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Attorneys Seek Sanctions Over Lost Emails In DHHR Lawsuit

Editor’s Note: An earlier story about sanctions being issued against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources over emails and other items not being properly stored was factually incorrect due to a reporter’s error. No sanctions were issued against the agency. By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS For The Intelligencer CHARLESTON — Attorneys in a class-action lawsuit against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources filed motions Wednesday seeking sanctions against the department after it was discovered that it did not keep emails and other electronically ...

Israeli Troops Briefly Raid Northern Gaza Ahead of Full-Scale Invasion

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops and tanks briefly raided northern Gaza overnight, the military said Thursday, engaging with Hamas fighters and targeting anti-tank weapons in order to “prepare the battlefield” before an expected ground invasion. The third Israeli raid since the ...

White House Says Russia Executing Its Own Soldiers For Not Following Orders

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Thursday said Russia is executing soldiers who have failed to follow orders and threatening entire units with death if they retreat from Ukrainian artillery fire. It’s a development that U.S. national security officials believe reflects Russia’s morale problems 20 months into its grinding invasion of Ukraine, said White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. “It’s reprehensible to think about that you would execute your own soldiers because they didn’t want to follow orders and now threatening to execute entire units, ...

Those Who Promote Antisemitism Will Destroy America

After the Oct. 7 slaughter in Israel, author Brigitte Gabriel posted on X (formerly Twitter) about her experiences growing up in Lebanon. She described her childhood in the once-prosperous and peaceful country as “idyllic” and recalled how its capital, Beirut, had been hailed as the “Paris of the Middle East.” All that changed as Muslim extremists gained control of the country and plunged it into war. Both Jewish and Christian families like Gabriel’s were persecuted. Gabriel’s account reminded me of the decade I spent living in the Detroit area. During that time, I met ...

Identity Politics Is Poisonous

The vast sums that have flowed from corporations, foundations and wealthy individuals into “antiracism” initiatives resemble the “indulgences” that, purchased from the medieval church, promised remission of punishment for sins: “When the coin in the coffer rings, A soul from Purgatory springs.” Many of today’s antiracists encourage donors to buy virtue, but use the donations to finance restoration of a retrograde principle. Ibram X. Kendi attracted nearly $55 million for his Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University. The center’s shambolic three years — it ...

Some Renovation Would Be in Order

Some popular shows on PBS and cable TV are about renovating old houses — taking dilapidated, out-of-fashion and dreary houses and turning them into modern and attractive places in which to live. Renovation is precisely what is needed in our country whose national debt, open borders and as we’ve seen in recent weeks our university and public education system are in dire need of repair, even renovation. Failing to renovate an old house puts the owner at risk of broken electrical wires and water pipes, even collapsing roofs and walls. Failing to renovate a government in need of more ...