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Doe v. Gerken: A Lawsuit Against Yale Law

Is the Government Getting Your COVID Test Results Before You Do? Why?

Felony assault on a police officer is taken by prosecutors about as seriously as shoplifting or turnstile-jumping — petty offenses which also are ignored, but which don’t directly threaten the public order.

China Deploys Long-Range Bomber Along Indian Border

Has China Really Solved Its Power Crisis?

Rising Inflation Is Beginning to Worry Pentagon Leaders

Empty Containers Pile Up at Port of Los Angeles as Ocean Liners Add ‘Sweeper’ Ships to Clear Backlog

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How a nationwide shortage of plow drivers, could make for a long winter

Austria to put millions of unvaccinated people in Covid lockdown

New COVID variant found in France: Reason for panic or not quite yet?

Wild Bidding Wars Erupt at Used-Tractor Auctions Across the U.S.

The Labor Force Participation Rate

Microbiome discovery may open new doors to development of treatments for gastrointestinal diseases

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The FBI Raid of Project Veritas Turns Into a Massive Scandal After Privileged Communications Are Leaked

FDA reports 100+ drug shortages nationwide

Urea shortage threatens South Korea’s transport, energy industries

A record 111 container ships are floating off California’s busiest ports, despite Biden’s 24/7 schedule and looming fines

Maybe I am reading it wrong because I am too tired, but it seemed like to me that the short version of this study is that masks don’t work. At least the kind that everyone uses. Airborne SARS-CoV-2 in home- and hospital environment investigated with a high-powered air sampler

Chinese Voters Came Out in Force for the GOP in NYC, Shaking Up Politics

US Government Kept a Ludicrously Irrational COVID Ban in Place for Months and Months, but Media Bashes the Supposed Irrationality of Private Citizens

CDC Hasn’t Updated COVID Vax Breakthrough Data

Gulf States in First Joint Naval Exercises With Israel

Jordan struggles with dry dams, water deficit

Study data showed the PrecivityAD test can accurately predict levels of amyloid plaques people will have on PET scans 81% of the time, which researchers say may lead to earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.

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A call to stock up on food from the Chinese government has fueled rumors about an imminent war over Taiwan.

The Mask Distraction

Meat Prices Continue to Surge With Worker Shortage

Average prices hit $4.68 per gallon today in California, beating out previous records set in 2008 and 2012.

Judge Orders FBI to Stop Search of Project Veritas Founder O’Keefe’s Phone Following Raid

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Is Iran behind cyberattacks on Israeli hospitals?

FBI Raids Project Veritas Writers . . . Over A Missing Biden Diary?

China food security: Beijing assures public vegetable production ‘basically normal’, enough wheat for 18 months

A New Dementia Test Raises More Questions Than Answers

Hundreds of junk-science papers have been retracted from reputable journals after fraudsters used ‘special issues’ to manipulate the publication process. And the problem is growing.

Rittenhouse Trial Day 5: Alleged Victim Gaige Grosskreutz Implodes, Admits Had Glock Pointed At Kyle When Shot, Lied to Police About It

Gas Prices Plunge After Gazprom Says It Starts Sending Gas Into European Storage

“Even If We Have To Try 17 Times, I’m Not Giving Up”

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U.S. federal appeals court freezes Biden’s vaccine rule for companies

Ethiopia’s Stunning Battlefield Reversal

Conflict In North Africa Threatens Gas Supply To Europe

‘I’m afraid we’re going to have a food crisis’: The energy crunch has made fertilizer too expensive to produce, says Yara CEO

The biggest line item in the Democrats’ reconciliation bill is a massive tax cut for the wealthy.

Where Did All of the Food & Beverage Workers Go?

A deadly parasite that burrows into the body through bare feet could be multiplying in this US community

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Glenn Youngkin’s top strategists Jeff Roe and Kristin Davison helped pull off one of the great upsets in modern politics. Here’s how they did it.

OSHA Employer Vaccination Mandate is Narrower than Earlier White House Announcement – But Still has Legal Vulnerabilities

Navy Faces Prospect That Crash Will Force USS Connecticut Out Of Service

Indiana school administrator: You’d better believe we teach CRT — and lie to parents about it

Replacement Glass Shortage Adding To Woes Of San Francisco Car Break-Ins Victims

Here’s Why Rapid COVID Tests Are So Expensive and Hard to Find

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White House announces start date for vaccine mandate in US

Braun leads 40 colleagues in officially challenging Biden’s vaccine mandate

Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant A.30 efficiently evades vaccine-induced immunity

Solar storm from ‘cannibal’ sun eruption may impact power grid and bring auroras as far south as Pennsylvania

Europe ‘back at epicenter,’ says WHO

Liner Delays and Backlogs Spread Across Most Global Trade Routes

This graph which casts doubt on a sugar mono-causal theory of obesity. Yes, it includes corn syrup

How a truck driver spent $153 on his N.J. election campaign to likely dethrone a political kingpin More partisan but updated take here.

Army Attacks Continue in Myanmar’s Most Christian State

America Is Playing With Fire In Syria

Thus the strange tale of the United States pressuring Ukraine to stop a U.S. law firm helping China to take over an Ukrainian engine manufacturer continues.

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Four more suppliers collapse as UK energy crisis shows no signs of improving

In short: expect a further swath of domestic supplier failures between now and the end of next month

Battery Costs Are Soaring Amid A Global Supply Crunch

Democrats’ Freakout: McAuliffe Loses VA Governor Race by Nearly 3 Points; NJ Governor Result Too Close to Call

British Government May Jail Those Accused of Causing ‘Online Psychological Harm’

LNG Prices Soar To New Record In China

THE COMPANY MAN

Why Are Moms Like Me Being Called Domestic Terrorists?

British Medical Journal: “Researcher Blows the Whistle on Data Integrity Issues in Pfizer’s Vaccine Trial”

Unvaccinated? Don’t Count on Leaving Your Family Death Benefits

New study suggests SARS-CoV-2 spreading widely within wild deer population