4 Dec 2024
Great Lakes region braces for more snow while cleaning up after lake-effect storms
Even more snow could be on the way for places in the Great Lakes region that are still digging out after days of storms caused deadly wrecks, collapsed a barn on top of 100 cows and buried some towns under nearly 6 feet (1.8 meters).
Severe floods affect millions, claim over 30 lives in Thailand and Malaysia
Heavy rains have unleashed devastating floods across Thailand and Malaysia, leaving over 30 dead, displacing tens of thousands, and causing widespread destruction, officials reported on Tuesday, December 3.
Chicago Residents Tell Trump to Arrest Mayor Brandon Johnson If He Tries to Block Deportations
Soon after Trump’s victory last month, Johnson said he “will not bend” to the president-elect’s plan to carry out the largest deportation program in American history. Since then, Johnson has proposed a $300 million property tax hike to collect more funds for newly arrived migrants. At Monday’s city council meeting, residents called on Trump and Homan to arrest Johnson if he gets in their way of detaining illegal aliens in Chicago.
House Committee Releases Report on Social Distancing, COVID Vaccine
House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released a final report regarding its two-year investigation into social distancing, masking, and COVID vaccine mandates. It was revealed that “the six-foot social distancing requirement was not supported by science.” Regarding the usage of masks and mask mandates, it was “apparent” that the CDC “and the Biden Administration cherry-picked observational data to fit their narrative that masks are fully effective.” Also COVID “vaccine mandates were not supported by science and caused more harm than good.” And “contrary to what was promised, the COVID vaccine did not stop the spread or transmission of the virus.”
House Oversight Report Supports Chinese Lab-Leak Theory For COVID-19 Origin
“By nearly all measures of science, if there was evidence of a natural origin it would have already surfaced,” the oversight subcommittee said in a statement. The report said that the Wuhan Institute of Virology has a history of conducting “gain-of-function” research under low biosafety precautions. Several researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology fell sick with a COVID-like virus months before the first case of the outbreak was allegedly detected at a wet market, according to the report.
Israel warns it will go after Lebanon directly if cease-fire with Hezbollah collapses
Israel issued a direct warning to Lebanon on Tuesday and said it will no longer distinguish between Hezbollah and the country should the tenuous cease-fire with the terrorist group collapse. “There will no longer be an exemption for the state of Lebanon,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said, according to the Times of Israel, adding that Jerusalem will “show maximum response and zero tolerance.”
Netanyahu, Israeli leaders praise Trump’s ‘all hell to pay’ vow, Gazans fear the worst
PM Netanyahu thanked US President-elect Trump for issuing a toughly worded statement demanding that hostages held in the Gaza Strip be released ahead of his January 20 inauguration. “Hamas is required to release the hostages. President Trump put the emphasis in the right place, on Hamas, and not on the Israeli government, as is customary (elsewhere),” Netanyahu said. Other Israeli leaders also hailed the pledge that there would be “hell to pay” in the Middle East unless hostages held in the Gaza Strip were released ahead of Trump’s inauguration. Israeli ministers lined up to thank Trump for his hard-hitting words.
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