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“ The new study specifically examined how the vaccine affected patients' corneas, the clear front part of the eye that allows light to enter. In 64 people, scientists in Turkey measured changes in the cornea's inner layer, called the endothelium, before taking the first Pfizer dose and two months after receiving the second.”

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Lauren Adams, general manager for KUCB public radio in Unalaska, Alaska, didn’t have much time to reflect on Congress, 4,000 miles away, stripping federal funding for public media this week. She’s been too busy working. Sirens blared in the Aleutian Islands community Wednesday warning of a potential tsunami, with a voice over public loudspeakers urging the community’s 4,100 residents to seek higher ground immediately and tune into the radio — to Adams’ station. At the same time in Washington, the Senate was voting on a measure that would eliminate nearly $1.1 billion that had already been...

Portland city officials dismantled a month-long protest encampment outside the South Waterfront ICE facility just days after a local resident filed a lawsuit demanding enforcement of noise ordinances. The lawsuit, filed by Cloud Elvengrail, details intense 24/7 noise that allegedly caused physical harm and mental distress, particularly impacting low-income, disabled tenants nearby.

Police in Brazil swooped on the home and political headquarters of Jair Bolsonaro early Friday, searching the properties, ordering the former president to wear an electronic ankle tag, barring him from speaking to foreign officials or approaching embassies and prohibiting him from using social media. The restrictions, ordered by Brazil’s Supreme Court, were motivated by concerns that Bolsonaro would flee the country, amid his trial over an alleged plot to overturn the results of the 2022 presidential election to remain in power. Bolsonaro has denied wrongdoing. Federal police also accused Bolsonaro and his son, Eduardo, of conspiring with the US...

Russia's Defence Ministry has quietly cancelled its flagship military exhibition, in a major blow for Vladimir Putin. Several sources have confirmed to Russian media that the prestigious International Military-Technical Forum "Army 2025" will no longer go ahead as planned. The event is Russia's largest annual defence exhibition and has been held without fail every year since its inception in 2015 - even during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Russian Army used the forum as an opportunity to showcase its latest weapons and technologies and help the Kremlin sell its military hardware. The event had been scheduled to take place at Patriot...

Explanation: This month, bright planet Saturn rises in evening skies, its rings oriented nearly edge-on when viewed from planet Earth. And in the early morning hours on July 6, it posed very briefly with the International Space Station when viewed from a location in Federal Way, Washington, USA. This well-planned image, a stack of video frames, captures their momentary conjunction in the same telescopic field of view. With the ISS in low Earth orbit, space station and gas giant planet were separated by almost 1.4 billion kilometers. Their apparent sizes are comparable but the ISS was much brighter than Saturn...

Another top Biden advisor refused to testify on Joe Biden’s health decline. Senior Joe Biden advisor Annie Tomasini pleaded the Fifth Amendment and did not answer any questions. House Oversight Chairman James Comer recently identified five Biden aides who were involved in the cover-up of Joe Biden’s mental decline and the autopen scandal. Comer demanded testimony from former Dr. Kevin O’Connor and four former aides related to the Biden health scandal. Chairman Comer had demanded testimony from: Biden White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Director of Domestic Policy Council Neera Tanden, Former Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to...

State leaders partner with nonprofits to purchase and forgive medical debt.Michigan has eliminated $144 million in medical debt for more than 210,000 residents as part of a state initiative announced by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The debt relief comes through a partnership with the nonprofit organization Undue Medical Debt, which purchases medical debt for pennies on the dollar. "We believe that getting sick or getting hurt shouldn't have to mean going broke," Whitmer said. Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist noted the widespread impact of medical debt in the state, saying, "We estimate that there are more than 700,000 adults who carry medical...

WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released the following update regarding U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operation at two marijuana grow sites in California. On July 10, 2025, federal law enforcement officers executed criminal warrant operations at marijuana grow sites in Carpinteria and Camarillo. As of July 14, at least 14 migrant children have been rescued from potential exploitation, forced labor and human trafficking. ICE has transferred 10 of the children who are unaccompanied to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.(HHS).

The City of Keller will consider a partnership with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through the 287(g) program, making Keller the first city in Tarrant County and the largest in Texas to take this step, according to the city's mayor Armin Mizani. "In Keller, public safety is non-negotiable," Mizani wrote in a letter. "Our job is simple: Protect our families and enforce the laws to keep our community safe." According to Mizani's letter, if approved and implemented, when people are arrested and booked into their local jail, part of the process would include being screened by ICE to "determine if...

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently shook up his communications team, and now the outspoken Democrat is turning many of Donald Trump's brash political tactics against the president himself. Newsom and his team have used online trolling, meme wars, mocking TikTok videos, insults such as "****," and even a lawsuit against a media company — in this case, one accusing Fox News of misleading reporting — to create an edgy resistance.

The cuts to National Public Radio’s taxpayer funding have definitely been a long time coming. The leftist outlet is blaming climate change (there’s a surprise) for — wait for it — a lot of rain, in summertime! “Climate change is fueling brutal rainstorms. Here's how to stay safe,” read the ridiculous headline for NPR’s July 15 Consider This podcast by All Things Considered co-host Juana Summers (ironic) and Climate Desk correspondent Michael Copley, both of whom are not scientists. Of course, Summers exploited the Texas flood disasters as a springboard to blame rainfall and recent flooding writ large in the...

US Army apologizes to pro-life groups for calling them ‘terrorists’ under Biden adminThe secretary of the Army formally apologized to Operation Rescue and the National Right to Life for a Biden-era military presentation labeling the pro-life organizations ‘terrorist groups.’The Trump administration’s work to rectify its predecessors’ misconduct continues, this time with a formal apology from the U.S. Army for a Biden-era military presentation that labeled mainstream pro-life organizations “terrorist groups.”As LifeSiteNews covered last year, a photograph leaked of a presentation shown during an anti-terrorism briefing at Fort Bragg (renamed Fort Liberty at the time), right after one about the Islamist...

Masked Border Patrol agents on Thursday raided a Home Depot parking lot in the south Sacramento area, resulting in multiple arrests. Gregory Bovino, the U.S. Border Patrol sector chief, shared a video on Instagram, saying the operation led to the arrests of eight people for being in the country illegally. One of those arrested is an aggravated felon for charges related to fentanyl trafficking, he said. The Department of Homeland Security later said "at least 11" people were arrested in the Sacramento operation. The video also included blurred video of a man who Bovino said was arrested for allegedly impeding...

President Donald Trump weighed in on CBS’s announcement that it is canceling Stephen Colbert‘s late-night talk show — and the president is hopeful Jimmy Kimmel will be next to get axed. CBS said Thursday that it plans to end “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026, calling it a “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night.” “I absolutely love that Colbert’ got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Friday morning. “I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next. Has even less talent than Colbert!”

SummaryFederal police serve warrants ordered by Supreme Court Bolsonaro to wear ankle monitor, cut foreign contacts Judge is 'dictator' reacting to Trump, Bolsonaro tells Reuters Trump levied tariff over trial he called a 'witch hunt' BRASILIA, July 18 (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court issued search warrants and restraining orders against former President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday, banning him from contacting foreign officials over allegations he had courted the interference of U.S. President Donald Trump.Federal police raided Bolsonaro's home and put an ankle monitor on him, an escalation in the legal pressure he is already facing and that Trump has tried...

On July 18, 1976, at the Summer Olympics in Montreal, Nadia Comaneci of Romania became the first gymnast to receive a perfect score of 10 from Olympic judges for her performance on the uneven bars and, moments later, the balance beam. The perfect scores changed the gymnastics world. She would do it five more times in Montreal. The 14-year-old was the breakout star of the Games — sorry, Sugar Ray Leonard and Bruce Jenner — with three gold medals, followed by two more in 1980, all with her growling coach Bela Karolyi by her side. In all, she won 21...

A grizzly bear charged a man near his residence along Foothill Road east of Kalispell on the night of July 10, 2025. According to Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, the person heard a disturbance outside and discovered the bear getting into a chicken coop. The bear charged at him, and the man shot and killed it. The man was not injured in the encounter. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is investigating the incident. This is at least the fifth such incident in recent weeks: A man shot and killed a grizzly bear that was threatening him on the northeast...