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Support is on the rise for a pregnant widow whose husband died in a tree-fall accident. Cody Lee Blihar of Somerville died on Thursday, Jan. 26 at the age of 33, his obituary says. Cody’s wife, Monica, is expecting their first son, Beau, according to a GoFundMe launched for the family’s support. “Our hope is to alleviate the financial burden that Monica will be facing following Cody's death and the birth of their son,” reads the campaign. More than $50,000 had been raised as of Monday, Jan. 30. A native of Pittstown, Cody went to North Hunterdon High School before...

Autopsies were conducted on two teenage boys, one in Connecticut and one in Michigan, who died within a few days of their second dose of Pfizer's Covid vaccine. One boy had ADD and the other was obese. The post death examinations showed that both had "global myocardial injury."

The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James released footage on Tuesday of the deposition of former President Donald Trump. The video was intended to create a narrative as President Trump repeatedly invoked privileges under the fifth amendment against self-incrimination. However, if you watch the introductory part of the deposition, to include the statements from the office of the AG, you get a real sense of how this witch hunt is being conducted. President Trump’s deposition took place on August 10, 2022. The issue is AG James using the process of a civil fraud investigation to construct a criminal...

A Nanuet High School student brought a handgun to school Monday, which was confiscated “without incident,” schools Superintendent Kevin McCahill said in a statement. Administrators were told Monday afternoon that a student had a gun, according to Clarkstown police, and the gun was found around 3 p.m. Police said no threats were made by the student, and the gun was found during a search of the student's belongings. “It is important for the community to know that this report was made by an individual who followed our Emergency Response protocols which encourages immediate reports of any potential threats to the...

God showed himself to me. His size is incomprehensible. As a big brained monkey I am in awe. He is everything. All universes and everything in them. It so massive it can not fit in our brains. May he have mercy on my brother. May his blessings rain down on my little brother. May you pray for him because God listens.

KARE says Andrew Trowbridge died following a 'brief illness.'The team at KARE 11 are paying tribute to sports producer Andy Trowbridge, who died this week at the age of 35. The Twin Cities' NBC affiliate reports that Trowbridge died suddenly at the weekend following "a short illness." He had been with the station for almost 15 years, first starting as an intern in the sports department before becoming a producer for KARE's weekend and weeknight sportscasts, "Vikings Extra," and Randy Shaver's "Prep Sports Extra." Shaver – who hired Trowbridge as an intern – paid an emotional tribute to him on...

Brighton 29-year-old woman died suddenly from rare cancerA 29-year-old woman died suddenly of a rare form of cancer - now her friends are raising money to keep her memory alive. Sarah Dixon, from Brighton, died in December. She had been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called insulinoma, which is when tumours form in the pancreas. This can cause low blood sugar, which has a range of symptoms including confusion, weakness and rapid heartbeat. It affects just one in two million people and is not normally fatal. But Sarah abruptly fell into a coma and died on Boxing Day....

The Department of Energy is proposing new energy conservation standards for new household gas and electric cooking devices, some of which have never been subject to federal efficiency standards. DOE's proposed rule-making, published Wednesday, follows the recent political frenzy over the fate of gas stoves that was ignited after a federal regulator at the Consumer Product Safety Commission said his agency could ban them to reduce indoor air pollution. The proposed rule-making would set new efficiency standards for both electric and gas cooking tops, preventing them from exceeding set levels of energy use per year. The metrics used would not...

Joe Scarborough: woke, white-privilege-virtue-signaling warrior! On today's Morning Joe, Scarborough, commenting on the death of Tyre Nichols, claimed: "No police officer would have done this to me when I was 29-years-old, a middle class white guy. Nobody--they wouldn't have dared. Because they knew that if they did, if they beat the hell out of a 29-year-old, middle class white guy, that hell would rain down from above."How admirable of Joe to admit to his white privilege! But there's one little problem with Scarborough's virtue signaling. Five Memphis police officers beat a 29-year-old black man, and . . . hell promptly...

“I’m 64 years old. I’ve been an actor since I was 19,” she told AP Entertainment. “I made horror films and sold yogurt that makes you s—t. I never thought I would hear my name at the Oscars.’

Veteran journalist Bob Woodward revealed in a new interview that Washington Post reporters essentially ignored his warnings about the shortcomings of the infamous Christopher Steele dossier, amidst the feverish Russiagate media coverage that dominated the Trump administration. In a lengthy report for Columbia Journalism Review, Jeff Gerth interviewed media and political figures wrapped up in Russiagate — the sweeping term for the allegations of Trump-Russia collusion in the 2016 election — including Donald Trump himself, finding in particular where the media went wrong. Woodward, one of the reporters famous for breaking the Watergate scandal for the Washington Post, told Gerth...

Following massive progress on the Woolly Mammoth and Tasmanian tiger, Colossal launches Avian Genomics Group to continue groundbreaking de-extinction pursuits Dr. Beth Shapiro, Ph.D. (Lead Paleogeneticist and Colossal Scientific Advisory Board Member) and Ben Lamm (Colossal Co-Founder and CEO). Image courtesy of Colossal Biosciences. ********************************************************** DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Colossal Biosciences, the world’s first de-extinction company, has today announced an oversubscribed $150M Series B financing led by United States Innovative Technology Fund (“USIT”), with participation from Breyer Capital, WestRiver Group, Bob Nelsen, Animal Capital, Victor Vescovo, In-Q-Tel, Animoca Brands, Peak 6, BOLD Capital, and Jazz Ventures, among others. Since launching in September 2021,...

And the presenters are … The Grammys announced Wednesday the lineup of celebrities who will be presenting during Sunday’s star-studded award show. Past Grammy hosts James Corden and Billy Crystal are slated to hand out some awards at the ceremony and First Lady Jill Biden is also set to make an appearance. Cardi B, Viola Davis, Shania Twain, Olivia Rodrigo and “Black Adam” star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson were also revealed to be presenting. Last week, several stars including Bad Bunny, Mary J. Blige, Brandi Carlile, Luke Combs, Steve Lacy, Lizzo, Kim Petras and Sam Smith were announced as performers.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Nathaniel Radimak has been charged with threatening multiple people on Southern California roadways and damaging some of their vehicles. “The victims in this case were reasonably terrified by what they experienced, but this reign of terror ends today,” District Attorney Gascón said. “Motorists in Los Angeles shouldn’t have to live in fear of being attacked while simply driving on the freeway. Our office will continue to work with our partners in law enforcement to determine if this person has committed similar acts against people in Los Angeles County and elsewhere.”...

WASHINGTON — President Biden will get his annual physical on Feb. 16, the White House said Wednesday — after promising the checkup would be completed by the end of January. When asked by reporters for an update Jan. 20 on when the exam would take place, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre answered: “He will have one before the — by the time the end of this month is out.” An administration official said in a statement that the delay “was just a matter of scheduling around what has been a busy and evolving travel schedule in recent weeks.” The...

Central European countries like Croatia, Hungary, and also recently Austria too are beginning to emerge as voices of reason in the West after their de facto New Cold War bloc’s proxy war on Russia through Ukraine over the past year failed to defeat that Great Power. They rightly realize how counterproductive this NATO-led campaign has been for their collective interests, ergo why they’re urging restraint and even an outright reversal of policy at this point in time. Croatian President Zoran Milanovic is unexpectedly giving Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban a run for his money when it comes to being the...

The brain has been hiding inside a fossil fish skull and it's now revealing secrets of animal evolution. Illustration of a small gray fish with a dark stripe down its side with an extra bit showing what its little pink brain looked like.This artist's rendering shows what Coccocephalus wildi might have looked like back when it lived over 300 million years ago. - Márcio L. Castro A very long time ago, a fish died, was buried in sediments and eventually became fossilized. Today, 319 million years later, it's the star of a study that reveals "the oldest example of a...

A former ABC journalist who went missing after the FBI raided his home and seized his laptop has been arrested for transporting child pornography. As reported last year, Emmy-winning investigative journalist James Meek went missing after the FBI raided his Virginia home and seized classified information from his laptop in April 2022. James Gordon Meek, 52, went missing after the feds raided his Arlington penthouse apartment, the Rolling Stone reported. Meek produced the Hulu documentary “3212 Unredacted” which detailed the 2017 Pentagon coverup of the deaths of US special forces in Niger. The “lightning raid” was conducted after a search...

Bp. Strickland urges Vatican to refute Biden’s claim that Pope doesn’t oppose taxpayer-funded abortions'Mr Biden can’t be allowed to twist the words of Pope Francis in this way,' the Bishop of Tyler wrote on Twitter. Bishop Joseph Strickland called on the Vatican to deny President Joe Biden’s claim that Pope Francis does not support the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) call for a halt to taxpayer-funded abortions. “Mr Biden can’t be allowed to twist the words of Pope Francis in this way,” Stickland wrote on Twitter. “I implore the Vatican press office to emphatically clarify that Pope Francis...

A former “Dances With Wolves” actor accused of leading a cult could be facing multiple felonies and life in prison after police said he sexually assaulted young Indigenous girls and took multiple wives during a period spanning two decades, court records show. As of Wednesday, Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, who goes by Nathan Chasing Horse, will be charged with at least two counts of sex trafficking and one count each of sexual assault of a child younger than 16, child abuse or neglect and sexual assault, according to the records. Authorities have not said when he will be formally...