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A Chicago man who robbed a Red Line passenger while wearing an ankle monitor for another Red Line robbery he committed while also wearing an ankle monitor has been given six-year sentences for both crimes. But he caught a break because the judge ordered his sentences to be served concurrently even though he committed the crimes on top of each other. Shannon Stephens, 24, was arrested following the February 19 robbery of a 16-year-old boy on a Red Line train near Garfield, Chicago police said. Stephens and 20-year-old Markell Harper of Gary, Indiana, allegedly approached the boy wearing ski masks...

On Tuesday, he signed a document that paves the way to expanding the U.S. military presence on the island, opening new bases. But it explicitly stops short of conveying any territory to the United States. And no one — especially Denmark, which governs the vast but mostly empty space — wanted to emphasize that point, for fear that Mr. Trump might renounce the agreement he had just hailed as “tremendous for Europe and for the US.” Mikkel Olesen, a researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies, described the final document, which was released Tuesday, as only a moderate improvement...

State officials said the incidents caused no harm to water quality or public safety.. Foreign actors gained access to computer systems at two small private water utilities in Colorado in late August, changing equipment controls before operators restored normal operations, according to the governor’s office. Ally Sullivan, a spokeswoman for Gov. Jared Polis, said the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment followed up with the providers to confirm the issues had been resolved. The governor’s office said it was unable to confirm which foreign actors and did not identify the utilities. “The two water utilities impacted are small, private...

A woke “black” and anti-Israel activist has been dubbed the “Palestinian Rachel Dolezal” after she was outed for being a white, Jewish woman who lied about her identity for years. Hannah Gann, a Philadelphia teacher, was forced to confess she was a “white woman of significant privilege and wealth” after fellow lefty activists grew suspicious of her background and confronted her. “I lied about my identity and have been lying for years. I have no Palestinian or Tunisian heritage,” she wrote in a self-aggrandizing apology on Instagram. “I am a white woman of significant privilege and wealth. Anyone who supported...

At the conference, a CCP official urged America to drop the “enemy narrative” about China. DNC Chairman Emeritus Howard Dean delivered the American welcome address at a China dialogue involving the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, a think tank identified in congressional commission testimony as “run by Chinese intelligence.” The Chinese People’s Association for Peace and Disarmament, which co-organized the event⁠, has an equally explicit allegiance. Its charter⁠ says it: “upholds the comprehensive leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.” According to the American organizer’s account⁠, Dean delivered his welcome virtually on June 23, 2026. The meeting took place in...

23 September 2026 Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio), Priest on Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time National Center for Padre Pio, Barto, PennsylvaniaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingProverbs 30:5-9Give me neither riches nor poverty, only my shareEvery word of God is unalloyed, he is the shield of those who take refuge in him.To his words make no addition, lest he reprove you and know you for a fraud.Two things I beg of you, do not grudge me them before I die:keep falsehood and...

Subject: A thought on the media blackout… Hey everyone, Now that Fox has officially joined the rest of the legacy networks in sidelining and boycotting Trump events, I think there’s a massive opportunity here that his team ought to jump on. Instead of playing defense with the traditional press pool, why not flip the entire table? Trump and his communications team should take this opening to invite—and yes, fly in—the independent media to take over the White House Press Briefing Room for an entire week. Fill those front-row seats with people who actually speak directly to the audience: Benny Johnson,...

Newly released law enforcement bodycam footage obtained by the California Post reveals a chaotic 4:20 a.m. confrontation outside Miami’s notorious 24-hour strip club and nightclub E11EVEN, where officers were forced to draw a taser directly at WNBA player Paige Bueckers. The wild incident, which occurred on March 5th following a championship party, resulted in the arrest of Bueckers and Dallas Wings teammate Arike Ogunbowale. According to police affidavits, Ogunbowale allegedly struck a nightclub worker in the face with a closed fist before officers intervened to restore order. When Miami police officers arrived on the scene to regain control of the...

Her mea culpa about her daughter’s schooling is neither brave nor admirable.My daughter,” wrote Nikole Hannah-Jones in 2024, “is not worth more than any other child.” This assessment was offered as part of a reflection on a New York Times essay that Hannah-Jones had written eight years earlier on the subject of choosing an appropriate school. In tandem, she imparted two other reflections: that the school she’d made such a commotion about picking was clearly “failing”; and that, regardless, she still believed she had “made the right choice.”Two years later, she has changed her mind. Or, rather: Two years later,...

This is sad to see. A feud has broken out over Dolly Parton’s estate. Dolly Parton’s longtime manager Danny Nozell, who manages the entity that is in charge of Parton’s estate has filed a restraining order against Parton’s nephew Brian Seaver. Seaver, who was the head of security for Parton for several decades, was recently fired by Parton’s manager just weeks after he announced to the world that his aunt passed away. USA Today reported more on the messy situation: Dolly Parton’s estate requested a temporary restraining order against the late country singer’s nephew, Bryan Seaver, after he was fired...

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The midterm elections are six weeks away. Suddenly, a debate has erupted over the existential dangers of artificial intelligence. Jacob Coxon, a little-known Silicon Valley researcher who worked at OpenAI and Anthropic, resigned and went public with a dire warning: AI now threatens the future of the world. * * * Almost on cue, Democrats seized on the alarm as a new cause célèbre, accusing Donald Trump and the MAGA movement of recklessly courting Armageddon. The Left demanded international treaties, ignoring the dismal record of such globalist projects: the League of Nations, the Kellogg-Briand Pact, the Washington Naval Treaty, the...

22 September 2026 Tuesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time St. Emmeram, RegensburgReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingProverbs 21:1-6,10-13On wickedness and virtueLike flowing water is the heart of the king in the hand of the Lord, who turns it where he pleases.A man’s conduct may strike him as upright, the Lord, however, weighs the heart.To act virtuously and with justice is more pleasing to the Lord than sacrifice.Haughty eye, proud heart, lamp of the wicked, nothing but sin.The hardworking man is thoughtful, and all is gain; too much haste, and all that comes of it is want.To make...

Have you heard about the possible IDScan data breach? I hadn’t until a stray bit of information appeared in my email: A press release from Canada announcing that the Privacy Commissioner was investigating a data breach at IDScan.net after it appeared that a third party had gained access to the database. At least 153 million American and Canadian driver’s licenses might have been compromised. This announcement was a reminder that, while the pro-China crowd is talking about “AI will destroy the world by 2030,” which has supplanted “climate change will destroy the world by 2030,” data breaches are ongoing and...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (9/23/26)[Prayer]Personalities Psalm 31[a] For the director of music. A psalm of David. 1 In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness. 2 Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me. 3 Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me. 4 Keep me free from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge. 5 Into your hands...

Homeland Security told The Daily Mail that he is an illegal alien from Hong Kong who entered the country legally on a temporary basis on January 13, 2020, and failed to leave by May 15, 2020. “Work authorization or a pending application do NOT confer legal status in the United States,” DHS said. A source told the Daily Mail that Mo is being held at the Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump and is expected to stay in custody through removal proceedings. Under Joe Biden, illegal aliens were free to fly around the country without fear of being picked up...

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Dan Klein, who appeared in an El-Sayed spot in a yarmulke, is a 'community organizer' for Detroit Jews for Justice, while a Rosh Hashanah video featured the Jewish Voice for Peace-tied Shifman familyMichigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed has attempted to address mounting concerns from Jewish voters by rolling out ads and social media videos touting "Jews for Abdul." Featured in the spots are three left-wing "social justice" activists with ties to an anti-Israel group that excused Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack, arguing it was a result of "Israeli apartheid and occupation." A September 8 El-Sayed ad features former Detroit...

At noon on September 22, a small ceremony will take place at the foot of a bronze statue in Manhattan’s City Hall Park. A color guard will stand at attention, a wreath will be laid and most New Yorkers walking by probably will not notice. They should. The statue is of Nathan Hale, one of America’s first spies. Two hundred and fifty years ago, the British hanged him. He was 21 years old. Hale hardly seemed destined for spy work. He was a Yale graduate, class of 1773, and a schoolteacher from Coventry, Connecticut – tall, fair and, by contemporary...

Kara Swisher declared on the Tuesday episode of her Pivot podcast that she was leaving CNN as soon as legally possible following Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company, getting a green light as blue states settled their lawsuit trying to block the deal. California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) announced the settlement, which would allow the $111 billion mega-merger to proceed, sparking a bevy of anger on the left. David Ellison, the CEO of Paramount Skydance, and his billionaire father Larry Ellison are seen as allies of President Donald Trump, who supported their takeover of CBS News...