Новости за 01.04.2020

(FOX NEWS) -- Amid coronavirus stay-at-home orders, churches have done virtual services, prayers, choirs. Now, with Easter approaching, a Texas church announced it is doing a virtual Easter egg hunt. Tate Springs Baptist Church in Arlington hopes to engage its elementary students by designing a virtual Easter egg hunt on the popular video game Minecraft,…

(THE COLLEGE FIX) -- One in six high school seniors who expected to attend a four-year college full-time before the coronavirus pandemic overtook the nation now say they will choose a different path, according to the results of a new survey. It’s one of many troubling indicators higher education administrators face as they try to…

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by the Daily Signal, a part of the Heritage Foundation.] By Fred Lucas The Daily Signal The Chinese government says it has lifted the lockdown for the province of Hubei, where the coronavirus first emerged, and has reported no new results for several days. However, much anecdotal information…

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by the Daily Caller News Foundation.] By Peter Hasson Daily Caller News Foundation The World Health Organization (WHO) spends twice as much on travel as it does on medical supplies, according to its most recent financial report. Eight percent of the WHO’s budget in 2018 went to travel…

  [Editor's note: This story originally was published by the Daily Caller News Foundation.] By Jane Hopkins Daily Caller News Foundation Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) flew U.S. citizens in Colombia back home, marking the first case where stranded Americans outside of Central America were rescued by the agency since the coronavirus pandemic began. An…

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by the Daily Caller News Foundation.] By Mary Margaret Olohan Daily Caller News Foundation As authorities arrest pastors for holding Sunday services in defiance of social distancing orders, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that religious services are to be considered essential in his state. Abbott issued an…

One industry that is refusing to shut down, or even scale back, to help the nation get through the coronavirus pandemic is abortion. In fact, Planned Parenthood has gone to court multiple times already to demand that its clinics be allowed to continue to profit. That has raised the concern of James Dobson, the founder…

One of President Trump's biggest supporters in American industry, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, delivered a harsh verdict on Washington journalists after he appeared at a White House news conference to talk about his company's decision to join in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic by producing cotton face masks for hospital workers. Establisment media figures…

(FOX NEWS) -- America needs to bring drug manufacturing back home to the United States in preparation for future health crises like the coronavirus pandemic, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas., said Wednesday. In an interview on "Fox & Friends" with host Steve Doocy, Roy said that because of the COVID-19 virus, the American people are starting…

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- The coronavirus pandemic could take away the momentum that has built in the past few years for new federal policies to counter climate change. “What I fear is everyone is so focused on the problem at hand that I don't think climate issues are on the front burner again,” said Rep. Francis…

(BLOOMBERG) -- Hospitals are threatening to fire health-care workers who publicize their working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic -- and have in some cases followed through. Ming Lin, an emergency room physician in Washington state, said he was told Friday he was out of a job because he’d given an interview to a newspaper about…

(BREITBART) -- A concealed carry permit holder shot and killed an alleged attacker in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Friday night, thwarting a mass shooting in the process. Tulsa World reports a woman allegedly opened fire on customers, “outside a North Tulsa shopping center” about 6:30 p.m., only to be shot dead by an armed citizen. Surveillance…

(THE BLAZE) -- An MSNBC host shocked viewers on Monday when he asked Dallas-area megachurch pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes to lead viewers in prayer. The moment unfolded during "MSNBC Live" when host Craig Melvin was speaking with Jakes about the COVID-19 crisis. Melvin abruptly posed a fascinating question. "For folks who aren't able to get…

"There are no libertarians in a global pandemic." So goes the smug punchline of large-government advocates who point to the necessity of collective action in the face of an unprecedented global crisis. Without government, they say, we'd all be dead. Few libertarians would disagree. The hardcore libertarians at Reason magazine aren't spending their days fulminating…

(BBC NEWS) -- An actor and dialect coach who appeared in Star Wars and worked with A-list celebrities has died after contracting Covid-19, his agent has said. Andrew Jack, 76, died in a Surrey hospital on Tuesday. Agent Jill McCullough said she had been inundated with tributes to one of the acting world's "brightest and…

Just three miles from a wild animal market identified as the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese government researchers were carrying out scientific research on 2,000 new viruses, including deadly bat coronaviruses. Veteran Washington Times national security reporter Bill Gertz reported several Chinese state media outlets spotlighted the virus research, including Wuhan researcher Tian Junhua,…

  Workers from five federal agencies are suing for "hazard pay" because they must work during the coronavirus pandemic. The news website Government Executive reports five federal employees and the American Federation of Government Employees filed the lawsuit. The complaint argues federal workers exposed to the COVID-19 disease through their jobs are owed the extra…

Amid massive job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic, an estimated 1 million new positions are being offered by major companies deemed essential during the crisis. The bad news is that hotel chains, restaurants and retailers such as Macy's are laying off or furloughing workers. The department store giant Macy's announced it's furloughing 100,000 employees,…

The religious right is anti-science. The religious right supports Donald Trump, and he welcomes their support. Therefore, America is doing much worse in our fight with the coronavirus than we could be. If Trump had not chosen to ally himself with those anti-science Bible-thumpers, the whole world would be better off. So posits an op-ed…

A parody in the voice of Sen. Chuck Schumer: Gun owners, do you struggle with an addictive urge to buy firearms on the fly while goose-stepping through gun shows and pawn shops? If so, my fellow Democrats will happily relieve you of all your guilt … and your guns. Forget wasting time plugging silhouettes of…