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STOCKTON, Mo. (KY3) - A special prosecutor filed eight new charges against a Stockton doctor wanted for sex crimes while associated with the Agape Boarding School. Dr. David Smock, 56, is on the run from law enforcement. KY3 News learned of eight new charges filed by a special prosecutor, including one count of sexual misconduct, five counts of statutory sodomy, one count of child molestation, and a count of child enticement. Smock also faces charges of second-degree statutory sodomy, third-degree child molestation of a child less than 14 years of age, and enticement or attempted enticement of a child less...

Washington Democrats hope to go easy on drive-by murderers in order to promote racial equity for criminals. It’s the latest light-on-crime scheme pushed under the guise of being anti-racist. House Bill 1692 lessens the criminal penalties for drive-by shootings. It prohibits using a drive-by shooting as a basis for elevating a first degree murder charge to an aggravated first degree murder. The bill is also retroactive, lessening punishment for those already found guilty in drive-by shooting cases. It even offers carve-outs to release felons from jail if they committed their violent act when they were under 21-years-old. The bill’s sponsors,...

A family being checked for vaccine passports in NYC. Credit: Cyn Clagar/Twitter video screenshot New York City is one of the most restrictive cities in the country with a vaccine passport imposed to allow people to enter many public places — including restaurants — since September.But some folks against the mandates have been trying to challenge that, entering restaurants without the passport and protesting. In response, the NYPD has been making arrests.Last night some people went to a Burger King to order food. They were refused service because they didn’t have vaccine passports and were arrested. Five were charged...

The last few days have certainly been noteworthy as far as the left’s views of COVID-19 are concerned. After almost two years of them calling people grandma killers and keeping a running tally of cases in the South, things are suddenly shifting.As RedState reported, the president himself admitted defeat on COVID, proclaiming that it cannot be solved with a federal response. Of course, that’s something the rest of us have been saying since the beginning, but I digress.Hilariously, some of Joe Biden’s supporters in the media are doing their best to explain away his statements.Biden's "this gets solved at a...

Before taking off for the holidays, the four long-standing hosts of “The View” had a message for executive producer BRIAN TETA: We’re tired of the rotating cast of Republican guest hosts.

Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople tested positive for the coronavirus during his regular diagnostic tests today. He is fully vaccinated and currently showing mild symptoms, reports Romfea. The Patriarch thanks all who have shown an interest in his health and urges all to get vaccinated. He also wishes all a blessed feast of the Nativity.

This young man took to his Twitter account and blog to confess he has become a cliché. Hari Raghavan spent years sneering at those exiting the State of California, but now admits he is making this move. Raghavan is a tech guy (big surprise), who is trampling the wilted rose of the Silicon Valley under his feet for the more lustrous waves of Silicon Beach.Watch out, new red state: another champagne liberal who contributed to the mess in their own state is coming to make their mark on yours.So, here we go. I’m moving out of the Bay Area.This is...

Driving a golf cart around his small and immaculate desert ranch, Ray Epps appears a man in his element. Cattle graze contentedly as he makes his rounds of the property he's transformed into a thriving wedding venue business, focusing on the location's rustic charm. However, the tranquil scene just outside Phoenix, Arizona, could not be in starker contrast to one in which he is also associated – the storming of the Capitol Building on January 6.

The Church has always addressed the whole world. It has become even more relevant in the modern world, losing its former limitations. Apostles used to preach about Christ in Greek, which at the time was the language of international communication. Nowadays, such a language is English. Thus, there is no reason why the Russian Orthodox Church should not speak this language as well. Therefore, an English-language training program for foreign students has been developed on the basis of the already existing and successfully operating Russian-language online platform of the Moscow Theological Academy. The one-year curriculum includes the main theological and...

Archbishop Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio of Lima, Peru, has yet to clarify remarks he made in a pre-Christmas Mass that contradict the teaching of the Catholic Church about Jesus’ death. The Catechism of the Catholic Church affirms that Jesus is “the true priest” whose death is “a redemptive sacrifice.” Speaking on Dec. 19, however, Castillo stated that Jesus died as “a layman,” and did so without offering a "sacrifice." "And Jesus doesn’t die offering the sacrifice of a holocaust, Jesus dies as a murdered layman, to which He decides not to respond with vengeance and who accepts the cross to give...

It’s just the flu, bro. One thing the globalists may push for is a Global treaty on the pandemic, as it relates to vaccines mandates. It will never happen in the USA due to the senate, even with Biden in charge, but it is fascinating to watch idiot countries try and do another Climate Change Kyoto Accord, but for vaccines. https://m.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/who-chief-scientist-says-deliberations-for-global-treaty-afoot-to-combat-future-pandemics.html - Democrats always say the wrong thing and also do the wrong thing. Even though Biden is lying and he will actually attempt national vaccine mandates, it is impressive that he said that there will be no federal solution...

Huge cargo ships carrying liquid gas that were destined for China have changed course and are now heading towards the UK as Europe remains trapped in a major supply crunch. While the Continent’s energy crisis and high prices have attracted ships away from other parts of the world, the new arrivals are now bringing prices down. Benchmark Dutch front-month gas fell for a fifth day yesterday, dropping as much as 9.2pc in Amsterdam. The UK gas price rocketed to a record 470p per therm last week, up from just 50p in April, but has since fallen to under 270p. James...

The president said he was on the phone most of the day to discuss a plan to make 500 million at-home rapid tests available to Americans via direct order to address the spike in infections caused by the Omicron variant. Key details of the program, which was unveiled last week, remain unknown. For example, it is unclear how many tests each household will be allowed to request. Nor is it known how quickly they will be mailed or when a website will be launched for people to order tests.

In his Christmas message, the Maronite archbishop recalls 11 years of war, sanctions, misery and migration. The commitment of the people to live "with dignity" despite the many problems, austerity and long isolation. Families "poor and cold" like in the manger of Bethlehem remain "firm in the faith". Damascus (AsiaNews) - For 11 years Syrian Christians (and others) have been "a heroic family" that has courageously endured "a war, compounded by sanctions, blockades, migration, misery, death and indifference," writes Msgr Samir Nassar, Maronite Archbishop of Damascus, in his Christmas message to the faithful. The entire community is preparing for the...

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As someone who has been opposed to the damn vaccines since day one I'm feeling very despondent at the moment. Our leaders we look up to are seemingly pro-Vaxx and are doubling down even in the face of mounting evidence that they do not work and are dangerous. I don't want to come across as some crazy person but the next phase of their plan is to inject newborn babies with these experimental shots and then to mandate them. When does the madness end? I can't be the only one who is feeling dismayed about all this. I'd like to...

On Christmas Eve, Dr. Anthony Fauci turned 81. However, he is not retiring just yet. If he did, Fauci would reap the largest federal retirement package in U.S. history. Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com estimate Dr. Fauci’s annual retirement would exceed $350,000. Thereafter, his pension and benefits would continue to increase through annual cost-of-living adjustments. Fauci has 55 years of service as a federal employee. For the second year in a row, Fauci was the most highly compensated federal employee and out earned the president, four star generals, and roughly 4.3 million of his colleagues. As director of the National Institute...

In other words, of the 130 million U.S. households, there are 23.1 million "nuclear family" homes in the U.S. -- the fewest since 1959. Here are some other related numbers from the same report: Percentage of U.S. adults living with a spouse: 50 percent (87 percent in 1960). Average age of a woman at first marriage: 28.6 years (20.4 years in the 1950s and 60s). Average age of man at first marriage: 30.4 years. Over 37 million adults lived alone in 2021 (33 million in 2011). 55.4 births per 1,000 in the second quarter of 2021 (58.5 in 2019). ---...

Harry Reid, political pugilist and longtime Senate majority leader, dies Former Sen. Harry Reid (Nev.), one of the Senate’s longest-serving majority leaders and a Democrat who played a central role in enacting President Obama’s biggest legislative accomplishments, died Tuesday at age 82. The death was announced by longtime political reporter Jon Ralston, who called Reid "probably the most important elected official in Nevada history."

Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who rose from poverty in rural Nevada to the heights of Democratic politics, has died at the age of 82. Jon Ralston, CEO of the Nevada Independent, announced the news Tuesday evening."Harry Reid, probably the most important elected official in Nevada history, has died at 82. My condolences to his family and friends," he said in a tweet.