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A Connecticut high school sprinter who sued the state for permitting transgender participation in female sports says she lost four state titles and called it a devastating experience. "I've lost four women's state championship titles, two all-New England awards, and numerous other spots on the podium to transgender runners," Chelsea Mitchell wrote Tuesday for the USA Today. "I was bumped to third place in the 55-meter dash in 2019, behind two transgender runners. With every loss, it gets harder and harder to try again. "That's a devastating experience. It tells me that I'm not good enough; that my body isn't...

The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency has expressed alarm over Iran’s nuclear program, spelling out his concern in an interview with the Financial Times this week. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi told the newspaper in an interview published Wednesday that the situation was “very concerning.” Earlier this week, Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog agreed to extend an expired monitoring agreement by a month. Grossi’s warning comes amid high tensions between Iran and the world powers that signed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as negotiations between those countries to revive the deal are underway. “A country enriching at...

Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's wife took no prisoners in a Twitter thread blasting political extremists, following a death threat sent to their house. "I got the death threat letter and called the FBI. This kind of violent threat is fomented against Rand daily by @ReallyAmerican1, a Dem PAC that pays thugs like @mmpadellan, to celebrate the assault that nearly killed Rand. @DNC ignores. @richardmarx was inciting more violence just this weekend," Kelley wrote. "For years people like @BetteMidler have cheered Rand’s horrific attack and serious injuries. The former teacher of the year @RodRobinsonRVA tweeted that Rand’s attacker was a...

Dominion Voting Systems has blamed "human error" on the bombshell discovery that its machines were failing to display Republican ballots in a Pennsylvania county. The executive vice president of operations at Dominion, Nicole Nollette, concluded the reasons in a special meeting held by the Luzerne County volunteer election board, the Times Leader reported.

The memo allows US diplomats to fly the Black Lives Matter flag outside of embassies The Department of State under President Biden issued guidance to all "Diplomatic and Consular posts" encouraging official displays of support for Black Lives Matter (BLM) on the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder on May 25 and beyond, according to a new report. According to a leaked memo from an anonymous State Department source, the department wrote that it "supports the use of the term ‘Black Lives Matter’ in messaging content" as well as in speeches and foreign diplomatic engagements on May 25 "and beyond."...

A weeklong manhunt for a suspect wanted in the killings of four people ended without another shot fired Monday morning as hundreds of officers surrounded him in South Carolina, authorities said. Neither Tyler Terry nor the more than 300 officers searching for him were hurt during his arrest, the Chester County Sheriff’s Office posted on Twitter. The manhunt finally ended after at least three confirmed sightings of Terry since he ran from a wrecked car after firing on Chester County deputies on May 17. Deputies released photos of Terry's arrest showing an officer giving him a bottle of sports drink...

Amid the left’s complete overhaul of the education system, graduate students at the University of Central Florida will be able to specialize in “social justice.” Less than a year after so-called social justice warriors defaced statues of actual social justice warriors, this UCF degree, titled “Social Justice in Public Service,” is being offered as a graduate certificate in the school of public administration. It includes course offerings in “political and economic inequality in comparative perspective,” “multicultural education,” “equitable educational opportunity and life chances,” and more. The certificate description states: The Social Justice in Public Service graduate certificate seeks to develop...

Governor says legislation is needed to ensure election officials don't jeopardize Texas elections, make sure only those allowed to vote are voting. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says local elections in Texas have been altered by voter fraud, though he admits there were no known cases in the state in 2020, and says he is taking steps to "ensure election integrity in Texas" through legislative action. Abbott says laws must be written to prevent election officials from jeopardizing the election process and to ensure poll watchers have access to observing ballot counts.Abbott was joined by Texas Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston, District...

The quantum world is notoriously weird. Single particles can be in two places at once, for example. Only by making an observation do we force it to 'choose'. Before an observation we can only assign probabilities to the likely outcomes. Such a picture cannot be reconciled with a smooth, continuous fabric of space-time. According to Einstein, space-time is warped by matter and energy, but quantum physics says matter and energy exist in multiple states simultaneously — they can be both here and over there. According to Einstein, space-time is like a stage that remains in place whether actors are treading...

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has announced that the US would reopen its consulate in Jerusalem after it was downgraded by the Trump administration, and will provide an additional $75m to help rebuild Gaza. Speaking alongside the Palestinian president

China Snubs Pope, Enforces New Clergy LawsChinese Communist Party rips to shreds secret concordat with VaticanBEIJING (ChurchMilitant.com) - In a further blow to Pope Francis' secret Sino-Vatican concordat, China is enforcing new draconian laws compelling clergy to "practice the core values of communism" and promote the "sinicization of religion" — under threat of criminal sanctions.Police remove a cross from a church in China The Measures for the Administration of Religious Clergy, issued by the Communist Party of China's (CCP) State Bureau of Religious Affairs (SBRA), came into force on May 1 — creating an "Orwellian system of surveillance" and tightening...

Phil Newby continues his fight for the right to assisted dying after years of struggling with motor neurone disease. Clip...

"He's been lying to us since the very beginning," Paul said during an interview on The Water Cooler. Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday that National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci has repeatedly lied and should be fired. Paul said on Just the News' "Water Cooler" show that Fauci lied to Congress when he said the National Institutes of Health did not fund gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. "He oughta be immediately fired," said Paul, who has repeatedly clashed with Fauci over numerous COVID-19 issues. "He's been lying to us since the very...

VIDEOIs the New York Grand Jury investigation politically motivated? Gee, I wonder! Perhaps we should ask New York Attorney General Letitia James if she is politically biased against President Donald Trump. Could her many statements on that topic during her campaign reveal this?

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” host Joe Scarborough reacted to reporting saying New York prosecutors have assembled a special grand jury to consider evidence in a criminal probe into former President Donald Trump’s business dealings. Scarborough echoed what he had heard from people in the legal field around New York, which is that unless there is an open and shut case, “you just don’t put a former president on the stand unless you have an open and shut case.” Because of that, the former GOP congressman said not to expect to see Trump on the stand.

Aortic aneurysms are a major killer globally. The aorta is an enormous blood vessel that carries blood away from your heart, and when it develops an abnormal bulge this is known as an aortic aneurysm (Einstein had one wrapped with literal cellophane). They can cause discomfort, but most people aren’t aware that they have an aortic aneurysm until it’s picked up in scans. If the aneurysm ruptures, it causes mass internal bleeding, which is usually fatal, so detecting these vessel abnormalities is a key step in the prevention of death. Now, a study published in the American Journal of Cardiology...

Chip and Joanna Gaines donated $1000 to Chip’s sister’s campaign for School Board. The media has turned this into an attack on the “Fixer Upper” stars because Chip’s sister is opposed to critical race theory. As you know, many people will support a sibling or other family member running for office. We want to encourage strong minded people to run for office and sometimes this includes relatives.

Amazon announced Wednesday that the company has reached a deal to buy MGM Holdings for $8.45 billion. The deal is Amazon's second biggest, following the company's $13.7 billion purchase of the Whole Foods grocery chain in 2017. "The real financial value behind this deal is the treasure trove of [intellectual property] in the deep catalog that we plan to reimagine and develop together with MGM's talented team," said Mike Hopkins, head of Prime Video and Amazon Studios Mike Hopkins, according to CNN. Some of those brands include James Bond and Rocky.

An international team of researchers has developed a new way to track the biological ageing process – and the results suggest that humans can live to a maximum of 150 years old. Why do we age?Ageing is a gradual process that happens over our whole life, as our normal body functions slow down. There are at least nine markers of ageing, but a common one is when our cells slowly lose the ability to produce new and healthy cells to repair damage. It is marked by a decline in physical functionality and an increased risk of chronic disease. Researchers distinguish...

In the months leading up to November’s election, voting officials in major cities and counties worked with a progressive group funded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and its allies to create ballots, strategically target voters and develop “cure” letters in situations where mail-in ballots were in danger of being tossed out.The Center for Tech and Civic Life, or CTCL, provided millions of dollars in private funding for the elections that came from a $350 million donation from Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan. The CTCL gave “COVID-19 response” grants of varying amounts to 2,500 municipalities in 49 states.In exchange for...