The state of Kansas can sue Pfizer in state court for misleading the public about its COVID-19 vaccines, a federal judge ruled today.

Pfizer tried to keep the case in federal court, arguing that the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act), which shields COVID-19 vaccine makers from liability for injuries caused by the vaccines, "completely preempts" consumer protection claims made by the state of Kansas.

Ray Flores, senior outside counsel for Children's Health Defense (CHD), called the ruling a "major victory."

"This first-of-its-kind ruling declares Pfizer's deceptions aren't afforded carte blanche treatment, as Mr. Bourla [CEO of Pfizer] probably assumed they'd be," Flores said.

CHD General Counsel Kim Mack Rosenberg agreed. "This decision is important because it creates a viable path for Pfizer to potentially be held accountable for its wrongdoing on a massive scale."

Flyers recently circulated in Manitoba, Canada, have ignited a firestorm of controversy for promoting medically assisted suicide (MAID) for so-called "mature minors" suffering from mental illness — without requiring parental consent.

Jasmin Laine, host of the podcast Over Opinionated, posted an image of the flyers on , criticizing what she described as a state-sponsored push to encourage vulnerable youth to end their lives under the guise of mental health support.

"You have to be a special kind of demonic to advocate for MAID for young vulnerable people and people who are suicidal," Laine wrote. "Imagine walking into a clinic for help, and being told the world would be better off without you... that you should cave to the lies the devil on your shoulder is telling you and it would be more affordable for Canada's healthcare system if you were gone."

Laine, who has personally endured suicidal trauma and the loss of her partner, called the government-backed policy "pure evil."

The suspected terrorist busted for fatally shooting two Israeli Embassy staffers has ties to a radical left-wing group that spearheaded Black Lives Matter protests and fiercely advocates on behalf of Palestinians.

Elias Rodriguez, 31, allegedly confessed to gunning down the couple outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, late Wednesday, when he was heard chanting, "Free, free Palestine," cops said.

As investigators probed a motive behind the horrific antisemitic bloodshed, details were beginning to emerge about the anti-Israel agitator.

Rodriguez was once linked to the Party for Socialism and Liberation — a far-left group that regularly posts anti-Israel rhetoric on social media.

"End the genocide. Israel out of Gaza now," the group posted Wednesday — just hours before the DC shooting.

The departure of two top executives at CBS News in recent weeks has shaken journalists at the outlet and fueled speculation the network's corporate parent will soon settle a high-profile lawsuit brought against the company by President Trump.

The resignation this week of CBS President Wendy McMahon came just weeks after that of 60 Minutes executive producer Bill Owens.

The back-to-back resignations served as the latest sign that a brooding crisis for one of the country's largest and oldest broadcast news networks is reaching an inflection point.

Though they did not mention Trump's lawsuit explicitly as they announced plans to leave, McMahon and Owens made clear they were convinced they could no longer independently lead CBS, which has come under increased legal and regulatory threat from Trump's administration.

Moscow will make sure religious freedoms in the neighboring country are respected, the foreign minister has said

Russia will not abandon Orthodox believers in Ukraine in the face of ongoing religious persecution by the authorities in Kiev, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has promised.

Speaking at a Russian Foreign Ministry reception on Tuesday dedicated to Orthodox Easter, Lavrov condemned Kiev for cracking down on believers in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), calling it proof of the Ukrainian authorities' "human-hating essence."

"The authorities in Kiev have brought [the UOC] to the brink of legal liquidation... Churches continue to be seized, vandalized, and attacked, along with priests and parishioners," Lavrov alleged. He pointed in particular to Ukraine's attempts to wrestle control over the iconic Kiev Pechersk Lavra, the country's oldest monastery.

The incident of a young Ukrainian man torching the British prime minister's car and property makes a good story, but leaves more questions than answers. Roman Lavrynovych, 21, is reported to have been arrested and charged for acts of arson against property of Sir Keir Starmer, but despite the case being reported in great detail - the events themselves - very little has been revealed by the British press. Most outlets have reported it, almost verbatim from each other, but the bigger story has eluded them. And most of them probably know it. Is there a story there about the link between this young man and the British prime minister?

Unsubstantiated, salacious claims on social media are suggesting that the young Ukrainian man was in a relationship with the PM, with some going as far to suggest that he was offering sexual services to Starmer. They claim that The Sun tabloid newspaper has text messages between the two men.

The plot thickens and perhaps adds weight to this possibility when it is later revealed that Lavrynovych had an accomplice, in the form of a lady boy male model Stanislav Carpiuc, who was arrested and charged later on, after police found evidence of his role on Lavrynovych's phone.

For older journalists of a certain generation, it will remind them of a scandal in the early 60s, whereby an important minister in the cabinet of Edward MacMillan was caught having an affair with a cabaret girl more than half his age, who, it just so happened, was also having a tryst with a Soviet spy in London. The Christine Keeler affair rocked the nation in 1963 when Jack Profumo, minister of war, finally had to admit that he earlier lied to parliament about his affair with Keeler whose boyfriends came from all walks of life who she met at a London club where she worked as a dancer. One, a black jazz promoter who, angry at being jilted, fired a revolver at the front door of her London flat - a dwelling in a quiet muse which was owned by a society doctor who had, in many ways, adopted her and became her mentor. The shooting incident was the last straw for the Macmillan government and sparked a serious of events which finally led to the downfall of the conservatives the following year in 1964. It's important to note that it was media which played a huge role in the scandal.

The Right Sector and Coalition of Indigenous Peoples plan to cooperate militarily with the aim of destabilizing Russia.

Ukrainian neo-Nazi group Right Sector is set to sign a formal cooperation agreement with a coalition of Russian separatists. The two groups plan to join forces to establish paramilitary units to fight at the front and also stoke social unrest in order to destabilize Russia.

In a statement on Saturday, the so-called Coalition of Indigenous Peoples, which openly advocates for the disintegration of Russia into multiple fragmented states and is designated as extremist by Moscow, said that the two organizations will hold a signing ceremony in Kiev on Tuesday.

The event will feature Right Sector leader Andrey Tarasenko, along with figures claiming to represent secessionist movements in the Russian regions of Karelia, Chuvashia, and Dagestan.

Among the other key figures to be present is Vladimir Grotskov, a representative of the so-called Karelia National Movement. According to several media reports, Grotskov, a Russian national, moved to Ukraine in 2014 and later took part in the hostilities in Donbass. He reportedly remained active on the battlefield beyond 2022, fighting alongside Ukrainian forces.

The stated goals of the partnership include: the "joint struggle against Russian imperialism," "support for liberation movements within Russia," and efforts to garner international support for Ukraine. Other planned activities include military cooperation, the establishment of "volunteer units," and an information warfare campaign.

Due to France's drug trafficking crisis, a large majority of French are in favor of the army being deployed into disadvantaged neighborhoods in problematic neighborhoods in France, including 80 percent of women.

According to a CSA poll conducted for CNews, Europe 1 and JDD, 76 percent of French people overall want the army called in to battle drug trafficking in "disadvantaged neighborhoods."

In fact, women are more supportive of troops being deployed than men, with 80 percent of women saying yes to the question: "Should the army be called in to combat drug trafficking in troubled neighborhoods?" In turn, only 72 percent of men supported such an action.

Left-wing politician Yair Golan faced a wave of backlash on Tuesday from across the political spectrum after he accused Israel of killing babies in Gaza "as a hobby."

Golan, a former IDF deputy chief of staff and current head of the The Democrats party, a merger of Labor and Meretz, said in an interview with the Kan public broadcaster that "Israel is on the way to becoming a pariah state, like South Africa was, if we don't return to acting like a sane country."

The political leader, who is not a current member of Knesset, added that "a sane country does not fight against civilians, does not kill babies as a hobby, and does not give itself the aim of expelling populations."

Golan accused the current government of being "full of vengeful types with no morals and no ability to run a country in a time of crisis. This endangers our existence."

Former childminder Lucy Connolly has lost her appeal over her 31-month sentence for posting an online rant about migrants on the day of the Southport murders.

Connolly told the Court of Appeal in London she 'never' intended to incite violence and did not realise pleading guilty would mean she accepted that she had. But the Appeal Court rejected her argument.

Her husband has condemned the decision to dismiss her appeal today as 'shocking and unfair' - saying his wife is 'not a right-wing thug'.

Ray Connolly said: 'My wife Lucy is a good person and not a racist', adding: 'Lucy got more time in jail for one tweet than some paedophiles and domestic abusers get.'

Connolly, who is locked up at HMP Drake Hall, Staffordshire, had claimed to the Appeal Court last week that she had no idea what she was admitting to when she pleaded guilty to a charge of inciting racial hatred.