Новости за 28.04.2020

Shortly after an interview Monday night with Fox News, YouTube removed videos of a press briefing in which two California doctors carefully laid out their case for ending the lockdowns implemented in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The videos, which drew more than 5 million views, featured Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi – the owners…

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- U.S. government officials should boycott China’s 2022 Winter Olympic Games unless the communist state ceases persecuting religious minorities, a report released Tuesday to the State Department recommended. The annual report, authored by officials at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a federally sponsored watchdog, surveys religious freedom violations worldwide. This year,…

(THE HILL) -- President Trump plans to sign an executive order Tuesday that would use the Defense Production Act to compel meat processing plants to stay open by designating them as critical infrastructure, according to a senior administration official. The White House plans to work with the Labor Department to “provide safety standards and guidance…

(THE COLLEGE FIX) -- While private schools with billion-dollar endowments bicker with politicians over coronavirus relief funding, a small Catholic university in eastern Ohio is offering a semester of free tuition for all new students. Franciscan University of Steubenville announced last week it would launch a financial assistance program called “Step in Faith” that offers…

(THE COLLEGE FIX) -- Relying on “herd immunity” as a strategy to solve the COVID-19 crisis will cost many lives and won’t be effective anytime soon, according to a professor at Northeastern University. Samuel Scarpino, an assistant professor who runs the Emergent Epidemics lab at Northeastern, said allowing the virus to spread unchecked, thus allowing…

(STUDY FINDS) -- PHILADELPHIA — Where do you usually get your news? If the answer is a conservative media outlet, you’re more likely to believe COVID-19 misinformation or conspiracy theories, according to a new study just released by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The study also found a similar connection…

(STUDY FINDS) -- NEW YORK — The number of official coronavirus cases worldwide continues to grow, with more than 3 million infected as of April 28th, including more than 988,000 cases in the United States. With many Americans regularly using marijuana to help reduce anxiety, treat a medical condition, or to simply wind down, have…

(STUDY FINDS) -- LOS ANGELES — As each individual state charts its own course out of the coronavirus pandemic, Americans all over the country are growing more and more impatient. When will we all be able to patronize a restaurant again? Enjoy a night out at the movies? It’s impossible to say exactly when these…

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by the Daily Caller News Foundation.] By Mary Margaret Olohan Daily Caller News Foundation Actress Alyssa Milano caved to backlash Monday over her lack of support for Tara Reade, who accused former Vice President Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her. The actress supported the Biden accuser in an…

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by the Daily Caller News Foundation.] By Chris White Daily Caller News Foundation Sen. Josh Hawley wants a criminal antitrust investigation into Amazon after a recent report suggested the company’s employees are taking competitors’ data to develop similar products. Amazon represents an “existential threat” to small American retailers,…

All my life, I have dismissed paranoids on the right ("America is headed to communism") and the left ("It can happen here" – referring to fascism). It's not that I've ever believed liberty was guaranteed. Being familiar with history and a pessimist regarding the human condition, I never believed that. But the ease with which…

(SUMMIT NEWS) -- Despite its complicity in helping China cover-up the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization today claimed “the world should have listened” to the WHO. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual press briefing that the WHO told the world the COVID-19 outbreak constituted a “Public Health Emergency…

Two California physicians with advanced degrees in microbiology contend that their testing of more than 5,200 patients along with public data show the coronavirus is no more deadly than the seasonal flu and that the sheltering-in-place policy in the United States and most of the Western world not only is unnecessary, it's harmful. Drs. Dan…

A dream come true for one non-Power Five college football player -- getting drafted by a perennial NFL winner -- is devolving into a nightmare after leftists on social media have accused him of being a "white supremacist." Marshall kicker Justin Rohrwasser was selected in the fifth round of the NFL draft, 159th overall, by…

  A judge's order allowing law-enforcement officers in a Michigan county to detain anyone suspected of being infected with COVID-19 who refuses to isolate has been revoked. WND previously reported Judge Mark Trusock of the 17th Circuit Court issued the order in response to a request from Kent County Health Officer Adam London. The order…

  The Chinese Communist Party is using the shift to online learning spurred by the coronavirus pandemic to increase its influence over American school children. The Chinese-language learning platform Lingo Bus, known to censor anti-Chinese Communist Party content, has donated its services to U.S. schools, reported the National Pulse. In Utah, Lingo Bus, a subsidiary…

  A British newspaper's story of a rapper's conversion to Islam is highlighting the growing acceptance of the Islamic belief that everyone is born a Muslim. The story on Lisa Mercedez explains she "is making a great effort to 'cover up more' and ditch the skimpy outfits after reverting to Islam." But Mercedez grew up…

  The U.S economy has been bludgeoned by the lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic, with a spike in unemployment reminiscent of the Great Depression. But the Internal Revenue Service will be ready and able to process tax returns, apparently. The news site Government Executive reported Monday the agency has asked 10,000 of its…

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by the Daily Signal.] By Fred Lucas Daily Signal Attorney General William Barr on Monday directed U.S. attorneys to “be on the lookout” for state and local governments violating constitutional rights of individuals during the strict COVID-19 restrictions at the state and local level. “Many policies that would…