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A Goochland County man suffered a severe reaction after getting his COVID-19 vaccine and VCU doctors believe it was a direct result of the shot. Richard Terrell got the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine earlier this month. He suffered a severe rash that spread over his entire body and turned his skin red. The 74-year-old was admitted to the hospital and spent five days at VCU Medical Center. Terrell was released from the hospital and is now sharing his vaccination story as he recovers from the comfort of his Goochland home. He tells 8News that he’s still very weak and...

Children attending summer camp and swimming pool recreation programs this summer will be required to wear face masks and social distance as part of the Wolf administration COVID-19 mitigation efforts. Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration on Tuesday issued updated COVID-19 guidance for summer camps, essentially reinforcing health and safety protocol for summer camps, youth summer programs, and public swimming pools. The guidance essentially remains unchanged for the upcoming year. Staff and children age 2 and older must wear face coverings during child care and summer program activities. Children will be permitted to remove their face masks when they are eating or...

a Las Cruces shopper left their car windows down while heading into a grocery store. When they returned and began to drive away, they realized thousands of bees had invaded their vehicle, Thankfully, firefighter Jesse Johnson works as a beekeeper in his spare time. Although he wasn’t working that day, the team called him in for his expert help. Johnson arrived at Albertsons grocery store in a full safety get-up with a hive kit and lemongrass oil. It took two hours for the hive master to get all the insects from the car. The bees were then relocated to Johnson’s...

The way it looks now, there’s no depth to which Joe Biden and Comrade Kamala won’t go to stick it to America’s citizens. Joe’s Screw America Terrible Trifecta of Tyranny begins with “vaccine passports,” a generous portion of open borders, and a heaping helping of double standards. After announcing before the election that he’d basically open borders, Biden’s border is being overrun with tens of thousands of illegal aliens who are purposely overwhelming the immigration system with the help of NGOs and far-Left groups that hate America. Illegal aliens bring with them the shirts on their back and untold COVID...

Two-thirds of disease experts believe coronavirus variants will render vaccines ineffective within one year, a new survey finds. Conducted by the People's Vaccine Alliance, about 66 percent of epidemiologists, virologists and infectious disease specialists say they think that within 12 months, the virus will mutate to such a degree that first-generation vaccines will be useless at preventing infection. Of that group, nearly one-fifth believe it would occur within six months and one-third said within nine months. Fewer than one in eight doctors said they believed that mutations would never make the vaccines currently available ineffective.

The Biden administration for the first time on Tuesday allowed news media inside a Customs and Border Protection facility facing unprecedented overcrowding due to the recent surge of migrant children and families. The photos revealed a severely overcrowded tent structure with more than 4,000 people, including children and families, were crammed into a space intended for 250, and the youngest were kept in a large playpen with mats on the floor for sleeping. Representatives from the press were allowed inside a temporary tent facility in Donna, Texas, which was meant to hold 250 migrants but had a population of more...

The border crisis is nowhere more glaring than in the small Texas town of Del Rio that sits right on the Rio Grande River At certain times of day the water level is so low - a few feet deep - migrants can wade across from Mexico in five minutes 'Two months ago we had maybe 20 illegals crossing here a week and now we have anywhere from 60-75 illegals a day,' Val Verde County Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez told DailyMail.com Sheriff Martinez called the area 'the easiest illegal border crossing along the Rio Grande' He said that there are...

Video emerged of Kamala Harris recently speaking about the problems parents face when their schools are closed but they can't afford childcare. This is a serious issue with massive repercussions for children's development and for working mothers. So what did Kamala do? She cracked herself up, laughing so hard she could barely get the words out. What the heck is going on with that woman? Here's the video... If you look up "inappropriate laughter," a few things pop up. It turns out that it can be a nervous system disorder called Pseudobulbar affect (AKA emotional incontinence)....In other words, in addition...

It may no longer be enough to protect species like Australia's marsupials from predators – we may have to assist in their evolution if they are to survive the 21st Century. "I spent 15 years removing cats from fenced reserves and national parks," says Katherine Moseby. "And then, all of a sudden, I was putting them back in. It felt very strange to be doing that." ..... "A lot of the focus has been on trying to come up with methods of killing cats better," says Moseby, who holds a PhD in reintroduction biology. "And we sort of started looking...

An organization backed with millions of dollars from liberal billionaires Bill Gates and George Soros has launched a commission led by radical liberals to fight “mis- and disinformation.” The commission, dubbed the Aspen Institute Commission on Information Disorder, is co-chaired by leftist Katie Couric Media founder Katie Couric. Couric recently suggested during a segment with HBO host Bill Maher that “we” should “deprogram” people within former President Donald Trump’s “cult.” The commission is also chaired by leftist Rashad Robinson, who leads the Soros-funded and racially charged Color of Change group. Color of Change was recently behind an effort to defund...

Those words directed toward the suspect, 43-year-old Aliex Santiesteban. Police arrested him Monday night on charges of armed sexual battery, kidnapping a child under 13 years of age, and attempted murder...Police said the man sexually assaulted the boy and shot him in the face before kicking him out of his car. Surveillance footage showed the boy walking, with help from a Good Samaritan, to a nearby business and collapsing.

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Simply unacceptable. That is what a local developer is saying about Atlanta’s rise in crime. Fulton County’s district attorney said the homicide rate alone jumped 39% last year in the county compared to 2019. Since last summer, Atlanta police, the mayor’s office and the City Council have all been working together, trying to find ways to reduce crime. But a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, crime is still a major problem. Now, a downtown developer said he has had enough. Channel 2′s Michael Seiden learned that the developer’s storefront is boarded up because someone broke his...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Republicans “gun worshipers,” who are “shameless” because of their “huge advantage” due to the filibuster. “You know, democracy is the balancing of interests and rights, and unfortunately at this time, the gun worshipers have a huge advantage because of the filibuster and because of their shameless exploitation of people’s unwarranted fears,” Hillary Clinton said.

The measurement suggests that the radius of the Martian core is 1,810 to 1,860 kilometres, roughly half that of Earth’s. That’s larger than some previous estimates, meaning the core is less dense than had been predicted. The finding suggests the core must contain lighter elements, such as oxygen, in addition to the iron and sulfur that constitute much of its make-up. InSight scientists reported their measurements in several presentations this week at the virtual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, based out of Houston, Texas. Rocky planets such as Earth and Mars are divided into the fundamental layers of crust, mantle...

Snip]The Danish Parliament has approved a new law that bans foreign governments from financing mosques in Denmark. The measure is aimed at preventing Muslim countries, particularly Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, from promoting Islamic extremism in Danish mosques and prayer facilities.Denmark joins a growing list of European countries — including Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland — which have taken varying degrees of action to prevent foreign governments from financing the construction and upkeep of mosques on their territories.

Omens of a terminal crisis / The intentional ambiguities of Francis and Vatican IIIFrom The WandererWe have known for decades that the Church is in crisis. However, in recent years and, above all, in the past few months, in my opinion we are witnessing the manifestation of omens that indicate the imminence of the final outcome. The crisis is terminal, that is, irreversible. There is no way to turn back. Without a direct divine intervention, the Catholic Church will disappear in the next decade, transformed into a religious multinational, disfigured in its original character and transformed into a furious persecutor...

The Bidens' dog Major has been involved in another biting incident that required medical attention, two people with knowledge of the incident tell CNN. The incident, which involved a National Park Service employee, took place on the White House South Lawn on Monday afternoon. The employee was working at the time and needed to stop in order to receive treatment from the White House medical unit. Asked about this latest episode, first lady Jill Biden's press secretary Michael LaRosa told CNN: "Yes, Major nipped someone on a walk. Out of an abundance of caution, the individual was seen by WHMU...

Democrats stipulated in their $1.9 trillion spending bill that none of the $350 billion going to states and localities could be “deposited into a public pension fund.” That always looked like a trick, and Vermont is the first state to prove the point. Vermont’s Democratic Legislature broke the code when it dared to propose pension reforms while the state is flush with federal bailout money. Vermont’s pension funds are 35% to 50% underfunded, and rising payments are squeezing government services.

Shortly after the Presidential election, the Trump campaign claimed that electing Joe Biden would quickly put Kamala Harris in charge of the country. These allegations gain even more attraction as Joe Biden called his vice president, Kamala Harris, “President Harris” on more than one occasion. Biden, 77, frequently stumbles over his words and many left wondering about the health of the current President. Joe Biden, while eager to dispel any notion that he’ll be a lame duck, has insisted repeatedly that Harris need not wait for power. As a former vice president who believes in a robust role for the...

Resident Joe Biden is riding the pine and declining the Washington Nationals’ invitation to throw out the ceremonial first pitch of the 2021 MLB season when the New York Mets visit Nationals Park.