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Residents of the city are seriously concerned about the situation around the facility where rocket fuel is stored. It turned out that the state stopped financing the program of its disposal. The remnants of ballistic missiles, according to Leonid Shyman, general director of the plant, could explode, causing a man-made and environmental disaster in this and four neighboring regions. Svitlana Shaperenko has been living in Pavlohrad for 44 years...is sure: the city is on the verge of existence and actual death. "If we already have a strategic facility in a city with a large amount of explosive fuel, then in...

Rudy Lazo’s son and daughter were inconsolable after learning the news of their father’s death. They say their father would often make trips from his home in San Bernardino to deliver toys and basic necessities to families in Tijuana.A 79-year-old San Bernardino man was killed while delivering donations to families in need in Tijuana, his family said Friday. Rudy Lazo’s son and daughter were inconsolable after learning the news of their father’s death. They say their father would often make trips from his home in San Bernardino to deliver toys and basic necessities to families in Tijuana. "He was always...

Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley and House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer sent letters Wednesday to the FBI, calling on the bureau to produce an unclassified record of an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national. The document in question is an FBI-generated FD-1023 form that allegedly shows an arrangement exchanging money for policy decisions. Comer issued a subpoena Wednesday after “legally protected disclosures” to Grassley’s office. “We believe the FBI possesses an unclassified internal document that includes very serious and detailed allegations implicating the current President of the United States....

U.S.A. — In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Federal Judge Stephen P. McGlynn has issued a well-reasoned and argued opinion covering several challenges to the “Protect Illinois Communities Act” (PICA). The opinion puts in place a temporary injunction against the enforcement of PICA.PICA bans the ownership of over 190 models of firearms and criminalizes the possession of magazines that hold over 10 rounds, among other things. Judge McGlynn filed the opinion on April 28, 2023. The opinion is straightforward. In the fifth paragraph, after describing the events...

One of California’s newest millionaires was homeless just six years ago. Lucia Forseth recently bought a California 2023 Scratchers ticket at a Walmart in Pittsburg while getting an oil change when she scratched the top prize, lottery officials announced Wednesday. “I only bought one ticket,” Forseth told the California Lottery. “I closed my eyes and picked that one, and it won! I first thought I’d won a free ticket, but I checked, and it said I won $5 million!” Mega Millions drawing tips offered by lottery expert Back in 2017, Forseth said she was homeless. This year she said she...

RUSSIA has deployed its new T-14 Armata ‘robo-tanks’ to the frontline in the Ukraine war ahead of an expected blitz by Kyiv’s forces. The tank has an unmanned turret which is equipped with a powerful gun that has a five-mile range it's been claimed could reduce cities to rubble "in minutes". The Russians also claim it has a special stealth coating to make it invisible to enemy radar. It comes ahead of a widely anticipated Spring counter-offensive by the Ukrainians. The attack is expected to be a key moment in the Ukraine war and experts believe Ukraine could seek to...

Politicians attack social media for spreading conspiracies and so-called misinformation. But what about when social media helps someone become an NBA star?When Joel Embiid arrived in the United States from Cameroon as a gangly 16-year-old back in 2011, he already possessed many of the physical traits—height, athleticism, massive wingspan—that he'd one day employ to become a superstar in the NBA. One thing he didn't really know much about, however, was how to actually shoot a basketball. Until he was 15, Embiid hardly played hoops at all. He'd been on track to become a professional volleyballer before being spotted by a...

House and Senate GOP investigators said Wednesday they have learned the FBI possesses a document alleging a pay-to-play bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and have subpoenaed it in an explosive new twist in their long running corruption probe of the first family. Senate Budget Committee ranking member and long-time whistleblower advocate Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said they learned of the document, known as FD-1023, from a whistleblower. "We believe the FBI possesses an unclassified internal document that includes very serious and detailed allegations implicating the current President of the...

The Atlanta Police Department identified 24-year-old Deion Patterson as the suspect in Wednesday’s shooting at Atlanta’s Northside Hospital. At 1:06 p.m. ET the Atlanta PD released a BOLO (Be on the Lookout) for the shooting suspect, along with photographs: BOLO – Suspect is still at large. pic.twitter.com/M8GkXa8dmM — Atlanta Police Department (@Atlanta_Police) May 3, 2023 At 2:46 p.m. ET they updated the BOLO: BOLO – Deion Patterson – As of 2:46pm still at large. pic.twitter.com/NAnOr6t0Gu — Atlanta Police Department (@Atlanta_Police) May 3, 2023 Breitbart News reported that one person was killed and three injured in the shooting that occurred mid-day...

MOSCOW — After an attempted drone strike assassination on the Kremlin this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed swift retaliatory action, beginning with a targeted misgendering of U.S. Admiral Rachel Levine. "This Ukrainian attempt to assassinate me using American drones and American missiles is an egregious breach of international law, and it will not go unanswered. So today I am announcing that Rachel Levine is a man," said Putin angrily. "This is but a taste of the destructive power Russia will unleash on the West." "Imagine what might happen to your armed forces once they're all made to feel less...

Disturbing dashcam footage has captured the moment a woman appears to leap in front of a car south of Brisbane before the driver speeds away, suspecting an “insurance fraud incident” – or worse. The video, posted by the Dash Cam Owners Australia Facebook page, was taken in the early hours of Tuesday morning in Browns Plains, south of Brisbane. A woman with dark hair wearing jeans and a light hoodie is seen suddenly running from the left hand side of the road in front of the moving vehicle. She appears to brace herself and jump up towards the hood as...

ST. LOUIS — Anheuser-Busch is now telling retail customers that a recent controversy is just a tempest in a pint glass. In a letter to wholesalers that was forwarded to some local bars and restaurants, the brewery addressed the backlash to a marketing campaign featuring transgender social-media influencer Dylan Mulvaney, which led to a steep decline in Bud Light sales over the last month. “This was one single can given to one social media influencer,” the letter states. “It was not made for production or sale to the general public. This can is not a formal campaign or advertisement.” Mulvaney,...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Wednesday that former President Trump is “afraid” to take the stage in Republican primary debates after Trump, who holds a commanding lead in the GOP polls, floated skipping the events. Christie, a former Trump ally who has become one of his more vocal Republican critics, told conservative radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt that the GOP should hold “as many” debates as it can and should have an “open format” to allow for follow-up questions and prevent candidates from giving “soundbyte-y answers that nobody believes will solve any problems.”

A woman’s dream retreat at the Esalen Institute on the Central Coast quickly turned into a nightmare as she faced the repeated use of racial slurs in a video played by one instructor during her stay there last fall, according to a lawsuit. Nicole Evans, a Black woman based in Los Angeles, has filed a civil suit seeking at least $1 million in damages against the instructor who reportedly showed the video, and the New Age center, which allegedly failed to take action. The suit says the “last thing she expected was to be met with ... one of the...

The left’s war on womanhood continues as yet another man pretending to be a woman took first place in a women’s sports competition. This time, it was the women’s competition at the Tour of the Gila bike race in New Mexico. A man claiming to be a woman by the name of “Austin” Killips won Stage 5 of the race, therefore winning the race overall. He beat out Emily Ehrlich and Marcela Prieto Castañeda, two real women, by only a few seconds to take home the crown, making him the first openly “trans” woman to win the Tour of the...

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.”...