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The Arcadia Lake campground in Edmond is currently cordoned off after a mass shooting at a “Sunday Funday” party last night. Police received multiple calls around 9:00 PM reporting gunfire at a pavilion where a large group of young people had gathered. Witnesses described “multiple men with rifles” opening fire before fleeing into the surrounding …
Two people are dead and at least eight others are injured after a car plowed into a crowd in the center of Leipzig, Germany, this afternoon. Witnesses reported a damaged Volkswagen SUV speeding through the Grimmaische Straße pedestrian zone at high speed. Disturbing accounts from local broadcasters indicate a person was seen on top of …
🇮🇷🇺🇸🇰🇼 Iran COOKED America’s military footprint in the Middle East. Tehran hammered at least 16 U.S. bases across 8 countries, that’s the MAJORITY of U.S. entire presence in the region. Once-bustling spots like Camp Buring in Kuwait went from karaoke nights to ghost-town… https://t.co/OjPVnZb8Fy pic.twitter.com/ymkC9KImY2 — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 1, 2026 The data leaking …
Bonds do not move with stock prices like shares do. If the stock market crashes, Trump’s bond holdings (especially the many municipal bonds and U.S. Treasuries) should stay much steadier. The issuers — cities, states, school districts, or the U.S. government — still have to pay the same fixed interest on schedule and repay the …
As shown below, the Walmart Recession Signal (WRS) currently warns of a potential recession or at least a significant economic slowdown. I haven’t published the WRS for some time and “Walmart Worries” just keep multiplying. For the details see my latest @ https://t.co/cmZvbGqspf pic.twitter.com/GU4EJg2Hx6 — Jim Paulsen (@jimwpaulsen) March 30, 2026 Walmart recession signal on …
We keep firing off multi-million dollar missiles to knock down $20k drones. Iran’s drones can be made in weeks, the missiles take months or more. It can take up to 2 years to build a Tomahawk, costing $3.6 million a piece, according to the report. Moreover, last year’s budget had included only 57 of them. …
A military transport plane with 128 people on board, mostly soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, killing at least 66 people and leaving dozens injured, the head of Colombia’s armed forces said.
According to publicly documented travel policies and diplomatic sources, the following countries impose full or partial entry bans on Israeli passport holders: 1. Algeria 2. Bangladesh 3. Brunei 4. Iran 5. Iraq 6. Kuwait 7. Lebanon 8. Libya 9. Pakistan 10. Syria 11. Yemen 2. Countries With Partial or Conditional Restrictions These countries don’t have …
From the AAII Sentiment Survey: Cash Allocations is at 14.19%. Investors are holding the least cash in 4 years. This happened 3 times in the past 20 years: late-2017, Jan 2020, late-2021. Each case preceded significant market volatility and losses for $SPX pic.twitter.com/T7G2LJTuJj — Subu Trade (@SubuTrade) March 17, 2026 In bull markets, this line …
Link: https://t.co/E3nZRZud8A pic.twitter.com/DgCx7IgYdh — Dominic Michael Tripi (@DMichaelTripi) March 11, 2026 JUST IN – U.S. officials are preparing for another Iran strike that will last, at least, just two more weeks — Axios — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) March 11, 2026 BREAKING: President Trump says the war with Iran will end "soon" because there is "practically nothing …
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2026-03-07/iran-latest *IRAN READY TO CONTINUE WAR FOR FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS: STATE TV — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 7, 2026 h/t dr0id
Gunman Opens Fire in Music Venue in Cincinnati, Leaving 9 Injured At least nine people are recovering from injuries sustained in a mass shooting at a music event in Cincinnati. At around 1 a.m. local time on Sunday, March 1, the police were notified of “multiple shots fired” at 4343 Kellogg Avenue, where the music …
https://t.co/BtLzEpGlVD — thomas miller (@thomasm50169584) March 1, 2026 A former New York City resident who killed two people and wounded 14 others at a packed Austin, Texas, bar was possibly motivated by the US attacks on Iran, sources told The Post. The FBI is investigating the shooting as a possible ideologically motivated act of terrorism, …
At least 15 dead after military plane carrying wads of cash crashes on busy street in Bolivia https://t.co/WS4aJHAqHH — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) February 28, 2026 At least 15 people were killed and at least 30 more were injured on Friday evening after an Air Force Hercules aircraft carrying new banknotes crashed in Bolivia. The cargo …
The AI boom is fueling the South Korean economy: South Korea exports surged +47% YoY in the first 20 days of February, the strongest reading in at least 2 years byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts
by Michael The blizzard that hit the Northeast on Monday looked like it could have been pulled directly out of a Hollywood disaster movie. Everyone knew that it was going to be bad, but it turned out to be significantly worse than most of the experts were projecting. Multiple states have recorded more than 2 …
The reality is that both OpenAI and Anthropic are going to spend hundreds of billions of dollars just trying to out compute each other over the next decade. Instead of guessing which massive software model wins the war at a $500B+ premium, the real opportunity is buying the… — 5to9_M.J. (@5to9_MJ) February 14, 2026 $1T …
A recent report shows: Inflation‑adjusted starting salaries for new U.S. college graduates have fallen to about $54,500 This is the lowest level in at least six years Real wages for graduates have been declining as the entry‑level job market cools Fewer graduates are landing jobs aligned with their degrees This comes directly from a labor‑market …
“A total of 112 U.S. Air Force C-17’s have now either arrived or are en route to the Middle East with a further 17-18 in-progress flights, a number of Royal Air Force logistics flights from RAF Marham to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, and movement on U.S. Air Force CORONETs,” the source said. C-17s are massive, …
An eye-opening and massive number of C-17 Globemaster military transport and cargo planes have been observed heading to Europe and the Middle East, in what some monitors have forewarned looks like the build-up to major war in Iran. One regional watcher and pundit commented in response: “112 C-17s are in or on their way to …
pic.twitter.com/FbwtaJJXrO — Kenny Wayne (@TnMountain) January 30, 2026 Abby Phillip blames Greg Abbott for sending illegals to blue cities. Abby Phillip thinks Gov Abbott should have left all the illegals in Texaspic.twitter.com/NarRWCmRpn — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) January 30, 2026
Japan is losing control of its bond market and is threatening to dump $1.2 trillion in U.S. Treasuries that risks unwinding the Yen carry trade which could erase the last two years of stock gains overnight. At least three banks this morning calling for immediate YCC in Japan. Back to square zero — zerohedge (@zerohedge) …
Six people dead in Mississippi shooting spree, suspect in custody: ‘Tragedy in our community’ https://t.co/irh2dtlpmM pic.twitter.com/kxEoXlaSMy — New York Post (@nypost) January 10, 2026 At least six people were killed during a spree shooting in a northeastern Mississippi town on Friday night, authorities said. Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott said in a Facebook post early …
🚨 LMAO! A “protestor” outside the Minneapolis ICE facility today ADMITTED to Laura @IngrahamAngle that it was her JOB to be there PROTESTOR: “SHAME! SHAME!” LAURA: “Do you have a job?!” PROTESTOR: “I’m being paid RIGHT NOW!” LAURA: 😆👍🏻 She’ll probably be fired now 🤣 pic.twitter.com/hKMjJvU2IR — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 9, 2026
NEW: Records show US Capitol Police Capt. Michael Byrd, who fatally shot unarmed J6 protester Ashli Babbitt w/o warning, has been running an unaccredited day-care center w/ wife Kaleska from their MD. home since 2008. MD. rec's $190m in HHS day-care funds.https://t.co/Ly2JCVx966 — Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) January 6, 2026 Wowza! That’s in addition to his …
https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/1999964184772063270 🚨 BREAKING: MASS CASUALTY event declared at Brown University as now a possible 20 VICTIMS reported following an active shooter situation Several reports that a masked suspect is now IN CUSTODY, thankfully Say a prayer for these victims. The exact number of deceased versus… pic.twitter.com/6FetYiAHU5 — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 13, 2025 Police rushed …
Veronica Martinez woke up early one recent morning to make a fresh batch of cookies. She packed them in a box and headed to a community center in East Oakland, where a nonprofit called Trybe invites families to get the things they need — produce, milk, eggs and even diapers. Most of the families set …
Live blog: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3334217/major-fire-hong-kongs-tai-po-leaves-2-severely-burned-residents-trapped HONG KONG — At least four people were killed and three others were injured as a major fire engulfed a residential apartment complex in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district on Wednesday, with photos and video from the scene appearing to show serious damage to several buildings. …. By 6:22 p.m. local time the …
Absolutely terrifying – a massive landslide at an artisanal mine has reportedly killed at least 80 people. November 15, 2025 📍Kawama, Lualaba Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).🇨🇬 pic.twitter.com/xfLZgy8Pg3 — Weather Monitor (@WeatherMonitors) November 16, 2025 At least 30 people have died in a semi-industrial copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo after …
CHINO HILLS, Calif. (KABC) — At least eight people are in the hospital after a home exploded in Chino Hills on Sunday. The explosion happened around 3:45 p.m. at a home in the 4200 block of Sierra Vista Drive. AIR7 video from above the scene shows pieces of the home scattered all over Sierra Vista Drive, …