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During a Heated Covid Origins Hearing, a Scientist Comes in for Questioning

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Peter Daszak is a high-profile virologist with close ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology. That relationship landed him in front of Congress this week.

EcoHealth Alliance President Dr. Peter Daszak is sworn in during a House Select Subcommittee hearing on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Capitol Hill on May 1, 2024.

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Dr. Peter Daszak has spent his career researching some of the most dangerous viruses in the world. As president of EcoHealth Alliance,

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Can’t hear or see well? IPhone settings to make hearing, seeing easier

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‘CyberGuy’: Don’t take the bait

Kurt Knutsson provides advice on how to identify safe email links and tips for safeguarding your email account against phishing attacks.

Technology is integral to our everyday lives, and for individuals who require assistance with vision or hearing, smartphones like the iPhone can be incredibly beneficial. We’ve compiled useful tips for those with vision challenges or who could use enhanced hearing support.

Before we dive in, if you’re an Android user, find out how to

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Rwandan genocide suspect unlikely to face trial after UN drops evidence hearing procedure

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Appeals judges on Monday threw out a decision by a United Nations court to set up a procedure to hear evidence against an elderly Rwandan genocide suspect who was declared unfit to face trial.

The decision likely means that Félicien Kabuga’s trial, which started last year in The Hague, will never be completed. The judges acknowledged this would be a blow to victims and survivors of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide.

Judges at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals halted Kabuga’s

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Carlos Sainz ‘makes huge Ferrari contract demand’ after hearing Charles Leclerc rumours | F1 | Sport

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Carlos Sainz reportedly wants Ferrari chiefs to hand him the same salary as Charles Leclerc. The Prancing Horse duo are each thought to be in talks over their F1 futures, with both deals due to expire at the end of the 2024 season.

Sainz and Leclerc have been a relatively even match for one another this season. After 12 Grands Prix, Leclerc is only seven points ahead in the Drivers’ Championship, despite his standing as Ferrari’s golden boy.

Currently reported

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UFO Congress hearing: Whistleblower David Grusch suggests people have been murdered as part of conspiracy to keep alien craft a secret

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A former intelligence officer today suggested people have been murdered by the US government as part of the conspiracy to keep UFOs a secret in a bombshell hearing held by Congress. 

David Grusch – a former high-ranking intelligence official – is one of three military whistleblowers who testified under oath that they had firsthand encounters or knowledge about secret government programs involving technology that is ‘non-human.’

He claimed that the US has been in possession of UFOs since ‘the 1930s’

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Congress hearing: Pentagon’s UFO boss fires back at claims of alien coverup

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The issue of UFOs and potential extraterrestrial visits to Earth have attracted global interest in the last few years, after news reports in 2017 revealed a shadowy Pentagon office set up more than a decade ago to investigate incidents. Although U.S. officials have pushed back against speculation that the mysterious objects involve aliens, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have urged more research into the phenomenon as a matter of national security.

Pentagon spokesperson Susan Gough declined to comment

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Best Buy just slashed the cost of these hearing aids to $169

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Best Buy / Best Buy

Having grown up with older people, I can confidently recall a few major barriers when it comes to trying hearing aids. The first being the need to make and attend a doctor’s appointment. Yuck, point agreed. But with that excuse now legally out of the way, hearing aid avoidant grandparents have to go on to the next excuse I remember; not wanting to deal with new tech, fiddly batteries, and something they may lose easily.

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Top 5 moments from Hunter Biden hearing

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Hunter Biden made his first appearance in a Delaware federal court Wednesday, pleading not guilty after Judge Maryellen Noreika rejected his plea deal that she criticized as “not standard,” unprecedented and possibly unconstitutional.

The president’s son was expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax counts of willful failure to pay federal income tax as well as enter into a pretrial diversion agreement with regard to a separate felony charge of possession of a firearm by a person who is

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The UFO Hearing Is Over. What’s Next?

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With a hearing on UFOs or unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) now over, lawmakers were already turning their focus on how to proceed with a topic that has generated bipartisan interest on Capitol Hill.

“We’ve got so many ideas now,” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), one of the lawmakers who has spearheaded the UAP endeavor, told reporters after the hearing came to a close.

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The 10 Most Incredible Exchanges From The House UAP Hearing

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On Wednesday, the House Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held the much anticipated hearing on Unidentified Ariel Phenomena (UAP).

Two of the three witnesses who addressed the Committee under oath were former Navy pilot and Americans for Safe Aerospace executive director Ryan Graves, and Retired Navy Commander David Fravor. The third witness was whistleblower David Grusch, a decorated military veteran and intelligence official who served in Afghanistan and formerly worked at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).

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