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Just weeks after the school mask mandate was lifted in California, Los Angeles County is seeing an increase in school coronavirus outbreaks, health authorities said Thursday. There were 14 school outbreaks reported in the county in the seven-day period ending April 5, including 12 at elementary schools and two at high schools, according to the L.A. County Department of Public Health. “We’ve more than tripled the number of new outbreaks at schools this past week, and we’re seeing similar numbers of outbreaks to what we experienced during the omicron surge,” L.A. County Health Director Barbara Ferrer warned.

For years, a Disney-owned and operated Caribbean cruise line was operating a ‘snorkeling tour’ kids to Jeffrey Epstein’s renowned “Pedophile Island.” For kids aged 8 and up, a day trip to Little St James, sometimes known as “Pedophile Island” by locals, cost $60 to $75.The Disney Cruise did not warn parents that Epstein’s renowned island was owned by the notorious billionaire pedophile, describing it as “sun-soaked.” Rather, the literature spoke of “curious fish” that “dart back and forth in the beautiful blue water.”

The White House has begun to harbor fears that Vladimir Putin could soon notch his biggest victory of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — in Paris.There is growing concern within President Joe Biden’s administration about the narrowing polls in the French presidential election that show a tight race between incumbent Emmanuel Macron and far-right challenger Marine Le Pen.

International Man: Whether we like it or not, the reality is, the Federal Reserve has an enormous influence over the dollar and the stock market. And right now, the Fed has an urgent and fateful decision to make. It can keep printing trillions of dollars, let inflation skyrocket or tighten monetary policy, and watch the stock market crash. In other words, it can sacrifice the stock market or the dollar. David, what do you think the Fed will do, and what are the implications?David Stockman: Well, I think whether it wants to or not, the Fed will crash the stock...

If Governor Ron DeSantis was expecting an apology, hopefully he wasn’t holding his breath. This week marks the one-year anniversary of the botched “60 Minutes” hit piece that served as a seminal moment in the current contentious relationship between a large swath of America’s left-wing media and conservative politicians. In the “60 Minutes” segment from April 2021, they presented a “bombshell” report accusing Governor DeSantis of showing favoritism toward Publix for COVID distribution in exchange for their political support. The problem with the segment was that it used deceptive edited video footage to help orchestrate CBS’s false narrative attacking the...

A growing list of high-profile Democrats are coming down with COVID-19 just as President Biden and party leaders are set to roll back public health precautions designed to combat the highly contagious virus. The rash of positive cases — which has hit both members of Congress and prominent figures in the administration — is not so much a health concern for the affected policymakers, who all say they’re vaccinated, boosted and showing no symptoms that might require hospitalization.

Ask anyone you know—preferably someone who hasn’t been gaslighted into submission—to take a look at the above reference page/teaching tool, Communism at “Peace.” It seeks to do the impossible, and that’s teach communism’s enormity via the human face, as well as the astronomical death count. It’s in 4 languages, hopefully it’ll be seen in Latin America and Africa as well as the U.S. We’re in a struggle…and Karl Marx is the head of the snake.

French President Emmanuel Macron once again referred to the criticism made by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. "The Polish prime minister is an extreme right-wing anti-Semite banning LGBT people," said the French president. He further pointed out that Morawiecki was "covered by the European procedure because he had arbitrarily dismissed many judges." "He supports Marine Le Pen, whom he has hosted several times. Let's not be naive, he wants to help her before the elections," Macron said. Earlier, in an interview with the French TV station TF1, he accused Morawiecki of "interfering in the French election campaign" being "supported by the...

Family Research Council Action (FRC Action) is arguing in an ongoing lawsuit that President Joe Biden’s “authoritarian” air travel mask mandate is “no longer warranted” because of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) decision to roll back Title 42. Title 42, first imposed by former President Donald Trump, grants a broad authority that allows federal immigration officials to quickly return border crossers and illegal aliens to their native countries. The CDC announced on April 1 that Title 42 will end on May 23, though Biden officials have admitted ending Title 42 would likely lead to a wave of...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Friday on ABC’s “The View” that “he’s right” when asked if he agrees with his husband Chasten Buttigieg’s quote that the “Don’t Say Gay” law “will kill kids” while discussing Florida’s recently passed “Parental Rights in Education” law. Co-host Ana Navarro said, “The first thing I want to say is I am so sorry that you have become the butt of jokes by some really stupid, stupid people when it comes to your paternity.”

Global food prices jumped to a new record high, soaring the fastest on record, as the conflict in Ukraine unleashed food supply shocks across the world. “The current conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation is increasing the risk of a further deterioration of the food insecurity situation at global level,” the FAO said in a recent food insecurity assessment (pdf). March’s food price index from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) printed 159.3 points in March, up 19.15 points from February, when it had already reached record highs. The index was up 33.6% from the...

Following a trial at Southwark Crown Court, Boris Franz Becker was convicted of four counts against the Insolvency Act 1986. He will appear for sentencing on 29 April 2022 During proceedings, the court heard that Boris Becker was made bankrupt on 21 June 2017 in the High Court following a petition from Arbuthnot Latham & Co, a private bank. Boris Becker was legally obliged to disclose all of his assets so that his trustee could distribute available funds to his creditors. The former tennis player, however, failed to disclose, concealed and removed significant assets from the Official Receiver and his...

CORNVILLE, Ariz. - A javelina on the hunt for a midnight snack got a little more than it bargained for when it jumped inside an open car in a small Arizona town. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office said a deputy responded to a report on April 6 of a javelina stuck inside a car at a home in Cornville. "When the Deputy arrived at the scene, there was a Subaru Station Wagon containing a wild javelina stuck inside," the sheriff's office said. After speaking with neighbors and the owner of the Subaru, the deputy learned that the javelina jumped inside...

A recent study suggests that warming oceans are increasing the speed at which sound travels, ultimately making underwater noises louder. The world’s oceans have absorbed more than 90 percent of the excess heat that humans have produced in recent decades, causing them to rapidly warm. And in these warmer waters, sound waves are able to travel faster and farther before fading out, making the ocean a noisier, louder place. This could be especially troubling for large mammals that rely on sound and use techniques like echolocation for communication and sensing their environment. Using publicly available global data, the researchers calculated...

There’s nothing funnier than a “guilty, white liberal,” and I don’t mean a “laugh with” kind of funny, more of a “laugh at” level of humor. A suburban Chicago church has decided to give up something very peculiar and very hate-filled for Lent — “any music that is associated with white people,” according to Fox News. The First United Church of Oak Park initially sent out a statement on their mission for Lent, which is to focus the music used in the place of worship throughout the time period on pretty much any music that wasn’t written by white people....

Donald Trump is back in the Bronx. A state Supreme Court judge ruled Friday that the city did not have the right to cancel Trump’s contract to run the Ferry Point Golf Course. Mayor Bill de Blasio had nixed the deal after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, arguing that Trump would not be able to attract golf tournaments. In her decision and order filed on Friday, Justice Debra James said there was nothing in the contract that required a tournament — only that the city would share in any proceeds. That means either Trump gets to continue to run...

A 16-year-old girl was shot and killed and two others were injured outside of the South Bronx High School as they walked home from school. The University Prep High Schooler, who was not identified, was reportedly shot in the chest and has since died. Police were reportedly seen performing chest compression on her as blood pooled around her. One other female, 16, and one male, 17, who both attended Mott Haven Village Prep High School, were also shot around 1.45pm on Friday outside of the high school on East 156th Street and St. Ann's Avenue. They reported sustained injuries in...

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s company can keep running a public golf course in the Bronx, a judge ruled Friday, saying New York City offered a baseless rationale for canceling the Trump Organization’s contract after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last year. The ruling sends the matter back to the city “for further proceedings.” It wasn’t immediately clear what those might be. The city Law Department said it was disappointed in the decision and was reviewing legal options. The Trump Organization declared the decision a victory for the company and “a win for justice.” The city’s...

Fentanyl overdose is now the leading cause of death for US adults ages 18 to 45, according to numbers from the CDC. Official overdose numbers for 2020 were 40% higher than the previous year. Fentanyl was to blame for 73% of those overdoses. In 2021, preliminary data indicates fentanyl was involved in 77% of overdose deaths. That 77% is a dramatic increase from the 31% of fentanyl-involved overdose deaths in 2016. The percentage has increased every year since, up to 53% in 2017, 56% in 2018 and 61% in 2019.

A former Tennessee nurse has been found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a patient who was accidentally given the wrong medication, a jury found. RaDonda Vaught, 37, was also found guilty Friday of gross neglect of an impaired adult in a case that has fixed the attention of patient safety advocates and nurses' organizations around the country. Vaught injected the paralyzing drug vecuronium into 75-year-old Charlene Murphey instead of the sedative Versed on Dec. 26, 2017. Vaught freely admitted to making several errors with the medication that day, but her defense attorney argued the nurse was...