been used to treat HIV and AIDS for over 10 years - was combined with interferon beta, a protein that prevents cells from becoming infected and is used on people with multiple sclerosis...

The controversial new bail and discovery reform laws are getting increased blow back from police following two incidents over the weekend where witnesses and a victim of a crime refused to cooperate with police. Glenville Police Chief Stephen Janik says that these reforms doing more than just changing the way that police do their jobs. They are giving witnesses and victims of crimes reasons not to talk to police. He says it's scaring away witnesses and even crime victims from coming forward. The Chief says in one case over the weekend, that fear that the crook will get revenge helped...

Hillary Clinton said she gave a false apology for her use of an unauthorized email server during her time as secretary of state. "We'll just say what you did was a mistake. It was dumb. It's over. And that will end it," Clinton said in the Hulu documentary released Friday, Hillary, about her life. "I didn't not believe that. I wasn't convinced of that. But I understood the frustration of my campaign." "So against my better judgment, I said, 'OK, fine,'" she said about giving a series of interviews which led to an apology on ABC News.

Bones discovered more than a century ago in a Kent church are almost certainly the remains of an early English saint who was the granddaughter of Ethelbert, the first English king to convert to Christianity, experts have concluded. Saint Eanswythe, the patron saint of the coastal town of Folkestone, is thought to have founded one of the first monastic communities in England, probably around AD660. She died a few years later, while still in her teens or early 20s. ...The bones, which comprised about half of a skeleton, were assumed to belong to Eanswythe. But it was not until January...

...So what’s Biden’s recipe for a health care plan that is less expensive plus practical? You can listen to this clip all day long, but you’ll never ferret out a meaning that isn’t self-contradictory if not downright nonsensical. A transcript follows the video:

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The flag of the Dominican Republic was raised over Springfield City hall Saturday afternoon honoring the growing Dominican community here in western Massachusetts.

When was the last time you saw a TRULY horrendous film? If you've got the stomach for poor film making, bad acting, lousy production values, terrible writing, etc...then have I got a film for you! D-Day (2019 version)

SUNSET PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Disturbing new video shows what appears to be a racially-motivated crime sparked by fear over the coronavirus. The video shows a man on a New York City subway train arguing with a fellow passenger who is Asian, then spraying Febreeze air freshener at that passenger. Much of the incident was recorded on a cellphone by another passenger and posted on social media. The NYPD is now investigating the case as a possible hate crime. RELATED: How to protect yourself from coronavirus It happened Wednesday morning on the N train in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. "I am...

Ouch. AIPAC confirms that two people who attended its Conference (Sunday and Monday) have tested Positive for #CoronaVirus. Annual conference was in DC. VP Pence, Pompeo and Bloomberg spoke in person at the event:

Jill Biden opened an old wound with Kamala Harris as the California senator's name circulates as a possible running mate for Joe Biden. Harris's standout moment during the 2020 Democratic primary was her takedown of Joe Biden during last summer's opening debate in Miami. The political grenade caught the two-term vice president's campaign off-guard because of her friendship with his son Beau Biden. The pair were the attorneys general of California and Delaware, respectively, at the same time. Jill Biden, during a breakfast fundraiser in upscale Glencoe, Illinois, recalled her husband's shock when Harris took him to task for opposing...

[Catholic Caucus] Communion Crackdown Coronavirus and the bishops Parishioners around the world are concerned their bishops will ban them from receiving Holy Communion on the tongue owing to the spread of coronavirus. But the Vatican has previously established that bishops cannot do this. On Monday, the vicar general for Chicago, Cdl. Blase Cupich, told priests, "Every consideration should be given by each individual to receive Holy Communion reverently in open hands for the time being." In Australia, the archdiocese of Perth said Wednesday, "Priests are to encourage communicants to receive the Sacred Host in the hand, not on the tongue." These directives are carefully worded with the understanding...

...Most of the attention centers on that all-important number, 9,992. Not only is that the dollar amount an in-state student will pay Purdue for tuition and fees next year; it is also the amount such a student paid Purdue when Daniels became university president, in 2013. The university has also reduced the price of food services and textbooks. An undergraduate degree from Purdue, in other words, is less expensive today than it was when Daniels arrived...

"Here is a Hillary Clinton parody sung to the tune of "I am Woman" by Helen Reddy." LINK[This is 5 years old, but I hadn't seen it before. It just popped up today on my YouTube menu.]

Democrats do not care about the safety and well being of the American people. Lately, they seem more concerned about illegals or how many votes they will get from illegals. 174 House Democrats — including House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer voted against an amendment to the Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act that alters the way TSA disciplines and fires workers. Despite the fact that it was written by Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood (Ill.). This Amendment would keep people convicted of sexual assault, terrorism and other violent crimes from working for the Transportation Security Agency. Luckily, there were enough sensible...

The daughter who has accused Woody Allen of molesting her decades ago is “in awe and so very grateful” to protesting staffers of the publisher set to put out the Oscar-winning director’s now canceled memoir. Just over an hour after Hachette Book Group announced it had axed Allen’s April 7 set “Apropos of Nothing” book following a March 5 employee walkout, Dylan Farrow took to social media with a heartfelt reaction: The sudden move Friday by HBG also follows scathing assertions by Dylan’s brother Ronan Farrow that he would no longer work with the company that put out his best...

Erika Gomez, a 24-year-old English teacher from Southern California living in China has been quarantined in her studio apartment for 40 days. She shared her experience as the coronavirus continues to spread around the world. See the video at the site.

Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Thursday that he opposes censuring Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer amid a controversy over comments the New York Democrat made about Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch. Graham, a close ally of President Donald Trump, explained that his position on the issue is, in part, because Schumer walked back his remarks, but also because it could lead to Democrats attacking Trump. "I don't want to start censuring everybody," the South Carolina Republican said, later adding, "If we start censuring him, they're going to want to censure Trump, and this stuff never ends."

Following a tumultuous four or five months on Capitol Hill — where acrimony greatly outpaced civility during the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump — Republican Congressman Jim Jordan believes lawmakers can put their differences aside and produce meaningful legislation before the year is over. Jordan, who represents Ohio’s 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, met with the editorial board of The Lima News — a sister newspaper of the Sidney Daily News — on Friday before serving as the guest speaker at the monthly Allen County Republican Party luncheon. Jordan said productive talks are currently being...