With 500 dead, Iran to empty the streets, check all 80 million people for virus
Iran said Friday the security forces will clear the streets nationwide within 24 hours so all citizens can be checked for coronavirus — its toughest measure yet to combat the outbreak. The COVID-19 epidemic in Iran — a nation of more than 80 million people — has now claimed over 500 lives and infected more […]
California, Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts and Washington close bars and restaurants in effort to slow coronavirus
The governors in five states — California, Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts and Washington — closed bars, restaurants and wineries in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. In other parts of the country, mayors of major cities ordered similar restrictions. In Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine said bars and restaurants can stay open for carry-out and delivery but “what […]
CDC recommends canceling events with 50 or more people for the next eight weeks throughout US
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging people across the U.S. to cancel or postpone events with 50 or more attendees for the next eight weeks to try to contain the fast-moving coronavirus pandemic, the agency said in revised guidance issued Sunday. The CDC said individuals and organizations should reschedule large events and […]
De Blasio considering NYC lockdown amid coronavirus surge
New York City’s coronavirus cases have skyrocketed in less than a week from 25 on Monday to 269 Sunday as Mayor Bill de Blasio considers locking down the Big Apple to contain the outbreak. “Every option is on the table in a crisis,” de Blasio said Sunday morning on CNN. “We’ve never seen anything like […]
Coronavirus: Spain and France announce sweeping restrictions
Two of the EU’s biggest states, Spain and France, have followed Italy in announcing emergency restrictions to combat the spread of the coronavirus. In Spain, people are banned from leaving home except for buying essential supplies and medicines, or for work. With 191 deaths, Spain is Europe’s worst-hit country after Italy. In France, where 91 […]
Coronavirus vaccine trial to start Monday in Seattle
A clinical trial evaluating a vaccine designed to protect against the new coronavirus will begin Monday, a government official told The Associated Press on Sunday. The first participant in the trial will receive the experimental vaccine on Monday, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the trial has not been publicly announced […]
Israel’s president to ask Netanyahu rival Benny Gantz to form government
It was a blow to Netanyahu, who is fighting for his political life amid unprecedented political deadlock and a criminal indictment for corruption, which he denies. But it remains unclear whether Gantz’s centrist Blue and White Party can break a stalemate that has been marked by three inconclusive elections in less than a year. Netanyahu, […]
Georgia Republican introduces bill to make child transgender surgeries, drugs illegal
Georgia Republican State Representative Ginny Ehrhart introduced a bill in the Georgia House of Representatives last week that would ban health care professionals from performing transgender surgeries on children. The bill specifies criminal penalties for medical professionals who perform surgeries such as mastectomies, vaginoplasties, castration, penectomies, etc. “for the purpose of attempting to affirm the […]
Alabama Senate passes ban on puberty blockers, hormones, surgeries used to gender-transition youth
The Alabama Senate passed a bill barring the experimental medicalized gender-transition of youth, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and body-altering surgeries. Following a successful committee vote last week, the state senate passed legislation criminalizing the act of prescribing opposite sex hormones and drugs used to arrest puberty to youth under the age of 19, AL.com […]
Anti-Semitism is ‘alive and well,’ disguised among America’s elites, Gary Bauer warns
American Values President Gary Bauer warned that the “ancient evil” of anti-Semitism is “alive and well” among those in powerful positions both in the United States and abroad. During a breakfast to honor Israel at the NRB 2020 Christian Media Convention, Bauer, recently appointed by President Trump to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, […]