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Entomo Farms, a company based in Canada, is selling junk food made from crickets in stores across the country under their “Actually Foods” brand. “Actually Foods is on a mission to renew Canadians’ relationship with “healthy” food,” copy on the company’s website reads. “We’ve ditched so-called “natural” ingredients that are actually not as clean as they claim. Instead, we’re making something you can feel good about, using unexpected ingredients that, although surprising, actually boast the health benefits you’re looking for: like high-protein cricket powders, fava beans, and more.” Included in Actually Foods’ Cheddar Jalapeno Puffs are the following ingredients: Puff...

Montevideo (AFP) – Floods, heat waves and the longest drought in 1,000 years: Latin America is grappling with devastating climate change impacts that will only get worse, a World Meteorological Organization report warned Friday. In its State of the Climate report for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) for 2021, the WMO said ecosystems, food and water, human health and welfare were all taking a battering. Sea levels continued to rise at a faster rate than globally, and the so-called Central Chile Mega Drought -- 13 years and running -- is the longest in at least 1,000 years. Meanwhile, deforestation...

Pat Benatar won’t perform her 1980 classic “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” anymore. Amid ongoing gun violence in America, the singer says she’s come to view the song differently. “I’m not going to sing it,” Benatar told USA Today. While the song’s meaning is about strength and resiliency, Benatar said “you have to draw the line” and be aware of lyrics. “I can’t say those words out loud with a smile on my face, I just can’t,” Benatar said, adding that the decision is her “small contribution to protesting.” **SNIP** Benatar said she will continue perform “We Belong,” “Heartbreaker”...

Top-ranking Biden administration officials — including Dr. Anthony Fauci — and five social media giants have 30 days to respond to subpoenas and discovery requests in a lawsuit alleging the government colluded with social media companies to suppress freedom of speech “under the guise of combatting misinformation.” Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry on Wednesday served third-party subpoenas on Twitter, Meta (Facebook’s parent company), Youtube, Instagram and LinkedIn. Schmitt and Landry on Tuesday filed discovery requests seeking documents and information from the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Fauci, its director; White...

A silicon-based powder that generates hydrogen when mixed into water EPRO Advance Technology Stir this silicon-based powder into water, and hydrogen will bubble out, ready for immediate use. Hong Kong company EPRO Advance Technology (EAT) says its Si+ powder offers an instant end to the difficulties of shipping and storing green energy. This is the second powdered hydrogen advance we've learned about this week, designed to solve the same problems: transporting hydrogen is difficult, dangerous and expensive, whether the costs are for cryogenic cooling in a liquid hydrogen system, or for compression to around 700 times the normal sea-level air...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House held an emergency press conference after Biden's COVID diagnosis to assure the nation that whoever is actually running the country right now is still completely healthy. "Yes, the President has COVID but the person running the country — Bob? I think Bob is in charge today — is in perfect health at the moment," said gay black Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. "Don't worry everyone! Bob's got everything under control!" The press room erupted into a flurry of questions wanting to know who "Bob" was, but Jean-Pierre ignored them to flip through her notebook for...

Disney has replaced the title of “fairy godmothers” for gender-neutral “apprentices” at dress-up boutiques at its U.S. theme parks in an effort to be inclusive, according to the parks' websites. Cast members at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at Disney parks, who help children transform into their favorite Disney characters with make-up and costumes, were previously called “Fairy Godmothers in Training.” Now they are called “Fairy Godmother’s Apprentices." “This way cast members that might not identify as female can still be part of the process to dress up & style the children without having to refer to themselves as a female...

KEY POINTS - Initial claims totaled 251,000 for the week ended July 16, up 7,000 from the week before and above the 240,000 Dow Jones estimate. - That was the highest weekly level since mid-November. - The Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index fell to a reading of -12.3, and produced the lowest employment reading since May 2021.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House announced Friday that the U.S. is sending an additional $270 million in security assistance to Ukraine, a package that will include additional medium range rocket systems and tactical drones.

Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing California for states like Texas and Florida, but it's not always easy to adjust to life in an American state. Let's look at the 10 biggest adjustments fleeing Californians have to make in their new states: 1. Strange wet stuff falls from the sky once in a while. Try not to drive your car into a pole when this happens. Take a deep breath. You will get through it. 2. People don't say "The" in front of highway names. If you're driving on I-10 in Texas, you'll feel the urge to say "The...

The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America issued a statement on same-sex relationships and sexual identity today. A resolution was proposed at the 20th All-American Council, which is currently underway in Baltimore, to affirm the Church’s stance on these issues. However, the OCA statutes dictate that such doctrinal and moral matters fall not within the competency of an All-American Council, but that of the Holy Synod. Thus, the hierarchs, under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, issued a statement. In it, the hierarchs reaffirm the Church’s unchanging teaching that sexual activity is blessed only within the confines...

“This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet: ‘He Himself took our infirmities and carried away our diseases’” (Matthew 8:17). Jesus Christ died for the sins of all who trust Him, yet believers still sin. By His resurrection He conquered death, yet Christians still die. He overcame suffering and illness, yet believers still have pain and disease. Jesus’ main purpose in the atonement was to conquer sin and death, not just to conquer physical suffering. That latter fulfillment is still in the future (cf. Rom. 8:22–25; 13:11). It is hard to argue that Jesus’ healing ministry and...

There is no getting around it. If I am to become the man and minister God has called me to be, my wife must be able to say honestly before heaven, hell and all the world, “My husband loves me with the love of Christ. He makes mistakes, but he’s growing more patient and understanding with me. He’s becoming more tender and caring. He prays with me. He isn’t a phony. He is what he preaches.” If this isn’t my wife’s testimony — if she has a secret pain in her heart thinking, “My husband isn’t the man of God...

Friday, July 22, 2022: Join the RSBN team LIVE from Prescott Valley, AZ for all day LIVE coverage of President Donald J. Trump's Save America rally. President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will hold a rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona on Friday, July 22, 2022, at 7:00PM MST.

A woman in the United Kingdom has won her case to have charges against her dismissed after she was arrested while praying outside an abortion clinic during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Rosa Lalor, a 76-year-old grandmother from Liverpool, England, was arrested by the police on Feb. 24, 2021, and fined 200 pounds (roughly $240) under a temporary COVID-19 regulatory measure, with police arguing she did not have a “reasonable excuse” to be outdoors. As of Monday, her penalties have been dismissed, according to ADF International. “I’m delighted that the prosecution has finally dropped this charge after a long and exhausting battle...

Michigan public school employee who mocked anti-groomer parents during a school board meeting last year, has been arrested for allegedly trying to meet with minors for sex. Eric Rohman, 41, and two other men were arrested last Thursday and Friday as part of a sting operation targeting pedophiles that was orchestrated by the Isabella County Sheriff’s Office. According to police, the three communicated with potential victims on social media, while posing as children. “All three were arrested for using a computer to commit a crime and accosting a minor for immoral purposes. Police allege that the three communicated over various...

Steve Bannon faced two misdemeanor charges that could mean 30 days to a year in prison each Former Trump White House official Steve Bannon was found guilty of contempt of Congress after he ignored a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee.

Steve Bannon found guilty of contempt of Congress

The Climate Clock, an online tool and algorithm designed to calculate humanity's deadline for reducing global warming, fell below seven years Friday. The clock, which was developed in 2020 to give a sense of urgency to world leaders, fell from seven years to six years and 364 days, according to algorithm. The tool shows how much time is left to limit global warming to just 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. "The clock is a portable scientific instrument," Climate Clock co-founder Andrew Boyd told Fox News Digital. "It reduces a lot of complexity into a simple, clear message and mission:...

German Catholic leaders ‘astonished’ at Vatican warning about ‘Synodal Path’ROME – After a warning from the Vatican Thursday to German bishops against stoking division in their “Synodal Path” consultation process, pioneers of the initiative have hit back, saying they were “astonished” by the rebuke and hope to discuss contentious matters in a more formal setting.In a statement Thursday, the Vatican said Germany’s synodal path is a threat to church unity at a universal level and stressed that the undertaking lacks the authority to compel bishops to make changes on doctrine or morality.RELATED: Vatican says Germany’s ‘synodal path’ has no power...