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The committee added that the boy is currently undergoing treatment in a hospital in Bryansk MOSCOW, March 3./TASS/. Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Russian Investigative Committee, has awarded his law enforcement agency's top medal, "For Valor and Courage," to a Bryansk Region boy named Fyodor who saved two girls during an attack by Ukrainian saboteurs in the border area, the Investigative Committee told reporters on Friday... On March 2, Fyodor and two girls, born in 2015 and 2016, respectively, were being driven to school in a car that was suddenly assaulted by armed men. The driver was killed on the...

Voters overwhelmingly support releasing all videos of the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, and a majority think it’s likely that government agents helped provoke the riot. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 80% of Likely U.S. Voters believe it is important that the public be able to view all the videos of the Capitol riot, including 58% who think it’s Very Important. Only 17% don’t think it’s important for the public to be able to see all the riot videos.

Effective April 3, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) will end the Secretary of Health Mask Order, which currently requires universal masking in healthcare, long-term care, and adult correctional facilities for people age 5 and older.

WATERTOWN, CT (WFSB) - A woman was arrested on prostitution charges in Watertown. Police said April Pongonis, 42, of Oakville, was charged with two counts of promoting prostitution and two counts of prostitution. The investigation began from citizen complaints of unusual traffic at Pongonis’s apartment on Davis Street. The apartment was in close proximity of Swift Junior High School. Detectives said they were proactively working investigations of online ads promoting prostitution in Watertown/Oakville. Several undercover operations were utilized which culminated in the execution of a search and seizure warrant at Pongonis’s apartment. Pongonis was was held on a $50,000...

Texas’ woke capital, Austin, is in the midst of a policing crisis with over 300 vacancies and cops quitting because they feel disrespected, multiple sources tell The Post. “We’re right there with Portland and Seattle and San Francisco as being one of those places where if you’re at all conservative or in law enforcement, it’s become a hostile place,” Lt. Brian Moon, who retired last month, told The Post of the city he protected for 23 years. Another 77 officers are expected to retire before the end of March — on top of 264 existing vacancies, according to the Austin...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre lashed out at Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Friday over a bill he signed into law this week restricting drag shows on public property, in the presence of children, or near schools in the state. Jean-Pierre, who is openly gay, questioned what impact the bill would have on the lives of Americans, and claimed people were more concerned about issues like the economy and healthcare. "The American people are focused on so many issues. We just talked about economy, we just talked about inflation, we're talking about safer communities and schools, and good healthcare...

The inflation news from Argentina analysts projecting a 99.9 percent annual rate this year... Politics here in the USA Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in New Hampshire saying he is considering a run for the Democrat Presidential Nomination in 2024... President Trump's former National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn suing the Justice Department and FBI... President Trump reciting the "Pledge of Allegiance" for song released to raise money for the families of those imprisoned in connection with January 6th... Meanwhile the US State Department issuing a statement... Two unions representing ambulance workers in the UK calling off a strike planned...

The words that researchers use to describe their results can be harnessed to discover potential new treatments for Parkinson's disease, according to a new study. The study employed an artificial intelligence (AI) system to identify an existing anti-cholesterol drug that has the ability to promote disposal of mitochondria, energy-making components of the cell which are damaged in the disease. The full pathogenic pathway leading to Parkinson's disease (PD) is unknown, but one clear contributor is mitochondrial dysfunction and the inability to dispose of defective mitochondria, a process called mitophagy. At least five genes implicated in PD are linked to impaired...

Man sets himself on fire on UC Berkeley campus in alarming video A man allegedly experiencing a severe mental health episode set himself on fire at the University of California at Berkeley on Wednesday — and a video capturing the distressing incident has been viewed online more than 350,000 times. The public self-immolation was reported to authorities at 4:17 p.m. after a young man completely engulfed in flames was seen walking at Sproul Plaza on campus. Bystander videos that are circulating on social media show onlookers trying to come to the man’s aid by pouring water on him and swatting...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

Patients with severe eczema who were treated with the drug dupilumab experienced a reduction in symptoms and improved quality of life, according to a meta-analysis of several clinical trials. The findings suggest dupilumab is a safe, effective treatment for cases of erythrodermic atopic dermatitis, or eczema, in which more than 90% of the body was affected. Atopic dermatitis (AD) is the most common type of eczema, affecting more than 9.6 million children and about 16.5 million adults in the U.S., according to the National Eczema Association. In the current study, investigators analyzed 209 patients with erythrodermic AD in six clinical...

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Inclusivity shouldn’t just be present in the workplace — it should be practiced during the hiring process as well. But unfortunately, nonbinary job seekers are facing clear biases during their job search. According to a new report from Business.com, a business resource platform, over 80% of nonbinary people believe that identifying as nonbinary would hurt their job search. Similarly, 51% believe their gender identity has affected their workplace experience “very or somewhat negatively.” Ryan McGonagill, director of industry research at Business.com and author of the report, says these statistics show just how much work there is to do around diversity,...

'This assault is being carried out by the pro-abortion forces in our culture, which include an entire political party and presidential administration,' Fr. Ed Meeks said. TOWSON, Maryland (LifeSiteNews) — A Maryland Catholic priest denounced the “demonic insanity” sweeping American culture, politics, and public life in the form of the Left’s “all-out assault” against the unborn, the push for transgender mutilations of the young, and the sexualization of children through drag shows and pornography. “A blanket of demonic insanity has fallen upon the earth,” Fr. Ed Meeks declared in a recent Lenten homily, drawing parallels between Satan’s temptation of Eve...

Washington’s Democrat Attorney General, Bob Ferguson, wants to be governor. He thinks the best way to accomplish his goal is to build gulags & psych hospitals, much like in Soviet Russia, and populate them with Christians, Conservatives and Republicans. If House Bill 1333 passes and Democrat Governor Jay Inslee signs it (he will), Ferguson’s office will have the power to arrest and/or civilly commit anyone for uttering “wrong” facts. This is a terrifying plan to redefine “domestic terrorism” to punish “conservative” speech. Ferguson seems especially afraid of “older” Americans because they have more knowledge of and respect for the Bill...

Are we a serious country? Not based on the way our government and Parliamentarians are handling the very real allegations of election interference by China. For the past two days, MPs on the Commons Procedure and House Affairs Committee have been making partisan arguments aimed at scoring points rather than getting to the truth. Someone needs to tell these buffoons that stopping election interference is a non-partisan issue, that it should concern all parties and all Canadians. These jokers though can’t help themselves in playing party politics. The Liberals have been desperate to stop any further investigation into election interference,...

A 25-year-old migrant who posed as a minor to illegally cross the border was sentenced to 60 years for killing the father of four who took him in. Yery Noel Medina Ulloa of Honduras pleaded guilty Friday in Florida to stabbing Francisco Javier Cuellar, 46, to death in 2021 — days after the Florida man took the illegal migrant into his care. “As we have seen time and time again, the federal government’s failure to secure our nation’s border has led to a travesty in a local community,” State Attorney Melissa Nelson said in a statement. Cops said they found...

The European Parliament’s environment committee voted on Wednesday (1 March) for a quick phasedown of F-gas refrigerants, in a move that drew criticism from the heat pump industry. ...Yet, not everyone is happy with the direction taken by the European Parliament. Some industries have strongly opposed scaling back F-gases at such speeds, with the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) leading the charge. “This position represents a ban on equipment containing F-gases, in some cases as early as 2026,” EHPA said in a statement, warning that restricting F-gases “risks significantly limiting the number of heat pumps available in certain market segments.”

(snip) Gun advocates do not argue that these weapons are needed for hunting. Hunters are sportsmen and -women. During certain seasons, many of them are happy to use a bow and arrow; shooting multiple rounds at a deer isn’t a sport. Some gun owners talk about the thrill of using assault-style weapons and AR-15-style rifles for target practice. In fact, if gun advocates wish to argue that assault-style weapons are now in “common use,” that use is most likely at a rifle range. And therein lies a modest proposal: Allow these dangerous weapons to be used only at secure ranges...

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