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REVEALED: U.S. government gave $3.7million grant to Wuhan lab at center of coronavirus leak scrutiny that was performing experiments on bats from the caves where the disease is believed to have originated The US National Institutes of Health, a government agency, awarded a $3.7million research grant to the Wuhan Institute of Virology The lab is the center of several conspiracy theories that suggest it is the original source of the coronavirus outbreak The institute experimented on bats from the source of the coronavirus They were captured more than 1,000 miles away in Yunnan Sequencing of the Covid-19 genome has traced...

A Clearfield man who police say fired a shot at his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend was charged Tuesday with attempted murder. Deryez Santos Tino Tor Espinoza, 30, a documented gang member who goes by the moniker “Wacko,” is charged in 2nd District Court with attempted murder, a first-degree felony; possession of a firearm by a restricted person and drug distribution, second-degree felonies; illegal discharge of a firearm, a third-degree felony; plus drug possession and possession of drug paraphernalia, class B misdemeanors. About 11:50 p.m. on April 5, police were called to the area of 2020 W. 5600 South in Weber County. “It...

Ron Paul called on President Donald Trump's administration Thursday to fire Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top coronavirus advisor, after he lowered the nation's death estimates for the coronavirus. The former Texas Republican representative accused Fauci of providing 'bad information' when he said Thursday that he expects about 60,000 people will die from the outbreak, down from 100,000 to 200,000, but only if social distancing continues and effectively slows the spread of the disease. Paul, speaking on his program, 'Ron Paul Liberty Report,' unleashed his criticism on Fauci, saying he was using the virus as an excuse to get 'total...

The Chinese laboratory at the center of scrutiny over a potential coronavirus leak has been using U.S. government money to carry out research on bats from the caves which scientists believe are the original source of the deadly outbreak. The Wuhan Institute of Virology undertook coronavirus experiments on mammals captured more than 1,000 miles away in Yunnan which were funded by a $3.7 million grant from the US government. Sequencing of the COVID-19 genome has traced it back to bats found in Yunnan caves but it was first thought to have transferred to humans at an animal market in Wuhan....

Pakistan: Christians and Hindus only allowed food rations if they convert to Islam APR 11, 2020 8:00 AM BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS Several days ago, Jihad Watch reported that Saylani Welfare International Trust in Karachi was denying food aid to poor Hindus and Christians amid the coronavirus pandemic. “The reason for this is that Zakat, Islamic alms giving (one of Islam’s five pillars), is reserved for Muslims.” Then shortly afterward, International Christian Concern reported that Christians in Lahore were also being denied government food aid amid the Covid-19 crisis. Now it emerges that Christians and Hindus in Pakistan will be allowed...

Following the approval of Alphabet’s Waymo to run without a safety driver, Nuro is only the second company to be allowed totally driverless testing on California roads. Mostly because the Nuro R2 prototypes aren’t big enough to fit a driver anyhow. On Tuesday the self-driving startup was granted a permit allowing its two prototypes the ability to test in nine California cities. Back in February, the startup was granted exemptions from the federal government to bypass NHTSA rules for motor vehicles on public roads. Namely that it didn’t need rear view mirrors, a windshield, backup camera, or pedal and steering...

A pop-up food pantry in Southern California drew so many people on Thursday that the line of cars of people clamoring for groceries spanned a mile, as organizers, who were equipped to provide food to 2,500 families, distributed the goods. Hundreds of people showed up to gather goods from a pop-up food pantry in Southern California resulting in a “blocks-long queue in Van Nuys, in the central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles,” Reuters reported ============ The pop-up pantry, which came as millions across the nation continue to face economic hardships caused by the coronavirus, was available to anyone...

The evidence just stacks up against Jason J. Hartmann, Commonwealth Court President Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt concluded. His car was found abandoned in a roadside ditch outside a bar. Hartmann later was found intoxicated, running around barefoot in the woods behind his home in the middle of a cold winter night. And then there’s the fact that Hartmann and his parents gave contradictory stories about who was driving when that car went ditchward, Levitt noted. Taking all that into account, Levitt’s court, in an opinion she authored, overturned a Mercer County judge’s ruling that state police didn’t have probable cause...

A 35-year-old local man told police he was eating a hamburger when he hit a bump, ran over a fence and drove his 2014 Chevrolet Spark into the swimming pool of his mobile home park. Police said Paxton Suggs had also been drinking alcohol and they took him into custody Wednesday afternoon on three counts of drunken driving. Police were called out shortly after 2 p.m. to the Oak Tree Village mobile home park and found the green car sitting on top of a swimming pool cover while Suggs attempted to crawl out of the pool, according to the incident...

For Charles Vavruska, it was nothing short of a miracle cure. Days after the 53-year-old City Council staffer arrived at New York Presbyterian-Queens hospital barely able to breathe and tested positive for COVID-19, doctors started him on the controversial drug cocktail of hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial, and azithromycin, an antibiotic. Although Vavruska said he felt almost immediately better, he wishes the urgent-care doctor he went to see in the early days of his flu-like symptoms in mid-March could have prescribed a similar treatment before he grew progressively worse and ended up in a hospital room, hooked up to an oxygen tank...

Bill Maher said it was fine to call the coronavirus the “China virus,” adding that a global pandemic was no time for political correctness. “‘What if people hear Chinese virus and blame China?’ The answer is we should blame China. We can’t afford the luxury anymore of non-judginess towards a country with habits that kill millions of people,” Maher thundered Friday in a monologue at the end of his HBO show “Real Time.” The longtime liberal said there were bigger “tainted fish to fry,” saying if the sun exploded many of the online lefties would whine about the first person...

Police with batons and guns have moved in to protect supermarkets on the Italian island of Sicily after reports of looting by locals who could no longer afford food. SNIP The building sense of desperation reportedly boiled over on Thursday in Sicily, long one of Italy's least developed regions. SNIP "We have no money to pay, we have to eat," someone reportedly shouted at the cashiers. In other Sicilian towns, small shops owners that are still allowed to stay open have been pressured by the locals to give them free food, Il Corriere della Sera said.

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP/VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE and AMERICA: Government, Family, Military, Business, Education, Churches, Farmers, Sanctity of Life, Health Care, and the Media Religion Forum threads labeled “Prayer” are closed to debate of any kind. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.” Mark 16:5-6

Abdul Majed was hanged at the Dhaka Central Jail on Sunday after he was found hiding in India for nearly two-and-a-half decades.Bangladesh has executed a former military captain for his involvement in the 1975 coup in which the country's founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated, nearly four-and-a-half decades after the massacre. Abdul Majed was hanged at the Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj at 12:01 AM (local time) on Sunday, bdnews24.com reported. Jailor Mahbubul Islam said that Mazed was executed by hanging. He was arrested in Dhaka on Tuesday after hiding in India for nearly two-and-a-half decades. On Friday, Majed's...

Matches played without any fans in attendance following World Health Organisation warnings that people in Tajikistan should avoid crowdsEhson Boboev scored in stoppage time to give Khatlon a 2-1 win over Istaravshan on Sunday as Tajikistan's league season kicked off on schedule despite most football around the world being shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. The match was played without any fans in attendance following World Health Organisation warnings that people in Tajikistan should avoid crowds, although the ex-Soviet Union state has not confirmed a single case of the coronavirus. Shirtless football fans pack the stands as Belarusian football...

Since this year hasn't been weird enough, I just learned that there has been a relatively minor earthquake near Rawlins. The USGS reported that there was a 2.7 earthquake centered just to the southeast of Rawlins just to the west of the area known as the Savage Hills. I'm gonna state the obvious and say that a 2.7 won't even rearrange your china if it happens directly underneath your home. But, it's an earthquake in an area that doesn't normally see measurable earthquakes. I pass this along as a curiosity in a year that's already seen a very large quake...

Adventurous athletes up the ante by combining outdoor sports for whole new levels of extremeThe pandemic lockdown is perhaps proving hardest for fans of outdoor and extreme sports. Football fans might miss the 90 minutes of action but that’s hardly the same as an ultramarathon or climbing a mountain. Never fear, aside from the books, TED Talks and thrilling documentaries that have been rounded-up for your isolation enjoyment, there is plenty of adventure content on YouTube. These are some of the more niche examples of the sport for outdoors enthusiasts to add to their bucket list and, for the rest...

April 12 2020 Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord Reading 1 Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Peter proceeded to speak and said: "You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree. This...

I stayed alone with my axe and my thoughts. But I never felt alone. All around me, the forest slowly stirred to lifeThe arrival of the coronavirus pandemic exactly coincided with a vital rite of spring in Canada’s eastern provinces: the celebration of known in Quebec as “le temps des sucres,” translated into English as “sugaring off.” My family had gone to Quebec City for a March Break ski trip that got cancelled when François Legault, the premier, shut all the province’s ski hills to slow the spread of the virus. In the Quebec City newspaper, Le Soleil, I read...

LOGAN — The Logan County community is mourning the loss of a man in his mid-20s who became the sixth person in West Virginia to die of the novel coronavirus Saturday afternoon. Teddy Nelson, 25, of Logan, died of complications of COVID-19 at Logan Regional Medical Center at around 1 p.m. Saturday after being hospitalized on a ventilator for nearly two weeks. His sister, Megan, who had been updating social media on the status of his condition throughout his fight with the virus, made the announcement at 1:09 p.m. “Bub has made it to heaven,” she said in a Facebook...