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Canadian warships will be sent to the coast of Haiti. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the move at a meeting of Carribean leaders... Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro changing his position on the death penalty. Shapiro now opposing capital punishment... Pennsylvania US Senator Democrat John Fetterman hospitalized at the Walter Reed Military Hospital for 'clinical depression'... Wholesale inflation in the US rising .7 percent in January... Markets in the US today down... Unemployment rising in Australia... Politics in the USA today some of the report from a Democrat Atlanta prosecutor's grand jury probe of President Trump and his supporters released... Joe...

High-dose oral vitamin D reduced skin inflammation and increased immunoprotection in patients with chemical-induced skin rashes, according to findings from a recent clinical trial. The investigators, led by Kurt Lu, MD, also discovered in these patients a new molecular signature that may help physicians identify which patients have an increased risk of developing severe allergic reactions to treatments including topical chemotherapy. "Oral vitamin D is a safe and readily available over-the-counter nutritional supplement with anti-inflammatory and immunoprotective properties, while boasting no adverse effects," Lu said. "This study also provides a new avenue of exploration for druggable targets to both reduce...

Denver’s crime continues to rise in contrast to the statewide crime rate. The Common Sense Institute, a free-market think tank and policy analysis group, published a study on Denver crime ... The study tracks how Denver’s crime rates spiked over the pandemic and have continued to rise. It suggests that the Mile High’s problem is unique to Denver, rather than Denver being an example of a statewide crime problem, though it does not include a comparison of other cities’ crime rates. ... Denver’s average monthly rate of crimes per 1,000 people reached a high last year of 9.01 – a...

The drug lasmiditan, which is used to treat migraines, shows promise as a possible treatment for acute kidney injury, according to a new study from the University of Arizona. Researchers conducting this study are working to develop a drug to treat acute kidney injury. The disease, which is characterized by rapid kidney failure, occurs in approximately 8% to 16% of hospitalized people and affects more than 13 million people worldwide. The condition can be caused by a variety of factors, including some medications and sepsis. Acute kidney injury can lead to physiological problems, such as mitochondrial dysfunction, damage to small...

Twitchy favorite Heather B has been known to drop some pretty savage tweets and threads in her time (they don’t call her the dips**t whisperer for nothin’), and this one on protecting children from life/body-altering decisions pushed by the trans movement is no exception. She always seems to find a way to put exactly what you’re thinking into words … and most of them are pretty damn vicious. But effective. Take a look: Me: Maybe we should discuss what studies done in Finland, Sweden, and the UK have found about giving blockers and other drugs to children and teens? Them:...

Chinese spy balloons have briefly captured the nation’s imagination, but they’re just another in a series of surveillance layers that begins with satellites and ends with phone apps. The spy balloons seem odd, but they reveal the thoroughness and dedication of Beijing’s data hounds who are not satisfied with hacking us, embedding thousands of spies in our universities and tech firms, but want that added edge with slow-motion spying on our bases and defenses. The balloon may seem silly but it reveals a rigorous mindset that ought to be frightening. China’s economic warfare hollowed out our economy in the same...

“The Constitution is a GLORIOUS LIBERTY DOCUMENT.” These words were delivered by a former slave. The all-caps emphasis was his. In an 1852 speech entitled What to the Slave is the Fourth of July the inimitable Frederick Douglass called out the evil of slavery while praising an undeniable instrument of liberation: the U.S. Constitution.If you visit the National Museum of African-American History and Culture’s (NMAAHC) online exhibit of Douglass’ Fourth of July speech, you won’t see or hear any mention of the Constitution. It’s not the first or last time that the Smithsonian will suppress history. Remember, NMAAHC is the...

Attorneys representing a former Georgia police officer who expressed his Christian beliefs on social media say he was forced out of his job because of religious discrimination. Port Wentworth Police Officer Jacob Kersey resigned in January after being told by his supervisors he could be terminated for sharing his religious views on marriage. Kersey, 19, was placed on paid administrative leave following his refusal to take down a Facebook post from two days earlier in which he paraphrased the Apostle Paul's letter to the church at Ephesus. "God designed marriage. Marriage refers to Christ and the church. That's why there...

California lost more than 500,000 people over the period from April 2020 to July 2022, coinciding with the depths of the coronavirus pandemic, but New York lost even more, according to new data from the U.S. Census.The Los Angeles Times reported:California has been seeing a decline in population for years, with the COVID-19 pandemic pushing even more people to move to other parts of the country, experts say. The primary reason for the exodus is the state’s high housing costs, but other reasons include the long commutes and the crowds, crime and pollution in the larger urban centers. The increased...

I maybe watch two episodes a month of Wheel of Fortune if I'm lucky. Tonight was some kind of Valentine's couples show and there they were, Charlie and Kelly (both guys). WTF is wrong with this country? BTW, I turned the channel moment's after I saw this as I couldn't stomach it.

And He's Got Nobody But Himself To Blame For The Fix He'll Soon Find Himself In Unlike the sham January 6 Committee, which was never able to find a real crime to refer Trump or his close associates for and ended up making a shallow and pretty much worthless referral of the former President to Attorney General Merrick Garland on it’s way out of power and into the dustbin of history, these new House Committees are investigating real and actual crimes. Understand: these new House Committees don’t have to do months of investigations to determine whether chargeable crimes occurred or...

Texas A&M is among the most conservative public universities in America, with a student body well to the right of its peers at other schools. Its traditions of military service and commitments to agriculture and mechanical sciences (the original meaning of A&M) connect it to meritocratic invention.Yet, for more than a decade, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies have transformed the university. Those governing Texas A&M think the school itself is racist—and they have adopted increasingly radical policies to transform it into a typical, leftist American university.As I discuss in a newly-released report, radical efforts to transform A&M began with...

The World Health Organization (WHO) convened an “urgent meeting” this week amid an outbreak of the Marburg virus, which causes one of the world’s deadliest diseases, in Africa.A hazmat worker is seen in a file photo. (LM Otero/AP Photo)Health officials say Marburg, first seen in the late 1960s, is related to Ebola. However, WHO officials say it’s far more deadly, killing upwards of 88 percent of people who contract it.The virus has been detected in several African countries over the past several months, including recently in Equatorial Guinea. A small number of Marburg cases were found in Ghana late last...

Designed to assist law enforcement agencies in prosecuting criminals, the U visa is granted to victims of crime who lack immigration status and allows them to stay in the country (and work legally), and eventually get a green card and citizenship, ostensibly to aid in the prosecution of the crimes...Although Congress has capped the number of visas at 10,000 a year, there is a backlog of 315,000, as illegal aliens use a U visa application as a way to remain and work in the United States.

On Thursday, a Judge in Fulton County, Ga., released portions of a grand jury’s report on its investigation into Donald Trump’s alleged attempts to interfere with the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. “The Grand Jury was impaneled to investigate a specific issue: the facts and circumstances relating directly or indirectly to possible attempts to disrupt the lawful administration of the 2020 presidential elections in the State of Georgia,” reads the report. District Attorney Fani Willis convened the grand jury, which met for eight months and interviewed 75 witnesses, including Gov. Brian Kemp, (R-Ga.), Georgia Secretary of State...

Last week, Microsoft rolled out the beta version of its new chatbot that is supposed to provide some competition for ChatGPT. The bot is named “Bing” and beta users who signed up for the initial test phase are reporting some very strange and potentially disturbing behavior coming from it. One user described the bot as being “unhinged.” Others have reported that it has gotten “hostile” with them. It’s getting some of the most basic information incorrect and then starting arguments if you point out the error. Where is all of this coming from? (Fortune)The A.I.-powered chatbot—which calls itself Bing—appears to...

Pancreatic cancer is highly lethal, and surgical removal of tumor tissue is currently the only potential cure for most patients. Once the cancer has spread beyond the pancreas, treatment options are limited. A recent phase II clinical trial identified a promising combination treatment regimen for patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer, meaning that their cancer had spread, but only to nearby tissue. The trial's investigators have now uncovered the potential mechanisms behind the treatment's beneficial effects. The combination therapy—losartan+FFX+CRT—includes the blood pressure drug losartan plus a chemotherapy cocktail called FOLFIRINOX (folinic acid, fluorouracil, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin), followed by chemoradiation. The...

defenestrationnounde·​fen·​es·​tra·​tion (ˌ)dē-ˌfe-nə-ˈstrā-shən 1: a throwing of a person or thing out of a windowassassination by defenestration2: a usually swift dismissal or expulsion (as from a political party or office)the defenestration of political leadersthe mass defenestration of middle management Yet another high-profile Russian with ties to President Vladimir Putin has died under mysterious, or—let’s just say it—suspicious circumstances. The latest casualty is 58-year-old high-ranking defense official Marina Yankina, who plunged to her death from a 16th story apartment window in St. Petersburg.Reports of financial director of the Western military zone of RU ministry of defense Marina Yankina falling out of a...

Kari Lake‘s lawsuit to overturn the rigged and stolen 2022 Gubernatorial Election in Maricopa County was dismissed today in the Arizona Court of Appeals, and she now plans to appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court. The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Lake filed a ‘Motion for Transfer‘ in the Supreme Court on December 31, attempting to have her case expedited and bypass the Court of Appeals. Lake argued that Katie Hobbs’ swearing-in ceremony on January 2 and the “electoral chaos” that targeted and disenfranchised Republican voters in Maricopa County on Election Day justify an immediate decision from the Arizona Supreme...

Do we finally have an explanation for why the Biden administration has been so tight-lipped about the unidentified flying object shot down over Lake Huron?It wasn’t until Thursday that the president finally addressed the matter, providing essentially no details as to what was intercepted and downed four days prior. That was in stark contrast to the incessant bragging about the downing of a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina.So why all the secrecy? The answer seems to be that the truth is incredibly embarrassing.JUST IN – A small, globe-trotting balloon declared “missing in action” by an Illinois-based...