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The House voted Thursday to censure Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York for falsely pulling a fire alarm in a House office building in September. The final vote was 214-191 with five members voting present. Three Democrats voted

Leah Pruett will step away from the NHRA drag racing series in 2024 to focus on starting a family with Tony Stewart. Her NASCAR Hall of Famer husband will replace her next season in the Top Fuel dragster that Pruett drove to a career-best third-place finish in the NHRA standings this year. Pruett and Stewart married just over two years ago. “This is an incredibly personal decision, and what led to making this decision are other personal situations that have happened in my life and our lives,” Pruett told The Associated Press in an interview with Stewart. “Time is not...

Growing up in the United States, “Chinese food” usually meant American Chinese food. You know it’s not the real deal, but those words still conjure images of white takeout boxes, egg rolls, and fortune cookies. And yet time-honored American Chinese classics such as General Tso’s Chicken would be unrecognizable to most people in mainland China. So where do these dishes actually come from? American Chinese food has deep roots in Cantonese cooking from China’s Guangdong province (formerly referred to as Canton). Before the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 effectively halted immigration to the US, immigrants from Guangdong arrived in droves...

No adverse effects were created by the error, data show, but Cambridge scientists found such vaccines were not perfect and sometimes led to nonsense proteins being made instead of the desired Covid “spike”, which mimics infection and leads to antibody production. mRNA jabs, such as the ones created by Moderna and Pfizer, use a string of genetic material to tell the body to create a specific protein that safely imitates an infection. ... It was thought the minor tweak to uridine caused no problems in cells, but a team of researchers at the University of Cambridge’s Medical Research Council (MRC)...

Private sector job creation slowed further in November and wages showed their smallest growth in more than two years, payrolls processing firm ADP reported Wednesday. Companies added just 103,000 workers for the month, slightly below the downwardly revised 106,000 in October and missing the 128,000 Dow Jones estimate. Along with the modest job growth came a 5.6% increase in annual pay, which ADP said was the smallest gain since September 2021. Job-changers saw wage increases of 8.3%, making the premium for switching positions the lowest since ADP began tracking the data three years ago.

WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Unidentified governments are surveilling smartphone users via their apps' push notifications, a U.S. senator warned on Wednesday. In a letter to the Department of Justice, Senator Ron Wyden said foreign officials were demanding the data from Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google and Apple (AAPL.O). Although details were sparse, the letter lays out yet another path by which governments can track smartphones. Apps of all kinds rely on push notifications to alert smartphone users to incoming messages, breaking news, and other updates. These are the audible "dings" or visual indicators users get when they receive an email or...

President Zelensky dispatched his chief of staff to Washington this week to beg for continued military aid, warning that if the United States Congress does not approve President Biden’s request for tens of billions more in taxpayer money, Ukraine is at “big risk” of losing the war. There is growing panic in Kyiv about the future of the war against Russia as continued funding from both the United States and the European Union is increasingly in doubt as war fatigue sets in as Moscow’s invasion nears its second anniversary. In a full court press, President Zelensky sent his chief of...

The battle between electric vehicles and hybrids has taken a new turn reportedly, with Elon Musk of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) advocating for an electric future, while Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM) revives its focus on hybrids. Musk, aiming to surpass Toyota as the top automaker by 2030, faces a challenge as U.S. EV sales growth slows and hybrids gain new popularity, according to a news report by The Wall Street Journal. This shift has been attributed to the recent success of Toyota and Lexus in the hybrid market. "The buzz of electrification in the industry has somewhat mainstreamed hybrids," David Christ,...

It's time. Actually, it's past time. Back in August, Joe Biden sent $250 million to Ukraine for its highly touted counter offensive against Russia. This was supposed to be the turning point in the conflict. It wasn't. Finally, the realization that many of us had long ago has hit home. The meeting in Brussels, less than two weeks into the campaign, illustrates how a counteroffensive born in optimism has failed to deliver its expected punch, generating friction and second-guessing between Washington and Kyiv and raising deeper questions about Ukraine’s ability to retake decisive amounts of territory.As winter approaches, and the...

1941: The following personnel were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions during the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands. Capt. Mervyn S. Bennion, USS West Virginia BB48 Ens. Francis C. Flaherty, USS Oklahoma BB37 BMC Edwin J. Hill USS, Nevada BB36 LCDR Samuel G. Fuqua, USS Arizona BB39 RADM Isaac C. Kidd, BatDiv 1, aboard USS Arizona BB39 Ens. Herbert C. Jones, USS California BB44 AOC John W. Finn, VP14 at NAS Kaneohe Bay RMC Thomas J. Reeves, USS California BB44 LCDR Donald K. Ross, USS Nevada BB36 MM1 Robert R. Scott, USS California BB44 CWT Peter Tomich,...

7 December 2023 Saint Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor on Thursday of the 1st week of Advent Saint Ambrose Catholic Parish, Brunswick, Ohio Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingIsaiah 26:1-6 ©Open the gates; let the upright nation come inThat day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah:We have a strong city;to guard us he has setwall and rampart about us.Open the gates! Let the upright nation come in,she, the faithful onewhose mind is steadfast, who keeps the peace,because she trusts in you.Trust in the Lord...

This has been a good year for stocks, no doubt about that. The has gained 19% year-to-date, after a gangbusters November, and the outlook for December, while more moderate, remains positive. The markets have made these gains despite a strong set of headwinds, including the Federal Reserve’s turn to a policy of aggressive monetary tightening and interest rate hikes; the ongoing war in Ukraine; and now the flare-up of war in the Middle East. This stock rally is showing real strength, and the Street is now taking seriously the possibility of a ‘soft landing’ case, with inflation falling to the...

Mr Kovalskiy waited for hours in freezing temperatures before he shot the targetThe Ukrainian sniper who killed a Russian soldier from a record 3.8 kilometres (around 2.3 miles) is a 58-year-old ex-businessman, Vyacheslav Kovalskiy. The shot by Mr. Kovalskiy, spanning 12,468 feet, covered a distance greater than that of two Brooklyn Bridges in approximately 9 seconds, ultimately resulting in the death of the enemy soldier."I was thinking that Russians would now know that is what Ukrainians are capable of," the previously unidentified sniper told The Wall Street Journal in his first media interview."Let them sit at home and be afraid."The...

Former White House aide Steven Bannon took at shot at Fox News host Sean Hannity for asking former President Trump if he would act like a dictator if he were to win the presidency in 2024. “Sean Hannity actually thought he was helping Trump,” with the question, Bannon said on a recent episode of his “War Room” podcast. “Even to ask that question shows you’re an idiot. And we don’t have time for idiots bro. This is a war and we don’t have time for sunshine patriots and this nonsense.” Bannon’s comments were first highlighted by Mediate.

The grounding of all Osprey tilt-rotors follows a fatal crash off the coast of a Japanese island that may be tied to a “materiel failure.”The U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps have all now grounded their respective V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor fleets. This follows a fatal crash involving an Air Force CV-22B off the coast of Japan's Yakushima Island on November 29. An investigation into the accident is still ongoing, but has found evidence already that a "materiel failure" may have been the root cause.The CV-22B, which was using the callsign Gundam 22 at the time, was conducting a routine...

California coffee shop workers were filmed denying a Jewish customer access to the restroom after she complained it was filled with antisemitic graffiti — telling her “Free Palestine” and accusing her of wanting to use the facilities because “Israel loves taking private property and saying it’s their own.” Three employees at Farley’s East in Oakland stood in front of the bathroom and told a distressed-sounding woman filming them that she had to leave. “I want to go in the restroom,” the woman repeatedly implores the staffers, who tell her it’s private property even while confirming she was a customer who’d...

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush called on Wednesday for older Americans to pass the political torch to a new generation, saying that it’s up to a new cohort of leaders to change the country’s “toxic political climate.” “As a 70-year-old person, I’m part of the problem,” Bush said at a luncheon at Miami’s Jungle Island hosted by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. “It’s time for my generation to get off the stage politically.” Bush, who served eight years as Florida governor before launching an ill-fated bid for the Republican Party’s 2016 presidential nomination, did not point fingers at any...

Human smuggler (coyote) shrugs his shoulders at 22 second mark. Even he realizes how ridiculous it is. 0:45 VIDEO AT LINK............. NOTE: This appears to be a section of Trump's Steel Fence...... They cut thru it like it was a '63 Chevy................

The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• !BIBLE QUIZ! TODAY’S QUESTIONS: 85. “ANANIAS AND HIS WIFE LIED AND DIED. CAN YOU SPELL HER NAME?” And no, “Mrs. Ananias” won’t do. 86. “WHEN PHILIP ARRIVED AT THE ETHIOPIAN’S CHARIOT, WHAT WERE THE ETHIOPIAN’S TWO MALADIES, AND WHICH OF THE TWO DID PHILIP ADDRESS?” 87. “ON WHICH ROAD WAS SAUL TRAVELING WHEN JESUS VIOLENTLY CONFRONTED HIM?” 88. “WHEN PAUL WAS SHIPWRECKED ON MALTA, WHY DID THE PEOPLE OF MALTA DECIDE PAUL WAS A GOD?” ANSWERS APPEAR BELOW, WITH CORRESPONDING ART Q#85: “ANANIAS AND HIS...