All California residents aged 16 and older will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine April 15, Gov. Gavin Newsom said during a Santa Ana press conference. Beginning April 1, those aged 50 and up will be qualified for the shot, Newsom said. Right now, the vaccine is only available to those deemed high-risk of […]
March is Women’s History Month, and we’ll take the opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate some great female artists from the history of Western civilization. Our three highlighted artists include Judith Leyster, Angelica Kauffman, and Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau. After brief introductions, we’ll examine a work of art from each. Judith Leyster (1609–1660) Judith Leyster was
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NEW DELHI—The United States, India, Japan, and Australia, met for their first leadership-level summit of the Quad alliance on March 12 and decided to convene a working group with the aim, among other things, to hold dialogues on critical-technology supply chains. Rare earth metals are a group of 17 different minerals that are indispensable for
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The Supreme Court unanimously rejected Ford Motor Co.’s claim that people who buy its cars in states with little connection to the company shouldn’t be allowed to sue in personal injury lawsuits, a ruling that will make it easier for plaintiffs to sue automakers throughout the country. The ruling, issued March 25, covers two appeals, Ford Motor Co. v.
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The man suspected of killing 10 people at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, on March 22 made his first court appearance on March 25. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, is dealing with mental issues, defense lawyer Kathryn Herold told Boulder District Court Judge Thomas Mulvahill. “Our position is that we cannot do
The father of the Colorado police officer who was killed in the line of duty during a mass shooting in a Boulder supermarket this week said his late son would be “deeply offended” by largely Democratic-led proposals to push gun control. “My son would have been deeply offended to know his death would be used
A new Republican group wants to take a fresh approach to politics in Costa Mesa, California, by bridging divides between people, its founders say. The organization—called the Greater Costa Mesa Republicans (GCMR)—is a spin-off from the Greater Irvine Republicans (GIR), and “was basically started because we wanted to bring a fresh, active group of conservatives
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In a fresh twist on the Biden administration’s decision to house illegal immigrants at hotel facilities, crunching the numbers on the $86.9 million that is set to be spent on 1,239 beds shows that the cost to U.S. taxpayers is nearly $72,000 per border-crosser housed. “That works out to $71,666.67 per migrant, paid by your
Commentary The open confrontation at the U.S.-China meeting in Anchorage, Alaska on March 18 has been used by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) propaganda department to create an uproar in public opinion in China aimed at the United States. The state media CCTV stated that China was invited to Anchorage and went with sincerity to
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Ontario pledged to boost the economy, take measures to defeat COVID‑19 and fix long-term care, and support families in the 2021 budget unveiled Wednesday, the second budget the Ford government has delivered since the pandemic. These and other promises in the budget will be achieved with a $173 billion spending plan, resulting in a projected
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