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One person was killed and two others were wounded in an Aurora, Colorado, church shooting Friday night just after 8 p.m. The Denver Post reported that the incident occurred at the Iglesia Faro De Luz Church in Aurora, located at 538 N. Olathe Street.

The spleen is the biggest lymphatic organ in the body and its major roles are to create blood (hematopoiesis), to store blood, to filter the blood and to generate immunological responses. Radiological examination of the changes in spleen size is significant in hematological and lymphatic system illnesses. Multidetector Computed Tomography (MDCT), Ultrasonography (USG) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) methods are employed in the radiological examination of the spleen. The fast evacuation of blood cells with the increase in the physiological activities of the spleen is termed hypersplenism. Hypersplenism is often characterized by the reduction in shaped components of the blood...

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis announced Saturday morning that he will work with the state’s attorney general to investigate GoFundMe after the company shut down a fundraiser for the Canadian truckers participating in the Freedom Convoy. “The fundraising effort had raised C$10 million—around $7.9 million—and C$1 million had already been distributed to the organizers of the so-called Freedom Convoy before GoFundMe took the decision to stop the fundraiser,” Newsweek reported. “GoFundMe initially announced on Friday it would refund contributions to anyone who applied and the remaining funds would be distributed to charities chosen by the Freedom Convoy organizers and verified...

A pilot study funded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that could potentially lead to changes to blood donor eligibility for men who have sex with men is underway and seeking participants in 8 U.S. cities. The ADVANCE study , which stands for Assessing Donor Variability And New Concepts in Eligibility, is focused on evaluating alternatives to the FDA's blood donor time-based deferral policy for men who have sex with men (MSM). ... The ADVANCE study is a first step in providing data that will help the FDA determine if a blood donor history questionnaire (DHQ) based on...

Looks like Tiffany Cross has forgotten that Joe Biden is the president. And who can blame her? We'd like to forget, too! On her MSNBC show Saturday morning, Cross claimed Russia is currently threatening Ukraine because ... Trump!Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Summary of LENR research in Japan Shinya Narita Iwate University Chief-in-directors, Japan CF Research Society ARPA-E, Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions Workshop October 21, 2021 LENR experiments in Japan in the early days (~2000) Various types of experiments had been conducted since just after the F-P announcements. Representative experiments in 90s Electrolysis F-P type Excess heat, Neutron emission, Nuclear products Takahashi et al. Proc. of ICCF2 (1992) Mizuno, Ohmori et al. DENKI KAGAKU (1996) 1160. Ohmori et al. Current Topics in Electrochemistry, 5 (1997) 27. Double structure cathode Excess heat, Helium production Arata et al. Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38 (1999) L774....

At this bar, blockheads are welcome. A clever rooftop bar in Braunschweig, Germany, allows guests to play Tetris and other classic arcade games on the side of a tall building

An avalanche has killed five people in the Austrian state of Tyrol on Friday, state police have said. The avalanche occurred near the Austrian-Swiss border in the Spiss municipality, Tyrol’s emergency control center confirmed on Friday afternoon. A sixth person is reported to have suffered minor injuries. The fifth victim, who had initially been reported missing, was later confirm to have died. The identities and nationalities of the victims have not yet been released. At least 31 separate avalanches had been reported as of Friday afternoon, officials said. Four of these avalanches, including one that occurred near Solden and another...

Jack London's "To Build A Fire" Starring Ian Hogg (and a very smart dog) Narrated by Orson Welles Written, Produced and Directed by David Cobham "To Build a Fire" is a short story by American author Jack London, published in 1908. "To Build a Fire" is about an unnamed male protagonist who ventures out in the subzero boreal forest of the Yukon Territory. He is followed by a native dog and is en route to visit his friends—ignoring warnings from an older man from Sulphur Creek about the dangers of hiking alone in extreme cold. The protagonist underestimates the...

Former President Donald Trump on Jan. 31 lamented that the United States resembles a communist nation under his successor, pointing to rampant inflation, diminishing freedoms, and the porous U.S.–Mexico border. “They’re destroying our country. They’re making us a different country. We’re becoming like a socialist or a communist state,” Trump told former top White House aide Kash Patel on his EpochTV’s “Kash’s Corner” program. The interview will premiere at 8 p.m. Eastern on Feb. 7.“Why would they want to have a weak military? Why would they want to have high interest rates and higher taxes? And why would they want...

[Catholic Caucus] The Silence of Good Catholics Amplifies the Lies of Tyrants “Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season; reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine. For there shall be a time when they will not endure sound doctrine but, according to their own desire, they will heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears. And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables.” (2 Timothy 4:2-4)Just as many people have willingly smothered themselves with useless masks for two years, much of the world’s population has smothered itself in...

What is going on in Idaho? Are parents going to be considered a threat? Why are all school stakeholders invited to this "threat assessment" conference....EXCEPT parents?

GoFundMe recently made headlines after they shut down the GoFundMe page for the Canadian Freedom Convoy 2022 donation page. GoFundMe then announced they would steal the money and give the $10 million collected to far-left causes of their choice.... Meanwhile, GiveSendGo has a campaign running to raise money for the Freedom Convoy 2022. The “FreedomConvoy2022” campaign at GiveSendGo has already raised almost a million in 12 hours! The links may not be accessible due to DDOS bot attacks and the massive surge in traffic. Many of you may have noticed the GiveSendGo website has been crashing from all of the...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois judge has issued a temporary restraining order that prevents school districts statewide from requiring students to wear masks in classrooms, saying Gov. J.B. Pritzker overstepped his legal authority with a mask mandate that has angered many parents and teachers alike. In a ruling issued Friday in response to a lawsuit filed by a group of parents and teachers, Sangamon County Circuit Judge Raylene Grischow also determined that several more of Pritzker’s emergency orders to combat the spread of COVID-19, including one issued last year that mandates vaccinations for school employees, are “null and...

Explanation: Variable star R Aquarii is actually an interacting binary star system, two stars that seem to have a close symbiotic relationship. Centered in this space-based optical/x-ray composite image it lies about 710 light years away. The intriguing system consists of a cool red giant star and hot, dense white dwarf star in mutual orbit around their common center of mass. With binoculars you can watch as R Aquarii steadily changes its brightness over the course of a year or so. The binary system's visible light is dominated by the red giant, itself a Mira-type long period variable star. But...

While the LGBTQ movement's agenda to stamp out Christian counselors who advise those with unwanted same-sex attractions how not to live out those urges is most developed overseas, there's now a case in Indiana that takes direct aim at biblical beliefs. The case was outlined by Albert Mohler, the head of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, in an online column. He addressed the dispute that comes out of West Lafayette, Indiana, under the stunning headline, "Will your church's preaching and counseling be criminalized?"

5-year-old boy in Morocco who was trapped in a well since Tuesday has died, news outlets reported Saturday. Rescue workers had extracted the boy, whose name was Rayan, from the well, which was 105 feet deep. But the Morocco's royal palace said in a statement that he had died, Al Arabiya reported. The Saudi Gazette also reported Saturday that an official report from the Moroccan diwan "confirmed young Rayan has passed away." On Tuesday, Rayan's father, Khalid Agoram, was searching for his son when he found he had fallen down the well. Rescuers had worked carefully for days to extract...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) called the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) censure of Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) a “sad day” for his party. “The GOP I believe in is the party of freedom and truth,” Hogan tweeted on Friday. “It’s a sad day for my party—and the country—when you’re punished just for expressing your beliefs, standing on principle, and refusing to tell blatant lies.” Hogan, who is not seeking reelection as Maryland’s governor due to term limits and has previously been critical of former President Trump, is one of a group of moderate Republicans who openly...

Popular alternative video platform Rumble is offering help to GiveSendGo, a crowdfunding alternative reportedly struggling with server problems due to the massively popular Freedom Convoy fundraiser. The platform took on the mega viral fundraiser after GoFundMe shut down the original, but has struggled to handle the traffic on the site. Furthermore, there is concern the crowdfunding site is experiencing a DDoS attack. "We are hearing, but have not validated, that GiveSendGo is experiencing server issues and a possible denial of service attack," Rumble said in a tweet. "If true, Rumble would be happy to help in anyway we can. We...

The Queen has cut a cake to mark her Platinum Jubilee as she met members of the Sandringham community on the eve of the 70th anniversary of her reign. Ahead of Accession Day, she hosted a reception for volunteer groups, pensioners and fellow members of the local Women's Institute (WI) group. Guests included a former cookery student who helped create the original Coronation chicken recipe. The Queen was described as being on "sparkling" form at the reception. On Sunday, she will have reigned for 70 years, excluding Accession Day. It also marks the day her father George VI died in...