Day: July 20, 2023

Washington health officials investigate first case of drug-resistant fungus in Pierce County man

5:07 pm July 20, 2023

Washington health officials said they were investigating the first case of Candida auris, or C. auris, diagnosed in the state. A Pierce County man was diagnosed with colonization due to the multidrug-resistant fungus on July 13. The man tested positive at Kindred Hospital Seattle–First Hill during an admission screening. Before that, he had been a […]

FBI official testifies agency knew Hunter Biden laptop was real

5:00 pm July 20, 2023

The same FBI personnel who warned social media companies that the Hunter Biden laptop could be part of a potential Russian “hack and leak” operation ahead of the 2020 election knew that it was not disinformation, an FBI official told the House Judiciary Committee. Section Chief of the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force Laura Dehmlow […]

Democrats refuse to face ‘real evidence of crimes’ by Hunter Biden, GOP rep. says

4:59 pm July 20, 2023

House Oversight Committee member Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, told “America’s Newsroom” Thursday that testimony from two IRS whistleblowers in the Hunter Biden case proved the Department of Justice overlooked “significant crimes,” but Democrats refuse to face the “facts.” COMER TOUTS HUNTER BIDEN HEARING: DEMS AREN’T USED TO EVIDENCE; RASKIN, SCHIFF ‘PULL STUFF OUT OF THEIR REAR’ […]

Oklahoma executes death row inmate who killed 20-year-old woman with butcher knife

4:59 pm July 20, 2023

Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for stabbing a Tulsa woman to death with a butcher knife in 1995 after his escape from a prison work center. Jemaine Cannon, 51, received a lethal injection at 10:01 a.m. and was pronounced dead 12 minutes later at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. It was the second execution […]

Stanford University president to resign after board reviews decades-old research papers

4:57 pm July 20, 2023

The president of Stanford University announced Wednesday that he would be resigning after an independent review found “serious flaws” in five scientific papers in which he was the principal author. In a statement to students and staff, Marc Tessier-Lavigne said he would step down effective Aug. 31 despite defending himself by saying he “never submitted […]