Friday, October 25, 2024
So no happy ending, then?
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Emotional farewells are a common sight at airports, but travelers leaving the New Zealand city of Dunedin will have to be quick. A new three-minute time limit on goodbye hugs in the airport’s drop-off area is intended to prevent lingering cuddles from causing traffic jams.
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Did he not hear about what happened to Hunter when he took his computer in?
A Kentucky man brought his computer to some tech workers for help, but by doing so, revealed that he had a cache of child sexual abuse material, according to cops in the Louisville-area city of St. Matthews.
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And shit's gonna be all fucked up for 2 days afterward
Home Depot corporate employees are now required to experience some of the challenges that many store workers face everyday.
The company will require all corporate employees, even senior management and remote workers, to do an 8-hour shift in a store each quarter, Bloomberg reported.
What say you, Big Boy?
High pitched, extended vowels and incredibly articulated: so-called 'gay voice' is a real phenomenon, researchers say.
Two science YouTubers have scoured studies behind the theory that homosexual men have a unique twang that transcends aspects like culture and upbringing.
Mitch Moffit, a biologist, and Greg Brown, a science teacher — who are both gay — explored what exactly constitutes a 'gay voice' and what might cause it.
Cowboy Junkies - Full Concert - 08/02/08 - Newport Folk Festival
VIDEO HERE (51:33 minutes)
Setlist:
0:00:00 - Miles From Our Home
0:04:57 - I Don't Get It
0:08:37 - Follower 2
0:15:39 - My Little Basquiat
0:20:20 - Those Final Feet
0:25:28 - Just Want To See
0:30:41 - Working On A Building
0:40:28 - Good Friday
0:45:15 - Murder Tonight In The Trailer Park
Great big balls
For decades, a growth the size of a large melon made Raymondo Okir’s life miserable. Okir, who lives in a village in northern Uganda, first noticed the swelling around his genitalia in 1983. Within a year, the mass had grown large enough that he developed back pain and found it hard to wear trousers and to have sexual relations with his wife.
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When Jody's your own brother
A man having an affair with the wife of his brother who was deployed overseas at the time murdered him after being confronted about it, cops say.
Looks like somebody got tired of Pookie's shit
CHICAGO — A man with a long history of criminal activity on the CTA’s train lines was shot and killed Sunday evening at the Morse Red Line station, according to a law enforcement source.
CWBChicago is not identifying the man in this story because officials have not released his name, but we have confirmed that he was awaiting trial for yet another robbery aboard a Red Line train at the time of his death.
Be careful of what you ask for
CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A 77-year-old woman is accused of fatally shooting a man who “jokingly requested she shoot him,” according to authorities.
Kathleen Geiger is charged with reckless homicide after police say she shot Arthur Osborne on Sunday.
Oh No! Not Phil Lesh!
Grateful Dead icon Phil Lesh has died aged 84.
The bassist and founding member of the rock band 'passed peacefully' on Friday, October 25 - a statement on his Instagram page confirmed.
The statement read: 'Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of The Grateful Dead, passed peacefully this morning.
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One of my favorite stories about Phil Lesh was he kept getting nominated for a Bay Area Music Award (BAMmie), but never showed up to collect it. He finally gave in and accepted the award on the condition that they not nominate him any more.
He was incredibly talented, not just with his six string bass, but other instruments as well. I went to listen to the band play, but spent my evening watching Phil who was so laid back it wasn't funny.
Must be dyslexic - we always got our bomb scares at the beginning of the day
A 13 year old Albany teen was arrested, accused of sending a bomb threat to a local school district.
According to police, Bethlehem Central School District received the threat on October 15th at 2:38 PM, seven minutes from the school's scheduled dismissal time.
California - where nobody can afford fuel
A vessel from Hong Kong was stopped and seized in the Port of West Sacramento due to an unpaid fuel bill, federal court documents show.
On Wednesday, the port's general manager said the ship had been released from U.S. Marshals Service custody. Crews returned to work Wednesday evening, loading the remaining 5,000 tons of rice set to be shipped.
Let There Be Light | How PTSD Was Treated After WWII
Directed by John Huston, "Let There Be Light" gives an up close look at how the psychiatric casualties of WWII were treated. Drawing his title from the Bible verse in Genesis 1:3, Huston's film gives the public an up close look at a topic that wasn't commonly discussed in public at the time and shows how the mental health of the soldiers, sailor and Marines of the Second World War was addressed so that they could heal and transition back into civilian life.
Harris-Walz ‘Hunters & Anglers’ Push Flops with Gun Owners …Nice Try, But No Thanks
In what can only be described as a political Hail Mary, the Harris-Walz campaign is making a desperate attempt to reel in support from rural America with their newly minted “Hunters & Anglers for Harris” coalition. [huntersanglers4harris.com]
Yes, you read that right—the same Kamala Harris who’s spent years backing gun control is suddenly pretending to care about your Second Amendment rights. Spoiler alert: no one’s buying it.
You’ve got to hand it to them—the Harris camp is really swinging for the fences here. They’ve gone from being openly hostile toward gun owners to staging a full-on charm offensive, complete with camo hats and promises of “supporting traditional hunting,” whatever that is. It’s almost as if they think tossing on a cheap hat and awkwardly holding a shotgun will make gun owners forget all the times they’ve tried to strip us of our rights.
Overwhelming Majority of College Faculty Plan to Vote for Harris, Poll Shows
Nearly 80% of college faculty support the Democratic presidential ticket in the upcoming election, according to an Inside Higher Ed/Hanover Research survey released Monday.
Only 8% of faculty surveyed expressed support for former president Donald Trump, while 78% expressed support for Vice President Kamala Harris, the poll shows. More than half of respondents said their politics are “somewhat” or “much” further left than the students on their campus.
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Now who would've thunk that?
The Right’s Rousseau Problem
The Left often sees Jean-Jacques Rousseau as a champion of equality and uses his criticisms of economic inequality and elite power. Take David Lay Williams, for example, a Rousseau scholar who recently claimed in the New York Times that Rousseau can give us special insight into Donald Trump. Supposedly, Rousseau can help us see why Trump thrives by stoking division—he pits Americans against each other in order to distract them from growing economic inequality. As Williams quotes Rousseau in the Second Discourse, “Chiefs foment everything that can weaken assembled men by disuniting them.”
But this kind of interpretation misses something crucial. Rousseau didn’t just warn about money and class in his writings: he was also worried about the breakdown of shared identity and culture—that is, citizenship. The Left loves to champion Rousseau when it’s convenient, but they ignore his warnings about what happens when people no longer see themselves as part of a shared community.
One-quarter of applicants ruled out colleges because of states’ political climate: Poll
(The Hill) — Just over a quarter — 28 percent — of students ruled out a school because of the politics, policies or legal situation in the college or university’s state, according to a new poll from the Art and Science Group.
Out of that group, about two-thirds decided to exclude certain schools at the beginning of their search, the organization found.
The Sound of Silence
A 17-year-old in Peoria, Ariz., has been arrested over his plans to load up a drone with explosives and send it into the Phoenix Pride parade. He was hoping to “bomb 2024 Pride Parade and take over USA” and said that he had ordered bomb-making equipment. He was, however, discovered and stopped before he could carry out his attack. Still, you should have heard about a terror plot of this magnitude, yet the establishment media is maintaining near-radio silence about it.
-WiscoDave
Commentary: A Media Beyond Caricature
CBS’s iconic 60 Minutes has had plenty of scandals and embarrassments in its long 57-year history, most notably the fake-but-accurate Dan Rather mess. Yet never has it found itself in greater disrepute than in 2024.
Donald Trump, for good reason, recently declined to join 60 Minutes for its traditional election-year in-depth interviews of the two presidential candidates. Why?
Welcome to America!
Memphis police are investigating a shooting that left a woman injured outside a Downtown Memphis hotel this weekend.
Police were called to the scene near the Arrive Hotel on South Main Street just before 8 p.m. Saturday.
The police report shows the victim was a woman from England. Police say she and another person were walking down Main Street when they heard gunshots and ducked for cover.
The shit previous tenants leave behind
Investigators have determined that a skull discovered in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana teenager who died more than 150 years ago, authorities announced Thursday.
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Sounds like a freaking conspiracy to me
A hippo recently gave zoo visitors an unexpected and horrifying surprise by splashing them with its watery excrement at Surabaya Zoo in Indonesia.
A video capturing the shocking moment was posted on TikTok earlier this week by user @apriliaanandaa.
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SAN ANTONIO - It's something everyone does, but a local audience got a bit more than they expected.
Last week, a video was uploaded to TikTok, showing an Orca, also known as the killer whale, defecating in one of the glass-holding pools at the Orca Encounter Presentation at Sea World San Antonio.
But, just when you think that's all to see, the massive animal loops back around, and splashes the nearby audience with the freshly soiled water.
Then the skunks take it to a whole 'nother level:
A skunk that bit a Sacramento Zoo visitor may have had rabies, leading officials to capture and euthanize multiple other skunks in the area.
If Amazon can use drones, why not Chris?
A California man used a drone to deliver illegal narcotics to drug customers, one of whom died last year from a fentanyl overdose, according to a federal indictment unsealed today.
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Your Friday Morning Florida Report
A Florida woman is behind bars after enlisting a child to help her conduct a serious — and seriously expensive — bout of shoplifting at a Target last weekend, police in the Sunshine State say.
Elizabeth Novac, 23, stands accused of one count each of grand theft — larceny over $750 but less than $5,000, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor by causing a child to commit an act of delinquency, according to Lee County Sheriff’s Office records.
The odd, striking, and memorable nature of the alleged crime appears to have led to her arrest several days after the fact.
Well, that explains the buzzards circling his property
A former Colorado funeral homeowner is accused of keeping a woman’s corpse in a hearse in his backyard for over a year and hoarding the remains of over 30 cremated people.
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No thanks, I've been rejected by enough women while I was awake
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KGO) -- A Bay Area startup says it has unlocked a way for communication between humans during sleep.
The Redwood City startup says it reached the milestone on Sept. 24 with the technology that linked two people in a lucid dream state. It achieved the communication again in October.
Hyde Park Gunfight in Newton, Kansas
On August 20, 1871, one of the largest gunfights to ever take place in the American West was fought in Newton, Kansas. Known as the Hyde Park Gunfight or the Newton Massacre, the shootout claimed more lives than many more famous gunfights such as Dalton Gang Gunfight at Coffeeville, Kansas, or the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.
When the Santa Fe Railroad extended its line to Newton, Kansas, in 1871, this new frontier town succeeded Abilene as the terminus of the Chisholm Trail. Like other Kansas cowtowns, Newton quickly filled up with saloons, gambling parlors, brothels, and inevitably — lawless and violent men.
The whole affair began when two local lawmen by the names of Billy Bailey and Mike McCluskie argued over local politics on August 11th in the Red Front Saloon.
Thursday, October 24, 2024
How a Crosby Shackle Is Made
We visited Kito Crosby’s flagship plant in Longview, TX, to see firsthand the shackle forging process. This video reveals every step of Crosby shackle manufacturing, from raw steel billets to finished, safety-critical hardware.
🔧 Watch the full process:
• Engineering and die manufacturing
• Closed die drop hammer forging
• Heat treatment for optimal strength
• Rigorous testing and quality control
• Finishing and assembly
-Jeremy
CA propositions: Everything to know about measures on minimum wage, marriage equality and more
Californians are being asked to vote on 10 propositions in the 2024 election, covering issues from minimum wage and marriage equality to increasing penalties for some theft and drug crimes.
We've put together a guide to the 2024 propositions in California. Scroll down to read about each ballot proposition.
The ballot language for each proposition is available from the Secretary of State's office. Continue reading below for our summaries of each measure, the argument for and against it, and a short list of supporters and opponents.
’60 Minutes’ Defends Editing of Harris Interview After Trump Criticism
CBS News’ program “60 Minutes” responded on Sunday night to former President Trump accusing the show of deceitfully editing the interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Trump campaign had pointed out that Harris’ answer to a question about Israel in the promotional clip the show used differed from the full segment.
Gwen Walz yanked off campaign trail for being a weird [REDACTED]…
Looks like “Tampon” Tim’s bizarre wife got yanked off the campaign trail—of all places, in Maine. Word has it she was all set to speak, but the powers-that-be decided to pull the plug for reasons unknown. However, given her past “Karen-like” antics on the trail, the rumor mill is in overdrive. Word on the street is that Gwen Walz’s scheduled speech was nixed because she’s a cringe factory and is alienating men with her weird, finger-wagging HR persona.
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Why JD Vance Is Making A Difference In This Election
Victor Davis Hanson joins John to discuss the importance of the vice presidential debates and how JD Vance is winning voters.
VIDEO HERE (4:06 minutes)
How the 2025 Social Security COLA compares to recent years
The Social Security Administration has announced a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment for recipients in 2025, the smallest such increase since 2021.
On average, Social Security retirement benefits will increase by about $50 per month starting in January, a minor increase for most.
Commentary: Reading Between the Lines of The Mark Halperin Interview by Tucker Carlson
Recently Tucker Carlson made news yet again with one of his expert interviews. Since leaving the sinking Fox News ship, Carlson has shown a real knack for doing the exact right interview at the exact right moment to convey the deeper and more telling story of the current political and cultural meltdown in which we all live.
During his two-hour conversation with liberal journalist Mark Halperin, Carlson elicited the comment that the election of Donald Trump would result in the biggest, most dangerous mental health crisis ever witnessed.
How you can help protect your aging parents from scammers
At a time when seniors should be enjoying retirement, scammers target their hard-earned savings and prey on their vulnerabilities.
“A lot of older adults are lonely. They’re isolated at home. Maybe their friends have moved away or passed away. Their children aren’t close, and they’re lonely,” community engagement director for non-profit Age Well Middle Tennessee, Paula Daigle, told News 2. “So if someone calls, they answer the phone and (scammers) try to befriend them.”
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Lisa's mother is bad about shit like this. It's not that my in-laws are lonely, it's that they're way too trusting. If an email looks official, then by God it must be. At least once every couple weeks, we'll get a call from Sue. "I just got an email saying they're going to shut off our Netflix/Hulu/whatever if we don't pay right now!"
"Did you pay your bill this month?"
"Yes, it's on autopay."
"Ignore the email, Mom."
"But....."
"Ignore the email."
It took a while, but now they call us any time they get an email or phone call that wants any kind of personal or financial information.
McRaped
The family of a sexual assault victim has filed a lawsuit against a Texas McDonald’s for hiring a registered sex offender who raped his 15-year-old co-worker near a dumpster outside the restaurant where they both worked.
Eric Champagne Price, 29, lured the girl to an area behind a McDonald’s in Hearne, nearly 90 miles northeast of Austin, on April 16, 2023, and sexually assaulted her before he returned to work as if nothing happened. The lawsuit alleged the company knew Price had been listed on Texas’ sex offender website and placed “the wolf amongst the sheep.”
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"Be right back, Ima go get my posse"
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A 22-year-old has been arrested and charged with organizing a deadly shooting that took place Tuesday afternoon in the New Chicago area of North Memphis.
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Your Thursday Morning Florida Report
A kangaroo survived a scare from a bear Thursday night in Florida, and now the search is on for the hopping marsupial.
Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood said in a Facebook post that the kangaroo escaped its enclosure and was spotted hopping along a road in Pierson, about 55 miles north of Orlando.
"Do I look Mexican to you???!!!"
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A metro woman wants answers after she says her apartment complex came up with a set of rules telling her she cannot flush toilet paper.
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BOLO for a left leg amputee
Talk about starting your day off on the wrong foot.
Police in Ohio are investigating after some thieves broke into a shoe store. It happened around 2 a.m. Oct. 8 at Sole Bros 513 in the downtown area. Here’s the kicker: According to the owner, the criminals stole 100 shoes — not pairs of shoes, but just the right ones. There were also some pairs of shoes taken along with clothing.
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Canadian Lumberjack Hard Life
Here is an original journey, a journey that tells the story of British Columbia: the journey of a log from the forest to the sawmill. We come across a lumberjack who cuts down thousand-year-old trees in perilous conditions. A tugboat captain dragging behind him a raft of 30,000 tons of wood. A beachcomber, a sort of sea scrap merchant, who lives off the logs he harvests on the shore. Operators who operate sort of tumbling boats to bring the wood to the sawmill. And there is the ocean everywhere. Because in British Columbia, wood and sea are intimately linked…
Top 5 Guns to Consider Before the Election
As we careen the 2024 election, we will soon know if we can begin to afford groceries again or need to prepare for WW3.
As always, that means discussions around gun ownership and Second Amendment rights are heating up again. Eric from Iraqveteran8888 recently shared his top five recommended firearms to consider purchasing before the election, and in this companion article, we’ll explore his insights further, keeping things straightforward for anyone interested in securing these vital tools for self-defense and preparedness.
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While I agree with most of his list, I'd substitute a full sized Ruger or Marlin 22LR for his first choice.
Trump Leading Harris in All Major Swing-State Polling Averages as Election Hits Home Stretch
Former President Donald Trump is ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris in all of the top swing states as the end of the presidential race draws closer, according new RealClearPolitics polling averages.
Trump has a 0.8 point lead pulling 48.3% support across seven key battleground states compared to Harris at 47.5%, according to the polling averages. The Republican presidential nominee is ahead of Harris in the states of Wisconsin, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Nevada. on October 16, 2024 in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania.
Scales of Injustice
At some point the American people are going to have to stand up. They cannot speak up in a system designed to ensure their silence without eventually breaking the law. We have seen this in city and county commissions and board of educations across the nation concerning actions they have taken to harm or otherwise corrupt the decency of children. Suddenly, and without justification, except self-preservation and continuance of their unnatural policies, the government has arrested citizens for the crime of exposing their criminal activity to the eyes of fellow citizens. The laws they pass and the justifications for their actions are illegal, the people writing and passing those laws or policies are violating everything that makes civil coexistence possible.
Kamala Harris Got Into Law School Via a Program She Didn't Qualify For
Kamala Harris graduated from Howard University without honors. Harris then applied to law school. She was admitted to Hastings School of Law at the University of California. Hastings is considered a good law school but not “elite." It ranks 80th of America’s ABA schools.
Admission isn't a "breeze" but it is pretty easy to be accepted for an honors student, with a solid LSAT. Of the total applicants to Hastings, about half are accepted and around a third of that number actually enroll. That means Hastings is a “backup” law school for a lot of the applicants.
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Here’s how much California spends on each homeless person
A state audit found that California invested a staggering $24 billion over the past five fiscal years to address homelessness, a figure that underscores the state’s urgent effort to curb this intractable crisis.
Yet, as this spending has increased, so has California’s homeless population.
According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, an estimated 181,000 people experienced homelessness in California in 2023 — an increase of 63,000 over the past ten years.
State attorneys: hunting rifles are not “constitutionally” protected in Connecticut
Hunters take note: State attorneys are arguing your rifles are not “constitutionally” protected in Connecticut.
What does that mean? According to attorney Joshua Perry, who works for the Connecticut Attorney General’s office, this means hunting rifles are legal but not protected by the Constitution. He argues that the Constitution only guarantees citizens the right to guns commonly used in self-defense and that semi-automatic rifles used in hunting do not fall into that category.
I'm surprised Kamala isn't blaming Trump for this
McDonald’s Quarter Pounders sold at restaurants across the country may have been contaminated with E. coli, according to a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Commentary: The Role of Federalism in Trump’s Second Term
The presidential election is in its final stretch and the race is neck-and-neck, according to the polls. The outcome will have a profound impact at all levels of government and business, so preparing for a second Trump term would be prudent.
In office and on the campaign trail, former President Trump has championed federalism and granting the states greater latitude to implement policies and programs. He has voiced a commitment to reducing the footprint of federal regulations. As president, he implemented executive orders and other actions that sought to ease regulatory costs and effects. The Trump Administration also galvanized deregulatory efforts at the state and local level through the Governors’ Initiative on Regulatory Innovation. A similar effort can be expected in a second term.
People actually fall for this?
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A couple was nearly scammed out of more than $12,000, when they received a call from someone impersonating as a law enforcement official.
They say it all seemed legitimate because it came from someone who said they were an Oklahoma County Sheriff’s deputy.
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If I got a call like this, my only response would be, "Well, come and get me then."
Cue Journey's City By The Bay
When San Francisco was ranked as the second-most rat-infested city in America in 2024, it came as no surprise to Rich Neumann.
Neumann, who is the founder and CEO of a video tech company, has been dealing with the scourge for years. It has become so bad recently that cars are being gnawed into and businesses have been forced to shutter.
More than 40,000 homes in the city had signs of rats in 2022, and on Neumann's street alone, the damage to cars has cost more than $15,000.
*whimpers*
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — We are more than halfway through October and that means Tennessee is entering its secondary tornado season.
Tennessee’s primary tornado season occurs during the spring and peaks in April. The secondary tornado season is in the fall and peaks in November.
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Yeah, I don't think we have to worry about that, at least not for the time being. Other than 2 days of rain from Helene, this is the longest (3 months?) dry spell I've seen since moving here and it's not supposed to change in the foreseeable future.
Even though we got about 6"of rain from Helene, it's been so dry it was immediately sucked up by the ground. It hasn't rained a drop since then.
Your Wednesday Morning Florida Report
A woman who lives in The Villages was attacked by her boyfriend during a golf cart ride home from Walmart.
The alleged attacker, 62-year-old David Robert Morgan who lives with his parents in the Village of Santo Domingo, has had a long, violent history with the woman who lives on the Historic Side of The Villages.
So no tip, then?
ELVERTA, Calif. - A 60-year-old Roseville woman says she was kicked out of her Lyft ride because the driver did not have enough charge in his electric vehicle.
It happened early Friday morning as Catherine Smith was trying to get home from Sacramento International Airport.
A ball bruising run for freedom
CHICAGO — It’s not easy to run from the cops while handcuffed. It’s gotta be even harder when you have a machine gun stuffed in your crotch. But prosecutors say that’s exactly what Tyrus Walker did in Chicago Lawn last Thursday. And his sprint for freedom was caught on video.
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Tennessee judges say doctors can't be disciplined for providing emergency abortions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A three-judge panel on Thursday ruled that Tennessee doctors who provide emergency abortions to protect the life of the mother cannot have their medical licenses revoked or face other disciplinary actions while a lawsuit challenging the state's sweeping abortion ban continues.
The ruling also outlined specific pregnancy-related conditions that would now qualify as "medical necessity exceptions" under the ban, which currently does not include exceptions for fetal anomalies or for victims of rape or incest.
16 AGs Call on DHS to Verify Citizenship Information of Registered Voters
Sixteen attorneys general, led by Ohio AG Dave Yost, called on Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to provide voter registration information to states, particularly when it relates to citizenship status.
The AGs “raise grave concerns that by failing to work with States to verify voter registration information, your office has failed to discharge its duty ahead of a national election,” the letter to Mayorkas states.
Bay Area educators respond to Donald Trump's plan to dismantle Dept. of Education
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Former President Donald Trump took aim at the way education is being handled in the country.
He said he wanted to dismantle the Department of Education and pull funding from public schools that taught certain subjects.
Election security heightened in Michigan amid intimidation threats
After 2020, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson leaves nothing to chance for this upcoming general election.
“Foreign and domestic bad actors will use violent threats, and potentially even violent actions to send a message of intimidation to all election officials, and potentially voters in an election season that is so consequential for our nation. So, I’m worried about that,” she said.
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Don't forget about the 'mostly peaceful protests'.
Crew members in jet crash near Washington's Mount Rainier identified
Two crew members who died when a U.S. Navy jet crashed near Mount Rainier in Washington state have been identified.
The Navy said Monday afternoon that both are from California: Lieutenant Commander Lyndsay P. Evans, a naval flight officer from Palmdale, and Lieutenant Serena N. Wileman, a naval aviator from Sacramento. Evans and Wileman were both 31 years old.
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DEI?
Commentary: Democrats’ Economic Elitism
Democrats’ display their elitism by using macroeconomic numbers to ignore America’s microeconomic concerns. By promoting the macro-economy, Democrats produced the numbers they now campaign on. However, their macro numbers have come with high inflation that has wreaked havoc on the micro-economies in which most Americans live.
Democrats’ embrace of the macro economy is unmistakable. Paul Krugman’s recent column (10/8) trumpeted that the “macro” numbers “vindicate Bidenomics.” During CBS’s Sunday (10/6) 60 Minutes interview, Kamala Harris immediately ducked into the macro economy when asked about inflation’s impact on Americans.
Newsom: Minor details
California cops who have trialed Teslas ahead of the state's ban on gas and diesel vehicles have revealed they are 'nearly unusable' for police departments.
Gov. Gavin Newsom mandated in September 2020 that all vehicles sold in California be zero emission by 2035.
Since then, a number of local municipalities have implemented their own goals to convert their fleet of gas-powered cars to electric vehicles.
Hey, when you gotta go, you gotta go
A Texas woman angry that a man in a mobile home wouldn’t let her use his bathroom allegedly set a fire in response that destroyed multiple residences and resulted in the deaths of a visitor in one of the homes and three dogs.
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Remember when teen girls went to the mall when they were bored?
A group of five girls in Washington, D.C., beat an elderly disabled man to death last year because they were “bored” and looking for something to do, one of the assailants testified in court on Tuesday. The girls, who range in age from 12 to 15 years old, are accused of killing 64-year-old Reggie Brown in a random attack in the nation’s capital almost exactly one year ago.
Your Tuesday Morning Florida Report
A Florida woman who was involuntarily committed to drug rehab escaped the hospital before she carjacked a 70-year-old man and ran him over with his own vehicle twice, police say.
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Death by bed
(Gray News) - A woman in the United Kingdom died after an ottoman bed fell and trapped her, according to a coroner.
Helen Davey, 39, was leaning over the storage area of the bed when the mattress platform unexpectedly came down and trapped her neck.
It's a California thing
A homeowner in the Valley Glen neighborhood of Los Angeles subdued a man Thursday morning he says was squatting on his property – and it wasn’t the first time.
Thursday’s incident occurred around 1:15 a.m. at a two-story home on the 13500 block of Hart Street.
Mike Martirosyan said he was moving his trash out when he realized there was a light shining on the second floor.
Monday, October 21, 2024
The Mini-14: A Cost-Effective Scaled-Down M14
The Ruger Mini-14 is certainly not a “forgotten” weapon, but I think there are some valuable insights to be taken from it. As a company, Ruger has an outstanding track record of making not flashy and exciting guns, but rather guns that are economical and dependable. The Mini-14 is an excellent example of that, with hundreds of thousands sold since its introduction in 1972. So today we will take a look at how Jim Sullivan simplified the M14 design when he scaled it down to 5.56mm for Ruger, and how the company used its investment casting expertise to further reduce production costs.
VIDEO HERE (14:23 minutes)
New York's blanket ban on concealed carry on private property ruled unconstitutional
Albany, NY (WRGB) — A recently passed New York state law that bars licensed firearms owners to carry concealed on all private property is unconstitutional, according to a federal judge.
The ruling down Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York follows a decision in December by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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