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About $7 million worth of surplus personal protective equipment and cleaning supplies, purchased by a Northern California county earlier in the pandemic, was damaged in recent rainstorms after it was left outside for months, officials said Friday. San Mateo County officials acknowledged the disaster following a KGO news report, published Thursday, that showed video of scores of sodden boxes outside the San Mateo Event Center in the San Francisco Bay Area. San Mateo County, south of San Francisco, is among the wealthiest counties in the nation. Workers are inspecting the damaged boxes to see if the items inside — many...

Nicola Madden, aged 43, was taking part in an online meeting when she suffered a suspected heart attack on January 11.A beloved mum tragically died during an online meeting after her birthday. Nicola Madden, aged 43, was taking part in an online meeting when she suffered a suspected heart attack on January 11. Her daughter Charlotte, aged nine, acted quickly and called her dad Stuart McDougall, but Nicola tragically passed away, Liverpool Echo reports. Friends and family of the civil servant from Waterloo have now set up a GoFundMe page in memory of Nicola, who they describe as a sociable...

Now his devastated family have been left in shock by his death and are paying tribute to the 'legend'.A Scots family have been left heartbroken after their 'friendly giant' dad suddenly died in his sleep. Billy Muir, from Glasgow, went to bed feeling 'peaky' around January 7th and sadly never woke up. The Rangers daft 54-year-old grandfather had taken a covid test shortly before which turned up negative last week. Now his devastated family have been left in shock by his death and are paying tribute to the 'legend'. Daughter Kate Muir Daily Record: "He was a big 6ft 6...

Just two weeks into the new year, the U.S. has already seen more than a million new COVID cases on multiple days. The Omicron variant has created a dangerous surge, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimating that this version of the virus currently accounts for more than 98 percent of cases in the country. Omicron is spreading even faster than the previously dominant Delta variant, and pushing case counts higher than ever before. Health officials across the country have started to update existing policies in response to the surge, with some places introducing vaccine mandates for...

Woke Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon is embroiled in yet another scandal after his own cops went over his head to ask federal prosecutors to charge the alleged killers of an off-duty LAPD officer. LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva sought out the federal prosecution for the four gang members accused of killing Officer Fernando Arroyos, 27, on January 10 over fears pursing them through Gascon could lead to lighter sentencing. Last year, Gascon axed sentencing enhancements

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Only the foolish will get vaccinated and wear a mask now. The New Year is here! It’s time for an Omicron party! Everyone get sick and save your community with herd immunity! What’s a few days feeling under the weather when you can protect your children’s future? Now it’s time for accountability.

Harry wants to have police protection rather than private security when he and his family are in the UK because they do not feel it is safe here, and in a statement by a legal representative he said he was prepared to pay for it. Harry is arguing his private protection team in the US does not have adequate jurisdiction abroad or access to UK intelligence information which is needed keep the Sussex family safe. “The UK will always be Prince Harry’s home and a country he wants his wife and children to be safe in,” the legal representative for...

An Arizona woman has accused Delta Air Lines of discrimination after she was unable to buy a gender “X” ticket for her nonbinary child due to the company’s booking tools. Dawn Henry, 52, slammed Delta in a lengthy series of tweets last week, saying she wanted to buy her 21-year-old a surprise ticket for Christmas when she discovered the carrier only provides male or female options. But her child identifies as neither exclusively male nor female — and has an “X” marker on their birth certificate and Washington state driver’s license. Delta “is discriminating against #nonbinary individuals and not...

Social media can be a great place to connect with friends and family as well as learning about the newest trends and talking points. But doctors have warned people to steer clear of the latest fad – as it poses a danger to your health. The so-called ‘sleepy chicken’ trend sees users concocting their very own chicken dish, braised in a cold and flu remedy. Users refers to the recipe as ‘Nyquil chicken’ or ‘sleepy chicken’, and the UK equivalent to Nyquil would be a product like Night Nurse.

New York State Attorney General’s Office on Friday has released videos of an incident where a man had burst into flames on being tased by a police officer just after he used hand sanitizer. In the bizarre incident, the man had died in a hospital around six weeks later, as per New York Attorney General Letitia James. On October 30, 29-year-old Jason Jones allegedly stormed into a police station. He seems to have kicked off an argument with officers in the lobby, said authorities. Although there is no audio, the videos show that Jones was trying to open a...

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said, "POTUS has been briefed about the developing hostage situation in the Dallas area. He will continue to receive updates from his senior team as the situation develops. Senior members of the national security team are also in touch with federal law enforcement...

The underlying theory is simple enough. "If you can get electrons to pair, they can superconduct," said Dean. According to the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory, an attractive force between electrons—no matter how weak—will cause those electrons to pair up and form a new kind of particle called a "Cooper pair." These behave like particles called bosons and, at low enough temperatures, can enter into a collective state and move through a material unimpeded by disorder—a feature any single electron just cannot achieve on its own. But there's been a problem. "Electrons do not want to pair," said Dean. Like repels like,...

This one has people waking up. Unsubscribing, too, 4/10ths of one percent so far, so it seems worth repeating. I appreciate your emails to my address below, but I’m still working through yesterday’s emails, so you can also click on these Twitter and Facebook page links if you want your comments to reach a wider audience. I am excited for how this leads into the Dr King holiday. Thanks! Remember when Black Lives Matter started to have some success getting all of America to see how unfairly Black Americans are treated in this country and the importance of us all...

Live Science makes predictions about what archaeologists will uncover in the new year. There are a number of archaeological finds and stories we might hear about in 2022. These include discoveries from Egypt's "lost golden city," new finds from Qumran — the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in nearby caves — as well as finds that may shed light on what life was like 11,000 years ago, when humans started building large ceremonial sites. In this countdown, Live Science makes five archaeology predictions for 2022. New finds from Egypt's 'lost golden city' In 2021 archaeologists announced the...

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*, keeps releasing random bursts of radiation on a daily basis and no one can figure out what is causing it. These bursts ranged from tens to hundreds of times brighter than the normal signals sent out by the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy, but they don't appear to follow a discernable pattern. The data from 2006 to 2008 show high levels of gamma-ray activity, followed by a rapid four-year-long drop, after which activity shot back up, starting in 2012. There could be any...

WASHINGTON – Hunger strikers for voting rights legislation began to feel the health consequences on the second day of their strike outside the U.S. Capitol, but remained committed. "I'm feeling very tired, cold and hungry, obviously, but committed to being here," Un-PAC co-founder Shana Gallagher told Fox News Digital. Gallagher said she's also "having trouble sleeping" and experiencing "really bad" headaches. West Virginia graduate student Dominic DiChiacchio said "the hunger is starting, but it's still so early, so the morale is still really high."

With one simple question, Senator Ted Cruz sets the internet on fire—Who is Ray Epps? Now, the Senator joins Michael Knowles and Liz Wheeler to ponder the answer to this and several subsequent questions. What was the FBI’s involvement in January 6th? Why are they stonewalling the Republican’s inquiries?

Former President Donald Trump will hold a rally tonight at the Canyon Moon Ranch Grounds in Florence, Arizona. The event will be Trump’s first foray into politics at the beginning of the 2022 midterm election cycle and further fuels speculation about his plans for 2024. The rally start time and speaker list are available below. The venue opens at 8 a.m. local time and doors for the event will open at 2 pm. Date: Saturday, January 15, 2022 Time: 4:30 pm MT, Trump to speak at 7 pm MT (9 pm ET, 8 pm CT) Location: Canyon Moon Ranch Grounds...

A majority of Americans now believe democracy in the United State is in danger of disappearing, according to a troubling new poll. Just 26% of those surveyed said they felt US democracy would be secured for future generations, while 51% agreed with the statement, “U.S. democracy is at risk of extinction.” An additional 23% said they were unsure, according to data from Schoen Cooperman Research.