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Hundreds of protesters stormed the Roman Colosseum and clashed with police at the historic gates as the demonstrations in France spread to Italy over the weekend. The protesters, many of them young and waving Palestinian flags, were seen cheering and yelling inside the 2,000-year-old arena during the demonstrations in Rome as security forces pushed them out. The tense scene was one of many across the country on Saturday as thousands marched in the streets of Rome, Milan, Turin and other cities to protest the current cost-of-living crisis and the ongoing war in Gaza. The Colosseum had notably upped its security...

Portable food carts are an accepted fact of life in many of our major cities, and even in some small towns. For years, in the Alaska town of Talkeetna, a regular fixture on that small touristy town's main drag was the halibut taco cart. The halibut were cooked using a propane tank under the cart — until the tank exploded, breaking windows and causing damage all up and down the street. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt. But if it's a halibut taco you want now in Talkeetna, you're out of luck. Here's the thing: The Talkeetna halibut taco cart...

The former president, typically circumspect when criticizing Trump, gave an unusually sharp rebuke at an Ohio rally Former President Barack Obama harshly criticized President Trump and Republicans in an Ohio rally Saturday, his first appearance at a midterm rally with less than two weeks until Election Day.He appeared alongside Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton and Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, both of whom are in neck-and-neck races. Brown’s face-off against incumbent Jon Husted, a Republican, could decide the balance of power in the Senate.In a roughly 40-minute appearance, Obama cast Trump as responsible for high prices given his decision to wage...

Ukraine has received 24 surface-to-air interceptors for its Patriot air defense systems from the US over the past three months, despite requiring approximately 350 missiles per month to defend against Russian ballistic strikes, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. In an interview with ABC News broadcast he outlined munition shortfalls as Russian forces continue standoff strikes targeting municipal infrastructure ahead of winter. Zelensky noted the difference between domestic interceptor stockpiles and incoming aerial strikes, stating that Russian forces launched more than 20 ballistic missiles against Ukrainian territory during strikes on Oct. 22 alone. “Over the last 90 days, I have received 24...

Wisconsin media is reporting on a MAJOR Democrat Party scandal just days before the November 3rd midterm elections. This involves the Wisconsin race for governor. Democrat primary candidate and Milwaukee County Executive, David Crowley announced on Wednesday, July 8th, that he was suspending his campaign. That leaves current Wisconsin Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez in the primary race against unhinged communist But Sara Rodriguez dropped out of the race two weeks later on July 17th. Her campaign discovered “serious mismanagement and inaccuracies” in its campaign finance reports, leading to the firing of campaign manager Kara Spencer. So that was the first...

This wooden figurine was discovered in 1977 in an early house built by the ancestors of the Inuit on Baffin Island in northern Canada. The unique carving represents a person wearing European clothing and a cross on their chest. Dated to 1350, the figurine is the earliest Indigenous representation of a European anywhere in the Western Hemisphere and probably depicts a Norseman. The tiny driftwood carving, which is currently on display at the Canadian Museum of History, measures just 2.1 inches (5.4 centimeters) tall. According to the museum, the featureless face and stumpy arms are common in 14th-century Inuit carvings,...

The casual way Democrats threaten to throw Republicans in prison or prosecute them for supporting President Trump is alarming and indicative of exactly what they will try to do if they win power on Nov. 3. On “The Bulwark Daily” podcast Monday, Kara Swisher blithely speculated that if Kamala Harris had won the presidency in 2024, Elon Musk might already be in jail and that he “knows what’s coming for him” if Democrats win control of Congress in the midterm elections — though they would not hold that power until the next Congress is seated in January. “If Donald Trump...

After thousands of years in one seemingly precarious position, the hanging boulder at the Polar Caves in Rumney finally gave in to gravity, falling to the ground on the last day of the park’s season earlier this month. The boulder has been an attraction in the park since it opened more than 100 years ago. The park said no one was injured by the Oct. 18 crash.

Communists want to touch the face of God. Some on the right only meet the demonic. What happens when a secular West gets spiritually hungry?

The Fine Arts Department has uncovered two more ancient gold rings, including one bearing a rare Brahmi inscription, during excavations at the Don Yai Thong archaeological site. Director-General Phanombut Chantarachot said that archaeologists were recovering human skeletons and artefacts from the site after rising groundwater, salinity and seasonal rain threatened to damage the fragile remains. During the operation, the team discovered two gold rings associated with Skeleton No. 4... The second gold ring has no decorative design. Similar Brahmi inscriptions have previously been found on seals and jewellery at archaeological sites in Krabi and Chumphon, highlighting early trade and cultural...

Driving the backroads of southeastern Arizona, where scrubland stretches in every direction, Chiricahua juts out of the landscape like a geological plot twist. Part of the Sky Islands, mountain ranges spanning from southeastern Arizona to southwestern New Mexico and into northern Mexico, the Chiricahuas are home to dramatic elevation changes and rich biodiversity. “Coatimundi crossing” signs dot the roadsides, warning drivers to watch for this ring-tailed, long-snouted raccoon cousin, and even the occasional jaguar is known to prowl the region. The Chiricahua Mountains also hold cultural and historical significance as part of the ancestral homeland of the Apache. As an...

Gainesville police said a second suspect has been arrested in the deadly shooting of an 81-year-old man outside a Walmart last week. Erron Lamar Dorsey, 17, surrendered to authorities in East Point on Friday morning, according to the Gainesville Police Department. He’s being held at the Hall County Jail. Another suspect, Kamari Nehemiah Tilmuth, 18, was arrested Sunday morning. Both suspects face charges of felony murder, four counts of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

U.S. intelligence officials are warning that Iran has intensified efforts to assassinate Americans overseas, prompting the Trump administration to reduce diplomatic staffing across the Middle East amid escalating threats from Tehran and its terrorist proxies. Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton issued an unclassified memo Friday to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, warning that Iranian assassination plots targeting U.S. citizens have reached dangerous levels. “Lethal plotting efforts by the Iranians against U.S. citizens have reached advanced stages,” Clayton wrote. Clayton said Tehran has significantly expanded operations targeting American personnel abroad and warned that the danger extends beyond individuals currently authorized...

When Everything Is Genocide, Nothing Is: The Weaponization of a Word Against Israel.That same DSA found a new "genocide," this time in Cuba.Democratic Socialists of America Accuses Marco Rubio of ‘Genocide’ in Pro-Castro Screed. By Corey Walker. August 20, 2026 https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/08/20/democratic-socialists-america-accuses-marco-rubio-genocide-pro-castro-screed/Then there is Islamic bigot (since his 2009 sermon about non-Muslims as 'animals,' his 2019 minimizing Ilhan Omar's use of antisemitic tropes, his Feb 2025 "make American planes crash again" and in Oct 2025 Hasan's Nazi comparisons) Mehdi HasanGaza GenoLIE Campaign Traces 50-Year Anti-Israel Delegitimization Effort. The false genocide accusation did not begin after October 7. Its modern vocabulary grew...

Nurse says he recently reported a ER nurse who delayed pain medication to a Level I trauma patient because he was wearing a MAGA hat. The man had been stabbed, beaten with a baseball bat, and had a bone protruding from his leg. That’s just evil. Good on this man for reporting her and making those in charge aware of her abhorrent behavior. Politics should never interfere with patient care. Credit: shiestynurse

Things are changing for our Northern Neighbor, first it was Quebec where Mark Carney's party was wiped out, now B.C. held a snap election called by Premier David Eby the super liberal running the province, the conservative party won a majority for the first time in nearly 100 years, Eby has resigned his position and accepted responsibility for the major defeat his party suffered, Eby ran on a platform of Orange Man Bad and it backfired spectacularly.

A winery co-owned by the husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was shuttered amid fraud claims, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said. Comer said over the weekend that the winery had been selling empty barrels to investors under the guise of "wine to be aged." "I can tell you from our initial investigation of Omar and her financial disclosure form that there are multiple fronts where you could get a search warrant issued," Comer told Trey Gowdy on Fox News' "Sunday Night in America." "First of all, not only was there a huge discrepancy in the financial disclosure...

It's getting nasty down in Brazil in front of Sunday's election. As you probably know, President Lula is behind in polls against Flavio Bolsonaro, the former president's son. Did I tell you that the former president is under house arrest for challenging the election results? We have not seen a son going after his father's critics since George W. Bush took out Governor Ann Richards in Texas. Remember "Poor George, he can't help it -- he was born with a silver foot in his mouth." That was sweet back in 1994, and I hope that Flavio can share the stage...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (10/25/26)[Prayer]Personalities Psalm 63[a] A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.1 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. 2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. 3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. 4 I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. 5...

A deleted 2013 social media post in which Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., appeared to refer to her father by a different name has resurfaced as federal investigators examine questions surrounding her identity and immigration records. "Happy Father’s Day to my aabo Nur Said, I am forever grateful to Allah for giving me the best father …," Omar wrote in the June 2013 post, which was deleted in 2019. Several records, including a memorial post by the Congressional Black Caucus marking his death in 2020, refer to Omar’s father as "Nur Omar Mohamed." But the now-deleted X post has Omar calling...