Residents Need Vaccine To Evacuate Island After Volcano Erupts

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On Friday, La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent erupted, with the government evacuating residents to other islands only if they have received the COVID-19 vaccine. “Experts said the first explosion shot an ash column 32,000 feet (10 kilometers) into the sky and that the majority of the ash was headed northeast into the Atlantic Ocean. Lightning crackled through the towering column of smoke and ash late Friday,” the Associated Press reported. They added, “The volcano last erupted in 1979, and a previous eruption in 1902 killed some 1,600 people.” According to Yahoo News, “People on

New York State To Give $15,600 To Illegal Immigrants

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Andrew Cuomo

New York State will give $15,600 taxpayer dollars to an estimated 290,000 illegal immigrants, totaling $2.1 billion, according to the New York Times. “New York will now offer one-time payments of up to $15,600 to undocumented immigrants who lost work during the pandemic,” the New York Times reported. “The effort — a $2.1 billion fund in the state budget — is by far the biggest of its kind in the country and a sign of the state’s shift toward policies championed by progressive Democrats.” The payments are meant to compensate for job losses from the pandemic, with illegal immigrants eligible

Report: Israel Cyberattack On Iran Severely Damages Nuke Program

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Israel reportedly launched a cyberattack against Iran’s underground Natanz nuclear facility on Sunday morning, causing severe damage to Iran’s nuclear enrichment program. “In the early hours of Sunday morning, the underground Natanz facility suffered an electrical disruption in what was widely speculated to be an Israeli cyberattack,” The Times of Israel reported. “Iran said the attack did not cause any casualties and did not cause radioactive pollution. Israel has officially refrained from commenting on the matter, and Iran has not specifically accused the Jewish state of being responsible for the incident.” According to The Times of Israel, unnamed intelligence sources

Biden Dismisses ‘Phony’ 2nd Amendment Arguments, Announces Gun Control

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Joe Biden

President Biden announced numerous new gun control measures on Thursday, saying that he believes claims that the measures he’s proposing, which block access to the rights enumerated for protection in the Second Amendment, are infringing on the Second Amendment are “phony arguments.” “Nothing — nothing I’m about to recommend in any way impinges on the Second Amendment. They’re phony arguments,” Biden said. “No amendment, no amendment to the Constitution is absolute.” “You can’t yell ‘fire’ in a crowded movie theater — recall a freedom of speech,” Biden added to support his statement, citing an analogy used by Supreme Court Justice

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