Month: April 2021

Serious Side Effects and Low Protection, China’s Vaccine Diplomacy Should Raise International Alarm

China has been touting the success of its COVID-19 vaccines at home and abroad, luring a number of countries into purchasing Sinovac and Sinopharm, two front-runner Chinese vaccines. Moreover, whenever a foreign sale is made, Chinese authorities immediately cite it as proof of popularity and effectiveness in the propaganda it uses inside China. Such propaganda…


Woman Paralyzed 4 Days After Getting Married Defies Odds, Gets Pregnant With Baby Girl

Nikki Lewis can still remember the wall of water that came crashing down on her and changed her life forever. Just four days before her accident, she married her new husband Will Lewis on a beach in Maui. While they were out boogie boarding, a massive wave struck her hard. The couple had their whole lives…


Sarah Sanders Raises $4.8 Million, Beating Arkansas Quarterly Fundraising Record

Arkansas gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a Republican, has set a new state fundraising record with $4.8 million in first-quarter contributions, her campaign said Thursday. Sanders outraised her Republican rival, Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, by nearly 25-to-1, while raising more money in a single quarter than any campaign in the history of Arkansas politics….


This No-Wilt Italian Chopped Salad Is the Make-Ahead Lunch You Need

Chopped salads have been my lunch M.O. for well over a year now, seamlessly transitioning from packable office lunch to hearty work-from-home one. Their make-ahead quality means I’m not scrambling every day as soon as I get hangry, and they satisfy my desire for crunch and lots of veggies. My idea to make an Italian-inspired…


Police Escort Fly-Tippers 5 Miles Back to Piles of Rubbish, Make Them Pick It Up

A group of fly-tippers who were caught on camera dumping rubbish on a motorway in Staffordshire, England, were escorted by police five miles back to their mess and forced to pick it all up. Highways Agency CCTV operators spotted three men dumping the bags of trash on a grass verge between junctions 12 and 13,…


Hong Kong Court Hands Down Jail Terms to Pro-Democracy Activists, Drawing International Criticism

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 14 months in prison, while nine other activists received jail time or suspended sentences on Friday for organizing and participating in unauthorized assemblies during mass anti-Beijing, pro-democracy protests in 2019. Martin Lee, an 82-year-old barrister who has been dubbed the “father of democracy” in Hong Kong, was handed…


Hong Kong Court Hands Down Hefty Sentences to Pro-Democracy Activists, Drawing International Criticism

Martin Lee, an 82-year-old barrister who has been dubbed the “father of democracy” in Hong Kong, was among a group of activists being sentenced for organizing and participating in an unauthorized assembly in 2019 during the height of the anti-Beijing, pro-democracy movement. Lee was handed a suspended sentence of 11 months for being part of…


Woman Suffered Burns to 70 Percent of Her Body at Age 10, Walks Stage in Beauty Pageant to Fulfill Dream

At age 10, Danette Haag was severely burned in a house fire but she survived, suffering burns to 70 percent of her body. She was left battling physical and emotional scars that would follow her into adulthood. Now 50, Danette has learned to love the skin she lives in, becoming a wife and mother and…


Rep. Khanna: Term Limits for Supreme Court, Not More Seats

A proposal by a group of Democrats to expand the Supreme Court would “further polarize and tear apart this country,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said Thursday as he pushed his bill to limit how long justices would sit on the court. “The proposal I have has been 18 years as a Supreme Court justice. By…


4-Month-Old Baby Found Alive After a Distraught Mother Abandoned Him by a Michigan Creek

After being abandoned by his mother, a 4-month-old baby boy was discovered by Michigan deputies in wet clothes, lying face-down in a wooded area on the banks of a creek. He was alone, but alive. When two 911 calls from Pontiac prompted an encounter with a distressed mother without her infant on the morning of…