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  • HHS, FDA to Phase Out Petroleum-Based Synthetic Dyes in Nation’s Food Supply

    04/22/2025 6:17:59 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 19 replies
    FDA.Gov ^ | April 22, 2025 | Staff
    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced a series of new measures to phase out all petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the nation’s food supply—a significant milestone in the administration’s broader initiative to Make America Healthy Again. The FDA is taking the following actions: 1. Establishing a national standard and timeline for the food industry to transition from petrochemical-based dyes to natural alternatives. 2. Initiating the process to revoke authorization for two synthetic food colorings—Citrus Red No. 2 and Orange B—within the coming months. 3. Working with industry to eliminate six...
  • US vice president JD Vance, wife Usha and kids visit Jaipur's iconic Amber Fort | Pics

    04/22/2025 5:56:54 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 5 replies
    Hindustan Times India ^ | April 22, 2025 | Staff
    US vice president JD Vance with his children visits the historical Amer Fort, in Jaipur, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. The Vance family received a warm and vibrant welcome at the Fort.(PTI) The Vance family were greeted with a traditional Rajasthani dance performance and elegantly decorated elephants.(PTI) Second Lady Usha Vance wife of US vice president JD Vance carries her daughter Mirabel as they watch a cultural performance at the Amber Fort in Jaipur on April 22, 2025.(AFP) Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma welcomes US vice president JD Vance as he along with his family visits the historic Amer Fort, in Jaipur....
  • Famous birthdays for April 22: Peter Frampton, Jeffrey Dean Morgan

    04/22/2025 11:24:11 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 17 replies
    Yahoo via UPI ^ | 4/22/25 | UPI staff
    Peter Frampton arrives in the press room at the Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony at Barclays Center on November 3, 2023, in New York City. The musician turns 75 on April 22.
  • Iberian DNA and the Evolution of Hazel Eyes... [15:00]

    04/22/2025 10:15:54 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 58 replies
    YouTube ^ | March 23, 2025 | Celtic History Decoded
    Only around 5% of the world’s population have hazel eyes. Yet a 2009 study found that 55.2% of their Spanish cohort had hazel-green eyes. This eye color is also more common in Portugal than the global average. But why is there such a concentration of hazel eyes in the Iberian peninsula compared to most other parts of the world? And is the evolution of hazel eyes connected to the genetic history of Iberia? Now there are a two main types of hazel eyes. Iberian DNA and the Evolution of Hazel Eyes... | 15:00 Celtic History Decoded | 48.5K subscribers |...
  • 250 years after the British invaded my hometown

    04/22/2025 8:18:36 AM PDT · by Twotone · 17 replies
    The Blaze ^ | April 21, 2025 | Christopher Bedford
    History is always a little more complex than a child knows. When I was a boy, my father would rouse my brothers and me — plus the dog — just after sunrise on Patriots Day. We’d walk to the bottom of our street to catch a glimpse of the men and boys marching down Strawberry Hill Road, bound for the Old North Bridge in Concord. There were never more than a few dozen from Acton, but we heard the drums long before they appeared through the tall, thick trees that line the roads of our Massachusetts town. Now and then,...
  • Harper’s Weekly – April 22, 1865

    04/22/2025 6:54:52 AM PDT · by Homer_J_Simpson · 8 replies
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  • THE OBSEQUIES: Removal of the Remains from Washington; The Reception of the Funeral Train at Baltimore and Harrisburgh (4/22/1865)

    04/22/2025 6:45:37 AM PDT · by Homer_J_Simpson · 2 replies
    Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 21 -- 9:30 P.M. The remains of ABRAHAM LINCOLN have departed from Washington. All of the moral part that is left on earth is now on its way to its final resting place beneath the sod of his chosen State. The last tribute of honor that could be paid by the people of Washington, was tendered this morning in escorting the body from the capitol to the cars. All day yesterday, despite the rain, until 6 o'clock, thousands wended their way up the Capitol steps, into the grand rotunda, by the...
  • Texas Republican county official stabbed, husband killed in home attack (grandson)

    04/22/2025 1:32:06 AM PDT · by Libloather · 33 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4/21/25 | Adam Sabes
    A Texas politician was stabbed and her husband was killed after their grandson allegedly attacked them at their Lewisville home early Monday morning. Republican Denton County Commissioner Bobbie Mitchell, 76, and her husband were stabbed early Monday morning by their grandson, according to police. Fred Mitchell, Bobbie Mitchell's husband, was pronounced dead just after 5 a.m. Bobbie Mitchell was taken to a local hospital and is expected to survive her injuries. The Lewisville Police Department said on Facebook that the double stabbing happened on Monday at 3:53 a.m. Mitchell Blake Reinacher, the couple's 23-year-old grandson, was arrested at the house...
  • 'Drag Race' stars melt down over UK Supreme Court's landmark ruling on legal definition of woman

    04/22/2025 1:23:36 AM PDT · by Libloather · 15 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4/21/25 | Taylor Penley
    The UK Supreme Court's landmark ruling limiting the definition of a woman to biological sex stirred outrage among the stars of BBC’s "RuPaul’s Drag Race UK," who pledged to "fight back" against the decision they say will "marginalize" the transgender community. "The fight back starts today," season one runner-up Divina De Campo wrote in an X post last Wednesday, adding, "We will not go back into the shadows to make you comfortable. F--- all the way off." LGBTQ+ news outlet PinkNews reported on season two finalist Tayce's rage expressed through Instagram with posts calling the UK Supreme Court a "POS...
  • Education Department to resume collections on defaulted federal student loans for first time since 2020

    04/22/2025 1:15:21 AM PDT · by Libloather · 13 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4/21/25 | Diana Stancy
    The Department of Education is poised to resume collections on defaulted federal student loans in May for the first time since 2020. While the first Trump administration paused referring federal student loans to collections in March 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the extended lapse has prompted Trump administration officials to worry that the federal student loan portfolio is "headed toward a fiscal cliff if we don't start repayment in collections," according to a senior department official. "The result has been that the federal government student loan portfolio has continued to grow, and we've got a record number...
  • Where Did the Celts Really Come From? [48:22]

    04/21/2025 8:23:12 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 57 replies
    YouTube ^ | March 20, 2025 | Our History
    Anthropologist Richard Rudgley explores the history of the Celtic world and reveals the Celtic tradition to be a crucial part of what makes a Brit a True Brit. From Germany to the far west of Ireland, by way of Gaul, Pictish Scotland and England under Roman occupation, Rudgley takes a 5,000-mile journey of discovery that starts around 1,000 BC and ends in the present day. He uncovers remarkable archaeological evidence that puts a brand new light on the savagery and civilisation of an often misunderstood European culture. Where Did the Celts Really Come From? | 48:22 Our History | 883K...
  • Belgians hunt for hidden beers in Easter event

    04/21/2025 7:33:34 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 4 replies
    UPI ^ | April 21, 2025 | Ben Hooper
    April 21 (UPI) -- A brewery in Belgium swapped painted eggs for frothy brews when it celebrated Easter with the "World's Biggest Beer Hunt." The fifth annual Easter event at the Aywiers Gardens in Lasne, Belgium, saw over 1,000 registered hunters searching the grounds for 12,000 hidden bottles of Lutgarde beer. Hidden among the beers was a special golden bottle, which earned its finder a prize of his weight in beer. The event began Sunday with a chocolate egg hunt for children at noon, and the beer hunt then commenced at 12:30 p.m. A barbecue at 1:30 p.m. allowed the...
  • 41-Year-Old ‘Wannabe GI Jane’ Sues U.S. Navy After Failing to Become First Female SEAL

    04/21/2025 5:57:38 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 53 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | April 21, 2025 | Staff
    A 41-year-old Long Island attorney is taking the U.S. Navy to federal court after claiming recruiters deliberately dragged their feet on her application to become the first female Navy SEAL — until it was too late. Amanda S. Reynolds, a self-described “Viking-like” warrior, has filed an age discrimination lawsuit against the Navy, accusing officials of stalling her application process long enough for her to miss the service’s age cutoff, according to The New York Post. “I could have gone to officer candidate school in February,” Reynolds told The Post. “But they delayed my application without reason or cause and then...
  • An Irish saint's eerie prophecy that Pope Francis will be the last Pontiff

    04/21/2025 4:56:00 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 28 replies
    Irish Central ^ | 04/21/2025
    Irish Saint Malachy, the 12th-century bishop of Armagh, prophesied that there would be only one more pope after Benedict.Editor's Note: Vatican officials confirmed that Pope Francis died on Monday, April 21. He was 88 years old. We are resharing this eerie prophecy issued put forth by the 12th-century Bishop of Armagh, now a saint.The prophecies of the Irish Saint Malachy (1094-1148), the 12th-century bishop of Armagh, have thrilled and dismayed readers for centuries. In a series of 112 cryptic Latin phrases, the Irish saint "predicts" the Roman Catholic popes. He predicted there would be only one more pope after Benedict,...
  • Archaeologists in Egypt Uncover Ancient Town Likely Built by King Tut’s Father

    04/21/2025 1:36:00 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 18 replies
    ARTnews ^ | April 16, 2025 | Harrison Jacobs
    Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of an ancient Egyptian town dating back 3,400 years near the city of Alexandria, according to a recent study published in Antiquity. The researchers from the French National Centre for Scientific Research have theorized that the mud-brick settlement was likely founded during Egypt‘s 18th Dynasty (ca. 1550 BCE–1292 BCE), due to the presence of items bearing an amphora stamp with the name Merytaton. Merytaton was the daughter of the pharaoh Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti and the sibling of Tutankhamun, better known as King Tut. Related Articles The tomb of an ancient Egyptian military commander....
  • The True Story Behind Happy Face, According to the Daughter of the Notorious Serial Killer

    04/21/2025 12:55:11 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 3 replies
    Time ^ | Mar 22, 2025 | JP Mangalindan
    When Melissa G. Moore came home one afternoon in the spring of 1995, her mother Rose Hucke took her and her two younger siblings aside. The Shadle Park High School senior immediately knew something was very wrong: her parents never held family meetings. In the unfinished basement of Moore’s grandmother’s Spokane, Wash., home where the family lived at the time, Rose shared that the children’s father, Keith Hunter Jesperson, was in prison for murder. The news rocked Moore to the core. “I had a cot and a cellar area that I designated as my bedroom. I just remember going in...
  • THE ASSASSINS: Capture of One of the Murderers; Atzerot Arrested near Baltimore (4/21/1865)

    04/21/2025 7:08:17 AM PDT · by Homer_J_Simpson · 7 replies
    WASHINGTON, April 20, 1865. Maj.-Gen. John A. Dix: ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD. The murderer of our late beloved President, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, is still at large. Fifty thousand dollars reward will be paid by this department for his apprehension, in addition to any reward offered by municipal authorities or State Executives. Twenty-five thousand dollars reward will be paid for the apprehension of G.A. ATZEROT, sometimes called "Port Tobacco," one of BOOTH's accomplices. Twenty-five thousand dollars reward will be paid for the apprehension of DAVID C. HAROLD, another of BOOTH's accomplices. Liberal reward will be paid for any information that shall...
  • Earth's Magnetic Field Once Collapsed. Humans Survived. Here's How

    04/21/2025 6:44:52 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 82 replies
    Study Finds ^ | April 18, 2025 | StudyFinds Staff
    Earth's Northern Lights typically dance near the poles, but 41,000 years ago, they lit up skies over North Africa and Australia. New research reveals how dramatically Earth's magnetic field weakened and shifted during an event called the Laschamps geomagnetic excursion, potentially influencing human evolution at a pivotal moment in our history...During the Laschamps excursion, Earth's magnetic field weakened to just 10% of its current strength, while the magnetic poles shifted dramatically away from the geographic poles...Using advanced computer modeling, the research team reconstructed Earth's magnetosphere during five key periods of the excursion. At its peak around 40,977 years ago, Earth's...
  • Blue states rallied for illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses ahead of Trump's REAL ID crackdown

    04/21/2025 2:01:59 AM PDT · by Libloather · 12 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4/20/25 | Emma Colton
    Americans are scrambling to obtain a state-issued REAL ID in order to travel by plane ahead of a federal deadline next month, which comes after states from coast to coast changed their laws surrounding driver's licenses to permit illegal immigrants to drive. Americans will need to obtain a REAL ID, which is a federally-compliant driver's license or other identification that meets higher standards than state-issued licenses, in order to easily travel by air, the Department of Homeland Security explains on its website. Only legal U.S. citizens or residents can obtain the identification card, while valid U.S. passports can also still...
  • David Hogg donates $100K to DCCC after plan to primary 'ineffective' Democrats ignited civil war in party

    04/21/2025 1:18:08 AM PDT · by Libloather · 21 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4/20/25 | Andrea Margolis
    Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair David Hogg recently gave $100,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) shortly after his plans to shake up the Democratic Party with new leadership angered party insiders. The news, which was first reported by Politico and Axios, was confirmed by Hogg in an X post on Friday, where he asserted that he wasn't "playing nice" by handing the six-figure donation over to the DCCC. "This is not me playing nice. It is demonstrating my commitment to winning back the house and making Hakeem Jeffries the Speaker, which is an absolute imperative," Hogg wrote...