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On 15 March we reveal the best single shots from the 2022 Open competition. The 10 category winners go on to the next stage of the competition to compete to be the winner of their category and, if successful, then go on to be considered for Open Photographer of the Year, announced 12 April. CATEGORIES: Architecture - 2022 Open competition Creative - 2022 Open competition Motion - 2022 Open competition Landscape - 2022 Open competition Lifestyle - 2022 Open competition Natural World & Wildlife - 2022 Open competition Object - 2022 Open competition Portraiture - 2022 Open competition Street Photography...

Western countries have come together in surprising fashion, imposing economic and financial sanctions regardless of the damage to themselves. Contrary to Putin's game plan, NATO has become tighter, not looser, as an alliance. But does this mean that Washington is in a better position as the world's leader? Some analysts argue that while the alliance is stronger, the U.S. itself is weaker, especially because President Joe Biden was unable to stop Putin from invading Ukraine. ... "Then the president's decision ... to immediately say that we would not be sending armed forces into Ukraine -- Americans into combat in Ukraine...

Bankrate’s 30-year mortgage rate rose to 4.43%, up 55% under Biden/Pelosi/Schumer’s reign of error. Thanks to the rising Fed rate hikes priced-in the market.

“It’s simply not true that my administration or policies are holding back domestic energy production. That’s simply not true.” — President Biden, remarks while announcing a ban on Russian oil and gas exports, March 8 “Democrats want to blame surging prices on Russia. But the truth is, their out-of-touch policies are why we are here in the first place.” In a moment of national unity against Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Democrats and Republicans are fighting passionately over the steep increase in the cost of gasoline. Prices have already risen sharply since Biden became president — and he acknowledged that his...

A detailed list of the destroyed and captured vehicles and equipment of both sides can be seen below. This list is constantly updated as additional footage becomes available.

Who's the best woman? USA Today has declared a string of wokesters for its 2022 'Women of the Year' honors, and one of them is Dr. Rachel Levine. Seems you need to be born a man to achieve excellence in womanhood these days. Being an actual woman is no longer enough. The awards are absurd, given that not many of the women on the list have actual accomplishments -- they're there because they're victims, like Simone Biles, radical activists like Janet Murguía, promoters of bad things like recreational marijuana, like Roopali Desai; people who deny the obvious, like fashion editor...

Democrat Representative Kim Schrier of (WA) had some words for Americans upset with President Biden over the rising cost of gas this week, saying in a podcast interview that criticizing Biden — or anyone other than Putin — for the recent record-setting highs for a gallon of gas is "un-American." How fun. When asked about the growing energy and inflation crises in the United States, Schrier said matter-of-factly "I believe a couple things — right now, in the last two weeks — this is Putin. You should be blaming Putin if anybody for this," Schrier said of all-time highs for...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — The Clark County Sheriff said Monday he is cutting services because of a shortage of staff. It will mean deputies will no longer respond to several types of calls. The sheriff released an extensive list of those calls. Here is the full list of service cuts provided by the sheriff. Theft of property under $750 (misdemeanor) where there is no suspect information (this does not include robberies or theft of vehicles or guns) Theft from a vehicle where there is no suspect information Minimal damage and/or graffiti to property where there is no suspect information Minor crimes...

The tech giant’s office is located at 300 Pine Street, about a half-mile from its main headquarters on Seventh Avenue in Seattle, and roughly 1,800 Amazon employees are working there. “Given recent incidents near Third and Pine, we’re providing employees currently at that location with alternative office space elsewhere,” an Amazon spokesman said in an emailed statement to The Seattle Times. “We are hopeful that conditions will improve and that we will be able to bring employees back to this location when it is safe to do so.”It is unclear how many of the 1,800 are being relocated, given that...

The lockdowns mark the start of a ride we can’t get off. Two years ago this week, the United States shut down. Churches, schools and businesses went dark. Weddings, funerals, and birthdays went silent. City streets stood empty, with an eeriness closer resembling occupied Paris than the bustling hubs they’d been just days before. Two years later, as the last of the mask mandates for school children falter and crack, it’s tempting to believe our nightmare is finally over. Just as the disease is going to haunt us a long while, however, so too will the effects of how we...

March 15th 1966 – 8th Annual #GRAMMYs are held in New York, hosted by Jerry Lewis. Roger Miller wins the most awards with 5. Frank Sinatra's September of My Years wins LP of the Year, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass' version of "A Taste of Honey" wins Record of the Year.">">Roger Miller — King Of The RoadHerb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass A Taste of Honey

On Friday, President Donald Trump announced that he has instructed the Secretary of Energy to begin buying tens of millions of barrels of oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. "We're going to fill it right up to the top," he said in a White House speech that primarily focused on the response to the coronavirus. The move is expected to provide some relief to U.S. oil producers like ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) and ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), which have been hurt by the fall in crude oil prices triggered by the Saudi Arabia-Russia oil price war. According to Trump, the oil purchases will have...

Climate change has already made allergy season longer and pollen counts higher, but you ain’t sneezed nothing yet. Climate scientists at the University of Michigan looked at 15 different plant pollens in the United States and used computer simulations to calculate how much worse allergy season will likely get by the year 2100. It’s enough to make allergy sufferers even more red-eyed. As the world warms, allergy season will start weeks earlier and end many days later — and it’ll be worse while it lasts, with pollen levels that could as much as triple in some places, according to a...

Teachers and staffers at the public schools in the Eau Claire Area School District in central Wisconsin have been busy receiving all manner of training in how they should perform their duties. At least some of that training, however, has parents seeing red and driving some of them to run to replace members of the school board. The specific training program in question was provided by the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire’s Gender & Sexuality Research Center. It dealt with how to deal with children who are supposedly going through “gender identity transition.” A more accurate way to describe it...

EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) – A longtime Oklahoma Christian University professor was allegedly fired for bringing in a speaker who is openly gay. “It was absolutely shocking to me,” said Emily Thornton, an OC alumnus. Michael O’Keefe taught graphic design at OC for 41 years, until last Monday. “[Mr.] O’Keefe was fired because he had a class where several speakers came in and talked about their personal challenges and how they overcame them,” said Thornton.

Amid economic turmoil for the American people, their representatives in Washington gave their offices a double-digit raise this month even as the average American worker finds their real wages decreasing due to inflation that outpaces wages at new. If you missed Congress giving itself a little pat on the back, that's understandable — members aren't likely to tout outside the beltway how they're filling their own office coffers, plus the funding increase for congressional offices was just one part of the 2,700+ page omnibus bill that funded the U.S. government to the tune of some $1.5 trillion. As RollCall explains,...

The Danish government is said to have agreed on legislation to suspend asylum rules for Ukrainian refugees while also asking many Syrians to return to their country. Denmark is expected to pass the new legislation for Ukrainian refugees on Wednesday after the government and the National Association of Municipalities reached an agreement on the matter. Under the agreement, Ukrainians entering Denmark will be granted a residence permit within four days of their arrival and will be assigned a municipality where they will be settled, broadcaster TV Syd reports. Denmark’s Minister for Immigration and Integration Mattias Tesfaye commented on the policy...

U.S. judges including those appointed by Republican presidents are increasingly sentencing defendants who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the Capitol to three-year terms of court supervision, fearing they could be misled into committing political violence in the 2024 presidential election.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) continue to negotiate the final terms of a conference to hash out the differences between two Democrat bills aimed at increasing competitiveness with China.

Several dozen Jewish tycoons from Russia are believed to have taken on Israeli citizenship or residency in recent years. Israel is grappling with a situation that involves dealing with dozens of Jewish Russian oligarchs as Western nations step up sanctions on businesspeople with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. A worried Israeli government has formed a high-level committee to see how the country can maintain its status as a haven for any Jew without running afoul of the biting sanctions targeting Putin’s inner circle. Several dozen Jewish tycoons from Russia are believed to have taken on Israeli citizenship or residency...