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According to court documents, Allison Fluke-Ekren, aka Allison Ekren, aka Umm Mohammed al-Amriki and aka Umm Mohammed, 42, a former resident of Kansas, traveled overseas and from in or about September 2011 through in or about May 2019, engaged in terrorism-related activities in multiple countries, including Syria, Libya and Iraq. Fluke-Ekren ultimately served as the leader and organizer of an ISIS military battalion, known as the Khatiba Nusaybah, where she trained women on the use of automatic firing AK-47 assault rifles, grenades and suicide belts. Over 100 women and young girls, including as young as 10 or 11-years-old, received military...

Gas prices on Tuesday hit another record under Joe Biden. Inflation rates are outpacing wages and gas prices are through the roof. Out-of-touch Democrat Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow bragged that she passed “every single gas station” in her brand new electric vehicle and it didn’t matter “how high gas was.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin said same-sex marriage "will not happen" as long as he's in the Kremlin.MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia would not legalize gay marriage as long as he was in the Kremlin.He made clear he would not allow the traditional notion of mother and father to be subverted by what he called “parent number 1” and “parent number 2.”“As far as ‘parent number 1’ and ‘parent number 2’ goes, I’ve already spoken publicly about this and I’ll repeat it again: As long as I’m president this will not happen. There will be dad and...

Oh sure, you may think that when you have a cool $7 million in the bank, life is all wine and roses. But that's wrong. Rich people do have problems, and the latest high drama out of Laguna Beach (average household income around $216,000) proves it:Bond King Bill Gross has finally won the turf war against his neighbor over a million dollar art installation at the billionaire's California beachfront home.After a lengthy legal battle, the former PIMCO CEO and his wife, Amy Gross, have won approval from Laguna Beach lawmakers to keep their $1 million, 10-foot-tall cobalt glass sculpture installed...

Two Ivy League students face plagiarism allegations according to a petition that has accumulated over 5,500 signatures as of June 7. A group called “For Justice in College Applications,” cited multiple instances of alleged plagiarism by Madeline Choi and Annabelle Choi, siblings “accepted to the highly-selective 7-year bio-dental program at UPenn.” The group calls itself “a group of parents, students, teachers, and researchers who are fighting for justice and integrity in academic research and the admission process for highly selective universities in the United States.” Annabelle is a current student, and Madeline is a high school senior accepted in the...

Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R) on Tuesday told a group of reporters he “sensed a lot of chin-stroking” when he briefed his Republican colleagues on the discussions of a bipartisan group of senators working on gun reform. Cornyn is one of nine senators currently working to reach a bipartisan agreement on gun legislation in the aftermath of multiple mass shootings that have occurred throughout the country, including one at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 students and two teachers.

Another Arab "Palestinian" Jihadist praising Hitler amal_Ja @Amal213456Ja Arab "Palestinian" Jihadist His profile carries a banner - a Hamas theme. His profile photo - blurred... Hir profile reads: "This path, and there is no alternative to the path of the Mujahid, will not be betrayed." At location, he states he is in Hebron and calls it "Palestine". and then rambles something about the very Israeli left. Then, 6 minutes later, at 3:14 PM · Jun 2, 2022, he responds [this one suddenly] in Hebrew to YuvalEylon "Hitler was [he tweeted] right." And even posts a picture of Hitler. amal_Ja...

Novavax’s two-dose dose Covid-19 vaccine for adults ages 18 and older cleared a key step on the path toward Food and Drug Administration authorization on Tuesday. The FDA’s committee of independent vaccine experts voted 21 to 0 with one abstention to recommend authorization of the shot for use in the U.S. after an all-day public meeting in which they weighed safety and effectiveness data. The FDA usually follows the committee’s recommendations, though it is not obligated to do so. The agency could clear Novavax’s vaccine for distribution in the U.S. as soon as this week. The Centers for Disease Control...

Russia has lost its 50th colonel of the war in Ukraine in the latest hammer blow to the Kremlin, with the death toll now thought to have climbed past 31,000. Artillery commander Lt Col Vladimir Nigmatullin, a 46-year-old father-of-three from Yekaterinburg, was killed on May 31, it has now been revealed. Nigmatullin's death has been confirmed to his family, adding to the huge list of casualties of Russia's military leaders, with one colonel killed every two days.

When Siobhan Harrison noticed a bump on her upper chest in December 2020, she thought it was a pimple and tried to pop it. But the area became bruised, and then grew. "I kept an eye on it for a while and noticed it getting bigger, which I thought was because I'd aggravated it," Harrison, a 24-year-old barista in South Wales, told the UK wire service PA Life. "But it started to worry me, so I booked a doctor's appointment." Clinicians in the UK's public health system, NHS, referred her for further testing, but the wait list was nine months...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said American consumers will be at the mercy of oil companies this summer, as crude oil is expected to reach $160 a barrel, according to an analysis released Monday by Goldman Sachs. Speaking to the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, Yellen took heat from both Republicans and Democrats for inflation that’s near 40-year highs, with gasoline prices up almost 50 percent over the last year. In May, a gallon of gas cost more than $4.50, according to a national average compiled by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. It’s now at $4.86 a gallon, up 25 cents...

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday blasted Fox News as “cowardly” for deciding not to televise the highly anticipated prime-time hearing later this week by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. “Few things obstruct the American people from hearing the truth more than Fox News’s cowardly decision not to broadcast Thursday’s hearing,” he said at a press conference after the weekly Senate lunch.

India is looking to double down on its Russian oil imports with state-owned refiners eager to take more heavily-discounted supplies from Rosneft PJSC as international buyers turn down dealings with Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. State processors are collectively working on finalizing and securing new six-month supply contracts for Russian crude to India, said people with knowledge of the companies’ procurement plans. Cargoes are being sought on a delivered basis from Rosneft, with the seller set to handle shipping and insurance matters, they said. These supply agreements, if concluded, will be separate and on top of shipments that India...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a terror threat bulletin Tuesday warning that online forums harboring domestic violent extremist content and conspiracy theories have encouraged copycat attacks in the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Analysts from DHS' Office of Intelligence & Analysis assess that these online platforms have also "seized on the event to attempt to spread disinformation and incite grievances, including claims it was a government-staged event meant to advance gun control measures." As analysts probe recent tragedies in search of common factors or motives, researchers have uncovered a disturbing trend...

Tenth Week in Ordinary Time Matthew 5:13-16 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus calls his followers salt and light,>br> thus exhorting them to evangelize their culture. The theme of Jesus’ "inaugural address" is conversion: "The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel." And the motif of his final words is mission: "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations." The Christian life is lived in between, and under the conditioning of, these two imperatives. Having been seized by the beauty of revelation, our only proper response is a change of life and a commitment to become...

A Safeway employee was killed during a robbery inside a branch of the supermarket in San Jose on Sunday, sources told KTVU. San Jose police are investigating the homicide at the Safeway on Hamilton Avenue in the Willow Glen neighborhood. Sources with knowledge of the crime say a thief was in the alcohol section stealing liquor. The shooting happened at 3:30 a.m. Police say there was an altercation between a Safeway employee and an adult male suspect who allegedly shot the employee. The suspect remains at large. SEE ALSO: Asian man allegedly beaten in front of Oakland's Fox Theater A...

The Univisión-Televisa conglomerate has made a deal with a left-wing coalition financed in part by George Soros to purchase 18 Spanish-language radio stations around the country, reports revealed this week – including historic anti-communist Miami station Radio Mambí. The purchase, which still requires FCC approval, is an attempt to stem the tide of Hispanic-Americans voting for Republicans based on cultural conservative values and a growing disdain for the failed presidency of Joe Biden – or, as one of the executives in charge of the purchase described it, to combat “disinformation.” If approved, the deal would put the 18 radio stations...

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The brave Uvalde mom who rescued her two sons from Robb Elementary School during the devastating shooting that killed 19 students and 2 adults is speaking up about being threatened by law enforcement. Angeli Rose Gomez told CBS News that she was informed that if she continues to talk to media about her fearless actions, she would be charged with a probation violation for obstruction of justice. Gomez did not identify the member of law enforcement who called her. As soon as she heard that there was an active shooter at Robb Elementary, she drove around “100 miles per hour,”...

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday morning blamed 'global challenges' including the invasion of Ukraine and pointed to the Trump administration for inflation and the state of the economy. Biden is under pressure to fix the highest inflation in 40 years and is calling it his top priority, but polls show Americans overwhelmingly doubt his ability to turn things around. An ABC News poll from over the weekend found just 28 percent of Americans approve of Biden's handling of inflation and 80 percent say it is an extremely important factor in how they will vote.