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South Korea is reeling from devastating wildfires that have claimed at least 16 lives as of March 25, 2025. What started as a blaze in Uiseong, North Gyeongsang Province, has turned into a raging inferno that’s spread across the country. For four days, it’s scorched a swath of land, engulfing Andong, Cheongsong, Yeongyang, and Yeongdeok …
New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike that crippled the state’s correctional system, but said enough officers had come back on the job to declare the illegal work stoppage over. “After 22 days of an illegal strike, the governor and I are …
Trump’s DOJ fired Adam Cohen, the head of the department’s drug trafficking and organized crime unit, in a brutal two-sentence memo. “The Justice Department on Thursday sent out a memo referencing Cohen’s task force, saying it would combine the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces with the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program. Together, the new entity …
Washington — President Trump on Monday removed the director of the Office of Government Ethics, the independent agency responsible for overseeing ethics rules and financial disclosures for the executive branch. “OGE has been notified that the President is removing David Huitema as the director of OGE,” the office said in a notice on its website. …
Recent posts made by Captain America actor Anthony Mackie seem to insinuate that Disney’s Marvel has cancelled his contract.
🇨🇳ALIBABA FIRES BACK AT DEEPSEEK – CHINA’S AI WAR GOES NUCLEAR Alibaba just dropped Qwen 2.5-Max in a direct challenge to DeepSeek’s meteoric rise, claiming it crushes GPT-4o, DeepSeek-V3, and Llama-3.1-405B. DeepSeek’s shockwave through Silicon Valley has investors panicking… https://t.co/0gL7tjDTgu pic.twitter.com/Ib9TbXd1Ns — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 29, 2025 Here comes $BABA AI. Supposedly the best …
Mass chaos is erupting in DC as Trump fires multiple DOJ prosecutors and opens an investigation into those handling the January 6th cases. Amid the turmoil, CNN’s Jim Acosta was also dismissed, breaking down as he announced his departure. Benny Johnson covers this whirlwind of breaking news in his live stream, as events unfold rapidly …
Nearly 200 of Hunter Biden’s artwork, worth millions of dollars, were destroyed in the fires – NYP pic.twitter.com/j9r57mlDSB — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 15, 2025 In a tragic turn of events, nearly 200 pieces of Hunter Biden’s artwork, valued at millions of dollars, were destroyed in the recent wildfires ravaging Los Angeles. The artworks, …
Ben Affleck Gets A Visit From the FBI as Wildfires Rage Nearby On Sunday, law enforcement officers, including individuals identified as FBI agents and deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, visited the Brentwood home of actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck. The visit occurred as nearby Pacific Palisades continued to battle devastating wildfires. Witnesses …
by Michael What would you do to criminals that are using the California fires as an opportunity to loot homes? And what would you do to criminals that are setting additional fires? There are no words that are sufficient to describe the immense devastation that we are witnessing in the Los Angeles area. Thousands upon thousands of …
Reality star Khloe Kardashian is the latest Hollywood celebrity to hold Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) accountable for her disastrous handling of the historic fires, calling Bass a “joke” over accusations that she failed to properly fund the L.A. Fire Department. In her Instagram stories, Khloe Kardashian posted a screenshot of a TV interview …
by Michael Will the insurance industry be able to survive tens of billions of dollars in losses from the Los Angeles fires? There have been catastrophic fires in California before, but never anything quite like this. So what is going to happen to homeowners if their insurance companies go bankrupt and cannot pay? Even the ones …
Over 900 prison inmates are among the more than 7,500 emergency personnel fighting the raging wildfires that are devastating portions of Los Angeles, California, state corrections officials said. “As of today, 939 Fire Camp firefighters have been working around the clock cutting fire lines and removing fuel from behind structures to slow fire spread, including …
by Michael High winds returned to Los Angeles on Sunday morning, and that is making one of the most catastrophic disasters in U.S. history even worse. Already, more than 60 square miles in the L.A. area have been burned. To put that in perspective, the entire city of Washington D.C. covers just over 68 square …
Amid a search for the cause of the crisis, energy firm Southern California Edison admitted its grid short-circuited just after 10pm on Tuesday when a tower went down – the same time the Hurst Fire erupted. As investigators continue to search for the cause of the Los Angeles fires, new evidence potentially points to downed …
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has dismissed Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, mere hours after Crowley publicly criticized the city’s leadership for its handling of the recent wildfires. The swift action by Bass has sparked debate over whether this was a move for accountability or an act of retaliation against criticism. The controversy erupted following an …
If you live anywhere within the triangulation of these 3 cities EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY I'm not being hyperbolic. Emergency services are split in 3 directions, all 3 fires are 0% contained, and it's going to be raining ash, power outages, water shortages Pack up and GO pic.twitter.com/lP3Irp5Whv — AJAC (@AJA_Cortes) January 8, 2025 https://twitter.com/Cayko22/status/1877094428222919108
Multiple Homes Are Burning as Los Angeles Firefighters Having Issues with Water Pressure – Wildfire Rages Out of Control – Hydrants Out Firefighters are having issues with water pressure on Lachman Lane. The hydrants are currently dry #PalisadesFire #Palisades pic.twitter.com/ey8H6OKUlk — Matthew Seedorff (@MattSeedorff) January 8, 2025 https://twitter.com/_/status/1876830334085394801 LIVE FEED: Los Angeles County to Host …
🚨#WATCH: As a Texas Rapper known as 2 Low accidentally fires his gun while reaching his hand in his pocket during an interview⁰⁰📌#Unitedstates l #USA Watch as Texas rapper 2 Low caused quite a stir when he accidentally fired a gun while reaching into his pocket during a… pic.twitter.com/RitiH8lWrF — R A W S A …
After this mayor found out about the very inappropriate books given to kids, he came to the school board meeting and made sure to set things straight. Would be great if this was REAL. But… oh wait… it is real. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/essentially-child-pornography-ohio-mayor-asks-school-board-resign-over-n1279277 The mayor of Hudson, Ohio, is calling for the resignation of the entire Board …
Kamala worked in the McDonalds parking lot. Not the same. — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) October 20, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A Cal Fire firefighter was arrested Friday, accused of igniting five fires in the North Bay in recent weeks when he was off duty. The 38-year-old man from Healdsburg was arrested Friday morning at the agency’s Howard Forest station in Mendocino County. https://abc7news.com/post/cal-fire-firefighter-arrested-arson-north-bay-fires-off-duty-geyserville-healdsburg-windsor/15330964/
by Mike Shedlock Trump’s strategy has gone from boring to shockingly bizarre and counterproductive. Does Trump think his opponent is Brian Kemp or Kamala Harris? What about recession? Walz? Image by Mish Two Notes to Republicans (Democrats and Independents Too) I am going to blast trump quite a bit. Towards the end of this post, I …
Huge, fast-moving wildfires have destroyed up to half of the historic Canadian town of Jasper, officials say, and the blazes are still out of control as firefighters try to save as many buildings as possible. Entire streets of the main town in western Canada’s Jasper National Park have been levelled by the fire, with video …
Europe roasts in deadly 44C ‘African bubble’: Brutal heatwave settles over continent with red alerts in drought-hit Italy, raging wildfires in Greece and health warnings for tourists on Spanish holiday islands Southern Europe continues to roast in ferocious heat, with scorching and dry conditions fanning wildfires in Greece and around the Balkans and seeing red …
Megyn Kelly is joined by Charlie Kirk, author of “Right Wing Revolution,” to talk about Justice Clarence Thomas’ warning to Jack Smith as part of the SCOTUS immunity ruling, Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s alarming recent judicial rulings, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joining with the conservatives on January 6 ruling, Justice Sonia Sotomayor “treason” comment, and …
DEVELOPING: Wave of shootings and fires ongoing in Dagestan, Russia; several dead, officials say pic.twitter.com/VPDW8Toi8x — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 23, 2024 ⚡️Gunmen in Makhackala opening fire in Russia's dagestan region. pic.twitter.com/nZqnHbRcgl — War Monitor (@WarMonitors) June 23, 2024 https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1804919015288221717 Derbent Synagogue Attack: A synagogue in Derbent, Russia, was targeted in a shooting. During the attack, …
