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Back in June, we reported on the emotional speech Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong gave in response to devastating cuts to his department’s budget to the tune of $17 million that came courtesy of the Defund the Police proponents on the Oakland City Council.In the speech, Armstrong, who was born and raised in West Oakland, made one of the most powerful and passionate cases against taking money away from the police, saying that it was easy for politicians to reduce lives hurt and lost down to numbers while police officers had to see first-hand the devastating real-world consequences of powerful...

Alice Sebold, the author of The Lovely Bones, apologized Tuesday to the man who spent 16 years behind bars after he was wrongfully convicted of raping her when she was a college student. In a statement released first to the Associated Press and then published on Medium, Sebold said she was "truly sorry" to Anthony Broadwater Jr. and that she deeply regretted what he had been through.

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on Tuesday reinstated the Gov. Tom Wolf administration mandate requiring students, teachers and staff to wear face masks. The action is temporary, with the court scheduled to hear arguments on the matter on Dec. 8 and decides its fate. The court noted it has taken no position; one justice disagreed with reinstating the mandate. Acting state Secretary of Health Alison Beam, at the direction of the governor, had imposed the state-wide mandate at the start of the school year after most school districts failed to adopt policies mandating masks at the start of the school...

Geraldo Rivera is now defending Ghislaine Maxwell. This is low even for him. Why does Fox News continue to employ this clown?https://twitter.com/ACTBrigitte/status/1465611612686098433 Geraldo thinks Ghislaine should not be in jail during trial.

While attempting to pump gas in suburban Chicago Ridge, a man found a needle device hidden in the nozzle, police warned Tuesday. The man found a "needle device" on the handle, as well as an unknown white substance in the hallow area behind the needle and an adhesive substance holding the assembly to the trigger of the gas pump, police said.

il Donaldo Trumpo on Twitter: "😂😂😂 https://t.co/cN8V7PLQok" / Twitter1:57 PM · Nov 30, 2021·Twitter Web AppTranscript:Interviewer: "Uh...Bill Clinton?"President Trump: "Nice guy....ah....got a lot of problems coming up, in my opinion, with the famous island, with Jeffrey Epstein. Lot of problems."ransomnote: Different interview/interviewer below asking about his remarks in the prior interview.Interviewer #2: "....Epstein in your remarks, in the Q and A about..."President Trump: "Well I think he's got a problem...."Interviewer: "What do you think the problem will be?"President Trump: "I don't know, but that island was really a cesspool, there's no question about it. Just ask Prince Andrew. He'll tell...

Nov 30 (Reuters) – The Biden administration was blocked from enforcing two mandates requiring millions of American workers to get vaccinated against COVID. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in Monroe, Louisiana, temporarily blocked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from enforcing its vaccine mandate for healthcare workers until the court can resolve legal challenges. Doughty’s ruling applied nationwide, except in 10 states where the CMS was already prevented from enforcing the rule due to a prior order from a federal judge in St. Louis. Doughty said the CMS lacked the authority to issue a vaccine mandate that would...

A man saw something out of a nightmare when a deep sea monster washed up on a San Diego beach. According to KGTV, Jay Beiler was walking on Black's Beach on Nov. 13 when he spotted a scary-looking fish he thought was a jellyfish. A closer look revealed it was a Pacific footballfish – a fish that lives in the Pacific Ocean at depths of 2,000 to 3,300 feet where sunlight doesn't penetrate, according to the California Academy of Sciences. They have needle-sharp teeth that point inward, and some male footballfish attach themselves to females as "sexual parasites," losing all...

At least three students were killed and eight others were injured after a 15-year-old boy opened fire inside Oxford High School in a Detroit suburb. Stories about bravery and heroics among teachers and students are beginning to surface. One video, which you can watch below, shows students locked inside a classroom — when suddenly someone knocks on the door. “Sheriff’s office,” the voice said. “It’s safe to come out.” Someone inside the classroom wisely told the officer they were not willing to take that risk. The “officer” then told students, “Okay, well open the door and look at my badge,...

A Los Angeles Airport Police statement said the woman, who had a ticket, was in the airport's terminal 1 when she opened a door, triggering an alarm and walked onto a ramp to the tarmac. Videos taken by a bystander appear to show the woman, who was carrying a black backpack and other items in her arm, apparently struggle with a man who was trying to direct her off the tarmac. She can be seen trying to get away from him while waving enthusiastically to several airline employees.

New guidance from the government, states that from the 29th November (2021), children in year 7 and above should wear face coverings in all communal areas in all education settings, unless they are exempt. Students in year 7 or above should also continue to wear face coverings on public and school transport, again, unless they are exempt.Many teachers may have been more interested in watching their colleagues, dressed to the nines, minus face coverings, enjoying their activity, and missed the talk of plans to disrupt the education, wellbeing, and activities of the children they teach.Teachers across the UK celebrated each...

There’s nothing that screams potential conflict of interest like a major newspaper’s owner getting millions in subsidies from the federal government it's supposed to be objectively covering. The New York Times reported that part of President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” (BBB) catastrophe includes funneling nearly $1.7 billion into local news outlets. Guess what? One of the recipients listed in The Times report was none other than Gannett, the publishing company that owns liberal newspaper USA Today. The Times said that Gannett, “the largest newspaper chain in the country, could receive $37.5 million the first year and tens of millions...

When Quinton Joiner stabbed a CTA worker in the neck on a Loop train platform in August, all of the corporate news outlets ran stories. But only CWBChicago followed the case to report that prosecutors only charged Joiner with a misdemeanor and then settled the case less than a month later with a sentence of probation. On October 16, we exclusively reported that Joiner, still on probation for the CTA stabbing, was arrested again after she walked into a wedding ceremony in Millennium Park and allegedly brandished a knife to steal a woman’s purse. Once again, she was only charged...

Taiwan has offered a message of thanks to Australia in the wake of Peter Dutton’s stern warning to China not to invade the small island nation or risk destabilising the entire region. Taiwan has also asked for closer relations with Canberra in an attempt to strengthen ties. In an interview with The Australian, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said he was thankful for the Australian government’s escalating concerns and said the comments were helping to de-escalate conflict in the region. He told the newspaper that while his country was capable of defending itself, Australia’s support for Taiwan was helping to preserve...

Merck’s antiviral pill for COVID-19, molnupiravir, appears to be far less effective than early results from the clinical trial first suggested.According to an analysis by scientists at the FDA, the experimental pill cut the risk of hospitalization or death from COVID-19 by about 30%, compared to a placebo, and the pill showed no benefit for people with antibodies against COVID-19 from prior infection.The updated analysis showed 48 hospitalizations or deaths among study participants who were randomly assigned to take the antiviral drug, compared to 68 among those who took a placebo.Those results come from the full set of 1,433 patients...

BREAKING: CNN says host Chris Cuomo is 'suspended indefinitely' after it was revealed he used his media sources to find out info on brother Andrew’s accusers

Health experts across the globe are raising concerns about the newly discovered COVID-19 variant, Omicron, which was first identified in South Africa. The country’s minister of health announced last week that the variant had already spread in different areas of the country.The next day, the World Health Organization designated Omicron a “variant of concern.”President Joe Biden echoed this statement at a news briefing today, but he stressed that the new variant is a “cause for concern, not a cause for panic.”COVID-19 vaccine makers are looking into the vaccine’s protection against the new variant.“The mutations in the Omicron variant are concerning,...

A judge on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, finding that Biden likely lacks the authority to force them to get vaccinated. “This is not a case about whether vaccines are effective. They are. Nor is this a case about whether the government, at some level, and in some circumstances, can require citizens to obtain vaccines. It can,” U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, a George W. Bush nominee, wrote in the 29-page order. “The question presented here is narrow. Can the president use congressionally delegated authority to manage the federal procurement of goods and...

In his book “The Real Anthony Fauci,” Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. accuses Fauci, throughout his long career, of being guilty of appropriating public funds for his own enrichment, fraud, corruption, foisting experimental and harmful drugs on unsuspecting people, and even extensive atrocities and genocide from his drug projects. Neither does Bill Gates escape Kennedy’s wrath. Documented by page after page of endnotes, here are some quotes from the book: • “Tony Fauci basically created this template that he then used over the next 45 years, to develop toxic drug after toxic drug. He killed early treatment, and killed any protocol...

Jacob Chansley, known to some as the "QAnon Shaman," has filed an appeal to his 41-month prison sentence following his involvement with the January 6 attack on the Capitol. "We did file a 'Notice of Appeal' yesterday," attorney Bill Shipley told Insider. "We have made no decisions yet about what issues might be appealed, or even if an appeal will actually be pursued. But we wanted to preserve the option to do so while we discuss the matter further with Mr. Chansley, and better understand the case against him."