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Police arrested four city men accused in a North End shooting spree that left one car and two homes damaged Sunday night. Officers seized four firearms, including one ghost gun with no serial number, and evidence that 61 bullets were fired during the gun battle that started at about 7:05 p.m. and spread around Calhoun, Main and Dwight streets and Jefferson Avenue, according to police spokesperson Ryan Walsh.

Actor Mandy Patinkin Claims ‘Jewish Safety Depends’ on Electing Democrat Michigan Candidate Abdul El Sayed Actor Mandy Patinkin Claims ‘Jewish Safety Depends’ on Electing Democrat Michigan Candidate Abdul El Sayed PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 13: Mandy Patinkin of "Homeland" speaks during thAmy Sussman/Getty Images Warner Todd Huston26 Oct 2026496 5:52 Left-wing actor Mandy Patinkin is making his last-minute appeal to voters in Michigan with the odd claim that Muslim Democrat Abdul El Sayed is the only candidate who can assure the “safety of Jews.” Patinkin took to his X account and posted a long message and a video flogging El...

A disruptive passenger forced a Newark-bound United Airlines flight to make a swift U-turn back to Las Vegas late Saturday night, grounding the cross-country trip until Sunday morning. United Flight 1681 had just departed Harry Reid International Airport when the crew flagged "a potential security concern" in the cabin. The Boeing 737, carrying 150 passengers and six crew members, safely touched back down in Vegas at roughly 11:05 p.m. without any reported injuries, several news outlets reported. While United did not reveal the specific nature of the security concern, air traffic control audio from Dane County Regional Airport reviewed by...

Embattled prosecutor Fani Willis has claimed she is a victim of voter fraud after someone allegedly registered to vote using her name in New York. The alleged fraudster registered Willis as a Republican living at Trump Tower in Manhattan. The ruse comes just two years after she attempted to prosecute the President...

The Minnesota Court of Appeals reversed Hennepin County Judge Sarah West's decision to throw out a jury's guilty verdicts against Abdifatah Abdulkadir Yusuf, whose health care company fraudulently billed Medicaid for more than $7.2 million. In a ruling filed Monday, a three-judge appellate panel ordered the case returned to Hennepin County for reinstatement of all six guilty verdicts for aiding and abetting theft by swindle. The appeals court rejected West's conclusion that Yusuf's brother, Mohamed, might have orchestrated the fraud without Yusuf knowing or helping. She cited Minnesota's circumstantial evidence standard as needing to rule out such a scenario for...

Donald Trump’s criminal investigation into Representative Ilhan Omar—which is aimed at stripping her citizenship—is far more than just another attack on a vocal critic. As many have noted, this denaturalization push is an assault on the constitutional order itself. It amounts to a declaration of dictatorial or czar-like power, in which the sovereign can declare any foe an “enemy of the people” at will and delegitimize even the opposition’s duly elected representatives by fiat. All of which raises a question: Can Democrats do anything about this? Well, yes, they actually can. Senior House Democrats tell me they’re discussing a dramatic...

Power bills are so high in Los Angeles they’re now reaching $2,000-$3,000+, even the mainstream media is reporting it In response a spokesperson for LADWP just came out and said “We keep very close eye with our financial service office to make sure that our rates are as affordable as possible” You can’t make this up… These people are so damn corrupt You literally have people getting $3,000 bills. You have businesses complaining about $20,000-$30,000 power bills. You have a woman who has a $2,000 residential water bill, mayor Karen Bass is even saying if you can’t pay current bills...

For the better part of a decade, we've watched violent activists operating under the Antifa banner attempt to intimidate political opponents, shut down free speech, disrupt public events, and substitute mob violence for civil debate. And now, with scenes of political unrest and clashes involving militant activists in France, Milan, and elsewhere in Europe, the dangers of political extremism are impossible to ignore. But sometimes the best way to expose the absurdity of a movement is to LAUGH AT IT! 😂 Enjoy the song, share it with your friends, and let me know what you think in the comments!

In 2024, former Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised to enact something called "Respect Orders" that allow police to enact penalties against citizens deemed guilty of "anti-social behavior." This week, that legislation went into effect. Persistent anti-social behaviour offenders can now face curfews or bans from town centres. New Respect Orders mean they could also be ordered to attend drug, alcohol or anger management programmes. Those who breach these orders could face up to two years in prison.— Home Office (@ukhomeoffice) October 26, 2026If the term "Respect Orders" is confusing, that's because the British government employs Orwellian language as a routine...

BREAKING: Brazil's election could be annulled, according to the New York Times. Electoral lawyers say Brazil's current situation is "extremely serious" and a "critical situation." The NYT reports that confusion over a last-minute voting extension by Justice Cristiano Zanin, who was appointed by Lula, could lead to the election being annulled. "This is an extremely serious, critical situation," said electoral lawyer Priscilla Sodré Pereira to the New York Times. When Zanin made the last-minute decision to extend voting hours, some polling stations had already closed and shut down their voting machines. They could not reopen. "Fernando Neisser, an electoral law...

The FDA has recently approved Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine. The vaccine, known as mFLUSIVA (mRNA-1010), is designed to protect adults ages 50 years and older. *snip* Moderna expects that mFLUSIVA will be available in the United States for the 2026 to 2027 respiratory virus season.

SEOUL, South Korea — The U.S. military, citing unspecified “risks to our personnel,” on Monday banned electric vehicles manufactured by Chinese automaker BYD from Kadena, a key U.S. air base on Okinawa. “These vehicles present an unacceptable and unmitigable risk to our personnel and our mission,” spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Alli Stormer said, per Reuters. She did not say what specific concern had prompted the move against vehicles produced by BYD, the largest global supplier of EVs, but the firm had, in June, been put on a Pentagon black list of 188 Chinese companies. Japanese media speculated that the presence of...

Little man syndrome. Four foot ten inch Robert Reich called for Democrats to steal Elon Musk's businesses and nationalize them on Sunday. The guy talking to Bill Clinton is calling for the Government to confiscate SpaceX and Starlink from Elon Musk. Robert Reich. (Those are not AI photos) https://t.co/AvRruXXxqF — C3 (@C_3C_3) October 25, 2026 Reich is taking a page directly from Joseph Stalin and all of the communists since then. Former labor secretary Robert Reich on Sunday called for Democrats to "defund" Elon Musk and take control of his companies. Robert Reich: "We've got to defund Musk. And when...

2006 From Interview with Vitali Tretiakov, Moscow News MOSCOW NEWS: What is your perspective on the situation in Ukraine? In this context, what do you think about the problem of the division of the Russian nation (the largest divided nation in modern Europe)? Should Russia—if not politically, at least intellectually—ponder the possibility of reunification of ethnic Russians and Russian lands if Ukraine joins the EU and especially NATO? SOLZHENITSYN: I am pained by what has been going on in Ukraine—ever since the 1991 referendum. The fanatical suppression and persecution of the Russian language (which, according to previous polls, was used...

French President Emmanuel Macron rejected President Trump's assertion that Muslims were to blame for the riots wracking France, saying "that's just stupid. We have been importing millions of Muslim immigrants for years without anything going seriously wrong. I mean, sure there have been increases in rapes, stabbings, and murders in France, but these kinds of things are normal in the countries these immigrants come from. We must ask ourselves what have we done to push these immigrants into the widespread violence and destruction we are now seeing." "My best guess is that somehow we have offended them," Macron suggested. "For...

In 1967 Louis Armstrong sang “What a Wonderful World!”, a call for optimism as an antidote to the social and political strife of the Sixties. Today he would probably be silenced by the left for hate speech. How dare he extol contentment while the masses struggle to seek relief from oppression? This is a time for vengeance and payback! Global unrest prevails: Despite periodic peace accords, Palestinian intifada with Israel continues unabated. Iran pledges “death to America!”, the Great Satan, precipitating open warfare. The EU (aka “Eurabia”) is on fire at the hands of the aggrieved. Terrorist attacks, epitomized by...

BRASILIA — After a late-night ballot dump and several emergency court rulings, Joe Biden was declared the surprise winner of Brazil's presidential election, securing 81 million votes. Brazilians were left in disbelief by the result as Joe Biden did not run for President of Brazil, wasn't on the ballot, and is probably dead. "I don't want to come off as an election denier, but I can't help but feel like there's something fishy here," said local man Miguel Santos. "There were only two choices on the ballot, and neither one was Joe Biden. In the latest polls, Bolsonaro was leading...

As the northern winter approaches, Scandinavia’s Catholic Church is witnessing unprecedented growth, with more people turning to the faith in reaction to the region’s highly secularized culture. “The Church is gaining strength thanks to an upsurge in Catholic conversions,” “And where there was once anti-Catholic feeling, public prejudices are now much diminished. Young people are finding each other in parishes across the country, while others show a positive interest in ways we haven’t seen before,” The lay Catholic spoke as Bishop Fredrik Hansen of Oslo marked World Mission Sunday Oct. 18 by unveiling plans for his diocese’s first-ever synod on...

[snip] Scarborough: “Mike Rogers had one of the worst days I've seen a Senate candidate have yesterday. Just a horrific performance live. Kristen Welker asked him some very basic questions. He couldn't say if he supported Donald Trump. He couldn't say if he supported MAGA politics. He couldn't say anything. And he just stood there stumbling for three minutes. “He would have had about 15 seconds on this show. But I guess Kristen is more patient.” Tough stuff, Macho Joe! So tell us, Joe: how many seconds would you have granted Abdul El-Sayed before giving him the boot for failing...

Walter Koenig, the boyish actor who remains an integral part of Star Trek lore thanks to his portrayal of the Russian crewman Pavel Chekov, has died. He was 90. Koenig, also known for playing the scoundrel Alfred Bester on another sci-fi space series, Warner Bros. Television’s Babylon 5, died Sunday of natural causes in his home in North Hollywood, his rep announced. Raised in Manhattan as a son of Lithuanian immigrants, Koenig joined Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek for the start of its second season and appeared on 36 of the 50 episodes that aired in 1967-68 and 1968-69. He also...