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The 6.4 magnitude earthquake was reported around 2:40 a.m. about eight miles southwest of Ferndale in Humboldt County. For millions of people near the epicenter, an alert was sent out to their phones up to 10 seconds prior the dramatic shaking. The alert notification reads “drop, cover, and hold on.” It was sent out to an estimated 3 million Android phone users automatically through a partnership between California and Google. A quarter-million people received the warning through the MyShake app, a state-sponsored app developed by UC Berkeley that is available for download in the Android and iOS app stores.

An enraged Alabama mom chucked a computer at an airline worker when she realized she’d lost her kids at the airport. Camilia McMillie, 25, is facing criminal charges for her caught-on-camera meltdown Tuesday at Miami International Airport. Video shows the Birmingham mom yelling and ripping things off the counter after her two young children had walked away to the bathroom while she was checking in for her connecting flight with American Airlines. “Once [McMillie] noticed the children were not with her, she became irate and began to scream, demanding the gate agent to find her children,” Miami-Dade Police explained. McMillie,...

Some say that Dickens is the father of the modern Christmas celebration—a tradition that was disappearing at the time he wrote the story. His portrayal of a Victorian snow-filled holiday celebrated with wassail, caroling, and families gathered around the table to eat the Christmas goose, perpetuated the secular Christmas celebration, which many Americans now enjoy. Yet, it was far more than a holiday tale. A Christmas Carol was a powerful, almost subliminal, message of Christian values and morality—though Jesus, God and the New Testament are barely alluded to in the story. How many readers knew that Dickens was an unconventional...

Five of the teens were found guilty of aggravated rape by the Solna District Court on Friday, with the sixth guilty of attempted aggravated rape. The attack took place in early March at an apartment in Tensta, where one of the teens dealt out condoms while the other five took turns raping the 15-year-old girl. The court took into account that the girl’s information included “a cohesive, long, and relatively detailed account” of the incident that did not contain “any contradictions or elements to the story that could be considered inexplicable”. Despite denying the incident occurred when the trial opened,...

Just as Ottawa publicly acknowledges that its assisted suicide regime might have gone too far, critics have highlighted the existence of a little-known medical assistance in dying children’s activity book that was funded by the Canadian government. The book is not intended for children who are themselves seeking assisted death, and it’s not subject to mass-distribution through schools or public libraries. Minors are ineligible for medically assisted death in Canada, although there has been a push by the Quebec College of Physicians to extend the practice to severely disabled newborns. Rather, the activity book is intended for children who may...

Technologies designed to combat COVID-19 were redirected by law enforcement and intelligence services in other democracies as governments expanded their digital arsenals amid the pandemic. Back in April of 2020, NTEB warned you that the COVID-19 crisis was being used as a cover to roll out and implement technology that would create a global surveillance society. Here we are two and a half years later, and the Liberal media is finally catching up with us as the AP story below will show you. As grueling as it was to live through, the pandemic was simply the opening shot of the...

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Just what does an illegal alien get when they’re released at the border? I presume they get a court date or notice that they will get one in the future. They seem to be getting a free trip to somewhere within the US, if they’re lucky, or they’re dumped on the street at the border. But what else do they get? Do they get papers that allow them to take a job legally? What benefits do they have access to? I’m curious as I have not seen a decent list recently about what is currently given to an illegal alien...

Renowned actor Tim Robbins told comedian Russell Brand during a podcast interview aired over the weekend that his views about COVID-19 restrictions completely changed when Robbins visited parts of the world where people publicly asserted their right to be free from masking, and that lockdown enforcers’ coercion, sanctimony, and demonization of those with different views have fed an atmosphere of tribalism and repression that is dangerous for civil society. In conversation with Brand on the Dec. 18 episode of the comedian’s podcast, Robbins also voiced his dismay at official policies based on limited scientific studies that discouraged patterns of behavior...

Williams was convicted of six murders, including one triple murder in 1989, but freed after almost 30 years in prison when his final murder charge was tossed because evidence of prosecutorial misconduct came to light. Williams was part of a funeral procession for formerly incarcerated friend Tyree Little in Philadelphia, his friends told the Philadelphia Inquirer. As he stepped out of his car on the 3000 block of Lehigh Avenue at around 2.20pm, he was shot once in the head. [snip]

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the Russian army must learn from and fix the problems it had suffered in Ukraine, promising to give the military whatever it needed to prosecute a war nearing the end of its 10th month. In a speech to defence chiefs in Moscow, Putin said there were no financial limits on what the government would provide in terms of equipment and hardware. "We have no funding restrictions. The country and the government are providing everything that the army asks for," he said. Putin acknowledged, not for the first time, that the call-up of 300,000...

In a landslide tragedy that killed at least 21 people in Selangor on Friday (Dec 16), a man and his friend managed to save a mother and her baby. The man, who declined to be named, told Astro Awani that he was sleeping in a tent with his wife and two children at the campsite near Genting Highlands when they heard a sudden loud sound. "Luckily my tent was at the end, my leg was a little sprained because of running", he said. Recounting the moment of anxiety, the man said that all the survivors came out holding flashlights to...

Update from Ukraine | Zelenskyi in USA | 1,8bln support for Ukrainian army. What are the JDAM bombs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh3IRhn2i6I&list=RDCMUCpr-NNORb2UQYDD3k-w-OFg&start_radio=1 Follow on Instagram up to date uploads. https://www.instagram.com/denys_pilot/ SUMMARY & MAPS Military Maps & Comment here: https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-300-summary/ Invasion Day 300 – Summary December 20, 2022

Ian CrossPosted at 12:41 PM, Dec 14, 2022 and last updated 10:15 AM, Dec 14, 2022 COLUMBUS, Ohio — If you’re a weirdo who loves cats and lives in Cleveland, you may soon be able to announce that to the world with your license plate while supporting an organization that helps cat owners and their feline companions. A bill to add a “Weirdo Cat Lovers of Cleveland” license plate option had its first hearing in the Ohio Statehouse’s Transportation and Public Safety Committee Tuesday, bringing the legislation one step closer to passing. Recent Stories from news5cleveland.com Proceeds from the $15...

The magnitude of prejudice and aversion against individuals refusing COVID-19 vaccination was detailed in three studies spanning 21 countries. In data from the U.S., vaccinated people were 16 percentage points (95% CI 14-19) more likely to have antipathy toward those who remain unvaccinated than toward the vaccinated. "Incompetence" was endorsed 14 percentage points more often and "untrustworthy" 13 percentage points more often by the vaccinated about the unvaccinated, Michael Bang Petersen, PhD, of Aarhus University in Denmark, and colleagues reported in Natureopens in a new tab or window. "The conflict between those who are vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who...

An inspirational Melbourne school principal who died suddenly is being remembered as 'a visionary' and 'a thoroughly decent person'. Maria Karvouni, 59, principal of co-ed school Auburn High, died last weekend after a battle with illness, sending its teachers, students and their parents into mourning. Ms Karvouni was 'an outstanding person, a wonderful, dedicated leader' and the driving force behind Auburn's success, the school said in one of hundreds of online tributes.

Cmdr. Robert Ramirez III was found dead in his home on Monday. The highly decorated commanding officer of Navy's SEAL Tean 1, Cmdr. Robert Ramirez III, was found dead at his San Diego County home on Dec. 19. In a statement on Wednesday, Naval Special Warfare Command officials said that foul play was not suspected in Ramirez's death, and that an investigation is being conducted by the San Diego police department...

A Georgia Court of Appeals judge has died at age 64. Judge Clyde Reese died on Saturday, the court announced, saying he died unexpectedly after a short hospital stay. No cause of death was given. A former commissioner of the Department of Community Health, Reese was appointed to the 15-judge court in 2016 by Gov. Nathan Deal, winning election to a six-year term in 2019. Gov. Brian Kemp will appoint a replacement.

Germany is replacing nuclear power with coal and candles. They’re gonna party like it’s 1899!Germany is replacing nuclear power with coal and candles. They’re gonna party like it’s 1899!Sources:https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2022/7/12/23205691/germany-energy-crisis-nuclear-power-coal-climate-change-russia-ukrainehttps://www.npr.org/sections/money/2022/12/20/1144258347/facing-an-energy-crisis-germans-stock-up-on-candles

With former President Donald Trump officially launching his 2024 presidential campaign, the GOP candidate’s campaign on Monday launched an “Official Trump 2024 Vice President Poll” to ask people who should be his running mate. The poll requires a donation to his campaign before users can enter a name of their choice for Trump’s vice president pick, according to a campaign email Monday.