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The Los Angeles Police Department on Saturday identified the attempted murder suspect at the center of Friday’s hours-long pursuit that ended in West Carson after traveling through multiple cities in Los Angeles County. Police also named two women accused of helping the suspect in his getaway attempt and provided an update on the puppy that was tossed from a moving vehicle during the chase. The investigation is ongoing, and more charges could be coming, as during the pursuit, a puppy in a designer handbag was thrown from a moving vehicle, police said. “Miraculously the dog emerged unharmed and was rescued...

This is the horrifying moment a 15-year-old high school student punched a teacher in the head while demanding to get his cell phone. Footage circulating Twitter shows the student standing intimidatingly close to the shorter educator repeatedly asking for his '******* phone' before swinging his fist into the teacher's face. Lamar High School in Houston sent a letter to families with principal Rita Graves saying that this type of behavior won't be tolerated and that administrators were looking at ways to prevent this happening again. Neither student or teacher have been publicly identified at this time. In the clip a...

Chicago Mayor-Elect Brandon Johnson (D) told CBS News on Thursday his plan to tackle the city's crime problem: Send more social workers to crime scenes. Johnson, a staunch progressive, pointed to instances where police killed black men as evidence to say more police officers are not the solution. "This is really about making sure that people understand the context of the level of frustration when you see that type of brutalization over and over again, it can be discouraging," Johnson explained. "We're working to double the amount of young people we hire, not just for summer jobs, but for year-round...

Major Russian media now reporting Bakhmut in Russian handsBakhmut was the basic lynchpin of the entire ukie defensive system in the East.

The company is called Byrna, a national group that's been around for about three years.

Hello all. My wife and I are buying a house and we need to demo and remodel the kitchen. I have been looking for generic timeline samples and lists of things that need to be done and questions to ask of contractors but I'm not having much luck.Question: Is anyone here a contractor or has experience with home kitchen remodels that might be willing to help me find relevant materials to make the job go smoother.Thanks

A luxury grocery store frequented by wealthy Californians has been mercilessly mocked online for charging ludicrous prices for the most basic, everyday items. Erewhon Market has eight locations in Los Angeles' most affluent neighborhoods, all with a focus on locally sourced, vegan and organic food catering to niche diets. Products on its shelves include $20 raw milk, a $26 bottle of 'oxygenated' water and hot sauce costing as much as $40. It's also known for selling upmarket prepared foods, like its popular buffalo cauliflower and collard green wrap, which sells for $15.95. The premium grocery store started in Boston in...

Explanation: Majestic on a truly cosmic scale, M100 is appropriately known as a grand design spiral galaxy. It is a large galaxy of over 100 billion stars with well-defined spiral arms that is similar to our own Milky Way Galaxy. One of the brightest members of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies, M100 (alias NGC 4321) is 56 million light-years distant toward the constellation of Berenice's Hair (Coma Berenices). This Hubble Space Telescope image of M100 was taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 and accentuates bright blue star clusters and intricate winding dust lanes which are hallmarks of this class...

A North Dakota woman has been charged with arson for burning down a home, according to the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office. According to court documents, Jamie Morin, 40, admitted to starting the fire with a torch after reportedly “flipping out.” (snip) As the fire was being put out, the owner of the residence arrived and told authorities that Morin had been living with him for about a month. The man said he left for work around 7:30 a.m. and Morin was the only person at the residence. A neighbor driving down 248th Ave. saw a woman, later identified as...

Michelle Obama says being “othered” as a child helped propel her aim to be “the best first lady.” “We cannot pretend that kids don’t see when they’re being devalued, because anytime it happened to me as early as kindergarten, I knew it,” Obama told David Letterman in a preview clip from Audible’s “Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast,” obtained exclusively by ITK. The full podcast episode is poised to be released on Tuesday. “I knew in second grade that the second grade teacher thought we were all dumb and not worth it because she didn’t organize the class. She wasn’t giving...

Video being widely shared on social media captures an enraged man trashing the counter at the NY Chicken and Grill on Branch Avenue in Temple Hills until a restaurant worker fights back chasing him outside. A second video shows the man ramming the store in a tow truck. It all happened at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. The damage done is visible. A boarded up hole in the front of the restaurant. A man at the restaurant, in fear for his own safety, not wanting to be identified, told 7News he’s furious. ‘Its just absurd what happened you know something like...

It’d be insincere to say that some pleasure does not get derived from watching a progressive gun-grabbing political hack have their life completely tossed. Afterall, policies that the pinkos push for and support, ruin lives every day, beyond just the subversion of civil liberties. Take for example disgraced San Diego County Supervisor, Nathan Fletcher, and recent headlines involving some serious allegations. Fletcher, an ardent supporter of so-called gun control and California’s gun violence restraining orders, aka “red flag” law, recently had a complaint filed against him – posted on CourtHouseNews.com – for: 1. Sexual Harassment [Gov. Code § 12940, et...

WASHINGTON, DC – Walter Reed National Military Medical Center has issued a “cease and desist order” to Holy Name College, a community of Franciscan Catholic priests and brothers, who have provided pastoral care to service members and veterans at Walter Reed for nearly two decades. The government’s cease and desist order directed the Catholic priests to cease any religious services at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. This order was issued as Catholics entered Holy Week, the most sacred of days in the Christian faith, in which they participate in liturgies remembering Jesus’ passion, and leading the Church to celebrate...

If you work indoors, live in the north, avoid the sun, are lactose intolerant, vegan, elderly or darker skinned, chances are you may be deficient in vitamin D. It's a common problem affecting as many as 25% of Americans, according to a recent study. Deficiency rates are even higher among Black Americans, reaching 60%. Low levels of this key nutrient during pregnancy could have negative child health outcomes, according to Melissa Melough. Melough has discovered a link between gestational vitamin D and behavioral outcomes in children. Melough examined nearly 3,200 mother and child pairs from across the country. As many...

Legal limits on abortion-related travel are the focus of a new law in Idaho, with Gov. Brad Little signing a bill Wednesday that makes it a crime, punishable with up to five years in prison, for an adult to help a minor get an abortion without parental consent. In response, two doctors and a regional Planned Parenthood affiliate have filed a lawsuit over the state's newly released interpretation of a separate anti-abortion law because the attorney general says it prohibits physicians from even referring patients to out-of-state abortion providers. This 'abortion trafficking' law is the first of its kind in...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — This Easter, Americans will devour more than 1 billion Peeps — those radiant marshmallow chicks whose appearance on store shelves each year is as much a herald of spring as azaleas at the Masters. What makes the treats so vibrant is erythrosine, a chemical that shows up on ingredient labels as Red No. 3. It's one of several chemicals, along with titanium dioxide, used to color some of the most popular candy in the country — including Skittles and Hot Tamales. Both chemicals have been linked to cancer. More than 30 years ago, U.S. regulators banned Red...

Andrey Sadovoy, the mayor of Lviv in western Ukraine, announced on April 6 that the two Ukrainian Orthodox Churches in his city were no more -- the Church of St. Vladimir was demolished by backhoe and the Church of St. George was made part of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, backed by the Zelensky government, reported RT, the website Orthodox Christianity, and The Kyiv Independent. The Church of St. Vladimir was under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church, as was the Church of St. George. Under President Volodomyr Zelensky, some churches formerly attached to the Russian Orthodox Church have,...

"Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth" (Matt. 5:5). Gentleness is power under control. The Greek word translated "gentle" in Matthew 5:5 speaks of humility, meekness, and non-retaliation—traits that in our proud society are often equated with weakness or cowardice. But in reality they are virtues that identify kingdom citizens. The same word was used by the Greeks to describe a gentle breeze, a soothing medicine, or a domesticated colt. Those are examples of power under control: a gentle breeze brings pleasure, but a hurricane brings destruction; a soothing medicine brings healing, but an overdose can kill;...

Since the emergence of COVID-19, much remains unknown, including the widespread organ damage beyond just the lungs. Increasingly, scientists are learning organ dysfunction results from damage to the blood vessels, but why is unclear. Now a team has discovered what they believe is the key molecular pathway. Results show COVID-19 damages the cells lining the smallest blood vessels, choking off blood flow. "We were surprised by the little overlap between our adult and pediatric patients," says Cheryl Maier, MD, Ph.D. "One pathway that stood out in adults was related to vessel health and blood flow." Maier says this was particularly...

The state of Washington has secured a three-year supply of abortion pills in anticipation of a nationwide ban. The Democratic-run state has received a shipment of 30,000 doses of generic mifepristone, one of two drugs used to induce an abortion at home. The move is a direct response to a pending lawsuit in Texas overseen by federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who is considering whether to revoke the FDA's approval of the drugs in an unprecedented move. If he does move to revoke the approval, it would effectively end the ability of providers or pharmacists nationwide to purchase the medication and...