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Crowds smashing buses, blocking roads, reports of gunfire Cops outnumbered and losing control fast The Knicks won a championship and NYC immediately turned into GTA pic.twitter.com/uq53TzLds1 — Clown World ™ 🤡 (@ClownWorld) June 14, 2026 🚨 BREAKING: SHOOTING REPORTED IN TIMES SQUARE AMID KNICKS RIOTS Rioters are BLOCKING emergency vehicles from responding THE NATIONAL GUARD …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Airlines canceled more than 2,700 U.S. flights and delayed more than 10,000 on Sunday, the most disruptions on a single day since the U.S. government shutdown began. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-surpasses-10-000-flight-033050131.html
by Michael As grocery prices have risen, demand at food banks throughout the country has surged to very alarming levels. At the end of 2024, I wrote about how demand at food banks had risen to record levels all over the United States. Unfortunately, demand has continued to rise in 2025, and now the government shutdown …
The shutdown has started to feel like a slow disintegration. Not a fight in Congress, but a chain reaction. The kind that begins with paperwork and ends in hunger. Inside the Department of Agriculture, someone finally wrote what everyone else had been avoiding. “Bottom line, the well has run dry. At this time, there will …
TL;DR Food banks in swing states face record demand due to rising living costs. Families struggle with high rent and grocery prices, leading to increased food assistance needs. Michigan food banks, like Feeding America West Michigan, see first-time users and increased frequency of visits. Grocery staple prices have skyrocketed: 28% for bread, 43% for ground …
US: Bank prime loans & NFIB short-term loan rates Soon to fall? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/SLE8afYmoM — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) October 9, 2024 “The most recent surveys by the NFIB show that business conditions are deteriorating quickly for smaller companies that create about 65% of the jobs in the US. I could show you a dozen …
via naturalnews: The healthcare system of New York City is crumbling under the weight of thousands upon thousands of illegal migrants who continue to pour in from across America’s southern border. According to reports, hospitals and medical centers all across the city are being completely overwhelmed by hordes of human “locusts” in the sense that these …
via foxbusiness: Pharmacy giant Rite Aid is negotiating terms of a bankruptcy plan that could see a significant number of its more than 2,100 drugstores permanently close, according to a report. People familiar with the company’s talks with creditors told the Wall Street Journal that Rite Aid has proposed to close as many as 500 …