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OTTAWA—Health Canada is demanding that AstraZeneca do a detailed study on the risks and benefits of its COVID-19 vaccine across multiple age groups after getting more reports that patients in Europe developed blood clots following vaccination. The agency says it has not received any reports of blood clots in Canada to date. The regulators that […]

Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) charged House Democrats Monday with the “height of political hypocrisy” in moving to remove Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) and replace her with the Democrat she defeated last November, Rita Hart. “It’s the height of political hypocrisy for Democrats like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to talk just a few weeks ago about

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser deleted a Twitter post on Sunday that advised people on how to prevent carjackings, following the death of a Pakistani immigrant after his vehicle was stolen by teenage girls. Bowser, a Democrat, shared a post from police in the District of Columbia before adding her own statement saying: “Auto theft is

President Joe Biden on Monday urged governors, mayors, and other officials to maintain or reinstate the policy that people wear masks in public when social distancing isn’t available to prevent the spread of the CCP virus. “I’m reiterating my call for every governor, mayor, and local leader to maintain and reinstate the mask mandate. Please,

MEXICO CITY—Mexico’s death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is likely at least 60 percent higher than the confirmed number, putting it in excess of 300,000, according to government data. Updated figures on excess mortality in a table published by Mexico’s Health Ministry showed that by the end of the sixth week of this year, 294,287 fatalities

The other day, I ran across a passage from “That Hideous Strength” that seems oddly applicable to our time. A dystopian novel written by C. S. Lewis at the close of World War II, “That Hideous Strength” finds one of its main characters, Mark Studdock, working for N.I.C.E., an organization that pulls the strings in

Commentary Los Angeles-area office building landlords could be the only ones in the country increasing rent during the ongoing pandemic. Rental rates in the city were up 1.2 percent year-over-year, according to Colliers’ fourth-quarter 2020 office market snapshot. (Los Angeles landlords charged an average of $49.55 per square foot during fourth-quarter 2020, compared with $48.95

The U.S. Marshals Service in Iowa announced that 21 children were found and seven children were recovered as part of Operation Homecoming. According to the federal law enforcement agency, the children were between the ages of 4 and 17, and are “some of the most at-risk and challenging recovery cases in the area, based on

Commentary Here’s a question that I do not know the answer to: “Is the Left on the Cusp of Permanent Triumph, Or Is It Committing Suicide?” That’s the title of an essay by Francis Menton at his blog Manhattan Contrarian. Menton points out that the sudden acceleration of “cancel culture” and social media “de-platforming” are only two

Over 2 million California residents from across the political spectrum signed the recall petition against Governor Gavin Newsom. Don Wagner, a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, discusses the policies that led to the recall and the possibility of the governor redeeming himself to those that signed the petition. California Insider is an