Month: April 2021

Biden: New CDC Guidance Should Spur Younger People to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine

The newly updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance stating that people who have been fully vaccinated can enjoy a range of activities outside without wearing masks should spur younger people to get a COVID-19 vaccine, President Joe Biden said on Tuesday. The CDC now says people who have gotten their final COVID-19…


PM Defends Aide, Says Office Didn’t Know Vance Allegations Were ‘Me Too Complaint’

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vigorously defended his top aide on Tuesday, saying that while his office knew there was a complaint against then-defence chief general Jonathan Vance three years ago, no one knew it was about sexual misconduct. The comments came in response to fresh questions about what the prime minister and his chief of…


China’s ‘Wolf Warrior’ Diplomats Fighting Political Warfare Against the West

News Analysis From France to Venezuela to the United States, the Chinese communist regime’s diplomats have been busy this past year blustering, threatening, and denigrating their host countries as part of an all-out effort to advance Beijing’s agenda on the world stage. This aggressive style, dubbed “wolf warrior” diplomacy, was on full display in March…


Nearly One Million Orange County Residents Fully Inoculated

Nearly one million people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Orange County, according to federal data. It means 30 percent of the county, or 39.2 percent of the adult population, has completed its vaccination schedule, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As of April 27, 981,133 people were fully vaccinated….


Quebec Reports Blood Clot Death of Woman After Receiving AstraZeneca Vaccine

MONTREAL—The Quebec government has announced that a woman in her 50s has died of a blood clot that occurred after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. Public health director Dr. Horacio Arruda told a news conference Tuesday that the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh the risks, and the province always knew that rare complications were possible….


‘Oedipus Rex’ and the Natural Theater

Sophocles’s “Oedipus Rex” predates us by approximately 2,500 years. By today’s standards, it should have little, if anything, to teach us. After all, it does not speak to the realities of contemporary life. And if we go by today’s “realities,” almost anything cultural or philosophical has the shelf life of a cellphone: We must trade…


Former Obama White House Adviser Charged With Stealing Over $200,000 From Charter School Chain He Founded

A former White House adviser has been arrested and charged by the FBI with stealing $218,005 from charter schools he helped found. Seth Andrew, 42, served under former President Barack Obama as a senior adviser in the Office of Educational Technology. He was arrested on charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements…


Illegal Alien With Felony DUI Can’t Argue Deportation Was Invalid, Supreme Court told

A defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States after being deported is not automatically entitled to argue the removal was invalid even if he was removed for a crime that was subsequently deemed not to be a removable offense, the Supreme Court heard. The case, United States v. Palomar-Santiago, court file 20-437, was heard…


Only 200 People to Attend Biden’s Speech to Joint Session of Congress: Pelosi

Only 200 people will attend President Joe Biden’s first speech to a joint session of Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Tuesday. “It’ll be its own character, it’ll be its own wonderful character,” Pelosi told reporters in Washington, adding that the attendance would be down from its usual number, which she pegged at 1,600….


Maricopa County Judge Lets 2020 Election Audit Continue For Now

A judge in Arizona on Tuesday allowed a 2020 election audit in the state’s largest county to continue, at least until another hearing on April 28. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Daniel Martin said he would not extend a temporary restraining order that would have halted the audit on Friday if Arizona Democrats had posted…