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Dr. Phil is attempting some clean-up after generating outrage in a Fox News coronavirus segment, admitting he used "bad examples" and taking a sorry-if-you-were-offended approach. TV host Phil McGraw on Thursday appeared on Laura Ingraham's Fox News show to speculate about why lockdown measures are being put in place during the coronavirus pandemic when "we don't shut the country down" for deaths from car accidents and swimming pools, wrongly claiming 360,000 people die in swimming pools in the United States every year. After the segment drew outrage, McGraw, who isn't a medical doctor, on Friday said he does support social...

A widely followed model for projecting Covid-19 deaths in the U.S. is producing results that have been bouncing up and down like an unpredictable fever, and now epidemiologists are criticizing it as flawed and misleading for both the public and policy makers. In particular, they warn against relying on it as the basis for government decision-making, including on “re-opening America.” “It’s not a model that most of us in the infectious disease epidemiology field think is well suited” to projecting Covid-19 deaths, epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health told reporters this week, referring to...

Smiling while wearing a pair of Snapchat filter glasses, this is the widow of Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev goofing around on social media. Katherine Russell poses with the nine-year-old daughter she had with the terrorist who was shot dead by police in the April 2013 attack, at the time, the worst on US soil since 9/11. Russell still wears a veil over her head suggesting she has not left the Muslim faith after converting to the religion when she married Tamerlan a decade ago. In another photo Russell, who goes by the name Karima, poses in a navy headscarf with...

The coronavirus epidemic in Germany is “again under control” thanks to a month of lockdown imposed after an early surge in cases, Health Minister Jens Spahn said Friday, adding that the country would make tens of million of masks a month from August. The restrictions to keep people home “was successful,” Spahn told reporters in Berlin. “The infection numbers have sunk significantly, especially the relative day-by-day number. The outbreak is today again under control.” “We have managed to bring the dynamic growth back to a linear growth,” said Spahn. The minister said it is “encouraging” that since April 12th, there...

In 2011, hikers in the snowy mountains of central Norway came across a 1700-year-old wool tunic, likely belonging to a Roman-era hypothermia victim. As ice in the region has continued to melt, researchers have made hundreds of additional finds. Now, archaeologists have made their biggest discovery yet: a lost Viking trade route that may have been used for hundreds of years to ferry everything from butter to reindeer antlers to far-flung European markets.

Need a musical distraction while you're staying safe at home? Singer Lady Gaga, the World Health Organization and the Global Citizen social action group have organized a virtual entertainment event to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, and it'll air on numerous platforms on Saturday, April 18. The show will include such big names as Paul McCartney, Elton John, Lizzo, Stevie Wonder, Alanis Morissette and Billie Eilish. In a live video posted in early April, Gaga said she and Global Citizen have already raised $35 million for WHO, and are working with large companies and philanthropists to raise more. Here's how...

Comedian Dennis Miller got the last laugh after liberals had a meltdown over his jabs at former Vice President Joe Biden and his 2020 endorsements. The former “Saturday Night Live” cast member made his first appearance on Fox News in three years, speaking with Sean Hannity Wednesday about the coronavirus crisis and Biden, and irritating liberals who ended up stepping on a rake when all their social media hatred caused his name to begin trending...

Who's the worst emitter of liberal media bias and Trump hatred on MSNBC? Rachel Maddow? Joy Reid? Fuggedaboutit. When it comes to the most hideous Trump hater on MSNBC, nobody comes close to former Republican, failed McCain campaign official, and Deadline: White House host Nicolle Wallace, in the opinion of this NewsBuster. On her show Friday afternoon, Wallace accused President Trump of tweeting "like a punk" while people are dying. Wallace was speaking to former Eric Holder flack Matthew Miller when she kvetched that the coronavirus pandemic "is like every other" moment "in Donald Trump's presidency, where it's about his...

April 18 2020 Saturday in the Octave of Easter Reading 1 Acts 4:13-21 Observing the boldness of Peter and John and perceiving them to be uneducated, ordinary men, the leaders, elders, and scribes were amazed, and they recognized them as the companions of Jesus. Then when they saw the man who had been cured standing there with them, they could say nothing in reply. So they ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin, and conferred with one another, saying, “What are we to do with these men? Everyone living in Jerusalem knows that a remarkable sign was done through them,...

Another set of Trump tweets, another Alyssa Milano meltdown. It just never gets old, does it? As part of his campaign to get the United States of America to reopen from quarantine in the coming months, Mr. Trump, as he always does, made slogan-style tweets urging various states to “liberate” themselves from coronavirus lockdown. Right on cue, insane lefties like Alyssa jumped to accuse the president of inciting rebellion against governors of each state. Trump’s April 17 morning tweets included, “LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd Amendment. It is under siege,” “LIBERATE MICHIGAN,” and “LIBERATE MINNESOTA!” As tensions have...

Calling him the most “consistent” president in American history, prominent Southern Baptist R. Albert Mohler Jr., indicated Wednesday that he will likely support President Donald Trump in 2020 despite not voting for him in 2016 when he also encouraged other Christian leaders to do the same...“I don’t have a different moral estimation of Donald Trump. Even in office he continually leaves me very frustrated in how he presents himself, how he speaks, but he has been more consistent in pro-life decisions, executive orders … than any president of the United States in any party. He’s been more consistent than any...

Our national parks embody the magnificence and grandeur of our great Nation.  Every year, more than 300 million visitors enjoy the breathtaking landscapes, abundant wildlife, historic landmarks, and patriotic memorials found at these great American sites.  During National Park Week, we recognize the majesty of our national parks, pay tribute to the tranquility and solace they provide, and applaud the men and women who work tirelessly to preserve our heritage for us and for future generations of Americans.This year, the recognition of our national parks is particularly poignant as our country continues to combat the challenges posed by the coronavirus...

Civic engagement and volunteer service strengthens the fabric of our Nation and reflects the true heart, spirit, and goodness of America.  National Volunteer Week is an opportunity to recognize and honor the countless individuals who selflessly invest in the lives of others.  These ordinary citizens make extraordinary contributions to individuals, families, neighborhoods, communities, and our Nation.Our national character is measured by the unity, compassion, and initiative shown by Americans who help others.  Volunteers serving in community and charitable organizations, faith-based institutions, and nonprofits fulfill critical needs and challenges faced by people of all ages and backgrounds.  In soup kitchens, shelters,...

Suzanne Somers isn't shy about what activities she's been up to during the coronavirus pandemic. The 73-year-old has been hosting a regular Facebook Live cocktail hour to stay connected to her fans and recently told Page Six's "We Hear" podcast that she's also been having sex "most days, and the position is not photographable.” Apparently, Somers and her husband of over 40 years, Alan Hamel, can't get enough of each other. “I have a husband who I inject every Tuesday with testosterone and Wednesday’s a very good day. We have found a way. My girlfriends go, ‘You do not have...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) falsely accused President Trump Friday of killing Americans hit by the COVID-19 Chinese coronavirus by not sending ventilators. No American has gone without a ventilator who needed one let alone died for a lack of one, even though at times there has been panic about potential shortages that did not pan out. States that were begging Trump for ventilators, like New York and Washington, are sending surplus ventilators to other states...

China's economy shrank for the first time in decades in the first quarter of the year, as the virus forced factories and businesses to close. The world's second biggest economy contracted 6.8% according to official data released on Friday. The financial toll the coronavirus is having on the Chinese economy will be a huge concern to other countries. China is an economic powerhouse as a major consumer and producer of goods and services.

Left-wing pop icon Cher has accused Republican supporters of President Donald Trump of turning their heads for financial gain while the president “kills Americans” suffering from the Chinese coronavirus. Posting on Twitter in her typically incoherent fashion, the 72-year-old star cited an article from Politico arguing that Trump’s decision to remove funding from the China-centric World Health Organization (WHO) actually allowed Beijing to increase its influence across United Nations agencies. In the rant, Cher accused powerful Republicans around the president of failing to call him out for killing Americans because they are financially benefiting. A version in grammatical English is...

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Former Saturday Night Live star Leslie Jones erupted in response to reports that President Donald Trump’s name will appear on millions of Americans’ coronavirus relief checks by suggesting that his name also be printed on the death certificates of those who died from the illness. “Like what is wrong with us how dont we see the narcissistic behavior of this clown? We need put his name on all the death certificates from this pandemic too!! What the fuck?!” Jones said on Twitter Friday morning. The Washington Post reported Tuesday that some of the delivery of the checks were delayed by...

In these execution-focused pages we have seen the death penalty meted out to ideological enemies whom the Nazis hastened to dispose of in their last hours; almost infinitely more numerous were everyday people who by Berlin’s Götterdämmerung were made so much meat for the ordnance of the advancing Allies. On this date in 1945, Robert Limpert’s effort to avoid the latter fate for his native Ansbach caused him to suffer the pangs of an entirely gratuitous execution.