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Gov. Gavin Newsom has rejected a bill that would have made California the first state to pay people to stay sober. But just because Newsom vetoed the bill on Friday does not mean the drug treatment program won't happen in California. Newsom supports the treatment, known as contingency management. But he wants to test it out first before signing a law to make it permanent.

Union membership has been declining for decades as workers find better uses than union dues for their hard-earned dollars. But union bosses and their supporters are trying to change the law to force hard-working Americans into unions..Democrats are trying to slip some PRO Act provisions into a massive reconciliation bill... ... In 2020, the Labor Department listed 121 union plans in critical status, defined as less than 65 percent funded, and 61 in endangered status, with less than 80 percent funded. Unions desperately need new workers to join, because they pay contributions for many years without withdrawing money.... ...Tax provisions...

Everett Morton, a prominent ska drummer who was best known for his work with the Beat — the English Beat, as known to American fans — has died at age 71. No official cause of death has been reported. "It is with great sadness that we have to announce the passing of Everett Morton, a beautiful and talented man," read a tweet from the band announcing the news. "His family are naturally grieving. Please respect their privacy RIP GAFFAH!" “He was a true gentleman, gently spoken, charming, always supportive and always there for people," said Pete Chambers, curator of Coventry...

What do you do when you know a crucial piece of digital evidence should be somewhere in a phone’s file, or in the Cloud, or in the social media account – yet it’s nowhere to be found? What are your options for finding that text message or photo? This scenario is a fairly common one for forensic examiners – and one you should be aware of as you climb up the law enforcement career ladder. We estimate that in perhaps 40 percent of cases, examiners have to grapple with the fact that key pieces of data have been deleted (intentionally...

She was stopped in Exeter initially for 'bad driving'A woman was stopped last night by police for "bad driving" before officers discovered she was in fact driving without a valid license. The woman was pulled over by Devon and Cornwall Police last night when cops decided her driving wasn't up to standard. Initially the driver chose to ignore the flashing blue lights of the emergency car and continued on her way. When she finally did decide to stop outside Tesco, Exeter police discovered her license was no longer valid. The woman had been driving with a license from a different...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will project journalists from interference by police while covering civil protests under a bill signed into law Saturday by Gov. Gavin Newsom It was the second new law within days with free speech implications. The measure says that reporters can be behind police lines in the area of demonstrations, marches or rallies without being cited or arrested. It bars police from “intentionally assaulting, interfering with, or obstructing” their newsgathering. Newsom last year vetoed a similar measure over police agencies' concern that the measure would allow reporters into emergency field command posts...

The Sunday Gospel invites us to wrestle with these fundamental, essential, focal questions: “What does Heaven cost?” and “Am I willing to pay it?”I. Problematic Pondering – A rich man asks Jesus, Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?Though his question is a good one, it is problematic because he couches it in terms of his own personal power and achievement. He wonders what he himself must do to attain eternal life.The problem is that none of us has the holiness, the spiritual wealth, or the power to attain Heaven based merely on what we do. The...

Jackpot moment for SVR operativesRussia's SVR spy agency made off with information about US counterintelligence investigations in the wake of the SolarWinds hack, according to people familiar with the American government cleanup operation. The alarming snippet was reported by financial newswire Reuters. The SVR was named and shamed in April by Britain and the US as the organisation that compromised the build systems of SolarWinds' network monitoring software Orion, used by 18,000 customers across the world. Those customers included the UK and US governments, among many, many others. The attack is said to have led to the Russian foreign intelligence...

In 1977, 16-year-old Lliana Gay Adank and 17-year-old Eric Shawn Goldstrand, both North Eugene High School students, went fishing and had a picnic and never returned. They were later found shot to death. Forty-four years police say they have solved their homicide. This week, the Lane County Sheriff's Office announced they solved and closed the cold-case homicides of Adank and Goldstrand. In 1977, the victims' parents notified the Lane County Sheriff’s Office, who reportedly found Adank at the secluded picnic area, Goldstrand in the nearby brush a few hours later. “ The female victim had been sexually assaulted and both...

You’re delighted if it’s in your sushi roll, and it’s always top of the menu at your local bagel spot, but is salmon good for you? Short answer: Yes. According to Alyssa Pike, R.D., manager, nutrition communications, International Food Information Council, salmon is “packed” with nutrients. “Salmon is a heart-healthy fish and a source of many nutrients, most notably the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), vitamin B12, and selenium,” says Pike. SNIP Salmon health benefits There are many benefits of eating salmon, according to experts. Salmon is well-known for being a star on the...

“The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened” (Proverbs 10:27).

Tea party firebrand Allen West, a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of Texas, said Saturday that he has received monoclonal antibody injections after being diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia. The antibodies are used to treat those in the early stages of a coronavirus infection. “My chest X-rays do show COVID pneumonia, not serious. I am probably going to be admitted to the hospital,” West wrote. “There’s a concern about my oxygen saturation levels, which are at 89 and they should be at 95.”

October 10th, 2021Memorial of Bl. Mary Angela Truszkowska Église Saint Denys de l'Estrée, Paris, France Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingWisdom 7:7-11 ©I esteemed Wisdom more than sceptres or thronesI prayed, and understanding was given me;I entreated, and the spirit of Wisdom came to me.I esteemed her more than sceptres and thrones;compared with her, I held riches as nothing.I reckoned no priceless stone to be her peer,for compared with her, all gold is a pinch of sand,and beside her silver ranks as mud.I loved her more than health or beauty,preferred her to the light,since her radiance never sleeps.In her...

An inmate at Bay Area jail overdosed on fentanyl Friday morning. Just after 7 a.m., correctional deputies at the Santa Clara County Jail in San Jose found a man suffering from a serious fentanyl overdose. Authorities administered three doses of narcan to the inmate who was unconscious. The man was immediately revived and was transported to a local hospital for further treatment. Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating the incident to process the cell and determine how the fentanyl got into the jail. In September, a Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall counselor...

Countries around the world are feeling the brunt of the global energy crisis. Some Chinese provinces are rationing electricity, Europeans are paying exorbitant prices for liquefied gas and Lebanon has run out of centrally-generate electricity. Furthermore, India is close to running out of coal and in the United States, the price of a gallon of regular gasoline was $3.25 on Friday, up from April's $1.27. As the global economy works to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, the sudden energy crisis is putting a strain on supply chains and stirring geopolitical tensions. What's more, as global leaders are preparing to meet...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum threads labeled “Prayer” are closed to debate of any kind.

Recently, there have been rapid developments regarding the COVID-19 vaccines that have raised new questions about the growing number of adverse effects caused by these experimental injections, especially as it relates to the rising numbers of vaccine-related deaths, its effects on unborn babies, the future fertility of men and women who take them and the effects on children under 18 years of age. “Because we are pro-life, we are always concerned about the lives and welfare of all people. When we see evidence of deaths and harm to health, especially in children and babies, we are obligated to try to...

Down a dusty farm track in Chilean wine country, behind a wooden gate wrapped in chains, forestry experts are nursing a plantation of saplings whose bark holds the promise of potent vaccines. Quillay trees, technically known as Quillaja saponaria, are rare evergreens native to Chile that have long been used by the indigenous Mapuche people to make soap and medicine. In the past few years, they have also been used to make a highly successful vaccine against shingles and the world’s first malaria vaccine, as well as foaming agents for products in the food, beverage and mining industries. Now two...

Shipments containing Ivermectin tablets and Hydroxychloroquine pills were recently seized by customs officials in Chicago. According to a press release from Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the seizure happened at the international mail facility within Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on October 4. The press release said that while officers were conducting an x-ray inspection of a package from China, "officers noticed some discrepancies." The package stated that it contained "decorative beads," CBP said. After officers noticed the discrepancies within this package, they conducted a further investigation and discovered that instead of "decorative beads," the package actually contained 100 tablets of...

In some ways, we sympathize with Neel Kashkari's fake "concern" about the unprecedented wealth inequality that has emerged in the US in recent years and which has resulted in a slow, methodical and relentless destruction of the US middle class ... or rather make that precedented because there was another time when the top 0.1% had amassed as much wealth and it was just before the Great Depression.After all, who hasn't seen charts such as these showing the tremendous divergence in income earned by America's Top 1% at the expense of the middle and lower classes:Or that the top 10%...