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The state Department of Public Health is encouraging residents to order free at-home COVID-19 test kits when the federal government makes them available again next week. This comes after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that households will be able to order up to four free tests through COVIDTests.gov starting on Monday, Sept. 25. The state Department of Public Health said the tests are intended to be used through the end of the year and will detect the variants that are currently circulating. They are also urging residents to use the COVIDTests.gov site to see if...

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New research found that replacing traditional proteins with mealworms in high-fat diets for mice could offer numerous health benefits including reduced weight gain and improved cholesterol. While there’s hesitation in Western societies about insect consumption, it’s an environmentally sustainable protein source. With the world’s population on the rise and climate change intensifying, there’s an increasing need for sustainable protein alternatives. While plant-based “meat” and “dairy” have gained popularity, they’re not the sole green alternatives to traditional meat. Research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, conducted on mice, indicates that substituting conventional protein sources with mealworms in high-fat diets could slow...

Researchers at KAUST have made strides in the realm of renewable energy storage by utilizing laser pulses to improve MXene, an electrode material. Traditional MXene faces performance degradation over time, largely due to the formation of molybdenum oxide. However, with the introduction of laser-crafted nanodots, MXene showcased enhanced lithium storage and faster charging. Notably, in testing, the material experienced a four-fold rise in storage capacity, rivaling that of graphite, without any observed capacity loss. Researchers used laser pulses to enhance MXene’s electrode properties, leading to a potential breakthrough in rechargeable battery technology that could surpass traditional lithium-ion batteries. As the...

Week 4Friday, Sept. 22Wisconsin at Purdue | 7 p.m. | FS1 Brown at Harvard | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ NC State at Virginia | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN Boise State at San Diego State | 10:30 p.m. | CBSSN Air Force at San Jose State | 10:30 p.m. | FS1Saturday, Sept. 23Rutgers at No. 2 Michigan | 12 p.m. | Big Ten Network No. 4 Florida State at Clemson | 12 p.m. | ABC No. 16 Oklahoma at Cincinnati | 12 p.m. | FOX Army at Syracuse | 12 p.m. | ACC Network Auburn at Texas A&M | 12 p.m....

Luke 8:1-3 Friends, our Gospel today celebrates the female disciples of Jesus. One of the principal marks of Jesus’ teaching is the overturning of social conventions. In service of what he calls the kingdom of God, God’s way of ordering the world, he says and does all sorts of outrageous things.And one of the most striking and surprising of Jesus’ moves is a radical inclusion of women. He allows women into his inner circle (practically unheard of for a rabbi). He speaks publicly to the woman at the well. He engages with the Syro-Phoenician woman. He forgives the woman caught...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a gracious move of bipartisanship, the Senate voted to relax rules to allow their freshman Senator Jabba The Fetterman to take a bath in the reflecting pool. The rules were immediately relaxed after the Senator from Transylvania described how he would fall into a deep depression were he to not be allowed to bathe naked in the reflecting pool. "We wouldn't want our young friend to feel uncomfortable in any way," said Senator Mitch McConnell over the span of 45 minutes. "Besides, it would be good for the American people to see what the daily life...

Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey has been indicted on bribery charges. Federal agents found cash "stuffed into envelopes and hidden in clothing" in his home. This is the second time Menendez has been charged with bribery.Federal agents found more than $480,000 in cash hidden in Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez's home, according to the newly-unsealed indictment against the New Jersey senator. Menendez is facing bribery charges for the second time in six years.According to the indictment, federal agents executed search warrants on the New Jersey senator's home in June 2022, where they found the "fruits" of the bribery agreement...

Illegal aliens who have been working for cash for years in New York are losing their jobs as newly arrived illegals undercut them and will take day jobs for far less money. Illegals who wait on corners or in big box store parking lots for contractors to drive up and hire them to sling concrete, hang sheetrock, paint, or do other less skilled construction jobs are being run out of the work they have been doing for years after more than 116,000 illegals flooded New York City, the New York Post reported. Thousands of these more established illegals who do...

Joe Biden on Thursday night delivered remarks at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute 46th Annual Gala in Washington, DC. Of course, his speech was full of lies and gaffes. At one point Joe Biden praised the ‘congressional black caucus’ as he addressed the Hispanic caucus. “I know Sister Norma lives the lessons nuns taught me growing up. Lessons based on the Gospel of Matthew: feed the hungry, care for the sick, welcome strangers. They echo what my dad taught me, and I mean this sincerely, my dad used to say, ‘Everyone, everyone is entitled to be treated with dignity and...

A common saying among the coastal people of Alaska is “When the tide is out, the table is set.” As a Native Alaskan who grew up eating fresh salmon, oysters, crabs and other shellfish, I have sat at that table. These subsistence and cultural resources have been important for the Aleut, Yupik, Alutiiq and Athabascan peoples who have lived near where I sit in Seldovia, Alaska.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced Friday that he will strip funding for Ukraine out of a Pentagon spending bill after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) joined conservatives in blocking the legislation from advancing earlier this week. McCarthy said he would remove the $300 million for Ukraine currently in the Pentagon appropriations bill and hold a separate vote on the funding. “It would be out and voted on by itself,” McCarthy said when asked about the Ukraine aid in the Pentagon appropriations bill.

Men, the wise among you already know Gillette is gay, but I'm sorry to inform you that Braun has joined the ranks of the cult. [Warning: Woman who cut off her breasts in photo ahead] In a Braun Series X Hybrid Trimmers ad posted on the bottom of the company's website, a shirtless man with scar lines under his breasts can be seen using the product to apparently shave his face. The shaving accessory is advertised as being for beard hair, body hair and head hair. Yeah, that's a girl who was brainwashed and affirmed in her mental illness, so...

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In an interview set to air Sunday, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said she doesn’t believe former President Trump when he said it would be very unlikely that he would pardon himself. “I don’t believe him on anything,” Clinton told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki. “Why should I start believing him on that?” In an interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker, Trump said it’s not likely he will pardon himself if he is convicted of a crime and elected president again. “I could have pardoned myself. Do you know what? I was given an option to pardon myself. I could have pardoned myself...

Stunning surveillance footage shows the heart-pounding moment armed thugs ambushed a wealthy Texas investor in his driveway during a brazen botched robbery. Mark Gardner, 73, had just pulled up to his $1.1 million Dallas home in his BMW when three would-be thieves jumped out and surrounded the vehicle around 1 p.m. Tuesday, ABC affiliate WFAA-TV News reported. A terrified Gardner told his stepson, a passenger in the car, to call his wife inside the house — then called cops as the gun-toting trio banged on the windows with their weapons. “Never did I think something like this would happen,” he...

Walk through your local grocery store and you’ll find many Kellogg’s products: Rice Krispies, Pop-Tarts, Pringles, Cheez-Its, Froot Loops, Frosted Mini-Wheats, Corn Flakes, Frosted Flakes, and Special K. Some of the boxes will tell you that they are sweet and delicious, while others might claim to be heart-healthy. What Kellogg's products should tell you is that each sale supports open borders, rioting, and radical leftism. This is an indisputable fact, just like the number of calories in a serving. Each box of Special K that’s sold benefits the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Every conservative knows about George Soros’ support of left-wing...

Highlights:As president, Ron DeSantis said he would end China’s trade status and incentivize U.S. repatriation from China. Ron DeSantis was skeptical of Trump’s trade tariffs on steel and aluminum:While expressing support for Trump broadly, DeSantis expressed skepticism about Trump-era tariffs on steel and aluminum. DeSantis said the best approach would be as “temporary leverage,” expressed concern for industries downstream of aluminum and steel production and retaliation against US farmers, and seemed to express support for maximizing exemption. DeSantis said people could “debate” whether “tariffs [were] the best way” to address questionable Chinese trade practices. More broadly, DeSantis said he had...

"Either way, best of luck to you. Recruiters are watching. HR is watching everywhere, and we hate you. We hate you so much. And you think we can't do anything? Oh we can. We have the power," she said In a TikTok video that recently surfaced on Twitter, a woman that claims she has a long background in human resources said that those who supported or attended freedom convoy protests in Canada could lose their jobs, or find it difficult to get a new one. The woman, who identified herself only as Tammy, said that she has spent over 10...

Between the documentation obtained through a recent lawsuit against the White House and the Twitter files1 released by Elon Musk, we now know that every facet of the U.S. government, including its intelligence agencies, has been involved in illegal and unconstitutional censorship.In May 2022, the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana, Eric Schmitt and Jeff Landry, along with the New Civil Liberties Alliance and a few individual plaintiffs, filed a lawsuit against President Joe Biden (Missouri v. Biden2), arguing the White House is engaged in illegal suppression of protected speech.Two months earlier, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had also filed a...