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New York State Troopers raided the home of Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren on Wednesday night. Reports say her husband was in handcuffs as the troopers executed a drug warrant at the mayor’s home. .... Snip.... The New York Post reported: Advertisement - story continues below A criminal investigation was conducted at the home of Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren Wednesday. Troopers executed a search warrant at the Democrat’s house as part of an “ongoing criminal investigation,” New York State Police said in a brief press release. No other information was provided by law enforcement officials. “The Mayor is just learning about...

For more than 50 years, the New York State Bar Association has been headquartered in a row of historic townhouses located at One Elk Street in downtown Albany. But state bar leaders, and many within its organization, say it’s time for hard financial realities to trump sentimentality. Repairs and renovations for One Elk are expected to run $18 million over the next 10 years while revenues from membership dues are on the decline. According to current estimates, the state bar could run a $6 million deficit in its operating budget in 10 years if it does not change course, President-Elect...

Having low blood levels of vitamin D may not increase a person's risk for severe COVID-19, a study published Wednesday by JAMA Network Open found. People with extremely low levels of vitamin D in their blood were not more likely to test positive for antibodies to the coronavirus, the data showed. The presence of antibodies -- cells made by the immune system -- suggests past infection. Those with moderately low levels of the vitamin also did not have a higher risk for testing positive for coronavirus antibodies, the researchers said. "We found no evidence for an independent association between low...

Texas on Wednesday carried out its first execution after a 10-month hiatus with the lethal injection of a man convicted of killing an 83-year-old relative over $30. State corrections officials pronounced Quintin Jones, 41, dead at 6:40 p.m. at the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, The Texas Tribune reported. He was convicted 20 years ago of the 1999 murder of his great-aunt, Berthena Bryant. The lethal injection came hours after the U.S. Supreme Court declined a petition by Jones' lawyers seeking a stay of execution. The court documents said the state unconstitutionally denied his intellectual disability claim and used now-discredited...

On May 18, 2021, Joe Biden took a day-trip. Sad to say, this in itself is rather remarkable, since hundreds of thousands of his fellow Americans, of similar age, have been forbidden the luxury of day-trips for over a year, as lockdowns have trapped senior citizens in their nursing homes and senior communities of all kinds for the past 14 months. But Mr. Biden’s circumstances are special, so he was able to get out, and even to visit a state with one of the toughest lockdowns - and the least constitutional restrictions - in the country: the automotive manufacturing center...

On Tuesday, voters in five counties in eastern Oregon urged county officials to begin to promote border relocation and joining Idaho. The counties -- Malheur, Sherman, Grant, Baker and Lake -- join Jefferson and Union counties, whose voters applied to join Idaho last year, in their planned secession to what is being called "Greater Idaho." While President Biden was favored 56 to 40 percent ahead of former President Donald Trump statewide, these five counties heavily favored Trump over Biden with up to 69-79 percent of the vote going to Trump. The group, Move Oregon's Border for a Greater Idaho, is...

Laurene Powell Jobs, whom Vox describes as “one of the world’s most important philanthropists,” is the widow of Apple founder and billionaire computer guru Steve Jobs. She has become a secret superpower behind a vast network of left-wing media outlets, organizations, and politicians.

Voters in Westmoreland and Somerset counties are on the verge of electing their first female lawmaker for the 59th Legislative District for the State House. Early returns showed Republican Leslie Rossi leading the three-person race. The mother of eight came on the political scene in 2016 when she painted The Trump House in Youngstown, Westmoreland County. This is a special election.

Hamas has a long history of using civilians and residential areas as shields to dissuade Israeli attacks, and the media has a long history of ignoring it. May 15, an Israeli airstrike wiped out a twelve-story al-Jalaa building in Gaza City that housed several media outlets, including the offices of the Associated Press and Al-Jazeera. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) maintain that Hamas, the U.S. designated terror group, used the building as a headquarters to obtain military intelligence and weapons developments. IDF spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus defended the airstrike by declaring the fundamental function of this media tower was...

Frank Gaffney, executive chairman and founder of the Center for Security Policy, said Michael Bloomberg’s relationship with the Chinese Communist Party — including “cooperation in the field of media” according the official Chinese government documents — amounts to a subversion of America’s national interest for the benefit of its primary geopolitical adversary. Gaffney drew on revelations detailing the Bloomberg-China ties in Alex Marlow’s Breaking the News: Exposing the Establishment Media’s Hidden Deals and Secret Corruption . “[Breaking the News] is focusing in on a vastly larger problem, but the microcosmic example of what Michael Bloomberg has done — both personally...

A Virginia deputy could be seen on video lifting up a car to free a woman trapped underneath. Gloucester County Sheriff’s Deputy Jon Holt jumped into superhero mode after he saw an out-of-control car flip over last May. Officials released bodycam video of the incident on Tuesday, and Holt spoke to 13 News Now about his efforts. “So I was on the scene, I observed the vehicle upside down with one of the juvenile occupants outside the vehicle,” Holt told the local station. As Holt bolts to the car, another child inside could be heard screaming that his mother was...

The contenders who hope to win this week's 103rd PGA Championship at Kiawah Island had better hope their big sticks are ready. The Ocean Course will measure a whopping 7,876 yards, making it the longest course to ever host one of professional golf's four majors. Rory McIlroy won the previous PGA Championship played there, in 2012, running away with an 8-shot victory, the widest margin in the event's history. After winning the Wells Fargo Championship two weeks ago, McIlroy is once again among the favorites. Another big storyline: Jordan Spieth, who has resurrected his career this season after a long...

French Hill - Arkansas's 2nd congressional district Steve Womack - Arkansas's 3rd congressional districtDavid Valadao - California's 21st congressional districtCarlos Gimenez - Florida's 26th congressional district Maria Salazar - Florida's 27th congressional districtMike Simpson - Idaho's 2nd congressional districtRodney Davis - Illinois's 13th congressional district Adam Kitzinger - Illinois's 16th congressional districtTrey Hollingsworth - Indiana's 9th congressional districtMariannette Miller-Meeks - Iowa's 2nd congressional districtPete Meijer - Michigan's 3rd congressional district Fred Upton - Michigan's 6th congressional districtMichael Guest - Mississippi's 3rd congressional districtJeff Fortenberry - Nebraska's 1st congressional district Don Bacon - Nebraska's 2nd congressional districtChris Smith - New Jersey's...

PHOENIX - The Phoenix City Council has voted 5-4 to establish the Office of Accountability and Transparency, a board that would provide civilian oversight of police. "The OAT will have the ability to have independent investigations and will create greater transparency for the Phoenix Police Department," Vice Mayor Carlos Garcia said. It would also monitor or participate in investigations of members of the department, provide recommendations for training, policy, hiring practices, disciplinary actions, and other oversight on behalf of the community. "We are making a powerful commitment to improve the relationship between law enforcement and the people of Phoenix," said...

On May 14, the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) declared at its award ceremony that the 2021 silver winner of The Bill Fisher Award for Best First Book, Nonfiction, of the Benjamin Franklin Award went to Minghui Publishing for its book Minghui Report: The 20-Year Persecution of Falun Gong in China.

ELKTON, MD (WBFF) - A woman is in custody with multiple arson-related charges following a house fire in Cecil County. Just after 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, Singerly Fire Company and surrounding fire departments responded to the unit block of Cherry Lane in Elkton for a reported house fire. Witnesses reported observing a woman, later identified as Gail J. Metwally, 47 of Elkton, setting multiple fires within the home and then sitting in a chair on the front lawn, where she watched the fire engulf the home. After a few minutes, Metwally walked away from the scene. While the home was...

Federal authorities in Buffalo arrested four people Wednesday who are accused of participating in the January 6 unlawful entry into the US Capitol Building. Brought into custody were William Michael Sywak, 45, of Hamburg, and his son William Jason Sywak, 27, of Arcade; Traci Sunstrum, 44, of Amherst; and John Juran, 51, of Williamsville.

Earlier today The Gateway Pundit posted video of Joe Biden pretending to drive an electric truck at a Ford facility. Following his speech, the declining septuagenarian was put in an electric vehicle where he pretended to be driving. This was all a show by his handlers to make Joe Biden look like he’s in charge. Later today we received this email from a far-left USA Today “fact-checker” who is paid to harass conservative publications. Liberal outlets that lie for years about dossiers and Trump’s non-existent ties to Russia are never attacked by these far-left outlets. Hello, I’m Chiara Vercellone, a...

(h/t Fractal Trader)Here's the link to the article cited in the last Tweet: Excess mortality in the United States in the 21st century (pnas.org)

President Joe Biden praised Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) on Tuesday, despite her repeated criticism of the president failing to criticize Israel. “I tell you what, Rashida — and I want to say to you that I admire your intellect, I admire your passion, and I admire your concern for so many other people,” Biden said about Tlaib during a speech at a Ford motor company manufacturing facility. The congresswoman is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants and still has family members who live on the West Bank. “From my heart, I pray that your grandmom and family are well,” Biden said...