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BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WBFF) - As some states choose to end the weekly $300 federal unemployment benefits, the Maryland Department of Labor says the additional payments will continue.A DLLR spokesperson says the federal benefits will continue in addition to Maryland reinstating its work-search requirement for claimants...

A 79-year-old woman turned herself in to authorities Monday and was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on charges of filing fraudulent insurance claims and uttering forged instruments. Jail records showed Daisy Mae Williams was being held in lieu of a $22,000 bond, but the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office said she would be released on her own recognizance after she attends her bond hearing.

Two years after it ended, I finally watched the series Game of Thrones. Okay, you can tease me for being a few years behind everyone else. But I don’t have cable TV at all, let alone HBO. So there was no reason I would’ve seen Game of Thrones while it was still on the air. But every year for my birthday, I buy myself something. So for my 58th birthday last month, I bought the entire digital box set of Game of Thrones to see what all the fuss was about. If nothing else, I finally understand all those GOT...

A guy stopped and had at it over the weekend apparently.

Explanation: What celestial body wears the Necklace Nebula? First, analyses indicate that the Necklace is a planetary nebula, a gas cloud emitted by a star toward the end of its life. Also, what appears to be diamonds in the Necklace are actually bright knots of glowing gas. In the center of the Necklace Nebula are likely two stars orbiting so close together that they share a common atmosphere and appear as one in the featured image by the Hubble Space Telescope. The red-glowing gas clouds on the upper left and lower right are the results of jets from the center....

..... The terrorist organization claimed that the rocket attacks were in retaliation for the continued air strikes on Hams targets in Gaza. Hamas said it attacked air force bases in Hatzor, Hatzerim, Nabataean, Tel Nof, Palmachim and Ramon.

Republican lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bill that would end a $300 per week federal unemployment boost in Wisconsin, which several business groups say is creating a disincentive to work and exacerbates ongoing workforce shortage challenges. The bill, which Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, and Sen. Howard Marklein, R-Spring Green, said could be in committee next week and taken up by the Legislature as early as June, would end Wisconsin's participation in four federal programs aimed at assisting individuals who are unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Supporters of those provisions say they provide much-needed assistance to those who are...

The physician and health economist Prof. Dr. Schrappe has been critical of the German government’s Corona policy since April 2020. Together with eight other scientists, he published an explosive paper reported German daily Die Welt on Sunday: This suggests that there has been manipulation of official statistics, subsidy fraud and dubious use of funds. Die Welt interviewed health economist Matthias Schrappe after the release of the study in which he criticized the inconsistencies in the handling of state subsidies by German hospitals. As most clinics are now private, it is logical that their financial health comes before the health of...

Archbishop Viganò offers considerations on the Great ResetIt is our duty to uncover the Great Reset's deception, because the same deception may be attributed to all the other assaults that have sought to nullify the work of Redemption and establish the tyranny of the Antichrist.May 18, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — I offer heartfelt thanks to dear Professor Massimo Viglione, who wanted to invite me to take part — remotely so to speak — in the conference he has organized as President of the Confederation of the Triarii. I also extend my warmest greetings to each of the illustrious participants in this...

SHARE THIS FacebookTwitterWhatsAppSMSEmail Home News Regional Poconos and Coal Region Poconos and Coal Region Next Up NEXT UP Carbon County helps create action plan to address high suici… 1 dead, another hurt after Poconos robbery victim fights back 69 News May 18, 2021 Updated 7 hrs ago FacebookTwitterWhatsAppSMSEmailSave SMITHFIELD TWP., Pa. - A man is dead after he and four others tried robbing someone in the Poconos Monday evening, police say. A group of five entered a home around 5:45 p.m. in the 900 block of McKinley Way in Smithfield Township to rob the person there, state police said in...

“Follow the science,” co-anchor Joe Scarborough said. “If we’re telling governors to follow the CDC for a year when Donald Trump is president of the United States, shouldn’t they follow the CDC guidance when Joe Biden is president of the United States?” Co-anchor Willie Geist called it a “curious move” by Murphy who “stands alone,” no longer working with Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo or Democratic Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont. Geist also said that about 70% of adults in New Jersey have received at least one dose of the vaccine. “Good luck getting people to wear masks through Memorial...

It's all too common in corporate America: you're hanging out by the water cooler and you suddenly think to yourself, "Hey, wait a minute -- is that guy over there with the AK-47 part of a violent insurgent group internationally recognized as terrorists? I think he just might be!" Yep -- accidentally sharing office space with terrorists is a real problem. Make sure your building doesn't get leveled by a retaliatory airstrike by checking your office space for these eight signs that you might be sharing the building with terrorists: 1. You notice suicide vests hanging on the coat rack....

Erdoğan: Mobilize Christians Against IsraelPope meets Iran's envoy after call with Turkey's basilica-seizing rulerVATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan phoned Pope Francis Monday morning, inciting the pontiff to punish Israel for its "attacks against Palestine" by "mobilizing the Christian world and the international community."Erdoğan's triumphant takeover of Hagia Sophia as a mosque "Israel's attacks concerned not only the Palestinians but all Muslims, all Christians and the entire humanity," Erdoğan, a leading denier of the Armenian Genocide and the prime instigator behind the Islamic takeover of the Hagia Sophia basilica, told Francis. Turkey's Directorate of Communications reported the...

A man was rushed to the hospital and underwent surgery after a reported fight culminated with him being run over by an SUV twice in St. Paul. St. Paul police said officers were called to the 1300 block of Western Avenue North at about 7:20 p.m. Monday. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a 24-year-old man lying in a parking lot with life-threatening injuries. The victim was taken to a local hospital and underwent surgery, police said. A witness told police she'd heard fighting and screaming, and then saw a woman driving a black SUV in the parking...

The change is the result of a legal settlement (pdf) of a lawsuit brought by groups that claimed that the traditional SAT and ACT tests are racist.

Admitted! Chen Ping, Senior Researcher at #Fudan University, professor at #Peking University, says the #CCP won the trade war, science & technology war, and especially the biological war in 2020. "The achievement is unprecedented. This is an epoch-making historical record." Video: Jennifer Zeng Twitter

Randi Weingarten said: '[The CDC] asked us for language and we gave them language' Randi Weingarten, president of the largest teachers union in the U.S., on Tuesday said the Biden administration's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "asked for language" in its school reopening guidelines. The CDC guidelines released in February, while not in complete alignment with union demands with the inclusion of language saying COVID-19 vaccines are optional for educators teaching in-person and students must be 3 feet apart rather than 6, still included some verbatim wording from the American Federation of Teachers, according to documents obtained by The...

The Pentagon is planning to 'continuously' trawl the social media accounts of military personnel for 'extremist behavior and views' - and will use a private security company to shield itself from concerns that it's violating First Amendment rights. The pilot program, which is being created as part of the Biden administration's plan to crack down on domestic extremism, will result in the ongoing monitoring of military personnel for 'concerning behaviors', according to sources and internal documents obtained by The Intercept. The program is being spearheaded by Bishop Garrison, a senior adviser to President Biden's Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who has...

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Rep. Scott Peters (CA-52), Rep. Mike Gallagher (WI-08), Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18), and Rep. Peter Meijer (MI-03) re-introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Workforce Mobility Act to help American workers by limiting employers’ ability to force employees to sign non-compete agreements.

Dr. Anthony Fauci supports businesses choosing to leave mask mandates in place because the “issue,” he said, is that “we don’t have any way of knowing who is vaccinated.” Fauci believes it is “perfectly reasonable and understandable” for businesses to keep mask mandates in place despite recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance relieving vaccinated individuals from wearing masks in most settings. “The problem and the issue is that we don’t have any way of knowing who is vaccinated and who’s not vaccinated,” Fauci said during an appearance on Good Morning America. “I think that’s where the confusion...