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Cruise ship companies are thrilled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended its COVID-19 monitoring program that tracked how many COVID-19 cases were reported ship-by-ship. On Monday, the constantly updated spreadsheet was gone without a trace, replaced with this notice: It is hard to make sense of why the CDC would pull back from a detailed monitoring program just as COVID-19 cases are again rising worldwide. (The World Health Organization says cases in Europe have tripled in the last six weeks, and hospitalizations have doubled.) When the site took down the monitoring page, 93 of the 95 ships...

The Bible In Paintings 2 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE ESTHER – THE NEW QUEEN E S T H E R CHAPTER 2 When the turn came for Esther to go to the king, she asked for nothing other than what Hegai, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the harem, suggested. And Esther won the favor of everyone who saw her. She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal residence. Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women, and she won his favor and approval more than...

A detailed list of the destroyed and captured vehicles and equipment of both sides can be seen below. This list is constantly updated as additional footage becomes available

Missouri officials are slamming a planned FBI audit of various sheriff’s offices in the state, saying the audit is an attempt "to illegally obtain" information on concealed carry permit holders. One sheriff, in particular, said that even under a threat of federal arrest, he will not comply and release the concealed carry information."As the sheriff of Scotland County, I want all my citizens to know that I will not allow, cooperate or release any CCW information to the FBI, ‘even at the threat of a federal arrest,’" Republican Scotland County Sheriff Bryan Whitney wrote to residents of his community on...

In the final hours of the Trump presidency, the U.S. Justice Department raised privacy concerns to thwart the release of hundreds of pages of documents that Donald Trump had declassified to expose FBI abuses during the Russia collusion probe, and the agency then defied a subsequent order to release the materials after redactions were made, according to interviews and documents. The previously untold story of how highly anticipated declassified material never became public is contained in a memo obtained by Just the News from the National Archives that was written by then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows just hours...

“When Jesus came into Peter’s home, He saw his mother-in-law lying sick in bed with a fever. He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up and waited on Him” (Matthew 8:14–15). Through the centuries, most male Jews have displayed much preju-dice toward women, as evidenced by the old prayer, “Lord, I thank Thee that I was not born a slave, a Gentile, or a woman.” But here Jesus, just as with the leper and the Gentile centurion, shows mercy and compassion to an outsider—a woman—someone not favored by the Jewish establishment. He cuts through the...

“The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he delights in his way” (Psalm 37:23, NKJV). The Hebrew word for ‘ordered’ in this verse means fixed or pre-planned. God doesn’t work with a day planner. He doesn’t plan out our path a day, week or year ahead. No, he has an entire life-plan laid out for every believer. The moment we’re saved, that plan goes into operation. What is this pre-planned path? Jesus answers very simply, “I am the way” (John 14:6). Christ himself is the path to glory and eternal life. He leads us toward...

The funeral for Ivana Trump is taking place Wednesday at a church in New York. Friends and family, including her former husband Donald Trump and their children Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric, are expected to attend the service.

The statue by Simone Leigh, named Sentinel, was finished in 2021. It depicts a snake wrapped around the slender, spoon-like body of a female.

VIDEOUkrainians sure seem to have a fascination with Saran Wrap at least with using it as a form of punishment by Saran Wrapping people to poles as you can see. In fact, they seem to like Saran Wrap so much that probably very little of it would be sold on the black market in the rest of Europe even if we sent them ample supplies of the stuff. Plus it is a lot cheaper than sending them expensive weapons systems.One weird thing about these Saran Wrapping clips is how calmly conversational they are talking to each other. If anybody out...

Truck drivers choked traffic at the Oakland, California, seaport on Monday protesting a state law that makes it harder for independent contractors to transport goods and could limit labor at the state's already clogged seaports, threatening to worsen the nation's pandemic-fueled supply chain jams. California's ports handle about 40% of container goods that enter the United States. Trucking disruptions come at a time when unions and West Coast port employers are also negotiating a high-stakes labor contract. The law, known as AB5, or the "gig worker" law, sets tougher standards for classifying workers as independent contractors. Independent truckers who now...

I was looking for an article, typed in (without quotes) 'flu' under 'titles' and got "Nothing matched your criteria." I then type in under 'keyword' and get innumerous articles with 'flu' in the title. IOW, search failed. Bigly. I'm not asking tongue-in-cheek: I genuinely want to understand this obvious glitch. In this case, I found what I wanted. But I'm of the opinion that many have had the same experience and also have the same question.

America, Land of the Free Our America has been hijacked by the hard left. It's been a year and half of Biden and company. How does it feel? We have citizens in jail for over a year for no crime... just a disagreement. Out justice department has sided against Trump and they are taking Peter Navarro and Steven Bannon to face the judgment the left has decided they are due. While ignoring the Biden family. In Russia and China, they do these things. Not in the USA! Anyone who dares side with Trump is under investigation when they become effective....

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Some highlights: Arizona: Lake for governor, Masters for Senate, Finchem for Sec of State, kick Rusty Bowers to the curb in his state senate race Michigan: Oust impeachment-voting Peter Meijer Missouri: pick a US Senate candidate to replace Blunt Washington: Oust impeachment-voting Dan Newhouse and Jaime Herrera-Beutler Along the way, kick out as many Establishment candidates and incumbents as possible.

Monday, during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Assistant Health Secretary Rachel Levine, the first high-ranking openly transgender official confirmed by the U.S. Senate, argued for health policy to support “trans youth” given what she deemed to be vulnerabilities to their mental health. Part of the recommendation was for “gender-affirmation treatment” in states where state legislatures had blocked it.

Burdened with a decomposing President and a clearly overmatched Vice President, the Democrats are on the hunt for a saviour. For many in the party, Gavin Newsom, the 54-year-old perfectly coiffed Governor of California, seems like the perfect solution. No doubt, given his recent trolling of Florida’s Republican frontrunner Ron DeSantis, he feels the same. But Newsom’s ascendency faces some severe challenges. First, to get nominated, he must not only depose Biden, but also see off Vice President Kamala Harris. And she has three things Newsom lacks: she’s a woman, she’s black, and she has Asian Indian ancestry. Newsom, on...

Endorsement record is 147-10 (94%) Here are the losses, 60% of which were in now corrupt Georgia: GA - Governor - Win - Kemp, Loss - Perdue GA - Sec of State - Win - Raffensperger, Loss - Hice GA - Attorney General - Winn - Carr, Loss - Jordan GA - Insurance Commissioner - Win - King, Loss - Witt GA - House - Win - Collins, Loss - Jones GA - House - Win - McCormick, Loss - Evans ID - Governor - Win - Little, Loss - McGeacham NC - House - Win - Edwards, Loss -...

GREENWOOD, Ind. — Within 15 seconds of a mass shooter opening fire inside the Greenwood Park Mall, Elisjsha Dicken got off 10 rounds, striking the shooter 8 times, and killing him. Police say Dicken was shopping with his girlfriend Sunday at the mall when he stopped at a cookie counter close to the main walkways of the mall. When the gunman exited the restroom, beginning his shooting spree, police say what he did was nothing short of heroic. Armed only with a handgun, police say Dicken first engaged the shooter from a distance of 40 yards. Police say he was...

Heartaches by the number! Mortgage applications declined for the third week in a row, reaching the lowest level since 2000. Mortgage applications decreased 6.3 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending July 15, 2022. The Refinance Index decreased 4 percent from the previous week and was 80 percent lower than the same week one year ago. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index decreased 7 percent from one week earlier. The unadjusted Purchase Index increased 16 percent compared with the previous week and was 19 percent lower...