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Here's how to make an expert-approved, do-it-yourself (DIY) face mask to limit the spread of coronavirus and protect yourself from Covid-19. * snip * First, fold a paper towel in half, White explains. Next, fold it like an accordion from side to side (see photos). Make a small fold at both ends of the paper towel where the rubber bands will be placed. Insert runner bands behind the fold and staple them in place at both ends. Another plus: It’s disposable.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a stop to major sports with increasing concerns for whether or not the 2020 college football season will start on time. As coaches and college administrators continue to navigate their way through an unprecedented time, there is reportedly talk about moving the upcoming season into 2021.According to The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman, one possibility being discussed around the NCAA is playing the season in spring 2021. The idea, which has reportedly been talked about by coaches and administrators, would allow teams more time to prepare for a potential season.  The University of Oklahoma announced Friday that it is suspending in-person activities...

Five major ancient shipwrecks that carried amphorae and an anchor pole pointing to a large sea vessel are among the amazing finds found by archaeologists during underwater searches at the bottom of Levitha, a small island in the Aegean Sea, between Amorgos and Leros... The shipwreck at Knidos had a trove including amphorae, dating back to the same period, while three more shipwrecks with cargoes of Cone or pseudo-Cone amphorae were found (2nd and 1st centuries BC) and the 2nd century AD), a shipwreck with amphorae cargo from the North Aegean of the 1st century BC, a shipwreck with cargo...

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he will be placing a 60-day pause on the issuance of certain immigration green cards in an effort to limit competition for jobs in a U.S. economy wrecked by the coronavirus. “To protect American workers, I will be issuing a temporary suspension of immigrating into the United States,” Trump said at a White House briefing after tweeting about the order late Monday night. Trump said that the move would not impact those in the country on a temporary basis and would apply only to those looking for green cards in hopes of staying. An administration...

Four years ago, voters across American chose Donald Trump, who has proven to be the most pro-life President in our history. Many Christian and pro-life citizens voted for him with a question mark in their mind. They were more certain of what they would get from Hillary Clinton than they were of what they would get from Donald Trump. And they knew they did not want Clinton. But now, that question mark has become an exclamation point. President Trump has done everything past pro-life presidents have done and more. I have summarized some of his pro-life record at www.ProLifePresident.com. And...

Pringles, the brand that has always embraced new and unique chip flavors, is offering up some comfort food amid the coronavirus pandemic. Their latest flavor, Chicken & Waffles, is a whole meal in one bite. Chip lovers began spotting the sweet-and-savory item at Dollar General stores. Instagram user @carbconnoissuer noted that the the flavor is “exclusive” to the wallet-friendly franchise. The packaging on the orange-yellow can also indicates that the chips won’t be around for long. If you want to get your hands on these “limited edition” chips, you have to act fast. The user gave the chips a taste-test...

“We said the BBC would be there for people through this crisis, and we meant it”Sir David Attenborough will be teaching online Geography lessons via the BBC, for children being homeschooled during the coronavirus pandemic. The historian and broadcaster will be hosting live-streamed classes as part of the BBC Bitesize Daily learning series focused on offering at-home education. Read More: It was nice to see David Attenborough in the flesh at Glastonbury, but could he not have used the platform more wisely? Covering material from Attenborough’s Life on Earth and The Living Planet documentary series, the lessons will focus on...

President Trump just defunded the World Health Organization. This is a huge win for the people of the world, especially children. It is widely agreed that the WHO mishandled the COVID-19 outbreak and displayed behavior that evidenced an intriguing alliance with communist China or, at the very least, a fear of it. What is less well-known is the WHO’s alliance with organizations that promote what they call “sexual rights” for children, which can be better understood as an encouraging sexual behavior and ideas from an extremely young age. The WHO is a United Nations entity that was launched as one...

Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s draconian executive orders mandating business closures and stay-at-home status for all residents has been rejected by county commissioners in Franklin County. The motion passed unanimously. Now, the legal battles may or may not begin but in the immediate future, the county is official reopened for business. “I move that Franklin County end recognition of the governor’s stay at home emergency proclamation that is now deemed unconstitutional. We support the reopening for all builders and small businesses that want to work,” Commissioner Clint Didier said during a meeting Tuesday morning.

Louisiana Right to Life sent a letter to Gov. John Bel Edwards today respectfully urging him to take decisive action to equally enforce his emergency health orders regarding postponement of elective surgeries and medical procedures on abortion facilities which, according to public record, have blatantly disregarded public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Benjamin Clapper, Executive Director of Louisiana Right to Life, said, “Abortion businesses are once again putting profits over patients. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has clearly stated that Texas is justified in postponing elective abortions. Without clear and decisive action from Gov. Edwards and his administration,...

RUSH: There are growing protests all over the fruited plain, the American people demanding that their states open for business. Your host is single-handedly being blamed for these protests. Now, the difference is that most hosts being blamed for something like this would gladly accept the blame, would gladly accept the responsibility. Most hosts would like being thought of as having that kind of power. On the other hand, I, Rush Limbaugh, America’s Real Anchorman, I know that I have this kind of power and I have not utilized it. I have not urged one protest. I never do this....

An Episcopal priest who runs one of the largest pro-abortion groups in America slammed pro-lifers for protesting peacefully outside abortion facilities during the coronavirus crisis. The Very Rev. Dr. Katherine Hancock Ragsdale, an Episcopal priest and president of the National Abortion Federation, claimed pro-lifers are endangering lives by standing on the sidewalk outside abortion facilities, CNS News reports. “It is absolutely shameful that anti-abortion groups and individuals are ignoring public health guidance and putting patients, clinic staff and law enforcement at risk,” Ragsdale said in a statement this week. Abortion facilities really are the ones putting people at risk by...

Michigan Catholic leaders slammed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for declaring elective abortions “life sustaining” while restricting people from buying seeds to grow their own food. Whitmer’s restrictions during the coronavirus crisis are among the strictest of all state executive orders, and Michiganders have protested in large numbers in recent days. Whitmer issued executive order 2020-42, which went into effect April 9, and requires larger stores to block off certain areas of their sales floors as a way of limiting the number of people in those stores. Those sections include lawn and garden. Essentially the order limits the purchase of gardening supplies,...

No visitors allowed - even in death. Jeffrey Epstein’s estate is fighting a legal effort by one of his alleged victims to send a video crew to the perv’s Upper East Side mansion and island retreat. The victim, identified in papers only as Priscilla Doe, wants to film the areas where she says she was abused and show a jury, through video footage, that she could not easily escape the multimillionaire sex offender. “The grandeur and opulence of the Epstein properties alone demonstrate the power disparity between Epstein and Doe and thus are directly relevant to critical issues to be...

President Trump, in an interview on “Hannity” last week, slammed the World Health Organization (WHO) for its “China-centric” views, adding the global health agency’s projections and pronouncements about the coronavirus pandemic have been routinely wrong. One of WHO’s earliest flawed pronouncements, the president told host Sean Hannity, was to strongly recommend against the U.S. restricting travel from China. Earlier Tuesday at a news briefing, Trump said he may put a “very powerful hold” on U.S. funding to the WHO. Sen. Lindsey Graham also said that the World Health Organization (WHO) should not receive funding from the United States under its...

China is marrying Big Brother to Big Data. Every citizen will be watched and their behaviour scored in the most ambitious and sophisticated system of social control in history. Matthew Carney reports. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eViswN602_k 

Some people have a hard time getting the message about social distancing in Canada. That seems to be the case in Newfoundland, where police arrested a woman for the second time after she refused to self-isolate. She was previously taken into custody on March 25. Narcity spoke with Constable James C. Cadigan, the Media Relations Officer with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary. He confirmed that officers were called to the community of Curling on Thursday morning. There, they found the 53-year-old woman who had been arrested previously walking down a road. Constable Cadigan confirmed that officers were met with noncompliance when...

Spice! Sandworms! Sting! What's not to like about this 1984 sci-fi bomb?Double the Dune, double the nightmare? Director Denis Villeneuve plans to release two films to fully encompass the knotty complexities of Frank Herbert’s epic 1965 sci-fi novel about the battle for control over production of ‘spice’ (essentially ultra-rare petrol, and just as mad to snort) on a desert planet called Arrakis infested with worms the size of tube trains. Much to the concern of anyone with any experience of previous efforts to bring the novel to screen. Alejandro Jodorowsky aborted his early ‘70s vision of a psychedelic 10-hour version...

RUSH: They’re flying drones over Palm Beach, over the beach. Did you see that? It’s the most fascinating picture. There’s a drone photo, and the drone happened to catch a pelican. My favorite bird’s the pelican, and this picture is of a pelican. The pelican’s flying just below the drone and the pelican is in the picture. It’s a picture of the Midtown Beach, and the Palm Beach police put it out, “Oh, no, no, no, no! “We are not using this to violate anybody’s rights. We’re not doing this…” It wasn’t the police. It was the city government people....

The Netherlands will start reopening primary schools and daycare centres from May 11 but organised events remain banned until September 1, prime minister Mark Rutte told a news conference on Tuesday evening. ‘This is the maximum we can do at the moment,’ Rutte told reporters. In particular, relaxing the social distancing rules too quickly will lead to a second wave of infections which needs to be averted. ‘These are difficult considerations but it’s a question of better safe than sorry,’ Rutte said. ‘We have to be very cautious.’ The decision to reopen schools is based on a wide range of...