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8 potential jurors advance in Ahmaud Arbery slaying trialBRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — "A judge found eight potential jurors qualified to advance Tuesday following intense questioning aimed at finding an impartial jury for the trial of three white men charged with chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery, whose slaying last year sparked a national outcry. Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and a neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, are charged with murder and other crimes in the 25-year-old Black man’s death after a cellphone video of the Feb. 23, 2020, killing was leaked online two months later. Two of those qualified Tuesday...

WORLDWIDE WALKOUT NOV. 3: Now is the time to join CHD for ‘Worldwide Walkout!’ on Nov. 3 to demand a return to freedom and democratic principles. People around the globe are protesting the loss of liberty, illegal mandates and tyrannical government overreach. #BeADefender of truth, freedom and children’s health. More details to follow soon.

Who is Ray Epps? Epps is a resident of Queen Creek, Arizona, and is the owner of the Knotty Barn wedding venue. The information on the website says Epps grew up on a cattle farm, spending most of his career as a contractor. His work led him to Las Vegas where he met his future wife, Robyn, who hired Epps to fix the leaker roof at apartments owned by her employer. The couple moved back to Queen Creek in 2010 and bought a 5-acre farm, and named it Rocking R Farms.

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday invested up to $50,000 in the SPAC stock linked to Donald Trump's planned social media platform. According to a public disclosure, Greene said she purchased a stake in Digital World Acquisition Corp., or DWAC, late last week. DWAC, which is a special purpose acquisition company, last week said it would merge with Trump's planned new social media company. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has invested up to $50,000 in the SPAC stock linked to former President Donald Trump's planned social media platform. According to a public disclosure, Greene purchased a stake in Digital World...

Norman, OK – For 47 years, abortionist Larry A. Burns took the lives of innocent children in the womb at his Abortion Surgery Center in Norman, Oklahoma. There will not be a forty-eighth year. That is because Burns retired in July and closed his abortion business for good. Burn’s former clinic’s location is now occupied by a medical office that does not conduct abortions. Burns was known for challenging Oklahoma pro-life bills. In 2015, he successfully sued to block a bill that would have helped bring child rapists to justice. The bill would have mandated abortion facilities submit a sample...

The drug, which costs roughly 29p per tablet, was trialled on nearly 741 people who tested positive within seven days and had underlying health conditions. Patients were given a daily course of two pills for 10 days. Of those given the medication, 79 (10.6 per cent) needed hospital care compared to 15.7 per cent in the placebo group. Writing in the paper, the researchers said their analysis showed the pills cut the risk of hospitalisation by 32 per cent. Fluvoxamine works by boosting the amount of serotonin in the brain, which can help to boost someone's mood. But the hormone...

Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe has spent nearly $100,000 advertising "fake news" websites on Facebook during the Virginia gubernatorial campaign, Fox News can reveal. The Democrat's advertisements, which have been viewed up to 3.5 million times so far, are hidden on a Facebook page with a similar name to a local news website. The ads link to third-party websites that ostensibly publish local news, but exist to promote Democratic candidates. The websites have been widely described as disinformation and "partisan propaganda." The revelation comes less than a week before election day, and as the candidates fight for every last vote, with...

Pope Francis appointed prominent reproduction rights advocate Jeffrey Sachs as a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Dr. Taylor Marshall comments on this appointment and the Sustainable Development Goals.

My daughter in law's father is dying of a stroke. He is in ICU so they only allow one visitor with him. Please keep family in your prayers.

A new article published by Becker’s Hospital Review shows a disturbing healthcare trend that disproportionately affects women and newborn babies. Since September 1, 2021, ten hospitals have announced they are reducing services for staffing and financial reasons. Of those ten hospitals, five have announced they are ending services related to Obstetrics, Gynecology, and/or newborn infant care. Citied as one of the contributing factors for halting services to women and babies is staff resignations related to COVID-19 vaccine mandates. In Lewiston Maine, Central Maine Medical Center is closing its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) specifically due staff resignations over the COVID-19...

WASHINGTON (TND) — An investigation into a Kentucky high school homecoming event is reportedly underway over possible sexual misconduct from students and teachers. Pictures surfaced online of young male students dancing in “lingerie,” students being paddled and even one showing one of the boys dressed in lingerie dancing on the school principal's lap – who is also coincidentally the town’s mayor, according to WKYT Kentucky. The strange clothing choices were reportedly part of a costume contest that appeared to take place in the school’s gymnasium. (Pictures at Source)

[This open letter is being published simultaneously by The Bulwark and the New Republic.]We are writers, academics, and political activists who have long disagreed about many things.Some of us are Democrats and others Republicans. Some identify with the left, some with the right, and some with neither. We have disagreed in the past, and we hope to be able to disagree, productively, for years to come. Because we believe in the pluralism that is at the heart of democracy.But right now we agree on a fundamental point: We need to join together to defend liberal democracy.Because liberal democracy itself is...

China has reported 21 cases of the H5N6 subtype of bird flu this year, compared with only five last year, leaving experts concerned that the strain currently circulating is more infectious than past versions of the virus, Reuters reported. Scientists first identified H5N6 avian influenza in poultry in Laos in 2013, according to a 2020 report in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID). And since 2014, a total of 49 confirmed cases of humans infected with H5N6 have been reported to the World Health Organization (WHO), according to the WHO's Avian Influenza Weekly Update. The 21 cases reported in China...

Braves took game 1 on the road.

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The Biden administration’s policies are hindering U.S. oil and gas companies from producing energy commodities, driving up the price which in turn results in consumers paying more, according to Jerry Simmons, the president of the Domestic Energy Producer Alliance (DEPA). DEPA is a nationwide collaboration of 39 coalition associations representing individuals and companies who engage in domestic onshore oil and natural gas exploration and production. The coalition represents 80 percent of businesses in the United States that are not multi-national and aims to find common-sense solutions to issues that face the industry—including its relationship with the federal government—particularly in light...

Bishop Shao Zhumin Seized by Chinese AuthoritiesThe Underground Bishop was Taken Away for “Vacation”10/27/2021 China (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that on October 25, the authorities in China’s Wenzhou seized Bishop Shao Zhumin ahead of the month of the dead. He was officially detained to go on a forced “vacation,” a measure employed by the government to “educate” dissidents and religious clergy who fail to submit to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s control. According to Asia News, sources on the ground relay that the bishop was officially taken away a few days before November, where...

Kneepads Kamala rapping about how she got her start in politics!

News Bullets: Lindell reports 20+ State AGs to file suit against the United States under Articles II and IV of the Constitution. No Quo Warranto. PCAPs evidence found in ALL 50 STATES has confirmed that China attacked the US November Election. Twenty (20) State AGs have been shown the evidence of attack in their respective states and have agreed to become plaintiffs in this historic lawsuit. Eighteen (18) other State AGs are presently reviewing the PCAP data for their State and are expected to join the lawsuit for a total of 38 State AGs as Plaintiffs. The remaining 12 State...