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As activists mobilized this summer to ask Minneapolis voters to replace their police department, one of the first prominent Democrats to slam the plan was a moderate congresswoman who doesn’t even live in the city. Angie Craig declared it “shortsighted, misguided and likely to harm the very communities that it seeks to protect." She warned that it could push out the city's popular Black police chief. Craig's district covers a suburban-to-rural and politically divided region south of the city, but her willingness to jump into the fight next door highlights the political threat that Democrats like Craig see in the...

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Opening Address Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the USA October 4, 2021 The Bethesdan Hotel Bethesda, Maryland My Beloved Brothers and Concelebrants in the Holy Spirit, I greet each and every one of you in the beauty and glory of our Holy Orthodox Christian Faith. I feel so very blessed that we are able to gather in person this year, even though we yet face many challenges from this unrelenting pandemic. This is, therefore, a continuation of our Tenth Anniversary celebration, which had to be in a virtual setting last year. We are...

Dr. Nathan Thompson was approached by a long-term patient, we will call him Mr. Smith, who was being forced by his employer to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Mr. Smith and Dr. Thompson have a long history together, as the doctor helped his patient change his lifestyle and eliminate Mr Smith’s type-2 diabetes. Because Mr. Smith has a long history of blood tests to form the baseline for his healthy immune system; and because the patient was being forced to take the COVID-19 vaccination; Dr. Thompson and Mr. Smith decided to take comparison blood tests after the first shot and after...

Screenshot / DownDetector Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all suffered outages Monday afternoon. The social networks slowly began coming back online for some users after a 6-hour outage. “We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products,” Facebook wrote in a brief statement. “We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience.” The cause of the problem was not immediately known.

Stanley Tucci is opening up about his cancer treatments, and how he lost something very precious to him: his appetite. The 60-year-old actor revealed in September that he was diagnosed with cancer three years earlier, after a tumor was found at the base of his tongue. He revealed in a wide-ranging interview with New York Times that everything he ate during that time tasted like, 'wet cardboard slathered with someone's excrement.' He added that his biggest fear was losing his sense of taste, adding, 'I mean, if you can’t eat and enjoy food, how are you going to enjoy everything...

State health officials have seized a total of RM8,240 in unregistered Ivermectin products in seven raids on clinics, pharmacies and online sellers. State executive councillor for health, Rahmad Mariman, said the sale of products not registered with the health ministry was in violation of drug control regulations. He urged members of the public to report any sale of Ivermectin on e-commerce sites or social media. “They should inform the Pharmacy Enforcement Division so that appropriate action can be taken to curb the sale of unregistered Ivermectin products,” he said. Rahmad said no Ivermectin product had been approved for registration for...

All you truck drivers in need of work out there need to take a second to look into this: A company called Sisu Energy has been paying experienced drivers up to $14,000 per week. It may sound too good to be true, but it’s actually the real deal.(Click to site to see the video)When the COVID-19 pandemic started, many truck drivers left the industry, due to a lack of product to haul and reduced rates for loads. The trucking industry was already facing a driver shortage prior to 2020, and this only made things even more severe. Once the demand...

WORLD—With Facebook down, and the world basking in the warm glow of a post-Facebook utopia, the hackers responsible for the attack are now warning that if their demands are not met, they will reactivate Facebook once again. "We know the world is celebrating the peace and unity brought about by us deleting Facebook from the internet," said a cryptic message broadcast from an unknown location. "But if you don't comply with our demand for $700 billion dollars by 8 pm tonight, we will restore Facebook and unleash its evils upon the world once again." "NOOOOOOOO!" screamed everyone in horror at...

The press release also said there would be no further comment from the WHL or Prince Albert Raiders.WHL Commissioner Ron Robison apologized Sunday for an “insensitive and offensive” Prince Albert Raiders alternate team jersey unveiled just two days before. The image on the jerseys appeared to be based on a previous team logo introduced in 1982, which depicted an Arabian raider character holding a sword and a hockey stick. “On Friday night the Prince Albert Raiders unveiled an alternate third jersey, which was inspired by a highly successful era in Club history,” Robison said in a statement. “We recognize the...

A Minneapolis community is looking for answers tonight after another person is murdered, and young people want a seat at the table when discussing solutions. Officers were called to the scene on Aldrich Avenue Friday night after reports of gunfire. They found a man shot outside of a home who was taken to a hospital and later died. On Saturday the Minneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo turned to the community to help stop the violence. “The truth is we got too many people dying in our city,” said Arradondo. The police chief talked to a group of young people to...

ESPN personality Sage Steele created a controversy with comments about former President Barack Obama identifying as “Black” on the recent census. Steele, appearing on the “Uncut with Jay Cutler” podcast, discussed racial identity and expressed an issue with having to identify as a single race, because she self-identifies as biracial. “If they make you choose a race, what are you gonna put? Well, both,” said Steele, who’s African-American and Irish/Italian.

AGUA FRIA, Panama (AP) — In an isolated cemetery in Panama’s Darien province, migrants who die crossing the most treacherous segment of their journey toward the United States are buried with a plasticized card containing what little information is available about them in case one day someone comes looking. On a recent afternoon, white-suited workers laid to rest 15 sets of remains in a long trench at the back of the cemetery. A local priest standing at the head of the trench with a candle, crucifix and flowers performed a simple ceremony. On the white body bags were handwritten clues:...

President Biden: "Republicans just have to let us do our job. Just get out of the way. If don't want to help save the country, get out of the way so you don't destroy it." Clip...

Congressional Democrats and the Biden administration are attempting to nibble away at the Second Amendment from both within and without the U.S., gun rights advocates warn, as Congress seeks to pass a red flag law for military members and the president eyes signing on to a United Nations arms treaty.

@glennbeck If the government can destroy a 3-star general, it can do the same to you. Gen. Michael Flynn joins me on the Glenn Beck Podcast with a warning about what the "Just-Us Department" has become. Clip...

The bad news for Facebook just keeps getting worse — and Facebook stock is down another 4.4%. The S&P 500 as a whole is down 1.5%, and growth stocks in particular seem to be taking it on the chin. Yet Facebook has problems of an entirely different order. Shares of the social networking powerhouse have lost more than 12% of their value in the past month — well over $100 billion in market capitalization. (CNBC video at link. Warning: Huge leftist Andrew Ross Sorkin is on with Jim and you may damage your computer or smartphone if you watch)

Such filming reportedly illegal in Arizona Protesters took video of their confrontation with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema – inside a women's restroom at Arizona State University where she teaches – as they demanded the Arizona Democrat give them a "pathway to citizenship." "We knocked on doors for you to get you elected. Just how we got you elected, we can get you out of office if you don't support what you promised us," one of the activists told Sinema in the video that was recorded with a phone, according to a report from Fox News.

Well duh, said Zoe, can you 'splain that to me again? With pictures?How do you get rid of a problem? Here's an example, rather raw, so skip it if you have tender sensibilities. When I was in college, I was told this story by a young man who was a Philadelphia Main Liner. For those who don't know, the Main Line towns in Philly were premier homes of aristocratic U.S. bluebloods, bastions of old money, or as old as it is in the United States. This young man was so aristocratic that he actually had three last names, so family...

The Sentinel⁩⁩, 18 January 1934 — ⁨DISPLEASES BERLIN ARYANS SWASTIKA ON ARAB ORANGESBerlin (JTA)—Official circles here are protesting against the use of the swastika, official Nazi emblem, printed on the wrappers of Palestine oranges intended for export to Germany... Oranges marked "Saint Elijah, Jaffa," were wrapped in paper bearing a picture of the "prophet" surrounded by swastikas. The wrappers were found to have been used by an Arab exporting firm.

A statewide anti-human trafficking operation resulted in the arrest of more than 200 people and the recovery of 10 missing children.