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Massive fire at Evergreen nursing home kills resident and firefighter

Yahoo
Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:53 UTC

Multiple alarm fire at the Evergreen Home for Adults in Spring Valley, March 23, 2021.

A resident and a firefighter died after a massive fire tore through an assisted living home for adults early Tuesday.

Firefighters and police officers raced to rescue two dozen residents, several of whom were seriously injured after the fire broke out shortly before 1 a.m. at the Evergreen Court Home for Adults.

Ten residents and two firefighters were taken to hospitals, Rockland County Director of Fire and Emergency Services Chris Kear said.

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Oklahoma jail inmate streams hostage situation over Facebook live video, claims to be in protest over poor living conditions

Jessica McBride
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Mon, 29 Mar 2021 01:00 UTC

An inmate in an Oklahoma jail took Correctional Officer Daniel Misquez hostage and then streamed videos on Facebook Live with his phone.

Police later shot and killed the inmate, rescuing the detention officer. You can watch some of the videos below from inside the Oklahoma County Detention Center, but be aware that they are graphic and disturbing.

Authorities confirmed in a news conference that they heard that an inmate took the officer's phone and was able to stream live on Facebook.

Officers opened the door of the inmate's pod to give medication out when the inmate took the officer hostage, they said in a news conference.

Shutoffs at world's major trade routes evolving as Europe's busiest freight line remains closed & cargo still stuck in Egypt

RT
Sat, 27 Mar 2021 15:24 UTC

Europe's busiest freight train route connecting Genoa and Rotterdam won't be able to resume operations until April after a massive rock slide that choked tracks in the Rhine Gorge, a World Heritage Site in Germany.

"We are assuming that operations will be resumed in April," Volker Hentschel, board member for asset and maintenance management at DB Netz AG of Deutsche Bahn, said as quoted by FAZ, Frankfurt-based media.

One of the major European trade routes was closed on March 15 after a rock slide that left about 15,000 cubic meters of loose rock in the area.

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Giant ship blocking Suez Canal partially refloated after huge effort to reopen trade route

Charlene Gubash and Richie Duchon and Arata Yamamoto
MSN
Mon, 29 Mar 2021 08:48 UTC

The giant container ship that has blocked traffic in the Suez Canal for the last week, bringing a key global trade route to a standstill and capturing the world's attention, was partially refloated early Monday.

It was unclear when the vessel would be fully set free but the progress raised hopes the crucial waterway could soon be reopened after days of intense global salvage efforts.

The Ever Given "has successfully floated after the ship responded to the pulling and towing maneuvers," Lt. Gen. Osama Rabie, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, said in a statement.

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Michael Flynn's relatives sue CNN for $75 million over report alleging QAnon affiliation

John Solomon
Just the News
Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:35 UTC

Brother and sister-in-law say CNN's "false attributions" exposed them to "public scorn, ridicule and contempt."

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's brother and sister-in-law sued CNN in federal court for $75 million on Thursday, stating they were defamed by a report last month alleging they were members of the QAnon conspiracy group.

Jack and Leslie Flynn, who live in Rhode Island, alleged in U.S. District Court in New York City that the CNN report on Feb. 4 falsely portrayed them as members of QAnon by selectively airing video footage from a family outing last Fourth of July where they joined Michael Flynn in reciting the oath to the Constitution that members of Congress take.

The data shows lockdowns end more lives than they save

John Tierney
New York Post
Tue, 23 Mar 2021 02:00 UTC

Now that the 2020 figures have been properly tallied, there is still no convincing evidence that strict lockdowns reduced the death toll from COVID-19. But one effect is clear: more deaths from other causes, especially among the young and middle-aged, minorities and the less affluent.

The best gauge of the pandemic's impact is what statisticians call excess mortality, which compares the overall number of deaths with the total in previous years. That measure rose among older Americans because of COVID-19, but it rose at an even sharper rate among people aged 15 to 54, and most of those excess deaths weren't attributed to the virus.

Some of those deaths could be undetected COVID-19 cases, and some could be unrelated to the pandemic or the lockdowns. But preliminary reports point to some obvious lockdown-related factors.

There was a sharp decline in visits to emergency rooms and an increase in fatal heart attacks because patients didn't receive prompt treatment. Many fewer people were screened for cancer. Social isolation contributed to excess deaths from dementia and Alzheimer's.

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Fury after CNN refers to Uber Eats driver's death during carjacking by black teen girls as 'accident'

RT
Sun, 28 Mar 2021 21:39 UTC

CNN has been blasted on Twitter for using the term "accident" while describing an attempted carjacking by two black teen girls that led to the death of the victim, an Uber Eats driver.

The crime in question happened on Tuesday in Washington, DC and was filmed by an eyewitness. The graphic video shows a scuffle at a car, which then speeds away with the driver clinging to open door. The vehicle is seen crashing at a nearby intersection, turning on its side. The driver can be seen lying motionless several meters away by a fence, while two carjackers climb out of the car and are apprehended.

Comment: Washington D.C.'s Mayor Bowser manages to step in it again:

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser has been accused of victim-blaming and playing politics by sharing a video on how to avoid auto theft after a carjacking that led to the death of Mohammad Anwar.

Bowser's tweet came only days after Uber Eats driver Mohammad Anwar died following a scuffle with 13- and 15-year-old girls who were trying to steal his car, which led to a crash and Anwar's death. The scene was caught on video and the two girls were taken into custody.

Mainstream media outlets have already been accused of downplaying Anwar's death, with a CNN tweet referring to the act as an "accident" provoking a backlash - the two girls are being charged with felony murder and armed carjacking. Critics accused the network of choosing the wording because the suspects are both black.

Bowser's tweet has also set off a wave of pushback, with many accusing her of victim-blaming and spinning the murder.

"Worst possible tweet the mayor could've sent this morning,"added Daily Caller's Logan Hall.

Bowser's tweet has also set off a wave of pushback, with many accusing her of victim-blaming and spinning the murder.

"Oh, so it's the fault of Mohammad Anwar's fault that he was murdered by two teens in a car violent carjacking (sorry, CNN calls it an accident), in which they assaulted and tazed him?" reporter Ian Miles Cheong tweeted in reaction.

"Worst possible tweet the mayor could've sent this morning,"added Daily Caller's Logan Hall.

Extreme feminists using Sarah Everard's murder as bait for their warped cause

Ryan-Mark Parsons
RT
Sun, 28 Mar 2021 08:12 UTC

© REUTERS / Hannah McKay
A sign is seen at a memorial site in Clapham Common Bandstand, following the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard, in London, Britain March 13, 2021

The discussion around Sarah Everard's death and the vigil in her honor is being hijacked by disingenuous activists. They don't seem to care about Sarah, only their own self-promotion and feminist politics.

In an article recently published by The Independent, the initial first headline read, "I became the 'face' of the Sarah Everard vigil - and I'm demanding change". The so-called "face" is Patsy Stevenson, the protestor claiming she fronted the vigil of a murdered woman, Sarah Everard.

Make no mistake, the only face we should be concerned about is Sarah's; not a jumped-up feminist whose agenda is clearly to raise her profile and divert as much attention to her and this nefarious feminist cause of blaming all men for the actions of a minority.

Massive explosion hits Balongan oil refinery in Indonesia

Sputnik
Sun, 28 Mar 2021 20:40 UTC

The residents living in the vicinity of the explosion scene were reportedly evacuated and housed at several government facilities. There was no immediate information on casualties.

A massive explosion at the Balongan oil refinery owned by the Pertamina company, an Indonesian state-owned oil and natural gas corporation, occurred in Indonesia's Indramayu area in West Java province on early Monday.

Local media outlets, citing eyewitnesses, said the explosion was heard up to a radius of dozens of kilometers from the epicentre.

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Writing music down like Mozart did is 'white hegemony', proposed reform of Oxford's curriculum reportedly claims

RT
Sun, 28 Mar 2021 20:24 UTC

Teaching music at Oxford may soon be less about writing notation and conducting orchestras, and more about which artists hated Donald Trump's use of their works without permission, proposed reform reportedly suggests.

One of the most prestigious universities in the UK plans to overhaul its music courses for undergraduates to steer them away from elements of 'colonialism' and 'white supremacy', the Telegraph reported, citing internal documents. The supposedly problematic parts of the curriculum include the study of musical notation, described as a "colonialist representational system."

Many ways of writing down music have been invented throughout history, but the system developed in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries laid the foundation for the most used form today. It's not set in stone, of course, and is constantly developed. Alternatives specific to certain instruments and genres exist as well.

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Society's Child

Massive fire at Evergreen nursing home kills resident and firefighter

Oklahoma jail inmate streams hostage situation over Facebook live video, claims to be in protest over poor living conditions

Shutoffs at world's major trade routes evolving as Europe's busiest freight line remains closed & cargo still stuck in Egypt

Giant ship blocking Suez Canal partially refloated after huge effort to reopen trade route

Michael Flynn's relatives sue CNN for $75 million over report alleging QAnon affiliation

The data shows lockdowns end more lives than they save

Fury after CNN refers to Uber Eats driver's death during carjacking by black teen girls as 'accident'

Extreme feminists using Sarah Everard's murder as bait for their warped cause

Massive explosion hits Balongan oil refinery in Indonesia

Writing music down like Mozart did is 'white hegemony', proposed reform of Oxford's curriculum reportedly claims

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