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Business Insider – by Elena Holodny
Money goes further in some states than others.
The Tax Foundation released a map showing the relative value of $100 in every state compared with the national average using the data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
In expensive states like New York, you can afford comparatively less than average; in less expensive states like Mississippi, you can buy relatively more. Continue reading “This map shows what $100 is actually worth in your state”
He’s out.
Fox News has decided that Bill O’Reilly’s 21-year run as the face of Fox News will come to an end.
New York Magazine is reporting that network executives are planning to announce O’Reilly’s departure before he returns from his Italian vacation on April 24. Continue reading “Report: O’Reilly Out At Fox News”
California’s smoggy reputation appears to be deserved: Six of the USA’s 10 cities with the worst air pollution are in the Golden State, according to a new report.
Bakersfield, Calif., again holds the dubious distinction of having the USA’s most days of highly polluted air, based on data from 2013-2015, the American Lung Association’s annual “State of the Air” report released Wednesday found. Continue reading “California again leads list with 6 of the top 10 most polluted U.S. cities”
Women all across America are being conned into medically unnecessary breast removal surgery (bilateral mastectomy surgery) by doctors who scare them with “fake science” by falsely describing genetic testing results, warn researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Women who have harmless genetic variants called VUS (Variants of Uncertain Significance) are falsely being told by nearly half of all breast cancer surgeons that they have the “breast cancer gene” (BRCA1 or BRCA2) and therefore must have the surgery to save their lives. Famously, Angelina Jolie underwent a bilateral mastectomy after being told she carried the gene for breast cancer, but these new findings by Stanford researchers call into question whether her surgery was medically necessary at all. Continue reading “Women being CONNED into mastectomy surgery by doctors who SCARE them with false genetic testing results, warn Stanford medical researchers”
A former director of Venezuela’s Office of Identification, Migration and Foreigners said that during his 17 months in the post, the socialist government gave at least 10,000 Venezuelan passports and other documents to citizens of Syria, Iran and other Middle Eastern countries.
In an interview with El Nuevo Herald, Colonel Vladimir Medrano Rengifo said the operation was headed by current Vice President Tareck El Aissami. Continue reading “Venezuela illegally issued 10,000 passports to Syrians, Iranians, report says”
Breitbart – by Katherine Rodreguez
Huma Abedin is willing to tell all in a new book for a price tag of $2 million, according to a new report.
The former top aide to Hillary Clinton and “estranged wife of disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner has been meeting with top literary agents” to discuss writing a book about her side of the sexting scandal and her role in Clinton’s campaign, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Clinton has reportedly given her seal of approval for the purported Huma Abedin memoir. Continue reading “Report: Huma Abedin Asking Publishers for $2 Million for Tell-All Memoir”
Daily Caller – by Amber Randall
Chicago saw 34 people wounded from gun injuries in a spate a violence over Easter weekend.
Twenty-three were shot during just a seven hour period between Saturday night and early Sunday morning, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.
The lone death over the weekend happened early Sunday morning. One man shot at two other men, one of whom succumbed to wounds on the head and neck later at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to authorities. Continue reading “Chicago Rings In Easter With 34 People Shot”
The Telegraph – by Julian Ryall, Nicola Smith, David Millward
A North Korean missile launch that failed shortly after it was fired may have been thwarted by cyber attacks from the US.
The medium-range missile exploded seconds after it was launched on Sunday from a site near the port city of Sinpo, as Mike Pence, the US vice president, arrived in Seoul for talks with the South Korean government over how to deal with Pyongyang’s belligerence. Continue reading “North Korea’s unsuccessful missile launch ‘may have been thwarted by US cyber attack’”
The Shadow Brokers—the mysterious person or group that over the past eight months has leaked a gigabyte worth of the National Security Agency’s weaponized software exploits—just published its most significant release yet. Friday’s dump contains potent exploits and hacking tools that target most versions of Microsoft Windows and evidence of sophisticated hacks on the SWIFT banking system of several banks across the world. Continue reading “The ShadowBrokers have struck again and the latest release by the secret entity is its most significant release to date.”
The bodies of four males, all described as having suffered “significant trauma,” were discovered in a park in a Long Island neighborhood that has for years contended with a growing problem of gang violence.
The victims, whose ages and identities were not immediately released, were found in the Central Islip Recreation Village Park near Lowell Avenue and Clayton Street in Central Islip, authorities said. Continue reading “4 Males Found Dead in Park on Long Island”
Good News Network – by McKinley Corbley
Jennifer Austin had long awaited the day that her husband would finally return from the hospital – but after weeks of time spent in the ICU, Don Austin arrived home on Friday only to find a frustrating obstacle standing in his way: the stairs to his front door.
Due to a host of health issues, Don had had his leg amputated below the knee. Though he had crutches handy, he still wasn’t strong enough to make it up the stairs to their house in Creston, Florida. Continue reading “Man Helps Amputee Up the Stairs, Then Returns to Build Ramp”
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — One person has died and four were injured after an explosion at an Independence ammunition plant on Tuesday.
A spokesperson for Lake City Army Ammunition Plant said in a statement that an explosion occurred at approximately 1 p.m. in a mixing building that resulted in one fatality and four employees being evaluated on scene, who each refused further medical treatment. The deceased victim’s identity has not yet been released.
The 707,000-square foot facility, established in 1940, manufactures small-caliber munitions for the U.S. Army and operates the NATO test center, which performs ammunition reliability testing and weapon testing. Continue reading “One dead, four injured in explosion at Independence ammunition plant”
Two employees of the University of Wisconsin have filed a federal lawsuit to force the state’s taxpayers to fund the removal of their penises and various other costs which go along with gender reassignment surgery.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is assisting with the lawsuit, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The defendants named in the lawsuit include the University of Wisconsin System and its board of regents, as well as some insurers. Continue reading “ACLU Transgender Lawsuit Seeks To Force Wisconsin Taxpayers To Pay For Genital Mutilation”
PYONGYANG, April 11 (Reuters) – North Korean state media on Tuesday warned of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of U.S. aggression as a U.S. Navy strike group steamed towards the western Pacific.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who has urged China to do more to rein in its impoverished neighbour, said in a Tweet North Korea was “looking for trouble” and the United States would “solve the problem” with or without China’s help. Continue reading “North Korea state media warns of nuclear strike if provoked as U.S. warships approach”