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In light of last week’s inflation report revealing prices in September rose faster than expected, recent data shows some cities are better equipped to handle a recession than others. Frisco and McKinney are two of those cities, ranking among the 20 most resilient economies in the nation, according to data from SmartAsset, a financial technology company.

Portland Maine Police Department Continued Jail Closure Jeopardizes Public Safety PORTLAND, Maine – Steven Gruerman (DOB 7-10-1978) of Appleton, Maine was arrested and charged with Operating Under the Influence (Felony), and Operating without a License and Terrorizing following a traffic stop on Riverside Street. He was issued citations and released from the Portland Police Station. Under normal circumstances he would have been arrested and taken to the Cumberland County Jail, but due to the continued jail closure the jail would not accept him. Shortly after his release he was arrested a second time and charged with Assault on a Police...

Fool's Ball Week 7! Your home for all things Fool's Ball! In Memoriam Danny Lee (BENDER2)

(...) The last thing keeping us free in America, as the lights go off all over Europe- and Australia, and Canada - is, yes, we must face this fact, the Second Amendment. I can’t believe I am writing those words. But here we are and I stand by them. (...)

Major job cuts are coming to Twitter whether or not Elon Musk acquires the social media company. Musk has told prospective investors that he plans to cut nearly 75% of staff at Twitter, The Washington Post reported Thursday. That would bring Twitter’s staff down from 7,500 employees to around 2,000. Over time, he would hire new people to increase the staff again, however. And even if he doesn’t close, Twitter’s existing management planned to cut the workforce by about a quarter, the Post reported. The company also plans to make cuts to infrastructure like data centers. Musk previously hinted at...

Tzvi Yehezkeli explains that the series uncovers the connection between human rights orgs. and terrorists. A new documentary series airing this Sunday on Israel's Channel 13, follows R. a 32-year-old foreign national who secretly infiltrated anti-Israel organizations and worked with Hamas heads in Europe. R. took part in flotillas from Europe to Gaza, and shares, for the first time, footage from inside the relationship between radical Islam and the radical left. In honor of the series premiere, a launch event was held on Wednesday in Jerusalem. During the event, the documentary's host, Middle East correspondent Tzvi Yehezkeli, stated: "This is...

Nine demonstrators who glued themselves to the floor of a Volkswagen dealership in Germany to protest climate change are set for a cold and dark night. When time came to shut up shop, Volkswagen staff locked the doors and switched off the lights and heating, leaving the protestors on the concrete ground. The protestors, who are all reportedly scientists, claim the carmaker accepted their right to protest but neglected to make their lives any easier for the duration of the demonstration. 'They refused our request to provide us with a bowl to urinate and defecate in a decent manner while...

Elon Musk has vowed to fire a whopping 75 percent of Twitter's workforce as part of his plan to take over the company. Corporate documents obtained by the Washington Post reveal that the billionaire told prospective investors in his $44 billion deal to buy the social media giant that he plans to get rid of three-quarters of its 7,500 workers. That would leave the company with just a skeleton crew of just over 2,000 employees, which experts say would make it difficult for the social media company to tamp down on what it deems to be 'misinformation.' -snip- The deal...

Asked if he was concerned about possible negative economic spillover from Liz Truss's resignation, Joe Biden said: ‘I don’t think they’re that consequential.’ Speaking to reporters, the US president said the British prime minister had been a good partner ‘on Russia and Ukraine, and the British are going to solve their problems’. In a statement from the White House, Biden said the US and the UK remained ‘allies and enduring friends – and that fact will never change’. He thanked Truss for her partnership against Russia

President Biden raised eyebrows Thursday when he said that Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s wife would be a “great lady in the Senate” — appearing to imply that the Democrat would be unable to serve due to his poor health. “John, thank you very much for running, I really do appreciate it,” Biden said at an event in Pittsburgh. “And Gisele, you’re going to be a great, great lady in the Senate.” Fetterman had a stroke in the same week that he won the May 17 Democratic Senate primary and continues to experience health issues, though he and his campaign...

A Texas man accused of beating his girlfriend to the point where their unborn child died, will serve no jail time after taking a plea deal with the Travis County District Attorney’s office Monday, according to reports. Johnny Charles Ebbs V’s plea deal comes with eight years of deferred adjudication on a third-degree continuous family violence assault charge, meaning that he has not been found guilty at the time of sentencing and will have his offense dismissed if he doesn’t violate his probation. Police said Ebbs beat and hospitalized his pregnant girlfriend, LaShonda Lemons, in Austin in 2019. Three days...

Arizona Secretary of State and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Katie Hobbs has only showed up to her state office 19 days in the past six months, records reveal. Between April 1 and Oct. 14, Hobbs has swiped her security badge at the Arizona state Capitol Building, which houses the secretary of state’s office, a total of 19 days, according to documents obtained through a public records request and shared with Fox News Digital. Just last week, Hobbs told local radio host Barry Markson that she is "actively involved" with her office while she continues to campaign for governor. "My day starts...

The "In The Loop" series Love Life digs into how Americans are dealing with the changing landscape of modern dating. Nearly half of U.S. adults, and a majority of women, say that dating has become harder in the last 10 years or so in the U.S., according to the Pew Research Center. Anna Brown, a researcher who has written extensively about American experiences with dating and related issues for the Pew Research Center, gave Newsy some insight on the statistics. "Men were more likely to say things like they had trouble approaching people, whereas women were more likely to give...

Beloved Philadelphia police officer and dad of twins Kevin Joseph Regan died suddenly on Saturday, Oct. 8. He was 30. Born in Meadowbrook, Regan graduated from Abington Senior High School and Temple University, according to his obituary. He served his community as a police officer in Philadelphia and leaves behind his wife Regan, and their 14-month-old sons, Declan and Maclan, according to a GoFundMe. "Kevin was a beloved friend, coworker, son, husband, and father," reads the fundraiser launched by Mike Givens. "Please let's show her the support she needs in this time of tragedy." The GoFundMe had raised more than...

Darrell Brooks faces 76 charges, including six homicide counts, in the Nov. 21 tragedy in Waukesha. A man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens of others when he allegedly drove his SUV through a Wisconsin Christmas parade last year gave a tearful opening statement Thursday as he defended himself at trial but didn’t outline any defense theories that might save him from prison. Darrell Brooks faces 76 charges, including six homicide counts, in the Nov. 21 tragedy in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha. Investigators maintain he drove into the parade route after fleeing a domestic disturbance with his...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Hollerich Projects Novus Ordo Group Problems onto CatholicsHomosexualist Jean-Claude Hollerich (Luxembourg's Cardinal), relator general of the Synod on Synods, stated that the disastrous Vatican II “saved the Church” [sic!].He told VidaNuevaDigital (17 October): "If we had not had this point of reform [sic!], which was Vatican II, the Church today would be a small sect, unknown to most people" - which is indeed the current state of the Novus Ordo Church.Hollerich lamented that the strongest opposition to the failed Vatican II came from "the traditionalists," who "are also, curiously, a postmodern phenomenon." Resistance to failure, however, is...

It was announced today that the Prime Minister of the UK, Liz Truss, was forced to resign. This is partially true. In reality, she was not forced to resign because of pressure from her Conservative Part, but resigned of her own choice for a separate reason. When confronted with the massive oil and gas shortage that was coming this Winter, Truss was handed a set of knee pads and a tube of Chapstick and told to take appropriate action with the heads of oil and gas exporting nations. Not only was she insulted by this request, but noted that the...

Three families dealing with unimaginable losses after their loved ones died suddenly and tragically in recent days say they are now dealing with scammers. It’s been an emotional week in Barron County, Wisconsin as the community mourns 14-year-old Evah Garcia and 15-year-old Winter Brouillard killed last week in a roll-over crash. Both families said they’ve had to create new fundraising pages after scammers made what appears to be various spoof accounts trying to solicit donations online. “I think it’s just disgusting for people to take advantage of this kind of situation,” said Emilie Bailkey, Winter’s aunt. Bailkey discovered several fake...

“Until proven otherwise, it is likely that Covid mRNA vaccines played a significant or primary role in all unexplained heart attacks, strokes, cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure since 2021.” That’s according to Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a renowned British cardiologist who once endorsed the vaccines on TV but is now raising awareness of their dangers. In September his two–part, peer-reviewed analysis of vaccine efficacy and safety was published in the Journal of Insulin Resistance. Dr. Malhotra made the comments in a new interview with James Freeman Wells, a former Head of U.K. Trade and Business Inflation Statistics at the Office for...

In politics, as in sports, underdogs are often the most interesting people. Modest except in ambition, they take nothing for granted while daring to dream that anything is possible. Lee Zeldin is one of those people. Until recently, he was relatively unknown outside his Long Island congressional district, but he’s now on the cusp of playing David to Gov. Hochul’s Goliath. A series of surveys in recent weeks has showed the race tightening, and a big jolt came Tuesday when the Quinnipiac poll put him behind by just four points. Now there can be no doubt — the race is...