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Some children who were evacuated from Afghanistan and are being cared for at a Chicago shelter for immigrant minors have hurt themselves, harmed other children or threatened staff. Others have tried to escape or talked about wanting to die. Some have required psychiatric hospitalization. These events at the shelter were described by three employees and other people familiar with the conditions there, as well as being detailed in police records and internal documents obtained by ProPublica. Employees at the shelter, which is operated by the nonprofit Heartland Alliance, say they are overwhelmed and ill-equipped to care for the roughly 40...

Tuesday’s election result trend lines were a political nightmare for the Democratic Party, and no Democrat who cares about winning elections in 2022 and the presidential race in 2024 should see them as anything less. Familiar takeaways like “wake-up call” and “warning shot” don’t do justice here because the danger of ignoring those trends is too great. What would do justice, and what is badly needed, is an honest conversation in the Democratic Party about how to return to the moderate policies and values that fueled the blue-wave victories in 2018 and won Joe Biden the presidency in 2020. Given...

A delegation led by the mayor of Banibangou was ambushed on Tuesday about 50 km (30 miles) from the town, near the border with Mali. The area is overrun by militants associated with a local affiliate of Islamic State that has killed hundreds of civilians in rural communities this year. A poverty-stricken, arid zone of west Africa encompassing the borderlands of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso has been racked by violence in recent years as armed groups, some linked with al-Qaeda, have sought to establish control over communities and rid the region of local and international military forces. Thousands of...

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Zoe Snoeks slipped off the precipice near the village of Nadrin in the province of Luxembourg on Tuesday and landed in the Ourthe River, Newsflash reported, citing the public prosecutor’s office. Her body was recovered by a team of rescuers that included police, firefighters, scuba divers and members of the Groupe de Recherche et d’Intervention en Milieu Perilleux, or Perilous Environment Reconnaissance and Intervention Group. “Taking photos was her passion. I immediately unlocked her phone and saw that she had taken a photo on the cliff edge. Her very last selfie,” the grieving hubby said. “Zoe is looking straight ahead....

... He held another news conference to say more than 1,000 deputies would leave or go into early retirement over the policy.

If you have 25 minutes to listen to DeSantis reaction to the 455-page OSHA regs, well worth the time. Where are the OTHER 27 +1 GOP Governors?!?!?!

ABBA: Voyage Verdict: Winners take it all again There was always going to be one big question surrounding the release of Abba’s first album in 40 years. Could the Swedish super troupers come up with songs to hold a candle to classics such as Dancing Queen and Knowing Me, Knowing You? On the evidence of Voyage, out today, the answer is, by and large, a resounding yes. The quartet’s first album since 1981’s The Visitors rekindles the heartfelt storytelling and melodic genius that helped turn the group into one of pop’s greatest success stories – a band who sold more...

ALEC BALDWIN, " OH, ARE YOU VIDEOING? "While doing my job on Main St. in Amagansett, NY, I was approached by Alec Baldwin who was upset that I was taking pictures of him and his wife. I treated him with the utmost respect. He was his usual self. He did not realize that I was taking video until the end and made a hasty retreat to his car where his wife was waiting and threatened to call the cops. I waited around for an hour, the police never showed...

Pope Francis’ ecumenical Abrahamic Family House project contradicts the teachings of JesusThe price of entry into the Abrahamic House is to de-emphasize the central elements of the Christian faith. The proposed Abrahamic Family House, to be built in Abu Dhabi. From left to right: the mosque, the church, and the synagogue.The Abrahamic Family House is scheduled to open in Abu Dhabi in 2022. It will consist of three main buildings — a mosque, a church, and a synagogue. A project of the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity (HCHF), the Abrahamic Family House was inspired by the 2019 Document on Human...

You can find it on T-shirts. It's chanted by people at political rallies. Republican politicians wear masks with the phrase. Leading Republicans share photos of it on construction sites. Three words--"Lets Go Brandon" The seemingly innocuous chant is becoming an increasingly common part of American politics. Here's what it means, a how it came about. What does "Let's Go Brandon" mean? We won't be round the bush,--it acutally means "F*** Joe Biden". Think of it a bit like a secret handshake for American conservatives, but it's not that secret. It's an in-joke, a wink and a nod for elected politicians...

That changed with the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act–one of the Trump administration’s signal achievements–which capped the deduction for state and local taxes at $10,000. Thus, the vast majority of blue state taxpayers kept their privileged tax treatment. The only ones who lost out were high-income blue staters who are now only partly subsidized by blue collar taxpayers in Tennessee and Florida. But the Democratic Party’s core supporters are wealthy people in blue states, so restoring the full state and local tax deduction–eliminating the $10,000 cap–has been a top priority for Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, et al. Sure enough,...

Madeline Ann Cramer (r) Cramer interrupting Mass at St. Frances Cabrini in Littleton, Colo., Oct. 10, 2021. | via YoutubeMetro Denver Police announced Nov. 2 that the individual who allegedly vandalized the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception Oct.10 is Madeline Ann Cramer, 26, who supports abortion rights. Cramer used red spray paint to vandalize Denver’s Cathedral with anti-Catholic slogans. Photos shared by local news reporters showed slogans such as “Satan Lives Here,” “White Supremacists,” and “Child Rapists, LOL”, as well as swastikas, written in bright red spray paint on the outside of the cathedral building, sidewalks, and on the...

As most of my followers on social media and Substack must know by now, I have spent a considerable amount of time the last two years trying to discover the actual ingredients of the new COVID vaccines. The reason is simple: Big Pharma has gone to considerable trouble to hide them. Do the Big Pharma companies want to submit the vaccines to independent analysis? They do not! Do the Big Pharma companies want to disclose all the ingredients? They do not! Do the Big Pharma companies have any liability for lying to the public about the proprietary ingredients in their...

This was supposed to be Jack Ma's finest hour: A year ago to the day, his Ant Group was meant to go public in a US$37 billion blaze of glory. Instead Beijing reined in his empire, abruptly clipping the wings of corporate China's biggest star. Now, to the cautious cheer of investors, the billionaire Alibaba e-commerce tycoon is taking his first tentative steps back on to the global stage with a low-key trip to Europe where he's cultivating hobbies like horticulture. It's a far cry from the height of Ma's statesman-like powers in 2017 when he travelled to New York...

HOLEB (ALEPPO) – In a large restoration project of 10 archaeological churches in Syria, Russian scientists and archeologists plan to renovate the St Helena Church in Holeb. Russian news agency TASS, reports that archaeologists from the Saint Petersburg-based Research Institute of Physical Culture have conducted a complete survey of the church of St Helena, which dates back to the fifth century and is one of the oldest churches in Holeb. The Russian scientists will rely on photographs, videos and a scientific description of the church to develop a 3D model that will help in the future with restorations. The institute’s...

Laurel-Rose Von Hoffmann-Curzi, of Orinda, knew something was wrong early Saturday morning when she heard large "thunk" noises coming from the kitchen of her North Lake Tahoe vacation home. It was about 5:30 a.m., and Hoffmann-Curzi roused herself from bed to investigate the noise, presuming it was her 29-year-old son being "rough" in the kitchen. Instead, she saw the back of a massive bear, illuminated by the light from the freezer, which it had ravaged. Within seconds, Hoffmann-Curzi saw a paw swipe at her. "The next thing I knew, I saw the big paw and nothing else. I was just...

Drew Hernandez and Robert Barnes join The Alex Jones Show to break down the details in the Kyle Rittenhouse case. Segment...

The Church should take a leading role in protecting the environment and addressing climate change, says Bishop LohmannThe Catholic Church should take a leading role in protecting the environment and addressing climate change, said the bishop who is the commissioner for environmental and climate issues at the German bishops' conference. "We take our responsibility for creation seriously. As the Catholic Church, we should not sit at the back of the train but rather be at the front as far as possible," Bishop Rolf Lohmann said during a presentation Oct. 25 in Bonn of the German Catholic Church's first report on...