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Failure to tackle global warming could result in economic disaster, the United Nations Secretary-General warned Thursday in Madrid, as negotiators at the U.N. climate talks remained deadlocked over key issues. António Guterres said unrestrained climate change would allow only the “survival of the richest,” while former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the “absence of leadership” from Washington was a big obstacle in the talks. “It’s very difficult to get this done if the United States of America isn’t there,” the veteran diplomat told The Associated Press during an interview in the Spanish capital, adding that he felt negotiators...

A video of the world's most brazen shoplifters at Richmond Hilltop Mall has been viewed over 5 million times on Twitter. The video, posted by Vick Mendoza — whose Twitter bio says he lives in Richmond — shows three individuals fleeing the Sears store with their arms full of clothing. One person has so many clothes, they can't see over the stack.

It's a thing of beauty! Check it out. ML/NJ

James Rosen, a great reporter, asked Nancy Pelosi at a press conference last week why she hates the duly elected president of the United States. In her response, Pelosi detoured into another dimension, denying that she hates Donald Trump. “As a Catholic,” she lectured, “I resent your using the word ‘hate’ in a sentence that addresses me. I don’t hate anyone.” “My goodness!,” I thought to myself. “How utterly frustrated, bemused — even furious — sincerely devout Catholics must feel listening to this cheap politician, who represents billionaires in a district teeming with homeless, cloaking her hatred for President Trump...

Javier Rubio Chavez (Source: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police (CMPD) is asking for the publicÂ’s help locating a man wanted on multiple charges, including sex offenses involving a child. Javier Rubio Chavez, 27, is wanted for four counts of indecent liberties with a child, statutory rape, statutory sex offense on a child and damage to and interfering with an electronic monitoring device. Police say Chavez was court-ordered to wear an electronic monitoring device as a condition of his pre-trial release. However, Chavez cut off that monitor on Wednesday and was last seen near the 3900...

BORIS Johnson is on course for an election landslide tonight after the exit polls tipped the Tories to win a whopping 368 seats. Seconds after the polls closed at 10pm a joint poll put the Conservatives on track for a huge win, with Labour trailing behind on 191. The exit poll put Boris on for a huge majority Follow the action with our live-blog here The expected results mean Britain's political chaos could finally be over, leaving Boris with the numbers to push his Brexit deal through Parliament in weeks. Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn will be facing deafening calls to finally...

If you thought Guam tipping over and capsizing was the height of idiocy, think again. Hank Johnson is back. On the floor of the House he suggests that President Trump has Zelensky's daughter duct taped in the basement. This guy is comedy gold.

The United States and China have agreed to the terms of a phase one trade deal with China, though the details are still being finalized, a source told FOX Business. Earlier Thursday, President Trump tweeted about the ongoing trade war with China, saying “Getting VERY close to a BIG DEAL with China. They want it, and so do we!”

There are no oceans or rivers or lakes like there are on Earth. But new research garnered from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mars Odyssey missions reveal an array of water ice deposits that could greatly aid future human exploration endeavors. The new research, published in Geophysical Research Letters, revealed two large bands – or belts – of water ice located less than one meter below the Martian surface around Mars’ polar regions. The depth of this water ice ranges from 2.3 centimeters (1 inch) to 0.8 meters (or just under 3 feet). For the deposits located 2.5 centimeters under...

Without warning, the man is seen hitting an 11-year-old boy from behind and then punching a five-year-old boy in the face...Police reported that the suspect appeared to be high on drugs and was reportedly acting strangely in the store before the attacks...Hardcastle was sentenced on December 4, after pleading no contest to assault and causing great bodily injury to a minor.

A 14-year-old student in Hamilton County, Florida, was hospitalized after being brutally attacked by multiple classmates on the schoolbus for wearing a Trump hat to school. The family of the student, who has not been publicly identified, has now hired a lawyer and released a video of the attack. Earlier in the day, the student also had milk poured over his head. “I am sitting in the hospital with my 14 year old kid because he was just jumped by 8 black kids on the school bus, I guess that’s what happens when a kid wears a Trump hat to...

Screaming in pain, with skin peeling from their faces and limbs scorched by steam and ash, the survivors were transferred from a dinghy bobbing in the water off the small island. There was “lots of screaming. Panicked screaming,” he says, recalling the injured shouting: “‘Get me out of here. I’m burning. I’m burning.'” The tour boat Hopkins was on had left White Island, off the coast of Whakatane, New Zealand, shortly before the volcano erupted on Monday. Forty-seven people were on the island at the time of the blast. Eight people have so far been confirmed dead. In the moments...

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) stated that he thinks up to ten Senate Republicans will vote to convict President Trump, but that there could be “unpredicted evidence” and the number of GOP defections could increase. Blumenthal said, “I would give the high end probably five to ten. I think that’s a realistic number. But, and I want to emphasize the but, we need to keep in mind what’s unpredictable here. Remember the Watergate case, where the Nixon tapes emerged, seemingly by chance…and that was the end of his presidency. So, never underestimate the possibility of...

Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer is resigning. But he says he will stay on as leader until his replacement is chosen and continue to serve as MP for Regina—Qu’Appelle. His resignation comes as a direct result of new revelations that he was using Conservative Party money to pay for his children’s private schooling, according to Conservative sources who spoke with Global News. Senior Conservatives say the expenditures were made without the knowledge or approval of the Conservative fund board, including the chair of the board. There are also calls for the party’s executive director, Dustin van Vugt, to resign over...

To say that We the People are outraged over the Democrats baseless absurd articles of impeachment against our president would be an understatement. Candidly, I've had to talk my feisty Irish/Cherokee wife down from throwing a brick through our TV. These arrogant scumbags, in essence, are saying screw you, 63 million Americans who elected this guy. We're smearing his a** with impeachment and y'all can't stop us. The most infuriating thing about Democrats and fake news medias' fake outrage over Trump's alleged crimes is everyone knows Trump has done nothing wrong. He has functioned totally within his presidential authority. Democrats...

Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party is on course for a huge majority in Parliament, according to an exit poll from the UK’s three main broadcasters. The projections will be a big disappointment for Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party and suggests Johnson will be able to pass his Brexit deal comfortably. The exit poll is usually fairly accurate but a lot can still change as the night progresses and actual results begin to come through. Here’s the exact seat numbers from the exit poll, which predicts a huge Conservative win. 326 seats are needed for a majority. Conservatives: 368 Labour: 191 SNP: 55...

After months of deliberation, Congress on Wednesday agreed to a defense bill that allows thousands of Afghans who worked with the American military to immigrate to the United States.

On OCTOBER 31, 1517, an Augustinian monk named Martin Luther posted 95 debate questions or "theses" on the door of Wittenberg Church, which began the movement known as "the Reformation." Luther's initial objection was to the methods employed by Johann Tetzel to sell indulgences. He was then fiercely attacked by Johann Eck. In 1521, 34-year-old Martin Luther was summoned to stand trial before the most powerful man in the world, 21-year-old Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Charles V of Spain had an empire that spanned nearly 2 million square miles, across Europe, the Netherlands, the Far East, North and South...

The Corbynization of the Democratic Party continues apace, as progressive superstar Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to Twitter on Thursday to endorse UK Labour leader — and noted anti-Semite — Jeremy Corbyn for Prime Minister. They're a good fit, I suppose. Both AOC and Corbyn share socialist views of economic "justice," and both represent the far-left wings of political parties increasingly hostile to Jews. The young bartender-turned-congresscritter retweeted a Labour campaign video, and also added, "The hoarding of wealth by the few is coming at the cost of peoples’ lives. The only way we change is with a massive surge of *new*...

The shooting fatalities in Sweden shock the police of other countries. That is because in other countries crimes like this successfully countered. Young people running around the streets with automatic guns and killing each other — it's not right, it's creepy, said a police officer from the special forces of the German Essen. Germany is struggling with criminal groups too and violent clashes between rival gangs are not uncommon too. But skirmishes involving many fatalities on the streets of Sweden horrify even the most experienced of the German police. "Oh my God, they don't just carry machine guns, they use...