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A foreign truck driver’s deadly U-turn on a Florida highway has become a national political flashpoint over immigration, trucking safety and millions of dollars in federal funding for several states. Governors, high-ranking Trump administration officials and advocacy groups have all traded accusations in the aftermath of the crash, which killed three people in a minivan that slammed into the semitrailer.Here’s what to know about the crash and the political fallout:The crash that started it allThe Florida Highway Patrol says Harjinder Singh, a 28-year-old from India, was driving a semitruck north of West Palm Beach on Aug. 12 when he tried...

Shooter’s manifesto before Annunciation Church tragedy. As we learn more about Robin Westman, the person suspected of carrying out a mass shooting at Annunciation Church on Wednesday morning, 5 INVESTIGATES is digging into their past... The videos also show the face of Jesus on a shooting target and ammunition with disturbing phrases, racial slurs and smiley faces drawn on them. A journal written in another language also includes a hand-drawn map of the church

A deranged fan threatened to kill the dog of Red Sox pitcher Dustin May in response to a social media post by the pitcher’s wife. May’s wife, Amelia, shared an Instagram Story that contained a picture of the couple’s dog, along with a message from an account called dustinmaywilldie, which read, “I’ll cook this dog for dinner.” The threatening note came after May allowed five runs in the Red Sox’s loss to the Yankees on August 24. The menacing message toward May and his pet marks only the most recent example of a disturbing trend in which Red Sox players...

Authorities say the cocaine haul, part of a $473 million drug seizure, carried enough lethal doses to kill every resident of Florida.The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday apprehended suspected drug smugglers and seized drugs off the coast of Florida. It was one of several operations aimed at preventing drugs from reaching the United States. The drugs were part of a recent haul that included more than 61,000 pounds of cocaine and 14,000 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $473 million. In total, authorities said the drugs came from 19 different interceptions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea between...

Summary Nearly half of recent cases in crackdown target minor offenses Large teams of federal agents assist in routine policework Effort turns up guns, large quantities of drugs WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - One night last week, police officers in Washington stopped a man carrying a designer handbag after spotting a small, clear plastic bag poking out of it, which they suspected might contain marijuana. It was the kind of encounter that is a staple of local police work, only this time the officers who asked to look inside the bag were accompanied by agents from five separate federal law...

In A Nutshell * Cloves contain eugenol, a plant compound with anesthetic and anti-inflammatory effects similar to ibuprofen, making them a promising natural pain reliever. * Strongest evidence comes from dentistry: clove oil and gels ease toothache, reduce pain from injections, and even outperform some conventional anesthetics in children. * Beyond dental use, studies suggest clove oil may boost the effectiveness of lidocaine during childbirth, fight bacteria, support liver function, and aid blood sugar control. * Safety matters: culinary use is safe, but concentrated clove oil or extracts can cause irritation, allergic reactions, or serious side effects at high doses—especially...

Kennedy first announced a joint research effort to find the root causes of autism in April as part of the Trump administration's "Make America Healthy Again" mission. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Tuesday confirmed to President Donald Trump that his department is still on track to publish information identifying "interventions" that are contributing to a rise in autism.Kennedy first announced a joint research effort to find the root causes of autism in April as part of the Trump administration's "Make America Healthy Again" mission. One-in-36 children have autism spectrum disorder, according to a Centers...

"The latest school shooting at a nonpublic Christian school in Tennessee sadly confirms what we already know – our schools are under attack."Two years before a shooter opened fire on students attending daily mass in Minneapolis, the leaders of independent and Catholic schools in Minnesota begged Democrat Governor Tim Walz for help securing their schools, according to a 2023 letter reviewed by The Daily Wire. The funding was never authorized.In a letter dated April 14, 2023 that specifically addressed “school safety in nonpublic schools,” Tim Benz, the president of MINNDEPENDENT and Jason Adkins, the executive director of the Minnesota Catholic...

Breitbart News noted that police confirmed the shooting occurred around 8:30 a.m., when the gunman opened fire through the church windows while children were sitting in church during Mass. Two children were killed and seventeen other individuals were injured. Before any details were released on what weapons were used–or how said weapons were acquired–Sen. Schumer used an X post to push for gun control:

In yet another incident in which a supposed public servant has stolen immense amounts of taxpayer funding in a corruption scheme, Charlotte City Council member Tiawana Brown has been indicted by a federal grand jury over a scheme that saw her and her daughters pilfering well over $120,000 in Covid relief funds, using the money to fund luxury purchases. Brown is running for re-election despite the scandal. As background, the relief funding handed out by the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic has become infamous for the vast amount of fraud spawned by it. Tim Walz’s Minnesota, for instance, saw...

Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman is a transgender woman whose mother worked at the school where two children were slaughtered. Court records seen by Daily Mail indicate that Westman had previously been known as Robert, having petitioned to have her name changed in 2019. According to court papers filed in Dakota County, Minnesota, Westman asked the court to change her name to Robin. Westman had her mother Mary sign the application for a name change as she was still a minor at the time. The petition was later approved in January of 2020, it adds that Westman: 'Identifies as a...

AMBLESIDE, ENGLAND — British authorities have arrested a man calling himself Saint George after he brandished a dangerous bladed weapon at a local dragon, which was merely minding its own business of terrorizing the local populace. According to reports, the winged, fire-breathing dragon took up residence in Windermere, England's largest lake, and began terrorizing the inhabitants of the nearby town of Ambleside. The dragon poisoned the land and demanded first animal and then human sacrifices to appease its wrath. But when someone calling themselves Saint George took up an arming sword to threaten the foul beast, that is when...

A DC grand jury declined to indict the DOJ lawyer charged for throwing a Subway sandwich at a federal agent in DC. A man in a salmon-colored t-shirt was caught on video throwing a sandwich at a federal officer in DC earlier this week after President Trump deployed the National Guard to patrol the streets. The sandwich thrower was identified as 37-year-old Sean Charles Dunn, a DOJ trial attorney. A DC grand jury refused to indict Dunn. CNBC reported: Federal prosecutors failed to obtain a grand jury indictment against a former Department of Justice employee who allegedly hurled a Subway...

President Donald Trump appears to have finally drawn a line in the sand against the radical leftist, anti-American political chaos machine that George Soros has fueled with his ungodly billions over the years. Trump took to Truth Social August 27 to publicly lambast the leftist billionaire and called for criminal charges to be filed against: “George Soros, and his wonderful Radical Left son [Alex], should be charged with RICO because of their support of Violent Protests, and much more, all throughout the United States of America.” The president continued: “We’re not going to allow these lunatics to rip apart America...

SCOTLAND — As part of a sweeping effort to put a stop to Muslim migrant rape gangs terrorizing the country, UK authorities have begun rounding up and arresting all potential rape victims. Experts say this will effectively put an end to migrant rape crimes in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. "We have heard the voice of the people, and we have resolved to solve this problem once and for all," said Prime Minister Keir Starmer. "We will begin by arresting all women under 52 years old, and then we will hide them in highly secure prison cells in...

Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said there needs to be a national ban on “assault weapons” when reacting to a Catholic school shooting in Minnesota.Klobuchar said, “As you reported, he is dead, but more will, I’m sure, come out about his motive and why he would commit such a horrific act. Of course makes me think about guns and all the work we’ve done to ban these automatic rifles and to do something when it comes to the background checks and everything, and we keep getting thwarted. we were able to pass a limited measure...

[UPDATE 12:06 p.m.] During a press conference, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said that the children at the school were in Mass, marking the first week of school. The shooter — who had a rifle, shotgun, and pistol — began firing through the church windows from outside. Two children, ages eight and 10 years old, are dead. Seventeen others are injured, including 14 children. Two of the children are in critical condition. Police found other terrified children hiding throughout the building.O'Hara said the shooter looks to be in his early twenties and most likely died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound....

The president has made no secret of his distaste for wind and solar in America. Now he’s taking his fossil fuel agenda overseas.President Trump is not only working to stop a transition away from fossil fuels in the United States, he is pressuring other countries to relax their pledges to fight climate change and instead burn more oil, gas and coal.Mr. Trump, who has joined with Republicans in Congress to shred federal support for electric vehicles and for solar and wind energy, is applying tariffs, levies and other mechanisms of the world’s biggest economy to induce other countries to burn...

...A private entity constructed by the Biden administration to perform semiconductor research and chock full of Biden administration members is being terminated.... ...“The Biden Administration had no authority to manipulate legislation in a way that would allow them to establish, staff, and govern a corporation to act as a government agency. ... ...Natcast was created to provide soft landings for Biden administration employees, Lutnick said.... ... a semiconductor slush fund that did nothing but line the pockets of Biden loyalists with American tax dollars,

CNN Senior Justice Correspondent Evan Perez inaccurately claimed Wednesday that semiautomatic firearms could fire “dozens of bullets” with a single pull of the trigger while covering a Minneapolis shooting. An active shooter opened fire during an all-school mass held by the Annunciation Catholic School on Wednesday morning, killing at least two children and injuring 17. Perez made the comments on “The Situation Room” before there was any official information about the type of firearm used. “It was really disturbing to hear what the man we heard from the affiliate said about how long it went on,” co-host Pamela Brown said....