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Meet Squidgey. As a tiny kitten in 2008, she was severely burned and came close to not surviving. But she was rescued and 12 years later is thriving with her family. Video 6 minutes, 19 seconds WARNING: For those sensitive souls, the video does feature her permanent burns to her face, so it might be unsettling to see.

According to the US Census Bureau, approximately 246 people die every day in the state of New York. In other words, a person dies in New York approximately every 3 minutes. You can see a live clock keeping track of how many people have died today at https://www.indexmundi.com/clocks/indicator/deaths/united-states/new-york. You can compare the number of deaths in New York to the number of deaths in other states at https://www.indexmundi.com/clocks/indicator/deaths/united-states.As for the number of daily deaths in New York City, we estimate based on 2018-2019 US Census numbers that approximately 108 people die every day in NYC.Note that the numbers in this...

Well, America just passed, a half million cases of Coronavirus. We are very close now, to having experienced the highest death toll, in the entire world.

Osceola County leaders issued an order requiring all residents to wear a face covering while in public. The order requires every person working, living, visiting or doing business in the county to wear a face covering consistent with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines while in a public place. ... Leaders said anyone who violates the order will be fined $500 or serve 60 days in jail.

Young Turks employees vote to unionize over Cenk Uygur’s strenuous objections John SextonPosted at 2:41 pm on April 10, 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The Young Turks is a progressive media company co-founded by Cenk Uygur. When a group of employees announced plans to form a union earlier this year, CEO Uygur suddenly started sounding like a conservative union-buster. He warned that a union couldn’t make a magic pot of money appear and begged employees to reconsider. Thursday, over his objections, the employees voted to unionize: We have voted again and have reaffirmed our decision to organize. We...

Hundreds of people dying in their homes or on the street in New York City are not being including in the coronavirus death count even if they had symptoms; suggesting the city may be significantly under-counting its COVID-19 fatalities. Data from the NYC fire department shows that 1,125 people died in their homes or on the street in the first five days of April alone, which is more than eight times the number of deaths recorded this time last year when when 131 people died. The daily tally of residents who died at home with coronavirus-like symptoms exploded from 45...

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best is no longer a serious person. Wednesday morning, she tweeted this: Chief Carmen Best ✔@carmenbest Washington State is no place for hate. In a show of solidarity, @LoriMatsukawa joined me to remind everyone that hate has no place in our community. Report hate, including racist name calling, to 911. We are here to help, and will respond to investigate. #WeGotThisSeattle Also Wednesday morning, on my radio show, I played three calls to police. In Seattle, a police officer responded to a request from dispatch to intervene in a burglary in progress–someone actively stealing from a...

The George Pell story is a fiasco that combines incompetence and malevolence. It had every aspect of tragedy — a big man who polarised opinion, a church engaged in criminal behaviour, victims who demanded justice, and police, media and legal institutions that failed to honour their obligations. It is a particular Australian tragedy that originates in the horrific crimes of the Catholic Church. These crimes and their cover-ups were worse than normal crimes because they ruined the lives of children and violated the raison d’etre of the church — to proclaim God’s mission. The earthquake that engulfed the church did...

SEPTA says it will no longer enforce a short-lived policy requiring riders to wear facial coverings after a widely shared video showing a man being dragged off a bus, allegedly for not wearing one, prompted confusion about whether masks were mandatory while riding public transit. The video shows several Philadelphia police officers forcibly removing the man, who is later heard saying he was taken off the bus for not wearing a mask.

Many infectious diseases are more common during specific seasons. “It’s a very old question, but it’s not very well studied,” Martinez says....But what’s known about other diseases doesn’t offer much support for the idea that COVID-19 will suddenly disappear over the next few weeks... Different diseases have different patterns. Some peak in early or late winter, others in spring, summer, or fall. Some diseases have different seasonal peaks depending on latitude. And many have no seasonal cycle at all. So no one knows whether SARS-CoV-2 will change its behavior come spring... Investigating a hypothesis over several seasons can take 2...

Without a vaccine, it’s the only safe pathway back to something resembling normal life.

Bundy, who participated in the iconic 2014 stand against federal thugs at Bundy Ranch in Nevada, believes that it is time to push back once more now that Idaho Governor Brad Little has issued his stay-at-home order. “I will be there, and I will bring as many people as I can,” Bundy said to a group of supporters on March 26, one day following the order issued by the governor. “We will form a legal defense for you. We will perform an active political defense for you. And we will also, if necessary, provide a physical defense for you, so...

A large magmatic eruption is taking place at the volcano right now. Based on satellite imagery, VAAC Darwin spotted a high-level ash and SO2 plume reaching 47,000 ft (15 km) altitude moving WNW. A strong thermal hot spot is detected as well. Both the webcam on Anak Krakatau Island and from the coast (in 40 km distance) show strong lava fountaining from the volcano. This seems to be the strongest eruptive phase since the violent phreatomagmatic activity following the partial collapse of the volcano on 22 Dec 2018, which had triggered a deadly tsunami that killed hundreds of people on...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Anyone who participates in mass gatherings of any type this weekend will be required to self-quarantine for two weeks, Gov. Andy Beshear said Friday. License plate information will be collected from cars in parking lots and forwarded to local health departments, who will then present an order to self-quarantine for 14 days at the owners' homes, he said. "If you're going to expose yourself to this virus and you make that decision to do it, it's not fair to everybody else out there that you might spread it to," Beshear said. Beshear has frequently urged churches...

Coronavirus and the Killing of the U.S. Economy Department of State/Justice Department Tells Appeals Court it Should Reject Clinton Effort to Avoid Testimony Judicial Watch Sues to Force North Carolina to Clean Its Voter Rolls Happy Easter! Coronavirus and the Killing of the U.S. Economy As I said in my recent video update segment on the Coronavirus, you can’t cure or end the pandemic by killing our economy – pure and simple. When it comes to the coronavirus, the best way to get people on their feet is to get them back to work. While the “giant” stimulus package...

IRS.gov feature helps people who normally don't file get payments; second tool next week provides taxpayers with payment delivery date and provide direct deposit information IR-2020-69, April 10, 2020 WASHINGTON — To help millions of people, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today launched a new web tool allowing quick registration for Economic Impact Payments for those who don’t normally file a tax return. The non-filer tool, developed in partnership between the IRS and the Free File Alliance, provides a free and easy option designed for people who don't have a return filing obligation, including those with too...

A gun-safety group aligned with former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is spending $1.5 million on a new virtual organizing program that aims to register 100,000 young voters. The push from Students Demand Action, shared first with CNN, replaces the group's planned in-person voter-registration efforts, which were derailed by the coronavirus outbreak and the widespread shutdowns it has triggered around the nation. The new program focuses on 13 battleground states and marks the group's first large-scale effort to use online-only tools to encourage young people to head to the polls. So, as most people know, political activity is prohibited in...

Scientists around the world are racing to study the novel coronavirus strain severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Now, it appears that there are eight strains of SARS-CoV-2 circulating the globe. The good news is that according to infectious disease physician and clinical microbiologist Charles Chiu, “The virus mutates so slowly that the virus strains are fundamentally very similar to each other.” Scientists studying the virus have shared their knowledge to compile a genetic sequence map at NextStrain.org, an open-access website that shows how the various strains have traveled to different regions and countries. This finding is based on...

The amazing thing about COVID-19 is how much we still don't know. Even the experts don't quite understand the nature of the virus or how we should respond. Due to their evolving understanding, we have seen quite a bit of change in the guidance they give to the public -- which is fine, as long as they remain transparent. More than anything else, we need more explanation and more honesty from our authorities. Our government began the coronavirus health communications with a lie. The surgeon general of the United States tweeted on Feb. 29: "Seriously people -- STOP BUYING MASKS!...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals bizarrely ruled that Lori Rodriguez had no right to keep her firearms, though they also noted that there was nothing illegal about her buying a gun either. The court argued that because police believed that her husband (who according to Rodriguez did not have access to her firearms) could pose a threat to public safety, firearms that had been seized from their home when her husband was taken into custody under a mental health hold did not have to be returned to her.