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A former Japanese diplomat confessed to taking part in the 1895 assassination of Korean Empress Myeongseong, according to a Korean historian who examined recently discovered letters that provide a fresh account of the brutal slaying. Also known as Queen Min, Myeongseong was the wife of Gojong, the 26th king of Joseon, a Korean dynastic kingdom, and was known as an influential figure in the palace. In one of the letters, the diplomat proclaimed, “We killed the queen,” and went on to detail the circumstances surrounding the assassination. The slaying, known as “the Eulmi Incident” in Korea, involved a group of...

As president, Donald Trump was a media maximalist whose unavoidable-for-comment style helped generate saturation news coverage, for better or worse. President Joe Biden has taken a stingier approach to his dealings with the press — and not all his allies believe it’s working out. After nine months in office, Biden has conducted roughly a dozen one-on-one interviews with major print and television news outlets. That compares with more than 50 for Trump, and more than 100 for Barack Obama, in the same period, according to West Wing record keepers. One recent poll showed a declining number of Democrats with favorable...

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. (WFRV)- As many communities are still reeling from the tragedy that struck the Waukesha Community on Sunday, November 21, Menomonee Falls has released new information relating to their upcoming Christmas parade. The Menomonee Falls Police Department released details on their social media accounts announcing the event will be canceled. On Monday, November 22, the MFPD tweeted that the Christmas parade has been cancelled. The parade was originally planned for Sunday, November 28, on Main Street.

Nov 23 (Reuters) - A federal jury in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Tuesday found the organizers of the 2017 "Unite the Right" white nationalist rally liable for injuries sustained by counter-protesters, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said, and media reports said it awarded more than $25 million in damages. The nine plaintiffs said they suffered physical or emotional trauma at the rally, including four who were struck when a self-described neo-Nazi, James Fields, drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer. After a four-week trial, the jury found in favor of the victims on four of six...

Former U.S. assistant attorney Neama Rahmani said there is “no question” that Kyle Rittenhouse will face civil lawsuits from the families of the people he killed within a matter of months or even weeks. A jury acquitted Rittenhouse on Friday of all charges related to the killings of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber. Rittenhouse testified at his criminal trial that he killed Rosenbaum and Huber in self-defense during the Kenosha riots in August 2020. Rahmani likened Rittenhouse’s legal situation to that of OJ Simpson, who was found civilly liable for the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman and...

Former Washington Wizards center Kwame Brown posted a video to social media defending Kyle Rittenhouse and saying he acted in self-defense and blasted those he says get paid to “push racist sh*t.”Brown slammed race hustlers including Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Roland Martin for living the high life while telling everyone that blacks can’t make it in the U.S.A.“They stayed at the hotel I stayed there, they over there living good and pimping so high,” Brown said of the hustlers like Sharpton. “So how is it so bad?”

And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.( I Kings 17:7-9)Eventually, in God’s preparation of His Prophet, the brook of Cherith, (Separation) dried up, for it was time for Elijah to learn to Pastor. He would still remain in Exile, but would have to move to Zidon, which is in southern Lebanon, at...

WILLIAMSPORT – More than seven years in prison and then likely deportation is the fate of a Nigerian citizen who with his wife admitted laundering nearly $1.9 million obtained by making false pleas for money on social media. Jabin Godspower Okpako, 36, of Sayre, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew W. Brann to 7 years, 3 months in prison followed by three years’ supervised release. Deportation proceedings likely will prevent him from serving his supervised release, court officials said. Earlier this year Okpako and his wife, Christin Bradley Okpako, 54, of Sayre, a U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty...

There’s a sweet new boba shop in Santa Clara, which seems to be tapping into a super cute cultural obsessionThere’s a new boba shop in Santa Clara serving drinks in mason jars decorated with corgis, and it’s blowing up with fans returning over and over again to collect specific cups. Boba Pup is a new boba shop that opened in spring 2021 over by the high school in that plaza that’s kind of a suburban Koreatown. This is great, because now you can have some delicious barbecue and chase it with a sweet boba drink — and again, the cups...

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Families are getting ready for Thanksgiving and for many that includes a pie from Gizdich Ranch in Watsonville. For over 60 years, Gizdich Ranch has never missed a Thanksgiving, selling delicious pies to literally thousands. For Thanksgiving alone, they’re pumping out around 7,000 pies. “Thanksgiving is the busiest holiday that we have," said Cynthia Gizdich. "It’s the busiest two weeks all year long and we have to prepare for it. So that includes the grocery stores and all the people that did call in early enough to get their pre-paid pre-ordered pies.” Gizdich Ranch said its pies attract customers from...

In China, where I grew up, news is known to the people as propaganda in its neutral, if not positive, sense. Since all news agencies are run by the state, “news” is whatever events and opinions the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party permits or manufactures. Growing up in a household of illiterate parents, I never saw newspapers as a child. My first dose of propaganda was a 30-minute TV program named Xinwen Lianbo (“CCTV Network News”), broadcast in the early evening via all local stations, that I occasionally watched at relatives’ homes. Sounds and images,...

The man that allegedly received more votes than any American in history loves to read a teleprompter nearly as much as his mentor, Barack Obama. The difference between Joe Biden and Obama, other than the latter not displaying symptoms of dementia, is that Biden loves to read EVERYTHING on the teleprompter. In a scene reminiscent of “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,” Biden read “end of quote” from the teleprompter, which he clearly wasn’t supposed to do. Here you go:

"We Must Have A New January 6th Investigation", Says Alex Jones Video...

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A group of thieves smashed windows at a department store at a luxury mall in Los Angeles, triggering a police pursuit just days after high-end stores throughout the San Francisco Bay Area were targeted. The latest incident in a national trend of smash-and-grab crimes targeted a Nordstrom store at The Grove retail and entertainment complex. It came as the country’s largest consumer electronics chain said that an increase in organized theft was taking a toll on its bottom line. Workers covered a large broken window at the Nordstrom with black plywood on Tuesday morning as security...

Kenosha police reported that over half of all the people arrested in the first two nights of violence last year had come from out of town. This was not an uprising of the Kenosha underclass against the system that was oppressing them. This was an organized attack on an American city. The refrain of centrists-at-all-costs and weak-kneed Republicans has been that, innocent or not, Kyle Rittenhouse “should not have been there.” Indeed, 17-year-old boys should not have to take up arms to defend their communities from attacks incited by Democratic Party politicians and the corporate media and facilitated and carried...

New York City may soon permit hundreds of thousands of noncitizens to vote in municipal elections, while Mayor Bill de Blasio and his successor, Eric Adams, feel differently about the prospect. The bill aims to amend the city's charter by including a new chapter with provisions for allowing green card holders and those with work authorization to register to vote and take part in citywide elections through the creation of a separate municipal voter registration. Adams supported the concept when he was campaigning for mayor earlier this year. "We cannot be a beacon to the world and continue to attract...

Once again, our country is facing racial injustice after Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted by claiming “self-defense.” I can’t help but think he would have been convicted if his victims were white. We all know the story of Kyle Rittenhouse. He was filled with white supremacy, so he picked up a machine gun, crossed state lines, and then opened fire on peaceful protestors, killing three black men. And those people were there because they were protesting how a black man, Jacob Blake, was murdered by cops while shopping at a candy store, so it’s more racial injustice on top of racial...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Speaking at the end of a hallway in the White House after trying in vain to avoid the White House press corps, President Biden announced that he had been told he’s running for re-election in 2024. “I’ve been informed that it is my intention to run for re-election in 2024,” said the president to a large potted plant instead of the crowd of journalists behind him. “As an exemplar of progressive ideals, it is my duty to lead this country to a better future, or so they tell me.” When asked by intrepid reporters if he is concerned his...