From October 2023 and into early 2024‚ many online shared a video claiming to show five Israeli or Palestinian children being held hostage in chicken coop cages.  The conflict began on Oct. 7‚ 2023‚ with Hamas launching a surprise attack on Israel by air‚ sea and land. More than 1‚100 people were killed in the attack‚ including children.

A former Missouri Democratic senator-turned-MSNBC regular demanded this week that the New York Times and other media stop fact-checking President Biden‚ suggesting not enough attention has been given to former President Trump's purported "vomits [of] lies." "I move that every newspaper in America quit doing any fact checks on Joe Biden until they fact-check Donald Trump every morning on the front page‚" Claire McCaskill said‚ name-dropping the Gray Lady after it published a lengthy...

Alexei Navalny was about to be freed in a prisoner swap when he died‚ according to his ally Maria Pevchikh. She said the Russian opposition leader was going to be exchanged for Vadim Krasikov‚ a Russian hitman who is serving a life sentence for murder in Germany. Two US citizens currently held in Russia were also going to be part of the deal‚ Ms Pevchikh claimed. She added that negotiations were at their final stage on 15 February. The next day‚ Mr Navalny died in his cell in the...

On the same day the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022‚ a law banning nearly all abortions in South Dakota took effect. This so-called trigger law was passed by South Dakota lawmakers in 2005 and immediately became one of the strictest bans in the nation‚ with no exceptions even for rape or incest. Now a South Dakota ballot measure to “restore Roe v. Wade” is moving forward‚ despite opposition not just from Republican lawmakers and anti-abortion advocacy groups...

With a torn ACL and a knee in need of replacement‚ Cindy Tutko was in pain as she walked with a heavy bag through the Atlanta airport. Then she met a good Samaritan who became like a son to her. Source: The Atlanta airport angel who wouldn’t take no for an answer Very cool.

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