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Elon Musk has vowed to fire a whopping 75 percent of Twitter's workforce as part of his plan to take over the company. Corporate documents obtained by the Washington Post reveal that the billionaire told prospective investors in his $44 billion deal to buy the social media giant that he plans to get rid of three-quarters of its 7,500 workers. That would leave the company with just a skeleton crew of just over 2,000 employees, which experts say would make it difficult for the social media company to tamp down on what it deems to be 'misinformation.' -snip- The deal...

Asked if he was concerned about possible negative economic spillover from Liz Truss's resignation, Joe Biden said: ‘I don’t think they’re that consequential.’ Speaking to reporters, the US president said the British prime minister had been a good partner ‘on Russia and Ukraine, and the British are going to solve their problems’. In a statement from the White House, Biden said the US and the UK remained ‘allies and enduring friends – and that fact will never change’. He thanked Truss for her partnership against Russia

President Biden raised eyebrows Thursday when he said that Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s wife would be a “great lady in the Senate” — appearing to imply that the Democrat would be unable to serve due to his poor health. “John, thank you very much for running, I really do appreciate it,” Biden said at an event in Pittsburgh. “And Gisele, you’re going to be a great, great lady in the Senate.” Fetterman had a stroke in the same week that he won the May 17 Democratic Senate primary and continues to experience health issues, though he and his campaign...

A Texas man accused of beating his girlfriend to the point where their unborn child died, will serve no jail time after taking a plea deal with the Travis County District Attorney’s office Monday, according to reports. Johnny Charles Ebbs V’s plea deal comes with eight years of deferred adjudication on a third-degree continuous family violence assault charge, meaning that he has not been found guilty at the time of sentencing and will have his offense dismissed if he doesn’t violate his probation. Police said Ebbs beat and hospitalized his pregnant girlfriend, LaShonda Lemons, in Austin in 2019. Three days...

Arizona Secretary of State and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Katie Hobbs has only showed up to her state office 19 days in the past six months, records reveal. Between April 1 and Oct. 14, Hobbs has swiped her security badge at the Arizona state Capitol Building, which houses the secretary of state’s office, a total of 19 days, according to documents obtained through a public records request and shared with Fox News Digital. Just last week, Hobbs told local radio host Barry Markson that she is "actively involved" with her office while she continues to campaign for governor. "My day starts...

The "In The Loop" series Love Life digs into how Americans are dealing with the changing landscape of modern dating. Nearly half of U.S. adults, and a majority of women, say that dating has become harder in the last 10 years or so in the U.S., according to the Pew Research Center. Anna Brown, a researcher who has written extensively about American experiences with dating and related issues for the Pew Research Center, gave Newsy some insight on the statistics. "Men were more likely to say things like they had trouble approaching people, whereas women were more likely to give...

Beloved Philadelphia police officer and dad of twins Kevin Joseph Regan died suddenly on Saturday, Oct. 8. He was 30. Born in Meadowbrook, Regan graduated from Abington Senior High School and Temple University, according to his obituary. He served his community as a police officer in Philadelphia and leaves behind his wife Regan, and their 14-month-old sons, Declan and Maclan, according to a GoFundMe. "Kevin was a beloved friend, coworker, son, husband, and father," reads the fundraiser launched by Mike Givens. "Please let's show her the support she needs in this time of tragedy." The GoFundMe had raised more than...

Darrell Brooks faces 76 charges, including six homicide counts, in the Nov. 21 tragedy in Waukesha. A man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens of others when he allegedly drove his SUV through a Wisconsin Christmas parade last year gave a tearful opening statement Thursday as he defended himself at trial but didn’t outline any defense theories that might save him from prison. Darrell Brooks faces 76 charges, including six homicide counts, in the Nov. 21 tragedy in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha. Investigators maintain he drove into the parade route after fleeing a domestic disturbance with his...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Hollerich Projects Novus Ordo Group Problems onto CatholicsHomosexualist Jean-Claude Hollerich (Luxembourg's Cardinal), relator general of the Synod on Synods, stated that the disastrous Vatican II “saved the Church” [sic!].He told VidaNuevaDigital (17 October): "If we had not had this point of reform [sic!], which was Vatican II, the Church today would be a small sect, unknown to most people" - which is indeed the current state of the Novus Ordo Church.Hollerich lamented that the strongest opposition to the failed Vatican II came from "the traditionalists," who "are also, curiously, a postmodern phenomenon." Resistance to failure, however, is...

It was announced today that the Prime Minister of the UK, Liz Truss, was forced to resign. This is partially true. In reality, she was not forced to resign because of pressure from her Conservative Part, but resigned of her own choice for a separate reason. When confronted with the massive oil and gas shortage that was coming this Winter, Truss was handed a set of knee pads and a tube of Chapstick and told to take appropriate action with the heads of oil and gas exporting nations. Not only was she insulted by this request, but noted that the...

Three families dealing with unimaginable losses after their loved ones died suddenly and tragically in recent days say they are now dealing with scammers. It’s been an emotional week in Barron County, Wisconsin as the community mourns 14-year-old Evah Garcia and 15-year-old Winter Brouillard killed last week in a roll-over crash. Both families said they’ve had to create new fundraising pages after scammers made what appears to be various spoof accounts trying to solicit donations online. “I think it’s just disgusting for people to take advantage of this kind of situation,” said Emilie Bailkey, Winter’s aunt. Bailkey discovered several fake...

“Until proven otherwise, it is likely that Covid mRNA vaccines played a significant or primary role in all unexplained heart attacks, strokes, cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure since 2021.” That’s according to Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a renowned British cardiologist who once endorsed the vaccines on TV but is now raising awareness of their dangers. In September his two–part, peer-reviewed analysis of vaccine efficacy and safety was published in the Journal of Insulin Resistance. Dr. Malhotra made the comments in a new interview with James Freeman Wells, a former Head of U.K. Trade and Business Inflation Statistics at the Office for...

In politics, as in sports, underdogs are often the most interesting people. Modest except in ambition, they take nothing for granted while daring to dream that anything is possible. Lee Zeldin is one of those people. Until recently, he was relatively unknown outside his Long Island congressional district, but he’s now on the cusp of playing David to Gov. Hochul’s Goliath. A series of surveys in recent weeks has showed the race tightening, and a big jolt came Tuesday when the Quinnipiac poll put him behind by just four points. Now there can be no doubt — the race is...

The tragedy happened at the Forest Recreation GroundA talented footballer who collapsed suddenly during a football match in Nottingham is believed to have died a "sudden cardiac death", an inquest heard. Samuel Victor Ovie Akwasi's parents were present when the 13-year-old passed away at the Queen's Medical Centre on May 7 this year. Miss Mairin Casey, Senior Coroner for Nottinghamshire, opened and adjourned an inquest into the tragic teenager's death at the city's Council House, Old Market Square, on Wednesday, October 19. She read into a recording of the inquest that Samuel was born on September 27, 2008, and sadly...

I’d like to begin my comments tonight by reading a quote, which in essence is the genesis of all of this Black Lives Matter, social justice CRT conversations we’re having in our country today, quote, I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color, close quote, Colin Kaepernick, August 2016. I am the direct descendant of the North American slave trade. Both of my parents are black, all four of my grandparents are black, all eight of my great great grandparents all 16 of my...

It has been said that sausage is something you can enjoy, but you wouldn’t want to see it made. Then, would you prefer your “meat” extruded from a nozzle in a laboratory? More to the point: Would such a food be as delicious and nutritious as the original item it is trying to displace in the market? Redefine Meat, a startup out of Israel, is one of the latest companies attempting to sell plant-based alternatives to actual meat. Last week the firm announced a partnership that will see its products distributed throughout Europe, according to Reuters. Specifically, Redefine Meat...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday rejected an appeal from a Wisconsin taxpayers group seeking to stop the Biden administration’s student debt cancellation program. Barrett did not comment in turning away the appeal from the Brown County Taxpayers Association, which also has lost rounds in lower federal courts. The group wrote in its Supreme Court filing that it needed an emergency order to put the program on hold because the administration could begin canceling outstanding student debt as soon as Sunday. Barrett oversees emergency appeals from Wisconsin and neighboring states. She acted on her own,...

Vatican-China deal to be renewed, with no changes to termsROME – Amid increased controversy as a trial against a prominent Chinese cardinal continues to move forward in Hong Kong, the Vatican and China will for the second time renew their provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops.Speaking to Crux, a high-ranking Vatican official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the renewal publicly, said “the agreement with China is scheduled to be renewed on (the) 22nd of October 2022, with no changes to the terms.”The official stressed that this was not an official...

Billy Eichner, writer and star of gay rom-com Bros, has revealed Liam Hemsworth was keen on featuring in the film but was unable to make it work once the second Covid lockdown kicked off in Australia last year. SNIP During a chat with Yahoo Lifestyle, Billy and Luke shared that Liam was "supposed" to star in the gay rom-com, but it just didn't work out.

Drs. Valentin Bruttel, Tony VanDongen and I recently released a pre-print providing evidence of a synthetic origin of SARS-CoV-2. This article is my attempt at a lay summary of what we found, its limitations, and what we can and cannot conclude from our work. I’ll cover the bioengineering methods used to make “infectious clones”, the genomic fingerprints of this tech, what we found in SARS-CoV-2, how we could be wrong, and what to do next.