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The FBI “cannot disclose the cause of death” of U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, after The New York Times and other news outlets either retracted or updated reports claiming he was killed by being hit with a fire extinguisher during the Capitol riots on Jan. 6. FBI Director Christopher Wray responded to a question from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) during a Senate hearing on Tuesday about whether the agency has determined Sicknick’s cause of death. Grassley noted “conflicting reports” about his cause of death and whether there is a homicide investigation. “There is an ongoing investigation into his death,”...

In a Johns Hopkins News-Letter dated November 22, 2020, “Genevieve Briand, assistant program director of the Applied Economics master’s degree program at Hopkins, critically analyzed the effect of COVID-19 on U.S. deaths using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).” She found that there was zero increase in deaths across the United States between 2018 and 2020. She determined that “the percentages of deaths among all age groups remain relatively the same.” She thus concluded that COVID-19 “has relatively no effect on deaths in the United States.” Briand was puzzled because the CDC had reported an increase...

FOX News is projecting that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will win Arizona's electoral vote According to numbers as of 8:20 p.m., Biden has 54% of the vote, compared to 45% by President Donald Trump. However, only 36% of precincts are reporting. No news organizations have projected a winner of Arizona's electoral votes as of 8:20 p.m. on Nov. 3. If Biden does win Arizona, it will mark the first time since 1996 that a Democratic presidential candidate wins Arizona's electoral votes.

When the paper was published, many mainstream publications were intrigued by the story and wrote about the findings, giving the team from China, the U.S. and Canada a bit of notoriety. But shortly thereafter, others in the field began questioning the categorization of the fossil—many suggested it appeared to be a lizard, which is a different group of reptiles from the dinosaurs. The specimen in question is a very small skull embedded in amber, believed to be approximately 100 million years old—dating it to the time of the dinosaurs. The researchers described the specimen as a bird-like skull less than...

Chamber of Commerce backs climate change bill 7 mins ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Chamber of Commerce said on Monday it will no longer opposes climate change legislation, but wants the bill to include a carbon tax. The Chamber said it changed its position after several big companies left the group to protest the chamber's earlier opposition to legislation to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. "We believe that strong climate legislation is the best way to ensure American innovation, create jobs,

CONCORD, N.H. -- Convicted tax evaders Ed and Elaine Brown have gained a new supporter: presidential hopeful Ron Paul. In an interview with RogueGovernment.com, the U.S. Representative from Texas compared the Browns to Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. He said the Browns are suffering like those leaders. The Browns are holed up in their Plainfield, N.H., home and have threatened violence against federal officials if marshals come to arrest them. They were convicted of an elaborate scheme to hide millions of dollars in income. Their protest has become a rallying cry for anti-tax activists and militia members.

Tehran, Oct 28, 2005 - In a move certainly to agitate its US and EU allies, Albania’s Prime Minister Sali Berisha on Thursday stressed that Iran is entitled to peaceful nuclear activities. In a meeting with Iran's Ambassador to Albania, the Prime Minister praised Iran's "transparent" nuclear stances and its “peaceful nuclear activities”, saying that Tehran's approach towards the issue was consistent with all the international norms and regulations reported by Tehran’s state media source IRNA. Berisha’s move to support Iran is the latest in provocations against the United States by the newly elected government. Opposition parties in Albania have...