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… As climate change intensifies, future generations will inherit a profoundly altered planet. They will inhabit a planet with poorer air quality, heightened risk of illnesses like Lyme disease, and a myriad of other detrimental medical conditions. Given its drastic effects, climate change can prompt understandable feelings of anxiety about the future. A recent worldwide study found that 84% of 16- to 25-year-olds expressed at least moderate worries about climate change. In Canada, more than 78% of young people have reported that climate change has impacted their mental health. Children with such anxious feelings are more likely to feel depressed,...

A Ukrainian veteran who lost his leg in the war was booted from a flight as he sobbed asking for help getting home from Israel. A viral video published on TikTok Saturday shows the veteran, who has not been publicly identified, standing with crutches at the front of the plane, speaking with crew members before the Wizz Air flight was set to take off from Tel Aviv to Warsaw, Poland. According to the uploader, @mbbddk, the flight crew for the Hungary-based airline said the man could not take his seat because of his prosthesis. The veteran desperately tried to explain...

In the past, it was a disease that primarily affected older white men. Now, kids and teens — particularly girls — are being diagnosed with kidney stones. The demographic of those most likely to suffer from kidney stones has changed in three decades, according to a report from NBC News. According to a study conducted by the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, kidney stones among children doubled from 1997 to 2012, with the research noting that black children and adults suffered kidney stones at a higher rate than their white counterparts.

https://rumble.com/v2z7242-doctor-asks-7-and-9-year-old-boys-what-gender-they-are-dad-responds-with-fi.html There is a bit of salty language. But the dad was definitely ticked off. As he should be.

The beautiful Chance-Vought Corsair is one of the most iconic planes of the second world war. But it has a lot of designations, and that can get confusing. There’s the F4U, the FG, the F2G, the F3A to name a few. The British flew the Corsair Mk I, II, III, and IV. There’s also an AU-1 Corsair, used by the Marines during the Korean War. Let’s break it down. Beginning in 1922 the Navy classified fighter aircraft as “F.” Each manufacturer was assigned a code letter, and Vought’s was “U.” So in 1927 Vought developed the FU biplane. 1929 was...

What Iowa GOP lawmakers and Gov. Kim Reynolds are planning to do in Tuesday’s special session may have started out as the most politically expedient course of action on abortion – but it could backfire in a spectacular way. Here’s why. Reynolds and the GOP majority under the golden dome are coming back into session at the cost of tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to try again to pass a law banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of gestation. No matter what they pass, this law is going straight back to court, at the cost of potentially hundreds...

The Department of Justice erased content from its webpage on child sex trafficking that highlighted the plight of “international sex trafficking of minors” in late May.The stunning revision comes amidst scrutiny of President Joe Biden’s continued incitement of mass migration via America’s porous southern border – a prime avenue for child sex trafficking – and also coincides with the recent release of the film “The Sound of Freedom.”The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) webpage chronicling what constitutes child sex trafficking and how the department is combatting it underwent severe revisions on May 12th, 2023, including the erasure of the three sections:...

Wholesale used car prices dropped by 4.2 percent from May to June, marking the largest monthly decrease since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index (MUVVI). The index, which is a measurement of wholesale prices of used vehicles, also saw a drop of 10.3 percent from a year ago. “The 4.2 percent drop is among the largest declines in MUVVI history and the largest decline since the start of the pandemic in April 2020 when the index plunged 11.4 percent,” Chris Frey, senior manager of economic and industry insights for Cox Automotive, said...

I love to engage in serious debate and dialogue. It helps to put real issues on the table, it exposes weak positions and faulty reasoning, and it enables onlookers to hear both sides of the topic under discussion. It’s biblical, too, as referenced several times in Acts (see 9:22; 17:1-3, 16-17; 18:4, 27-28). And these debates often bear real fruit. A few days ago, I spotted this comment on our YouTube channel: “Hello, Dr Brown. I just wanted to say, "I recently left Islam after watching some of your debates with Muslims about Muhammad being in the Bible or not.”...

A registered sex offender allegedly kidnapped a young girl, left her lifeless body behind and strangled her younger sister in a random attack around noon Saturday. The two young girls - ages 10 and 6 - were playing outside their suburban Rockford, Illinois, home when a man, who was later identified as Antonio Monroe, 44, allegedly grabbed them, police said. Less than 40 minutes later, an unidentified man found the 10-year-old unresponsive and flagged down police officers, who tried to save the 10-year-old, but CPR efforts were unsuccessful.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to meet with NATO leaders this week as heads of state converge on the Baltic state of Lithuania for a two-day summit. Zelensky’s visit to Vilnius will come on Wednesday, the last day of proceedings, Bloomberg reported. The 45-year-old previously pressed NATO for clarity on whether Ukraine can eventually join the Atlantic alliance. Ahead of the summit, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, who recently received a one-year term extension, stressed that the meeting would not result in Ukraine being invited to become the bloc’s 32nd member. Other NATO leaders have all but ruled out allowing...

Republican presidential candidate former Vice President Mike Pence said Monday on FNC’s “Americas Newsroom” that the only way former President Donald Trump could solve the Ukraine war in a day was if he gave Vladimir Putin what he wanted. When asked how the war ends, Pence said, “I think it ends by giving the Ukrainians what they need to win.” He continued, “My former running mate likes to talk about solving it in a day. The only way you would solve this war in a day is if you gave Vladimir Putin what he wanted.”

A registered Georgia sex offender has been arrested after he allegedly went around a Walmart taking upskirt photos and touching the buttocks of two minors. The victims were 11 and 16 years old, and a relative said at least one was touched in the toy aisle. Gary Moultrie, 33, was chased by police around the superstore in Suwanee, northeast of Atlanta, after being recognized by staff. The chase, on June 9, finally ended when Moultrie was arrested in the garden center section, reports Law & Crime. Police bodycam footage sees officers first encountering the store's own security team as they...

ROME — Pope Francis received former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Alex Soros (son of billionaire George Soros) in a private audience in the Vatican’s Santa Marta residence Wednesday. Alex Soros is the chairman of Open Societies Foundations (OSF), a WEF Young Global Leader, and a champion for the LGBT and abortion lobbies, heir apparent to the legacy of global disrupter George Soros. Along with Soros, Clinton was accompanied to the Vatican by his son-in-law Marc Mezvinsky and his roommate at Oxford and a former deputy secretary of state, Strobe Talbot. The 37-year-old Soros, who recently took control of the...

A major financial services company downgraded Fox Corporation stock, citing risks concerning news, earnings, and viewership. Wells Fargo analysts downgraded shares of Fox Corporation (NASDAQ:FOXA) to underweight from equal weight on Monday, lowering the price target to $31 from $35 per share. "Fox News is the FOXA cash cow at ~80% of our FY24E EBITDA," the analysts said, Investing.com reported. "Viewership is down -19% Jan-June'23 vs Jan-June'21 due to cord cutting and/or programming. "More worryingly, Fox News was 52% of cable news primetime viewership for 2020-22, 51% in Jan'23, and that has slid to a low of 38% in June'23...

The new Florida Atlantic University Mainstreet PolCom Lab poll showed that Trump held a 20-point lead over DeSantis among registered GOP voters when asked whom they would support if the 2024 primary were held today. Half said Trump, while 30 percent said DeSantis and 7 percent said they were undecided. Other candidates who trailed behind them include entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy at 4 percent; Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) at 3 percent; and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), former Vice President Mike Pence and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) each at 2 percent. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley...

A century-old hat boutique has become the latest casualty of the so-called 'retail apocalypse' gripping downtown San Francisco. Goorin Bros. haberdashery was founded in 1895, and specializes in a vast collection of classic fedoras and other hats. The company has joined a host of stores shutting in San Francisco's Union Square, amid widespread crime and plummeting footfall. 'It's never an easy decision but it was time,' a company representative wrote in a statement. 'There are a number of reasons I'm sure but really it was our smallest location and there’s just been a shift in business plan/direction over the last...

#1 Mark Zuckerberg privately told Facebook execs to be cautious about mRNA vaccines because "we just don't know the long-term side effects of basically modifying people's DNA and RNA." He then censored scientists, doctors, and mRNA vaccine-injured individuals. ... #2 On March 15, 2020, Mark Zuckerberg emailed Tony Fauci and said, "I also wanted to share a few ideas of ways we could help you get your message out." Zuckerberg proceeded to censor scientists, doctors, and citizens who opposed Fauci's school closures, lockdowns, and mandates. ... #3 Mark Zuckerberg banned numerous vaccine injury support groups with hundreds of thousands of...

Former USA gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar is 'lucky to be alive' after being stabbed multiple times by another inmate during an assault in federal prison. Nassar, 59, was stabbed twice in the neck, twice in the back and six times in the chest at the United States Penitentiary Coleman in Florida. 'He has a collapsed lung,' said Joe Rojas' who is the prison guard union chief. 'He is lucky to be alive and the only reason he is alive, in my opinion, is because of the staff members who were there.' The extent of his injuries is currently unknown,...

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones (D) is in damage control mode after an open records request revealed private text messages in which Jones noted the ineffectiveness of gun control in cities such as Chicago. The text messages appear to counter a pro-gun control stance Jones has publicly maintained after high profile firearm-related crimes in her city. KSDK reported that one of the text messages was drawn from “a chat” with her father on March 21, 2023. Jones’s message noted, “Chicago has strict gun laws as well but that doesn’t deter gun violence.” The text message is being contrasted with a...