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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Serial killer who was spared execution is killed in prison
[10News] A California serial killer known as the "I-5 Strangler" in the 1970s and 1980s has been killed in prison.

State correctional officials said Monday that a correctional officer spotted 81-year-old Roger Reece Kibbe unresponsive in his cell at Mule Creek State Prison after midnight Sunday.

His cellmate was standing nearby. Kibbe was initially convicted in 1991 of strangling a 17-year-old who had run away from home in Seattle.

Investigators at the time said Kibbe was also a suspect in six other killings. In 2009, a San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office investigator used new developments to connect him to the old slayings.
Posted by: Frank G || 03/02/2021 07:36 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It's early in the day, but, ph000k, man, that calls for a drink!
Posted by: Clem || 03/02/2021 7:40 Comments || Top||

#2  COVID.
Posted by: Bobby || 03/02/2021 7:47 Comments || Top||

#3  Kibbe's eternal afterlife - Hades

Posted by: Eons Gully5359 || 03/02/2021 9:49 Comments || Top||

#4  Once again, prisoners doing the job that worthless politicians can't.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/02/2021 11:57 Comments || Top||

#5 

I already hear the Cellmates possible defense.

"We were have erotic asphyxiation sex and it went wrong."

Given their Criminal History its possible a jury could buy into it.

Then get President Harris to pardon him and get him a Security Job in Congress. ☺
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/02/2021 14:55 Comments || Top||


-Obits-
Florida golfer, 74, drowns while searching for missing ball
[NYP] A Florida golfer drowned in a pond when he went to search for a lost golf ball, authorities said.

Hermilo Jazmines’ body was pulled by divers Sunday from a pond at the Oldsmar country club, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said Jazmines, 74, was last seen playing golf just after 7:30 a.m. with a friend.

Witnesses told authorities that he had gone off to search for his ball near hole three. His golf cart was discovered still parked on the path, while his putter was lying near the pond, authorities said.

Investigators said they believe Jazmines fell into the water and drowned. Authorities said that his death doesn’t appear to be suspicious, but an autopsy has been ordered.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/02/2021 04:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It is called a 'water hazard."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/02/2021 6:55 Comments || Top||

#2  last seen playing golf just after 7:30 a.m. with a friend.
Posted by: Frank G || 03/02/2021 6:58 Comments || Top||

#3  Will never look at a sand trap in a bad light ever again.
Posted by: Clem || 03/02/2021 6:58 Comments || Top||

#4  Dangerous chemical compound HOH claims another victim. An estimated 320,000 people world wide lost their lives to this dangerous compound, although deaths as a result of this deadly compound are under reported.
Posted by: Shiva Protector of the Hohlraums || 03/02/2021 7:44 Comments || Top||

#5  It was right next to the other one the whole time. Al's Himerz is a terrible thing.
Posted by: CrankyOldYankee || 03/02/2021 8:06 Comments || Top||

#6  "CoVid, obviously. Next cadaver please..."
Posted by: magpie || 03/02/2021 9:49 Comments || Top||

#7  Golfers should not spend too much time looking for their balls?
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/02/2021 11:17 Comments || Top||

#8  Golfers and Dogs are the same. they shouldn't waste the time, but they do. Its their nature.

Posted by: Victor Emmanuel Stalin7121 || 03/02/2021 12:25 Comments || Top||

#9  He gets a stroke penalty.
Posted by: crazyhorse || 03/02/2021 13:21 Comments || Top||

#10  I've played with that friend before.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/02/2021 15:16 Comments || Top||

#11  I remember an episode of ‘Monk’ something like that...
Posted by: Glenmore || 03/02/2021 16:46 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
US guided-missile destroyer arrives in Port Sudan a day after a Russian frigate entered the Sudanese port
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Posted by: Fred || 03/02/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian border guards seize goods, gold from Ukrainian diplomats who tried to smuggle them into neighboring Poland
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Posted by: Fred || 03/02/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  thousands of packs of cigarettes

They don't have coffin nails in Poland?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/02/2021 6:00 Comments || Top||


Majority of Russians believe coronavirus is man-made biological weapon
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Close to two out of three Russians believe that the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
is a man-made biological weapon
...yes, but who do they think made it?
and less than a third are willing to get vaccinated, a poll said Monday.

Observers say the findings reflect a distrust towards authorities fueled by the lack of transparency during the pandemic and deteriorating relations with the West.

According to the survey by the independent Levada Centre, 64 percent of respondents said that COVID-19 was artificially created and is a "new form of biological weapon" while 23 percent believed the virus appeared "without human intervention."
Posted by: Fred || 03/02/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Y'all iz right,but az'd crouton makers say:
Posted by: Clumpy Hulagirl3684 || 03/02/2021 3:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Bien, C'est Bon
Posted by: Clumpy Hulagirl3684 || 03/02/2021 3:31 Comments || Top||

#3  Only Russians, or did they simply not ask anybody else?
Posted by: Cesare || 03/02/2021 8:59 Comments || Top||

#4  I am surprised Russians even bother to answer public opinion polls.
Posted by: Knuckles Fluper5134 || 03/02/2021 11:25 Comments || Top||

#5  If you any a typical Russian if anything at all is caused by someone's intentional act, the answer will usually be YES! Default setting!
(I'm getting that way myself lately...)
Posted by: ed in texas || 03/02/2021 16:34 Comments || Top||


Russia 'Responsible for Navalny's Poisoning', UN Special Rapporteur Claims
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Posted by: Fred || 03/02/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  If only because they didn't stop it?
Posted by: ed in texas || 03/02/2021 16:36 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
China plans to inoculate 40 percent of its population by June
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Posted by: Fred || 03/02/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  That's a lot of saline...
Posted by: CrazyFool || 03/02/2021 0:35 Comments || Top||

#2  These are the people that you find "stuff" in baby food? Pass!
Posted by: magpie || 03/02/2021 9:52 Comments || Top||

#3  IIUC, the PRC has it's own vaccine.

they don't really need testing since their population is more 'under control' than the disease
Posted by: Lord Garth || 03/02/2021 12:15 Comments || Top||

#4  They have been worried about overpopulation for some time now.
Posted by: Angstrom || 03/02/2021 19:05 Comments || Top||


Europe
EU to propose ‘digital green pass’ as proof a person has been vaccinated
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Posted by: Fred || 03/02/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And you only have to have a barcode tattooed or RFID emplanted on your forehead or back of the hand....
Posted by: CrazyFool || 03/02/2021 0:34 Comments || Top||

#2  It's coming, just wait.
Posted by: Threreger Shereting5492 || 03/02/2021 0:41 Comments || Top||

#3  I'm with Jack and he suggests:
Posted by: Glaviling Guelph5203 || 03/02/2021 3:03 Comments || Top||

#4  Reminds me of the movie Abigail. Nearly all Russian actors. Movie was well done. Father of Abigail only English. He was last seen playing the part of Lestrade in Sherlock Holmes. Subtitles English. Before Covid.
Posted by: Dale || 03/02/2021 4:09 Comments || Top||

#5  (r) first in line.
Posted by: Spoter B || 03/02/2021 6:59 Comments || Top||

#6  also soon to appear, concentration camps. you know, for those that aren't vaccinated. really, trust us.
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 || 03/02/2021 7:23 Comments || Top||

#7  # 5 (r) first in line.

And wearing a maniacal g(r)in
Posted by: Winky Clunk3452 || 03/02/2021 7:42 Comments || Top||

#8  @6 Already doing that in Canada Bob

Posted by: DarthVader || 03/02/2021 9:07 Comments || Top||

#9  As One Canadian Citizen Expressed Herself About The Situation

Posted by: Sheba Snapviper5962 || 03/02/2021 10:33 Comments || Top||

#10  Breaking TODAY ->

News Reporter Keean Bexte is FORCED into a Canadian COVID Jail {Rebel News} Video & Text

Deplorable Environmental Conditions / Food
Posted by: Grafton Unimpressed3036 || 03/02/2021 10:45 Comments || Top||

#11  Are our passports going to be eliminated and replaced with the Green Pass? I just renewed. I want my money back.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/02/2021 11:19 Comments || Top||

#12  So will you be exempt if you can't have the vaccine due to medical reasons.
Posted by: crazyhorse || 03/02/2021 13:28 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Tensions over vaccine equity pit rural against urban America
h/t Instapundit
[NYPost] Rita Fentress was worried she might get lost as she traveled down the unfamiliar forested, one-lane road in rural Tennessee in search of a coronavirus vaccine. Then the trees cleared and the Hickman County Agricultural Pavilion appeared.

The 74-year-old woman wasn’t eligible to be vaccinated in Nashville, where she lives, because there were so many health care workers to vaccinate there. But a neighbor told her the state’s rural counties had already moved to younger age groups and she found an appointment 60 miles away.

"I felt kind of guilty about it," she said. "I thought maybe I was taking it from someone else." But late that February day, she said there were still five openings for the next morning.
I got used to headlines that proclaim that "most Americans don't want to be vaccinated because ..."
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/02/2021 06:02 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  When non working public school teachers were prioritized (to receive the vaccination) the general public understood the "fairness" of the distribution. I live rural and this is the first I've heard of "tension". Just a made up story by the NYP for suckers.
Posted by: Spoter B || 03/02/2021 6:55 Comments || Top||

#2  Not everybody can be first, lady.
Posted by: Clem || 03/02/2021 6:59 Comments || Top||

#3  I predict in a few months they won't be able to give it away. The people scrambling now are frightened. But a lot of us are over this.
Posted by: Angstrom || 03/02/2021 10:27 Comments || Top||

#4  Neve(r). Branch Covidians are 4eve(r).
Posted by: Marilyn Tharong3763 || 03/02/2021 10:33 Comments || Top||

#5  #1 my bro in law is a teacher GA and had a massive heart attack a few years back. His status as teacher was prioritized over the his medical history, pushing him forward in the line
Posted by: Beavis || 03/02/2021 10:38 Comments || Top||

#6  Leaked Pentagon Video – Flu Vaccine Use to Modify Human behaviour
Posted by: Otto Omaimp9049 || 03/02/2021 10:41 Comments || Top||

#7  Federal, state, local health authorities and medical centers have been expecting a vaccine for about a year now. They had a ton of time to get ready for this -- but somehow most of them didn't do it. Idiocracy is the rule now.
Posted by: Knuckles Fluper5134 || 03/02/2021 11:23 Comments || Top||

#8  I live in a rural town of 2700, china flu trending down heavily, not much vaccine around here but those who wanted it got it, for the most part
Posted by: 746 || 03/02/2021 11:45 Comments || Top||

#9  This is a super scary virus killing billions and I need my shot so I'm going to drive from the infected cities to urban areas where the virus isn't so I can spread my search out and hopefully get mine.

Its a bit arrogant. I mean, if these people believe that much, yet have no qualms about driving around potentially spreading their diseases around, what is that?

Anyways, I have not experienced any tension from the city folk. 9/10 times they take their mask off and relax like people do after a 3 hour flight full of turbulence and an interesting landing.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/02/2021 11:47 Comments || Top||

#10  "drive from the infected cities to urban areas", I think you mean "rural" areas.........just sayin'
Posted by: 746 || 03/02/2021 12:10 Comments || Top||

#11  That's it.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/02/2021 12:22 Comments || Top||

#12  Rural enough to keep track of the towns which didn't do masks even in school. Schools did just fine. Interesting control group, seems that when the parents who sent their sick kids to school anyways weren't able to do so is a real consideration for their success, next would be parents paying a bit more attention to whether their kid is feeling well where before they might be a bit in a hurry and not notice.

I'm not saying people in those towns didn't get sick, or didn't test positive for a covid. I'm saying the rate was not any more noticeable than anywhere else, which one must consider that school was not a spreader node.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/02/2021 12:48 Comments || Top||

#13  the teenage secret "parties" have done some damage here (not so easy to control those ones), but everyone gets over their Covid/common cold/whatever it was....
Posted by: 746 || 03/02/2021 13:08 Comments || Top||

#14  Kids here mingle after school anyways, and the only time they have their masks on is in school or school related, and they are off like a graduation cap ASAP.

And I'm not saying what works out here will work in the cities. I would propose that whose schools who have been open and doing the mask thing are in the habit of hygiene - washing hands before eating especially finger food, not sucking their fingers or picking their eyes, sent home if running a fever no ifs or ands, even taking their shower as soon as they get home instead of later that evening - I say its time to de-mask. Those teenagers are frustrated and they don't know how to deal with frustration and it is manifesting as stupid party tricks or worse, severe depression. The younger kids are still learning facial expressions as emotional tools and how to talk by watching another's mouth and that education is being stunted.

Those kids who have been in house arrest for a year now, man I don't even know. How does a kid go from one year trapped at home, or longer, an entire year and counting being taught to hate their neighbor, to having to learn all the protocols - not being allowed in because you didn't know you had a fever, the constant hand washing and sanitizing until the skin starts to crack and bleed, being forced into plastic boxes, can't communicate in a meaningful way, Hall Karens doing a shark attack on anyone breaking mask discipline. Hell Week.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/02/2021 14:01 Comments || Top||

#15  ^^^^ The New Nation of Feral Children
or

Lord of the Flys North American Style - For Ever
Posted by: Helmuth, Speaking for Platypus3384 || 03/02/2021 14:09 Comments || Top||

#16  Then again, looking at The Uncle Joe Education Goals, public school in blue areas may be worse.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/02/2021 14:12 Comments || Top||

#17  Lone Star, Magnolia States remove mask mandate, open up.

Comon' Kansas, drop the cat lady and get in the game.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/02/2021 17:13 Comments || Top||

#18  and San Diego gets F'd because Newsom lumped us in with LA County and Imperial County. Rebellion!
Posted by: Frank G || 03/02/2021 18:58 Comments || Top||

#19  Why does Whataburger taste better than In-N-Out Burger?

Whataburger is open.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/02/2021 19:31 Comments || Top||

#20  Nice try. In-N-Out is open for takeout and drive thru. I've never eaten a meal inside :-)
Posted by: Frank G || 03/02/2021 20:42 Comments || Top||

#21  Why does Whataburger taste better than In-N-Out Burger?

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Because you don't have the

In-N-Out Burger
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Posted by: Blossoms May1091 || 03/02/2021 23:02 Comments || Top||


The most banned woman online, Laura Loomer, announces fresh bid for Congress
[ReclaimTheNet] Political commentator and investigative journalist Laura Loomer, often dubbed the "Most banned woman online," announced she would be running for the House Representative seat in Florida’s District 21. Despite being banned from all major social media platforms and payment processors, she ran for the seat in the 2020 election and lost to Lois Frankel of the Democratic Party
...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy, white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects...
Loomer announced her decision to run again for a seat in Congress at the Trump International Golf Club, located in West Palm Beach, Florida. Her decision was backed by Trump’s political adviser, Roger Stone, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), and GOP strategist Karen Giorno. Present in the fully-packed room were other members of the RNC, Florida’s GOP Committee, and many conservative activists and local donors.

Loomer was the first federal seat candidate and campaign to be deplatformed by Big Tech platforms. While addressing supporters in Trump’s golf club, she warned how American values were being targeted by Big Tech through censorship. She reminded the people present of her prediction in 2018, when she was banned from most mainstream social media platforms:

"If it can happen to me, it can and will happen to PresidentTrump."

"When you are designated as a domestic terrorist, which is what the Democrats are trying to do to all Trump supporters, your ability to travel is restricted and you are automatically stripped of your right to own a firearm," said Loomer. "This is what is happening in Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
...Candidate for president in 2020. We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created ... by the — you know — you know, the thing...
’s America."

Loomer noted how Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is being silenced in the House of Representatives, now controlled by the Democratic Party. Greene has also faced censorship online. In a statement to The Floridian, Greene endorsed Loomer’s candidacy.

Considering the upcoming redistricting, it is not clear whether Loomer will have to run against Frankel again in 2022. That said, Frankel already expressed the fear of losing her seat by sending a fundraising plea to supporters to contribute to her 2022 campaign.

Posted by: trailing wife || 03/02/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


India-Pakistan
Chinese hackers targeted Indian vaccine makers Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech: Report
[OneIndia] A cyber intelligence firm Cyfirma on Monday claimed that a Chinese state-backed hacking group is targeting the IT systems of two Indian vaccine makers Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech, that are being inculcated in India in world's biggest vaccination drive.

Chinese hacking group APT10, also known as Stone Panda, had identified gaps and vulnerabilities in the IT infrastructure and supply chain software of Bharat Biotech and the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's largest vaccine maker, according to a Rooters report.

"The real motivation here is actually exfiltrating intellectual property and getting a competitive advantage over Indian pharmaceutical companies," Cyfirma Chief Executive Kumar Ritesh told Rooters.

"APT10 was actively targeting SII, which is making the AstraZeneca vaccine for many countries and will soon start bulk-manufacturing Novavax shots, " he said.

"In the case of Serum Institute, they have found a number of their public servers running weak web servers, these are vulnerable web servers," Ritesh said, referring to the hackers.

"They have spoken about weak web application, they are also talking about weak content-management system. It's quite alarming."
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/02/2021 01:55 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Commies


Science & Technology
Merck Throws Manufacturing Might Behind Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/02/2021 17:46 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I learned something interesting recently. There are basically 4 categories of COVID vaccine under development: 1. mRNA, 2. adenovirus 3. protein spike 4. attenuated virus.

The 2 vaccines on the market are both mRNA. That's because it's the easiest and fastest to make. It's never been done before, so we really don't know about long term safety, though this category has been studied for some time now.

Numbers 3 and 4 represent traditional vaccine technology, though we seem to be moving away from attenuated virus. The protein spike type is what we use for Hep B and HPV. Conceptually this should be pretty safe as it only introduces a key portion of the spike protein, not the virus and not genetic material. Currently GSK/Sunofi and Novavax have these types of vaccine in phase 2 trials. So, if you want a COVID vaccination and aren't in a hurry, but aren't 100% on the mRNA stuff, you might consider waiting for these to hit the market.

Yes, I realize this is way oversimplified.
Posted by: Angstrom || 03/02/2021 18:44 Comments || Top||

#2  Au contraire, Angstrom; I appreciate it.
Posted by: Raj || 03/02/2021 18:47 Comments || Top||

#3  Johnson & Johnson being the adenovirus type.

non-replicating viral vectors, using an adenovirus shell containing DNA that encodes a SARS‑CoV‑2 protein. ... non-replicating, meaning that they do not make new virus particles, but rather produce only the antigen which elicits a systemic immune response
Posted by: Bobby || 03/02/2021 18:56 Comments || Top||

#4  Another victory for Joe and company!
Posted by: Bobby || 03/02/2021 19:39 Comments || Top||

#5  #1 - thank you
Posted by: Frank G || 03/02/2021 20:23 Comments || Top||

#6  Very helpful, Rabbit Angstrom.
Simplifying complexity is a great and worthy skill. Thank you.
Posted by: Harcourt Ulenter4509 || 03/02/2021 21:36 Comments || Top||

#7  Awesome Angstrom! It may be worth noting that the non-replicating adenovirus (J&J) does require that DNA make its way into the nucleus where Folks DNA resides in order to be made into mRNA that then goes to the cytoplasm and ribosomes to be template for making the proteins that Pts immune systems then produce antibodies against. This may be problematic for those that wish their cell nuclei be inviolate wrt possible incorporation of viral DNA into their genome/ I understand the mRNA vaccines don't require acces to the cell nucleus to be effective- hence no chance of alteration of Pt DNA... That said the J&J vaccine that can be shipped and stored at refrigerator temps and is a single dose is my big hope to be able to provide vaccine to Pts out of my office. The current practice of requiring vaccinations at large public venues or busy pharmacies/grocery stores reminds me of Hickham Field early on Dec 7 1941; High risk and High value assets all lined up and vulnerable to a single pass....
Posted by: SatchF15 || 03/02/2021 21:52 Comments || Top||


BGU develops easy, cheap test to identify UK, South African COVID variants
[JP] Ben-Gurion University has developed a rapid and cost-effective test to identify UK and South African variants of the novel coronavirus, reducing the time needed to determine if an infection is caused by a variant to a matter of hours.

The current method for testing for variants involves sequencing the entire virus genome, which is expensive and time consuming.

The new method uses two RT-qPCR rapid tests based on gene deletion that differentiates the variants from the original strain. The tests successfully detected the British variant in sewage samples from Beersheba.

"My lab has been working hard throughout this pandemic to provide early warning and detection tools. Our detection system of corona in wastewater successfully completed a pilot program in 14 cities around Israel," said Prof. Ariel Kushmaro, who supervised development of the new method. "We continue to refine our research in service to humankind."

The method was developed by Dr. Karin Yaniv and Dr. Eden Ozer. Kushmaro and Yaniv are members of BGU's Environmental Biotechnology Lab and the Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering. Ozer is a member of the Department of Life Sciences.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/02/2021 06:08 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Cheap and easy, just like your mama.
Posted by: badanov || 03/02/2021 18:28 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Lebanon inoculation program marred by a row over queue-jumping by lawmakers
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Fri 2021-02-26
  Hamburg Customs Seizes Over 16 Tonnes of Cocaine From Paraguay in Europe's Biggest Haul
Thu 2021-02-25
  Police detain Al-Shabaab and ISIS terrorists in Turkey's capital Ankara
Wed 2021-02-24
  El Chapo's wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro, arrested on drug trafficking charges
Tue 2021-02-23
  Cleverness: U.S. Says Will Hold Iran 'Responsible' in Iraq but Won't 'Lash Out'
Mon 2021-02-22
  'Inexplicable': Alito and Thomas Dissent as Supreme Court Strikes Down Pennsylvania Election Lawsuit
Sun 2021-02-21
  Three Jihadists Sentenced for Plotting Paris Terrorist Attack
Sat 2021-02-20
  Somalia: At Least 20 Al-Shabaab Members Killed in Army Ops - SNA Chief
Fri 2021-02-19
  Algeria Sentences Jihadist in French Beheading Trial to Death
Thu 2021-02-18
  ISCAP has secured its enclave in Mozambique
Wed 2021-02-17
  Rush Limbaugh Dies at 70
Tue 2021-02-16
  30 Taliban militants killed in explosion during bomb-making class

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