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No-Sweat Gym Etiquette

Staying healthy means hitting the gym, where you can get buff and shed stress as you “get in the zone,” but be sure to pack good manners in your gear bag. Be Thoughtful Part of the gym experience is sharing the equipment. If you’ve been on the only rowing machine for 30 minutes and there…


Groundhog Day: How Our Thoughts Can Change Our World

“All that we are arises with our thoughts.”—Buddha It’s been hailed by business gurus, professors, psychologists, marriage counselors, and even scientists for the lessons it contains. While, at first glance, it may appear to be just another Bill Murray comedy, the movie “Groundhog Day” is filled with some surprisingly deep messages—so much so that it…


Australian Opposition’s Support for Beijing’s Pacific Ambitions Comes to Light

Just months before Beijing signed a contentious security deal with the Solomon Islands, the Australian Labor Party’s deputy leader, Richard Marles, it has been revealed, advocated for the Chinese regime’s involvement in the Pacific. The comments from Marles, who is the former parliamentary secretary for Pacific Islands Affairs, were unearthed by The Australian newspaper on…


Queensland to End Quarantine for Unvaccinated International Arrivals, Other COVID-19 Rules

Quarantine requirements for close contacts and unvaccinated international arrivals in Queensland (QLD) will be dropped from 6 p.m. on April 28, bringing the Australian state into line with New South Wales and Victoria. Making the announcement on Friday, acting premier Steven Miles said the close contact isolation restrictions have been impacting businesses, schools, and the…


Winnipeg Patrons Amazed By the Beauty and Energy of Shen Yun

WINNIPEG, Canada—Surgeon David Kinsley and his 7-year-old daughter were delighted by the Shen Yun Performing Arts performance at Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg on April 20. “The performance was amazing. The colors, the choreography, the forms, the dancing, the movements were absolutely beautiful,” Dr. Kinsley said. “The effortless way in which the dancers took to…


Large Female Sea Turtles Lay More Eggs and Need to Be Protected: Study

The size of female sea turtles has a bearing on population dynamics and therefore they should be protected, a University of Western Australia (UWA) study has found. The finding, published in Global Ecology and Biogeography on April 19, showed that larger females have greater reproductive output, with size a strong predictor of egg quantities, as…


Company Reaches $22.5 Million Settlement With LA City for Allegedly Forging COVID Test Results

Los Angeles reached a $22.5 million settlement with Sameday Health—a COVID-19 testing company the city alleged forged hundreds of coronavirus test results and conducted insurance fraud, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer announced on April 21. The complaint filed by Feuer and District Attorney George Gascón accused Sameday and its CEO Felix Huettenbach of promising…


How Corporations Replacing Family Farms Changed California | Victor Davis Hanson

With technological advancements, farming is becoming more efficient—delivering more food to more places. But family farmers are shrinking in California. My guest is Victor Davis Hanson, a historian and farmer. He explains what is lost in the transition to corporate farming and its impact on our farming communities.   * Click the “Save” button below…


4 Ducks Shot to Death at Costa Mesa’s ‘Duck Park’

COSTA MESA, Calif.—Four ducks were found shot to death on the morning of April 18 at TeWinkle Park in Costa Mesa, California, and the city’s police department is still searching for the suspect. Last seen on Easter Sunday, the ducks—one male mallard, two Muscovy ducks known as Mr. Chipper and Grace, and one Pekin duck…


Biden Appointee Imposing CRT-Based Training on National Credit Union Administration

Employees and contractors of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)—the federal agency that regulates the credit union industry—are being subjected to racial bias and sensitivity training based on critical race theory (CRT), according to documents obtained by a nonprofit government watchdog. Judicial Watch said in a statement that it received from the NCUA 15 pages of…