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Gun salutes marked the beginning of the period of mourning for Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, as Britons gathered to Royal residences to pay their respects. Prince Philip, the longest-serving consort, died in his sleep on Friday, April 9th, 2021, at Windsor Castle, just two months before his 100th birthday. Gun salutes marking death of the Duke of Edinburgh taking place across the UK, in Gibraltar and from warships at sea https://t.co/2mc6FGPFtk pic.twitter.com/DaAIbg8pk0 — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) April 10, 2021 Union flags are flying at half staff at Buckingham Palace and all other Royal residences, with all government buildings doing likewise until 8:00 am on the day after the Prince’s funeral. LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 09: People gather on The Queen Victoria Memorial opposite Buckingham Palace on April 09, 2021 in London, United Kingdom. The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of … [Read more...] about Pics: Britons Pay Respects to Prince Philip, Gun Salutes Mark Beginning of Mourning

DUNDALK, Md. (WJZ) — A beloved former Patapsco High School football player is being remembered after he was killed in a car crash earlier this week. A vigil was held Thursday for 19-year-old Sean Ruffin. READ MORE: COVID-19 In Maryland: More Than 1.8K New Cases Reported, Hospitalizations Up Again “Sean Ruffin is an absolute beacon of life,” Mark Lugenbeel, Ruffin’s former high school football coach, said. “He had a good spirit, he always made everybody smile,” Adrian Mitchell, a co-worker and friend of Ruffin, said. “I’m just going to miss him, the energy,” Gage Wallace, a co-worker and friend of Ruffin, told WJZ. Early Tuesday morning, Maryland State Police say Ruffin was sitting in the passenger seat of a Toyota Camry driving north on MD 295 in Linthicum when the driver lost control and hit a tree. Ruffin was pronounced dead at the scene. “I don’t want to believe it,” Wallace said. “I’m struggling a lot.” Police say the 19-year-old driver was taken to Shock … [Read more...] about ‘An Absolute Beacon Of Life’ | Vigil Held To Remember Life Of Sean Ruffin, 19-Year-Old Killed In Crash On MD 295

George Floyd died as a result of a lack of oxygen from being pressed against the pavement with a knee on his neck, a pulmonary critical care expert witness testified Thursday during Derek Chauvin’s murder trial. Dr. Martin Tobin, a specialist at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital and Loyola University’s medical school, flatly rejected that Floyd’s preexisting conditions or drug use caused his death. “A healthy person subjected to what Mr. Floyd was subjected to would have died,” Tobin said, describing how Floyd’s breathing was severely constricted as Chauvin and two other Minneapolis Police officers pinned him down on his stomach with his face pressed against the ground and handcuffs restraining his hands behind him. During a 9 1/2 minute graphic presentation of the officer’s actions, Tobin added that Chauvin’s knee was “virtually on the neck” for over 90% of the time. He cited other factors that made it more difficult for Floyd to breathe: the street’s hard asphalt … [Read more...] about Expert Witness: Preexisting Conditions, Fentanyl Did Not Cause George Floyd’s Death

Apple, the trillion dollar tech company, paid a consulting firm $90,000 to “educate policymakers” regarding a bill that would prohibit U.S. companies from using forced labor of Uighur Muslims in China, according to lobbying disclosure reports filed on Friday. Apple paid two consulting firms for work on the House version of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the lobbying reports. The company paid $90,000 to Invariant LLC and the same amount to Fierce Government Relations , the records show. The Washington Post reported in November that lobbyists for Fierce Government Relations met with congressional staffers in an attempt to soften language in the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which passed in the House by a vote of 406-3 vote on Sept. 22, 2020. Invariant lobbied the House and Senate, while Fierce lobbied both chambers of Congress as well as the Department of Homeland Security, according to the latest disclosures. … [Read more...] about Apple Paid Lobbyist To ‘Educate Policymakers’ Regarding Bill To Stop Uighur Slave Labor

The Biden administration is resisting calls to alter its strategy for vaccine distribution as COVID-19 cases spike in some states and demand lags elsewhere. Several prominent health experts, as well as Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Gretchen Whitmer Overnight Health Care: White House rebuffs call to send more vaccine doses to certain states | White House warns states to expect low weekly J&J vaccine shipments White House rebuffs call to send more vaccine doses to certain states Bipartisan lawmakers urge Biden to send more vaccines to Michigan amid spike MORE (D) and members of the state’s congressional delegation, have been calling on the Biden administration to send additional vaccine doses to their state amid a worrying spike in cases and hospitalizations there. But on Friday the White House rejected Michigan's request, saying that it did not want to take any vaccine doses away from other areas of the country. The White House's current vaccine … [Read more...] about Biden resists calls to give hard-hit states more vaccines than others