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New South Wales police commissioner Mal Lanyon said police did ‘a fantastic job’ An eyewitness from Sunday’s massacre at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, stated police officers hesitated as two terrorists sprayed bullets at a group of Jews gathered to celebrate Hanukkah, while video analysis indicates law enforcement waited several minutes after arriving on the scene to engage the shooters. Shmulik Scuri, who was on the beach with his family during the attack, told reporters that 4 police officers in the vicinity "froze" as the terrorists fired into a crowd of 2,000, killing at least 15 and wounding 40 more....

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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) is complaining that if President Donald Trump deports Haitian migrants whose Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will soon end, jobs will go “unfilled.” Last month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that TPS will end for tens of thousands of Haitian migrants come February 2026 — leaving them with no legal status to remain in the U.S. […] DeWine, in an interview with local Ohio media, complained that DHS’s potentially deporting Haitian migrants — particularly from Springfield, Ohio, where the Haitian population has exploded — will open American jobs. …

“Civilian heroes” Boris Gurman and Sofia Gurman have been identified as the 11th and 12th victims in the Bondi Beach terror massacre after footage emerged of them running towards danger and wrestling away a rifle from terrorist Sajid Akram. Boris, 69, and Sofia, 61, Russian-speaking Jewish immigrants who died beside one another as likely the very first of Akram’s victims, remembered by their family for their “bravery and selflessness”. The pair were seen in dashcam footage earlier on Tuesday, where Boris wrestled a longarm gun from the hands of Akram in a violent struggle on the Bondi Beach footbridge. Akram...

OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she’s keeping in mind that there’s more than one way to get Alberta oil to the Pacific Coast. Smith said in a year-end interview with National Post that, while her “first preference” would be to build a new West Coast pipeline through northern British Columbia, she’s willing to look across the border if progress stalls. One possible route to the Pacific Ocean could be through the northwestern U.S. states of Montana, Idaho and either Washington or Oregon. “Anytime you can get to the West Coast, it opens up markets to get to Asia,”...

Today, President Donald J. Trump will award the newly established Mexican Border Defense Medal to U.S. service members for their extraordinary work to safeguard our nation’s southern border and uphold American sovereignty.Under President Trump’s decisive leadership, the southern border has undergone a profound transformation to turn back the invasion unleashed by the Biden Administration — achieving levels of security unseen in decades. By reversing Biden-era failed policies and swiftly implementing robust enforcement, the Trump Administration has restored order, deterred illegal entries, and protected American communities from the threats posed by unchecked migration, transnational crime, and fentanyl trafficking.Here’s what you need...

United States Southern Command on Monday announced that Joint Task Force Southern Spear took out three narcotrafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific. A total of eight “narco-terrorists” were killed in the strikes. “Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking,” US SOUTHCOM said. Video from the strikes shows massive explosions on each boat, turning them into burning piles of rubble. WATCH: VIDEOS AT LINK.................... US Strikes More Venezuelan Drug Boats US Southern Command said in a statement on X, On Dec. 15, at the direction of @SecWar Pete...

As the appalling story of Sunday’s anti-Jewish mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach continue to unfold, and 16 people are now dead, there have been few glimmers of light in the darkness. The men identified as the shooters are a father and son, Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24. The father was shot and killed by police last night, and the son was overpowered and taken into custody. The New South Wales police commissioner says little is yet known about the pair, but Sajid Akram was a licensed gun owner, with six guns in his possession. Old social media...

For four years, a tranche of cellphone data provided to the FBI by T-Mobile US sat on a digital shelf because investigators couldn’t figure out how to read it, people familiar with the matter said. The data turned out to be essential to cracking the case, the people said, a breakthrough that happened only recently when a tech-savvy law-enforcement officer wrote a new computer program that finally deciphered the information. That move led to the arrest of 30-year-old Brian Cole Jr. at his home in Northern Virginia, where he had been quietly living with his mother and other relatives.

The Department of Homeland Security has proposed a rule that should have sent shockwaves through every newsroom in the country: visitors entering the United States under visa-waiver programs may soon be required to hand over five years of their social-media history before boarding a plane. No context, no criminal suspicion, no triggering event, just a mandatory reveal of your digital life, tied directly to your passport.On paper, the justification looks familiar. DHS presents the change as a security upgrade, a harmless modernization of screening tools to help identify threats. They repeat the same vocabulary Americans have been conditioned to accept...

Last Saturday, a high-speed crash on Almeda Genoa Road claimed the life of an 18-year-old male passenger. The incident involved a blue Dodge Charger driven by 18-year-old Ruben X. Mendoza and occurred around 4:55 a.m., with the passenger’s identity pending confirmation by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, according to the City of Houston. The crash followed a pursuit initiated by Harris County Precinct 2 deputies, who observed Mendoza driving erratically and at high speed. Mendoza reportedly turned off his headlights and ignored deputies’ emergency signals, leading to the fatal collision, after which he was charged with murder, as...

A gunman fired 20 bullets into the home of a Jewish family in Redlands, California, on Saturday. The family’s home was clearly Jewish, as they had decorated the exterior for Hanukkah. According to door cam footage, the suspect shouted antisemitic slurs such as “F*** the Jews” as he fired at the home from his car. 'Another dangerous and despicable act of violence' The family shared a statement with Jewish outlet Community News: “My family just survived an antisemitic drive-by shooting in Redlands. My family and I decorated our house for the Jewish holiday Hanukkah; many of the decorations include light-up...

The United States has suspended a technology deal it struck ​with Britain earlier this year, which was ‌intended to boost ties in artificial intelligence, quantum computing ‌and civil nuclear energy, the Financial Times reported on Monday. British officials on Monday confirmed the U.S. suspended the deal last week, the FT ⁠said, adding ‌that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration was pushing for Britain's concessions in ‍areas of trade outside the tech partnership. U.S. officials were becoming increasingly frustrated with Britain's lack of willingness ​to address so-called non-tariff barriers, including rules ‌and regulations governing food and industrial goods, the FT said. Reuters...

Pro-gun voices in the United States have seized on the mass shooting at Bondi Beach to express contempt for Australia’s gun laws, … Less so with the critique from certain Americans. The sort who are perpetually insisting it’s inappropriate to talk about gun laws when the bullets are killing their own children, but are now eager to shout “I told you so”. A small sample, here. “Australia has among the toughest gun laws in the world, and ‘diversity is their strength’. Pray for the victims, and for wisdom to follow.” “I was reliably told that Australia’s strict gun laws eliminated...

Australia’s Oct. 7 happened in the most unlikely place — a balmy summer evening in the most iconic beach in the country, known for laid-back surfers, Instagram influencers, fitness freaks, hippies, billionaires, leather-skinned locals and decidedly haram topless sunbathers. Bondi Beach is a bustling inner-suburban crescent of golden sand on the Pacific where $30 million houses nestle among 1960s blond brick walk-ups crammed with Irish and British backpackers who sling cocktails and wait tables at the buzzy eateries along Campbell Parade. On Sunday, this slice of paradise became the latest battlefront of the anti-Jew bloodshed that has seized the world...

The Trump administration’s aggressive deportation policies have heightened stress among the country’s approximately 14 million immigrants who are living in the U.S. without legal authorization. The sharp rise in dramatic arrests and deportations of immigrants over the past year has received widespread media attention. A less publicized issue is that many young, undocumented immigrants are also finding it harder to apply to and stay in college. As someone who researches teacher training and was a high school teacher in South Carolina, I have researched how restrictive education policies make it harder for immigrant students, particularly undocumented students, to receive a...

More than 200 enraged pub owners are banning Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his MPs from their businesses in protest at increased business rates which they say threaten their survival. Hundreds of businesses have signed up to the Taxed Out campaign where boozers will bar Labour MPs from entering their premises. This comes after Rachel Reeves announced that nearly 5,000 small pubs will soon pay huge business rates for the first time as the rateable values of premises are set to increase. Temporary rates relief will also be replaced with a less favourable system, meaning that a standard British...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: USCG Air Station Cape Cod, MassachusettsCoast Guard Air Station Cape Cod is a United States Coast Guard air station located on Joint Base Cape Cod formerly known as Otis Air National Guard Base in Sandwich, Massachusetts. It operates from New York City to the Canada–US border. It was founded in 1970 as a replacement to Coast Guard Air Station Salem.The missions of CGAS Cape Cod include search and rescue (SAR), Maritime Law enforcement, International Ice Patrol, aids to navigation support (such as operating lighthouses), and marine environmental protection (such as responding to oil...

In one of the last remaining cities under Ukrainian control in the country's eastern Donetsk region, once a powerhouse of industry, life gets more difficult — and dangerous — as Russian forces inch closer. Over the last month, local officials in Kramatorsk have reported dozens of Russian attacks on the city using strike drones, ballistic missiles, rockets and aerial bombs. Homes, gas stations and markets have all been hit, as has a nearby power plant, causing blackouts. "There was a recent strike on the house next to mine," said Olena Frolova, 20, who works in a shop that sells Donetsk-branded...

Cries 'blood on your hands' at the home affairs minister and Muslim lawmaker visiting Bondi Beach. Senator Mehreen Faruqi faced angry members of the public and tough questioning from Sky News while visiting the site of the Bondi Beach terror attack that killed 15 at a Hanukkah event, amid scrutiny of her rhetoric on Israel and antisemitism News Agencies, ynet| Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi was confronted by angry members of the public and pressed by a Sky News journalist on Monday over her past rhetoric on Israel and antisemitism, as she visited the site of the Bondi Beach massacre in...