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An industry is born By the late 2000s, several big pharmaceutical companies were entering the mRNA field. In 2008, for example, both Novartis and Shire established mRNA research units — the former (led by Geall) focused on vaccines, the latter (led by Heartlein) on therapeutics. BioNTech launched that year, and other start-ups soon entered the fray, bolstered by a 2012 decision by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to start funding industry researchers to study RNA vaccines and drugs. Moderna was one of the companies that built on this work and, by 2015, it had raised more than $1...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The owner of a bar in Albert Lea was found guilty Thursday of six criminal misdemeanor charges and sentenced to 90 days in jail for defying Gov. Tim Walz’s executive orders to close her business last winter. The jury found Lisa Hanson, 57, guilty after deliberating for an hour, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported. Prosecutors had asked that Hanson be fined $500 and jailed for several days, but Judge Joseph Bueltel gave her a 90-day jail sentence and a $1,000 fine, saying he wanted to send a message to people who violate executive orders. “You wanted to make...

The world’s loneliest house, stuck on the side of a remote mountain range, had lain empty for 100 years — but its mystery remains. Savvy Italian soldiers are said to have built the shelter as a place to rest while battling the Austro-Hungarians across the rugged terrain.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday defended congratulating Joe Biden on his win in the 2020 presidential electing, saying doing so “was important” given the prominence of the U.S.-Israel alliance, Axios reported. “I highly appreciate President Trump’s big contribution to Israel and its security. I also appreciate the importance of the strong alliance between Israel and the U.S. and therefore it was important for me to congratulate the incoming President," Netanyahu said in a statement on Friday, according to the news outlet. Netanyahu’s comments come after Axios reported that Trump was upset with Netanyahu, now his country's opposition...

<p>Centrist Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has engaged in discussions with leading Republicans in the Senate about reforming the filibuster, The Post has confirmed.</p><p>The talks, first reported by The Hill, come as a group of Democrats have been meeting on filibuster changes as some progressives call for its complete elimination as they look to pass major priorities.</p>

Thursday on MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour,” Democratic strategist James Carville called on Democrats to start hitting Republicans harder in ads. After saying Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) “should be in the penitentiary” and highlighting that Rep. Paul Gosar’s (R-AZ) siblings campaign against him, Carville described Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) as white trash. He said the two “could be the subject of a dissertation” in “white trashology.”

Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis will take a major step on Friday morning to stop the influx of illegal aliens claiming to be unaccompanied children into his state thanks to Democrat President Joe Biden’s secret nighttime flights.

The military has announced that the system is capable of hitting a target the size of a tennis ball moving at the speed of sound The British Army is introducing an advanced GNA system with the slogan "Interception and Destruction", the SKY SABER system, which is unprecedented in the speed of operation, accuracy and ability to acquire targets. The military has announced that the system is capable of hitting a target the size of a tennis ball moving at the speed of sound. The 16th Artillery Regiment is now receiving the first battery and in the future such systems will...

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On this date in 1940, Great Britain carried out the first two executions under its brand-new-for-wartime Treachery Act of 1940. Raced into the books in May of 1940 amid Nazi Germany’s onslaught on France, the Treachery Act made it a capital crime if, “with intent to help the enemy, any person does, or attempts or conspires with any other person to do any act which is designed or likely to give assistance to the naval, military or air operations of the enemy, to impede such operations of His Majesty’s forces, or to endanger life.” Naturally the realm had centuries of...

According to The Wall Street Journal, 63 percent of voters believe the country is on the wrong track.. It’s time to admit it. Less than a year in, Joe Biden’s is a failed residency. Biden knows it, the press knows it, and voters know it. And our foreign adversaries like China and Russia know it. It’s also time to look at the “cabal” of business, labor and political leaders who foisted the Biden administration on us. That won’t be hard, as they were openly bragging about their efforts less than a year ago. The failure is obvious. The administration is...

VIDEOMost of us are familiar with Dave Chappelle's HILARIOUS comedy routine about Jussie Smollette. However, there are a lot more comedy bits inspired by the absurdity of Smollette's over the top ridiculous hate crime hoax. A few of those comedy routines are presented here for your entertainment.

Dr. Peter McCullough, a top cardiologist and leader in the medical response to the COVID pandemic, said in a recent interview that myocarditis in young people post vaccine is far more dangerous than the COVID version of the heart disease.

A furious and victorious Special Prosecutor Dan Webb has put Jussie Smollett on notice after the court proved the disgraced the Hollywood star had stood in the witness stand and lied “hours and hours and hours.” Webb said he may hit the actor with perjury charges. Webb said after winning convictions of 5 of the 6 counts Smollett was charged with: “For Mr. Smollett to get up in front of the jury and lie for hours and hours and hours, that really compounded his misconduct. “Defendants have a right to defend themselves but defendants do not have the right to...

Sales of the canned cooked meat Spam have hit a record high for the seventh year in a row, despite pandemic-related challenges. That helped Hormel, the company that makes the iconic brand, deliver record sales of $3.5bn (£2.65bn) in the three months to the end of October. The firm's boss said it will start work on expanding its range of Spam products next year. Hormel's shares rose by almost 6% in New York on Thursday. "The Spam brand delivered its seventh consecutive year of record growth," Hormel's chief executive Jim Snee said on a conference call with investors. "We are...

Appearing Wednesday on Tucker Carlson Tonight, radio host Glenn Beck broke down the astonishing revelations, claiming key members of the federal government quietly entered into a joint ownership of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine just as the pandemic was poised to hit the US.

The cream of liberal society, including President Joe Biden himself, have been mocked over old tweets backing Jussie Smollett in the wake of his conviction. President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and a host of other liberal celebrities face questions over their tweets, backing Smollett on the same day as the alleged January 2019 attack, which he was convicted of faking on Thursday.

This Christmas season may you be biblically objective and see from Almighty God's precious Word the REALITY and TRUE meaning of Christmas and the unspeakable gift Almighty God your ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS Creator has for you in the babe of Bethlehem (Isa. 53, Micah 5:2, Matt. 1:21, 2 Cor. 9:15). The very meaning of the Name "Jesus" means; Yahwey IS Salvation! The very gift from Almighty God for you is His ETERNAL Person which is found in His precious Son (Isa. 7:14, Matt. 1:21-23, John 1:1-4, Heb. 1:2-3; 10). If you know not the Lord Jesus Messiah as your personal Savior...

Yesterday Jussie Smollett was found guilty of faking a hate crime and lying to police but he was not alone in his guilt. Far from it. Although hardly the only one, I had this figured out quickly and posted it nearly three years ago. What were the odds of two MAGA hat wearing Trump supporters would be outside a Chicago restaurant at 2 am with a wind chill of -40 waiting for Smollett? Despite my cynicism, I said nothing. I wanted to wait for the facts to get sorted out. Liberals, however, had no interest in the truth. Last night...

MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough on Friday reacted to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s “MasterClass lesson” in which she discusses her life and career. During the class, Clinton got emotional as she read the speech she would have given if she had not lost the 2016 presidential election. Scarborough said the clip of Clinton was “so extraordinarily moving,” and he finds it “hard to believe that anyone could find criticism and cynically attack someone” for exposing their souls the way Clinton did.