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California Democratic state Sen. Steven Bradford is warning African Americans not to get their "hopes up" for massive reparations payments from the state. Bradford’s message comes after the California Reparations Task Force recommended over the weekend that the state pay up to $1.2 million in reparations to each eligible Black resident. The state lawmaker, who served on the task force, claimed that it’s possible that Black residents could receive cash payments "if the money’s there," but argued that receiving million dollar checks in repayment for historical discrimination is "not happening." The reparations panel held a public meeting in Oakland, California,...

Mayor Eric Adams was booed at a City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law graduation ceremony Friday, after referencing his history as a police officer. As Adams delivered a short speech to the crowd, dozens of students began shouting when he mentioned his previous service in the New York Police Department (NYPD). The mayor had been an officer for 22 years, graduating from the New York City Police Academy in 1984. Video on Twitter shows dozens of law graduates standing up and putting their backs towards Adams in protest of his speech. "These graduates that are here, that...

Chemotherapy has been the most effective treatment to date for young and fit patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Research now shows that a chemo-free drug-combination therapy is more effective and produces fewer side effects. The phase 3 randomized trial, also known as the GAIA/CLL13 trial, was conducted with a total of 920 fit patients with CLL in 159 hospitals in nine European countries and Israel. The patients were placed in four groups and received either chemotherapy and an antibody (standard treatment), or the drug venetoclax in combination with an antibody (either rituximab or obinutuzumab). The fourth group received venetoclax,...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Hodding Carter III, a Mississippi journalist and civil rights activist who as U.S. State Department spokesman informed Americans about the Iran hostage crisis and later won awards for his televised documentaries, has died. He was 88. His daughter, Catherine Carter Sullivan, confirmed that he died Thursday in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he taught leadership and public policy.

With COVID-19 becoming endemic, people need to exercise practical reason when deciding how best to live with the lurking presence of the virus, just like they do with dengue and influenza, says respiratory specialist Dr Ong Kian Chung.The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday (May 5) declared that COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency. For three years, Singapore, along with the rest of the world, battled a disease that has killed 6.9 million people globally. That is more than the total population of Singapore. WHO’s lifting of the emergency alert is a sign of the progress that nations...

We must defeat the Soros-Funded DAs, stop the Left's pro-criminal agenda, and take back the streets for law abiding citizens. We stand with Good Samaritans like Daniel Penny. Let’s show this Marine... America’s got his back.

While much of the country cracks down on grooming material, Illinois is moving in the opposite direction.SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (LifeSiteNews) — While other states work to remove pornographic content from public schools and children’s library access, Illinois is moving in the opposite direction, with a new law that will penalize schools for not allowing children unfettered access to such material. HB 2789 “adopt[s] the American Library Association’s Library Bill of Rights that indicates materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval or, in the alternative, develop a written statement declaring the inherent authority of the library...

Nearly two dozen struggling homeless veterans have been booted from upstate hotels to make room for migrants, says a nonprofit group that works with the vets. The ex-military — including a 24-year-old man in desperate need of help after serving in Afghanistan — were told by the hotels at the beginning of the week that their temporary housing was getting pulled out from under them at the establishments and that they’d have to move on to another spot, according to the group and a sickened local pol. “Our veterans have been placed in another hotel due to what’s going on...

Ken Rosato, longtime anchor of “Eyewitness News This Morning” on New York’s WABC 7, has been given the boot after allegedly making an off-color remark, Page Six has exclusively learned. Rosato was off the air when he uttered the phrase, we’re told, but an insider told us his remark was picked up “on an open mic” and was “immediately let go.” SNIP Our insider also doesn’t know what he uttered, but speculated that it could have been a “racial slur.” The former anchor’s bio has been wiped from the company’s website. His daily tweets from the anchor desk stopped on...

A recent tentative agreement struck in a St. John’s courtroom will transfer control over 32 schools on the Avalon and Burin peninsulas from the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of St. John’s (RCESJ) to the Newfoundland and Labrador government. After months of uncertainty gripping these schools because of the RCESJ’s insolvency after being found liable for the claims of abuse survivors, this deal paves the way for these institutes to continue being used for the education of young minds for the long-term future. Meanwhile, the $13 million granted to the episcopal corporation, the property arm of the Archdiocese of St. John’s,...

Senator Michael Testa called on Governor Murphy to clarify the intent of a request from the Department of Health (DOH) for proposed rule revisions on vaccine requirements for students. “It is abundantly clear that the Murphy administration is attempting to railroad parental rights by soliciting egregious vaccine recommendations from anonymous stakeholders,” said Testa (R-1). “When the government tries to sneak in policy changes that would impact a child’s quality of education behind closed doors, that should immediately send a red flag to parents. There is no greater stakeholder in a child’s life than their parent or guardian.” The DOH sent...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — A majority of Americans say the abortion drug mifepristone should remain on the market in the U.S., according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll, as the drug remains at the center of an ongoing legal battle. The poll found that 66% of U.S. adults said mifepristone should remain on the market, while 24% said it should be taken off. Just under half — 47% — said access to mifepristone should remain status quo; while 12% say it should remain on the market but with additional restrictions in place, while 11% offered no opinion. The U.S. Supreme...

Sexual orientation change effort is a practice globally condemned as discriminatory, dangerous and traumaticA Christian group in Hong Kong that receives state funding for the welfare of sexual minorities is among several organizations accused of engaging in “brainwashing” LGBTQ individuals to “straighten” them under the guise of one-on-one counseling. The New Creation Association is one of the groups that have allegedly engaged in the sexual orientation change effort, a practice globally condemned as discriminatory, dangerous and traumatic, the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) reported on May 7. Alvin Cheung, 38, a social worker in Hong Kong alleged that he had...

[Catholic Caucus] Two things: Part 3 of Bp. Huonder’s VIDEO and what Francis said to Jesuits in Hungary.Two things.First, Swiss Bishop Vitus Huonder has released the third in a series of videos about the undeniable crisis in the Church.It is in German with subtitles.Put down or put aside other things. Click. Fold your hands and watch this attentively. No. Really. Resist the temptation, beaten into us now, to succumb to our shortened attention spans… which is a tactic of the Devil, for sure. Am I wrong?I juxtapose that with this.It seems that every time Francis goes somewhere he gets together...

The clock is about to begin ticking down on Ron DeSantis’ presidential announcement. On Monday, the Florida governor’s political operation is set to move into its new base of operations, which will trigger disclosure requirements with federal officials. The DeSantis political operation is currently housed in downtown Tallahassee, but staffers are set to make a short move to a new downtown location that will serve as a more official campaign home, according to a source familiar with the campaign’s plans, as well as another person knowledgeable about the move. That move will require the not-yet-filed campaign to spend more than...

At the southern US border tonight officials say they will be hampered in their ability to release illegal immigrants into the general population quickly... The Standard and Poor's rating agency says politicians in Israel will come to "some form of consensus" regarding a reform of Israel's judicial system... A dispute between the federal government's traffic safety regulator and a major manufacturer of air bag parts... No breakthrough reported in the trade talks between Australia and China... Shocking inflation stats released late today in Argentina. An 8.4 percent monthly rate for April but an annual rate now pegged at 109 percent......

It’s bad enough when people tweet horrible things and then later figure out they were perhaps pretty horrible and shouldn’t have been tweeted. Sure, we still make fun of them but at least they appear to have some sort of self-awareness. These old tweets from E. Jean Carroll? Yikes. So much yikes. And they’re all still up. Big thanks to Hollaria Briden for doing the dirty (literally) work and finding these tweets. Sex Tip I Learned From My Dog: When in heat, chase the male until he collapses with exhaustion . . . then jump him! — E. Jean Carroll...

The Trump campaign is taking on Democrats’ ballot-harvesting in key battleground states where billionaire liberal activist George Soros’ groups are spending tens of millions targeting to energize Biden’s base. “We recently alerted you that a Soros-linked Super PAC has begun targeting 6 battleground states with a $75 MILLION spending blitz to buy Crooked Joe the White House,” the campaign said in a fundraising email Thursday. “But there’s something important we want to add … some of those states have legalized BALLOT HARVESTING.” The campaign highlighted the Soros-linked effort in battleground states Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. “At the...

[Catholic Caucus] Parisian traditionalists gather to question Cardinal Roche; Roche cancels, and then French bishops try to escape through the back doorAt “L’homme nouveau”, Maitena Urbistondoy writes about the rather exciting goings-on in Paris on May 11, 2023. Translated for Rorate.—PAKThis Thursday, May 11, the Extraordinary National Days of the National Service for Liturgical and Sacramental Pastoral Care (SNPLS) come to a close in Paris. Cardinal Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, accompanied by Archbishop Guy de Kérimel of Toulouse, was to preside over the two days of conferences intended for...

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) called on Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to be impeached on Friday, saying the chief border official’s “failure to act” necessitates Congress removing him from his position. Because Mayorkas has not resigned, “he should be impeached,” Emmer told Breitbart News. The Minnesota Republican, while speaking during a one-on-one interview in his Capitol Hill office Friday, delved into the heated topic of impeachment, saying the overwhelmed southern border represents the “greatest malfeasance” at the hands of President Joe Biden’s top border official. “They talk about being humane. Children are disappearing. People are getting...