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The Cell Lines Used for COVID-19 Vaccines Came from Carefully Planned Abortions, Not MiscarriagesIn an article published last year, M.I.T.-trained scientist Fr. Nicanor Austriaco passed along speculation that the HEK-293 cell line may have been developed using tissue from a miscarriage. This cell line is in the news because it has played a role in the development and/or testing of the three vaccines currently authorized for emergency use for COVID-19.The point of Fr. Austriaco’s conjecture, I presume, was to reduce worry that this cell line started with an abortion. But worry we should. A Nonsense ClaimThis conjecture seems to have...

Taliban video shows fighters shooting dead 16 Pakistani police officers* Warning: Graphic footage records cold-blooded killing of police captured when Taliban crossed from Afghanistan into north-west PakistanThe Pakistani Taliban have released graphic video footage of the execution of 16 Pakistani policemen and tribal guards who were captured last month following a cross-border raid from Afghanistan. The video shows a masked Taliban commander angrily denouncing the men lined up before him, hours after they were captured in a firefight. "These are the enemies of Islam," he declares. Moments later the men are killed a hail of automatic gunfire, followed by individual...

A man has been arrested in Texas on murder charges in a 41-year-old cold case involving the death of a Seaside (CA)High School graduate. James Terry Mason, 58, was arrested Oct. 7 in connection with the killing of Chris Lopes, a former captain of the Seaside High School basketball team. Lopes was 19 years old when he was killed Dec. 21, 1969, during a melee that took place at Del Monte Manor at 1418 Yosemite St., prosecutors said. Detective Nick Borges said a packed party at Seaside's Del Monte Manor Apartment turned violent. Chris Lopes was stabbed in his neck,...