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Am hoping to solicit informed comments/answers re: the Durham Indictments. After Durham unseals his indictments, the targets are then referred for prosecution. My questions: Who will oversee the prosecutions? Can Durham retain control of the prosecutions, or does he have to refer that duty to the DOJ? Thanks in advance for any professional insight into this question.

A fiery Ukrainian women went viral for her reaction to a Russian soldier patrolling a Ukrainian street earlier this week. What are the details? The unnamed woman — dressed in nearly all black and wearing a white winter hat — was seen in a video shared to social media telling off a Russian soldier and suggesting he carry sunflower seeds in his pockets — so that when he is killed on foreign soil, flowers will sprout from his decomposing body. “Put them in your pockets,” she stoically told the soldier during one point of the interaction, “so at least sunflowers...

Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services: Public and Environmental Health officials are working to contain local cases of the gastrointestinal illness Shigella bacteria, after three lab-confirmed cases and two more suspected cases infected Eureka residents during the past month. The cases span multiple households, infecting school-age children and adults, including a person experiencing homelessness. Officials believe the virus may have been spread through one or more Eureka laundromats, after an infected person washed contaminated clothing at the facility.

The Joint Committee of the Council of Europe, which brings together the PACE leadership, the representatives of the member states and the Secretary-General of the organization, recommends that an exclusive procedure be applied to Russia, leading to the country's exclusion from the CoE. This was stated by PACE President Tina Cox at a press conference in Strasbourg, Censor.NET reports with reference to "European Truth". Tini Cox said that during the meeting of the Joint Committee there was a consensus on the decision, which should be formally adopted later on Friday. "I have been in the PACE for a long...

The Ukrainian resistance against the Russian invasion is stronger than the U.S. first expected and has so far blunted the attack on Kyiv, as the Russians are landing an amphibious force near the city of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov, a senior defense official said. U.S. officials had assessed as recently as Thursday that Kyiv could fall within 24-48 hours. U.S. officials still expect it could fall, but the senior defense official said the Ukrainians had slowed the Russians' push into the capital.

The U.S. transplant system needs an overhaul to stop wasting organs and give more patients a fair chance at the life-saving surgery, says an influential scientific advisory panel that set a five-year deadline to turn things around. More than 106,000 patients are on the nation’s list for a transplant from a deceased donor, and at least 17 die every day waiting. Many more who could benefit from a transplant never get put on the waiting list, particularly people of color, the report stressed. “While the transplant system does a lot of good things and saves a lot of lives, it...

FBI’s Operation to Infiltrate Right-Wing Extremist Groups Lies at Center of Transparency Lawsuit By Ken Silva February 23, 2022 Updated: February 23, 2022 biggersmaller Print An FBI right-wing infiltration operation tangled in allegations of witness tampering, evidence suppression, and connections to the Oklahoma City bombing has been exposed through one man’s unprecedented Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. government. And the case isn’t over yet. Utah attorney Jesse Trentadue’s 2006 FOIA lawsuit against the FBI and CIA for Oklahoma City bombing records is indeed still an open matter, having been sealed and litigated behind closed doors since...

If you live in Florida, Gov. DeSantis needs your help to pass an important bill. It will take a minute of your time. If you live in PA, I'll be speaking on March 3 and 4 in State College and Hershey.Steve Kirsch2 hr ago Florida residents onlyAn important bill in Florida that will protect doctors who speak the truth needs your help.If you live in Florida, we need as many people as possible to email the House Speaker and the House Health and human services committee. We made it easy: this link emails them all.Please do it now! It has...

This is one of the most successful operations of the armed forces of Ukraine in the history of the war. This is a defeat that Putin will not be able to hide In response to the bombing and rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities, the 19th missile brigade of the armed forces of Ukraine launched a Tochka-U ballistic missile attack on the Russian Millerovo airbase, and destroyed at least two of the latest Russian Su-30 fighters. The Ukrainian commanders, who ordered and delivered this brilliant blow in response, cut off all compromises for themselves. Little Ukraine is doing everything to protect...

The drive-by media is the same the world over.

China has thrown Russia's Vladimir Putin another sanction-busting lifeline by lifting wheat import restrictions in an economic boost to Moscow. President Xi Jinping has backed keeping China fully open to wheat imports from Russia in spite of sweeping sanctions imposed by the West in a bid to stop Putin's war in Ukraine. Imports had been restricted in recent months over concern over Russia's measures to prevent plant diseases, particularly in agricultural crops. The move to keep the market open was reportedly part of a deal between Moscow and Beijing concluded earlier this month and is the latest sign of growing...

The saga of San Francisco's sinking Millennium Tower continues, as the structure's movement has now created a 1-inch gap between the main tower and a 12-story podium, according to reporting by the San Francisco Chronicle.

WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced a list of candidate replacement names for more than 660 geographic features with the name “squaw,” which was officially declared a derogatory term as a result of Secretary’s Order 3404. The Department has initiated Tribal consultations and an opportunity for public comment to recommend and review proposed replacement names. Secretary’s Order 3404 established the 13-member Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force, which includes representatives from the Department’s Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, National Park Service, Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Civil Rights, Office...

With Russia invading Ukraine, the cruise industry is already being impacted by falling cruise stocks, fuel prices and Black Sea itinerary changes. Less than 24 hours since Russian forces attacked Ukraine and crossed the border, the big cruise companies already feel the effects. Carnival Corporation, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings saw stocks falling considerably. That’s not all, though; fuel prices have been rising in recent months, with the price of Marine Gas Oil already up from $383 in 2020 to over $800 today. Besides the financial cost, several different cruise lines traditionally sail the Black Sea, cruises that...

Russian leader Vladimir Putin called on Ukranian soldiers on Friday to defect and stage a coup against President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose government Russia has so far failed to topple despite launching a “full-scale” invasion on Thursday. Addressing a meeting of the Russian Security Council on Friday, Vladimir Putin said that Ukrainian Army should “take control” of the country as it would be “easier” for him to negotiate with the military, rather than what he termed as “junkies and neo-Nazis” under the control of President Zelensky.

Facebook is backtracking on a ban it placed on users praising the Azov Battalion, a far-right paramilitary force within the Ukrainian National Guard. The Intercept first reported the news. Praise for the group, which is the armed wing of the country's white nationalist Azov movement, was banned in 2019 under Facebook's Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy. The platform had classified the group alongside others such as the Ku Klux Klan and Islamic State. A 2016 report by the OHCHR found that Azov soldiers had raped and tortured civilians during the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The memos seen by The...

MIT spin-off Quaise says it's going to use hijacked fusion technology to drill the deepest holes in history, unlocking clean, virtually limitless, supercritical geothermal energy that can re-power fossil-fuelled power plants all over the world. The heat beneath our feet Everyone knows the Earth's core is hot, but maybe the scale of it still has the power to surprise. Temperatures in the iron center of the core are estimated to be around 5,200 °C (9,392 °F), generated by heat from radioactive elements decaying combining with heat that still remains from the very formation of the planet – an event of...

Treasure is buried in a handful of National Parks across the United States but many people miss it simply because they don’t know where to look. One woman on a mission in the mountains has found where X marks the spot. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Marilyn Childress is trudging through puddles of melted snow, following a trail that looks heavily traveled by animals but rarely trekked by humans. She moves with purpose and determination. She’s made this hike before. A snowstorm has just hit in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains National Park and another is forecasted for the next day. The...

The walls are closing in on Hunter Biden. The US attorney in Delaware investigating his business affairs has been busy subpoenaing his bank records and calling in his ex-girlfriends to testify in front of a grand jury about his wild spending sprees. Devon Archer, his former business partner, best friend and fellow Yale alum, faces sentencing Monday, four years after being convicted over a $60 million scheme to defraud one of the poorest Indian tribes in America. Prosecutors from the Southern District of New York have recommended to US District Judge Ronnie Abrams that Archer serve 30 months in prison,...

In May 2017, an interviewer asked then-Secretary of Defense James Mattis what keeps him up at night. Today, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, increasing Chinese belligerence toward U.S. ally Taiwan, and the ongoing fallout from the loss of Afghanistan to the Taliban, some lawmakers and military experts question whether the Pentagon is projecting the kind of warfighting focus and ferocity that intimidate adversaries and deter aggression. This eroding confidence in the U.S. military largely stems from a belief that the Pentagon's senior leadership, both civilian and uniformed, is too focused on priorities other than deterring and preparing for war. One...