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A garbageman allegedly knifed two people during a dispute on tony Forest Hills’ Austin Street, then fled in his sanitation truck, police said. The two men, ages 35 and 34, were in an argument with the worker around 4:30 a.m. on Austin Street near 71st Avenue when the sanit man pulled out a knife, stabbing one in the chest and the other in the abdomen, police said. The garbageman, who worked for a private carting company, then hopped in his truck and took off while the victims took themselves to Long Island Jewish Hospital, where they were in stable condition....

This is the news I see happening tonight in our former great nation of the U.S. FOX Baltimore @FOXBaltimore Three people are dead and one person is injured after four men were shot Friday night in Northwest Baltimore, according to police. --- As of January 13th, there have been 11 homicides in the city of LA, the same YTD as 2023. Shooting victims are up 23.5% with 42 victims compared to 34 last year. Robberies are up 5.2% with 285 robberies compared to 271 last year. ---- FOX 5 Atlanta @FOX5Atlanta Milwaukee pizza delivery homicide; 3 teens charged with felony...

[Make sure to read Robert Spencer’s contributions in Jamie Glazov’s new book: Barack Obama’s True Legacy: How He Transformed America.]Many people are seeing the war between Israel and Hamas as an apocalyptic showdown between good and evil, and there is good reason to see it that way. And as has so often been the case, Donald Trump enunciated what many others were thinking but didn’t dare to say.Trump: “The fight between Israel and Hamas is between civilization and savagery, between good and evil. There is no comparison between a group that worships death and a group that cherishes life. Every...

A raging motorcyclist stomped on the back windshield of a car carrying a mother, her girlfriend and her two kids on a Philadelphia street Sunday, according to footage of the confrontation.The shocking moment, recorded by a tourist, shows the unidentified man riding a two-wheeler with a bunch of other motorcyclists, dirt bikers and ATV riders before he got off his bike and jumped on the car Sunday night near Philadelphia City Hall.

CHICAGO — At least four more DePaul University students were robbed on the school’s Lincoln Park campus last night. It’s the latest in a string of violent crimes on the campus. In the first incident, an 18-year-old woman, an 18-year-old man, and a 16-year-old girl were robbed while seated in the school’s quad on the 2300 block of North Seminary, according to Chicago police. Two men approached them around 10:10 p.m. Saturday and one robber demanded property from the older victims. Another robber battered and robbed the 16-year-old, CPD said.Both robbers fled in a silver sedan, a Chicago police spokesperson...

[snip] It’s the story of a murder that took place in Portland. Her name was Rachael Abraham. She’d dated a man named Mohamed Osman Adan. Adan was violent. "The beatings escalated after Rachael and Mo split. He would break in after midnight, the girls sleeping through his punching Rachael, choking her, telling her she was going to die. One night, he put a gun to her head. She was still shaking when the Portland, Oregon, police got there and told her she could request a no-contact order. “When I told him I was leaving him, he told me that he...

CHICAGO — A mass shooting left five people injured, four critically, near Lincoln Park Zoo overnight, according to initial information from the scene. The shooting occurred in the 1900 block of North Stockton occurred around 4:40 a.m. “A group of people were gathered outside … when a verbal altercation ensued,” Chicago police said in a media statement. “Unknown offender(s) then opened fired [sic], striking five victims. No one is in custody and Area Three Detectives are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident.” Police officers said found a 23-year-old man at the scene with gunshot wounds throughout his body. He...

Two were arrested in Greater Manchester after a dog attacked and killed Jonathan Hogg, a 37-year-old father, on Thursday. Police seized 15 dogs, as well as a £37,500, reportedly "the result of criminal proceeds." The dog mauled Hogg in the throat, and though he was taken to a local hospital, he died from his injuries. Hogg leaves behind a son who is only 4-months-old while his daughter has just turned two. One of those arrested is a 24-year-old man who is in custody and faces further questioning, The Daily Mail reports. He faces charges of being in possession in a...

A Connecticut artist had her nose bitten off by her boyfriend’s pit bull mix rescue when the pooch got spooked by her teeth-whitening device. Olivia Quast, 30, from Thomaston, suffered horrific injuries to her face and arm during the Feb. 3 incident involving her boyfriend Graeme Stasyshyn’s 6-year-old dog, Bentley, which he’s had for four years. Quast speculated that Bentley, who was abused as a puppy, might have been startled and provoked by her teeth-whitening mouth guard equipped with a UV light.

One of the five Memphis officers charged with the murder of Tyre Nichols was the president of the Mississippi branch of a scandal-ridden fraternity. Tadarrius Bean, 24, who was fired over his role in Nichols' brutal beating, served as the head of the Omega Psi Phi's Eta Zeta chapter at the University of Mississippi, according to his LinkedIn. Although the fraternity boasts its more than 100 year history as a haven for black college students, it has been at the center of several hazing incidents in recent years. One chapter in Virginia was suspended after members were found beaten and...

German youth in migrant-heavy neighborhoods once again turned Berlin and other German cities into war zones on New Year’s Day, but this year, news reports indicate that attacks were especially brutal and targeted rescue services, including ambulance workers.In Berlin, police and firefighters responded to 3,943 incidents, with 15 firefighters and 18 police officers injured. According to Bild newspaper, there were “particularly bad attacks in the hotspot neighborhoods of Kreuzberg and Neukölln with a high proportion of migrants.”“There were dozens of attacks,” says Interior Senator Iris Spranger, of the Social Democrats (SPD).In Kreuzberg, for example, after young men set fire to...

So, advice, my son want’s to do the 50 by 50 where he visits all 50 states before he’s 50. Eastern Oregon is okay, right? Secondly, the Lovely Mrs. End Times Sentinel and I HAVE to spend one night in Seattle this September. Now, understand she’s a life long South Philadelphian, I’ve been here 30 years, we KNOW how to sense danger in the urban environments better than 95% of folks (military/LEO/First responder backgrounds)...Exactly how bad is Seattle, for folks in the area? I won’t be able to bring my EDC.Thanks in advance,

A New Jersey house has been hit by cars two weekends in a row — starting just hours after its new first-time owners bought it, according to authorities and an online fundraiser. The first incident occurred on Jan. 15 when a car lost control, went right through the Ocean Township home and ended up in Deal Lake, the Wanamassa Fire Company said.

Criminal suspects released on multiple felony bonds in Texas' most populous county have killed 156 people since 2018, according to victim advocates, who have criticized bail reform efforts that have seen some people charged with violent crimes and released back onto the streets only to violently re-offend. In Harris County, home to Houston, the largest city in the state, there are 113 defendants charged with capital murder that been granted bond, Rania Mankarious, CEO of Crime Stoppers of Houston, told Fox News. The group has been tracking statistics in the midst of a change in bond policies.

Chicago police are considering closing streets in the city's downtown area, along with other potential strategies, in an effort to avoid a repeat of weekend mayhem that resulted in the arrests of more than 20 people last Saturday, ABC Chicago reported on Tuesday. Citing an internal police memo that was given to police commanders on Tuesday and obtained by the ABC affiliate's investigative team, the affiliate reported that downtown streets near Michigan Ave. and lakefront parks could be closed. Police sources told the affiliate, however, that no plans had been announced and that such closures were meant to be used...

Mar. 26—On the second evening Miami Beach imposed its 8 p.m. curfew as part of a crackdown on spring breakers, an elite police unit crashed one pulsating street party packed with 400 or more people. Police reports describe an out-of-control scene after curfew in a residential area of South Beach — some people jumping on cars, others shattering glass, vandalizing property, trespassing, blocking roadways and smoking weed. Yet the few arrest reports from that Sunday night incident show police singled out one person as a chief instigator, charging him with inciting a riot — Javon Washington, a 30-year-old from Indiana...

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) reacted to the dismissal of his lawsuit against Vice President Pence on Saturday, telling Newsmax that a court's refusal to force Pence to overturn the presidential election results essentially served as a call to Americans to incite violence in the streets. "The bottom line is the court is saying, 'We're not going to touch this. You have no remedy,'" Gohmert told Newsmax. "Essentially, the ruling would be 'You have to go to the streets and be as violent as antifa, BLM,'" he added. Gohmert was referring to protests that at times became violent over the summer...

ATLANTA — 8 year-old girl died when she was shot multiple times by armed black Marxists. The night following Independence Day turned out to be a very violent one in the city of Atlanta. While fireworks were going off in the skies over the city, Atlanta Police were busy investigating multiple shooting calls which left an 8-year-old girl dead and people wounded all over parts of the city. According to Atlanta Police Sgt. John Chafee, 23 people were shot and wounded during the overnight hours of Saturday night, July 4, and early morning hours of Sunday, July 5.

Social media is awash with curious images of woke white women creating mayhem at Black Lives Matter demonstrations. They’ve burned down a Wendy’s, set fire to cop cars, screamed obscenities in the faces of police officers, and assaulted a Wisconsin lawmaker.It’s strange to observe white women in pricey athleisure scream at black cops and dress like they’re in “The Purge” to set fast food restaurants ablaze. It raises a question as to why members of the fairer sex are on the frontlines of riotous efforts to support a movement that insists they’re racist, capitalism is racist, and the whole...

85 people were shot and 24 killed last weekend, the most in modern history in Chicago A hardworking father killed just before 1 a.m. A West Side high school student murdered two hours later. A man killed amid South Side looting at a cellphone store at 12:30 p.m. A college freshman who hoped to become a correctional officer, gunned down at 4:25 p.m. after getting into an argument in Englewood. While Chicago was roiled by another day of protests and looting in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, 18 people were killed Sunday, May 31, making it the single most...