Month: September 2021

Mourners in California Honor 3 Marines Killed in Afghanistan

RIVERSIDE, Calif.—Mourners in California said prayers and their final goodbyes Saturday to three Marines killed in last month’s bombing in Afghanistan. Family and friends of Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui packed a church in Riverside to celebrate the life of the 20-year-old Marine from Norco. He was one of 13 U.S. troops killed in a horrific…


Twitter Censored Dr. Baric’s CV and its Documentation of Gain-of-Function Research and me for Accurately Reporting the Bombshell Story

Commentary The Intercept’s recent FOIA results added abundant documentation of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s funding, using U.S. tax dollars, for dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab—funding that Fauci had denied in testimony to Sen. Rand Paul; funding, indeed,  that I had tried to share with the public on Twitter in early June, the day before…


Australia’s Black Summer Bushfires Created an Algae Bloom Larger Than the Country

Australia’s devastating Black Summer bushfire season gave life to a bloom of phytoplankton larger than the size of Australia in the Southern Ocean, a study has found. An international team of authors found the bloom, that took place between New Zealand and South America, was unlike anything measured before in the area. The research published…


Orange County Sees Another Drop in COVID Hospitalizations

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalization numbers are continuing to decline, as the Delta variant-fueled summer surge subsides. Hospitalizations ticked down from 367 Friday to 348 Saturday, with the number of patients in intensive care dropping 108 to 101, according to state figures. “Basically, we’re looking pretty good,” Andrew Noymer, an epidemiologist and UC Irvine…


The Taliban’s Arsenal of Weapons

In this episode of Counterculture with Danielle D’Souza Gill, Danielle analyzes the Taliban’s military arsenal. She argues that President Joe Biden leaving behind so much U.S. military equipment, withdrawing our troops without first evacuating Americans, and now giving “aid” to the Taliban point to the fact that this is not just incompetence on Biden’s part….


Remains Recovered in Search For Missing Woman Gabby Petito: Authorities

A body discovered by law enforcement agents on Sunday in Wyoming is believed to be missing woman Gabby Petito, who disappeared while on a cross-country trek with her boyfriend, authorities said. The body was found in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming after a two day search, the FBI said, noting that the cause of…


Body Found in Wyoming Believed to Be Gabrielle Petito

MOOSE, Wyo.—Authorities say a body discovered Sunday in Wyoming is believed to be Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito. The FBI said the body was found by law enforcement agents who had spent the past two days searching campgrounds. The cause of death not yet been determined, said FBI Supervisory Special Agent Charles Jones. “Full forensic identification has…


Tropical Storms Peter and Rose Form Over Atlantic Ocean

Forecasters said Tropical Storm Peter formed over the Atlantic Ocean early Sunday and Tropical Depression Seventeen intensified into Tropical Storm Rose Sunday afternoon, over the far eastern Atlantic, becoming the 16th and 17th storms of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. Peter was centered about 350 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands, the U.S. National Hurricane…


George W. Bush to Speak in Beverly Hills, Long Beach

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—Former President George W. Bush is set to begin a rare visit to the Southland on Sept. 19 by speaking in Beverly Hills. Bush will speak at the Saban Theatre at 7 p.m., offering his “thoughts on eight years in the Oval Office, the challenges facing our nation in the 21st century, the…


Over 400 Protesters at ‘Justice for J6’ Rally Hear That Jan. 6 Was ‘Stupid and Wrong’

A protest at the U.S. Capitol, which organizers said was to protect American’s civil rights, ended without incident on Sept. 18, despite verbal clashes between protesters and counter protesters, and four arrests before and after the rally. Event organizer Matt Braynard, a former Trump aide who now heads the non-profit ‘Look Ahead America,’ said the…