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A young mother has been shot dead in a chilling point-blank assault while pushing her baby in a stroller on the Upper East Side of New York City. The murder occurred at around 8.23pm on Wednesday on a sidewalk at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 95th Street, steps from a playground filled with children, officials said. The 20-year-old victim was walking with her three-month-old baby when the shooter approached her and 'fired a single shot into her head from a very close range,' NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell told reporters. The unidentified killer immediately fled on foot heading eastbound on...

"In April, the New Orleans Police Department’s Director of Communications asked me to stop referring to Interstate 10 shooters as serial snipers, and I have complied." "Two weeks ago, on a Tuesday morning, a commuter from New Orleans East pulled his work van onto I-10 headed westbound. Between the exits of Read and Crowder boulevards, two pickup trucks without license plates blocked the lanes in front of him and decelerated. One of the two eased into the left lane and slowed more, dropping beside the work van, while his confederate in the truck directly ahead of the commuter reduced speed...

Researchers say they have found that levels of a specific protein appears to help accurately predict whether people with the wet form of age-related macular degeneration may need lifelong, frequent eye injections to preserve vision or if they can be safely weaned off the treatments. Standard treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration requires monthly or twice-monthly eye injections of so-called anti-VEGF drugs that slow or stop the growth of leaky blood vessels and, in most cases, stave off further vision loss. Sodhi's team found that relatively higher levels of angiopoietin-like 4 (higher than 4.22 ng/mL) accurately predicted actual clinical outcomes...

This poll is so obviously off the mark that I feel misgivings about bringing it to your attention. But since the wider media is destined to seize on it as a ray of sunshine in the darkening Democratic picture, let this serve as a fact check: There’s not a single Republican candidate in a competitive state this year who’s going to get landslided by a Democrat to the tune of 10 points. Not even a really bad candidate.Which Herschel Walker is, for the record.In fact, if you’re on the ballot in a cycle when a president from the other party...

The writing on the wall for Democrats as far as the midterm elections are concerned has been obvious for quite some time now. But fresh polling out on both the sham ongoing Capitol riot “investigation” and also on what direction a majority of Americans feel America is headed provides further evidence that Democrats are likely to face a red tsunami in November that could perhaps reach levels not seen before in American history.First up is a poll from CBS News/YouGov which shows that on the priorities list for the American people, “investigating” the Capitol riot ranked very low on the...

Anyone remember this story from 854 days ago? Haven't heard much about this "vaccine" recently. Link is for the original FR posting on the article, which was put up on 28 February 2020.

Donald Trump scored a victory on Wednesday in New York against Letitia James’ witch-hunt “investigation” into the former president’s business dealings. Back in late April, Trump was held in contempt by a judge handling the case for supposedly not turning over requested documents.That ruling has now been lifted, according to CBS News.BREAKING: A New York judge ruled that Donald Trump is no longer in contempt for failing to turn over documents demanded in a subpoena by the state's attorney general. https://t.co/RyuadDtWaj— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 29, 2022A New York judge ruled Wednesday that Donald Trump is no longer in contempt...

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria said Wednesday it will recognize the "independence and sovereignty" of Ukraine's eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions and contacts will be established to set up diplomatic relations. (snip) Earlier this month, Russia claimed to have taken control of 97% of one of the two provinces that make up Ukraine's Donbas, bringing the Kremlin closer to its goal of fully capturing the eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories.

Harriet Hageman, Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Wyoming, today issued the following statement regarding Rep. Liz Cheney’s speech at the Reagan Library on the topic of the future of the Republican Party: “Maybe she didn’t learn the definition of irony at the Virginia high school she attended, but Liz Cheney is the last one who should be giving lectures about the future of the Republican Party when she is singlehandedly trying to burn it to the ground. Cheney is using Wyoming’s only House seat to further her own personal war on President Trump, while helping Nancy...

The January 6 Committee’s credibility has plummeted after claims by former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson that President Trump “lunged” for the steering wheel of his vehicle and demanded to be taken to the site of the riots were contradicted by the lead Secret Service agent.Hutchinson testified that Tony Ornato, the then-White House deputy chief of staff, told her that Trump said something like, “I’m the f-ing president, take me up to the Capitol now,” and had “reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel” before then using “his free hand to lunge towards...

Earth has had at least five major ice ages(opens in new tab). The first one happened about 2 billion years ago and lasted about 300 million years. The most recent one started about 2.6 million years ago, and in fact, we are still technically in it. When most people talk about the "ice age," they are usually referring to the last glacial period, which began about 115,000 years ago and ended about 11,000 years ago with the start of the current interglacial period. During that time, the planet was much cooler than it is now. At its peak, when ice...

Two commonly used psychiatric drugs show evidence of improving symptoms of Alzheimer's disease including boosting cognition. "The people who received these drugs developed better cognition and actually improved in their clinical diagnosis," said Huntington Potter, Ph.D. "Compared to those who did not take these drugs, they reverted from Alzheimer's disease to mild cognitive impairment or from mild cognitive impairment to normal." The drugs, the antidepressant imipramine and antipsychotic olanzapine, are already approved by the Food and Drug Administration. And since depression and psychosis are common in those with Alzheimer's disease (AD), many patients take other medications for these problems, providing...

Three retired U.S. military officers—LTG Thomas McInerney, USAF; MG Paul Vallely, U.S. Army; and Colonel Andrew O’Meara Jr., U.S. Army—signed a letter authored by “Concerned Graduates of West Point and The Long Gray Line,” protesting against mandatory vaccinations, CRT classes, sanitary conditions, progressive political activism, and other “woke actions,” in the military academy.“The Long Gray Line” refers to the continuum of graduates United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.“We wanted to challenge the leadership of the Academy and the Defense Dept on their WOKE actions, CRT, Diversity training and the other discrepancies in the Academy. We found it...

Just one day after announcing his Presidential run in 2024, shock jock Howard Stern has found a running mate in Bradley Cooper. The 68-year-old Stern announced on his daily Sirius XM radio program Monday that he would consider running for President in 2024, if the Republican's once again nominate Donald Trump. During Wednesday's episode, he revealed that Cooper, 47, reached out and congratulated him on his potential Presidential run, when Stern asked if he'd be his running mate, which Cooper apparently immediately accepted. Before revealing the name of his running mate, Stern said he was, 'texting back and forth' with...

Asked if she would run for president in 2024, Hillary answered: “No, out of the question. First of all, I expect Biden to run. He certainly intends to run. It would be very disruptive to challenge that.” For anybody who speaks Clintonese, that’s close to a declaration of candidacy! Had she said, “No. no way” and shut up it would be different. But by tying her denial to Biden running again, knowing full well that he won’t, she is basically declaring her candidacy if and when Biden drops out. Hillary for President III? Here’s how it could unfold: Step One:...

In response to an online petition calling for the removal of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as a professor at George Washington Law School, the school put out a statement both defending Thomas’s place on campus and affirming the school’s academic values. In response to the June 24th Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Jon Kay, a rising junior at George Washington, created an online petition calling for the removal of Justice Clarence Thomas as a lecturer at GW Law. Kay, who only recently learned that Thomas has lectured at GW Law since 2011, started the petition on...

<p>MIAMI - A Florida rapper was arrested by police this weekend after a jet ski chase in Miami. Nehemiah Harden, also known as "SpotemGottem," was arrested after an officer spotted a black and orange Seadoo jet ski in a restricted zone with posted signs, according to a Miami Police arrest affidavit obtained by FOX Television Stations Tuesday.</p>

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14

Police in South Florida are investigating anti-Semitic flyers showing the faces of Disney executives branded with Stars of David that were sent to residents’ homes earlier this week. Residents of Coral Gables and Miami reported on Tuesday that they had discovered plastic bags filled with kernels of corn and pictures of Disney brass on the front lawns of their homes. The flyers included the headshots of six executives with The Walt Disney Co., including CEO Bob Chapek. Each of the executives is identified as Jewish. A blue Star of David is superimposed on the foreheads of the photographed individuals. “Every...

The consequences of climate change can exacerbate the risk of sexual & gender-based violence, especially those facing intersecting forms of discrimination including Indigenous women & girls. (Click link to watch word salad video)