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Keyonne says he left his carry-on bag at the Spirit gate counter on February 19. He was headed back to Los Angeles from his uncle's funeral in New Orleans, that's when he got in a disagreement with the agent over doing a gate check of his large suitcase. “She said that I'd have to reschedule my flight instead of doing a gate check, and I knew that was not true because of my travels with my nonprofit.” He asked for a manager and paid an extra fee to take it on the plane, but he forgot his small carry on...

Apple temporarily removed former President Donald Trump’s debut single, “Justice For All,” from iTunes on Thursday after the hit single spent one week at number one on the iTunes chart, Kash Patel told Breitbart News. Trump released “Justice For All,” less than two weeks ago. The song features the “J6 Prison Choir,” an ensemble of January 6 prisoners who can be heard singing the national anthem while Trump recites the Pledge of Allegiance. Notably, the song topped the iTunes chart, staying at the number-one spot for seven consecutive days. The song beat out Miley Cyrus’s “Flowers,” Tim McGraw’s “Standing Room...

Series of explosions rocked the FSB building before it burst into flames today The building is located in city of Rostov-on-Don, located 75 miles from Ukraine A deadly fire today broke out at a Russian FSB building located 75 miles from Ukraine after ammunition detonated in a warehouse. A series of explosions rocked the building, which belongs to the FSB's border patrol section, before it burst into flames in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don this morning. One person was killed and two others were injured after the raging inferno ripped through the building. Video shows the building engulfed in...

I colorized, restored and created a sound design for this video of Los Angeles 1960s, have population: 2,479,015, surpassing Philadelphia as third in the nation. More than 6 million people live in Los Angeles County

Former first lady Michelle Obama said her family felt an enhanced sense of responsibility during their time in the White House as the first Black first family in American history. “It was no accident that the administration was scandal-free. It was no accident that … our children had to show up right in the world. They carried a burden of making sure they weren’t messy, because it wouldn’t have been laughed off. It wouldn’t have been just, ‘Oh, it’s youthful, whatever.’ It would have been some bigger statement about the soul of Black folks,” Obama said in her recently launched...

Nearly half of registered Democrat voters think that China poses a more significant to the U.S. than Russia, according to a newly released Quinnipiac University poll.The poll, released Wednesday, further revealed that six in 10 Americans believe China to be a greater threat to the U.S. than Russia and North Korea, according to Quinnipiac University. Conversely, 38% of Democrats and only 10% of Republicans said Russia posed the greatest threat.Of all Independents who participated in the survey, 64% consider China the primary enemy of the U.S., with only 18% seeing Russia as the biggest threat, according to the poll.Further, 50%...

Cites estimates Democrats stripping $900 billion out of programs.. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who was key to the GOP takeover of the U.S. House in the 1990s and orchestrated his party's famously successful "Contract with America" for voters, says Joe Biden's new budget plan is a Social Security killer. ... "anyone who wants to protect Social Security and Medicare should reject Joe Biden's newly released budget." He said it's not complicated. "Biden’s proposed tax and regulatory increases would crush the economy. Undermining economic growth would lead to dramatically lower tax revenues – including revenues for the FICA tax –...

Seven deputies have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a black Virginia man who was pinned to the floor and smothered while in a state mental hospital. Irvo Otieno, 28, was seen in security camera footage on March 6 being handcuffed by the deputies who pushed down 'every part of his body' with 'absolute brutality,' an attorney for his family said. Otieno was being admitted to Central State Hospital and was experiencing mental distress at the time of the encounter. He had been arrested on March 3 for allegedly stealing lawn lights and was taken into custody...

Update from Ukraine | Bakhmut Holds | Ruzzia mobilize again | News and Military Map Update https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf-VYseuhow https://www.instagram.com/denys_pilot/ ****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here: Invasion Day 386 – Summary March 16, 2023 Jerome News The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 16th March 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-386-summary/ **** UKRAINIAN ARMY IS FORMING TWO SPECIALIZED BRIGADES March 15, 2023 Jerome News Two additional brigades are reinforcing the combat capabilities of Ukrainian Ground Forces and Air Assault troops. Ukrainian command has decided to form two brigades, 49th Artillery Brigade...

President Joe Biden is back to blaming Republicans for something his party is doing. This week, Biden accused congressional Republicans of pushing for law enforcement to be defunded despite almost all of the GOP supporting back the blue. While speaking with survivors of a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, Biden tried to position himself as a president who is hard on crime ahead of the 2024 election. “Congressional Republicans should pass my budget instead of calling for cuts in these [mental health] services or defunding the police or abolishing the FBI, as we hear from our MAGA Republican friends,”...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that President Biden is still making up his mind about signing legislation that unanimously passed Congress calling for the declassification of information on the origins of COVID-19. We’re taking a look into the bill,” Jean-Pierre said at her regular briefing. The House of Representatives unanimously approved the COVID origins bill March 10 after the Senate passed the legislation without opposition one week prior. Members of both parties have expressed interest in learning what evidence exists for the theory that the virus, which has killed more than 1 million Americans, leaked from a...

A thief crashed a chopper at Sacramento Executive Airport after breaking into multiple helicopters overnight, police said. Someone trespassed on the property between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. and tried to start four helicopters sitting on the tarmac, Sacramento police said. The person eventually got one chopper started, and it crashed. The person then fled the scene, police said. They aren't aware of any injuries. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now in charge of the incident and said there is a person of interest. Special Agent in Charge Sean Reagan said a combination of evidence collected, witness information and...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Thursday that Chinese depositors will be made whole while community banks will have to pay higher fees. Yellen spoke before the Finance Committee to discuss President Joe Biden’s budget proposal, but given the increasing concern over the instability in the banking sector, most questions revolved around the federal government’s response to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and others.

Wowsers. What a difference a cold, dark, expensive winter makes.HUGE!Chancellor Hunt unveiling Great British Nuclear during his spring budget statement now: Officially announcing funding of Sizewell C, classification of #nuclear as green in the UK, targeting 25% nuclear for the UK Grid & a new SMR competition w/ gvmt funding! #uranium— Art Hyde (@JekyllCapital) March 15, 2023In the culmination of an effort and advocacy begun by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, U.K. chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced yesterday that nuclear energy was being reclassified as “environmentally sustainable” in Britain. That’s not just semantics, It opens nuclear up to all the financing,...

Pope Francis denies that Hell is ‘a place,’ says it is ‘a posture towards life’The pope's latest scandalous comments contradict the teachings of the Church Fathers on the existence of Hell.In an interview to mark his 10-year anniversary, Pope Francis appeared to deny the existence of Hell, saying that “is not a place” but is instead simply “a state of the heart” and “a posture towards life.”The pontiff’s comments formed part of a lengthy conversation conducted by Argentinian news site Perfil, one of a number of recent interviews the Pope granted journalists to mark his decade upon the papal throne....

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) is mulling a run for mayor of Houston, Texas, according to reports. Semafor first reported Jackson Lee’s potential mayoral run after speaking to three sources familiar with the congresswoman’s plans. The publication’s Kadia Goba noted that Jackson Lee declined to comment on the matter when reached by phone.

Fox News contributor and former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said Thursday on FNC’s “The Story” that former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner “benefitted in the billions” from the Trump presidency. The panel was discussing the House Oversight Committee press release stating that relatives of President Joe Biden received $1.3 million between 2015 and 2017 from an associate with ties to China.

This a battle which has been going on for months already. The French retirement age is 62, one of the lowest in Europe. Since January, President Macron and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne have been saying they would push to increase the retirement age to 64 or 65.With one of the lowest retirement ages in the industrialized world, France also spends more than most other countries on pensions at nearly 14% of economic output, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development…“The aim is to balance the accounts without raising taxes or cutting pensions. Various options are on the table,...

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), now a CNN contributor, said Thursday on “The Lead” that if former President Donald Trump is indicted, voters who might disagree will still “move on” to supporting other candidates. Anchor Jake Tapper said, “Congressman, I want to get your reaction to something Donald Trump’s current attorney said on CNN last night. Take a listen.” Wednesday on CNN, Trump’s lawyer Joe Tacopina said, “I’m not saying it’s a great thing if he gets indicted. I said if they indict him, if they indict him, it will embolden him because he will win this case. It will...

Peter Schweizer and Jesse Watters react to revelations in the House GOP's Biden business dealings probe alleging the family received more than $1 million from a Hunter associate in 2017 following a China wire.