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ABC legal analyst Sunny Hostin told her co-hosts Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” that she was “disgusted” by CNN giving former President Donald Trump a platform with an upcoming town hall. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg said, “There’s a town hall coming up with you know who. I always thought town halls were meant for us to get to know a candidate, what they stand for. So what is the point of this new town hall that he’s doing? Did we learn nothing from Les Moonves saying bad for the country but great for the network?”

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner Group private military company, whose forces are fighting in eastern Ukraine, has claimed that Ukrainian forces launched an offensive. He believes the "active phase" of the Ukrainian counteroffensive is about to begin. Quote from Prigozhin: "I think that the Ukrainian army’s offensive has already begun. We are seeing increased activity of enemy aircraft, increased activity around the perimeter of, and inside, our front.Though we continue to control the inside of our front, the situation around the perimeter is unfortunately not looking so good. Our flanks…how reliable are they? I will not say anything...

Untreated mental illness and 'prolific offenders' have left a rising number of Canadians fearing for their safetyViolent crime has technically been worse in Canada, but never quite like this. As recently as the early 1990s, the rate of knives and bullets being driven into Canadians was far higher than it is now. But amid a dramatic uptick in national violence are trends the country has never really seen before. Police officers are being shot and killed on duty at unprecedented rates. Record numbers of Canadians are being randomly attacked by people they’ve never met, for seemingly no reason. Just on...

When someone buys a new car, the value will naturally decrease over time given the wear and tear of the vehicle, as well as the mileage and age. But for some electric car owners, they could be seeing the value of their car depreciate at twice the rate of petrol cars. According to a new study, EVs on average will lose 51 percent of their purchase value from 2020 to 2023, compared to just 37 percent for petrol vehicles. [emphasis, links added] This equates to a massive £15,220 [$18,786] loss for electric car owners, with petrol drivers seeing a decrease...

“As a psychology student in the early 80s I attended a lecture by John Money. He openly bragged about his “success” at gender reassignment and talked extensively about these twins. After the lecture we went to dinner at a local restaurant where I sat directly across from John Money and we had a conversation during which he constantly alluded to sexual acts, genitalia, odd attractions, and fetishes. It made me very uncomfortable as a young student which he seemed to enjoy. I remember it to this day. I am 62 years old. In my opinion this man was truly evil.”...

The movie is set to be released in cinemas on May 5. The subject of the film has kicked off a massive political row with various leaders reacting to the upcoming movie.Thiruvananthapuram: The row over controversial film 'The Kerala Story' continues unabated with many in Kerala and outside the state calling for a ban on the film for alleged fudged figures about number of women who converted to Islam and later joined ISIS in Syria. The movie's director has finally spoken on the figure of conversion of women. During a presser, Director Sudipto Sen said, "You have watched the film,...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — In light of a lawsuit filed by the Tennessee Firearms Association (TFA) calling for Metro Police to release the Covenant manifesto, MNPD has issued a response. Metro Police is saying they have been told by counsel to not release the Covenant shooter's manifesto unless the court says otherwise. The Tennessee Firearms Association (TFA) sued Metro government for not releasing The Covenant School active shooter's manifesto Monday. The TFA, alongside former Hamilton County Sheriff James Hammond, filed a lawsuit against the government with the hopes of a court order to disclose the manifesto . This comes after...

Before the Islamic coup of 1979, most Iranians were unaware of the true nature of Islam.Today they are alienated from it. Op-ed.Iranians are Muslim in name only. Most Iranians consider Islam an invader. We have a saying in Persian that the way you take your first step points your path for the rest of your journey. To elucidate this, please allow me to elaborate and give a brief account of Islam. Islam’s very first step was that of violence aimed at the decimation of any people that stood in its path of conquest. It all started with Muhammad when his...

FOURTH WEEK OF EASTER John 14:6-14Friends, today we read the wonderful and mysterious passage from the fourteenth chapter of John’s Gospel. The disciples are gathered around Jesus at the Last Supper, abiding in intimacy with him, asking questions and seeking wisdom.Then listen to Jesus’ words: “If you know me, then you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” Paul refers to Jesus as the “icon of the invisible God.” What both Jesus and Paul are saying is that Jesus’ words are the Father’s words and his deeds are the Father’s deeds.Philip,...

Prosecutors are close to a final decision on whether to charge Hunter Biden with tax and gun crimes following a meeting last week between the first son’s lawyers and Justice Department officials. Hunter’s attorneys met in Washington with prosecutors from the office of Delaware US Attorney David Weiss to discuss the investigation, which has stretched for more than four years across two administrations. Sources close to the investigation told The Washington Post that Weiss is nearly ready to announce whether his office will seek an indictment on felony and misdemeanor tax charges and lying on a federal gun purchasing form...

An elderly Australian went to a mosque to complain about ‘loud noises’ during prayers. However, he converted back to Islam after conversing with the Muslims present in the mosque. The heartwarming incident was captured on footage and showed the man declaring his new faith in English and Arabic before breaking down in tears. Haj Hussain Goss, an active Muslim preacher in Australia, shared the clip on his Facebook account, writing: “Welcome to Islam our brother on this day of Eid. This brother came this morning for Eid to complain about the noise and went home as a Muslim. Allah is...

WASHINGTON — In a stunning development, the House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the FBI Wednesday for a file that a whistleblower said links President Biden to a “criminal scheme” featuring “money for policy decisions” during his vice presidency. “We have received legally protected and highly credible unclassified whistleblower disclosures,” Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Senate Budget Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray. “Based on those disclosures, it has come to our attention that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) possess an unclassified...

Russia's ex-president Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday called for the 'physical elimination' of Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky after Moscow accused Kyiv of a drone attack on the Kremlin aimed at assassinating Vladimir Putin. 'After today's terrorist attack, there are no options left aside the physical elimination of Zelensky and his cabal,' said Medvedev, who has been increasingly hawkish since Moscow's Ukraine offensive. Two drones were used in the alleged attack, Moscow claimed, with nighttime footage showing fireballs erupting above the roof of the government complex. -snip- A chilling warning was issued by senior Russian official Vyacheslav Volodin, who called on Moscow...

A mechanic was hit with criminal charges this week in the death of his coworker who was crushed by an elevator that plunged six stories in a Bronx apartment building two years ago. Peter Milatz, 67, is accused of disregarding safety protocols that could have avoided the disaster which killed 25-year-old apprentice mechanic Joseph Rosa on Feb. 18, 2021, prosecutors said Tuesday. “Jobs in this field can be extremely dangerous, and workers must be protected,” Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said in a statement. “If safety measures had been followed, the victim would still be alive today.”

On Thursday, the giant panda Ya Ya, who had been living in the US for 20 years, landed in China. Ya Ya's return was highly anticipated and joyful. However, CNN has published an article on Wednesday, entitled, "'Bring Ya Ya home': How a panda in the US turbocharged Chinese nationalist sentiment," using the panda's homecoming trip to create hype. CNN not only misinterpreted Chinese people's attention to Ya Ya as a symbol of Chinese nationalism, but also claimed that the Chinese media uses pandas to fan anti-US sentiment. CNN discusses Chinese people's concerns about giant pandas from the perspective of...

VIDEO AT LINK....... A TJ Maxx customer was attacked online after he attempted to stop a shoplifter in Mira Loma, California. In the now-viral video, the man can be seen throwing the shoplifter to the ground after she tried to walk away with bags full of merchandise that she did not pay for. Instead of being thanked for stopping a crime in progress, the man was maligned on social media, with people implying that he was motivated by racism and should have minded his own business. Multiple respondents said that he committed assault and should be charged accordingly. Another user...

A former FBI supervisory agent has been arrested on charges that he joined a mob storming the U.S. Capitol, where he cheered on rioters attacking police officers, federal authorities said.

Pfizer’s latest quarterly results underscored the pressure the drugmaker is facing to sustain sales growth by hitting on drugs in development and recent acquisitions as demand wanes for its leading Covid-19 products. Pfizer’s first-quarter revenue and earnings were down by nearly a third from a year ago on plummeting demand for its Covid-19 vaccine, though the results topped Wall Street expectations. The company also faces sales declines for big-selling products in coming years due to expected patent expirations that will clear the way for lower-cost competition. Pfizer could lose $17 billion in sales from these patent losses.

The Federal Reserve voted to raise interest rates Wednesday by another 0.25 percentage points, brushing aside concerns about the financial sector and an expected recession later this year. The Fed’s rate-setting committee voted Wednesday to boost its baseline interest rate to a range of 5 to 5.25 percent, the point where Fed officials expected in March to stop hiking rates, according projections from the Fed’s last meeting. The latest rate hike is the tenth in a row since the Fed began its program of quantitative tightening in March of last year. Over the past 14 months, the Fed has boosted...

The world's most expensive monument to overconfidence is nearer than you think… I'm talking about Forest City, a massive ghost town right across the Causeway. This development is around 1,740 hectares (17.4 square kilometres), which is almost the entirety of Jurong East or apparently four times the size of Monaco. It was built by Country Garden (China's largest developer) supposedly to the tune of $100 billion. But as of 2019, only 500 out of the expected 700,000+ residents were living there. I've had a chance to briefly visit the place, and while we can crack any number of jokes about...