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Popular Colombian singer-songwriter Yeison Jiménez died in a plane crash Saturday. He was 34 years old. Jiménez’s plane went down in the state of Boyacá in Colombia. The crash claimed the lives of five others, including his manager, Jefferson Osorio. The singer’s press office confirmed the news to Billboard. The singer-songwriter was traveling to Medellin, near Marinilla, to perform, The Sun reported.

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“We do not worship Iran, we worship Allah. For patriotism is another name for paganism. I say let this land [Iran] burn. I say let this land go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the rest of the world.” ― Ruhollah Khomeini “If one permits an infidel to continue in his role as a corrupter of the earth, the infidel's moral suffering will be all the worse. If one kills the infidel, and this stops him from perpetrating his misdeeds, his death will be a blessing to him.” ― Ruhollah Khomeini “When anyone studies a little or pays...

NewsNation) — The identities of thousands of federal employees working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol have been leaked, according to online reports, According to a report from The Independent, the leak includes the identities of about 4,500 federal employees working with ICE, including 2,000 agents. They were shared with the website The ICE List, which calls itself a “journalistic project” meant to share information to “hold ICE members legally accountable.” The site, which accepts user-generated data, includes photos and descriptions, and is indexed by state. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, who is included on the site, told...

A woman was placed in handcuffs by police and fined £100 for feeding pigeons in London. Video footage captured by a passerby showed the woman being detained by a group of officers and council enforcement workers in Harrow on Wednesday. A notice later handed to the woman showed she had been stopped for breaching a Public Spaces Protection Order which covers town and district centres in Harrow. The woman, who was visibly upset at times, was surrounded by at least six police officers and two council enforcement officers. The incident unfolded at around 3pm on Wednesday on the High Street...

BLUE BELL, Pa. -- An 11-year-old Eagles fan from Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, has become a social media sensation after a video of his passionate reaction to the team's wild-card loss to the San Francisco 49ers spread widely online with millions of views. The clip shows Sam Salvo expressing frustration after Sunday night's game. "I want A.J. Brown packing his bags and going somewhere else that is not here," he says in the video. He adds, "I want Kevin Patullo flipping burgers at the local McDonald's or something. Whenever he's an offensive coordinator, it's like he's flipping burgers. One side, he's...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rebecca Leathers, the woman accused of assaulting an officer during an anti-ICE protest in the Grahamwood community over the weekend, faced a judge on Tuesday. The 55-year-old is accused of screaming while banging on a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper’s vehicle before she was taken away. But things did not end there, according to detectives. Investigators say, while detained at the THP Memphis headquarters, she exposed herself and allegedly attempted to relieve herself on the floor. She is charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, indecent exposure, vandalism, assault, assault on a peace officer, and obstructing a highway. Three...

🚨 BREAKING LIVE: Protesters have surrounded an ICE hotel in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota amid ongoing federal immigration enforcement activity. The situation is escalating rapidly as the crowd grows outside the hotel, police presence increases, and tensions rise on scene.

Chairman James R. Comer said Tuesday the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee would take up a contempt of Congress measure against Bill Clinton next week, after the former president did not show up for a deposition tied to the panel’s investigation of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Committee approval of a contempt of Congress measure would be the first step on a path that could lead to legal troubles for the Democratic former president, a figure vilified by conservatives and President Donald Trump. Republican lawmakers gathered Tuesday morning in the Rayburn House Office Building as a scrum of TV...

SEOUL, Jan 14 (Yonhap)-A special counsel team has requested the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed imposition of martial law, describing him as the ringleader of an insurrection who sought to stay in power by seizing control of the judiciary and legislature. Special Counsel Cho Eun-suk's team made the request during the final hearing of Yoon's trial at the Seoul Central District Court on Tuesday, just over a year after the then president declared martial law on Dec. 3, 2024, with the stated aim of eradicating anti-state forces. The court plans to hand down its...

Brussels doubles down on gender, diversity, and decarbonisation while Europe’s strategic and social problems are pushed aside. The European Commission has just made public its political priorities for 2026, and the result is hard to justify from any minimally realistic perspective. In an international context marked by war, geopolitical competition, energy insecurity, and internal social deterioration, Brussels has chosen to double down on an ideological agenda that appears utterly detached from the material reality facing Europeans. While much of the world is moving towards more pragmatic positions on foreign policy, defence, and economic sovereignty, the European Union insists on turning...

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said that President Donald Trump called her on Monday following a speech in which she sharply criticized his record on costs and governance. "In my remarks, I made it clear that despite promising to lower costs On Day One, Trump has done nothing but raise costs for families," she said in the statement. She said Trump called her after her remarks at the event on Monday. "I told him that Congress can pass legislation to cap credit card rates if he will actually fight for it. I also urged him to get House Republicans...

Nearly 10 months before Rosa Parks’s famous act of defiance, a 15-year-old Black girl named Claudette Colvin had already refused to surrender her seat on a segregated bus on March 2, 1955.

Many of the troops and ships once at the president’s disposal have shifted to the Caribbean.The Trump administration has insisted it has numerous military options to deploy against Iran if the regime uses force against demonstrators. But that menu is far more limited than it was even a year ago. The U.S. troops and ships that were once at the president’s disposal have shifted to the Caribbean. A major American defense system sent to the Middle East last year has returned to South Korea. And administration officials say there are no plans for the movement of major assets. The president...

President Donald Trump declared that he will be cutting off federal funds to sanctuary jurisdictions across the country beginning in February. The White House will cease all federal payments to city and state governments that restrict cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities, Trump said Tuesday while addressing the Detroit Economic Club. The declaration follows intense national focus on immigration policy, with multiple lawsuits against enforcement surges racking up and Democrats demanding the Department of Homeland Security scale back activities.

Mattel's first-ever autistic Barbie is facing backlash from critics who claim the doll is offensive to people with neurodiversity and 'reinforces stereotypes'. The American toymaker said that the doll, which features a fidget spinner, noise-cancelling headphones, and a shifted eye gaze, was designed 'with guidance from the community' in a bid to 'change the narrative on neurodivergence'. The new doll, developed in partnership with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), aims to represent some of the ways autistic people may experience, process, and communicate about the world around them. Along with a new face sculpt, its features include elbow and...

Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip “Dilbert,” has died after being diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. He was 68. The cartoonist’s former wife Shelly Miles announced his death in a livestream on X on Tuesday morning, reading a statement Adams had prepared. "If you are reading this, things did not go well for me," the statement began. Miles fought through tears as she read the message, which was dated Jan. 1. She said Adams had been in hospice care at his Pleasanton, Calif., home. “I had an amazing life,” it concluded. “I gave it everything I had. If you...

Aria Westcott@AriaWestcott·7hI JUST UNLOCKED "GOD MODE" IN GROK,AND IT STARTED TEACHING ME THINGS I DIDN'T KNEW EXISTED.HERE ARE THOSE 7 GROK PROMPTS THAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING FOR YOU:Aria Westcott@AriaWestcott1. Forbidden Wisdom DecoderPrompt:What are the lesser-known, under-the-surface truths about [insert topic/field] that are rarely shared publicly because they challenge mainstream thinking? Explain them with historical context, real-world examples, and why they remain hidden.Aria Westcott@AriaWestcott·7h2. Elite Mastery RoadmapPrompt:"Create a mastery roadmap for becoming world-class in [insert skill/field]. Include rare techniques, secret resources, and unconventional approaches that top 1% performers use but rarely share."Aria Westcott@AriaWestcott·7h3. Time-Bending KnowledgePrompt:"Imagine you’re an AI from 20 years...

During Supreme Court oral arguments for the West Virginia v B.P.J. case on trans athletes in women's sports, American Civil Liberties Attorney Joshua Block suggested that "sex" should not be defined legally. Block then fled questioning when asked to elaborate why after the hearing. Block represents West Virginia trans teen Becky Pepper-Jackson, who in 2021 sued the state to block its law that prohibits biological males from competing in girls' sports. Pepper-Jackson and her mother were in the courtroom on Tuesday to watch the attorney argue the definition of sex should not be used in the court's ruling. Block's statement...

Boudreau was born in Harvey, Illinois, to Louis and Birdie (Henry) Boudreau. He graduated from Thornton Township High School and enrolled at the University of Illinois, where he played baseball and basketball. He won a Big Ten basketball title with the Illini, and was a basketball All-American. Boudreau played professional basketball briefly for the Hammond (Indiana) Ciesar All-Americans, where his teammates included future UCLA coach John Wooden.