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PITTSBURGH — Steel City has an aspiring Hamas terrorist in its midst — and he likes Squad Democrats. The FBI and Pittsburgh police arrested two Pittsburgh-area residents Wednesday on hate-crime charges for allegedly damaging or defacing Jewish buildings in July. Shockingly one of those individuals, Mohamad Hamad, self-identified as a “Hamas operative,” purchased and tested explosive materials for a future fireball and was a Pennsylvania Air National Guard member stationed near Pittsburgh International Airport, according to the criminal complaint. The US and Lebanese dual citizen also donated to Squad Democrats who have called Israel’s year-long-war in Gaza a genocide and...

After Iran’s supreme leader threatened Israel and the United States on Saturday with 'a crushing response' for strikes on Iran and its allies amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, the US has now issued a stern warning to Iran. Watch this report to know more.

The already chaotic Middle East is on edge as Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei orders a direct attack against Israel. Meanwhile Kamal Kharrazi, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, is brazenly threatening nuclear war against the Jewish State. What are the prophetic ramifications of this apocalyptic saber rattling? Watch now.

Liberal data analyst Nate Silver believes Trump will win the election. His forecast puts Trump somewhere in the mid-50s and Harris in the mid-40s.During a recent appearance on the Risky Business podcast, he accused pollsters of cheating and putting their fingers on the scale in order to make the race appear closer than it actually is.He says that the race has gradually drifted to Trump over a long period of time and notes that Harris has been regularly losing ground.The Economic Times reports:Are pollsters playing favorites? Nate Silver says they’re ‘misleading the masses’ in 2024 Presidential racePolling expert Nate Silver...

A new poll has Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden leading President Donald Trump by a yawning 17% less than a week before the election in the crucial swing state of Wisconsin, where the coronavirus is raging. A Washington Post-ABC News poll released Wednesday found that the former vice president is leading Trump 57% to 40% among voters in Wisconsin.

"Jafar Khacher Faor was responsible, among other things, for firing rockets from the Golan sector, which killed a couple of Israeli civilians from Kibbutz Ortal, for the shooting at Majdal Shams, which killed 12 children and teenagers and wounded dozens of other civilians, as well as for the shooting at Metula on Thursday, which resulted in the killing of five civilians," IDF said in a post on X.

The fourth-century a.d. Chronicles of Huayang, the oldest surviving Chinese geographical survey, records that Sichuan was once the domain of the Kingdom of Shu. According to these chronicles, one Shu king, who is described as having bulging eyes, taught his people how to cultivate silkworms, while another had the ability to communicate with fish. For thousands of years, the Kingdom of Shu was known only through such semilegendary accounts. Then, in 1927, a father and son dug a ditch at the site of three earthen mounds near the banks of the Yazi River in central Sichuan, 25 miles northeast of...

Plus: smart tricks for making your treats last longer.Halloween is just around the corner, making it crucial to start coaching kids on the best candies to grab on the big night. But, as most parents know, having Halloween candy at home is a blessing and a curse: On the one hand, you have full access to a range of treats that you didn’t have to pay for; on the other, your kids are also well aware that candy is in the house, which can lead to plenty of tantrums and sugar highs. No matter how you slice it, you’re going...

Joe Biden on Saturday campaigned for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in Scranton, Pennsylvania at a Carpenters Local Union 445 event. He is actively sabotaging Kamala Harris. After calling millions of Trump supporters “garbage” earlier this week, Biden made a bizarre statement about wanting to smack MAGA Republicans in the ass. “These are the kinds of guys you like to SMACK in the ass,” Biden said as he clenched his teeth. WATCH:

It’s obviously a really close race. But for some pollsters, it’s a little too close. Take, for example, this afternoon’s polling release from the British firm Redfield & Wilton. They polled all seven of the core battleground states. And in all seven, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump each received between 47 and 48 percent of the vote: Isn’t this a little convenient? Whatever happens, Redfield & Wilton — not a firm with a well-established reputation in the US — will be able to throw up their hands and say “well, we projected a tie, so don’t blame us!”. And since...

In Latin American popular legend, the chupacabra is a monstrous creature with gray, scaly skin, spikes along its back, sharp fangs, and a taste for small livestock. Chupacabra sightings have been reported throughout the Americas and even as far north as the United States. The first report of chupacabras came from Puerto Rico in 1995. The creatures were blamed for attacks on goats, sheep, and other animals. Apparently, they left behind uneaten carcasses that were drained of blood. The name chupacabra translates from Spanish to mean “goat-sucker.” The mythical monster has inspired fear across some areas in the Americas for...

Late in 1969, CCR closed out the decade on brilliant form as they released their fourth album.Could you imagine a modern-day band releasing three studio albums in ten months and seeing each of them later be certified at least platinum? That was the incredible pace that Creedence Clearwater Revival were setting at the end of the 1960s. Late in 1969, they completed the sequence, and saw out the decade, as they released their fourth album Willy and the Poor Boys, issued on November 2, 1969. Produced by lead singer and writer John Fogerty, this was the record that featured...

The two-time Oscar winner knocked on doors, had lunch with Sen. Jacky Rosen and sat with first-time voters and business owners in the city as part of a Democratic push to get out the vote.With days to go before the election, the push is on from both parties to get out the vote in battleground states like Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The Democrats and White House hopeful Kamala Harris got a boost in Nevada from two-time Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, who landed in Las Vegas on Friday for a day of campaign activities that included...

The vice president joined Maya Rudolph during the sketch comedy show's cold open. Comedian John Mulaney is also hosting for the sixth time, alongside musical guest Chappell Roan.It was like looking in the mirror during the Saturday Night Live cold open as Kamala Harris gave herself a little pep talk ahead of Election Day on Tuesday. The real-life vice president made a surprise visit to NBC’s sketch comedy series on Saturday, where she got to take a moment to talk with Maya Rudolph, who has been playing Harris since season 50 kicked off in September. The cold open kicked off...

Investigators recently uncovered key insights into newly defined rejection entities in kidney transplantation that may offer improved patient risk categorization post-transplant. Kidney transplant rejection continues to threaten the long-term success of kidney transplants, with microvascular inflammation (inflammation within capillaries) playing a pivotal role in graft failure. Due to its complex nature, this inflammation poses a major challenge in clinical practice. In response, the international Banff classification—the global standard for diagnosing transplant rejection—has redefined antibody-mediated rejection diagnostics by introducing two new categories of microvascular inflammation: mild microvascular inflammation with probable antibody-mediated rejection and microvascular inflammation in the absence of antibody-mediated responses....

Widely regarded as one of new wave’s key albums, ‘Outlandos D’Amour’ introduced The Police as virtuosos with enough aggression to appease the punks.The Police’s debut album, Outlandos D’Amour, boasts an enviable reputation. Widely regarded as one of New Wave’s key records, it’s racked up multi-platinum sales since its release, and is rightly cited as the disc which set the band on the road to superstardom. The Outlandos D’Amour sessions came at the end of 12 months of hard labor for The Police. Having already masterminded the group’s name, manifesto, and even some material, drummer Stewart Copeland had the blueprint in...

Changing leaves, the World Series, Halloween, the New York City Marathon. Then, in a blink, Election Day. The classic quadrennial late-fall cycle in America. Now it’s the final stretch, the final sprint. The race currently seems so tight, it is impossible to predict with confidence who will win, or what ultimately will be the deciding factors for the voters. Yet in a few short days, we will likely know the answer. Then Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah , Christmas, New Year’s, and at last, Inauguration Day. On January 20, 2025, the next POTUS will take office. Former President Donald Trump may...

Kamala Harris is seeing a last-minute surge in momentum over Donald Trump in the final days of one of the closest presidential elections in history. The vice president was given a surprise jolt on Saturday night with a poll showing she is ahead in the reliably Republican state of Iowa, while DailyMail.com's election forecast shows her gaining on the 78-year-old former president. The final Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll has Harris leading Trump 47 percent to 44 percent among likely voters, less than three days before Election Day. It was a shocking result in a state the Democrats haven't won...

PHOENIX (CN) — On the eve of the last day of in-person early voting in Arizona, Vice President Kamala Harris teamed up with norteño band Los Tigres del Norte to encourage voters to hit the polls. “We are proud to be here in Arizona supporting Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz” Los Tigres accordion player Jorge Hernandez told the Halloween crowd “Make sure your friends and family have a plan to vote by Nov. 5 so we make our voices heard.” Harris painted the election as a chance to step forward into a new version of the country....

Former President Donald Trump is poised to secure a significant electoral victory, potentially “sweeping battleground states,” according to Rasmussen’s head pollster, who sees the current race favoring Trump in the national popular vote, suggesting a larger “political realignment” is underway, and foreseeing an outcome that could echo — or even exceed — Ronald Reagan’s historic landslide win over Jimmy Carter in 1980. In a striking forecast days before the 2024 presidential election, Rasmussen’s head pollster, Mark Mitchell, is suggesting that Donald Trump will secure a strong lead nationally and dominate in key battleground states, positioning him for a sweeping victory....