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President Joe Biden leaves office in 36 days not with a bang but a resentful whimper, an opinion piece in the Washington Post argued Sunday. The op-ed by Cleve R. Wootson Jr. is headlined “Biden touts his legacy, but frustration seeps through.” It looks back over Biden’s years in office and posits that for all …
The man suspected of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel took a taxi to the Port Authority bus facility at 178th Street and boarded a bus out of New York City following the shooting, according to police. The unidentified man remains at large in the wake of Wednesday’s attack, which …
Small community demands answers as mysterious brain disease leaves residents paralyzed The new leader of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, Premier Susan Holt, has reopened an investigation into the illness that causes dementia-like symptoms and partial paralysis. Since DailyMail.com last reported on the cases, there have been over a dozen more who – affecting …
by Michael As if everything that Joe Biden has done so far was not enough, now he has decided to push us to the brink of nuclear war. On Sunday, Joe Biden decided to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles provided by the United States to hit targets deep inside of Russia. This is a …
NEW: The Young Turks producer Ana Kasparian says she left the Democratic party after she was mol*sted by a homeless man with an er*ction in Los Angeles. Kasparian said she was shamed by liberals for stating that she felt fearful to leave her house after the incident. Kasparian… pic.twitter.com/R1Ds980urO — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 12, …
Kamala Harris on Monday returned from her glitzy fundraiser in California to deliver brief remarks on Hurricane Helene. 120 people have died and more than 1,000 are unaccounted for after Hurricane Helene made its way through Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas. President Trump was on the ground in Georgia on Monday delivering supplies and …
BY DAVID HAGGITH Today’s news, low in meaningful economic content, has a lot to do with yesterday’s editorial. Election tampering is already happening by people who are mailing packets of white powder to election officials to intimidate them. Nothing toxic, just intimidation. Civil war/revolts brewing Now we also have a survey showing that 14% of …
Suspect arrested, charged in mass shooting that left 7, including teen, hurt in Philly Tyheed Harvey, 23, was arrested on Friday and charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and other charges, police said. Investigators are still searching for two more suspects By Kaleah Mcilwain, David Chang and Emily Rose Grassi • Published June 19, 2024 …
Twenty-nine senators missed the first vote Thursday as the upper chamber prepares to head out of town for a two-week recess. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/06/20/congress/senate-attendance-check-absences-00164245
Firefighters rescued 28 people who were stuck dangling 100ft upside down on a ride at an amusement park in Oregon. One person with a pre-existing medical condition was taken to hospital as a precaution after the AtmosFEAR ride stopped, Oaks Amusement Park, in Portland, said in a statement posted on social media. However, they said …
New footage shows the exact moment when a large, deadly tornado struck a truck stop/gas station, leading to a mass casualty event.
Russia’s jamming of the guidance systems of modern Western weapons, including Excalibur GPS-guided artillery shells and the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, which can fire some U.S.-made rockets with a range of up to 50 miles, has eroded Ukraine’s ability to defend its territory and has left officials in Kyiv urgently seeking help …
I wanted to share some insights from Vivek’s recent speech outside the Trump Courthouse. He really went deep into what’s been happening in the courtroom, and let me tell you, it’s eye-opening. pic.twitter.com/KigqBJXh6u VIVEK FULL SPEECH OUTSIDE TRUMP COURTHOUSE "What I want to do is dive a little bit deeper into what we actually learned …
2 dead, more than a dozen injured in 3 Alabama mass shootings Sunday Story by Taylor Lang The Gun Violence Archive lists any shooting with four or more victims as a mass shooting. So far, according to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been more than 145 mass shootings in 2024. Sign up for our …
NYC had a retail center in one of its richest neighborhoods, but when it shut down there was debate as to why. Was the rent too high? Was there not enough foot traffic? Well today NYC is back, there’s foot traffic, rents are reduced, and the stores are still empty, for some reason.
WARNING: Disturbing images Mar 29, 2024 The UN says more than 1,500 Haitians have been killed so far this year in a situation it calls “cataclysmic.” For nearly a month, the country has been engulfed in another wave of brutal gang violence. Nick Schifrin reports, and a warning, images in this story are disturbing. h/t …
An Ohio woman whose toddler died after she left her alone for more than a week while she went on vacation was sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday, the Cuyahoga County prosecutor said. Kristel Candelario, 32, pleaded guilty in February to aggravated murder and endangering children in connection with the death of her …
One voice can hardly change much in a representative govt. Too many sheep are way to asleep. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGwJlZRie3c
A rush hour collision between two subway trains in Beijing has left 102 people with broken bones, Chinese state media reported. More than 500 people were sent to hospital after the incident, which occurred at about 19:00 local time (11:00 GMT) on Thursday. The trains collided during heavy snowfall while going downhill on the Changping …
via politico: NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is juggling a new crisis — in addition to the old ones. The expanding federal corruption investigation threatens to overshadow the challenge he spent much of the year confronting: a surge of more than 120,000 migrants that has overwhelmed city resources. The new campaign …
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday afternoon left the NYC courtroom without granting an interview after Judge Engoron tossed out 80% of her case against Trump. According to reporters, Letitia James was too defeated to speak to the press after Judge Engoron said in closing remarks that the statute of limitations are in …
At least eight people were injured in an explosion at a processing plant in Decatur, Illinois on Sunday. Five of the wounded remained hospitalized as of Monday. The fire and explosion happened at an Archer-Daniels-Midland processing complex just after 7pm Central time. “ADM immediately contacted the Decatur Fire Department, which remains on the scene. Several …
This weekend, I witness something I’ve never seen before in all my years of flying on passenger jets. It was a long line of wheelchairs lined up to pre-board an aircraft. I counted 12 people in wheelchairs. There were so many of them, it bottlenecked the concourse. When the plane arrived, ONLY ONE of those …
