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At a “Fighting Anti-Semitism in America” event in Washington on Thursday night, former President Donald Trump accused Vice President Kamala Harris of failing to address the surge in antisemitism and challenged her to distance herself from Hamas sympathizers supporting her campaign. “Despite presiding over this explosion of antisemitism, Kamala Harris has done absolutely nothing,” Trump said. “She has not lifted a single finger to protect you or to protect your children or to even protect you with words.” Trump also blasted Harris for sympathizing with anti-Israel demonstrators on college campuses, referencing a July interview where she described the protests as...

Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff ripped former President Trump on Friday for his remarks at an event raising awareness for combating antisemitism in which the GOP nominee suggested Jewish people would partly shoulder the blame if he loses in November. “Last night, Donald Trump once again fanned the flames of antisemitism by trafficking in tropes blaming and scapegoating Jews,” Emhoff, who is Jewish, posted on the social platform X. “He even did it at an event purporting to fight antisemitism, no less.” “This is dangerous and must be condemned,” he continued. “We will not be intimidated and will continue to live...

On Tuesday, the California Board of Parole Hearings upheld the decision to grant parole to a man convicted of killing a 2-year-old girl back in 2011. An "en banc" review affirmed the decision in April to grant parole to David Leonardo after less than 13 years in custody, per the Monterey County District Attorney's Office. Leonardo was serving 15 years to life sentence for the murder of his then girlfriend's daughter Pricilla Rose Hernandez. He confessed to hitting her in the abdomen out of anger which resulted in her death via internal bleeding, said the district attorney's office. "Priscilla had...

September 20, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. Gov. Gavin Newsom should have known this would happen. After he signed three new laws regulating political ads and parodies produced by artificial intelligence, the Babylon Bee parody site produced one flouting the law and mocking him. It uses what’s called a “deepfake” of his voice praising such “achievements” as people leaving the state and the homeless crisis. “On my watch, the cost of living and homelessness have skyrocketed,” you can hear in Newsom’s voice. “Schools are failing.” And so on. Game on. Proponents of such laws believe voters aren’t smart enough to engage...

A Cal Fire firefighter was arrested Friday for allegedly igniting five fires in the North Bay in recent weeks when he was off duty. At 8 a.m. Friday, Cal Fire law enforcement officers arrested the 38-year-old Healdsburg resident at the agency's Howard Forest station in Mendocino County on suspicion of arson to forest land in the areas surrounding Geyserville, Healdsburg, and Windsor. Fire officials believe he, a fire apparatus engineer, ignited the Alexander Fire on Aug. 15, the Windsor River Road Fire on Sept. 8, the Geysers Fire on Sept. 12, and the Geyser and Kinley fires on Sept. 14....

The retired Nebraska National Guard soldier, who worked with Walz for three years, recounted the disappearance in an interview as a congressional investigation into Walz's China ties continues. ... It was September 1995, and Tim Walz’s Nebraska National Guard unit, the 1-168th Field Artillery, upgraded to the M109A5 self-propelled howitzer. One of its capabilities was firing nuclear artillery shells. Critical SOP manual for nuclear artillery allegedly disappears .. Alpha News has learned from a former National Guard colleague of Walz that, during that time, a classified document allegedly went missing—the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) manual detailing the howitzer’s nuclear capabilities....

Vice President Kamala Harris is being ridiculed over her latest word salads — with many suggesting she even left celebrity supporter Oprah Winfrey looking confused and “lost.” The Democrat’s presidential candidate repeatedly rambled during her star-studded, two-hour virtual rally with Winfrey late Thursday, with the TV host at times prodding her to give straight answers to questions. She then ended with a two-minute monologue that confused many people listening — including Winfrey, according to online commentators who said the powerful media mogul looked “lost” and “unimpressed.” “We love our country. I love our country. I know we all do, that’s...

The Wisconsin Elections Commission, which is represented by the Wisconsin Department of Justice, filed a petition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s case to remove himself from November ballots. The commission also filed it's response to Kennedy's legal appeal. The petition argues the case is "highly time sensitive and hugely consequential for a the people of Wisconsin." It states Kennedy's proposal to use stickers to cover his name is poorly conceived, would require thousands of hours of extra work and create a logistical nightmare. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s legal team filed a brief in...

A California mayor allegedly got rocked by a homeless man, who randomly decided to sucker punch him. The attack happened in broad daylight. Marysville City Councilman Dom Belza said via the New York Post that a homeless man attacked him and Mayor Chris Branscum. The California mayor was downtown assessing damage to a historic building. That's when the attack happened. "We were standing on the sidewalk near the site having a casual conversation. An individual was crossing at the crosswalk. And right as he got to the mayor, who had his back turned, the individual reached back and swung and...

Two illegal immigrants have been indicted for allegedly conspiring to kidnap and ransom other illegals living in Southern California, federal authorities said Monday. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a statement that Honduran Darwin Jeovany Palma, 30, and fellow national Eduar Isrrael Sauceda Nuñez, 25, allegedly planned to kidnap and ransom immigrants illegally crossing the U.S. – Mexico border. Migrants were allegedly taken to stash houses in Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico where their cellphones were confiscated, the DOJ said, adding that 57 migrants were held at a stash house in Albuquerque .. Palma and his fellow...

The disgraced Max Factor heir who was convicted of 86 counts of drugging and raping unconscious women in 2003 is set to be released early after his crimes were reclassified as 'non-violent' under a 2016 law change masterminded by Kamala Harris, DailyMail.com can reveal. Andrew Luster, now 60, infamously fled to Mexico during his rape trial – only to be tracked down by Dog the Bounty Hunter and hauled back to the US in chains. Now one of his victims has bravely come forward in an exclusive interview to talk about her fears at his imminent freedom. Tonja Balden, 51,...

San Jose police have arrested three men on suspicion of attacking another man with machetes in June, the department announced Wednesday. The suspects – 43-year-old Juan Ramirez of San Jose, 41-year-old Eddie Herena of Martinez and 43-year-old Raul Moreno of San Jose – were booked into jail for attempted murder in connection with the June 27 attack, which was captured by surveillance cameras. The victim suffered multiple stab wounds, but his injuries were said to be non-life-threatening, according to police. The attack happened just before 10 p.m. in a business parking lot along the 2600 block of Alum Rock Avenue,...

In 2019, Brandon McDowell was contacted by a sophomore in college who asked to buy Percocet, a prescription painkiller. What the 20-year-old sold her instead were counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid that can be lethal in a dose as small as 2 milligrams. Hours later, Alexandra Capelouto, also 20, was dead in her Temecula, California, home. It is an increasingly common scenario as fentanyl overdoses have become a leading cause of death for minors in the last five years, with more than 74,000 people dying in the U.S. from a synthetic opioid in 2023, according to...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills Tuesday to crack down on the use of artificial intelligence to create false images or videos in political ads ahead of the 2024 election. A new law, set to take effect immediately, makes it illegal to create and publish deepfakes related to elections 120 days before Election Day and 60 days thereafter. It also allows courts to stop distribution of the materials and impose civil penalties. “Safeguarding the integrity of elections is essential to democracy, and it’s critical that we ensure AI is not deployed to undermine the public’s...

Travelers can be taxed at the airport for bringing two portable computing devices into MexicoWhether traveling for business or pleasure, most feel the need to remain tethered to the digital world in some capacity. Some travelers are discovering the hard way that Mexican customs agents in Cancun will tax them at the airport for bringing multiple electronic devices into the country. While tourists feel like they are suddenly being extorted, the law has always been on the books but just selectively enforced. Mexico’s law only allows one portable computing device to be brought into the country tax-free. The levy can...

Gov. Gavin Newsom Monday threatened a possible lawsuit against the city of Norwalk if a recently adopted moratorium on emergency shelters for the homeless as well as single room occupancy and transitional housing isn’t reversed. The Norwalk City Council adopted the urgency ordinance on Aug. 6, which put a moratorium on various establishments, including emergency shelters, along with transitional and supportive housing. ... Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement. “It is counterproductive and immoral for any community to throw up their hands and say they’ve done enough while still having people in need. We can’t leave people in dangerous...

President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will hold a Town Hall in Flint, Michigan moderated by Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at 7:00PM EDT. After Michigan voters have been forced to suffer three and a half years of Kamala Harris and Joe Biden’s dangerously liberal policies, President Trump will meet with Michiganders to listen to their concerns and share his vision to make America affordable again. The auto industry is the backbone of Michigan’s economy, and Kamala Harris’ actions have only shown that she will destroy it. If Kamala...

Brendan Benedict, an antitrust litigator at Benedict Law Group who has faced off against Google in court, highlighted the potential demoralizing effect on the Department of Justice attorneys working tirelessly on the adtech case, only to see the administration collaborating with the opposition's lawyer for advice. He also suggested that Dunn could be a potential candidate to replace current antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter if Harris were to take office.The controversy surrounding Dunn's involvement in the Harris campaign is just one facet of the ethical quagmire surrounding the Google adtech case. Paul Weiss, the law firm where Dunn is a top...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it took the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish the flames sparked from an electric Tesla Semi crash. The NTSB is investigating the cause of a Tesla Semi truck single-vehicle crash and fire that resulted in the closure of the eastbound lanes of California’s Interstate 80 for 15 hours last month. Extinguishing the fire required 50,000 gallons of water, as well as aircraft overhead that dumped f ire retardant, according to a preliminary report released Friday by the NTSB.

Former President Trump takes questions from reporters at a press briefing in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.