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New Zealand’s COVID-19 Response Minister warned that the government soon will begin “chasing out” people who still haven’t gotten the COVID-19 vaccine. MP Chris Hipkins said Wednesday that the New Zealand government next year will soon start pursuing individuals who haven’t “come forward” to get the experimental jab. “I think early next year we’ll be in the phase of chasing out people who haven’t come forward to get their vaccination, or missed their bookings and so on,” Hipkins told reporters following a COVID press update.

The Minnesota Fed is requiring its employees to be vaccinated Lincoln Project shifting focus to corporations that have donated to 'Sedition… The delta variant of COVID-19 is now the dominant strain in the United States, and while that certainly sounds scary, Dr. Monica Gandhi of UCSF has a message for concerned Californians: Don't panic. In this op-ed, Gandhi and medical student Kyle Hunter argue that despite "new fear-based headlines" and confusing mask guidance, "the situation in the context of high vaccination rates is totally different." "In the Bay Area, nearly 80% of the population over 18 has received at least...

And might increase the risk of side effects. Muscle relaxant drugs are largely ineffective for low back pain, despite being widely prescribed for this condition, suggests an analysis of the latest evidence published by The BMJ today. The findings show that muscle relaxants might reduce pain in the short term, but the effect is too small to be considered clinically meaningful, and there is an increased risk of side effects. But the researchers stress that the certainty of evidence is low and say large trials are urgently needed to resolve uncertainties around the use of these drugs for back pain....

Legendary country star Toby Keith, 59, released a birthday song for the United States. The bittersweet song celebrates America and its freedoms with a cautious tale about the current state of affairs brought to us by extremist activists. He mentions the anti-American sentiment and activities that have flooded the streets and communities during the pandemic. Keith immediately addresses this negativity during what should be a celebratory time for our nation.

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Researchers have detected a variant of coronavirus, first found in South America, in wastewater in southern Nevada, suggesting it is spreading in the community. Scientists at UNLV have found the Lambda variant, or C.37, in samples, Dr. Edwin Oh, an associate professor at the school’s Neurogenetics and Precision Medicine Lab, told the I-Team. Southern Nevada Water Authority scientists take samples from wastewater to see how much coronavirus is in our sewer system. Oh and other researchers analyze the samples, which help public health leaders find spikes and clusters before they can be identified through traditional testing...

A 43-year-old woman in the U.K. was left unable to speak after getting the second dose of the AstraZeneca Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Artist Sofia Gomes believes that the vaccine caused her to suffer a “severe allergic reaction” after getting the vaccine on May 19. Prior to the second dose, she experienced leg pain and a high fever after her first AstraZeneca vaccine dose last March. The artist residing in the town of Wisbech in Cambridgeshire wrote that she had no underlying health problem prior to her inoculation. Her partner Victor Plowman shared how the artist lost her speech. On...

EUGENE, Ore. — As Oregon considers ways to implement President Joe Biden's door-to-door campaign to persuade unvaccinated residents to take the Covid vaccine, one tactic could be to send out the National Guard to neighborhoods. Oregon has reached the 70 percent vaccination threshold recommended by Biden, but that's not enough, according to zealous public health bureaucrats. In the state's fourth most populous county, which includes the college town of Eugene, National Guard members may be among the teams designated to persuade people to take the shots, according to Jason Davis, Public Information Officer with Lane County Public Health. "We're looking...

Human poop can reveal more than you might think, even when it's really, really old. In a new study of a Central American Maya civilization, samples of ancient feces have shown how the size of this community varied significantly in response to contemporary climate change. Researchers identified four distinct periods of population size shift as a reaction to particularly dry or particularly wet periods, which haven't all been documented before: 1350-950 BCE, 400-210 BCE, 90-280 CE, and 730-900 CE. In addition, the flattened poop piles show that the city of Itzan – which in the modern day would be in...

Government ethics watchdogs and art critics alike are voicing their concerns as first son Hunter Biden prepares for his first solo art exhibition this fall — where paintings from the former lawyer and lobbyist are expected to fetch between $75,000 and $500,000 and buyers will remain anonymous. “The whole thing is a really bad idea,” Richard Painter, chief ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, told the Washington Post. “The initial reaction a lot of people are going to have is that he’s capitalizing on being the son of a president and wants people to give him a lot of...

Re Marking Tragedy (Letters, July 6): As the revelations continue and more graves are discovered, I think the sins of the church are hard to ignore. I once considered it my north star of moral high ground. Now I am left bereft.

Two weeks ago, the long-awaited report by the Pentagon on 144 instances of UFOs, or as they say Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon, concludes that 143 of the cases looked at defied any sort of earthly explanation. They could not be connected to any military or technology program to any government of any nation on the face of the Earth. In short, the Pentagon has just admitted that UFOs existing outside of human technology do in fact exist. And boy, do they ever. Objects have been flying over the International Space Station, or ISS, for many years now, and many times that...

WMAL’s Free Speech Forum is back! Saturday, September 25 at The Birchmere in Alexandria. Catch Mark Levin, Chris Plante, Larry O’Connor, and Vince Coglianese live on stage discussing all of the highs and lows in politics today, plus taking your questions… and holding nothing back! Join us for an evening of food, drinks and conversation at WMAL’s Free Speech Forum… Saturday, September 25 at The Birchmere! Food and drink is available for purchase. Tickets go on sale this Friday – July 9, 2021 – at 12n ET through The Birchmere and Ticketmaster outlets!

Leftist The New York Times economist Paul Krugman can’t stop selling himself as the public relations foghorn for President Joe Biden’s economy. Krugman headlined his latest op-ed “It’s Morning in Joe Biden’s America” in a nonsensical twist of the late former President Ronald Reagan’s 1984 campaign ad. Krugman haphazardly celebrated the 850,000 jobs increase in June and attacked former President Donald Trump: “Oh, and so much for Donald Trump’s warnings that there would be a ‘Biden depression’ if he weren’t re-elected.” It’s too bad for Krugman that Politico just tweeted that “U.S. economic data does not look quite as robust...

As Afghanistan descends into tribal warfare following America’s hasty departure, China plans to “swoop in” and “fill the vacuum.” “Beijing just can’t wait for the U.S. to get out of the way,” Syed Fazl-e-Haider of the Daily Beast reports. Beijing, which runs a multi-racial empire, does not appear especially concerned that that land-locked, mountainous Afghanistan is often called the “graveyard of empires.” “Compared with other powers, China has the ability to get involved in Afghan affairs without becoming entangled in it,” writes Zhang Jiadong of Fudan University in the Communist Party’s Global Times. The title of Zhang’s July 6 piece...

Why even bring up the topic of amillennialism? I do so because a great many pastors today subscribe to some form of this errant teaching that denies the prophesied restoration of a kingdom for Israel as well as the biblical promise of Jesus' millennial reign before the eternal state. Amillennialism dominated the church during the dark ages and persisted long after the Reformation. The reason for this rests with three factors that fueled this teaching for well over a thousand years and remain in place today, at least to some degree. It's vital to our faith that we understand the...

Barron Trump was seen towering over his mother, Melania, 51, on Wednesday as the mother and son duo left Trump Tower The teenager held his mother's vintage limited edition Louis Vuitton x Richard Prince bag, which cost $3,995 when it was released in 2008, while Melania was seen carrying an $11,000 black Hermes Birkin bag The former First Lady wore a black shirt, white trousers, and a pair of $645 white Christian Louboutin flats Melania and Barron are staying in New York City for a few days after former President Donald Trump held a rally in Sarasota, Florida Last month,...

The deadly heat wave that roasted the Pacific Northwest and western Canada was virtually impossible without human-caused climate change that added a few extra degrees to the record-smashing temperatures, a new quick scientific analysis found. An international team of 27 scientists calculated that climate change increased chances of the extreme heat occurring by at least 150 times, but likely much more. The study, not yet peer-reviewed, said that before the industrial era, the region’s late June triple-digit heat was the type that would not have happened in human civilization. And even in today’s warming world, it said, the heat was...

@RandPaul When the Senate returns to session, I will be introducing an immediate repeal of the mask mandate on planes. Enough! Time to stop this farce and let people travel in peace!

A Thursday Rasmussen poll indicates a majority of likely voters disapprove of President Joe Biden’s job performance. The poll reveals only 49 percent of “Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Biden’s job performance,” while 50 percent disapprove. The respondents also “include 28% who Strongly Approve of the job Biden is doing and 40% who Strongly Disapprove.” Biden’s drop in approval rating coincides with the White House pushing “disinformation,” blaming Republicans for the anti-police movement, while Democrat-ruled cites have defunded police. On Thursday, White House spokesman Andrew Bates told NBC News, “The president, with the backing of leading law enforcement groups,...

Wells Fargo is ending a popular consumer lending product, angering some of its customers, CNBC has learned. The bank is shutting down all existing personal lines of credit in coming weeks and no longer offers the product, according to customer letters reviewed by CNBC. The revolving credit lines, which typically let users borrow $3,000 to $100,000, were pitched as a way to consolidate higher-interest credit-card debt, pay for home renovations or avoid overdraft fees on linked checking accounts. “Wells Fargo recently reviewed its product offerings and decided to discontinue offering new Personal and Portfolio line of credit accounts and close...