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Steak ‘n Shake has rolled out its new tater tots cooked in beef tallow, expanding the fast-food chain’s push toward traditional frying methods. The announcement drew attention on social media after the Indianapolis-based company highlighted the ingredient Monday morning in an X post, with commenters praising the move, while others debated whether beef tallow is healthier than vegetable oils. Steak ‘n Shake previously made headlines last year when it announced that its fries would be cooked in beef tallow instead of vegetable oil — part of what the company described as a return to the “authentic way” of frying potatoes....

Three men are in custody after turning themselves in for a stomach-churning assault at a San Jose restaurant that left two Israeli-American victims battered and the community on edge. The suspects Ramon Akoyans, 18, Roma Akoyans, 20, and Bruneil Chamaki, 32, surrendered to San Jose police on Monday, roughly a week after they allegedly targeted two men speaking Hebrew outside Augustine, a restaurant on Santana Row. The broad-daylight attack, which investigators are probing as a potential hate crime, was caught on a video and has since gone viral. Three men, seen wearing black T-shirts, repeatedly pummeled someone on the ground...

Seventeen alleged drug traffickers are facing charges after authorities say they ran a sprawling methamphetamine pipeline that pumped hundreds of pounds of the drug every month across Northern California. Prosecutors in Placer County announced Thursday that the suspects were charged with crimes including conspiracy and transporting large quantities of methamphetamine for sale after an eight-month undercover probe dubbed “Operation Meltdown.” The investigation began in July 2025 when an undercover detective bought several pounds of meth from a suspected dealer in North Auburn, according to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office. What started as a single case quickly snowballed into what investigators...

Daily Readings from the USCCBWhen Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been ill for a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be well?” The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; while I am on my way, someone else gets down there before me.” Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your mat, and walk.” Immediately the man became well, took up his mat, and walked. John 5:6–8Let us begin by imagining the overwhelming joy of this man,...

Hundreds of TSA officers have quit over the federal budget battle that left them working without pay –fueling hours-long flight delays and Department of Homeland Security videos blaming Dems for the travel nightmare. More than 300 TSA officers have tossed in the towel since the shutdown began Feb. 14, while a slew of other workers have been taking unscheduled absences, CBS News reported, citing internal TSA statistics. Hobby Airport in Houston saw 53% of its TSA officers call out March 8 and 47% the next day, while other airports have seen double-digit call-out averages since the shutdown started. John F....

President Trump is a member of a group called “Just Stop Oil.”He just set up a blockade to prevent any oil from being delivered to Cuba.As a result, Cuba’s electrical system has shut down.I hope all the leftists who hate Trump will applaud him for joining their goal of bringing an end to the use of oil.https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/16/americas/cuba-power-grid-collapse-intl-latam

On December 27, 2025, a 13-year-old boy named Terrel Byars Jr. was hit and killed by a driver in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, which is near Pittsburgh.This past Sunday, protestors and their children walked in the street and deliberately placed themselves in front of oncoming traffic, in the exact same spot, on the exact same road, where Byars was killed.So after a child was hit and killed by a car, parents are encouraging their own children to walk in the same street against oncoming traffic.This is the exact opposite of what these parents should be teaching their children.Shame on these parents.https://triblive.com/local/4-arrested-officer-hurt-when-confrontation-breaks-out-at-west-mifflin-protest/

Sir Winston Churchill will be replaced on the £5 note by an animal, the Bank of England has said. Emma Soames, granddaughter of Sir Winston, told BBC Newsnight she was happy with the idea and she rejected Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's characterisation of the change as "wokery".

In late 2022, an ambulance pulled up to a bombed-out apartment building in this village outside Kyiv. Three people emerged. One wore a gray hoodie, another a baseball cap. Both had masks covering their faces. The third was more easily identifiable: He was unmasked, and had one arm and two prosthetic legs, witnesses told Reuters. The masked men carried cardboard stencils from the ambulance and taped them to what had been an interior wall of an apartment before the Russians obliterated the place. Then they pulled out cans of spray paint and got to work. An absurd image appeared in...

Abubaker Abed, a self-styled Palestinian journalist, said Temple Israel was 'guilty[sic] of a crime[sic]'.

A humanoid robot was taken into custody by Macau police after it appeared to harass the woman on a public street.

Support for Israel has declined among all age groups since 2023, with the sharpest decline taking place among those aged 18-34, almost two-thirds of whom expressed a "negative" view of the country, according to a recent NBC News poll.In what the outlet described as a "sea change" regarding voters' opinions on Israel and the Palestinian territories, the poll of 1,000 registered voters conducted from Feb. 27 to March 3 found that 63% of voters under age 35 have a negative view of Israel, compared to just 13% who have a positive view and 23% who hold a neutral view.The numbers...

Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill's decision has sparked a national debate about public safety and the limits of judicial authority. McMahill refused to release Joshua Sanchez-Lopez from jail despite an order from Justice Court Judge Eric Goodman.Sanchez-Lopez faces charges for battery causing substantial bodily harm, another entry in a long criminal record of 35 prior arrests, including violent offenses.Judge Goodman authorized release with electric monitoring and a $5,000 bail, an order rejected by McMahill to keep Sanchez-Lopez in custody, arguing that the risk to the community outweighed the court's directive.Sanchez-Lopez's record stretches across years of encounters with law enforcement. Charges...

Investigative journalist Nick Shirley released his latest video on Monday, uncovering $170 million in fraud in California. And this is just the tip of the iceberg in Democrat-run California. “We uncovered over $170,000,000 in fraud as these fraudsters live in luxury with no consequences,” Nick Shirley said. “California’s version of Medicaid called ‘Medi-Cal’ has more than doubled since 2022 from $108 billion to a proposed $222 billion in 2026. Their population, however, has not grown exponentially. However, their spending has,” Nick Shirley said. “There has been a 1,000 percent increase in hospice care in Los Angeles County,” Nick Shirley said....

The NY Times is reporting this afternoon that President Trump is demanding Cuba's current president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, be removed from power in any deal with the country. This may be the first time people inside the administration have said so directly, but it has been obvious for weeks that this is what they had in mind.The other part of this, which also isn't really news, is that Trump is willing to leave some version of the regime in place so long as that regime is America friendly moving forward.As U.S. and Cuban officials negotiate over the future of the Communist-ruled...

Watching the coverage of Operation Epic Fury has given me epic fury. Two weeks into a military operation that was advertised as taking 4-12 weeks, the media, the transnational establishment, and the Democratic Party is trying to convince everybody that the Iranian regime is winning, that its political position is impregnable, that its military capabilities aren't degraded a bit, and that our military planners, who have been war gaming this operation or some variant for decades, were caught off guard. The coverage has all the hallmarks of Russian disinformation, to use an oft-repeated claim. Over the past few days, the...

The IDF has finally begun a new ground incursion into Lebanon, in response to Hezbollah's coordinate missile attacks with Iran. Tehran and its proxy has engaged in a campaign to exhaust Israel's anti-ballistic missile defenses. The big question at the moment is whether this is ... A: The beginning of a full-blown invasion and occupation of the sub-Litani regionB: The beginning of a full-blown war with Beirut as a strategic goalC: A limited incursion to force Hezbollah out of missile range while Israel focuses on TehranD: A threat of A or B as a means to force Lebanon to deal...

Democrats and liberal media have been all in trying to disparage Operation Epic Fury against Iran. If you listened to them, you would think we were being destroyed and were losing, despite the unparalleled success of the military operation. It's legitimate to ask questions. You can reasonably have concerns or maybe be against the actions now. What isn't reasonable is pushing out false stories to undermine our effort and essentially help provide propaganda that could benefit Iran. Then the public has to wade through that and evaluate what they think, rather than just assessing the facts. Which, of course, is...

The United States have already secured qualification for the FIBA Women’s World Cup 2026 in Berlin, but will close out the tournament against Spain on Tuesday (17 March).

As was predicted by many, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is the gift that keeps on giving when it comes to ridiculous policy. But the Democrat-majority New York City Council is not much better. Their latest push is to address shoplifting in the city. Most New Yorkers are likely on board with that endeavor, but the solution they have come up with is more typical Democrat failure to connect the dots. The focus is on self-checkout lanes. Designed for the convenience of law-abiding citizens, but apparently a dream come true for shoplifters in the Big Apple. On Tuesday, Councilwoman...