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The discovery by researchers led from the University of Toulouse–Jean Jaurès was made in the 'Grotte Mandrin', 1.5 miles south of Malataverne, in the Rhône Valley.Previously, the oldest proven examples of modern human settlements in Europe were dated back to 45,000–43,000 years ago — 10,000 years earlier.Furthermore, the Mandrin cave also provides the first clear example of a site that was alternately occupied by Neanderthals and modern humans (Homo sapiens).

Landlords and residents in California’s Bay Area are being asked to take in vagrants as homelessness continues to spiral out of control. Several nonprofits and a mayor in the area are prodding residents and landlords to take in one of the nearly 30,000 homeless individuals in the five-county area, the Mercury News reports. Existing affordable housing developments do not have adequate room to accommodate the homeless population.

Teachers union boss Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers, said the “real issue” when it comes to coronavirus restrictions, including masking children, is making sure people “feel” safe — not the actual science. “The issue becomes how do we make sure the entire community in a school feels safe and welcome,” she said during an appearance on MSNBC, agreeing that it is time to discuss an “off-ramp for masks” in schools. Weingarten said:

Bob Saget’s family is providing an update to his fans after he passed away last month at 65. In a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, the late Full House star’s relatives confirmed that authorities have determined the cause of death to be head trauma. The message added that drugs and alcohol were not involved. “They have concluded that he accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it and went to sleep,” the family stated of the investigation into Saget’s death. The comedian was found dead in his Orlando hotel room on Jan....

Ottawa basilica cancels Masses due to Freedom Convoy protestThe Freedom Convoy ensnarling the nations’s capital has led to the cancellation of Masses in churches near downtown Ottawa.But despite St. Patrick Basilica Parish cancelling all five Sunday Masses and closing church doors on the second weekend of demonstrations, Msgr. Kevin Beach praised the majority of those in the truckers’ convoy that descended on Ottawa protesting vaccine mandates for their civility.“The truckers are amazingly well-behaved, well-organized, and it looks like well-financed,” said Beach. “It’s all these other folks who are joining in to vent their own disagreement with the government.”St. Patrick’s, located...

Some of us knew this was coming. All you had to keep in mind was the fact that democrats accuse everyone else of the crimes they commit or plan to commit. They spent a lot of time laying the groundwork, accusing Trump of planning a dictatorship. Trump’s Message Isn’t Confused. He’s Promising A Dictatorship. Trump Is Preparing the Ground for a Totalitarian DictatorshipTwelve signs Trump would try to run a fascist dictatorship ...So, to combat Trump's alleged plans for dictatorship, the Biden regime is going full dictatorship. We had an insight into this even before he was elected. A year...

Queen of Martyrs Principal Placed On Administrative LeaveEVERGREEN PARK, IL — Queen of Martrys principal Jacob “Doc” Mathius was placed on administrative leave after he emailed parents stating that the Catholic elementary school would be “mask optional” as of Tuesday, in response to a downstate judge’s order blocking Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s mandate for face masks to be worn inside school buildings.A copy of the principal’s email to parents sent Monday evening, provided to Patch by a Queen of Martyrs parent, stated that, “Independent of the mandate placed upon schools that operate under the auspices of the Office of the Catholic...

Tina Kotek, a Democrat who is expected to be the next shoo-in governor of Oregon, expressed support for far-left violent rioters in Portland. Her top staffer was even arrested at a riot. She lists being a lesbian as an accomplishment on her campaign site. Link to article: https://thepostmillennial.com/oregon-gubernatorial-candidate-expressed-support-for-violent-portland-rioters?utm_campaign=64470

On Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department announced it seized most of the 119,754 Bitcoins (worth almost 3.6 billion today) lost during this infamous hack and have arrested a New York couple who is accused of attempting to launder the stolen funds. Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife Heather Morgan, 31, were arrested without incident Tuesday morning in Manhattan and face charges related to conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Government. The couple, however, is not being charged for the hack itself as the investigation is ongoing. The department partially credited the “blockchain” or the underlying...

Scary Watch the lynching attempt on the taxi driver in Nablus by bloodthirsty Arabs - 0404 A taxi driver who entered Nablus after the elimination of the terrorists was almost killed by an angry mob | View documentation from the lynching attempt A Jewish taxi driver, a resident of the center of the country, entered Nablus today (Tuesday) with his vehicle, shortly after the three terrorists were eliminated, and was attacked by an angry mob who tried to murder him with stones, other objects, beatings and knives. Among the attackers are adult terrorists, boys and children. Miraculously, the Jew emerged...

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The PLO Central Council decided on Wednesday to suspend recognition of the State of Israel until Israel recognizes the “state of Palestine” on the June 6, 1967 border with its capital in eastern Jerusalem. At the conclusion of a meeting in Ramallah, the PLO Central Council issued a statement saying that the “state of Palestine” alone has sovereignty over Palestinian land and that "the presence of the occupation, its army and settlers on Palestinian land is an illegal presence that must be stopped immediately. .....

Amid multiple massive Freedom Convoys throughout Canada, the Western provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan have become first provinces to end COVID-19 vaccine passports. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney on Tuesday announced an end to the vaccine passport system in Alberta, effective midnight last night. At an evening news conference, Kenney said the restriction exemption program has served its purpose, but is no longer needed since Alberta passed peak of Omicron infections about three weeks ago. “The threat of COVID-19 to public health no longer outweighs the hugely damaging impact of health restrictions on our society,” said Kenney, adding his government would...

"The maritime industry transports 90% of the world’s trade and cyberattacks on shipping increased 900% between 2017 and 2020, to the tune of one incident on a ship every day. How much of your supply chain runs across the ocean?" "“The disruption of ships, ports, communications and shipping lanes is a genuine threat. This is crippling to the larger economy/larger supply chains—especially with things stretched thin today,” says Steve Moore, chief security strategist at Exabeam. “Amazon is even building its fleet with its own technology to control these problems more effectively.”"

Gov. Steve Sisolak is widely expected to announce the suspension of Nevada’s mask mandate at a virtual news conference he’s scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, following the lead of governors in several other states as COVID-19 case numbers continue to fall. Governors in Delaware and Oregon have announced they will relax their state’s mask mandate by the end of March, according to the New York Times, following news that New Jersey was suspending the mandate in its public schools. California will lift its indoor mask mandate next week. And Connecticut is looking to end its mandate by Feb. 28, including...

Wantez Tulloss, 31, has been arrested 11 times going back to 2006 and was wanted by police in Washington for third degree theft. In 2020 mugshot - where he was arrested for domestic assault - Tulloss has a Gucci print tattooed on his face and neck, and a Louis Vuitton logo on his cheek. On Monday January 31, he was filmed taking a swing at Emma Shengnan Wang, who was named by prosecutors in court documents. He knocked Wang to the ground, hitting her on her skull and back, then fled, taking his bags with him. She lay helpless on...

As Taliban forces advanced across Afghanistan last summer, senior Biden administration officials failed to recognize the gravity of the situation and were reluctant to prepare an evacuation of Americans and Afghan allies, according to testimony from U.S. military officers involved in the effort. The officers painted a grim picture of the final days of the U.S. military presence in interviews for an investigative report by the Army, describing chaotic scenes as desperate Afghans tried to enter Kabul airport to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. The evacuation of Americans and Afghans, what the military calls a “noncombatant evacuation operation,” or...

Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke appeared to back off his 2019 statement that "hell yes" he intends to take guns away from citizens if elected to office. "I’m not interested in taking anything from anyone," O’Rourke told reporters in Tyler, Texas on Tuesday, according to KLTV. "What I want to make sure that we do is defend the Second Amendment."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that Republicans had hit “rock bottom” after the GOP’s national committee characterized the Capitol riot as “legitimate political discourse” when it censured Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for participating in the House select committee investigating the violence. “The Republicans seem to be having a limbo contest with themselves to see how low they can go,” Pelosi (D-Calif.) said at her weekly news conference. “They seem to have reached rock bottom with their statement that what happened on Jan. 6 was legitimate political discourse.”

On Tuesday, video was posted to Twitter of a protestor ripping into a CBC reporter for suggesting that his children, who have traveled with him to Ottawa for the truckers' convoy, should be taken away and are in danger.