Half of U.S. Investigators Fell Ill While Studying East Palestine Train Derailment: Report

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The Norfolk Southern 100-car train derailment and subsequent toxic chemical fallout in East Palestine, Ohio, caused nearly half of the U.S. government investigators to experience symptoms of illness while studying the health impacts, authorities said.

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told CNN last week that seven of the 15-member crew, which included members of the Epidemic Intelligence Service, began feeling symptoms while surveying town residents’ homes near the contaminated areas.

“Symptoms resolved for most team members later the same afternoon, and everyone resumed work on survey data collection within 24 hours,” a CDC spokesperson told the network. “Impacted team members have not reported ongoing health effects.”

Local and state authorities previously evacuated all residents within one mile of the February 3 derailment and started a controlled burn of substances on the vehicle. Five of those train cars emitted vinyl chloride, a human carcinogen used to manufacture PVC, and formed massive plumes of black smoke visible throughout eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Residents have since raised the alarm over health symptoms they experienced after the controlled burn.

Before working from their hotels, some group members began experiencing sore throats, headaches, coughing, and nausea, which mirrored the symptoms reported by many of the town’s residents near the derailment site. (Read more from “Half of U.S. Investigators Fell Ill While Studying East Palestine Train Derailment: Report” HERE)

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Trump to Deliver Mar-a-Lago Speech After Arraignment

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After he is arraigned in Manhattan on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump plans to deliver a public address that same day.

The remarks are scheduled for 8:15 p.m. EDT at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, his re-election campaign announced on Sunday.

No further details about the substance of Trump’s comments were immediately released.

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Biden Admin Won’t Rule Out Gun Confiscation; Calls Americans Owning AR-15s ‘Unacceptable’; Joe Biden Jokes About Christians Being Targeted in Nashville School Shooting

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By American Military News. President Joe Biden’s administration refused to rule out gun confiscation this week after a transgender shooter attacked a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, leaving three children and three adults dead.

During a White House press briefing, a reporter asked press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre if Biden supports “not just banning the sale and manufacturing of semiautomatic weapons, but further than that, confiscation.”

“Let me just be very clear: what we’re talking about, AR-15s, these assault weapons ban, they are weapons of war and they should not be on the streets across the country in our communities, they should not be in schools, they should not be in grocery stores, they should not be in churches,” Jean-Pierre said. “That’s what the president believes.”

The reporter pressed Jean-Pierre, adding that there are “25 million [AR-15s] out there in circulation in the homes of millions of Americans, and therefore you can’t ban them.”

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Joe Biden Jokes About Christians Being Targeted in Nashville School Shooting

By Newsweek. President Joe Biden joked with reporters on Tuesday that he probably didn’t agree with Republican Senator Josh Hawley about whether Christians were targeted in a shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. . .

On the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday, a reporter asked Biden if he believed that Christians were targeted in the Nashville shooting.

“I have no idea,” Biden responded and when he was told that Hawley believes that Christians were targeted, the president said: “Well, I probably don’t then.”

“No, I’m joking,” Biden added. “I have no idea.” (Read more from “Joe Biden Jokes About Christians Being Targeted in Nashville School Shooting” HERE)

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Karine Jean-Pierre Blasted for Claiming Trans Community Is ‘Under Attack’ After Murders of Christians

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Karine Jean-Pierre faced sharp backlash after claiming the trans community is “under attack,” just days after the shootings at a Christian school in Tennessee.

The “Outnumbered” panelists called out the press secretary’s audacity for the remarks that were made during a White House press conference Thursday following the Nashville school shooting.

“We’re seeing more and more of these hateful bills,” Jean-Pierre said. “People don’t want their freedoms to be taken. They want us to fight for their freedoms. And so it is shameful. It is disturbing. And our hearts go out to the trans community as they are under attack right now. But this is a president who has said many times before he has their backs.”

“Outnumbered” co-host Kayleigh McEnany called out the White House for choosing this moment to advocate for the transgender community. Protesters at the Tennessee state capitol building, she added, held up seven fingers to represent seven victims in the mass shooting.

“There are six,” McEnany said. “We want to be exceedingly clear here. There were six Christians who were victims of that shooting and one murderer.” (Read more from “Karine Jean-Pierre Blasted for Claiming Trans Community Is ‘Under Attack’ After Murders of Christians” HERE)

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New Research Shows Marriage Makes Women Happier and Healthier

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Many people today wonder whether marriage is really necessary. Judging by statistics on marriage rates, particularly among younger adults, it is an institution that no longer holds a lot of meaning or purpose for large numbers of people. Women especially are often considered to be better off without husbands.

Certainly, a lack of religious belief and practice plays a big role in this growing trend, but marriage has been the bedrock of many cultures for a very long time — people of differing beliefs and customs around the world have viewed it as fundamental to the health of their societies. And research over the years supports this ancient wisdom importance. The latest, a new study on women’s health and happiness, shows that marriage is significantly beneficial to women.

The study published in Global Epidemiology included 11,830 American female nurses who were all unmarried and then compared those who married over a four year period with those who remained unmarried. The researchers looked at how all of these women faired after 25 years, in terms of mental and physical health and longevity, accounting for things like age, race, and socioeconomic status. What they found was that marriage still matters — a lot. From an article in the Wall Street Journal, written by two of the study’s authors, Brendan Case and Ying Chen:

Our findings were striking. The women who got married in the initial time frame, including those who subsequently divorced, had a 35% lower risk of death for any reason over the follow-up period than those who did not marry in that period. Compared to those who didn’t marry, the married women also had lower risk of cardiovascular disease, less depression and loneliness, were happier and more optimistic, and had a greater sense of purpose and hope.

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Army Identifies Nine Soldiers Killed in Helicopter Collision

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On Friday, U.S. Army officials identified the nine soldiers killed in a helicopter crash when two helicopters collided flying out of Fort Campbell in Kentucky on Wednesday.

All nine people on the Black Hawk helicopters died in the accident, which occurred during a routine training mission. The soldiers were all assigned to the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, and their ages ranged from 23 to 36.

“Now is the time for grieving and healing,” Maj. Gen. J.P. McGee, the commanding general of the installation and of the Army’s 101st Airborne Division, said in a statement. “The whole division and this community stand behind the families and friends of our fallen soldiers.” . . .

The nine soldiers killed were identified as Warrant Officer 1 Jeffery Barnes, 33; Cpl. Emilie Marie Eve Bolanos, 23; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Zachary Esparza, 36; Sgt. Isaac J. Gayo, 27; Staff Sgt. Joshua C. Gore, 25; Warrant Officer 1 Aaron Healy, 32; Staff Sgt. Taylor Mitchell, 30; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rusten Smith, 32; and 23-year-old Sgt. David Solinas Jr.

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UN: Risk of Nuclear War at Record High. Please Engage in Peace Talks, Russia and Ukraine.

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Well, folks, don’t look now, but the “risk of a nuclear weapon being used is currently higher than at any time since the depths of the cold war,” according to the United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu.

The war in Ukraine — obviously — is what is driving that risk. Based on reports made during the UN’s security council on Friday, that war isn’t ending any time soon — as if there were any doubt of that. Americans should know it is not going to end any time soon, our commander-in-chief has said that our tax dollars and equipment will be supporting Ukraine in its battle against Russia for “as long as it takes” — whatever that means. The Swamp wants this war to continue — and so it will.

While Biden has been banging the war drums, Putin has been chatting with its neighbors and new BFF Belarus. Now, reports indicate that Russia will be stationing non-strategic nuclear weapons within Belarus territory. According to the UN, those will be in place for aerial use by July. . .

“We are pursuing cooperation with Belarus without violating obligations,” Russian ambassador and Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia said on Friday. “We are not transferring nuclear weapons. We are talking about the retrofitting of airplanes and training teams in the construction of a storage facility on the territory of Belarus.”

Yet he did make sure to note that Russia would respond to any “provocative measures” as it saw fit, while adding, “A nuclear war cannot be won.” (Read more from “UN: Risk of Nuclear War at Record High. Please Engage in Peace Talks, Russia and Ukraine.” HERE)

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Video: Dozens Hospitalized After Massive Tornado Rips Through Little Rock

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Arkansas‘ capital city is reeling after a massive tornado blew through on Friday afternoon, sending dozens to the hospital and causing extensive damage.

Witnesses posted video of the funnel from several angles as it passed through the area, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. . .

Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. announced in a tweet that he had been in contact with Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, asking for the state to provide any assistance the people impacted might need. (Read more from “Video: Dozens Hospitalized After Massive Tornado Rips Through Little Rock” HERE)

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‘Clear Threat’: Critics Raise Concern ‘RESTRICT’ Act Empowers Biden While Leaving Chinese ‘Spyware’ in Place

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The RESTRICT Act — one of the bills currently in the Senate which could ban TikTok — has the potential to provide President Joe Biden with “new authority” while doing nothing to stop the Chinese-based app, Republican lawmakers and digital rights activists warn.

The White House has endorsed the legislation and has urged Congress to send it to Biden’s desk, applauding the bipartisan efforts of Democratic Virginia Sen. Mark Warner and Republican South Dakota Sen. John Thune.

The endorsement came shortly after the Chinese-based app hired SKDK — a PR firm filled with former senior figures in the Biden administration — to help with policy communications, Politico reported. White House senior adviser Anita Dunn, who is a founding partner of SKDK, encouraged allies to use the app before Biden’s State of the Union address, according to the outlet.

White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told Politico that Dunn’s directions were not new: “we work with outside supporters to spread our message on the major social media platforms, including TikTok.”

TikTok has become a key element of the Biden administration’s strategy towards targeting younger voters. The White House has invited influencers from TikTok to spread Biden’s agenda, and his 2020 campaign relied on the app. (Read more from “‘Clear Threat’: Critics Raise Concern ‘RESTRICT’ Act Empowers Biden While Leaving Chinese ‘Spyware’ in Place” HERE)

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New Study Discovers American IQ Scores Have Dropped Significantly

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A new study by researchers at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has discovered a significant decline in American IQ scores over the past couple of decades.

IQ ability scores in three of four key categories, as well as composite ability scores, have all gone down between 2006 and 2018 based on a sample size of 394,378 people.

So does that mean Americans are getting dumber?

“It doesn’t mean their mental ability is lower or higher; it’s just a difference in scores that are favoring older or newer samples,” said the study’s lead author Dr. Elizabeth Dworak, a research assistant professor of medical social sciences.

“It could just be that they’re getting worse at taking tests or specifically worse at taking these kinds of tests.” (Read more from “New Study Discovers American IQ Scores Have Dropped Significantly” HERE)

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