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Utilities are worried that the slowdown in coal deliveries could threaten U.S. electricity supply and destabilize the power grid.A BNSF train climbs Edelstein Hill near Chillicothe, Ill.Chemical producers say erratic rail service has forced them to curtail production of essentials like chlorine used to treat public drinking water systems and the plastics used in medical products. And one of the nation’s largest retailers of diesel fuel, renewable diesel, ethanol, and diesel exhaust fluid says Union Pacific’s plan to cut its shipments by 50% will create fuel shortages, bring trucking to a halt, and raise prices at the pump. Those were...

An overwhelming majority of respondents in a new poll — close to 60 percent — say they would back Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) should the Republican primary be held today. Polling released by boutique consulting firm ARW Strategies showed that Kemp received 59.4 percent of support among respondents in comparison to Republican gubernatorial challenger, former Sen. David Perdue’s (R-Ga.) 21.5 percent. The polling also found that Senate candidate Herschel Walker (R-Ga.) would receive 58.5 percent of the vote should the Republican primary be held today. The next highest percentage received by a Republican candidate is Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary...

Local airlines yesterday notified the Federal Government and the general public of the plan to shut down all scheduled services indefinitely effective next Monday, May 9, over unbearable cost of aviation fuel that currently sells at N700 per litre. The airlines, under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), in a memo yesterday, regretted consequences of the “inevitable” shutdown on travellers that have already booked to travel. In a similar vein, aviation workers’ unions have also notified the government of a two-day warning strike in protest against unresolved Conditions of Service and outstanding welfare concerns, starting from Monday, May...

A Forbes review of hundreds of recent TikTok livestreams reveals how viewers regularly use the comments to urge young girls to perform acts that appear to toe the line of child pornography — rewarding those who oblige with TikTok gifts, which can be redeemed for money, or off-platform payments to Venmo, PayPal or Cash App accounts that users list in their TikTok profiles It’s “the digital equivalent of going down the street to a strip club filled with 15-year-olds,” says Leah Plunkett, an assistant dean at Harvard Law School and faculty associate at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet &...

The "Bernie Sanders-AOC" of French politics Jean-Luc Melenchon missed the second round of the presidential vote last month but his strong third place showing became a catalyst for a campaign to promote Melenchon as the only viable force to keep President President Emmanuel Macron in check. Melenchon has touted himself as the next Prime Minister of France if the "Left" could win the upcoming legislative elections of June 12th and 19th. His "France Unbowed" (LFI) party this week concluded agreements with the "Green Left", the Communists and the Socialists to run a coordinated slate of candidates across hundreds of the...

President Biden’s trailblazing pick for his new press secretary is already being accused of creating troubling conflicts of interest because of her long-term relationship with star CNN reporter Suzanne Malveaux

Mickey was 86 years old when he died, according to KHOU. His death comes days after he canceled several tour dates, citing health issues and low energy levels as the cause. On his personal Facebook, the singer said of the cancelation: "I am so sorry to have cancelled the May dates at the theatre in Branson. The last couple of weeks, my energy level and some health issues kept me from being 100% at my shows. "So, I've been seeking doctors to get me back on track. I certainly don't like to cancel at the last minute, but unfortunately I...

Washington (CNN)The Biden administration is issuing a new warning that the US could potentially see 100 million Covid-19 infections this fall and winter, as officials publicly stress the need for more funding from Congress to prepare the nation. The projection of 100 million potential infections is an estimate based on a range of outside models that are being closely tracked by the administration and would include both the fall and winter, a senior administration official told CNN. Officials say this estimate is based on an underlying assumption of no additional resources or extra mitigation measures being taken, including new Covid-19...

@NancyMace As long as Zelensky and the Ukrainian people are willing to fight, we are going to supply them with arms until Putin is forced to abandon his invasion. After we failed to prevent the invasion, we can't waiver in our support to help the Ukrainian people save their country.

Trans Journalist Assoc. shares thread on ‘appropriate’ way to cover Roe v. Wade since people who are not women DO get abortions and HOO BOY Posted at 10:22 am on May 6, 2022 by Sam Janney So apparently there is a Trans Journalist Association. Hey, who knew? And since the BIG news is Roe v. Wade right now, and Democrats magically remembered women are women (briefly for political reasons), this association felt it was important to write a thread about the appropriate way to talk about this topic since you know, men can have abortions now too. Yeah, we made...

The Emerald City is going up in smoke, again. Two years after Seattle officials let the city burn during BLM protests, bus drivers say they’re facing a frightful new danger: second-hand fentanyl fumes spread by addicts brazenly smoking the deadly synthetic drug on public transportation.

Demonstrators gathered across the Southland on Saturday in support of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, after a leaked document revealed that it may be overturned by Supreme Court justices.

Speaking from the Vatican observatory, Jesuit Father Gabriele Gionti and Diocesan Father Matteo Galaverni outlined their hopes for unveiling the secrets of the cosmos.VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Two Catholic priests, both astrophysicists from the Vatican Observatory, have suggested a radically new mathematical approach to studying the initial moments following the Big Bang that gave birth to our universe. Little is known about the first seconds of the universe’s existence, and one of the deeper puzzles is accounting for the role gravity played in those early moments. The Rev. Gabriele Gionti, a Jesuit, and the Rev. Matteo Galaverni, a priest in...

‘I emphasize again that the liturgical life, and the study of it, should lead to greater Church unity, not division. When the liturgical life is a bit like a banner of division, there is the stench of the devil in there, the deceiver,’ the Holy Father said April 7.Pope Francis said Saturday that the liturgy should not be “a battleground” for “outdated issues.” “I emphasize again that the liturgical life, and the study of it, should lead to greater Church unity, not division. When the liturgical life is a bit like a banner of division, there is the stench of...

A group of radical pro-abortion activists blocked the entrance to Manhattan’s Basilica of Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral days after a U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion leaked that signaled the Court will overturn Roe v. Wade. Pro-Life Catholics in the community have gathered for Mass and a rosary procession to a Planned Parenthood one block away from the church nearly every month for the past 14 years to protest this nation’s abortion laws. However, the group of Catholics were met by pro-abortion activists who blocked the church doors on Saturday.

Being a pro-life student on most secular campuses was never easy, but it has taken a dramatically more intense turn now that a May 2 draft ruling of the case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization which suggested that the Supreme Court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, has been leaked to the public. In response, angry students have been shown in videos posted online shouting profanities and insults at their pro-life schoolmates. Those same, raw emotions were on display May 4 at Harvard University, one of the world’s premiere academic institutions. That afternoon, about three dozen members of...

A Sacramento high school is investigating after an anti-LGBTQ slur was found written on the walls of a bathroom and photos of it were shared among students on social media. The graffiti was found and "immediately removed" at Sheldon High School on Thursday, the Elk Grove Unified School District told KCRA 3 in a statement. School officials said they are now investigating and that "appropriate action will be taken."

‘The Synodal Path … challenges and in some cases repudiates the deposit of the faith,’ wrote Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver.DENVER (LifeSiteNews) — Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver has written again to the head of the German bishops’ conference, condemning once more the controversial “Synodal Path” and accusing the German bishops of “betraying the Gospel” by defending the movement, which he said “repudiates” the deposit of the faith. “The Synodal Path … challenges and in some cases repudiates the deposit of the faith,” Aquila wrote in his May 2 letter to Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, head of the German...

(CNN)The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a recent Covid-19 outbreak on a Carnival cruise ship that docked in Seattle after a two-week voyage. The Carnival Spirit, which sailed through the Panama Canal, departed Miami on April 17 and arrived in Seattle on May 3, according to a statement from the cruise line. The ship holds 2,124 guests and 930 crew members, Carnival said. The CDC says it's not permitted to publicly share the number of passengers and crew members who quarantined or tested positive. But the ship is labeled as orange status per the agency's cruise ship...

Democratic activist and second-time gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams aims to build on the energy of President Joe Biden's 2020 win in Georgia to flip the governor's mansion blue, but polls suggest the former state House of Representatives minority leader still faces an uphill battle. Georgia has not been led by a Democratic governor since 2003. The conservative southern state also has a significant Republican lean, which polling analysis site FiveThirtyEight assesses as being plus 7.4 points in the GOP's favor. But in 2018, Abrams lost to Brian Kemp, who is now the incumbent Republican governor, by a relatively narrow margin...