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She is dressed in the casual, ‘urban cool’ uniform of the London 20-something: skinny jeans, unzipped hoodie, Nike baseball cap, trendy shades. Her hair dyed and straightened in the style of her generation. She really could be any young woman about town. But this is not any young woman. This is Shamima Begum, the teenager who fled Britain in 2015 to marry an Isis fighter. The now 21-year-old who described with chilling nonchalance how she ‘wasn’t fazed’ by the sight of a severed head. Who declared how she had a ‘good time’ with Isis, and who justified the bombing of...

In a statement posted on his organization’s website, NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson called on the National Football League to “rethink” its relationship with Fox Corporation due to the way Fox News carries out “un-American attacks on those that stand for racial equity and justice,” including NFL players. Saying that Fox News represents “the worst traditions of American broadcasting,” Johnson urged the NFL to distance itself from Fox given what the network “has done to harm its players and the franchise” and requested a formal meeting with league executives to discuss the “unscrupulous tactics employed by Fox to underwrite...

Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday she was ready to be vaccinated with AstraZeneca's coronavirus jab if she is offered it, in a bid to shore up confidence in the jab. "Yes I would take the AstraZeneca vaccine," Merkel told a news conference, adding she "would like to wait until it's my turn but I would in any case". Merkel's firm endorsement of the vaccine came after its use was suspended for several days this week by major European countries, including Germany, over fears it may cause blood clots.

Testosterone can reduce a man’s “social brain” function and dampen his generosity, according to a new study. The higher the testosterone level, the less neural activity occurred in the temporoparietal junction, an area in the upper human brain associated with social functions, said the researchers in a paper published in the peer-reviewed PNAS, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. More from AsiaOne Read the condensed version of this story, and other top stories with NewsLite. Wu Yin, a lead author of the study with Shenzhen University’s school of psychology, said their discovery...

An amateur astronomer just spotted a strange new object in the sky. And it’s bright enough for you to see with binoculars from your backyard. The discovery image (left) of a new nova that recently appeared in the constellation Cassiopeia. The right image shows how the same region of the sky appeared just four days prior. Yuji Nakamura At around 7 P.M. JST on the evening of March 18, Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Nakamura spotted something strange: A new point of light in the familiar constellation Cassiopeia the Queen. Researchers at Kyoto University quickly followed up using the 3.8-meter Seimei...

A pair of determined rescuers in Digby County, N.S., paddled and swam through a frigid lake Sunday to save a stray dog stranded on a patch of ice. Video from Drone & Co and Carla Smith-Titus.

An inquest heard vital life-saving equipment was missing from a resuscitation room at Ystrad Fawr Birth Centre when Zak-Ezra Carter was taken there shortly after his birthWarning: This article contains an image and details which some readers might find upsetting A young mother whose baby died following childbirth was turned away from hospital three times while in pain from labour, an inquest has heard. Zak-Ezra Carter died at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport two days after his birth at Ystrad Fawr Birth Centre in Ystrad Mynach at about 7.15pm on July 20, 2018. The baby’s mother, Adele Thomas, said...

“It was frightening, he was white as a sheet, floppy and also had shortness of breath. We were so worried"A mother says her son could have died because “Covid confusion” led to late diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. Fynn Hannify started feeling ill in November last year. The usually fit and active 10 year-old from Neath Port Talbot, began losing weight rapidly, felt tired and thirsty. His parents Nicola and David and teachers noticed he was not his usual self but Nicola said she could not get a face to face appointment for him at the GP. “He looked like...

Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer for Donald Trump, met Friday for the eighth time with top officials from the Manhattan District Attorney office, who are conducting a sprawling criminal probe of the former president, his company and others in his orbit.

"On the personal front, I am doing a lot more," Gates wrote. "I am driving electric cars. I have solar panels at my house. I eat synthetic meat (some of the time!). I buy green aviation fuel. I pay for direct air capture by Climeworks. I help finance electric heat pumps in low cost housing to replace natural gas."

Emergency authorities in Australia are warning of "life threatening" flash floods as torrential rains batter parts of the country's east coast. Dozens of people have been rescued from floodwaters, and residents in many low-lying communities of New South Wales have been ordered to leave their homes. Police say hundreds of people have flocked to evacuation centres in areas north of the city of Sydney. Major roads have been shut. Footage has emerged of a house being swept away. Agata Imielska from the Bureau of Meteorology warned of localised intense rainfall and damaging winds, saying the public should be aware of...

Now that his previous "gold standard" Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) is besieged by allegations of sexual harassment and molestation, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the highest paid federal government employee, has pivoted to a new hero—Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich) who is "a really good governor, I think she's done some really good things." Considering that Whitmer's COVID decrees closely imitated Cuomo's, what's not to like? She, like Cuomo, imposed a sweeping lockdown of small businesses that drove many into bankruptcy and pushed unemployment into double-digit levels. She, like Cuomo, ordered nursing homes to take in COVID-infected patients—exposing thousands of high-risk elderly persons...

It is a late friday, and The Who's abridged version of "Tommy" and Pete Townsend, played accoustic guitar during the whole session is remarkable.

In 2008, I wrote a book, The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot. I warned, based on my study of closing democracies in 20th century history, that America needed to beware of a slide toward totalitarianism. I warned that would-be tyrants, whether they are on the left or the right, always use a map to close down democracies, and that they always take the same ten steps. Whether it’s “Invoke a Terrifying Internal and External Threat,” “Create a Thug Caste,” “Target the Press,” or the final step, “Suspend the Rule of Law,” these steps are always...

Major left-leaning U.S. press outlets are largely avoiding mention of President Joe Biden's repeated stumbles as he boarded Air Force One, while many foreign publications are devoting prominent coverage to the incident. As of Friday afternoon, the homepages of MSNBC, CBS News, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and New York Times had no mention of Biden's stumbling incident earlier in the day at Joint Base Andrews. The news blackout was not strictly partisan, with the homepage of right-leaning One America News Network also omitting any mention of Biden's repeated tripping.

Chris Cuomo's CNN show is losing an average of 600,000 viewers each night since his brother Andrew Cuomo became embroiled in scandals over sexual harassment and nursing home deaths. The governor was a frequent guest on Chris's show during the height of the COVID pandemic, but he's now persona non grata on the program. The show has refused to cover the nursing home death scandal and the sexual harassment scandals that have embroiled Andrew Cuomo. Nielsen Media research shows an average of only 1.6 million viewers each night have tuned into 'Cuomo Prime Time' since the ban on Andrew Cuomo...

The former daughter-in-law of Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg said he'll 'turn on' Donald Trump and revealed she has given documents to prosecutors investigating the former president. Jennifer Weisselberg, who was married to Allen's son Barry from 2004 to 2018, told CNN's Chris Cuomo on Friday night that her former father-in-law will flip on Trump to protect his own kids from liability. Both of Allen's sons were personally involved with the Trump Organization, including Barry - who has managed an ice skating rink in Central Park on behalf of the company for years.

Marty Haggard sings "Mama's Hungry Eyes" on Country's Family Reunion Jump to the 5:40 mark in this 11-min video. It's where Merle's son Marty talks for a minute or so about his late grandmother (Merle's mother) before he sings Merle's hit "Mama's Hungry Eyes". The song begins at about the 7:30 mark and continues to the end of the 11 minute video. The entire video is good, but I wanted the MH fans among us to see and hear how much his son Marty looks and sounds likes him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgGvcoyQELY

Two migrant teens drowned while trying to cross the Rio Grande River back to into Mexico after being caught on the U.S. side of the border by patrol agents, a disturbing new video shows. The tragic crossing comes after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed the situation at the border was 'under control' even as government figures show record numbers of people trying to cross into the U.S. at the southern border. The drowning happened on Wednesday afternoon near Laredo, Texas, as the two teens were among a group of migrants who attempted to flee just after U.S. Border Patrol agents...

“It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry” (Proverbs 20:25).