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"I may have been a victim that night, but I am not a victim for the rest of my life," said veteran foreign correspondent Lara Logan describing the mindset she adopted in the aftermath of a brutal attack and rape by a mob in Cairo's Tahrir Square in 2011 -- the night that former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak was overthrown. In an interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo on her show "Mornings with Maria" on Thursday, Logan talked about how the experience impacted her. "I think that one of the most significant things for me was that... I had...

A CNN analyst claimed on Thursday that "crossfire of reckless escalation" resulted in Iran firing a missile at an airplane, leading to the death of 176 people. The Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran’s international airport Wednesday was shot down by mistake by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile, Pentagon officials told Fox News. Officials said U.S. intelligence increasingly points at the airliner being accidentally struck by a Russian-made missile, killing all those on board the flight, just hours after Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles targeting two military bases housing American and coalition troops.

A journalist for Vox was mocked on Thursday for suggesting that President Trump purposely itches his face with his middle finger in order to subtly insult Democrats and other opponents. Vox associate editor Aaron Rupar shared a video clip of the president touching his face with "the bird" on two separate occasions. One instance was while Trump was on speakerphone with what Rupar described was an "uppity woman"; the other was of him at a press conference responding to a question about whether he thought Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Hunter Biden should testify as part of the impeachment inquiry.

Mark Levin declared the War Powers Act of 1973 "unconstitutional" and criticized lawmakers who cited it as a reason to support a similar resolution passed Thursday in the House of Representatives as an intended check on President Trump's power to take military action. "The War Powers Act of 1973 is unconstitutional," Levin said on "The Mark Levin Show" on Westwood One. The resolution requires a president seeking to engage in military conflict --whether through the declaration of war or "response to a national emergency created by [an] attack upon the United States, its territories, possessions or armed forces"-- obtain the...

January 10 2020 Friday after Epiphany Reading 1 1 Jn 5:5-13 Beloved: Who indeed is the victor over the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?This is the one who came through water and Blood, Jesus Christ, not by water alone, but by water and Blood. The Spirit is the one who testifies, and the Spirit is truth. So there are three who testify, the Spirit, the water, and the Blood, and the three are of one accord. If we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is surely greater. Now the testimony...

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In what is being described as a “stunning” decision, a bankruptcy judge has ruled that a 2004 graduate of Yeshiva University’s Cardozo Law School may erase more than $220,000 in student loan debt. The law grad, 46-year-old Kevin Jared Rosenberg, represented himself. His annual income is less than $38,000, and his monthly income after expenses runs at a deficit of about $1,500, according to the Jan. 7 opinion by Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Cecelia Morris of the Southern District of New York. The Albany Times Union, which noted the “stunning decision,” and the Wall Street Journal have coverage. Rosenberg’s consolidated...

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U.S.—According to sources across the country, more and more babies are disguising themselves as Baby Yoda so their pro-choice parents will not abort them. The babies got the idea when they saw how many people were fawning over the fictional character yet still were apathetic toward the deaths of millions of human babies aborted every year. They procured Baby Yoda costumes through an underground black market for the unborn. When pro-choicers saw the Baby Yodas in their sonograms, they instantly dropped their support for abortion, saying they couldn't bear to harm such an adorable little guy. "Awwwww he's so cute!"...

Translation: It is already clear that the Ukrainian crew fought for the survival of passengers to the last - the pídbitij two unarmed heavy passenger plane still turned to the airport It is unknown to hide black boxes, but it suggests the huge courage and skill of pilots, which may have already been injured. It's not about politics - it's about respect. RIP.

“Once a month at Black Sheep Burrito & Brews in Huntington West Virginia, the government sanctioned organization abominably dubbed “Huntington Pride” hosts an event called “Drag Me to Brunch”. This is an “all ages” event where patrons in the audience can be seen handing money to the performers the same way that strippers and other adult entertainers are rewarded inside of a strip club. Kids can also be seen giving money to the performer after they witness several adults shoving money between the “breasts” of the drag performer. As you can see, one little boys discomfort with the situation is...

One of the businessmen accused of conspiring with associates of Rudy Giuliani to make illegal campaign contributions argued Thursday in federal court that the government is trying to cover up the "warrantless and unlawful electronic surveillance" it conducted in its investigation, including possible "stingray" technology to track cellphones. Saying it now "appears to be the case" that the government obtained evidence through the use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and that it was "inconceivable" that no communications were intercepted, lawyers for Andrey Kukushkin sought an explanation as to the "genesis of such evidence and the extent to which...

The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) recently released a poll about the role of religion in public policy. Much of the media coverage of the poll has focused on differences in public attitudes among various religious groups. For instance, many news outlets have noted that that white Evangelicals have significantly more conservative opinions regarding both abortion and LGBT issues than members of other faith traditions. Some media outlets noted that the poll found that only a small percentage of respondents favor legal protections for the unborn. Specifically, the poll asked respondents whether they favored “making abortion illegal except in cases...

MONTPELIER, Vt. — While not expected to have any chance of becoming law, a bill proposed in the Vermont state senate this week would ban anyone under the age of 21 from using or possessing a cellphone. The controversial bill was introduced by Democratic state senator John Rodgers on the first day of Vermont’s 2020 legislative session. The bill would make cellphone possession or use a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of a year behind bars and a $1,000 fine, according to the Times Argus. The bill cites traffic accident concerns and bullying among the reasons for the proposed ban....

A baby born extremely premature is being called a miracle baby by his parents, as he fights to survive at Emory Decatur Hospital in Georgia. Born in December at just 21 weeks, Jemarius Jachin Harbor Jr. has a lot going against him, but his parents — and his doctors — aren’t giving up. Jemarius was born on December 20th, weighing just 13 ounces, and measuring smaller than a hand. “I had just 21 weeks at 12 o’clock, 12:12 I had him. He’s actually has a fighting chance, that’s my miracle baby,” his mother, Jessica McPherson, told Fox5. When she went...

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie says he has no intention of modifying New York’s controversial criminal justice system overhaul, which has enraged prosecutors, police and some judges by nixing most bail requirements and forcing early production of evidence in cases. “I think I’m ready to let the law continue the way it is,” the powerful Bronx Democrat told reporters at the state Capitol Thursday. “We want safe communities but it is important to have a criminal justice system that treats everybody equally.”

After a human skull found in “an active mining pit" was determined to be part of a Pennsylvania man, state police are seeking information that could lead to an explanation about why the skull was there. Jason Gold, 34, of Lost Creek, Schuylkill County, had not been reported missing, but DNA testing showed that the skull was his, according to officials with the Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers. There were several active warrants open for Gold’s arrest, authorities said. The skull was found at the bottom of an embankment in the mining pit in August 2019. The mining pit is located just...

As many as seven to 10 million people in the world are thought to live with Parkinson's disease (PD). Current medical treatments for PD rely on alleviating PD symptoms with little efforts to explore ways to reverse the symptoms. It is firmly believed that abnormal movements of PD begin in the brain where the production of dopamine, a neurotransmitter for movement control, is irreversibly impaired. Currently, L-DOPA, a potent PD medication is mainly prescribed to replenish dopamine in the deprived brain. However, such treatment is symptomatic, not disease-modifying therapy. The researchers reported that the symptoms of PD begin when dopaminergic...

California regulators have proposed a ban on the sale of gas-powered landscaping equipment, worrying Santa Maria Valley landscapers who say the move would impact their ability to serve their clients.State regulators with the California Air Resources Board said they plan to ask board members to sign off on a plan by the end of the year to gradually reduce the emissions from items like lawn mowers and leaf blowers to zero. The move is an important one to reduce air pollution, said Karen Caesar, a spokeswoman for the board. Caesar said the work put into reducing pollution from car engines hasn’t translated at the same...

Home security company Ring has fired employees for watching in on customers’ videos, according to a new letter from parent company Amazon. “Over the last four years, Ring has received four complaints or inquiries regarding a team member’s access to Ring video data,” wrote Brian Huseman, a vice president for public policy at Amazon, in the letter penned earlier this week to five U.S. senators. “Although each of the individuals involved in these incidents was authorized to view video data, the attempted access to that data exceeded what was necessary for their job functions,” Huseman went on. “In each instance,...