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During a moment of silence meant to honor fallen Officer Chris Oberheim on the floor of the Illinois House, state Rep. Carol Ammons (D) spoke about the felon, Darion Lafayette, who died after shooting and killing Oberheim. Ammons cosponsored a resolution meant to honor Oberheim and create a moment of silence exclusively for the fallen officer. Ammons said, “Gun violence has plagued our community for far too long. And, this morning, we are standing in recognition of the loss of life of Officer Chris Oberheim.” She immediately followed up: But we also have to call to the family who also...

President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is providing Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months to more than 100,000 Haitians who can now legally remain in the United States and take U.S. jobs.

A group was riding in a Stresa-Mottarone cable car -- which connects the town of Stresa on Lake Maggiore with the nearby Mottarone mountain in the Piedmont region -- when it plunged into a wooded area Sunday morning, according to a spokesperson for the National Alpine Speleological Rescue Corps, which is leading the rescue operation. The accident occurred when the cable snapped just as the cable car was completing the 20-minute voyage from the Lido di Stresa piazza on Lake Maggiore to the Mottarone station some 1,491 meters above sea level at the top of the mountain. The cable broke...

China’s ruling communist party has released official reports saying that the latest outbreak of COVID-19 has spread to a third province after months of reports about the country having COVID-19 cases. On May 21, a case was reported in Guangzhou, the provincial capital of China’s southern coastal province Guangdong, causing closure and lockdown of a youth center and a university. Meanwhile, more cases have occurred in Yingkou, Liaoning province, triggering the northeastern city to raise its emergency response level to three.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hinted that he has much more planned before his political career is done. There has been considerable speculation that should former President Donald Trump not run for president again, DeSantis would be a leading contender in 2024. The governor has not made any announcements about his future plans, including a potential presidential bid.

This logic sequence has worked wonders on "the confused" this week: Arabs own the entire Middle East, with Sharia Law installed. Jews own one tiny parcel of land, in all the world. No moral justification exists for palestinian aggression. If you support palestine, you support jewish extermination. [End of Discussion]

For all the Karens of Maskachusetts, May 29 is shaping up as Black Saturday — the day the indoor mask mandate finally comes to its long-overdue end. Oh sure, the dead-enders in Brookline and Cambridge and the other people’s republics will hang on in defiance of common sense, much like the Japanese soldiers in the caves for decades after the end of World War II. But the overblown Panic is finally on its last legs. So stand by for the next twist in the ongoing scam – Karens are already declaring themselves victims of those evil, uh, science-deniers who are...

More education typically leads to better health, yet Black men in the U.S. are not getting the same benefit as other groups, research suggests. The reasons for the gap are vexing, experts said, but may provide an important window into unique challenges faced by Black men as they try to gain not only good health but also an equal footing in the U.S. Generally, higher education means better-paying jobs and health insurance, healthier behaviors and longer lives. This is true across many demographic groups. And studies show life expectancy is higher for educated Black men — those with a college...

The slide and deck opened in 2016 with the idea of making the tower a tourist attraction. Located nearly 1,000 feet (304.8 meters) above the ground, the Skyslide is a see-through enclosure 45 feet long (13.7 meters) and made of 1.25-inch-thick (3.18 centimeter) glass. Visitors could slide from the 70th floor down to the 69th floor. Skyspace floors will be turned back into office space.

The Russian army released an ad campaign that shows explosions and tough men, making the woke US army ads look utterly weak and pathetic. https://youtu.be/O1m_HtQiU2k

Joe Scarborough just told President Hillary Clinton, Governor Stacey Abrams and his fellow conspiracy theorists in the mainstream media that they should leave the country. I wonder how this sexist and racist advice will go over with his fans. During the MSNBC host’s most recent unhinged tirade, he made very good points - just not the ones he intended to make. **SNIP** Rather than discuss the onslaught of antisemitic attacks happening in Joe Biden’s America, the price of gasoline or the jobs report, “Morning Joe” had other topics to discuss. He and his panel of head nodders spent most of...

Last summer President Donald Trump said China will own the US if his Democratic rival Joe Biden is voted to power in the November 3 presidential elections. Trump said the biggest thing about his challenger’s speech was the issues that he did not talk about, including China. “It’s time to reject the anger and the hate of the Democrat Party. We have the biggest election coming up of our lifetime. No party can lead an American that spends so much time tearing down America. But, the biggest part of last night’s speech was what Joe Biden didn’t talk about. He...

Multiple people have been killed in a shooting in Fairfield Township, Cumberland County. New Jersey State Police have not released details on the number of people killed, but one official has indicated multiple deaths in the incident, which was reported around midnight at a large house party on the 1000 block of Commerce Street/Route 49. Several people were also reported wounded. Emergency dispatch communications from the time of the incident indicate initial calls for a woman with a gunshot wound. From there, dispatchers began receiving reports of multiple victims. EMS crews had to wait for clearance to head Into the...

This year, violent crime across liberal-run Los Angeles County is out of control amid the “defund the police” movement. A private security firm that describes itself as a “subscription law enforcement service” has launched a pilot program in the metro area to fix this. Motherboard reports Citizen, a neighborhood watch app, partnered with LAPS, or Los Angeles Professional Security, a private security firm, to provide a “subscription law enforcement service” to residents and businesses. From neighborhood watch app to now a Citizen-branded vehicle driving around Los Angeles, providing security services to clients is a business idea that will likely flourish...

...The vast majority of schools that rank as the most expensive in their state are private schools. While many of these are liberal arts colleges, a number of institutions on this list are art schools or music conservatories. Though these schools cost tens of thousands of dollars per year, those with fine arts degrees tend to earn much less than those with other types of college education. These are the college majors that pay off the least. Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken ranks as the most expensive school in New Jersey by over $7,000. It offers majors in engineering,...

The fresh, more relaxed mask guidelines from federal health authorities have almost completely overshadowed another big shift in government guidance: fully vaccinated Americans will largely avoid being screened for the coronavirus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week that certain patients who have undergone the full course of vaccines who have no COVID-19 signs do not need to be tested for the infection, even though they have been exposed to someone who is sick.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff has reached a settlement with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to gain access to data on the number of COVID-19 nursing home deaths in the state. The health department agreed to release some of the public records LeDuff requested. The department also acknowledges it can’t determine if some patients killed by COVID-19 contracted the virus at a nursing home or other long-term care facility. LeDuff sued March 9 after submitting a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for data on COVID-19 deaths but the MDHHS failed to produce the requested records. The...

Saturday, a Black Lives Matter group had enough of the Antifa terrorists in Portland. The group had organized another protest march that Antifa had joined, when Antifa gain became violent. Of course, they are just an idea as President Joe Biden claims right? A video posted to Twitter shows the confrontation between the two groups as Antifa was approached and accused of using Black people as shields. Antifa has joined in multiple events to use the event as cover for their violent initiatives. Antifa was not done, however. Soon after being kicked out, they decided to become violent again attacking...

...State Rep. Jena Powell, R-Arcanum, is drafting legislation that would prevent the state from administering any vaccine lottery program. Hundreds of thousands of Ohioans have already signed up for the Vax-A-Million lottery, which will begin May 26 and include five weekly drawings of $1 million prizes. Participants must be at least 18 years old and have received at least their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. There is a separate lottery program for those between the ages of 12 and 17, with the teenage winners receiving a full ride scholarship to any Ohio college...

The latest model of Chinese car manufacturer SAIC’s Roewe RX5 PLUS SUV will come equipped with an application that indoctrinates passengers in “Xi Jinping Thought,” Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on Thursday. The Alibaba-produced application, Xuexi Qiangguo, debuted for mobile phones in 2019. Its name translates to “Study to Make China Strong,” and it works by offering select quotes by dictator Xi Jinping, excerpts of his writings, and other communist materials. The application has a quiz element in which it helps users memorize Xi’s teachings through question and answer sessions, as well as a social element so that users can...