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On April 11, 2022, the Attorney General signed ATF final rule 2021R-05F, Definition of “Frame or Receiver” and Identification of Firearms. The goal of the final rule is to ensure the proper marking, recordkeeping, and traceability of all firearms manufactured, imported, acquired and disposed by federal firearms licensees.Please note that this is the text of the final rule as signed by the Attorney General, but the official version of the final rule will be as it is published in the Federal Register. The rule will go into effect 120 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register.Download the...

With COVID-19 cases slowly rising, Philadelphia is bringing back its indoor mask mandate for public places, schools and day cares.Philadelphia announced Monday that, on April 18, masks must be worn again indoors."Simply put, that means that we're reintroducing the mask mandate in Philadelphia," said Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole at an afternoon press conference.

First Post | A "Palestinian" policeman admitted that he planned to carry out a shooting attack inside the town of Vered Jericho yesterday. After the guard prevented him from entering, he fired into the air an entire cartridge. Palestinian security source here News: "Dismisses the serious act, it does not represent the security apparatus." @carmeldangor @galberger pic.twitter.com/A4n0iG44rE— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) April 11, 2022

It is increasingly likely that the U.S. economy will tumble into recession within the next two years, according to economists and analysts, a risk that raises big questions for U.S. and global politics as well as policy. Rising inflation and low unemployment, the pandemic, supply chain problems, a war between Russia and Ukraine with energy implications, plus the churn of elections in the United States and elsewhere, such as France, cast a collective shadow over forecasts. The New York Times: In the French presidential runoff April 24, the economy will be key. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal this...

States that imposed the harshest lockdowns had the most devastating impact on the public, the most wide-ranging study into Covid restrictions in the US to date has found. New York, California, New Jersey and Illinois were panned for their pandemic performance after bringing in draconian measures to shut their citizens in their homes. The Democrat Governors' policies caused high death rates, ruined children's education and destroyed businesses due to the severe curbs on freedom, researchers found. Meanwhile states that allowed their residents more freedom as coronavirus swept across the country appeared to fair better over the last two years. Florida...

Quitting smoking adds up to five years of life for a person with heart disease, an analysis presented Thursday during the European Society of Cardiology's Preventive Cardiology 2022 scientific congress found. This is comparable to the benefits these same people would receive by taking medications to lower levels of low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, which is known as "bad cholesterol," the researchers said in a presentation during the meeting. For adults age 45 years and older who still were smoking at least six months after suffering a heart attack and/or undergoing stent implantation or bypass surgery, stopping the habit added 4.81...

By Peggy Noonan April 7, 2022 6:48 pm ET [cut] Why can’t we put a strict age limit on using social-media sites: You have to be 18 to join TikTok, Youtube, Instagram? Why not? You’re not allowed to drink at 14 or drive at 12; you can’t vote at 15. Isn’t there a public interest here? Applying such control would empower parents who face “all the other kids are allowed,” with an answer: “Because it’s against the law.” When we know children are being harmed by something, why can’t the state help? In theory this might challenge economic libertarians who...

In an alert to clients this week Bank of America strategists warned in blunt language: "'Inflation shock' worsening, 'rates shock' just beginning, 'recession shock' coming." Why it matters: The ultra-tight job market and high inflation are two sides of the same coin, Axios chief economic correspondent Neil Irwin notes. The super tight-job market is fueling higher wages and strong demand — which is why the Fed is going to have to move more aggressively than it has in decades to try to quash inflation. Driving the news: The recession calls are about what might happen later this year or in...

A member of the Disney dynasty has come out publicly as transgender and expressed regret over not doing more about Florida’s recent, so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Roy P. Disney — the great-nephew of Walt Disney and the co-founder of Walt Disney Co — disclosed recently in a statement that his child, Charlee, is trans. Roy revealed the news while also pledging $500,000 to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) alongside his wife, Sheri.

UPDATE — GARDNER WALKS! On Monday, the Missouri Office of Disciplinary Counsel ruled that Gardner will face no disciplinary action for her lawlessness that resulted in the removal of popular Missouri Governor Eric Greitens.

Two Buffalo police officers were justified in pushing a 75-year-old activist who suffered a skull fracture, an arbitrator ruled nearly two years after the incident. Officers Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalsk had no other course of action than to push away an approaching Martin Gugino, 75, when he was objecting to a protest curfew. Gugino had been protesting police June 4, 2020, just days after the death of George Floyd.

Frequency Therapeutics bases its scientific approach to treating disorders on harnessing the body’s own biological repair mechanisms to repair or reverse the damage caused by degenerative diseases, including hearing loss. Overstimulation of the cochlear hair cell receptors by noise or chemical exposure, or other insults, leads to their apoptosis. Several non-mammalian species, such as birds and reptiles, are able to spontaneously regenerate these hair cells after damage by the asymmetric division of progenitor stem cells, to form a hair cell and replace the original progenitor. “The system is there, it can be turned on in other species, and we also...

Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt because it offered bondholders payments in rubles, not dollars, credit ratings agency S&P has said. Russia attempted to pay in rubles for two dollar-denominated bonds that matured on April 4, S&P said in a note on Friday. The agency said this amounted to a “selective default” because investors are unlikely to be able to convert the rubles into “dollars equivalent to the originally due amounts.”

A convoy of Russian tanks has been picked off one by one in the Donbas in the latest blow to the Kremlin, footage appears to show. The video allegedly shows an ambush from Ukraine's 54th Separate Mechanised Brigade targeting the invading tanks in Donetsk. Russian forces are focusing their offensive in the eastern Ukrainian region after suffering heavy losses in major central cities, but they are still meeting fierce resistance. The footage shows the tanks exploding into fireballs while they are stationed on a rural road.

snip: ......"As California Governor Gavin Newsom’s incredible unpopularity with his constituents forced him to ease up on mask restrictions for the time being, eight highly controversial, draconian bills are being pushed in the State House by Democratic legislators. They include: SB 871 – would require all children 0-17 to get the COVID -19 vaccine to attend childcare or school potentially without FDA approval. That bill also takes away any personal or religious belief exemptions, SB 866 – would allow kids 12-17 to get the COVID-19 vaccine without parental consent, SB 1464 – would force law enforcement officials to enforce public...

According to a statement published by the British Ministry of Defense on April 8, 2022, the UK will boost the support of Ukraine with new military equipment and weapons including NLAW and Javelin anti-tank missiles, loitering munitions, and Starstreak surface-to-air missiles. Citing information published by the British Ministry of Defense, the United Kingdom will supply more than 800 NLAW anti-tank guided missiles, Javelin anti-tank missile weapons, loitering munitions, Starstreak surface-to-air missiles, and non-lethal military equipment including ballistic helmets, body armor, and night-vision goggles This package amounts to more than £100 million and has been designed in consultation with the Armed...

A pregnant Pennsylvania woman is afraid her unborn daughter is going to have an attitude just like her after the baby girl flipped her off while in the womb.The ensuing footage shows the baby squirming around her mom’s womb before clearly flashing the camera a middle finger. The unborn child then makes amends for her rude gesture and gives viewers a two-finger peace sign.

U.S. consumers boosted their expectations for inflation and household spending in the year ahead as the price of gas and food steepens, but tempered their view of inflation over the medium-term, according to a survey released on Monday by the New York Federal Reserve. Expectations for where inflation will be in one year rose to 6.6% in March, the highest since the survey was launched in 2013 and up from 6.0% in February. Household spending was seen growing 7.7% in the year ahead, also a series high. Just 23% saw their household finances improving in the year ahead, the smallest...

.......“In addition, Defendant Wood made many fantastical and obviously false and defamatory statements about Plaintiffs, including, for instance, that they are ‘deep state’ communists being paid by nefarious actors to bring litigation against him,” the 56-page complaint states. Since battling him in court, the ex-partners claim that they faced a “torrent of threats” from Wood. The lawsuit quotes Wood telling them that they “have now subjected [themselves] and [their] families to the fact that you all are guilty of federal crimes.” Wood told them they “are going to be ruined financially, if necessary, in civil and criminal lawsuit[s],” and “are...

This White House is the most corrupt administration in modern history. It is high time to impeach President Biden. The Biden family’s rampant self-dealing, bribery and influence-peddling around the world is as shameless as it is obvious. Nobody even disputes the evidence anymore. Instead, they simply claim that it is “old news.” After more than a year of claiming that all the evidence of family corruption contained on Hunter Biden’s laptop was “stolen” or “Russian disinformation” aimed at swaying the U.S. election, the media now admits that it is all true. But, they insist, it is no longer newsworthy since...