Reuters

A U.S. Bureau of Land Management auction of 25 oil and gas leases in Northeast Utah received mostly minimum bids of just $2 an acre a day after oil prices collapsed due to the impact of the spreading coronavirus outbreak.

The sale representing 32,713.76 acres (13,238.79 hectares) drew total bids of $237,559.60, according to energy marketplace EnergyNet, which conducted the online sale. The average bid per acre offered was $7.26.  Continue reading “U.S. oil and gas lease sale in Utah draws few bidders”

New York Post – by Yaron Steinbuch

A Big Apple conference about the coronavirus has been canceled – because of the coronavirus, according to a report.

The Council of Foreign Relations was due to hold a roundtable titled “Doing Business Under Coronavirus” on Friday, but decided to cancel it amid fears that it could lead to a spread of the deadly bug, Bloomberg News reported. Continue reading “Coronavirus conference canceled in New York because of coronavirus”

Fox News

An Arkansas police officer was killed in the line of duty during a traffic stop Tuesday night, according to multiple reports.

Officer Brent Scrimshire of the Hot Springs Police Department was taken to a hospital and later died from his injuries. Continue reading “Arkansas police officer fatally shot during traffic stop; suspect’s condition unclear”

Vox

Vladimir Putin is making plans to be president for life.

In an abrupt — if not totally shocking — move, Russia’s State Duma (its lower house of parliament) proposed a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that would reset presidential term limits to zero, allowing Putin to run again for president in 2024, when his tenure is supposed to expire. Continue reading “Russia’s Vladimir Putin just got one step closer to being president for life”

Forbes

Following a week of steep market losses amid mounting coronavirus fears, the world’s 10 richest people lost a combined $37.7 billion on Monday, as the S&P 500 and Dow Jones each sunk nearly 8%. Nine of the 10 billionaires took a multi-billion dollar hit on a day market pundits and social media users quickly dubbed “Black Monday,” in reference to the infamous stock market crash of October 1987.  Continue reading “The World’s 10 Richest Billionaires Lose $38 Billion On Coronavirus-Spurred ‘Black Monday’”

Pocket

On stage he’s a loveable, floppy-haired prince charming. Off camera – well let’s just say he needs a lot of personal space. He hates being a celebrity. He resents being an actor. To his ex-girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley’s friends he was apparently known as ‘Grumpelstiltskin.’

Hugh Grant may be famed for being moody and a little challenging to work with. But could a grumpy attitude be the secret to his success? Continue reading “Why It Pays to Be Grumpy and Bad-Tempered”

North Jersey

A Bergen County horse trainer with several underlying medical conditions was New Jersey’s first coronavirus death, state officials said Tuesday.

The 69-year-old man was identified as Little Ferry resident John Brennan, a horse trainer and mainstay in the paddock of Yonkers Raceway, according to several horse racing publications. Continue reading “Horse trainer from Little Ferry is first in NJ to die of coronavirus”

Statesman

Austin-based conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was booked into the Travis County Jail on a charge of driving while intoxicated just after midnight Tuesday, the Travis County sheriff’s office said.

Jones, 46, was booked at 12:37 a.m., said Kristen Dark, spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office. The driving while intoxicated charge is a class B misdemeanor, she said.  Continue reading “Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones charged with DWI in Travis Co., authorities say”

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CBS News

Detroit — Joe Biden had a heated exchange with a construction worker who accused him of trying to take Americans’ guns away during a campaign stop in Michigan, one of six states holding primaries on Tuesday.

The former vice president was touring an assembly plant under construction for Fiat Chrysler, shaking hands with and praising the electrical workers union members who are building the plant. As Biden was working the room, one man confronted him about his stance on gun ownership. Continue reading “Joe Biden, accused of wanting to end 2nd Amendment, responds: “You’re full of sh**””

New York Post – by Bernadette Hogan

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is deploying the National Guard to enforce a mile-radius coronavirus “containment area” in a Westchester County community dubbed perhaps the “largest cluster” of cases in America.  Continue reading “National Guard deployed to NY community with nation’s ‘largest cluster’ of coronavirus”

Health Impact News

The childhood vaccine schedule in the U.S. features numerous combination vaccines—formulations that bundle multiple antigens for multiple diseases into one injection. Examples of combination vaccines currently given to American children include Merck’s four-component ProQuad vaccine against measles, mumps, rubella and varicella and Sanofi’s five-in-one Pentacel vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio and Haemophilus influenzae type b.  Continue reading “New Six-in-One Vaccine Associated with Sudden Infant Death”

Global Research – by Middle East Monitor

Israeli occupation forces have confiscated the only vehicle available to a medical team serving the needs of some 1,500 Palestinians in an isolated region of the southern West Bank, reported Haaretz.

According to the paper, this is the second time that the vehicle – which serves the residents of Masafer Yatta in the south Hebron hills – has been seized within a year, “cutting off healthcare to an isolated and impoverished population” living inside an Israeli military firing zone. Continue reading “Israel Confiscates Sole Medical Vehicle Serving 1,500 Palestinians”

Middle East Eye

A pro-Israel Democratic super PAC has endorsed Joe Biden for president, underscoring growing antagonism towards Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders among Israel’s advocates in the United States.

The endorsement by the Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI) – which is linked to AIPAC – comes a day ahead of a crucial round of primaries, after Biden took the lead in what has become a two-candidate race for the Democratic nomination. Continue reading “Pro-Israel Super PAC endorses Joe Biden for president”