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Arizona AG Rejects Official’s Call For Probe Of Voting Audit

AP) — Arizona’s attorney general has brushed away the state’s top election official’s call for an investigation into possible irregularities in a legislative chamber’s newly begun audit of 2020 election results from the state’s most populous county. Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs on Friday cited media reports of security lapses at the audit site […]

Coronavirus

How long does protection from COVID-19 vaccines last?

(AP) — How long does protection from COVID-19 vaccines last? Experts don’t know yet because they’re still studying vaccinated people to see when protection might wear off. How well the vaccines work against emerging variants will also determine if, when and how often additional shots might be needed. “We only have information for as long […]

Coronavirus

Niece Of Bee Gees Singer Dies Days After 2nd COVID Shot

Bernice Gibb Rhoades, the 56-year-old niece of Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb, was found dead with her dog by her side on Thursday night just days after she took the second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Daily Mail reported. Rhoades’ mother Lesley Evans told MailOnline: “I don’t even know what to say – I […]

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Democrats send letter to administration to use other definitions of anti-Semitism

(JNS) Several Democratic lawmakers are circulating a letter urging the Biden administration to consider using alternatives to the official International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism. The letter, addressed to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, is being circulated by Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), Andy Levin (D-Mich.), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) […]

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Dershowitz: Chauvin Jurors Were ‘Under Enormous Pressure’ — ‘That’s Not the Way Our System Is Supposed to Operate’

JEFF POOR Friday on FNC’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz questioned how factors outside the courtroom, including remarks made by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), impacted the jury in the Derek Chauvin trial. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Dershowitz argued those influences were not how the system was supposed to operate. […]

Coronavirus

Health Officials Are Dropping Outdoor Mask Mandates, Following Numerous Studies

Eleanor Bartow(DCNF) It’s time for authorities to reduce outdoor masking requirements and give Americans more credit for understanding the nuances of the risks of outdoor transmission of COVID-19, multiple studies and health experts have said. Several studies since October have shown a low risk of COVID-19 transmission outdoors, with the exception being lengthy interaction with […]

Local New York News

NYC Mother Charged with the Murders of Her Newborn Twins

AMY FURR A mother in Queens was charged Friday with the murders of her six-week-old twins at their apartment, police said. According to the New York Post, “Danezja Kilpatrick was hit with multiple counts of murder, acting in a manner injurious to a child, and criminal possession of a weapon,” police told the outlet. “Kilpatrick’s […]

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OJ Simpson Rips LeBron James for Tweeting Cop Pic: ‘Wait for the Facts!’

WARNER TODD HUSTON Former NFL star and famous Bronco passenger OJ Simpson took a swipe at NBA star LeBron James saying James should “pick” his battles” after his Wednesday tweet targeting an Ohio police officer. In a video posted to Twitter on Thursday, Simpson explained to his fans the situation with James and his hastily […]

Local New York News

Police: Long Island Store Shooter Was A ‘Troubled Employee’

(AP) – A man who killed a manager and wounded two workers at a Long Island grocery store was a “troubled employee” who had been reprimanded in recent months for threatening and sexually harassing colleagues, police said Wednesday. Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, a shopping cart collector at Stop & Shop in West Hempstead, opened fire Tuesday […]

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