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PHILADELPHIA, PA—Protests over racial injustice erupted in Philly, and not a moment too soon: local man Michael Parsons was getting behind on his Christmas shopping. "Well, this is convenient," he said as he saw people were protesting the shooting of a man who was just one knife away from being unarmed. He grabbed his balaclava, a sign reading "INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE," and a shopping cart, and headed out the door. "Justice for whoever it was!" he cried as he made a stop at Best Buy and picked up an iPad for his mom and all...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Before officers confronted her, Xandria Beltran-Gomez spray-painted “BLM” and an anti-police slogan on traffic barriers and walls during a September protest held outside Bakersfield Police Department headquarters, newly-released reports say. As police approached her, Beltran-Gomez started running but soon stopped and turned around, raising an aluminum bat at an officer, the court documents say. She had begun to move the bat backward as the officer tackled her, and other officers helped with taking her into custody. The officer who tackled her said Beltran-Gomez never struck him with the bat, the filings say. Beltran-Gomez, 28, has...

PORTLAND, Ore — Why does Portland look so dirty? Why isn't anyone picking up the trash? Those are questions we hear repeatedly from residents and business owners, who say the city has never looked worse. But cleaning it up is complicated. If you drive along any highway or busy street in Portland, you'll likely see garbage. In some spots, the trash is contained in bags or heaps. In other areas, it's scattered for what seems like miles. Tim Peters lives in North Portland, right along Interstate 5. He doesn't mind that people are camping near his home. He says they...

"Lewis and the late John Spinks took the '80s by storm with The Outfield's infectious pop songs, including 'Your Love,'" according to a statement.Tony Lewis, the singer of '80s pop-rock band The Outfield, has died at 62. SNIP "Tony Lewis, singer of the '80s rock band The Outfield, suddenly and unexpectedly passed away," reads the statement. "Tony's music touched people around the globe for decades. Lewis and the late John Spinks took the '80s by storm with The Outfield's infectious pop songs, including 'Your Love,' 'All The Love' and 'Say It Isn't So.' 'Your Love' reached No. 6 on the...

Nearly two months after COVID-19 cases began surging in the Midwest, most hospitals there appear to be handling the spike without major issues. Some hospitals in the region are nearing capacity, but none appear to be receiving a crushing wave of COVID patients after around seven weeks of sharply increasing positive tests. Hospitalization rates have for several months been one of the key metrics by which public health experts and commentators assess the state of the pandemic in the U.S. Global fears of overburdened medical systems began in March as the world witnessed parts of Italy's healthcare system strain and...

CHICAGO — When President Donald Trump tweets or trash talks Democratic mayors or governors, it encourages extremist Americans to threaten these elected officials — who are most often women and people of color, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Thursday.(snip) When asked Thursday about the Whitmer threat, Lightfoot said “all roads lead back to Donald Trump,” saying every time the president or his spokespeople attack Chicago and called out Lightfoot by name, she’s inundated by threats and hateful comments. “I know this is the experience of other mayors and other elected officials across the country,” Lightfoot said. “There’s not a day that...

A Georgia woman accused of hiding a loaded gun behind a plant near the entrance to Disney’s Magic Kingdom put the blame on a 6-year-old boy. According to an arrest report from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Marcia Temple was arrested and charged with carrying a concealed weapon on Oct. 8 after Disney workers spotted her hiding her purse near the entrance to Magic Kingdom. Advertisement Disney workers alerted security and deputies said they spotted the gun as they opened the purse to try and determine who owned it. The 9mm gun was loaded with 10 bullets, including one in...

DELTONA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman was so angered by her cable provider that she drove to their office, demanded a refund and smashed the cash register with a crowbar, police said. Diahianna Serraty went to the Spectrum office on Tuesday to demand her money back. She yelled at employees when they explained the refund policy, smashed a cash register with a crowbar and took some money,

Crow Tribal Chairman Alvin Not Afraid, Jr. was met with praise and applause while speaking at a GOP rally held Monday afternoon in Montana. In attendance was Vice President Mike Pence, who headlined the event. “Today I stand before you to endorse, as well as support, President Trump, Vice President Pence,” Not Afraid, Jr. said before also endorsing other Republican candidates in Montana. Those endorsements included U.S. Senator Steven Daines who faces a November challenge from Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock; current Montana U.S. House Rep. Greg Gianforte, a Republican running for governor; and state auditor Matt Rosendale, a candidate for...

Kirstie Alley won't be tuning into CNN anytime soon. The actress posted a series of Tweets on Friday morning, going off on the network. Alley took aim at their reporting of the coronavirus pandemic. To date, the virus has taken the lives of over 234,000, but Alley asked the news network to opt for less corona coverage and more stories about the Ukraine and China scandal surrounding former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. "Omg CNN you are worse than MARSHA MARSHA MARSHA," the actress and Trump supporter wrote. "Why don't you report on JOE BIDEN AND HUNTER...

The real election issue, as it has been for two decades, is that western civilization is sliding off the cliff very fast, and most of the inheritors of that civilization aren't even aware of it. As noted in yesterday's Laura's Links, the French are butching up on some of this stuff, at least by comparison with the rest of the west. (Yes, yes, I know, damning with faint praise: Best gay bar in Riyadh and all that...). Having given the world postmodernism and its ever uglier progeny, France has somehow managed to wind up with an education minister who denounces...

It may be surprising for many to hear that a Reformation occurred in Italy. We normally use the term “Reformation” to describe the defection of Protestants from Roman obedience in places like Wittenberg, Strasbourg, Zurich, and Geneva. But surely the Italian peninsula was always loyal to the papacy? Yet Italy was also poised for gospel renewal in the opening decades of the 16th century. Waves of invasions by French and Habsburg armies, epidemic diseases such as syphilis, harvest failures, and a growing resentment toward clerical authority produced a generation of troubled hearts. And, as they did else elsewhere, reformers in...

There are currently more Minnesota Trump supporters lined up outside the Biden event than cars in attendance for the campaign event in St. Paul.

Watch the Trump Train absolutely demolish bumbling Joe Biden's pathetic ice cream truck. Super satisfying.

Michigan Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell warned this week that a significant numbers of auto workers are again turning away from their traditional support of the Democratic Party and voting for President Trump. Dingell, who represents Michigan's 12th congressional district, told CNN host Alisyn Camerota on Thursday morning that discussions with voters indicated that the critical auto union vote may swing notably for Trump this year, as it did in 2016 when reportedly as much as 30% of such workers voted for the then-GOP presidential nominee. "So many auto workers who I thought were going to go back to Joe Biden...

20,762 people were shot here during the Great Terror, from August 1937 to October 1938. This former NKVD shooting range is known as one of the places of mass executions and burials of victims of Soviet-era repression. Relatives of the victims, parishioners of Moscow churches, representatives of public organizations, and the diplomatic corps take part in this “Voice of Memory” campaign every year.On Friday, October 30, 2020, on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression, the annual "Voice of Memory" will be held at the Butovo training ground in Moscow, and many will pray for the victims...

Francis Interview: “My Instinct and the Holy Spirit Guide Me” He did nothing else but to continue the work of Benedict XVI, Francis said in a hagiographic interview with AdnKronos.com (October 30). Benedict is for Francis “a father and a brother” and “holiness in person,” Francis visits him often, “There are no problems between us.” He disclaims reports claiming that the two had been fighting over the same tomb. For Francis, corruption is an old problem in the Church, “but the vast majority of the Church persues the right path.” He believes that the Lord called him to do what...

Politicians know, it’s the economy stupid. In that case, Donald Trump should handily beat China Biden on Tuesday. While the pandemic put tens of millions out of work, President Trump promised a strong recovery. This morning, we can see it. GDP, the total output of all goods and services, grew at an annual rate of 33%. That’s the fastest growth in American history. New filings for unemployment dropped by 40-thousand…more than expected. Last month alone, 3 million Americans went back to work. So, voters have a choice. A President who created the lowest unemployment rates for all Americans…black, hispanic, women,...

'If we think there’s large groups of people gathering where they shouldn’t be, then police will have to intervene,' an official warned.BIRMINGHAM, England, October 29, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – The politician responsible for the UK police force in the West Midlands area has stated that he will order the police to break up family gatherings around Christmas if they violate the government’s “rule of six.” David Jamieson made the comments to the Telegraph, stating that “If we think there’s large groups of people gathering where they shouldn’t be, then police will have to intervene. If, again, there’s flagrant breaking of the...

Grocery store workers — particularly those who interact with customers — are at serious risk of infection by the coronavirus, according to a new study in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine. These workers likely became a “significant transmission source” for the illness without even knowing it because most in the study were asymptomatic, CNN reported. The study found that 20 percent of 104 grocery store workers tested at a Boston store in May had positive nasal swab results, according to the network....