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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Workers at one of the nation’s premier nuclear weapons laboratories face a deadline Friday — be vaccinated or prepare to be fired. Dozens of workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory — the birthplace of the atomic bomb — are suing over the mandate, saying exemptions have been unduly denied and their constitutional rights are being violated by Triad National Security LLC, the contractor that runs the lab for the U.S. Department of Energy. It will be up to a state district judge whether to grant an injunction to prevent employees from being fired while the merits...

Prosecutors are asking a judge to prohibit defense attorneys from referring to the men shot by Kyle Rittenhouse as rioters or looters. Rittenhouse, 18, is scheduled to go to trial Nov. 1 on charges of homicide and attempted homicide for the shooting deaths of Joseph Rosenbaum of Kenosha and Anthony Huber of Silver Lake, and the wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz of West Allis last August during protests and rioting in the Kenosha following the shooting of Jacob Blake by a Kenosha Police officer. Rittenhouse and his supporters have maintained he was defending himself.

An advocacy group that warns about the threat of a nuclear Iran has sounded the alarm after the US Treasury Department last week without explanation lifted sanctions on two firms that produced ballistic missiles for the Iranian regime. United Against Nuclear Iran is questioning why the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFA) suddenly announced it would be removing sanctions on Mammut Industrial Group and its subsidiary Mammut Diesel. Both companies were sanctioned in September 2020 for “providing support to an entity in Iran’s ballistic missile program.” The Treasury Department said at the time that “Mammut Industries and Mammut Diesel are...

In April, the language-learning app Duolingo added its 40th language to its program arsenal: Yiddish. A couple of decades ago, it would have been unthinkable for a mainstream non-Jewish language program to offer an expansive, comprehensive course in Yiddish. But Duolingo’s Yiddish addition only serves to reflect the increased global interest in learning a language that once had as many as 12 million speakers. Ladino, a Romance language of Sephardic Jews still spoken by hundreds of thousands worldwide, has also garnered much interest in recent years. Ladino classes, both online and in-person, are widely available to prospective learners. But while...

The short answer: They have to. The longer answer: The Dems have to cheat because they have no legitimate presidential contender to climb into the octagon cage with Donald Trump. That’s a fact, Jack. Trump is a tough, battle-tested, mixed martial arts (MMA) combatant who will destroy any Democratic opponent who can summon the courage to face him mano e mano. MMA is a brutal blood sport only exceeded by the brutality of politics. Seriously, the Democrats have no viable contenders on the bench. They know it. The Republicans know it. The Independents know it. However the Democrats have another...

The first major test of a vaccine mandate applied to municipal employees will take place this weekend in Chicago, where up to half of the city’s police force is set to defy the mandate by failing to report their vaccine status. Officers and other city employees who fail to report their vaccination status by Friday will “be placed in a non-disciplinary, no pay status,” according to the mayor’s office. “It’s safe to say that the city of Chicago will have a police force at 50% or less for this weekend coming up,” said Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John...

The Producer Price Index (PPI) – which measures prices that businesses receive for their goods and services – surged 8.6 percent in September from the same period a year ago. That’s the biggest jump on records dating back to 2010.

Italian Sons and Daughters of America & more than 50 other major Italian-American organizations have sent a scathing letter to President Biden for becoming the first U.S. President to "effectively 'cancel' Columbus Day." The groups say they "strongly condemn" Biden's "hurtful, disparaging and insensitive" proclamation declaring Columbus Day to be Indigenous People's Day which, they say, "acknowledges that you obviously do not wish to establish a meaningful relationship with the Italian American community." The letter says: *Biden doesn't understand the history of Italian-Americans. *The largest mass lynching in American history was of 11 Italian immigrants in 1891. *The widespread smearing...

In Louisiana, a new COVID-19 variant was discovered. The new variant, B.1.630, was sequenced last week from two samples collected in Baton Rouge, according to doctors at LSU Health Shreveport. According to the hospital’s Director of Genomics and Surveillance, there is no reason to be concerned unless something changes. “Unless we see a sharp uptick in numbers for this variant, I don’t think there is cause for concern.” said Krista Queen Director of Genomics and Surveillance at LSU Health.

Celeb Anglican Bishop Comes Home to RomeIslamic scholar who defends persecuted Christians to be ordained priest 'Setback to Ecumenism'Church Militant also learned that efforts were made at the highest level of the Vatican to dissuade 72-year-old Nazir-Ali from converting to Catholicism. Across the world, Anglicanism has been seriously wounded by its own synodal process.GabTweet"First, Nazir-Ali isn't the kind of convert we are looking for under the Francis pontificate. Second, such a high-profile conversion is a setback to ecumenism. Third, Pope Francis seems to have always indicated he believes in the validity of Anglican orders," a senior Argentinian-based Anglican cleric who...

It's time for The Jesse Kelly Show! Let's have some fun! Listen live at the link below. Jesse's show is now on over 200 radio stations across the nation, replacing Buck Sexton. Those of us who miss Rush very much know that no one could ever replace him, but if you give Jesse a chance, you'll find him to be a very intelligent, refreshing, naturally funny truth teller.Jesse is a former Marine. He and his beautiful wife live in the Houston area with their two young sons. He's a self-deprecating historyphile with an infectious laugh. His time slot is later...

On Tuesday, Jennifer Arbittier Williams, the acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, filed federal charges against 67-year-old South Philadelphia resident Marie Beren, alleging that she participated in a voter fraud scheme from 2015 through 2019 in three voting divisions in South Philadelphia. Williams charged Beren, a staffer for Philadelphia City Councilmember Mark Squilla, with four counts of voter fraud and related offenses, including conspiracy.

Walmart Inc. has launched a critical race theory training program that denounces the United States as a “white supremacy system” and teaches white, hourly wage employees that they are guilty of “white supremacy thinking” and “internalized racial superiority.” According to a cache of internal documents I have obtained from a whistleblower, Walmart launched the program in 2018 inpartnership with the Racial Equity Institute, a Greensboro, North Carolina, consulting firm that has worked extensively with universities, government agencies, and private corporations. The program is based on the core principles of critical race theory, including “intersectionality,” “internalized racial oppression,” “internalized racial inferiority,”...

“The governor has made it very clear – the way through the pandemic is through personal responsibility, not government mandates.” Attorney General Paxton said. “To all of the employees in San Antonio ISD who have decided not to get a COVID-19 vaccine at this time: We are fighting for your rights, and we fully expect the courts to stop the district’s unlawful mandate.”

God’s sexual order is as plain in nature as it is in scripture, and people everywhere have observed and recognized these “facts of life” for millennia. But the progressive left has succeeded in so corrupting our language, our media, and our universities that it is now controversial to state observable, objective, scientific truths. It’s even worse if you root those truths in the Judeo-Christian tradition. So what are the facts? There are only two genders; transgenderism and gender “fluidity” are lies that hurt people and abuse kids; God’s good, loving, and joyful ideal for our lives is for a man...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — What was once a joyous fall rite in Alaska has become another thing for people to bicker about — the amount of money residents receive from the state’s oil wealth. Checks of $1,114 are expected to be paid to about 643,000 Alaskans, beginning this week. People use the money in different ways, including for vacations, electronics, savings or college funds or necessities. In places like rural Alaska, the money can help with the high costs of fuel and food. Joe Manning, who manages the Alaskan Kush Co., a marijuana business, also is planning sales and hoping...

In a brief, six-minute address to the nation, President Biden on Thursday said that his private-sector COVID-19 vaccine mandate will take effect “soon” to address the “unacceptably high number” of people who don’t want to be vaccinated. But he took no questions from reporters, for a second straight day after a major address, amid nationwide concerns about rising inflation and a supply-chain crisis that has left store shelves bare and threatens the delivery of holiday gifts as prices for most goods go up. On COVID-19, Biden said that “we’re making progress. Nationally, daily cases are down 47 percent and hospitalizations...

The Anglo-Saxon name Biden comes from when its first bearer worked as a maker of buttons. The surname Biden is a metonymic name derived from the Old French word boton, which means button. Alternatively, the name could have been derived from the Old English "bi" + "dun," collectively meaning "dweller by the down." Variations of the name Biden include Button, Bitton, Buttoner, Buton, Biton, Buttons, Boutin, Bouttin, Bouton, Boutton, Budden, Buddan, Boudin, Bouddin, Buttan, Buddon, Buddin, Butten, Buttin, Butting, Budding, Buttane and many more. I Mandate a new proper Spelling as the family has re imaged, and redefined itself for...

What’s next? Verify your vaccination status. Employees must verify their vaccine status and submit proof of vaccination. Please note, the deadlines vary for employees: For U.S. employees (non-union) except retail, R2B and VCG home-based: The deadline to be fully vaccinated will be December 8, 2021. You will receive instructions on Monday, October 18, to upload proof of vaccination or apply for a legally recognized religious or medical accommodation. For contractors, vendors, visitors and new hires who enter our U.S. facilities: The deadline to be fully vaccinated will be January 1, 2022. For our retail and R2B teams: The deadline to...

Newly unearthed documents reveal that during his tenure as the governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe’s Education Department was pushing public schools to teach critical race theory (CRT). According to a 2015 training program issued by the Virginia Department of Education, state public schools were encouraged to “embrace critical race theory” and “engage in race-conscious teaching and learning” as part of the program’s “Culturally-Responsive Teaching and Learning Principles.” The slideshow also urged schools to adopt a “critical race theory (CRT) lens” when surveying “culturally-responsive alternatives” to school suspension. Moreover, Virginia’s Education Department has continued to promote critical race theory under the...