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Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NYC) takes some heat. VIDEO AT LINK..................... New Yorkers escorted out after addressing their concerns during meeting with their Democratic district leader Rep. Adriano Espaillat. NYers finally fed up?..................

One suspect in an attempted armed robbery in East Hartford is dead after a clerk who was shot during the ordeal shot back, according to police. Police said two people wearing black ski masks went into Humble & Paid Co. at 1285 Main St. just after 10:30 p.m. Thursday, intending to rob the business. The store clerk struggled with one of the suspects, who pulled out a firearm and the suspect shot the clerk in the back, police said. The store clerk returned fire with two of his legally registered firearms, striking one of the suspects several times, according to...

A powerful arctic blast swept into the U.S. Northeast on Friday, threatening to push temperatures to record lows in many spots, including New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, where the wind chill could drop to -110 degrees Fahrenheit ... ... Boston and Worcester, the two largest cities in New England, were among the school districts to close on Friday as administrators worried about the risk of hypothermia and frostbite as children waited for buses or walked to school. The bitter cold in the forecast forced a rare closing of a floating museum that presents a daily re-enactment of the 1773 Boston Tea...

Some Point Loma residents were startled Monday night by several loud “bangs” and low-flying helicopters just outside their homes. San Diego Police confirmed to ABC 10News the situation was part of a “pre-planned military exercise.” “The house was literally vibrating with it … it was scary! I immediately thought there’s something really serious going on in the neighborhood,” said Point Loma resident Martha Pistacchi. Residents say living in this area, they’re used to frequent aircraft overhead. Note that it wasn’t just Point Loma where this exercise took place: ‘The helicopters were seen in other nearby neighborhoods on Tuesday.‘ “But this...

“Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, Sauté it, whatever. MAKE.” ~ Joss Whedon The Monthly Create, Make and Share Thread is a monthly gathering of people that love to create and make. From yarn (crochet, knitting), fabric (sewing, quilting), threads (embroidery, weaving), wood crafts, ceramics, artwork and anything else you create and would like to share, this is the place to do it. Sharing something you’ve created and/or made is pure joy...and we need joy in our lives! From complete Newbies that are looking to start that first project, to experienced artists, we would love to hear from...

BIDEN: "Do I take any blame for inflation? No."REPORTER: “Why not?”BIDEN: “Because it was already there when I got here, man.” Inflation was 1.4% when Biden took office. https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1621534490488193024

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., recently commented on the viral clip of her speaking with Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., during the extended vote to install Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as Speaker of the House. The congresswoman admitted to CNN anchor John Berman that the conversation between her and Gosar revealed their "alignment" on not wanting McCarthy to have the leadership role, though she declared she finds it "uncomfortable" serving with Gosar, and other MAGA-identifying members of Congress because they engage in "stochastic terrorism" against her.

CAIRO, Ga. (WTXL) — The community is honoring Cairo Police Officer Clarence "CJ" Williams who died while on duty after suffering a medical emergency during a foot pursuit on Saturday. His family and friends said he died doing what he loved. They say it's a heartbreaking loss to everyone in the community since he made such an impact on so many lives. "He loved me just the way I was, he loved my daughter, and he's definitely going to be missed," said Bryna Crisco, the fiancé of Master Patrol Officer Clarence "CJ" Williams with the Cairo Police Department. On Saturday,...

As the late great poet Maya Angelou might have said had she thought it was necessary, “When someone shows you over and over and over again that they are a traitor, believe them.”For further, completely appropriate emphasis, she might have elaborated: “When someone shows you over and over and over again, for their entire lives, in business and in government, that they are not only traitors, but corrupt, ignorant, pathologically dishonest, coup-plotting, racist, misogynist traitors, then seriously, I’m not kidding about this, believe them!”But, of course, as we have all witnessed during the past half-century of Donald Trump’s life (unless...

Hunter Biden’s business partner and President at Rosemont Seneca, Eric Schwerin, was reportedly in charge of the transfer of Joe Biden’s documents to the University of Delaware. This is the same guy TGP reported on two days ago who was involved in transferring classified information to Ukraine. Daily Mail reported earlier today: Hunter Biden‘s business partner was tasked with transferring sensitive papers from Joe Biden‘s vice presidential office to the University of Delaware – papers that were sensitive enough to require the involvement of White House lawyers, DailyMail.com can reveal. The revelation is the latest piece of evidence tying Hunter...

The “shocking” murder of Sayreville, New Jersey, Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour does not initially appear to be politically motivated, according to Garden State Gov. Phil Murphy. Murphy told WNYC Thursday that the murder late Wednesday — in which the 30-year-old Republican was repeatedly shot in her SUV, which then crashed with her slumped over the wheel — felt “very specific.” “Unfortunately, there’s very little that is known right now,” Murphy said in his weekly sit-down with the radio show, according to NJ.com. But “it does not appear to be related to her position as an elected councilwoman in Sayreville,” he said...

...amid speculation he could be gearing up for a 2024 presidential campaign. A person familiar with the matter says the autobiography is set to be released on February 28 and will be titled "The Courage to be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival."

At 8 a.m. in Melbourne this date in 1967, as a moment of silence was observed across Australia, Ronald Ryan was hanged in Pentridge Prison for killing a guard during a prison break. He would be the last man put to death Down Under. Ryan, a small-time thief, broke out of that selfsame Pentridge Prison’s lower-security districts with fellow-prisoner Peter John Walker late in 1965, prompting a high-profile holiday season manhunt. Still, with capital punishment fading in Australia — and especially in Victoria, where nobody had hanged since 1951 — even the jury that doomed Ryan thought its sentence was...

SPRINGFIELD — In the latest legal setback for Illinois’ sweeping gun ban, a downstate judge on Thursday put a temporary hold on the law for more than 1,000 plaintiffs in a lawsuit, including former Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey and dozens of firearms dealers. White County Judge T. Scott Webb found that the lawsuit stood a chance of succeeding because the weapons ban likely violated the equal protection clause of the Illinois Constitution. The decision mirrors a ruling issued Tuesday by the state’s 5th District Appellate Court that sided with a judge in Effingham County on a similar legal...

Another piece of evidence tying Hunter Biden to Joe Biden’s alleged mishandling of sensitive document and classified documents scandal has come out. According to a shocking new report in the Daily Mail, a business partner of Hunter Biden’s at Rosemont Seneca, Eric Schwerin, was involved with moving documents sensitive enough that they required the involvement of White House lawyers, from then Vice President Biden’s White House office to the University of Delaware. Schwerin, who worked at Rosemont Seneca with Hunter and handled Joe Biden’s taxes and personal affairs while there was, according to the Daily Mail report, “in charge of...

The shocking indictments against the former head of counterintelligence for the FBI in New York raise many dark questions.In the course of writing two books on Donald Trump’s ties to Russia, the same question occurred to me again and again: How is it possible that I knew all sorts of stuff about Donald Trump, and the FBI didn’t seem to have a clue? Or if they did, why weren’t they doing anything with it? Specifically, I knew that: -Starting in 1980, an alleged “spotter agent” for the KGB began cultivating Trump as a new asset for Soviet intelligence. -The Russian...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A woman in her 90s whose daughter is accused of concealing her body in a freezer had been dead for nearly two years when she was found this week, prosecutors said Thursday. The body of Regina Michalski was found in a freezer in a garage in Portage Park this week. Michalski's daughter – Eva Bratcher, 69, of the 5500 block of West Melrose Street – now stands charged with one count of concealing a death and moving a body, and one count of possessing a fraudulent ID card – both felonies. Bratcher's bond was set at $200,000...

Senior Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Jacobs reported on Friday morning that Secretary of State Antony Blinken has canceled a planned visit to China in the wake of the discovery of a Chinese surveillance balloon in Montana. Jacobs cited unnamed officials within the administration of far-left President Joe Biden who described the trip as being “postponed,” previously stating that Biden was considering whether to “postpone or cancel” the trip. 🚨Blinken’s trip to China is postponed.@SecBlinken was to have mtgs in Beijing next week in 1st such visit by top US diplomat in 5 years. But the presence of the balloon—which the Pentagon...

ISSAQUAH — On a busy holiday shopping day at Issaquah Commons, some shopping carts had gone rogue. Three from Target were left in a coveted empty parking spot. One from Trader Joe’s was inexplicably outside the doors of REI. Another, unlabeled, was sideways on a grassy mound. There may have been cart chaos within the retail area, but the buggies wouldn’t go much farther beyond the expansive parking lot. Some, affixed with locking systems or metal poles, didn’t even make it out of the store. That’s by design: In early 2022, Issaquah began holding large retailers responsible for their carts...

An ER doctor was killed after being mown down by a Lexus and then stabbed to death by the driver in an apparent road rage incident. Dr Michael Mammone, 58, was cycling on the Pacific Coast Highway, California, when he was run over by a white Lexus which sped through a red light at an intersection on Wednesday at around 3pm. The driver of the vehicle, Vanroy Evan Smith, 39, then got out of his car and stabbed the cyclist multiple times in the back, with brave bystanders tackling him to the ground. Witnesses say he was holding a BB...