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This arsenal of firearms is among the dozens of weapons that have been taken off London’s streets during the Met’s latest gun amnesty. Since Monday 45 weapons have been surrendered across the capital as part of the Give Up Your Gun campaign, including shotguns, revolvers, rifles and handguns, Scotland Yard said. Detectives from the Met’s gang unit today urged anyone still in possession of an illegal firearm to hand it in before the amnesty ends on Sunday night.

Don't want to sound cynical. Just wondering: What happens? What will Trump supporters do? What will House Republicans do (yawn)? What will Texas do? Will we just whine and bellyache as usual? Do conservative sites get shut down? Does American citizenship lose any meaning? Does the Constitution get trampled? Does the US turn into Venezuela? How are people preparing? How are you preparing? Just wondering.

DECEMBER 15--Meet Franca and Antonia Munoz-Juvera. The 26-year-old twins work as teachers at the same California high school. And they're both facing felony charges as a result of an illicit sexual relationship with a female student. According to Riverside County sheriff's investigators, Franca (pictured below at left) had a sexual relationship with the underage girl, for which she was arrested yesterday and charged with lewd acts with a minor. While Antonia was not hit with a sex crime, she was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor because she was allegedly aware of her sister's involvement with the...

THE TIMING OF HALLOWEEN -- Blame it on the Celts [and Irish]! Back when the Celts dominated most of Europe, hundreds of years before Caesar and his Roman Legions expanded their rule, they were celebrating their new year on the evening of October 31. This was known as the great festival of Samhain. Why on this date and time? Let’s just say that they were a dark bunch, and have been referred to as children of darkness. The word “samhain” basically means the end or sunset of summer. The timing of the end of summer for the Celts harkened back...