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OLYMPIA, Wash. - The statewide closure of all public and private schools that began last month will be extended through the remainder of the academic year to help stem the spread of coronavirus, Gov. Jay Inslee and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal announced Monday. The extension of the closure was made public at a special afternoon press conference. The governor and schools chief broke the news to all school district superintendents statewide in a special conference call earlier on Monday. "This unprecedented health emergency demands that we take this step," Inslee said at the press conference. "We are...

Meet Rep Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), the chair of the Congressional team in charge of dealing with COVID19. Last week she appeared on television in her hometown of Houston to talk about how people can combat the coronavirus pandemic and people watching at home noticed something: she doesn't seem to know how to properly wear her medical mask.

A man from Illinois shot and killed his girlfriend, and then himself, fearing that they may both be positive for COVID-19. Authorities found the body of Patrick Jesernik, 54, and Cheryl Schriefer, 59, in separate rooms of their house Thursday (April 2) evening. The police also found a loaded revolver with two empty shells near Jesernik's body. The deputies had been dispatched to the house for a wellness check.

The world may never get back to what it considered “normal” before the coronavirus emerged from Wuhan, China a little over three months ago and spread to more than 1.3 million people across the world, U.S. health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said at a White House press briefing Monday. Gradually, we’ll be able to “function as a society. But you’re absolutely right, if you want to get to pre-coronavirus, that might not ever happen in the sense that the threat is there.”

Up to 4,000 New Yorkers critically ill with coronavirus are being treated with malaria drug hailed a 'game-changer' by Trump Health officials have sent hydroxychloroquine to 56 hospitals across New York The medication is most typically used to treat malaria, lupus and arthritis A small-scale French study found that the drug could reduce the duration of the illness, but doctors have warned against taking it without guidance Last month, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the drug was being used in conjunction with another for 'compassionate use' In the US, there are more than 337,000 confirmed cases of the virus...

Cdl. Pell unanimously acquitted of sex abuse charge by Australian High Court, will be freed 'It is alarming that a man had to spend nearly 14 months in prison on the uncorroborated say-so of a single accuser, despite having multiple alibis. There is a need for both the police and the public prosecutor to respond to charges of malicious prosecution,' said a former altar boy at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne. CANBERRA, Australia, April 6, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The High Court of Australia has acquitted Cardinal George Pell of his convictions of historic child sexual abuse and ordered his release...

A politically diverse and broad coalition is forming to pressure China to close the wild food markets of bat, cat, and dog meat blamed for the outbreak of the coronavirus and a number of other pandemics, including the 2003 SARS epidemic. Embraced by Lara Trump, Sen. Lindsey Graham, and several animal rights activists, including the Humane Society of the United States, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and Animal Wellness Action, the goal is to pressure Beijing directly to close the markets like the one in Wuhan, which is believed to have sold an infected animal for a family...

Victor Davis Hanson Is the bad and self-negating behavior of so many of Trump’s enemies setting him up for an even more impressive victory in the fall? As the coronavirus outbreak begins to reach its zenith, it remains unclear whether the measures taken to stem its tide will prove sufficient, insufficient, or an overreaction. What is certain, however, is that a number of individuals and entities have behaved shamefully and demonstrated no capacity for leadership or usefulness in this moment. Nancy Pelosi: Gone are the mythologies that Nancy Pelosi was a pragmatic liberal voice of reason among the otherwise polarizing...

Asteroids (2020 GW1) (2020 GQ1) (2020 GF1) Close Approach April 7, 2020 and April 8, 2020 Music by:DivKid -Dreamer

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 46% of Likely Democratic Voters still believe Biden would make a better presidential candidate for their party this fall. But just as many (45%) opt for Cuomo instead, even though he isn’t even in the race. Nine percent (9%) are undecided. Among all likely voters, it’s Biden 38%, Cuomo 38%, with 24% not sure. Fifty-three percent (53%) have a favorable opinion of Cuomo, who has been in the news battling the coronavirus’ devastating hit on New York State. Just 33% view him unfavorably. This includes 25% with a Very...

Beginning on Mar. 3, 2020, with the first reported case of COVID-19 in Wake County, the coronavirus has spread across North Carolina. Here's a look at the cumulative number cases by day as reported by NC DHHS and county health departments. BY KEVIN KEISTER A new antiviral drug will be tested in human clinical trials that could help doctors treat COVID-19 and it can be taken as a pill. UNC-Chapel Hill researchers and a team of other scientists found that the new drug, called EIDD-2801, can prevent and reduce severe lung damage in testing that involved mice infected with coronavirus,...

Like other members of the service and gig economies, sex workers have been hit hard by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Strip clubs across San Francisco have closed. Escorts’ and BDSM professionals’ clients have dried up. And those who continue operating face a smaller and more dangerous clientele, but often have no other options but to continue working. Live online webcam modeling seems like a natural pivot for sex workers who are no longer able to see clients. VICE noted that popular cam site OnlyFans saw 60,000 new sign-ups in March, and The Chronicle recently reported on several underemployed...

An argument is mounting among conservationists about the use of 'wet markets' One such wet market in Wuhan, China, is believed to be the origin of Covid-19 Live and dead creatures are sold for eating and stored in cramped conditions Over 200 wildlife groups signed an open letter to the World Health Organisation The WHO is now being urged to shut the markets to stop future pandemics Global health bosses should urge countries to shut down wild animal markets such as the one in China where coronavirus is believed to have started, say conservationists. More than 200 wildlife groups worldwide...

Australian TV is showing the Cardinal leaving the prison in what is basically a small motorcade.

The U.S. Supreme Court overruled a lower federal court’s ruling and said that absentee ballots in Wisconsin’s April 7 Spring Election must be postmarked by Election Day in order to be counted. The Court did not change the April 13 deadline as the final day for counting absentee ballots.

Finally, despite the worst efforts of Victoria Police, Victoria’s legal system, and the media’s smear factory, Cardinal George Pell has had his conviction overturned by the High Court. The full judgment can be read here. “A” refers to the choirboy and “B” to his deceased fellow chorister. Below some key elements of that unanimous ruling:57. In this Court, the respondent correctly noted that a number of the claimed improbabilities raise the same point. It remains that acceptance of A’s account of the first incident requires finding that: (i) contrary to the applicant’s practice, he did not stand on the steps...

Dear friends, read for yourself Isaiah 53 and see for yourself who Isaiah the Jewish prophet was speaking of. Remember to keep in mind also all of the Book of Leviticus; especially Lev. 17:11-14! And also the Book of Hebrews! There is only one RIGHTEOUS Lamb given for fallen man ever to live (Rom. 5:12-21); Who do you say He is (John 1:29, Rom. 10:2-4, 1 Cor. 5:7, 2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Peter 1:18-20; 3:18. 1 John 4:10)? All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way, and the Lord hath laid on...

April 6 & 7, 2020 The latest figures from a special report by the German Robert Koch Institute show that the so-called positive rate (i.e. the number of test positives per number of tests) is increasing much more slowly than the exponential curves shown by the media and was only around 10% at the end of March, a value that is rather typical for corona viruses. According to the magazine Multipolar, there can therefore be „no question of a dangerously rapid spread of the virus“.Professor Klaus Püschel, head of forensic medicine in Hamburg, explains about Covid19: „This virus influences our...

A recent collaborative study conducted by a team from Monash University and the Doherty Institute in Australia has found that a commonly used anti-parasitic drug could halt the incubation process of the novel coronavirus and potentially cure Covid-19 positive patients of any ailments caused by the virus. The study showed that the drug available globally called Ivermectin was able to kill SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, growing in cell culture within 48 hours. It must be noted, however, that the study was conducted in vitro - in a controlled environment outside a living organism - and that more credible...

Trump ruined our economy and all for naught!" "Trump and his capitalism put millions out of work for nothing!" If you haven't already heard this from the "mainstream media" (AKA "fake news"), you soon will. Fake news media, doing the bidding of their leftist and Democrat masters, have been trying to destroy Donald Trump with hoaxes since he announced his candidacy, or maybe ever since Trump first questioned Barack Obama's claim of being born in the U.S. The fake news first claimed that President Trump overreacted to COVID-19, then Trump was belittling COVID-19 and ignoring the experts, then Trump didn't...