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🚨#BREAKING: #FBI Boston's Violent Crimes Task Force has arrested 10 Indian nationals across MA, KY, MO, & OH for allegedly participating in staged armed robberies for the purpose of allowing store clerks to claim they were "victims" of violent crime so they could apply for immigration benefits. An 11th Indian nat'l who was deported to India has also been charged. Learn more: ow.ly/qh9350Ytwzy

Formula 1 is set to cancel April's races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia due to the ongoing Iran war, sources confirmed to ESPN. F1 was due to race in Bahrain on April 12 and in Saudi Arabia on April 19. Both countries have been struck during Iran's response after the United States and Israel launched a wave of attacks on Iran. Despite not knowing whether the conflict would be ongoing by the time their event dates roll around, a decision needed to be made imminently due to the logistics of when teams had to start sending freight to the Middle...

Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri receives more than $500,000 per month from the Islamic Republic in order to support Tehran's interests and those of its allied group Hezbollah in Lebanon, informed sources told Iran International. Officials in Tehran say the sums are important to “buy” unity among Lebanon's Shiite leadership to ensure that they “act in compliance with Iran's interests, not Lebanon's interests.” Nabih Berri did not respond to Iran International's request for comment. One of his advisers said that Berri would not comment on the matter at this time. Berri has not publicly opposed Hezbollah attacks on Israel in...

Brief Summary of the Video: The YouTube video from Federal Watch News (uploaded around March 8, 2026) covers the federal indictment of U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL, 20th District), accusing her of stealing approximately $5 million in FEMA disaster relief funds intended for COVID-19 vaccination staffing. Key points: In July 2021, a clerical error (misplaced decimal point) caused Florida's Division of Emergency Management to deposit $5.58 million into her company Trinity Healthcare Services' account instead of ~$50,000. She allegedly did not return the money; instead, over months, funds were moved through shell companies, family-linked entities, and used for personal purchases...

The Iran war shows to be entering a new phase as attacks exceedingly target checkpoints and street-level security units, while witness reports sent to Iran International suggest any of those positions are moved or missed after their locations are exposed. For days the conflict had focused narrowly on military bases, missile sites and command facilities, partially in southern Iran, as part of the US-Israeli side campaign that has driven thousands of targets across the country since the war began on February 28. But since Wednesday evening, reported drone strikes on checkpoints in Tehran have pointed to a parallel line of...

Gettysburg’s recently resigned mayor exchanged sexually explicit messages and photos with a teenage boy more than 10 years ago while working together at the community theater that he founded, police said. Chad-Alan Carr, 48, was the executive director of the Gettysburg Community Theater when the abuse happened in 2011-2013, with a boy who was 16-17 years old, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed by Pennsylvania State Police. Carr was arrested on Friday on child sex offenses. State police are asking any other victims to call the Gettysburg barracks at 717-334-8111 or the state police tip line at 800-472-8477....

Khamenei's ability to govern questioned after injuries U.S. strikes target Iran's missile, drone capabilities Hegseth vows no mercy, reshapes military justice system Iranian drones reported in Kuwait, Iraq, UAE, Bahrain, Oman Six U.S. service members die in Iraq aircraft crash WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is wounded ‌and likely disfigured, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday, questioning Khamenei's ability to govern after nearly two weeks of U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran. No images have been released of Khamenei since an Israeli strike at the start of the war that killed much...

The move was met Friday with dismay in Europe, where officials and experts feared it would aid the Russian war machine in Ukraine. The Kremlin pressed Washington to go further.... The United States has temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil, a boost to the Kremlin as Washington tries to contain energy prices sent soaring by the American-Israeli assault on Iran. President Vladimir Putin’s team welcomed the move to ease penalties that were imposed over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and pushed Friday for the U.S. to go further. The decision caused dismay in Europe, where officials feared it would give a...

The Israeli military is using a new method to launch drone swarms over Iran targeting security forces in domestic response, familiar sources with the material gold of Iran International. [In fierce] attacks on Wednesday night, Israel carried out precision drone strikes against [religious] militia checkpoints that had been set up across Tehran in recent days. Informed sources gold Iran International that the Israeli military is carrying out such operations through a new method what uses a flying platform acting as a “mother launcher” to deploy drones equipped with artificial intelligence and a large database of targets. Israel makes extensive use...

We lost a few men. That IS combat. The Iranians have lost thousands and are STILL taunting us. We lose a very SMALL percentage and the communists want us to abandon the conflict. LOOK at the enemy within's tactics: Trying to discourage Americans from necessary conflicts in a needed war in which we must prevail. The leftists here who violently protest ICE lost two "foot soldiers" and more injured and I DO NOT HEAR THE MEDIA, DEMOCRATS OR ANY OF THAT SIDE SECOND-GUESSING THE ACTIONS OF THOSE KILLED OR SUGGESTING THEY SHOULD STOP!!! They are TOTALLY committed to what they...

Iran's armed forces are facing acute supply shortages, rising deserts and deepening friction between the regular army (Artsh) and the revolutionary guards, [say] informed sources [about] a military system under growing train as the war intensities. Among the most serious allegations are reports that were founded army personnel have been denied assistance by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), that some frontline units are operating with minimal ammunition, food and drinking water, and that attempts to mobilize reserve forces have failed. sources said that regular army units are sufficient significant casualties but that IRGC personnel have been returned to transport...

@TheNatPulse Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) (@BasedMikeLee) calls on Vice President @JDVance to take charge in the Senate during the SAVE America Act vote.

13 March 2026 Friday of the 3rd week of LentSt. Leander Church, San Leandro, CA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingHosea 14:2-10A call to conversion and promise of safetyThe Lord says this:Israel, come back to the Lord your God;your iniquity was the cause of your downfall.Provide yourself with wordsand come back to the Lord.Say to him, ‘Take all iniquity awayso that we may have happiness againand offer you our words of praise.Assyria cannot save us,we will not ride horses any more,or say, “Our God!” to what our own hands have made,for you are the one in whom...

A Quiet Coastal Revolution “Why only two?” The question, posed six years ago by J.T. Scott, a member of the city council of Somerville, Massachusetts, is at the heart of the debate concerning government recognition of polyamory. Scott and his colleague on the city council were considering a domestic partnership ordinance. The original language of the draft specified a domestic partnership as being “between two people,” according to The Harvard Crimson. Councilor Lance L. Davis paused, saying “something didn’t feel quite right,” reports The Crimson. Scott asked the question: “Why only two?” Davis, in his words, executed a “few simple...

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israel strikes attack targeting military and government sites, officials said. Iranian state television confirmed that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among those killed in Tehran on the first day of strikes. His son Mojtaba Khamenei was chosen on Sunday to succeed him. Iran is responding to the operation with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, regional U.S. bases and multiple Gulf nations. Israel is also intensifying its long-running strike campaign against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.

Canada sheds 83,900 jobs in February, after January decline Jobless rate up to 6.7% led by losses in full-time jobs Average hourly wage of permanent employees grows 4.2% Analysts predicted 10,000 job gains, jobless rate 6.6% SNIP

Us Hunter Biden now the sacrifiacl lamb for the Democrats to use?

The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and Firebird Motorsports Park officials announced time changes for the upcoming FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs, which takes place March 20-22. Taking an abundance of caution for the expected heat in the weekend forecast, racing in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series will shift to earlier in the morning on each day, setting up a Coffee and Nitro weekend at the Duel in the Desert. Friday qualifying will begin at 9:30 a.m. local time on Friday with Pro Stock, followed by Funny Car and Top Fuel. The second session...

Now a system called UVeye is designed to bring that transparency to the process. “We’re like an MRI for your car,” said Matt Small of UVeye. The drive-through system uses multiple cameras to capture hundreds of high-resolution images and video of a vehicle in just seconds. “We’re going to detect anything down to 2 millimeters,” Small said. It also uses infrared technology to detect rust and issues underneath the car. “[It was] originally developed for military use so we were scanning the undercarriage of vehicles looking for bombs and different threats like that,” Small explained. In under a minute, the...

TAMPA, Fla. – All six crew members aboard a U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft that went down in western Iraq are now confirmed deceased. The aircraft was lost while flying over friendly airspace March 12 during Operation Epic Fury. The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. However, the loss of the aircraft was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire. The identities of the service members are being withheld until 24 hours after next of kin have been notified.