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What did Floyd's girlfriend say?Ms Ross is the first person to testify who personally knew Mr Floyd. She told the court that she met Mr Floyd in 2017 in the lobby of a Salvation Army homeless shelter, where he worked as a security guard and she was waiting to see the father of her son. She said Mr Floyd asked if she would pray with him. "It was so sweet and at the time I had lost a lot of faith in God," she said, adding that they kissed that night. She said their first meeting was "one of my...

SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously ruled that the City of New York’s climate change lawsuit against Chevron and a group of other energy producers is without merit and must be dismissed. The court upheld the federal district court’s decision that the City’s claims are barred, holding that municipalities cannot “utilize state tort law to hold multinational oil companies liable for the damages caused by global greenhouse gas emissions.” While recognizing that “[g]lobal warming is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity today,” the court explained also that “[g]lobal warming presents...

A paramedic who testified at the trial of Derek Chauvin on Thursday criticized Minneapolis police officers for not doing chest compressions on George Floyd at the scene, saying “any layperson can do chest compressions.” The criticism came during defense attorney Eric Nelson's cross examination of Derek Smith, the paramedic. “Any layperson can do chest compressions. There’s no reason Minneapolis couldn’t have started chest compressions,” Smith told Nelson as the defense attorney questioned him over treatment offered to Floyd in the back of an ambulance after paramedics arrived on the scene. Smith testified on the fourth day in the trial of...

I must admit to spending a good deal of this month reliving my childhood by watching reruns of the Bob Barker era of ‘The Price is Right.’ Come on Down! The streaming service Pluto.tv launched the Bob Barker Era ‘Price is Right’ Channel in early December. I couldn’t resist taking a peek. And I’ll confess that I’ve spent a number of hours this month watching those old shows. Pluto.tv escaped my notice until I learned about their ‘Price’ plans. It turns out ViacomCBS now owns the streaming service. It also owns CBS, the network where The Price is Right made...

For two weeks, Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola had been under pressure from activists and Black executives who wanted the companies to publicly oppose a new law in Georgia that makes it harder for people to vote. On Wednesday, six days after the law was passed, both companies stated their “crystal clear” opposition to it. Now Republicans are mad at the companies for speaking out. Hours after the companies made their statements, Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, took aim at Ed Bastian, the chief executive of Delta, accusing him of spreading “the same false attacks being repeated by partisan activists.”...

Pfizer says its vaccine is preventing 91% of coronavirus cases in the six months after people are immunised. And a separate study shows even people in their 80s and 90s are producing impressive levels of antibodies after receiving both doses of the vaccine. Only 63% of them, however, also produce the T-cells that help maintain those antibodies in the longer term. And the crucial question of how long the protection from the vaccine lasts remains unanswered. Pfizer analysed data from 46,000 people on the original clinical trial, exactly six months after their second dose. It also looked at 800 trial...

A federal judge ordered pop star Lil Nas X’s “Satan Shoes” to cease being sold, siding with Nike after it filed a lawsuit against the design company MSCHF Product Studio, which Nike says customized the Air Max 97 shoes without permission. The “Old Town Road” singer caused chaos last week following the unveiling of his limited edition satanic-theme shoes, which are said to contain a drop of human blood. The initial unveil caused confusion and uproar from fans who thought the shoe was made in collaboration with Nike, which the company ultimately denied. Nike followed up with a lawsuit on...

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed legislation outlawing sanctuary cities in the state. “We are a nation of laws, and immigration laws will be enforced in Montana. Criminal, illegal aliens who pose public safety threats to our communities have no sanctuary in Montana,” Gianforte said before signing the bill. The legislation, HB200, prohibits local jurisdictions in the state from adopting sanctuary city policies and outlines penalties for cities that do not comply with the law. The state’s legislature had passed similar legislation in 2019, but that effort was vetoed by Democratic former Gov. Steve Bullock. The move comes as a growing...

What could be the nation’s first commercial advanced nuclear power reactor would be built and operated near Richland under a partnership agreement signed Thursday. X-energy, of Rockville, Md., will work with Energy Northwest of Richland and Grant County PUD to develop, build and operate an 80-megawatt reactor, the Xe-100, on land already leased by Energy Northwest at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Eastern Washington.

Poland chose not to take the knee before Wednesday's World Cup qualifier with England after the country's FA president described the gesture as 'the last topic that interests us'. England players opted to take the knee just seconds before the match at Wembley kicked off, with the visiting players choosing to point to the 'Respect' UEFA badge on their shirts instead of joining in. The move comes a day after Czech Republic players pointed at the same part of their match shirt as Wales players took the knee before Tuesday's World Cup qualifier in Cardiff.

The media has been abuzz lately with calls to revive the "Fairness Doctrine". CNN, MSNBC, CBS, along with a number of other major media outlets including the New York Times and Washington Post are now demanding that something be done to stop what they call, 'disinformation". What disinformation is seems to be defined by anything they don’t like and is almost exclusively conservative content. Online, the attack against opposing ideas has been even more aggressive with Big-tech companies selectively banning people and arbitrarily removing anything to which they are opposed. Following a number of successes in having conservative outlets defunded,...

A rare black fox has been caught on camera prowling around a garden in west London. It was spotted by Faroz and his daughter Sophia, from Isleworth, who first thought it was a wolf, or a wild dog. The animals are a type of North American red fox with a trait that makes their fur silvery-black. They make up about 0.1% of the UK fox population.

A black man got out of his car in to scold Black Lives Matter protesters for blocking the roads and preventing him from going to work and feeding his kids. Black Lives Matter protestors – many of whom are young white people – gathered again in blocking streets and ongoing traffic. A black man in a truck pulled over and chided the protestors for blocking the road. The video was sent by one of our subscribers and he said that it was taken in Texas. Video below: (video uploaded on the site, can't find the link) The protesters — who...

Ethereum, the next largest cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin, has endured price stagnation for about a month. That period was marked with erratic and unpleasant price movements, which lead to the so-called triangular shape on Ethereum price daily charts. However, a sudden increase in buy order has allowed Ethereum Price to escape from that pattern. By this recent data, ETH Price is projected to increase by 37 percent. If this projection comes out true, ETH price will hit an all-time high of $2560.

The desire by world leaders to create a single one world government is no longer secret. Taking advantage of the COVID-19 ‘crisis’, world leaders are openly calling for an end to nationalism and isolationism. 24 countries have come together to call for a global settlement like the one reached after the second world war to “protect countries” and build cross border co-operation. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), as well as 20 other world leaders, joined forces in penning a joint letter with the apparent...

A group of House Democrats has asked President Joe Biden to take executive action on “concealable assault-style firearms,” citing two mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, Colorado, last month. “Concealable assault-style firearms that fire rifle rounds pose an unreasonable threat to our communities and should be fully regulated under the National Firearms Act consistent with the intent and history of the law. The recent tragedy in Boulder, Colorado where 10 people including a police officer were killed is one in a string of deadly incidents involving this style of weapon,” Reps. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), Joe Neguse (D-Colo.), Val Demings (D-Fla.),...

SACRAMENTO – Senator Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) is seeking to make all abortions in California free, whether paid for by private or public insurance. The proposal, called SB 245, will be heard in the Senate Health Committee next week. The bill forces all private insurance policies to cover abortions with no co-pays and no deductibles, despite the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) determination that California was already breaking federal law by forcing private health insurance plans to include coverage for abortion. Last December, HHS Secretary Alex Azar announced his department would withhold $200 million from California unless...

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How appropriate! The New York Times filled its April Fools Day front-page with puff stories praising President Joe Biden’s leftist economic agenda. Four Times stories dominated the front page with headlines promoting Biden’s disastrous multi-trillion, sugar-high government spending. The big story taking up most of the page was plastered with a ludicrous headline on Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure spending package: “Biden Plan Stresses Jobs, Roads and Growth.” Times economic reporter Patricia Cohen channeled her inner Keynes and praised Biden’s massive tax agenda in another story headlined: “Tax Pitch Challenges G.O.P. Notions on Spurring Growth.” A third story by Times White...