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Wichita, KS – While churches remained closed on Palm Sunday in fear of the Coronavirus, Trust Women Wichita was open for business, conducting approximately 40 abortions – one of which led to a medical emergency that required a woman to be transported by ambulance to Wesley Medical Center for care the abortion business was incapable of providing. Trust Women is the same facility involved in a decision by Sedgwick County Commissioners, who voted 4-1 last week to recommend it halt abortions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Commissioners cited heavy traffic from out of state that increases the chances of spreading the...

It's not often that you get a Democratic politician who praises President Donald Trump. Then again, these are extraordinary times. Democratic State Rep. Karen Whitsett of Detroit credits Trump for touting hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug, which she says saved her in a battle with the coronavirus, Paul Egan of the Detroit Free Press reports. (at https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/04/06/democrat-karen-whitsett-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine-trump/2955430001/)

If you kill a king, expect swift retribution. Expect avengers. Expect to not live long after you deal the final fatal blow to a royal personage. A boy, Pierre Basile, was executed on this date in 1199 for shooting King Richard the Lionhearted* with an arrow expelled from his crossbow.

New Delhi: Amid rising pressure to allow exports of an anti-malarial drug being tested on patients infected with coronavirus, the government is likely to take a decision tomorrow and clear the move after calculating sufficient stocks for the country, sources have told NDTV. Last month, India had banned the export of hydroxychloroquine and formulations of the malaria drug while experts test its efficacy in helping treat COVID-19 patients. There are currently no approved treatments, or preventive vaccines for COVID-19, the highly contagious, sometimes deadly respiratory illness caused by coronavirus. Hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug, is among the medications undergoing testing as...

The ACLJ has just filed our THIRD emergency amicus brief in federal court to shut down Planned Parenthood, which is trying to use the Coronavirus crisis to expand abortion. We’ve told you how a number of states have temporarily shut down all elective medical procedures, including elective abortions, in order to dedicate medical equipment and staff to battling the pandemic, and stave off the spread of COVID-19. Add Oklahoma to the list of states where we’re taking direct action to uphold the suspensions on elective abortions during this global health emergency, as we just filed an emergency amicus brief representing...

There is no news article by the Governor yet. However, Governor John Bel Edwards (Democrat) and Attorney General of Louisiana Jeff Landry (Republican) announced through a breaking news conference that Louisiana is making the anti-malarial drug 'hydrocholoroquine' and the anti-biotic available to doctors to prescribe in Louisiana for people with COVID-19 Justification: Gov. Edwards stated that such action would free up HOSPITAL BEDS and VENTILATORS in Louisiana. Pharmacies in Louisiana will have these drugs available through the Government of Louisiana distributing them.

President Trump and Coronavirus Task Force News Conference 4/6/20 – 5:00 P.M. (Eastern) The White Househttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJdnak4ZXDs RSBNhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rsWDhZbUiA Diamond and Silk - via RSBNhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quw6Yws95S8 Golden State Timeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSc5VTUqlv8 FOX 10 Phoenixhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fei7yLxEkZk FOX Newshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlvb4p15DhE C-SPANhttps://www.c-span.org/video/?470990-1/white-house-coronavirus-task-force-briefing Because the “Ratings” of my News Conferences etc. are so high, “Bachelor finale, Monday Night Football type numbers” according to the @nytimes, the Lamestream Media is going CRAZY. “Trump is reaching too many people, we must stop him.” said one lunatic. See you at 5:00 P.M.!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 29, 2020 “President Trump is a ratings hit. Since reviving the daily White House briefing Mr. Trump...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he was comfortable with the number of ventilators in his state during a Monday press conference on the coronavirus pandemic. “We don’t need any additional ventilators right now,” Cuomo said to reporters. The New York governor spent recent weeks spreading the alarm about ventilator shortages, prompting fears that the federal and the state stockpile of ventilators would not be enough. But Cuomo now says the state government had moved and acquired thousands of ventilators in recent weeks, ending his concerns of a shortage. “There is no hospital that needs ventilators that doesn’t have ventilators,...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Every day, grocery workers are restocking toilet paper, eggs, produce and canned goods as fast as the items fly off the shelves. They disinfect keypads, freezer handles and checkout counters as hundreds of people weave around them, sometimes standing too close for comfort amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some work for hours behind clear plastic barriers installed at checkout counters, bulwarks against sudden sneezes or coughs that can propel germs. They aren’t doctors or nurses, yet they have been praised for their dedication by Pope Francis, former U.S. President Barack Obama and countless people on social media,...

Nearly a millennium and a half ago, red light streaked across the night sky over Japan. Witnesses compared it to the tail of a pheasant -- it appeared as a fan of beautiful red feathers stretched across the sky. Since the event, scientists have studied the witness accounts written in the year 620 A.D. and speculated about what the cosmic phenomenon could have actually been. Now, researchers from The Graduate University for Advanced Studies may have found the answer... "It is the oldest Japanese astronomical record of a 'red sign,'" said Ryuho Kataoka, a researcher with the Department of Polar...

30 countries have requested India to lift the ban on the export for a medicine - that could potentially help in curing Coronavirus patients. Can India export key medicines to the world right now, while ensuring there is enough for Indians?

We're on a countdown to Easter and this week is slated by experts and leaders to be among the worst we've seen in terms lives affected or lost. The media remains as unhinged as ever in their efforts to tear down the President and his administration at any cost. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in the ICU. There is discord in Washington, as there are in hospitals all over the country regarding how we are to tackle the virus with the limited means at our disposal (IE: what drugs to try.) Meanwhile lives are physically hanging by a thread...

Forest rangers have been attempting to drive troupes of monkeys (stump-tailed macaques) back to the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve in the central city of Đà Nẵng Vice director of the city’s Agriculture and Rural Development Department Trần Viết Phương said a group of 30 monkeys that used to gather by the Linh Ứng Pagoda seeking food from visitors have been on the move since social distancing orders were implemented from April 1. Phương said no tourists meant no food for the monkeys, so they would be forced to return to their natural habitat to forage for themselves. Recent research on...

Lead and silver are often mined together and in this period, mines in the Peak District and in Cumbria were among the most productive in Europe. The researchers were able to match the physical records from the ice with the written tax records of lead and silver production in England. Lead had many uses in this time, from water pipes to church roofs to stained glass windows. But production of the metal was clearly linked to political events according to the authors of this latest research. "In the 1169-70 period, there was a major disagreement between Henry II and Thomas...

A couple who drove off a Mendocino Coast cliff with their six children are the focus of a new documentary that is being released April 7, according to E News. "A Thread of Deceit" revisits the lives and deaths of Washington residents Jen and Sarah Hartman, and their six adopted children. The couple drove the family's SUV off of a steep cliff north of Fort Bragg in 2018, and a jury ruled that the crash was a murder-suicide in 2019. The documentary examines the family's history of child abuse, and also includes interviews with family and friends who initially defended...

HONG Kong artiste Karen Mok has been criticised online for supporting Shenzhen’s ban on the eating of cats and dogs, Sin Chew Daily reported. “This is exciting news! Hope the entire China will soon ban the eating of cats and dogs, ” she wrote on Weibo, referring to reports that Shenzhen has become the first Chinese city to ban the sale and consumption of dog and cat meat starting next month. Mok, 49, is an ambassador for the Hong Kong Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Her posting, however, led to dozens of negative comments against her. One...

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is breaking with President Trump's decision to fire Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the intelligence community, saying his removal was "not warranted." "While I recognize that the President has the authority to appoint and remove Inspectors General, I believe Inspector General Atkinson served the intelligence community and the American people well, and his removal was not warranted," she said in a statement over the weekend. Collins noted that by giving the heads of the House and Senate Intelligence committees a 30-day notification that he was removing Atkinson, Trump...

A majority of voters continue to approve of President Trump despite a media onslaught driven by the rise in deaths from the coronavirus, according to a new national survey provided to Secrets. In the latest Zogby Analytics survey, 51% approve of Trump’s job, while 47% do not. A 51% approval rating is considered the level needed for reelection. And while the survey found that the public isn’t ready to blame the president for the mounting virus crisis, his handling of the issue is under water slightly: 48% approve, and 52% disapprove. “There is no doubt there have been major mishaps...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his coronavirus symptoms "worsened", Downing Street has said. A spokesman said he was moved on the advice of his medical team and is receiving "excellent care". Mr Johnson has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise "where necessary", the spokesman added. The prime minister, 55, was admitted to hospital in London with "persistent symptoms" on Sunday evening. A No 10 statement read: "The prime minister has been under the care of doctors at St Thomas' Hospital, in London, after being admitted with persistent symptoms of coronavirus. "Over...