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Last week, billionaire internet entrepreneur (Netscape co-founder) Jim Clark broke the news to the WSJ that he sold his oceanfront estate near Palm Beach, Florida, for $173mln. At the time, Clark wouldn’t reveal who the mystery buyer was. Bloomberg reports the buyer of the most expensive property ever sold in Florida is no other than billionaire Oracle Corp. co-founder Larry Ellison. Ellison’s new estate includes a 62,000-square feet Mediterranean-style mansion and several other buildings on the property with more than 30 bedrooms. It was noted by Bloomberg The real estate transaction was off-market. Clark bought the estate in early 2021...

The U.S. Supreme Court voted Friday to uphold a Mississippi law, overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that recognized that the right to liberty in the Constitution, which protects personal privacy, includes a woman's right to decide whether to continue a pregnancy. The 6-3 ruling returns decisions on abortions to the states. As one of over a dozen states with a so-called “trigger law” on the book, Louisiana has been poised to ban abortion since 2006.

By blocking the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Russia apparently wants to completely dismantle all the Organization's instruments in Ukraine. This is stated in a statement issued by the EU at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, Ukrinform. "Russia seems determined to dismantle all OSCE instruments one by one, while remaining committed to obstructing or abolishing all instruments that would bring us closer to transparency, mediation, reconciliation and, ultimately, lasting peace. This has been the case with all OSCE field operations in Ukraine, "the EU said in response to a report...

The GOP is considering a 15-week ban on abortion following the demise of the constitutional right to the procedure, according to influential anti-abortion legislator Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ). Smith is the chief backer of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would outlaw the procedure after the 20th week of pregnancy. But Republicans are expected to shorten the deadline for obtaining an abortion still further, Smith told CNN.

Michelle Obama and Amy Schumer are leading the furious public criticism of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade today - with the former First Lady slamming the move as 'horrifying' while warning that it will have 'devastating consequences' for women across the US. The 58-year-old took to Instagram to post a lengthy statement slamming the decision on Friday, describing herself as 'heartbroken' while blasting the Supreme Court for ridding women of their 'fundamental right to make informed decisions about their own bodies'. 'I am heartbroken that we may now be destined to learn the painful lessons of...

Hundreds of irate protesters — egged on by socialist New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — amassed outside the US Supreme Court building Friday to denounce the historic overturning of Roe v. Wade. Additional cops were being brought in to try to keep potential mayhem at bay — a scene that was poised to play out at burgeoning protests in major cities across the country. Outside the Supreme Court, AOC joined protesters around noon, using a bullhorn to egg them on and calling the decision “illegitimate.” Local police units were on high alert for unrest as the crowds continued to grow...

In Perm and Belgorod at night, unknown individuals tried to set fire to military commissariats. The Russian edition Baza reports about it. In Belgorod, at about 3 am, an unknown person smashed the window of a military registration and enlistment office and threw two bottles of incendiary mixture. The table in one of the offices was occupied. The fire was quickly extinguished. Another attack took place in Perm. They wanted to set fire to the military registration and enlistment office in the Kirov district of the city. Four bottles with incendiary mixture were found on the spot, two broke, two...

[Vanity] I'd like to listen to his RADIO show from today since he said Kurt Schlichter would be guest hosting. I like Dan, and I love Schlichter. Any clues where to go to listen to recordings of his radio shows?

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An Afghan prisoner held in U.S. custody for nearly 15 years has been released from the Guantanamo Bay detention center after a federal court ruled that he was unlawfully detained, the U.S. Department of Defense said Friday. Asadullah Haroon Gul’s release was first announced earlier in the day by the Taliban in Afghanistan and an international human rights group. From Kabul, Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban-appointed deputy culture and information minister, tweeted that Gul was one of the last two Afghan prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. Photographs of Gul being greeted by senior Taliban officials in Doha, Qatar,...

We give thanks to God for today’s decision of the United States Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. This just decision will save countless innocent children simply waiting to be born. On this historic day, our gratitude extends to the millions of heroic Americans who have worked tirelessly toward this outcome for nearly a half-century. Women and men, children and adults, believers and non-believers, people of every culture and background have advocated for life. They have been a charitable and compelling voice for the voiceless, and today, their voice has been heard. As Catholics, we have prayed...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — An Afghan prisoner held in U.S. custody for nearly 15 years has been released from the Guantanamo Bay detention center after a federal court ruled that he was unlawfully detained, the U.S. Department of Defense said Friday. Asadullah Haroon Gul’s release was first announced earlier in the day by the Taliban in Afghanistan and an international human rights group. From Kabul, Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban-appointed deputy culture and information minister, tweeted that Gul was one of the last two Afghan prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. Photographs of Gul being greeted by senior Taliban officials in Doha, Qatar,...

Video has emerged of one rogue Russian air defence missile from a volley launched in the Luhansk region turning 180 degrees in mid air to smash into almost the exact location from where it was launched. The video was reported to be filmed in the early hours this morning near the town of Alchevsk, about 55 miles south of Severodonetsk, where the fiercest fighting has been raging. Reports indicate that the air defence missile system - possibly an S300 - was operated by Ukrainian pro-Russian separatists from the breakaway Luhansk People's Republic. The cause of the malfunction is not clear,...

The armed forces have destroyed a militant who previously killed people in Syria and Libya and wrote the book "#theyarenotthere". As Censor.NET reports about it with reference to the "Myrotvorets" center. According to the Center, the pro-Kremlin mercenary is the author of the autobiographical book "#theyrenotthere", which tells about his participation in hostilities in Ukraine, Syria, and Libya. "Orlov was so eager for fame that until the last day he posted photos and videos of his participation in the fighting in Ukraine, while merging the dispositions of orcs in the Donbas. Using even these data, the Ukraine Armed Forces...

(Translation) Governor Pedro Pierluisi left legislation addressing abortion up to the Legislature, following the decision by the United States Supreme Court to nullify the Roe v. Wade. "Basically, what the Supreme Court has decided is that the matter has to be addressed at the state level, and, in our case, here in Puerto Rico. The Legislature is called upon to take action over the matter of abortion. Our Constitution also applies. Basically, what the Supreme Court's decision indicates is that the right to abortion will not be protected at the United States Constitution level, but that the states are allowed...

Activists are planning protests across the San Francisco Bay Area to express outrage over the United States Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Groups joining Reproductive Justice include Glide Memorial Church, Unitarian Universalist Church of San Francisco, Radical Women, Raging Grannies Action League, Freedom Socialist Party, Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights Bay Area, Socialist Alternative and Workers World Party Bay Area. The groups are urging unions to organize a national emergency conference of women to plan further actions. 4 p.m., San Francisco, Ferry Building: Roe v. Wade Overturned: Protest to Protect the Right to Choose 4 p.m., Napa,...

A senior official in the Russian-installed administration of Ukraine’s occupied Kherson region was killed in an apparent assassination on Friday, the deputy head of the administration told Reuters. Dmitry Savluchenko, head of the families, youth, and sports department of the Kherson Military-Civilian Administration, was killed in a bomb blast. Russia's TASS news agency said there were two burnt-out cars in a courtyard of Kherson, the regional capital where the blast took place, and that the windows of one four-storey house had been shattered. An adviser to the Ukrainian governor of Kherson told Ukraine's public news network Suspilne that the assassination...

U.S.—After making it to the 198th trimester, Roe V. Wade has been aborted. Conceived all the way back on January 22, 1973, Roe V. Wade has been struck down after a decision was passed down today by the Supreme Court. 6 out of the 9 Justices decided to terminate the longstanding federal law. According to Doctors who performed the procedure, "Roe V Wade did not feel a thing as it was ripped apart word by word, syllable from syllable as it was fed through the paper shredder." According to sources, the Justices claimed court autonomy gave them the right to...

WASHINGTON — It’s “a fair question,” said Bishop James S. Wall of Gallup, New Mexico, to ask whether U.S. bishops “are cherry-picking” from among several evils confronting society by “focusing on abortion” in relation to whether Catholic politicians who support it should receive Communion. “Why aren’t we seeking eucharistic sanctions for other evils that are rampant in society?” he asked, writing May 18 in the journal First Things. “The answer is that while there are many serious sins that diminish our worthiness to receive the Eucharist, only the gravest sins extinguish that worthiness entirely.” He also said that he and...