Month: September 2021

Federal Arrest Warrant Issued for Brian Laundrie in Gabby Petito Case, FBI Says

The U.S. District Court of Wyoming issued a federal arrest warrant for Brian Laundrie, who was named earlier as a person of interest in the disappearance and death of his fiancé, Gabby Petito, in Wyoming, the FBI said on Thursday. Authorities have been searching for Laundrie, who hasn’t yet been found, in a swampy wilderness…


FBI Issues Arrest Warrant for Brian Laundrie in Gabby Petito Case

The FBI on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for Brian Laundrie, who was named earlier as a person of interest in the disappearance and death of his fiancé, Gabby Petito, in Wyoming. Authorities have been searching for Laundrie, who hasn’t yet been found, in a swampy wilderness area in Sarasota County, Florida. The body of…


Authoritarianism and Censorship in the COVID Era, Part 3: A Medical Holodomor, and Two Heroes of the Healing Arts

Commentary This is Part 3 of a multi-part series examining Authoritarianism and Censorship in the COVID Era. Click here for Part 1 and Part 2. Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect:…


Tensions Grow as US, Allies Deepen Indo-Pacific Involvement

BANGKOK—With increasingly strong talk in support of Taiwan, a new deal to supply Australia with nuclear submarines, and the launch of a European strategy for greater engagement in the Indo-Pacific, the United States and its allies are becoming more assertive in their approach toward a rising China. China has bristled at the moves, and the…


Pennsylvania School Administrators Say They Are Stuck in the Middle of Mask Debate

Pennsylvania School administrators are trapped in the middle of the school mask debate and need better communication from the state Department of Health. That was the testimony Thursday during a hearing of the Senate Education Committee that explored the impact of the Department of Health’s order requiring masking of students and children at schools and…


Wisconsin Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Redrawing State’s Electoral Map

A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court voted 4-3 to take up a lawsuit from Wisconsin voters over the state’s redistricting process that may lead to the court drawing up the state’s new electoral map for 2022 if the Democratic governor and Republican state legislature fail to agree on one. The lawsuit, Johnson v. Wisconsin Elections Commission,…


Universities Issue Seasonal Flu Vaccine Mandates as Part of COVID-19 Response

As influenza season approaches, some universities in the United States are requiring students and faculty members to receive flu shots as part of the COVID-19 response. At the University of Notre Dame, where 98 percent of students have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, flu shots will be offered for free on campus in two flu…


Foreigners May Replace Unvaccinated Health Care Workers in New York State: Governor

New York’s governor said on Wednesday that the state will look for workers abroad to substitute for employees at hospitals and nursing homes who are unvaccinated against COVID-19. Health care and nursing home workers in New York state can possibly lose their jobs if they do not comply with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate imposed on…


Florida Acquires Monoclonal Antibodies From GlaxoSmithKline After Biden Administration’s Rationing

The state of Florida has obtained thousands of monoclonal antibody treatments from a British company after the Biden administration’s abrupt rationing of federally acquired doses. Florida went to GlaxoSmithKline, which produces monoclonals that have not yet been bought up by the federal government. It reached an agreement on 3,000 doses, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday….


President’s UN Speech Aims at Erasing Trump and Contradicting Unnamed Authoritarian Nations

Commentary President Joe Biden’s UN speech on Sept. 22 showed yet again that he has spent so long in the trenches of partisan political conflict that even as the president of the United States, speaking to the world ostensibly on behalf of his country, he can’t help seeing everything beyond our borders (such as they…