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Wives rarely targeted in Mafia attacks, says policing expertThe daughter-in-law of Montreal Mafia member Moreno Gallo was killed in a targeted shooting in the parking lot of her beauty salon on Tuesday, Radio-Canada is reporting. Multiple sources tell Radio-Canada that a gunman shot Claudia Iacono five times at 4:30 p.m. after waiting for her to enter the parking lot of her beauty salon, Salon Deauville, in the Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough. Montreal police say when they arrived on the scene, they found a woman with gunshot wounds inside her car. "When the victim was hit by bullets, her vehicle was in motion...

A railcar loaded with 30 tons of the chemical left Cheyenne, Wyoming, on April 12. The car was found to be empty after it arrived two weeks later at a rail stop in the Mojave Desert, according to a short incident report from the explosives firm that made the shipment. The company, Dyno Nobel, made the report May 10 to the federal National Response Center, or NRC. The report also appeared last week in an NRC database of California incidents managed by the state office of Emergency Services last Wednesday. … Dyno Nobel says it believes the material — transported...

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The IRS picked the day a bombshell report was released outlining how liberals weaponized the federal government to attempt to destroy Donald Trump to fire its agents who were pursuing Hunter Biden for possible tax evasion. According to The Washington Examiner, the IRS axed the entire team that was looking into President Joe Biden’s son for lying about his income taxes.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has donated $10,000 to Daniel Penny’s legal fund after the ex-Marine was charged last week over Jordan Neely’s subway chokehold death. The GOP 2024 hopeful forked over the money late Sunday as contributions to Penny’s defense inched closer to an eye-popping $2 million. “Just donated. More of us should. We must restore the rule of law in America,” the 37-year-old tech entrepreneur tweeted in response to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who encouraged his followers to “show this Marine … America’s got his back.” Ramaswamy is one of tens of thousands of supporters who have pitched...

Matt Dugan received more than $700,000 in backing from Soros A left-wing Pittsburgh district attorney candidate supported by hundreds of thousands of dollars from financier George Soros emerged victorious from Tuesday's Democratic primary. Public defender Matt Dugan defeated Allegheny County DA Stephen Zappala, a 26-year veteran of the post, 56% to 46%, to become the Democratic nominee, according to election results. Zappala said he plans on running as a Republican in the November election. "I apologize to my friends and supporters that we didn't have a stronger showing this evening. But I tell you what, if we stick around to...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned the attack by unknown assailants on a U.S. convoy in Nigeria, which left four people dead, including two staff members of the U.S. Consulate in the country. “We do not yet know the motive for the attack, but we have no indications at this time that it was targeted against our Mission,” Blinken said in a statement. “We condemn in the strongest terms this attack. We will work closely with our Nigerian law enforcement colleagues in seeking to bring those responsible to justice.”

A historic 17th century Catholic church was damaged in an arson attack Monday in central Mexico, the latest in an alarming rise in violence targeting churches and pro-life organizations across the world. ACI Prensa reports the Diocese of Irapuato in Guanajuato, Mexico said the fire was set deliberately at Santiaguito (St. James) Church sometime between 1:04 a.m. and 1:26 a.m., and the suspect is male. “The diocesan Church of Irapuato vigorously condemns this sacrilege, and we ask the corresponding authorities to find those responsible,” Father Efrén Silva Plascencia, spokesman for the diocese, said in a statement. Silva said the fire...

32,755,145 views May 21, 2019 You're watching the official music video for the original "Walking in Memphis" by Marc Cohn from his self-titled debut album (Atlantic - 1991). "Walking in Memphis" spent 23 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1991, and has since been covered by Cher and Lonestar, among others.

LifeSiteNews) — Adults seeking to groom children into the LGBT lifestyle just got a helping hand from Target, the Minnesota-based retailer that 10 years ago became one of the first corporations to embrace the woke agenda. The superstore recently introduced a line of rainbow-themed clothing for teenagers and babies ahead of so-called Pride Month, which the company has celebrated every June since 2013. Among the most controversial items listed on the company’s website is a onesie designed for an infant. Target first caved to the gay agenda after pop star Lady Gaga ended her deal with them in 2011 after...

Scientists are conducting a long-term experiment on evolution in the lab, to investigate how single-celled organisms could evolve into multicellular lifeforms. After thousands of generations, their yeast grew 20,000 times bigger and 10,000 times tougher. The idea of an evolutionary “missing link” usually conjures images of a hairy ape-like hominid, but there are actually much more profound missing links in the chain. One of the biggest gaps sits between single-celled and multicellular organisms, which marks a key step in the development of complex life on Earth. Now, scientists from Georgia Tech have reported the first results of an experiment that...

A number of House Democrats led by Rep. Cori Bush introduced a resolution Thursday to reignite a push for federal reparations that would amount to over half the U.S. GDP. The resolution states that the U.S. has a 'legal and moral' obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of black people and calls for $14 trillion to be paid - 'at least the amount of the black white wealth gap,' Bush told DailyMail.com in a press conference.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Tuesday announced a $60 million agreement to welcome salmon and sturgeon back to the Yuba River for the first time more than a century. Together with state, federal and local officials, the governor unveiled a landmark agreement that will reopen miles of habitat to multiple fish species. The plans will also enable the return of the spring-run Chinook salmon to their native Yuba River habitat in the Central Valley, officials noted.

If you drive an older BMW from the early to mid 2000s, you need to stop driving it immediately. At least until you check its recall status. Consumer Reports says that yet another Takata airbag recall is impacting car owners, specifically BMW owners with cars made between 2000 and 2006 this time around. If you don’t get it fixed, it could have life changing or deadly results. BMW says that the current recall affects 90,000 models made from 2000 to 2006. Everything, from every version of the 3 and 5 Series to the X5, is affected. The issue surrounds defective...

A U.S. firm has refused to recall 67 million airbag inflators which safety officials claim may "create an unreasonable risk of death and injury" for drivers and passengers. ARC Automotive Inc., which is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, disputes the admittedly "tentative" findings by regulators from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), who have been investigating the parts which are used in various makes and models of cars throughout the country and beyond. NHTSA fears at least 2 people were killed in the U.S. and Canada, with 7 more injured, after allegedly potentially defective ARC inflators ruptured, according to a...

Black-Boxing DemocracyPutting technology ahead of humanity in decision making will end democratic self-rule.Editors’ Note:The following is adapted from testimony presented before the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs on May 16, 2023, on the topic of “Artificial Intelligence in Government.”Throughout history, warfare has spurred the development of transformative new technologies. My experiences in the War on Terror provided me with a glimpse of the AI revolution that is now remaking America’s political system and culture in ways that have already proved incompatible with our system of democracy and self-government and may soon become irreversible.I first encountered...

The legendary Titanic has been unearthed like never before — with the first-ever full-size 3D reconstruction revealing incredible new details about the doomed cruise liner 111 years after its infamous sinking. More than 1,500 passengers died after the ship struck an iceberg and sank while sailing from Southhampton, England, to New York in April 1912. The disaster has fascinated the world for more than a century. However, much is still unknown about the specifics of the shipwreck — but that could now change. The stunning images were created from more than 700,000 scans of the wreckage that were captured last...

The recall from General Motors affects Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, and GMC Acadia vehicles from the 2014 to 2017 model years. General Motors issued a recall for 994,763 vehicles over concern that the vehicle's airbags may rupture. The recall affects certain Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, and GMC Acadia vehicles from the 2014 to 2017 model years. The recall is related to a much larger investigation from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, concerning 67 million airbags produced by ARC Automotive. General Motors has announced a recall of nearly one million crossovers with a potentially life-threatening airbag defect. The recall specifically...

A former Islamic teacher remains hospitalized after Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda on Tuesday (May 2) beat him unconscious for converting to Christianity, sources said. Shaquru Ndifuna, 33, was receiving treatment for blood loss at a medical clinic in Iganga town in the district of the same name, area Christians said. A former Islamic teacher at Noor Islamic Institute in Mayuge District, Ndifuna is a resident of Kaliro Town Council, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Iganga town. He put his faith in Christ in January an open-air evangelistic event in Namutumba, 39 kilometers from Iganga town. Word of his...