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Washington D.C., May 13, 2021 / 15:00 pm (CNA). The former U.S. religious freedom ambassador hopes that a new report documenting abuses by the Chinese Communist Party will prompt the Vatican to rethink its agreement with China on the ordination of bishops. “We really pressed the Vatican not to enter in to extending their agreement with the Chinese government on the appointment of bishops, and I hope they would look at this report and say ‘this is not a regime we should be negotiating with’,” Sam Brownback, who served as U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom from...

COLUMBUS – More than a year before the primaries to replace Sen. Rob Portman, the financial race is on.  Republicans licking their chops over a rare open Senate seat need to prove they have the fundraising prowess to compete in what's expected to be a crowded, heated primary. Meanwhile, no Democrat has officially announced a bid yet.  Fundraising numbers for the first months of 2021, reported to the Federal Election Commission Thursday, offer a window into the field, which is far from set.  Who raised the most? U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Upper Arlington, and former Ohio treasurer J...

Horsetalk.co.nz Equine research projects for 2021 brings total funding to $30.6m More than $US1.5 million is being allocated to equine research this year by the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, the most it has ever funded in a year and the seventh consecutive year that more than a million dollars has been approved. The expenditure of $US1,638,434 ($NZ2.27 million) will fund 12 new projects at 12 universities, 12 continuing projects, and two career development awards of $20,000 each. Despite the challenging year, the Grayson-Jockey Club received 51 grant applications from a va...

Grayson-Jockey Club Approves Record Funding For Equine Research Sponsored by: The board of directors of Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation announced today that it has authorized expenditure of $1,638,434, the most that the foundation has ever allocated in a year, to fund 12 new projects at 12 universities, 12 continuing projects, and two career development awards worth $20,000 each. This marks the seventh straight year that more than $1 million has been approved. The 2021 slate of research brings Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation's totals since 1983 to more than $30.6 mil...

When Might Any Florida Inmate Receive A COVID-19 Vaccine? By Lyric Lighty February 16, 2021 Thomas Chambers doesn’t want to die in prison. He’s right now serving the last 19 months of a 2018 prison sentence for robbery, and until a year ago, the 55-year-old inmate didn’t consider his life might end in the Marion Correctional Institute in Ocala. But paired with his Type 2 diabetes, the increased vulnerability to the worst outcomes from COVID-19 has him worried. Even as the number of available vaccines increases, Florida inmates are unsure if and when they will have the opportunity to be...