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Pennsylvania House to Investigate Gov. Tom Wolf Sending Coronavirus Patients to Nursing Homes
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives announced an oversight investigation of Gov. Tom Wolf’s (D) handling of nursing homes and long-term care facilities during the coronavirus pandemic. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Fred Keller (R-PA), Dan Meuser (R-PA), Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA), Scott Perry (R-PA), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), John Joyce (R-PA), and Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) issued the following statement: The Pennsylvania Republican Congressional Delegation thanks the members of the General Assembly for taking the necessary steps to investigate the Wolf administration’s disastrous policies relating to our state’s nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Last March, the Pennsylvania Department of Health issued guidance requiring nursing homes to admit COVID-positive patients. Today, more than half of the state’s COVID fatalities have occurred in these facilities. Unfortunately, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has repeatedly failed to investigate the policies that put … [Read more...] about Pennsylvania House to Investigate Gov. Tom Wolf Sending Coronavirus Patients to Nursing Homes
Disabled Veteran Stuck Indoors For 2 Years Finally Leaves Home After Volunteers Build Wheelchair Ramp
SACRAMENTO (KOVR-TV) – A wheelchair-bound, retired Coast Guardsman who had been holed up inside his home, finally got outside Sunday for the first time in two years! It was all thanks to volunteers who made this incredible moment possible. For Chuck Wood, it was the sweet sound of success as he rolled down his new wheelchair ramp and onto the sidewalk. Wood said he loves being outside and it was a moment he could only dream about until now. READ MORE: Police: Traffic Stop Leads To Largest Single-Day Heroin Bust In Bridgeville Police History “I’m great now because I can get out and go around, talk to people and yeah it feels great,” he told KTVT-TV. Richard Randall is president of the Veterans of All Wars Motorcycle Riders, who made this day possible. “He’d been stuck in his house for two-and-half years,” Randall said. READ MORE: Man Dies Following Shooting Near Station Square, Police Investigating Wood was even given a new wheelchair, in addition to the ramp. “I … [Read more...] about Disabled Veteran Stuck Indoors For 2 Years Finally Leaves Home After Volunteers Build Wheelchair Ramp
Gal Gadot Opens Up About Parenting During Coronavirus And Avoiding ‘Watching The News’ When Her Kids Are Around
Gal Gadot opened up about the challenges of parenting during the coronavirus and admitted she and her husband, Yaron Varsano, avoid “watching the news” while her kids are around. The 34-year-old Israeli-born actress admitted she was sad when her parents had to cancel their plans to come to Los Angeles and celebrate Passover together due to the pandemic but said the most important thing is for everyone to “stay home” and not “give it to other people.” (RELATED: Here Are The Members Of Congress Self-Quarantining After Meeting Person With Coronavirus At CPAC) “Yes, of course I miss my family,” the “Wonder Woman” star shared in the cover story for Vogue magazine’s May issue published Thursday. “But the biggest priority for all of us is to stay home, not get it, and not give it to other people. With all the sadness and all the big . . . missing that I feel, that’s the only thing we can do right now.” (RELATED: Pearl Jam Postpones North American Tour Over Growing Coronavirus … [Read more...] about Gal Gadot Opens Up About Parenting During Coronavirus And Avoiding ‘Watching The News’ When Her Kids Are Around
Biden meekly gives Saudi crown prince ‘one free murder’ pass on Khashoggi
In 2019, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden said this: " Jamal Khashoggi was, in fact, murdered and dismembered, and I believe on the order of the crown prince. And I would make it very clear we were not going to, in fact, sell more weapons to them, we were going to, in fact, make them pay the price and make them, in fact, the pariah that they are. There's very little social redeeming value of the — in the present government in Saudi Arabia ... they have to be held accountable." released an intelligence report on the matter. It declared that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the brutal assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. But, as we've seen at an alarming rate during his first five weeks in office, Candidate Biden and President Biden Joe Biden Senate Democrats negotiating changes to coronavirus bill Rural Americans are the future of the clean energy economy — policymakers must to catch up WHO official says it's … [Read more...] about Biden meekly gives Saudi crown prince ‘one free murder’ pass on Khashoggi