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Canadian heavy crude has become so cheap that the cost of shipping it to refineries exceeds the value of the oil itself, a situation that may result in even more oil-sands producers shutting operations...

A Manhattan judge on Thursday ordered the release of a career criminal charged with stabbing his girlfriend to death out of concern he could contract coronavirus at Rikers, the Post has learned. State Supreme Court Justice Mark Dwyer freed Pedro Vinent-Barcia, 63, and 15 other inmates after the Legal Aid Society filed a petition arguing that their detention exposed them to serious medical harm in the midst of a pandemic sweeping through city jails. Prosecutors objected, citing the brutality of the crime and the defendant’s criminal record.

And Now Mount #Merapi erupted in Indonesia today https://twitter.com/rose_k01/status/1243631026188017669

As the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic continues to rage worldwide, some groups are working to help people survive by attempting to provide resources and material support to those in need. Unfortunately, others are using the crisis as an opportunity to spread death. Planned Parenthood has been exploiting the situation to expand abortion — but the assisted suicide lobby is now taking advantage of the panic, too. Alex Schadenberg, president of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, spotlighted a recent fundraising e-mail sent in the wake of the pandemic. While Schadenberg did not name the organization, he identified the author as Kim Callinan —...

More from the family of 8 British Shorthair kittens with mischievous Arnold trying to eat his siblings soft food. Video: 10 minutes, 34 seconds.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and in furtherance of Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 2020 (Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak), which declared a national emergency by reason of the threat that the novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 poses to our Nation’s healthcare systems, I hereby order as follows:

Appalachian Regional Healthcare, a 13-hospital system in Lexington, Ky., will furlough about 500 employees due to a sharp reduction in business and revenue, according to the Lexington Herald Leader. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear ordered hospitals in the state to suspend elective procedures March 23 to preserve protective equipment and bed space for COVID-19 patients. As a result, the hospital system has seen a 30 percent decrease in business, according to the report. Appalachian Regional said its decision to temporarily reduce staff was to protect employees not involved in direct patient care from contracting the novel virus and ensure that the...

Abortion clinics have lots of PPE and medical equipment in them. It is time that these things be requisitioned by the government for the emergency. No PPE, no procedures.

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If eyes are windows to the soul, what was left behind in the grocery stores after coronavirus panic buying are windows to what Americans won’t eat even in extreme circumstances. People began sharing pictures on social media of what items were left behind after the shopping surge. The foods — such as cauliflower crust pizza or chocolate hummus — and the empty shelves once stocked with more appetizing foods are juxtaposed. Carrot spirals were unpopular enough that Twitter users from different Trader Joe’s locations shared their pictures of the same stacked up boxes. Chocolate and buffalo hummus were also left...

I stopped in at the Draeger's Supermarket in Menlo Park this afternoon and there was an armed private security guard stationed outside the store with a bullet proof vest on and a hefty sidearm in his holster. I asked him why he was stationed there and he replied that there has been an increase of people hitting stores up to the new $950 misdemeanor/felony limit. He also told of a large gang that hit a grocery store in Mexico City (story below). He said that the police were outnumbered and stood down. It was a bit of shock seeing an...

At a time when patients and staff are desperate for hope, many spiritual leaders must offer their solace from a distance.As medical facilities restrict visitors and ration protective gear amid the coronavirus pandemic, more hospital chaplains have been forced to do their job at a distance, while ministering to an onslaught of weary patients, families, and health care staff. “Due to supply shortages of masks, this means that isolation rooms may involve phone calls, notes, letters, a wave through the door rather than (a chaplain being) inside the room,” said Heidi Greider, manager of spiritual care at Seattle Children’s Hospital....

I'm not going to attempt to excerpt this. It's long and depressing. Numerous photos. Lord have mercy.

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign on Friday adamantly denied a newly surfaced allegation of sexual assault leveled by a former Senate staffer, calling the claim concerning the purported incident decades ago “false.” “Women have a right to tell their story, and reporters have an obligation to rigorously vet those claims. We encourage them to do so, because these accusations are false,” Kate Bedingfield, deputy campaign manager and communications director for the Biden campaign, said in a statement to Fox News. A former executive assistant to then-Senator Biden also challenged the account, calling it "clearly false." [cut] Reade said that...

Residents of St. Petersburg, Russia, are prohibited from visiting religious sites from March 28 to April 5 according to new measures aimed at containing the quickly-spreading coronavirus. The decree signed by city Governor Alexander Beglov yesterday prohibits “individuals from visiting objects (territories) of religious organizations, with the exception of the clergy and religious personnel of the given religious organizations.” However, the Russian Church has responded that the Russian constitution and law do not provide Beglov with such powers. Responding to the new decree, the Legal Department of the ROC states that: In the Russian Federation, freedom of conscience and freedom...

We always knew the argument from NJ politicians was nonsense – “They hate guns!” — this is PATENTLY untrue. Statists LOVE guns, as long as they are in the hands of the GOVERNMENT. Governor Murphy has made that sentiment abundantly clear in this stunning press conference. Watch NJ2AS President Alejandro Roubian confront Governor Murphy regarding his executive orders closing all state background checks and gun stores. You won’t believe his flippant response in this now viral video that is sweeping the nation:

Man, I do not like this guy...

Moscow, March 26, Interfax - The working group of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia that is coordinating the activity of churches amid the coronavirus outbreak held a meeting on Thursday and responded to the advice of the authorities of Moscow and the Moscow Region that churchgoers should not attend service for a while. "We understand the advice of the secular authorities of Moscow and the Moscow Region 'not to visit religious sites' and the reason why the recommendation has been given. However, clerics will be fully executing their pastoral duty to all believers who deem it necessary to...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear on Wednesday tightened restrictions on businesses and banned residential evictions under a state of emergency declaration aimed at addressing the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. He also said Kentuckians will begin to see National Guard and additional law enforcement at local hospitals beginning this week. “This isn’t something to be concerned about. No one is patrolling your neighborhood,” Beshear said. “We are just making sure everyone inside our hospitals is safe as we see a surge in coronavirus cases. Remember, the National Guard are people you work with and see every day; they just don’t...