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* Anne Heche had cocaine in her system during her fatal car crash that resulted in a massive fire that trapped her for 45 minutes *The Emmy Award-winning actress had slammed into an LA home at 90mph, suffering burns and smoke inhalation that claimed her life *Notably, Heche had no alcohol in her system despite a photo moments before the crash showing what appeared to be a vodka bottle inside her car *Hech had suffered severe brain injury from the crash and was put in a coma before being declared brain-dead and taken off life support *Actress Anne Heche had...

Teens with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) who took bromocriptine, a medication used to treat Parkinson's disease and Type 2 diabetes, had lower blood pressure and less stiff arteries after one month of treatment compared to those who did not take the medicine. People with T1D have a higher risk of developing heart disease. "We know that abnormalities in the large vessels around the heart, the aorta and its primary branches, begin to develop in early childhood in people with Type 1 diabetes," said Michal Schäfer, Ph.D. "We found that bromocriptine has the potential to slow down the development of those...

Christine Gauthier testified before Canada’s House of Commons veterans committee last week that she was shocked when she was offered assisted suicide as a solution to her suffering.A former Paralympian who served in the Canadian military contacted Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) in 2019 to ask for a home wheelchair lift to help her maneuver her home more easily. Christine Gauthier testified before Canada’s House of Commons veterans committee last week that she was shocked when the VAC employee offered her assisted suicide as a solution to her suffering. Gauthier told the MPs that she has fought for wheelchair accommodation for...

CNA Newsroom, Dec 6, 2022 / 09:06 am Pro-life and free-speech campaigners in the United Kingdom are awaiting a landmark ruling from the Supreme Court on Wednesday regarding censorship zones around abortion clinics. The Northern Irish Assembly adopted the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Northern Ireland Bill in March. However, Northern Ireland’s attorney general, Dame Brenda King, referred the bill to the Supreme Court out of concern that it was incompatible with fundamental freedoms enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights. The bill in question prohibits “direct” and “indirect” pro-life “influence” within a 100-meter vicinity of abortion premises. It...

CNN political commentator Van Jones said Tuesday on CNN that former President Donald Trump picking Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker was an insult to black voters.Jones said, “What I do know is this, tonight is about Georgia. And tonight is about Trump picking somebody who frankly used to be a hero – Herschel Walker used to be an inspiration, now it means insult. He’s an insult to the black community. What you may see tonight is people coming out, not just to vote in favor of a senator they love but just to vote against Donald Trump picking somebody...

“For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night” (Proverbs 7:6-9 KJV).

Court granted Archbishop Andrews Thazhath's plea as liturgical dispute in a Syro-Malabar Church archdiocese has aggravated A top court in the southern Indian state of Kerala has ordered police protection for the apostolic administrator of an archdiocese in the Eastern rite Syro-Malabar Church, which is embroiled in a bitter liturgical dispute. The Kerala High Court granted the request made by Archbishop Andrews Thazhath in his petition on Dec. 5. The court also directed the police to remove the protesting priests and laity blocking his entry into the Archbishop’s House. The Vatican appointed Archbishop Thazhath as the apostolic administrator of the...

Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul provides insight on efforts to avert the rail strike on 'Kudlow.' Video... [5 min 46 sec]

Singapore's Cdl. William Goh has rolled back his blanket opposition to repealing the ban on homosexual acts, but warned of 'a slippery road of no return.'SINGAPORE (LifeSiteNews) — Singapore has decriminalized homosexual acts while at the same time amending the nation’s constitution to protect marriage as solely between a man and a woman, but critics warn the new definition could yet be enlarged to include same-sex relationships. On November 29, the parliament in Singapore voted to decriminalize Section 377A (S377A), meaning that homosexual acts between men are no longer against the law. S377A had been in place since 1938, when...

Startling surveillance video shows a raccoon attacking a 5-year-old girl in Connecticut. Rylee MacNamara's mother heard the screams of terror and raced to the rescue. They didn't know if the raccoon was rabid - but it was aggressive. The chaotic scene unfolded Friday morning in Ashford - just east of Hartford. "I was going out to get on the bus and a raccoon was there and it tried to attack me," said Rylee. Rylee's mom was swinging the animal around and warning neighbors to keep their distance. Then, using all her might, she flung the critter into her front yard....

Special counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed local election officials in Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and Pennsylvania, asking for communications with or involving former President Donald Trump, his 2020 campaign aides and a list of allies involved in his [alleged*] efforts to try to overturn the results of the election. *edit by poster

The Wesley brothers were central figures in the 18th century Evangelical Revival in Great Britain. Theirs was one of the most effective partnerships between brothers in ministry.The Industrial RevolutionThe Wesleys grew up during the Industrial Revolution. Their lifetimes and ministries spanned a time of rapid change. Revolutions in smelting, spinning and distilling created whole industries. The 18th century saw some of the first experiments in electricity, photography and the steam engine.A Desperate SituationWhen the Wesleys began their itinerant preaching, there were no railroads and no restaurants. Only five or six members of parliament even went to church. Infant mortality was...

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Explanation: What’s happening inside this interstellar mountain? Stars are forming. The mountain is actually a column of gas and dust in the picturesque Eagle Nebula (M16). A pillar like this is so low in density that you could easily fly though it -- it only appears solid because of its high dust content and great depth. The glowing areas are lit internally by newly formed stars. These areas shine in red and infrared light because blue light is scattered away by intervening interstellar dust. The featured image was captured recently in near-infrared light in unprecedented detail by the James Webb...

The Department of Energy’s Argonne National Lab has just released a study showing that in 2021, US privately-owned plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs) “saved about 690 million gallons of gasoline.” But that is a huge exaggeration because fossil fuels provide 61% of the electricity in the US … so only about a third of that apparent savings is a real reduction in fossil fuel use, the equivalent of maybe 130 million gallons. The Argonne report also says that from 2010 to 2021, EVs have saved 2.1 billion gallons of gas. So let’s be generous and say...

One powerful Twitter employee implicated in the Hunter Biden censorship scandal has a history of official misconduct.James Baker is a former FBI general counsel who was deeply involved in various investigations probing supposed connections between former President Donald Trump and Russia, according to the New York Post. The investigations proved baseless, with allegations of Russian collusion never corroborated.Baker found himself hired as Twitter’s deputy general counsel after he was fired from the FBI in the midst of the agency’s “Russiagate” scandal.In his new job, Baker soon found himself directing censorship of news regarding Hunter Biden’s laptop.In internal Twitter communications following...

https://twitter.com/AGHuff/status/1600172812571770884 Dr. Andrew G. Huff @AGHuff 8h Here is a link to download all of my files from EcoHealth Alliance. These files contain the unredacted originals of many documents. I have not altered the files in any way, including the terrible naming conventions of the files. It includes... an investment presentation on the collecting coronavirus samples, gain of function, humanized mice, to make medical counter measures presented to In-Q-Tel, the CIA's (& DoDs) venture capital firm, which succinctly explains how EcoHealth planned to conduct this R&D. I will be posting an more organized and annotated version of these documents on...

Polls have closed in Georgia, where Sen. Raphael Warnock and GOP nominee Herschel Walker face off in a Senate runoff election

A Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Tuesday honoring Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was not without awkwardness. Honorees visibly avoided handshakes with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy during a receiving line, after exchanging warm greetings with Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer. McCarthy, R-Calif., who is expected to be the next speaker of the House, praised the actions of law enforcement on Jan. 6. “These brave men and women are heroes, heroes who protected so many from harm on that day,” he said. “Days like...

On this date in 1938, Austrian Martha Marek was guillotined in Vienna for several murders by poison. She first came to the attention of the discerning interwar crime audience in 1925 when she and her husband Emil were convicted of insurance fraud: Emil claimed to have “lost his leg while chopping wood” just after having taken out a policy, but examination showed that the lost leg had actually been chopped off methodically — and clumsily. They both served a short stint in prison but at least Martha still had four good limbs to go with her wits. Martha before her...