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MSU is lifting its COVID-19 vaccine mandate effective today, Feb. 28. Deputy spokesperson Dan Olsen said MSU will still continue to encourage vaccinations, including COVID-19, because “all of these measures better protect health and well-being of our campus community.” Olsen said the widespread protection of the individuals who have already been vaccinated, plus new boosters and treatment options, eliminated the need for a campus-wide mandate. “Now, as both the virus and our understanding of it continues to evolve, there is widespread protection due to the number of individuals vaccinated,” university physician Michael Brown said in an email to the MSU...

International conflict cries out for statesmanship. It calls for the kind of leadership that rises above the passions of the moment, takes the long view, considers the legitimate interests of all, and looks for creative solutions. The temperament of statesmanship is prudence and restraint. This type of leadership requires not only relevant experience but a historical perspective, critical distance to the present, and imagination. There also can be no statesmanship, no diplomacy, without empathy, that is, a willingness to see a conflict from the point of view of opponents. Neither can there be any compromise and relaxation of tensions without...

Streaming music as I work and this song popped up. Been many years since I've heard it last but loved it growing up. One of Paul's best. I love the line in the song "I never thought to ask her what the letter G stood for, but I know it wasn't good"! Sally G.....enjoy. https://youtu.be/zuMTuSDM094

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., on Tuesday sent a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm demanding answers and a classified briefing regarding the Energy Department's assessment that the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from an accidental lab leak in China. "I write to request that the Department of Energy provides expedited answers to questions regarding the department's release of an intelligence report concluding a lab leak was the most likely origin of the COVID-19 pandemic," Barrasso wrote in a letter obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital. The Energy Department, which had been undecided on the origin of the pandemic, has now joined...

A Chinese state-run newspaper issued a warning to Tesla CEO Elon Musk after he shared reporting on the U.S. Department of Energy’s “low confidence” assessment that the global Covid pandemic originated in a Wuhan laboratory. CNBC’s Eunice Yoon reported Tuesday morning on the warning from the social media pages of the Global Times, the English-language subsidiary of the CCP-controlled People’s Daily. The Global Times warned Musk that he could be “breaking the pot of China” after the Tesla and Twitter CEO responded to tweets that asserted that the Covid pandemic originated in a Wuhan research laboratory. The saying is akin...

A group of Pennsylvania Republicans are demanding that Democratic Sen. John Fetterman either appear on camera and demonstrate he is still capable of doing his job or, failing that, that he resign from his federal office. Fetterman has been hospitalized for nearly two weeks due to reported clinical depression; little is known about his status as an inpatient at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, though his staff said on Monday that he is "on a path to recovery." The Washington County, Pa., Republican Party, meanwhile, said in a Facebook post on Monday that it "refuses to take assurances from...

A classified intelligence report from the Department of Energy assesses with low confidence that the Covid-19 pandemic likely came from a leak in a Chinese laboratory. The Chinese are pushing back. CNN's David Culver visits the labs.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday said that Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) decision to share security footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol exclusively with Fox News host Tucker Carlson as “despicable” and damaging to security. Asked whether he would share the security footage of the attack, some of which was aired publicly during former President Trump’s 2021 impeachment hearing and during the hearings of the House select Jan. 6 committee, would need to be reviewed by experts. “Look, I think what McCarthy did was despicable, damaged our security,” Schumer said of his House Republican...

Heartbroken mum said Manchester City fan Milly-Rose Stirrup rapidly declined despite happily playing on Nintendo day before tragedyA grieving mum has told how her six-year-old daughter suddenly died within hours of complaining of belly ache. Little Milly-Rose Stirrup was on a day off from school with a seemingly normal bug but within hours, her condition deteriorated dramatically. Milly-Rose told parents Pip and Shaun that she had a belly ache and her "heart was hurting". The couple took the youngster into hospital but medics later broke the devastating news that Milly-Rose was dead. Doctors believe she had sepsis although exactly what...

[A] team of scientists argues that something called "organoid intelligence," or OI, powered by living human brain cells could one day outperform any artificial system, and do it far more efficiently. Organoids are three-dimensional clumps of biological tissue that scientists have been growing and experimenting with for years. Researchers...at Johns Hopkins University are working with brain organoids that could lead to the development of a "biocomputer" powered by human brain cells. "The hope is that some of the remarkable functionalities of the human brain can be realized as OI, such as its ability to take fast decisions based on incomplete...

A movement to have eastern Oregon be absorbed by more conservative Idaho is gaining traction as citizens are fed up with progressive laws. The idea to relocate the border apparently has support from leaders in both states, Fox News reported Monday. In a recent op-ed, former Oregon House Speaker Mark Simmons shared support for the Greater Idaho Movement, the idea to incorporate approximately 13 Oregon counties inside the borders of Idaho. An image shows how Idaho would expand if the effort comes to fruition:

Savannah Guthrie fled from the “Today” show mid-broadcast Tuesday amid her co-anchor Hoda Kotb’s unexplained absence. It was business as usual for Guthrie, 51, when she began hosting the NBC morning show at 7 a.m. ET, but she quickly sparked concern among viewers when she failed to return after a commercial break around 7:30. This is Guthrie’s third time battling COVID-19, having previously contracted the virus in January 2022 and May 2022

The boss of the feared Russian Wagner mercenary group has called for the Russian defence minister's son-in-law to be raped or 'given the sledgehammer'. Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin threatened to have his men bring defence minister Sergei Shoigu's son-in-law Alexey Stolyarov, 33, to him so he could be trained to go and fight in Ukraine. Prigozhin said the fitness influencer could be 'raped' or face the notorious 'sledgehammer' execution that Wagner has used to kill defectors, as the bitter rift between Vladimir Putin's top military cronies spirals out of control. The Wagner chief, like General Shoigu, is a close Putin...

A woman allegedly cut off her boyfriend’s penis after he threatened to leak their sex tapes because she refused to sleep with him. The 28-year-old man was rushed to hospital after the attack at a hotel in Sibolga in North Sumatra, Indonesia. He is now in intensive care. Police allege the 28-year-old woman severed his penis after he came onto her when she was “not in the mood” on Saturday. Sibolga Police Chief Taryono Rajarja said: “Based on the suspect’s statement, they had been in a relationship for around seven months

A northern California city has been named the happiest city in America this year. The personal finance website WalletHub put Fremont on the top of its 2023 Happiest Cities in America rankings. […] Two other California cities were in the top five, including San Jose, which placed second and San Francisco, which came in at fifth. […] The least happy city was Detroit, Michigan, coming in at 182. …

A new device, developed by UTS researchers, can detect cancer cells without invasive and expensive surgery. The mould of a new device to detect cancer. The Static Droplet Microfluidic device is able to rapidly detect circulating tumour cells that have broken away from a primary tumour and entered the bloodstream. Photo by Dr Majid Warkiani. Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney have developed a new device that can detect and analyse cancer cells from blood samples, enabling doctors to avoid invasive biopsy surgeries, and to monitor treatment progress. Cancer is a leading cause of illness and death in Australia,...

Politico is apparently suffering from a bout with confusion. The liberal outlet is floating “sav[ing] the planet” by blocking — *checks notes* — the thing that literally gives the planet life. Politico ran a headline promoting the mad science of solar geoengineering like it’s a legitimate solution to solve the leftist climate change boogeyman: “Block the sun, save the planet?” Politico reporter Arianna Skibell immediately hedged the insane headline by admitting that “[b]locking the sun’s rays to limit global warming has long been considered too dangerous to even study,” but then pivoted to promote woke drivel: “But 60 top scientists...

Nishad Singh, former director of engineering at FTX, the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, agreed Tuesday to plead guilty to criminal charges, according to his lawyers and federal prosecutors in New York. Singh agreed to plead guilty to six counts of fraud and conspiracy contained in information unsealed Tuesday, becoming the third member of Bankman-Fried's inner circle to admit guilt and cooperate with federal prosecutors as they build a case against those believed responsible for what U.S. Attorney Damian Williams has called one of the biggest financial frauds in American history.

Liberal MP Han Dong is alleged to have been helped by the Chinese consulate in Toronto during his 2019 nomination race, by bussing in seniors & students to vote for him, according to CSIS docs & sources CSIS asked the PM's senior staff to rescind Dong's nomination, per sources Through a combo of CSIS docs and intelligence sources, Global News has learned the consulate allegedly sent 2 busloads of Chinese Canadian Seniors to Liberal nomination meeting, and those seniors knew who to vote for, because Dong’s name was written on their arm. Sources also say CSIS suspected that Chinese international...

The Supreme Court signaled it will likely put the final dagger in Joe Biden’s unconstitutional student loan bailout program. Joe Biden unilaterally announced a massive forgiveness of student loans in August to buy the Gen Z-Millennial vote in the 2022 midterms. Biden canceled up to $10,000 in student debt for borrowers who earn $125,000 a year or less and up to $20,000 for recipients of Pell Grants. The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals in November extended a block on Joe Biden’s student loan bailout plan. Warm Up Your Bedroom With Cozy Comforters And Covers From MyPillow (Now Up To...