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The White House on Monday warned that the "world needs to be prepared for a very long, difficult road ahead" as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine for a twelfth day. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the United States will continue to support the Ukrainians as they "fight back" but maintained that U.S. troops will not fight in the country and stopped short of vowing a ban on Russian oil imports.

U.S. National Average Price of Gasoline Hits New All-Time Record High March 07, 2022 Previous record of $4.10 per gallon set in 2008 has fallen as gas prices continue to rise BOSTON (March 7, 2022) -- The national average price of gasoline in the U.S. today broke the existing record, rewriting the all-time high to today’s $4.104 per gallon, according to GasBuddy, the leading fuel savings platform saving North American drivers the most money on gas. The previous all-time high was set back in 2008 at $4.103 per gallon, just ahead of the U.S. Great Recession and housing crisis. The...

Three students were shot and critically wounded when someone opened fire outside a Des Moines, Iowa, high school on Monday afternoon. The Des Moines Police Department tweeted at 3pm local time that officers were at the scene of the shooting at East High School. According to police, three teenagers were in critical condition at an area hospital. Sgt Paul Parizek, with Des Moines police, said multipole suspects in the shooting have been detained, but he declined to reveal any additional details.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was one of the reasons he got into politics. After leaving his career as a comedian and entertainer and becoming Ukraine’s president in April 2019, Zelenskyy hailed Trudeau as “one of those leaders who inspired” him “to join politics,” when he became Ukraine’s president in 2019.

Let’s get the caveats out of the way up front. I’m not going to try to convince you that Ukraine is wrong or Russia is right. That’s not how I feel, but some have read into my past posts and assumed I’m anti-Zelensky, pro-Putin. I am neither. I am pro-America, and while I recognize there’s a need for humanitarian aid and support at times, my desire for the nation to be generous ends when doing so puts us in danger, Every post I’ve made lately has resulted in a barrage of emails trying to convince me that either Putin is...

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In the days since Putin's devastating invasion of Ukraine, 230 companies have announced that they are withdrawing from Russia in protest, calling to mind the large-scale corporate boycott of Apartheid South Africa in the 1980s. Nevertheless, some western companies have continued to operate in Russia undeterred; we identified 30 companies with particularly significant exposure to Russian markets. The full list of companies that have curtailed operations in Russia as well as those that remain, as of March 7, can be seen below. (at the link)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Two people are dead following a weekend in a residential area of Daytona Beach, according to the Daytona Beach Police Department. The victims were found Sunday morning in the 700 block of North Wild Olive Avenue with multiple stab wounds and lacerations. Authorities confirmed the identity of the pair as Terry and Brenda Aultman. The couple was found on the side of the road, just a couple blocks off Main Street, and very close to where all the bike week events are happening now in Daytona Beach. Police say at first, they thought it was a...

Russian Defence Ministry found evidence of US-funded biolabs in Ukraine, deadly pathogens destroyed.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine means that World War III has “likely already started,” according to billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman. “In January 2020, I had nightmares about the potential for a pandemic, but everyone seemed to think I was crazy. I am having similar nightmares now,” Ackman tweeted on Saturday. He added: “WWIII has likely started already, but we have been slow to recognize it.”

As Russia invades Ukraine, shelling civilians and reportedly committing war crime-level brutality, President Biden has put harsh sanctions to Kremlin-tied businesses, banks and oligarchs, but not the oil and gas industry. -snip- Experts say that U.S. oil and gas supply could likely recover from a Russia ban as their fuel accounts for a small share of total product, and the nation could turn to wells here at home or ask other nations to increase supply. Where does the US get its oil? Russia is the third largest exporter of crude oil and petroleum products to the U.S. America gets most...

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Donald Trump’s 2020 prediction that gas prices under President Biden would reach $7.00 per gallon came true this week. The price of gas in Gorda, California, reached $7.59 on Sunday. Fuel stations in Los Angeles County were also selling premium gasoline for more than $7.00 a gallon. One gas station in Los Angeles was advertising gas for $6.99.

For better and worse, “Turning Red” is like no Pixar film before it. The film, directed by Domee Shi, who made the lovely Oscar-winning short “Bao,” is the first Pixar movie directly solely by a woman. Its leadership team, including producers and art departments, is entirely female. And its protagonist, 13-year-old Meilin Lee (voiced by Rosalie Chiang), is a Chinese-Canadian eighth-grader in the throws of puberty. For Pixar, a factory of childhood whimsy designed to make adults cry, “Turning Red” fills in more than a few blind spots. Not only is the movie deeply rooted in a female and Asian-North...

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The niece of Chicago Police Department's Internal Affairs chief was caught on body camera video warning cops conducting a drug bust that her aunt is a police officer and is 'probably your boss.' Internal Affairs Chief Yolanda Talley's niece, who has not been named, was driving her aunt's silver Lexus on February 1, when police officers pulled the vehicle over after allegedly observing a passenger toss 84 baggies of heroin worth $6,300 out the window. That passenger, 34-year-old Kenneth Miles, has been arrested. Body camera video that was obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times in response to a Freedom of Information...

Brittney Griner’s wife Cherelle has thanked everyone for their support of the WNBA star, who was arrested last month in Russia. Cherelle Griner posted a picture Sunday on Instagram of her with the Phoenix Mercury center. “Thank you to everyone who has reached out to me regarding my wife’s safe return from Russia. Your prayers and support are greatly appreciated,” she wrote. Brittney Griner was detained at a Moscow airport after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges. They were identified as containing oil derived from cannabis, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years...

JUST IN - Russian Deputy PM Alexander Novak threatens to embargo oil exports, halting gas supplies through Nord Stream 1 (n-tv)— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) March 7, 2022

Paramount Pictures actress Laurel Goodwin has passed away at the age of 79, her family revealed in an obituary. Goodwin, who has worked with the likes of Elvis Presley and Jackie Gleason, died on February 25 in Cathedral City, California. 'If she knew you, you quickly became family,' read a line from her obit. Laurel was born in 1942 in Wichita, Kansas and signed a contract with Paramount when she was just 19 years old. She would go on to co-star with Elvis Presley in the 1962 musical comedy Girls! Girls! Girls! as Laurel Dodge. In the flick, Laurel finds...

An Ohio nursing assistant was arrested last week after authorities said she filmed herself raping and sexually assaulting several elderly male dementia patients at the assisted living facility where she worked. Tiara Lynn Ford, 23, was arrested Thursday and charged with one count of rape, a first-degree felony, and two counts of gross sexual imposition, both fourth-degree felonies, court records show. Ford, who worked as a state-tested nurse's aide at The Inn at University Village in Massillon, was arrested after authorities conducted a two-week investigation into the allegations, which included a number of 'video recordings of Ms. Ford sexually assaulting...