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Jef Rouner April 9, 2021 George Clooney in “The Men Who Stare at Goats.” Photo: Laura Macgruder We’re in a golden age of galaxy-brained nuttery. Conspiracy theories abound, from Jewish space lasers setting California on fire to satanic pizza parlors where children are available as toppings. There has never been a better time to sell tinfoil hats, but it’s also terrifying, as we saw during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Here are five films that help make sense of ...

LBM Journal Batavia, Ill. — Parksite has announced two new products to be distributed through its Lakeland, Florida location. RDI’s by Barrette Outdoor Living’s Finyl line low maintenance railing will now be available throughout Florida. “We are very happy to announce the expansion of RDI with the Finyl line of products in the Florida market. We’ve had success introducing the material in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, and look forward to expanding its availability to our customers i...

Devotion to community service defines pastor’s work     WAVERLY, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — About 9 miles north of Waverly off of a dirt road sits a small church and a pastor with a big heart. Bethlehem Covenant Church’s senior pastor Dan Olson has become a source of inspiration for the church’s members to serve both the Lord and their community. The church itself has been around for about 130 years, Olson said, and many members have been attending for decades and may have h...

Academy School District 20 implements new programs to help students who fell behind during COVID-19 pandemic Mayo Davison and last updated 2021-01-21 20:14:08-05 COLORADO SPRINGS — Teachers and parents raising concerns over the number of children falling behind due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Academy School District 20 tells News 5 theres been a significant increase in failures, but theyre implementing new programs to help them rebound. "On a typical year we have about 300 first semester fa...

The Monona Grove School Board (MGSB) has voted not to remove the district’s name from a recent Wisconsin Supreme Court case. Court case number 2020AP001419 deals with the rights and authorities of Wisconsin state health officials to close schools, for COVID-19 related reasons, at their sole discretion. On Aug. 21, Public Health Madison & Dane County (PHMDC) released Emergency Order #9, requiring all Dane County schools to have grades three through twelve go virtual due to COVID-19 concerns...

Census since 1965 with the exception of 2010 when it was removed. weve contain this had question thats provided data thats necessary for the department of justice to protect voters. specifically to help us comply better with the voting rights act. again, this is something thats been part of this census for decades and something that the department of congress felt strongly to be included again. >> some type of outreach to ensure that immigrants -- california, for instance that, have large immigr...

Call ralolorad colorado, there are a lot of similar mines. any concern of it happening again or danger in the future? >> absolutely. i mean not even around colorado. id say a couple hundred yards downhill of this mine there are two mines that are leaking pollutants into our waterways right now. so for the ongoing question, not just how do we fix this spill, which to be honest we may not be able to clean up or remediate, but how do we address the legacy of mining and the toxic mine pollution that...

Whose real life job is unlocking encrypted investigations. right now, theyre stumped on an old murder investigation, and theyre asking for your help. >> reporter: in 1999, in this field near st. louis, police found the body of ricky mccormack, unemployed, 41 years old. authorities think high was murdered, but why? by whom? two pages of encrypted notes written by mccormack and in his pocket could find clues, but 12 years after they were found, no one has broken the code. could it just be gibberis...

>> reporter: seems there has been a letter found in his apartment or in his car but police do not want to confirm that piece of information but it seems weird that three hours after the shooting they have decided to block off and evacuate new centers, shopping centers in this town so i think that points to the direction of him leaving the note saying he has also planted other bombing materials in different spots in this town but that is rumor, its not a fact. i have not confirmed that ...

expect. >> another band working through the district as we speak and that will push very quickly here off to the east. but no severe weather associated with this cold front moving through at the moment. lets get right to hd radar and take a look and youll notice some yellows and reds across 95 and down toward waldorf. so off to the south and east into southern maryland and into prince georges county and anne arundel county you can expect good rains over the next hour or so. and then th...