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A body has been recovered in Texas by authorities searching for Taylor Pomaski, a 29-year-old woman who went missing in May. The remains were found Dec. 10, and have not yet been positively identified as Pomaski's, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Investigators from the sheriff's office, along with members of Texas EquuSearch, "searched and excavated a site in North Harris County," Sheriff Ed Gonzalez wrote on Twitter. "The location was identified during the ongoing investigation into Taylor Pomaski's disappearance. Investigators located possible remains, that were later determined, by the HC Institute of Forensic Sciences, to be human."

“The Seventh Circuit was skeptical Thursday of a parks advocacy organization’s arguments opposing the construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park, in a case that has left many supporters of the former president bewildered and angry. “If the Clinton Foundation had approached New York City and asked for 20 acres of Central Park for its Harlem headquarters, it would have been laughed out of court. “But that is essentially what the Obama Foundation asked of Chicago - and got, in a sweetheart deal inked under former Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who previously served as Obama’s chief of staff....

If only there were something they all had in common Early in the BYU exhibition game against Colorado Christian on Nov. 4, big man Richard Harward left the contest, and it was later determined that he would be out “at least a little while” because of what head coach Mark Pope called a “cardiovascular issue.” Harward hasn’t played since, and on Tuesday, he announced via Instagram that he will miss the rest of the season because of the heart problem. “The condition affecting my heart has developed further complications. For my health and safety, it has been determined I will...

. In the park, protesters faced the familiar pop, pop, pop of pepper bullets and stinging clouds of tear gas meant to push back hundreds of them as they tried, again and again, to break through the police barricades set up around President Trump’s home. Later, American flags and parked cars and buildings were lit ablaze — including St. John’s Church, a historic landmark opened in 1816 and attended by every president since James Madison. Firefighters quickly extinguished the basement fire, which police said was intentionally set. Downtown, baseball bats bashed through windows at coffee shops, banks and one office...

The rocks smashing through Melina Armstead’s front window sounded like gunshots. She crouched on the floor, glass raining around her, and screamed at her children to hide in the basement. One large rock landed beside her; another knocked over the Christmas tree. Armstead reached for the panic button on her alarm system and realized she was covered in blood from where glass had cut her hand. Armstead immediately told law enforcement who she suspected was behind the attack — her troubled former neighbor, Jamal Thomas — trusting the officers would keep her and her family safe, and get Thomas the...

Dr. Fauci says wear two masks This one could go either way. It’s San Jose which is Leftist, but is full of silent conservatives. (Video at link)

ROBERT REDFIELD: We're clearly going to be in for a tough couple -- I think -- a couple of months with the omicron variant coming, which is much more transmissible, replicates at a higher rate. So I just think trying to get people vaccinated, maintaining their vaccine status, getting boosted and then trying to bring in different mitigation steps, which masking is critical. The other one that I think is underutilized is to take advantage of routine testing in these circumstances where people are actually tested, say, once or twice a week, so you can understand who is silently infected...

WASHINGTON — The real divide in California has never been between San Francisco in the north and Los Angeles to the south, but rather between the moneyed coast and the hardscrabble inland, where pro-Trump placards abound. Few know that divide as well as Rep. Josh Harder, a native of Turlock, Calif., a town in the state’s Central Valley, where the local brewery is called Dust Bowl.Harder left Turlock for Stanford, then went to graduate school at Harvard and later returned to California to work in venture capital before coming home and winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Rams added wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and eight other players to the reserve/COVID-19 list on Tuesday, the team announced. In addition to Beckham, defensive back Terrell Burgess, tight end Brycen Hopkins, defensive back JuJu Hughes, offensive tackle Alaric Jackson, defensive tackle Sebastian Joseph-Day and safety Jordan Fuller were added to the list, while defensive end Jonah Williams and defensive back Tyler Hall were also added as practice squad members. Further, tight end Tyler Higbee was removed from the reserve/COVID-19 list, confirming that he missed a 30-23 victory over the Arizona Cardinals on...

The federal appeals court based in Denver has dismissed the long-running lawsuit seeking to void Colorado's Taxpayer Bill of Rights, finding in a 7-2 decision that a collection of local governments has no basis to challenge the 1992 constitutional amendment. Chief Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich, writing for himself and six of his colleagues, concluded that the Boulder County Board of County Commissioners, a handful of school districts and one special district failed to show that the 1875 Enabling Act that guaranteed to Colorado a "republican" form of government had also given the local government entities the ability to challenge TABOR's...

Just another day at CNN, the no-news network that falls consistently behind reruns of “Martin” in the ratings You lose a Chris. You get a Chris. Cuomo gets fired. Wallace gets hired for something called CNN Plus, a supposed streaming service or should we say, screaming service, for progressive fanatics like Chris Wallace. Wallace, who was installed in 2003 as the Sunday talk show replacement for the late, great Tony Snow, was hired largely for his last name with Fox thinking the son of the legendary Mike Wallace would give them an added dose of credibility and show them to...

District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine announced on Tuesday a civil lawsuit against the right-wing groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers over the January 6 Capitol riot. The lawsuit marks the first civil lawsuit filed by a government entity against those who participated in the deadly January 6 riot, he wrote on Twitter. "They caused extensive damage to the District, our democracy and particularly the brave men and women of our Metropolitan Police Department," he wrote on Twitter. He added: "Today, we're holding these insurrectionists accountable for conspiring to terrorize the District by planning, promoting, and participating in the...

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Explanation: To some, it may look like a beehive. In reality, the featured image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a cosmic pillar of dust, over two-light years long, inside of which is Herbig-Haro 666 -- a young star emitting powerful jets. The structure lies within one of our galaxy's largest star forming regions, the Carina Nebula, shining in southern skies at a distance of about 7,500 light-years. The pillar's layered outline are shaped...

Governor Mark Gordon has responded to today’s (Tuesday, December 7, 2021) decision by a federal court in Georgia that temporarily blocks President Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors and subcontractors. The Governor and Attorney General joined Wyoming in a coalition challenging this federal action. "This is the third time the courts have heard our concerns about federal overreach and temporarily halted the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandates," Governor Gordon said. "This Administration should take note and stand down from this effort. Attorney General Hill and I remain committed to protecting Wyoming’s people from these unconstitutional policies." Wyoming is taking a three-pronged...

Dr. Fauci was commenting on a recent study that showed that the Covid vaccines may actually make a recipient more likely to be reinfected than someone with natural immunity from a prior infection.

No, you’re not a trillionaire. But you’d be forgiven for soiling your trousers when you took a peek at the price of your favorite cryptocurrency investments on CoinMarketCap on Tuesday afternoon. CoinMarketCap squashed the dreams of crypto investors around 5pm ET on Tuesday when it explained in a tweet that the shocking jump in price of a variety of cryptocurrencies was due to “price issues” and wasn’t real.

The revelation is a stark example of how Big Tech corporates and government can easily collude using user data to restrict the liberties of the general public.

The lone Black juror on the panel that convicted Jussie Smollett of lying to Chicago police about what authorities say was a staged hate crime says he cannot get past how the actor put a noose around his neck when officers were coming to interview himThe only Black juror on the panel that convicted Jussie Smollett of lying to Chicago police said he couldn't get past what the actor did not do after he claimed attackers looped a noose around his neck: Rip it off and keep it off. If others saw the noose as Smollett's clumsy effort to portray...

Democrats want to subject tech companies to mandatory "racial equity audits" conducted by their political allies, a move which could cement the party's control of Silicon Valley. A small group of organizations with close ties to Democratic politicians and progressive donors conducts the majority of these audits, which advocates say are needed to promote racial justice. But in practice, equity auditors often push companies to hire more left-wing activists and former Democratic party officials, often from the auditing organizations themselves. The audits also call for the abolition of standards of "merit" and the ability for a special executive to veto...

Earlier this year, the gun control group Everytown launched a new program to train its volunteers to run for office. More than 100 people are participating in Demand A Seat this year. Among them is Mia Livas Porter, who is running for a California Assembly seat, and whose brother, Junior, took his own life with a gun after battling mental illness. She said that for years she felt powerless — but that changed when she joined Moms Demand Action, an arm of Everytown. "I felt empowered to use my voice as a survivor. And I saw how it could make...