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A woman in the UK has been diagnosed with Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever following travel to Central Asia, health officials said. Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCFH) is a viral disease usually transmitted by ticks and livestock animals in countries where the disease is endemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) says the virus can lead to epidemics and has a high case fatality ratio of 40%. It is currently endemic in all of Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and in Asia. The woman was diagnosed at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is receiving specialist care at the Royal Free Hospital...

Dominion and ES&S were online and a Democrat operative ran Green Bay's election from his Hyatt Regency hotel room.. Last August, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos authorized the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), headed by retired state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, to investigate concerns about the 2020 election. Gableman delivered an interim report to the state assembly on November 10, 2021. Last Tuesday, Gableman delivered a second interim report to the Wisconsin Assembly’s elections committee. Mr. Gableman wrote, “Ultimately, WEC’s directives mandated that widespread “election fraud” be undertaken in relation to the November 2020 election.” Mr. Gableman vetted more...

Though it’s recently become trendy, cocktails like the old fashioned, martini and daiquiri have been classics for a long time. These cocktails come with specific flavor expectations. An old fashioned, for example, is expected to have smoky flavor notes with a sweet finish from the sugar at the bottom, and sours are, well, you get it from the name. A few bars in Charleston use the flavor profiles of these tried and true cocktails as inspiration for creating their menus, but use local ingredients or flavored spirits to put their own twists on the classics. What follows are a few...

A study found half of all women will experience at least one false positive mammogram over a decade of annual breast cancer screening with digital breast tomosynthesis (3D mammography). The risk of false positive results after 10 years of screening is lower in women screened every other year. A false positive is when a mammogram is flagged as abnormal, but there is no cancer in the breast. It also showed that repeated screening with 3D mammography only modestly decreases the chance of having a false positive result compared with the standard digital 2D mammography. Other factors more strongly linked to...

After reading the consecration, the pope placed flowers before the statue of Mary and censed it. Young children joined the pope as the Immaculata hymn was sung. 11:40 a.m. Pope Francis consecrates humanity, especially Russia and Ukraine, to the Immaculate Heart The pope recites the consecration prayer, beginning, "O Mary, Mother of God and our Mother, in this time of trial we turn to you." 11:29 a.m. Mass held at Boston's Cathedral of the Holy Cross At the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Cardinal Sean O’Malley is saying a Mass for the consecration, concelebrated by Father Yaroslav Nalysnyk,...

In the weeks between the 2020 presidential election and the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent a barrage of text messages imploring President Donald Trump’s chief of staff to take steps to overturn the vote, according to a person with knowledge of the texts. In one message sent in the days after the election, she urged the chief of staff, Mark Meadows, to “release the Kraken and save us from the left taking America down,” invoking a slogan popular on the right that refers to a web of conspiracy...

Republican Sen. Ben Sasse (Neb.) announced Friday he would not be voting to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Sasse, a member of the Judiciary Committee, pointed to Jackson not clearly labeling her judicial philosophy in his decision to vote “no” on her confirmation. “Judge Jackson is an extraordinary person with an extraordinary American story. We both love this country, but we disagree on judicial philosophy and I am sadly unable to vote for this confirmation,” Sasse said in a statement. “Judge Jackson has impeccable credentials and a deep knowledge of the law, but at every turn...

Two would-be robbers got locked inside their own crime scene after trying to hold up a smoke shop - with one of the crooks firing 30 rounds in a failed bid to open the door before falling on his face. The Fresno Police Department is looking for a robbery suspect who is still at large after he and two others attempted to rob a Pipes R Us Smoke Shop on East Kings Canyon Road on February 25 around 9.15pm. Two suspects, Jasmine Hernandez, 26, and Jose Montano, 27, were captured after the robbery, but police are still looking for 34-year-old...

Former head writer Bruce Vilanch on what we're about to witness — and some seriously fun A-list dish along the wayBruce Vilanch is a legendary Emmy-winning comedy writer, songwriter and actor in Hollywood. He was also a writer for 24 years on the Academy Awards broadcast, spending 14 of those years (2000-2014) as the show’s head writer. Vilanch collaborated with hosts including Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, David Letterman, Steve Martin and, of course, James Franco and Anne Hathaway. In this episode of the Ankler Hot Seat podcast, a special bonus edition for Oscar week, Vilanch, who will be watching the...

The Supreme Court is giving the Navy a freer hand determining what job assignments it gives to 35 sailors who sued after refusing on religious grounds to comply with an order to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The high court in a brief order Friday sided with the Biden administration and said that while the lawsuit plays out, the Navy may consider the sailors’ vaccination status in making deployment, assignment and other operational decisions. The group that sued includes mostly Navy SEALs. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that there was a “simple overarching reason” that he agreed with the court’s decision. The...

For several months I had been following my adaptation of Dr Zelenko's prophylaxis protocol. I had NOT been vaccinated and shall not be.This past Tuesday (22 March) I came down with the Fauci Flu. I awoke having flu-like symptoms; headache, malaise, joint ache, & runny nose. Uncomfortable but not miserable, and my temperature was about 1-1/2 degrees F over my morning norm so I went to the nearest Urgent Care. They tested me and declared me positive for Omicron so I came home and took my first dose of Dr Zelenko's treatment protocol. Then I went back to bed and...

Black News Channel is shutting down after originally launching in 2020 and will file for bankruptcy, according to an email sent to staff on Friday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported: he Black News Channel will shut down today at 5 p.m. The Los Angeles Times broke the news the day after an email was sent to employees that they would not be getting their payroll checks on Friday. Majority stakeholder and Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan had invested about $50 million into BNC, but audience and revenues failed to meet the company’s hefty cost structure. He decided he couldn’t keep throwing...

A Ukrainian pianist has been filmed playing a final rendition of Chopin in the ruins of her house after it was badly damaged by Russian shelling. In a video recorded by her daughter, Iryna Manyukina is seen playing the piano in their home in Bila Tserkva, some 80 kilometers from Kyiv.

"Justice will not be served . . . It's just not going to happen . . . Everybody's gonna walk!" Poor Joe Scarborough. The Morning Joe host sputtered with impotent rage today at the prospect that Donald Trump and certain of his associates won't be criminally prosecuted. Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Watch as this bobcat stalks his prey and then catches it.

Explanation: Braided and serpentine filaments of glowing gas suggest this nebula's popular name, The Medusa Nebula. Also known as Abell 21, this Medusa is an old planetary nebula some 1,500 light-years away in the constellation Gemini. Like its mythological namesake, the nebula is associated with a dramatic transformation. The planetary nebula phase represents a final stage in the evolution of low mass stars like the sun as they transform themselves from red giants to hot white dwarf stars and in the process shrug off their outer layers. Ultraviolet radiation from the hot star powers the nebular glow. The Medusa's transforming...

<p>As a Pennsylvania Republican voter, I know that you care about your Second Amendment rights. That’s why Pennsylvania must elect a pro-gun Governor in 2022.</p><p>I am delighted to announce Gun Owners of America’s (GOA) endorsement of Senator Doug Mastriano for Governor of Pennsylvania.</p>

Anyone walking into Hillside would instantly notice the eye-watering prices — $2 for a pack of Top Ramen, $5.29 for a box of 30 Saltines, $5.59 for a single head of garlic. However, the problem is far worse than it first appears. When buying a meal plan, a student must spend about $1.30 for every declining dollar. Thus, the true prices of Hillside products are astronomical — $2.58 for ramen, $6.90 for saltines, $7.29 for garlic. Hillside’s Grubhub menu (yes, Hillside is on Grubhub for some reason) allows one to explore this capitalistic wet dream where prices are often double...

A frontline doctor is warning that COVID-vaccinated patients she’s treating are showing signs of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) as a result of taking the experimental mRNA injections, and that many more triple vaccinated individuals will likely contract the deadly disease by fall 2022.Dr. Elizabeth Eads, a 25-year Florida physician of osteopathic medicine, told USA Watchdog’s Greg Hunter on Tuesday that the tripled vaxed are exhibiting signs of AIDS and that she and her colleagues are struggling to figure out how to treat them, as hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, and other methods like anti-parasitics are having no positive effect. “Yes, we are seeing...

Ukraine is refusing to let men aged 18-59 flee the country, demanding that they stay and fight the invading Russian forces. Transgender in Ukraine are now reporting they are being banned from leaving the country, with officials demanding they stay and fight like the men their documents and chromosomes say they are. Of course, far-left Vice has taken up their cause, declaring it outrageous that transgender women, who are male on their birth certificates and passports, cannot flee the country like mothers and children and instead must stay and fight like men. Two Ukrainian transgender women told Vice they can’t...