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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is asking for a Gang of Eight briefing after government officials said that a suspected Chinese spy balloon is hovering over the continental United States.”China’s brazen disregard for U.S. sovereignty is a destabilizing action that must be addressed, and President Biden cannot be silent. I am requesting a Gang of Eight briefing,” McCarthy said.McCarthy’s tweet came just hours after Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said during a briefing on Thursday that the government detected a high-altitude surveillance balloon over the continental U.S.”The United States government has detected and is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that…

More than a dozen Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels were detected around Taiwan on Friday morning, defense officials said. The incursions by Chinese warplanes have become almost a daily occurrence in recent months, but Friday’s show of aggression comes ahead of a visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.  A high-altitude Chinese surveillance balloon was also spotted in the skies above Montana on Thursday, prompting some senators to call on Blinken to cancel his trip. US GOVERNMENT MONITORING SUSPECTED CHINESE SPY BALLOON OVER NORTHERN STATESSen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., requested a full security briefing from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about the…

A Pennsylvania jury found a Harrisburg man guilty on Wednesday of more than 20 charges of child sex abuse, which included rape and sexual intercourse.Anthony Beckem Jr., 34, was convicted of rape by forcible compulsion, rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child under 16 and attempted involuntary deviate sexual intercourse. He was also convicted of attempted involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, solicitation of involuntary sexual deviate intercourse, strangulation, incest of a minor, aggravated indecent assault, three counts of corruption of minors, four counts of indecent assault, three counts of endangering the welfare of…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Igor Shesterkin and Ilya Sorokin will be on the same Metropolitan Division team this weekend at the All-Star Game. That also means one of the goalies will be a designated shooter during the Skills Competition on Friday. “I hope [I’m the] shooter,” Sorokin, the Islanders’ netminder, said Thursday, smiling. “Him, bad shooter.” “No!” Shesterkin said, informed of the scouting report. “Unfortunately, he’s so bad. If we get a soccer net, maybe he can score.” But Shesterkin, who has made no secret of his desire to score in empty-net situations, keeps missing. “Yeah, yeah, it’s terrible,” Sorokin…

An unlikely bromance? Christina Hall’s (née Haack) ex-husbands Ant Anstead and Tarek El Moussa are seemingly on good terms — even celebrating each other’s major life milestones. After Tarek, 41, and wife Heather Rae El Moussa (née Young) announced that they had welcomed their first child together, Anstead, 43, took to the comments section to congratulate the happy couple on their big news.  “HUGE congratulations you guys!,” the England native wrote on Thursday, February 2, under the Flip or Flop alum’s Instagram post that read, “Our baby boy is here ? 1.31.23.”  Christina and Tarek, who continued to film their HGTV show…

The Government came under fire on last night’s edition for refusing to meet teachers’ pay demands following mass school walkouts earlier this week, with more strikes on the wayThe Government was urged to give teachers ‘the pay rise we deserve’ on BBC Question Time last night after a historic national walkout earlier this week. The audience member was one of several people in the studio to take Number 10’s record to task on Thursday evening’s episode of the long-running discussion show, which was broadcast from Glasgow. Hosted by Fiona Bruce, the panel included Tory Under-Secretary of State for Scotland John…

In an Instagram post for National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Wednesday, the St. John’s University athletics account neglected to recognize both the cheer and dance teams.The school lists nine women’s sports on its official website, all of which were included in the post – cheer and dance are not listed as women’s sports.In response to being excluded from recognition, cheerleaders did not perform during Wednesday’s game against Seton Hall and wore shirts that read “WE ARE WOMEN IN SPORTS.”The university called it an “inadvertent omission” and is working with the squads to move forward.”There was an inadvertent…

Ocasio-Cortez reveals what she said to Paul Gosar on the House floor Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tells CNN’s John Berman what she said to Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) on the House floor during the ongoing speaker vote. In November of 2021, Gosar tweeted a doctored anime video that depicted himself killing both Ocasio-Cortez and President Joe Biden. Source: CNN

Medicago will be shutting down its COVID-19 vaccine project in Quebec after its sole shareholder decided to no longer invest in the company, the company announced Thursday. With the Japan-based Mitsubishi Chemical Group deciding to “proceed with an orderly wind-up of its business operations in Canada and the United States,” Medicago announced the group would be ceasing all operations at the company.“Medicago wishes to thank all its employees for their commitment, their passion, and their dedication,” the company said in a statement.“The Medicago team has pushed scientific boundaries and we know that they will continue to make incredible contributions to…

HONG KONG: Cross-border travel between mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao will fully resume from Feb 6, dropping existing quotas and scrapping a mandatory COVID-19 test that was required before travelling. Group tours between China and its two special administrative regions would resume, while the number of customs checkpoints open will return to pre-pandemic levels, China’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office announced on Friday (Feb 3). More details are expected at a press conference at 11am local time by Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee. Even after China reopened its borders to the world on Jan 8, a quota system and…