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on August 5, 2016 in World News

Arrested ISIS Sympathizer Claims Fellow Militants Are In Mexico

Alex Pfeiffer Erick Jamal Hendricks of Charlotte, N.C., was arrested Thursday in Ohio for providing material support to ISIS. A Department of Justice press release stated that Hendricks tried to recruit and train people in the United States to commit terrorist acts. “Hendricks allegedly told another person that his goal was to create a sleeper cell to be trained and housed at a secure compound that would conduct attacks in the United States.  He mentioned that potential targets included military members whose information had been released by ISIL and the woman who organized the Draw Prophet Mohammad contest,” the DOJ press… View Article

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on August 5, 2016 in World News

Funding Ban Against Creating Half-Human, Half-Animal Embryos To Be Lifted

by Dr. Susan Berry The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has lifted a ban against the use of federal funds for experimentation with human stem cells to create animal embryos. Since NIH announced a moratorium on such federally funded research in September, associate director for science policy Carrie D. Wolinetz, Ph.D. says more scientists are interested in growing human tissue and organs in animals. “Formation of these types of human-animal organism, referred to as ‘chimeras,’ holds tremendous potential for disease modeling, drug testing, and perhaps eventual organ transplant,” she writes in a blog post at NIH. “However, uncertainty about the effects of… View Article

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on August 5, 2016 in World News

Boos Erupt when Trump Tells Maine Crowd Paul Ryan Is ‘a Good Guy’

by Alex Swoyer Boos rang out when Republican nominee Donald Trump said Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is a “good guy” during his campaign rally in Portland, Maine on Thursday afternoon. “Paul Ryan’s a good guy actually,” Trump says. A few boos erupt. — Candace Smith (@CandaceSmith_) August 4, 2016 Trump, who hasn’t endorsed Ryan ahead of his primary next Tuesday in Wisconsin, said his running mate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, first called and asked him if he would care if he endorsed Ryan, as Pence threw his support behind the Speaker on Wednesday. Trump just denied reports of “fissure” between him and Pence; retold… View Article

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on August 5, 2016 in World News

Early Trump Backer DesJarlais Wins GOP Congressional Primary

by Michael Patrick Leahy NASHVILLE, Tennessee–Representative Scott DesJarlais, one of the first members of Congress to endorse Donald Trump, defeated a well-financed challenge from 28-year-old Grant Starrett in the GOP primary in Tennessee’s 4th Congressional District on Thursday. David French, who was urged by Bill Kristol to run for president under a third party “Never Trump” banner, endorsed Starrett in his National Review column on Tuesday and  called DesJarlais “a disaster of a Congressman.” First elected in 2010, DesJarlais is the fifth most conservative member of the House of Representatives this session, as rated by Heritage Action Scorecard. With 100… View Article

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