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The race for control of the U.S. Senate is heading toward the home stretch and after almost all the primaries have been held, both Republicans and Democrats have a case to be made that they have a good shot at ending up with a majority of the upper chamber. Reading the tea leaves this election is especially difficult. Sabato’s Crystal Ball rates the battle for Senate control a tossup. Others think the Republicans have a one or two-seat edge. Even in a “red wave” election, winning the Senate is going to be an uphill battle for Republicans. Of the 35...

NAPLES, Fla. – A Naples woman has been arrested after causing a scene and striking a deputy at a Naples bakery. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Dunkin Donuts at 3440 Tamiami Trail after reports of a woman causing a scene in the store. Brandi Coffill, 40, was reported to have entered the bakery and began touching the donuts on display and pushed the supervisor. She also accosted and touched an employees motorcycle, according to the report.

On Wednesday, Solana, a popular blockchain and token, said that some wallets that held its assets had been breached. At least 7,700 such wallets are believed to be affected, the company said, while London-based blockchain-analysis firm Elliptic put the amount stolen at $5.2 million in crypto, which includes Solana tokens and the stablecoin known as USD Coin. The hack is believed to have taken hold on wallets such as Slope and Phantom. These are “hot wallets” — that is, wallets that allow for lightning-fast transactions because they are always connected to the internet, as opposed to “cold wallets,” which usually...

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is expected to be questioned under oath in the coming days in the New York attorney general’s long-running investigation into his dealings as a real estate mogul. The deposition could be a critical moment in the investigation of allegations that the Republican billionaire’s company, the Trump Organization, misled banks and tax authorities about the value of prized assets like golf courses and skyscrapers. New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office said in May that it was nearing the end of its probe and that investigators have amassed substantial evidence that could support...

A man who allegedly shot a woman in the neck was killed this weekend when the bullet also hit him, Dallas police said. Dallas Police officers responded late Saturday morning to reports of a shooting at a residence in the city. Officers found a "large amount of blood and a blood trail," but the apartment was empty, according to a news release. During that time, police also received a call from a nearby hospital complex that a man and woman with apparent gunshot wounds had been found in a vehicle outside. The man died in the hospital but the woman...

(Reuters) -Beyond Meat Inc lowered its forecast for 2022 revenue on Thursday and said it would cut several jobs at a time when demand for its plant-based products is fizzling out in the United States. Analysts have said alternative meat makers should improve their products' taste to attract consumers as a few restaurants including McDonald's Corp have ended U.S. tests of their plant-based menu items without confirming a broader launch. "The company is announcing a reduction-in-force affecting approximately 4% of its global workforce," Beyond Meat said in a statement.

Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series In the state with the highest rate of meth use in the nation, the drug is driving severe mental illness among criminal defendants at the state psychiatric hospital, and other patients are paying the price.Every time Anthony Ware got out of prison, he noticed the meth in Portland tasted more like chemicals. “My daily routine was like, wake up, eat a piece, let that kick in, and then smoke to keep my high,” he said of that time in his life. It was the “good stuff,” cooked by local bikers,...

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar In an ad for his daughter's campaign, Dick Cheney says that in our nation's history there has never been an individual that's been a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump. "He is a coward. A real man wouldn't lie to his supporters." 2:43 PM · Aug 4, 2022

SEBASTIAN, Fla. (CBS12) — After throwing an urn containing a family member's ashes at someone, a naked man from Sebastian was arrested early Saturday morning. According to the Sebastian Police Department, 46-year-old Scott Cornwell got into a heated argument with the victim—which escalated when Cornwell threw a glass-style urn at their head. As officers arrived on scene, they found the victim at a neighbor's house—their face had multiple swollen bloody masses bursting open. The victim was transported to the Sebastian Hospital, where it was later discovered they had a fractured nasal cavity.

Carl Samson Thu, August 4, 2022 at 8:22 AM·2 min read The man accused of slashing an Asian woman in New York City on Sunday will no longer be charged with a hate crime, according to reports. Anthony Evans, 30, will instead undergo a psychiatric evaluation but remain held without bail for the Times Square attack, which left the 59-year-old victim with a severely injured hand and trauma. Surveillance footage of the attack at 7th Ave. and W. 42nd St. shows the assailant allegedly running up to the victim and slashing her from behind with a box cutter. Evans, who...

The Left is not like Us Progressives do not want the same things as most Americans.My colleague at the National Association of Scholars, David Acevedo, recently explained that the academic left does not apply “double standards,” because they don’t share the standards they flout. Rather, he writes, their “behavior is perfectly consistent with its true standard: gain power, crush resistance, and destroy the West by any means necessary.”Acevedo is on point for all radical leftists, not just the academic variety. Their policies intentionally destabilize national security, personal safety, prosperity, the nuclear family, and religion, and are designed to cede America’s...

Pinal County announced Thursday that David Frisk is no longer its elections director, with the removal coming two days after some voters dealt with ballot shortages at various polling locations during the primary. Frisk will be replaced by Virginia Ross, who resigned from her role as county recorder to take on the position. “Pinal County can announce that David Frisk is no longer in the position of elections director and is no longer employed by Pinal County,” the county said in a statement.

Newly discovered emails prove beyond all doubt that the “true purpose” of Hunter Biden’s lucrative deal with a Ukrainian energy company was for Hunter to get “high-ranking US officials” to visit Ukraine and persuade the nation’s leaders to “close down” all criminal “cases/pursuits against” the firm’s primary owner, a notoriously corrupt oligarch with ties to Russia. Documentation of this illegal scheme begins with a widely overlooked email on Hunter’s laptop in which a top executive of the Ukrainian firm describes the plan. Now, emails uncovered by Just Facts prove that Hunter and his partners: explicitly agreed to this deal. concealed...

Explanation: In 1716, English astronomer Edmond Halley noted, "This is but a little Patch, but it shows itself to the naked Eye, when the Sky is serene and the Moon absent." Of course, M13 is now less modestly recognized as the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, one of the brightest globular star clusters in the northern sky. Sharp telescopic views like this one reveal the spectacular cluster's hundreds of thousands of stars. At a distance of 25,000 light-years, the cluster stars crowd into a region 150 light-years in diameter. Approaching the cluster core upwards of 100 stars could be contained...

With the San Antonio news media and local community watching, Hondo City Council on Monday revoked the permit for the Medina Area Friends of the National Rifle Association fundraiser scheduled to be held this Saturday in the city’s Medina County Fair Hall. The 15th annual fundraiser dinner, including a raffle of two guns, a Ruger Max 9 pistol and an AR-15 rifle, was scheduled for Aug. 6, at 5:30 p.m., with proceeds to benefit the NRA Foundation. In 2021, the Friends of NRA event was held Aug. 7 at the same site. According to their social media site, Friends of...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A transgender child and her parents sued the Tennessee Department of Education on Thursday over a law that prohibits transgender students and staff from using school bathrooms or locker rooms that match their gender identities. The suit was filed in federal court in Nashville by a student identified only as D.H. The complaint states D.H. was assigned male at birth but identifies as female. D.H., who is now 8 years old, began living as a girl at the age of 6, according to the lawsuit. The school initially agreed to support D.H.’s social transition but by...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal grand jury investigating efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election has subpoenaed the White House counsel under then-President Donald Trump and his top deputy, according to a person familiar with the matter. The subpoenas to Pat Cipollone and Patrick Philbin suggest an intensifying Justice Department investigation into the events surrounding the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The grand jury subpoenas were confirmed to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the matter who insisted on anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

Joe Biden on Thursday virtually hosted a roundtable event with business and labor leaders to discuss his Marxist ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ that will raise taxes amid a recession. Biden, 79, is currently isolating at the White House after testing positive for Covid for the sixth day in a row. Joe Biden’s physician Dr. O’Connor still has not answered any questions regarding Biden’s lingering Covid infection leading many to believe the Regime is hiding Biden because his cognitive decline is becoming unmanageable. Biden complained about not being able to buy an electric Corvette. "I can’t drive a vehicle while I’m Vice...

The reality of inflation and the specter of a recession appear to be weighing heavily on middle-class households. Among those whose income falls in the $30,000-to-$100,000 range, 75% say their earnings are falling behind the cost of living, and 77% think the U.S. will be in a recession by the end of 2022, according to a recent survey from Primerica. There’s also been a general uptick in financial worries in the last six months, with 39% of those surveyed expecting to be worse off financially in a year, up from 32% in March and 28% in December 2021. In December...

I chatted with Joel Smalley of the HART Group today. He's written a ton of great statistical analyses on his Substack. I asked if anyone has challenged his work. Nope.Steve KirschAug 3 Executive summary Joel Smalley, Quantitative Data Analyst at the HART Group, has written a lot of statistical analyses that have never been challenged. His conclusion: “The cure is worse than the disease.”If the vaccines are so safe, how come nobody has been able to challenge his work?Introduction Joel Smalley is a member of the HART Group and the author of the Dead Man Talking substack. His specialty is...