By Jack Phillips A federal judge on Oct. 8 denied a request to block Michigan State University’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on the basis of natural immunity. An employee at the school, Jeanna Norris, filed a lawsuit against the mandate and asked a judge to intervene on the basis that she had already contracted COVID-19 and recovered. She presented two antibody […]
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Pennsylvania Democrats Protest Curriculum Transparency Bill
By Beth Belje The idea of parents having easy access to their children’s school curriculum was vigorously debated Wednesday in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Pennsylvania code already allows parents to have access to school curriculum, but house Bill 1332 proposes putting that information on school websites. Some school districts already do this, but other districts require […]
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Households Brace for Higher Winter Heating Costs as Natural Gas Prices Vault
By Tom Ozimek The relentless rise in natural gas prices continued on Wednesday, highlighting the looming threat to American households bracing for higher heating costs in the event of a harsh winter. U.S. natural gas futures were up 1.11 percent at $6.382 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) in early trading on Oct. 6 after jumping around 9 […]
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Intel Breaks Ground on $20 Billion Arizona Plants as US Chip Factory Race Heats Up
By Reuters Intel Corp on Friday broke ground on two new factories in Arizona as part of its turnaround plan to become a major manufacturer of chips for outside customers. The $20 billion plants—dubbed Fab 52 and Fab 62—will bring the total number of Intel factories at its campus in Chandler, Arizona, to six. They will house Intel’s […]
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Jobless Claims Rise Above Expectation to Highest Level in a Month
By Tom Ozimek The number of American workers who filed for unemployment rose above expectations last week and hit the highest level in a month, new government figures show. First-time filings for unemployment insurance—a proxy for layoffs—came in at 351,000 for the week ending Sept. 18, a rise of 16,000 from the previous week’s revised level of […]
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Brian Laundrie Possibly Spotted on Deer Camera in Florida, Officials ‘Actively’ Investigating
By Jack Phillips Brian Laundrie, a person of interest sought by police in the disappearance of missing woman Gabby Petito, was possibly spotted on a deer camera in an area in Flordia and police are investigating. Sam Bass said he spotted the man with a backpack at 6:17 a.m. in Baker, located on the western end of […]
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Arizona Woman ‘Mistakenly’ Injected With COVID-19 Vaccine
By Allan Stein A Scottsdale, Arizona, woman is livid after being injected with a COVID-19 vaccine at a California pharmacy without her knowledge or consent, thinking she was being given a flu shot. Savannah Courtad said the mix-up happened on Sept. 14 at a Walgreens pharmacy in Fresno, California, and that it has left her feeling confused […]
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Red States Lead In Employment, Blue States Get Props for Sharpness of Rebound: Report
By Tom Ozimek Red states, on the whole, recorded the lowest rates of unemployment in the United States in August, although blue states led the way in terms of the sharpest reduction in their rates of unemployment over the past year, new government data shows. The top seven states with the lowest unemployment rates in August were Alabama (3.1 percent), […]
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NY Hospital Will Stop Delivering Babies as Maternity Workers Resign Over Vaccine Mandate
By Jack Phillips A hospital in Upstate New York won’t have the capacity to deliver babies after six employees in its maternity ward resigned instead of taking the COVID-19 vaccine as part of an executive order handed down by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo several weeks ago. Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville said that it will work with state officials to […]
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I’d Do It Again Tomorrow’ Congressman Says After Attempt to Rescue Americans Stranded in Afghanistan
By Zachary Stieber Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) was in a plane circling the U.S.-held airport in Kabul with Special Forces last week on a mission to rescue Americans stranded in Afghanistan. Mullin had learned American citizens were stuck in the Taliban-controlled country and wanted to help get them out before U.S. troops withdrew before President Joe Biden’s […]
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Court Rules Judicial Watch Lawsuit Can Proceed against Colorado Officials to Force Cleanup of State’s Voter Rolls
By Judicial Watch (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that a federal court ruled its lawsuit can proceed against Colorado officials to force a cleanup of the state’s voter rolls. Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit October 5, 2020, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado on behalf of itself and three residents of Colorado against Jena Griswold, […]
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Millions of Americans Set to Lose Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Next Week, No Signs of States Extending
By Tom Ozimek Millions of Americans are set to lose their federal pandemic unemployment benefits as a Sept. 6 deadline approaches for an end to the emergency programs, with dim prospects for any extensions in light of surging demand for workers and reports that states are not moving to extend them. Around 7.5 million Americans are set […]
