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WASHINGTON, March 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let North Carolina and Pennsylvania use electoral maps approved by state courts to replace ones deemed to have given Republicans unfair advantages, improving Democratic chances of retaining control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November. The justices denied Republican requests to put on hold lower court rulings that adopted court-drawn boundaries for North Carolina's 14 House districts and Pennsylvania's 17 House districts to replace electoral maps devised by Republican-controlled legislatures in the two states. Republicans are seeking to regain control of the House, narrowly controlled by President Joe...

Volatile stock markets are eroding the retirement savings of America’s teachers and firefighters after public pension systems ended last year with equity holdings at a 10-year high.

The animals painted in ocher in Colombia may include giant ground sloths and other creatures that vanished from the Americas. But some researchers say the art has a more recent origin. At the end of the last ice age, South America was home to strange animals that have since vanished into extinction: giant ground sloths, elephant-like herbivores and an ancient lineage of horses. A new study suggests that we can see these lost creatures in enchanting ocher paintings made by ice age humans on a rocky outcrop in the Colombian Amazon. These dazzling rock art displays at Serranía de la...

Sky's Special Correspondent Alex Crawford speaks to former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who said 'don't trust Putin' over reports of humanitarian corridors. He added that the UK government should be adding new sanctions against Russia 'every single day' and urged people not to buy Russian gas. For the latest developments: https://qrcode.skynews.com/skynews/uk...

In an attempt to sound profound, Kamala sounds profoundly foolish

Forces and facilities of the Baltic Fleet have embarked on tracking the actions of US guided missile destroyers USS Donald Cook and USS Forrest Sherman that entered the Baltic Sea. MOSCOW, March 8/TASS/. Russia's Baltic Fleet forces have started tracking...

LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson rejected calls on Monday for Britain to ease visa requirements for Ukrainian refugees fleeing conflict, saying Britain was a generous country but it needed to maintain checks on who was arriving. The United Nations estimates that more than 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia started bombarding its neighbour, with hundreds of thousands pouring into Poland, Romania, Slovakia and elsewhere.

The southern Ukrainian city of Odessa was on Monday bracing for a Russian assault as humanitarian conditions across the country continued to deteriorate under Moscow’s increased shelling of civilian areas. The mayor of the strategically important port city told The Washington Post that “the aggressor is not far from Odessa,” with the Kremlin’s forces having already captured the city of Kherson to the east and eight Russian warships looming just outside Ukraine’s territorial waters. Concern mounted as the third round of talks between the two sides ended without a breakthrough. Ukrainian officials said Russia pressed them to give up Crimea...

Lithuania has cancelled its decision to donate COVID-19 vaccines to Bangladesh after the country abstained during the United Nations General Assembly vote on condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Rasa Jakilaitienė, a spokeswoman for the prime minister, has said.

Imagine being stopped Ukrainian troops https://twitter.com/i/status/1500937699737362439

The bravest man in the land of cedars today - the Lebanese who tried to flip the picture of Qassem Suleimani from the Beirut book fair and was beaten. This is how it sounded after the incident: (Clip translated) We said "Beirut is free" At the end I reached the door outside, and he slapped my head on the floor, put his foot on my head, kicked me and said to me, "We ran over you."

Kirill (we do not indicate his last name at the request of his mother) is 12 years old, he studies in the 6th grade of a Moscow school... On Friday, March 4, sixth graders had their usual history lesson. Cyril himself tells about what happened: The teacher said: "Actually, this is not discussed with the sixth graders, but if you want to understand what is happening, then ask questions." And I started asking questions. I asked: “Why did Putin [start a ‘special operation’]?” To this the teacher replied that it was a "special operation." She said: “I don’t know exactly...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit recently ruled in favor of a Christian couple in New Jersey seeking legal protection to welcome foster children into their home without hiding their religious beliefs on marriage and sexuality. Michael and Jennifer Lasche say that a state agency — New Jersey’s Division of Child Protection and Permanency — removed their foster child and suspended their foster license in 2018 because of their religious beliefs. The husband and wife, who have served as foster parents for more than 10 years, sued state officials for infringing on their constitutional right to religious...

However, at a tense emergency United Nations Security Council meeting, the Ukrainian ambassador called the actions what they are: war crimes. Furthermore, he had strong words for the Russian ambassador, saying that “war criminals” pass purgatory and “go straight to hell.”

The 23-15 vote in the Florida State Senate was along party lines. The bill had passed the House in February.TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida senate on Thursday passed HB 5, a bill introduced by State Rep. Erin Grall, which would ban abortions after 15 weeks gestation. The bill now awaits the governor’s signature. The Florida Catholic bishops’ conference called the bill’s March 3 passage “an incremental, yet important, step.” “While we continue to look forward to the day when the full protection of unborn life is recognized in law, we are encouraged that HB 5 further limits the grave harm...

The local priest believes it was done by someone expressing anger over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.CALGARY, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) — A Russian Orthodox church in Calgary, Alberta, has been vandalized with red paint in what could be a vindictive act over Russia’s war against Ukraine. CTV news reported that the incident took place shortly after a Saturday evening service at All-Saints Russian Orthodox Church. CCTV captured the moment a man climbed over the fence to get onto church grounds, and after unsuccessfully attempting to open the church’s locked front door, dumped red paint on it and on the steps in...

A Seattle teachers union is pushing for keeping the district's school mask mandate in place until May, despite the state and county no longer requiring masks, arguing that the forced masking ensures a sense of "safety and normalcy." Seattle Education Association President Jennifer Matter told NPR-affiliate KUOW that the mask mandate should remain until at least May 1, two weeks after students return from spring break, saying there "should be no rush to lift the mask mandate." "We have people who are immunocompromised, we have pregnant educators, we have educators who have children of their own that are under 5...

At this point, taking the scientific establishment seriously has become a difficult thing to do. It’s clear that many of them have been co-opted by people more interested in pushing a political perspective through the veneer of science than actually following it. It only makes one want to further distance oneself from these institutions when calling them wrong about something very obvious is labeled as “misinformation” and used to censor and silence you. But moreover, the people in charge of “the science” are increasingly proven to be corrupt and/or wildly incompetent. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky certainly isn’t doing herself any...

RON PAUL ASKS: IS PUTIN THE NEW CORONAVIRUS? Posted by John Titor | Mar 7, 2022 | President Biden’s “maskless” State of the Union signifies the near-end of the COVID tyranny we have lived under for the past two years. Fortunately for Congress, the President, and the Federal Reserve, the Ukraine-Russia conflict is replacing COVID as a ready-made excuse for their failures and a justification for expanding their power. Even before politicians began declaring the end of the pandemic, polls showed that rising prices were the people’s top concern – particularly the increase in gas prices. Since Russia is one...

If Americans were in the same position as Ukrainians right now, more Republicans than Democrats would stay and fight, according to a poll released Monday. Of the Republicans surveyed in the Quinnipiac University Poll, 68% said they would stay and fight compared to 40% of Democrats. Among Democrats, 52% said they would flee the country, compared to 25% of Republicans.