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More than four in ten likely Republican primary voters in South Carolina, the second GOP primary state in the nation, want former President Donald Trump to be their party’s 2024 nominee, while three other candidates take double-digit support, according to a poll.The National Public Affairs poll released Wednesday shows that 41 percent of the 809 respondents back Trump for the GOP nomination. He sits 23 points above his nearest competitor, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), at 18 percent, who finds a pair of opponents within striking distance.NPA Primary Monthly Poll Results (SC)Trump 41% (+3)DeSantis 18% (-5)Haley 12% (-3)Scott 10% (+0)Christie 5%...

Believing that her identity had been stolen in a Chinese criminal case involving 6.5 billion yuan (S$1.2 billion), one woman in Singapore ended up being scammed of $120,000, including $100,000 of her father's retirement savings. She only discovered the missing funds about a month later. According to Lianhe Zaobao, former Chinese-language editor You Mei Zhen (transliteration), had suffered a stroke in May last year which left half her body paralysed and unable to work. Sitting in a wheelchair, the 38-year-old shared in the interview how she had received a phone call through her home's landline in late April this year....

No admission in former President Richard Nixon's Watergate tapes was "as clearly illegal" as that of Donald Trump in audio first published by CNN where the latter describes having "highly confidential" papers in his possession, a leading historian of the period has said. The audio, in which Trump appeared to admit some of the documents in his possession hadn't been declassified, was published on Monday. In response, a Trump campaign spokesperson said the former president had been "speaking rhetorically and also quite humorously," and hadn't committed any wrongdoing. Earlier this month, Trump was charged with 37 counts related to his...

An Amtrak train carrying 190 passengers derailed Wednesday after striking a truck on tracks in Southern California, and only minor injuries were reported, authorities said. Three of the train’s seven cars went off the tracks following the collision in Moorpark, said Ventura County Fire Department Captain Brian McGrath. Advertisement The number of people hurt wasn’t immediately known, but all the injuries were characterized as minor, McGrath said. Parts of the demolished truck were still on the tracks, while other sections lay near the derailed train cars. The truck’s driver had only minor injuries and it appears he got out before...

Republicans traditionally have been the party that supports business. That's taken a lot of forms, but the classic member of the Grand Old Party supports lower taxes and fewer regulations and stands against unions. In the modern era, being a member of any political party seems to have taken on connotations beyond whether you support higher taxes on business profits or raising the minimum wage. Now, candidates can't simply paint their feelings about business with a broad brush. That's because in the current political world not every business gets treated equally by some candidates. Companies now get judged for their...

Delta Air Lines flight DL1092 between Atlanta Hartfield Jackson International Airport (ATL) and Charlotte Douglas International (CLT) landed without the front landing gear at 08:58 this morning. Onboard the plane, there were 101 people, including 96 customers, two pilots, and three flight attendants. No injuries were reported due to the incident.

Fans were disappointed the singer chose not to perform his tribute at the Glastonbury FestivalGlastonbury revellers have been moved to tears as Elton John performed Candle In The Wind - even though it was not the 'Diana version'. The legendary star took to the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury festival for the first time in what he said may be his last ever performance in the UK. Sir Elton, 76, played a host of chis classic songs, including Tiny Dancer, Are You Ready For Love, and Don't Go Breaking My Heart. In a move surprising fans, the singer opted to...

The two top Anheuser-Busch marketing executives who were placed on leave amid the company shakeup no longer work for the brand, a source inside Anheuser-Busch confirmed in texts obtained by the Daily Caller on Tuesday. Group Vice President for Marketing Daniel Blake and Bud Light Marketing Vice President Alissa Heinerscheid are “gone gone,” according to obtained text messages with a current regional head of marketing. The Caller is granting anonymity to the source to discuss legally fraught internal company policy. “To my understanding if we publicly announced the word ‘fire’ it opens up the potential for them to sue us....

Anheuser-Busch DENIES claims it fired two top marketing executives responsible for Bud Light's disastrous Dylan Mulvaney campaign - and maintains pair are on 'leave of absence' Executives denied reports the company fired Group VP of Marketing Daniel Blake and Bud Light Marketing VP Alissa Heinerscheid The two were said to be taking a 'leave of absence' amid backlash for their decision to feature trans TikToker Dylan Mulvaney in a commercial Anheuser-Busch executives have seemingly denied reports the company fired two top marketing executives who were found responsible for Bud Light's disastrous Dylan Mulvaney campaign. The Daily Caller reported on Tuesday...

Madonna has been rushed to a New York City hospital after being found unresponsive, Page Six has exclusively revealed. The pop icon, 64, was discovered at a residence on Saturday before being admitted to the ICU where she was intubated overnight. Madonna’s longtime manager, Guy Oseary, shared on Instagram Wednesday that his client had “developed a serious bacterial infection which led to a several-day stay in the ICU.” The “Vogue” crooner is now out of the intensive care unit and recovering in a regular ward of the unidentified hospital.

Jay Leno once quipped about the Obama meal. “Order anything you want and hand the bill to the person standing behind you.” Biden, like his boss Obama, is praciticing a similar strategy. Spend like a drunken sailor and just keep borrowing until the whole thing breaks. The barrage of fresh Treasury bills poised to hit the market over the next few months is merely a prelude of what’s yet to come: a wave of longer-term debt sales that’s seen driving bond yields even higher. Sales of government notes and bonds are set to begin rising in August, with net new...

Copied from video description: Allen, Texas — On May 6, 2023, an Allen Police Officer speaking to a mother and her two kids heard off more than 10 gunshots in the distance, at the Allen Premium Outlets mall. The officer calls in the shots fired over the radio and another round of gunfire is heard. The officer grabs his weapon and tells shoppers to get down. The officer runs across the outlet mall for approximately two-to-three minutes, and multiple rounds of gunfire are heard throughout this time. The video was edited by the department to blur out the faces of...

A California woman is heading to jail after she became so enraged waiting in line at a Southern California bank that she yelled “I’m going to blow this &&*^* up” before throwing a Molotov cocktail into the bank. Teranee Millet, 35, of Gardena was sentenced to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty in March to unlawful possession of a firearm and destructive device, the US attorney’s office said in a statement. While at a Bank of America in the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance in September 2021, Millett spoke to a bank manager and demanded to be helped...

Hundreds of NATO troops were housed in Kramatorskshotel, manning air defenses and artillery…..all may well be deadMedia is being hoaxed again by Ukraine, this time a Russian missile attack on a hotel housing members of the 101st Airborne Division, illegally fighting in Ukraine was hit by an Iskander missile that evaded an American manned Patriot missile battery.Up to 80 Americans were killed.###Yesterday a local Ukrainian volunteer in Kramatorsk gave up the location of American and Canadian mercenaries with a post on Instagram, apparently it was so easy to geo locate that not long after the Russian army struck with missiles...

Most stroke patients taking the anticoagulant warfarin were no more likely than those not on the medication to experience a brain bleed when undergoing a procedure to remove a blood clot researchers report in a study. The findings could help doctors better gauge the risk of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT), potentially expanding the pool of eligible patients for this mainstay stroke treatment. "Warfarin is a type of blood thinner commonly used to prevent stroke because of heart conditions such as atrial fibrillation. Although not very common, patients taking warfarin may still experience a stroke. In clinical practice, it's very possible that...

Explanation: Unlike most entries in Charles Messier's famous catalog of deep sky objects, M24 is not a bright galaxy, star cluster, or nebula. It's a gap in nearby, obscuring interstellar dust clouds that allows a view of the distant stars in the Sagittarius spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy. Direct your gaze through this gap with binoculars or small telescope and you are looking through a window over 300 light-years wide at stars some 10,000 light-years or more from Earth. Sometimes called the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud, M24's luminous stars fill this gorgeous starscape. Covering over 3 degrees or...

Islamist-Arab palestine Nazi: Muhammad 'Izzat Darwazeh /Darwaza محمد عزة دروزة; 1888–1984The Arab War Effort: A Documented Account. United States: American Christian Palestine Committee, 1946, p. 7: A group of Arab leaders was concentrated in Turkey where they conducted espionage activities on behalf of the Germans. Some of these sent to Germany intelligence received from agents in the different Arab countries was concentrated in Turkey. Among them were: Izzat Darwaza, Akram Zuaytar, Muin al-Madi, Adil Arslan, Adil al-Azma, Nabih al-Azma and some of the Iraqi rebels. One group of Arab leaders did not succeed in reaching Germany, but was arrested by...

More than three months after suffering from mild COVID infection, men have lower sperm concentrations and fewer sperm that are able to swim, according to findings. "We do not know how long it might take for semen quality to be restored and it may be the case that COVID has caused permanent damage, even in men who suffered only a mild infection." They found a statistically significant difference in semen volume (down 20% from 2.5 to 2 milliliters), sperm concentration (down 26.5% from 68 to 50 million per ml of ejaculate), sperm count (down 37.5% from 160 to 100 million...

Former President Trump claimed that fellow Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has “basically copied everything” he has said on immigration. “Well, his plan is my plan,” Trump told Semafor on Tuesday. “I mean, he’s basically copied everything I said — catch and release, finish the wall.” The former president also suggested that he had already implemented the Florida governor’s proposal of using “deadly force” against migrants suspected of drug trafficking, adding that he “would do it” again, Semafor reported.

Barclays Bank – one of the top 20 in the world – has paid more than $25,000 in compensation to Dr. Mike Davidson, an executive of a Christian trust, after arbitrarily closing the charity’s bank accounts due to pressure from LGBTQ+ activists. Activists claimed the Core Issues Trust and the International Federation for Therapeutic and Counseling Choice were pushing “conversion therapy” onto people who voluntarily seek to change their sexual preferences or gender identities. Barclays – a leading sponsor of London’s gay pride parade – succumbed to the pressure and sent a letter to Davidson, notifying him of the bank’s...