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This is the astonishing moment a homeowner burst through his own front door to defend his family from a band of burglars. The thieves have broken into 13 homes across New York City, stealing luxury cars and clothing in an operation that spanned three months. The video was released as police continue the hunt for three men associated with the break-ins. The men targeted neighborhoods across Brooklyn and Queens, including quiet cul-de-sacs in upscale parts of Whitestone and Bayside. The New York Post reported the men stole vehicles including a Porsche, Mercedes and Range Rover in a span stretching from...

First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday night, according to a statement. Jill Biden is experiencing mild symptoms and will stay at their home in Rehoboth Beach, Del., her communications director Elizabeth Alexander said in a statement. Following the First Lady’s positive COVID test, President Biden was administered a test which yielded a negative result, according to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. The White House statement said the president will test regularly this week and monitor for symptoms.

DC_Draino @DC_Draino Congressional summer vacation is almost over and Politico reports House GOP “doesn’t have the votes to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas” Our country is being invaded and Republicans won’t fight to protect our border and #EndHumanTrafficking?!

We sampled this popular menu item from eight restaurants to find out once and for all which one makes the best fast-food chicken sandwich In order to find the best fast-food chicken sandwich money can buy, we visited and taste-tested sandwiches from eight different restaurants. To ensure a level playing field and a fair comparison, the original chicken sandwich was ordered at each location. The sandwiches were analyzed by examining the chicken patty itself, the bun and the toppings.It’s worth noting, however, that many of these fast-food spots also offer a spicy chicken sandwich or other flavor varieties, so don’t...

Inorganic nitrate reduces contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN), improves renal outcomes and reduces cardiac events compared to placebo in patients at risk of renal injury undergoing coronary angiography for acute coronary syndrome, according to research. CIN, also termed contrast associated-acute kidney injury, refers to a deterioration in renal function after contrast exposure and is a serious complication of coronary angiography. Research has suggested that nitric oxide is deficient in CIN; therefore, strategies to replace nitric oxide might be of benefit. The NITRATE-CIN trial examined the efficacy of inorganic nitrate for the prevention of CIN in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Naval Base Kitsap, WashingtonNaval Base Kitsap is a U.S. Navy base located on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington state, created in 2004 by merging the former Naval Station Bremerton with Naval Submarine Base Bangor. It is the home base for the Navy’s fleet throughout West Puget Sound, provides base operating services, support for both surface ships and fleet ballistic missile and other nuclear submarines.Navy's four nuclear shipyards, one of two strategic nuclear weapons facilities, and the only West Coast dry dock capable of handling a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and the Navy's largest fuel...

Hollywood studios have paid individuals for their life stories for at least a century, but life story “rights” are not rights at all, say these US law professors.What if you overcame a serious illness to go on to win an Olympic medal? Could a writer or filmmaker decide to tell your inspiring story without consulting you? Or do you “own” that story and control how it gets retold? Michael Oher, the former NFL player portrayed in the 2009 blockbuster The Blind Side, has sued Michael and Anne Leigh Tuohy, the suburban couple who took him into their home as a...

The federal deficit is projected to roughly double this year from last ... The 2023 deficit appears to be headed for at least a doubling ... The federal fiscal year, which ends after this month, has already run up a $2.2 trillion deficit thus far ... The revelations come as the 2024 budget appropriations are set to be hashed out in Congress, setting up a difficult message for House and Senate Democrats' plans to continue to increase spending for progressive initiatives. ... The U.S. government has spent $6.7 trillion and taken in just $4.5 trillion, a 16% increase in spending...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis: Cardinal Burke, faithful worried about the Synod are not defending ‘true Catholic doctrine’The Pope appeared to suggest that critics of the Synod are defending ‘a doctrine like distilled water, tastes like nothing and is not the true Catholic doctrine.’ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis fielded a number of questions on his return flight from Mongolia, downplaying ideas of the Synod’s meetings being open, and responding to a recently published book warning of the Synod’s dangers. Flying back to Rome September 4, after his trip to Mongolia and the nation’s 1,500 Catholics, Pope Francis spoke...

The U.S. Intelligence Community is not a monolith. It is more like a feudal society. The big three Feudal lords for intelligence analysis are the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). All three produce “raw intelligence” — the CIA’s case officers produce reports from foreigners who have agreed to work in secret for the United States, the NSA scoops up all forms of electronic intelligence (e.g., phone calls, emails) and the DIA produces reports from U.S. Defense Attaches assigned to U.S. embassies around the world. Each jealously guards its own product...

The National Archives recently confirmed through a FOIA response that they found 5,138 email messages and 25 electronic files pertaining to the known Joe Biden pseudonym accounts robinware456@gmail.com, JRBWare@gmail.com and Robert.L.Peters@pci.gov. The National Archives put the request into a queue by the date it was received. The conservative group Southeastern Legal Foundation received the response to their request with the National Archives in August. Joe Biden has repeatedly denied he had any involvement with Hunter Biden’s business deals. And, yet, here we have proof that Hunter and Joe Biden were included on the same email about an upcoming phone call...

Texas sent a 12th bus filled with migrants to Los Angeles, which arrived Monday morning nearly a week after city leaders voted to pursue legal action against the Lone Star State. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s office said the bus arrived at about 7:15 a.m. on Monday at Union Station. FOX 11 in L.A. reported that the bus was carrying migrants, including 23 men, 20 women and 21 children, all from Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Russia and Venezuela.

With advancements in reproductive technologies and shifting societal norms, the notion of "too old" to have babies is evolving, says mother-of-two and obstetrician Dr Janice Tung.In the realm of family planning and parenthood, the question of the “right” age to have babies has long been a topic of debate. Teen parents often face scrutiny for perceived immaturity, lack of financial stability, and the potential challenges of balancing personal growth with the responsibilities of raising a child. On the other end of the spectrum, critics of older parenthood highlight the higher likelihood of pregnancy complications, health issues, and concerns about being...

The strategist for a super PAC for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has privately boasted to donors that his group is behind recent negative press about GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, a new report says. Jeff Roe, who runs operations for Never Back Down PAC, took credit for opposition research that has surfaced on Ramaswamy, 38, highlighting the shifting policy stances of the candidate, who is vying in a packed field that includes DeSantis and frontrunner Donald Trump, according to an audio recording obtained by Politico. “Everything you read about him is from us,” Roe, the founder and CEO of Axiom...

A 3D animated short film about not too distant but a dystopian future. It speculates on the potential consequences of the infamous Great Reset, medical tyranny, woke culture, and green agenda. Everything, that World Economic Forum (WEF) is planning for us.

AbstractThe occurrence of Baltic amber through Europe has traditionally been associated to the spread of the Bell Beaker culture during the 3rd millennium BC. In Iberia, this phenomenon is particularly noticeable in the southern half. Here we present an amber bead recovered in a Late Neolithic funerary cave (3634–3363 cal BC) from northeastern Iberia where more than 12 individuals had been buried. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy results of four samples revealed their complete resemblance with Baltic succinite reference spectra. Despite being a single bead, this finding provides the earliest evidence for the arrival of Baltic amber to the Mediterranean and...

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of Roman and Anglo-Saxon fortifications in the town of Chepstow in the United Kingdom. Surprisingly, however, the town was also home to an ancient bridge that connected England and Wales before the formation of the two countries.Archaeologists discovered the wooden structure while looking for evidence in the shadow of a 950-year-old Norman castle on a muddy bank on the Wye riverbank. Known as the gateway to Wales, Chepstow is a border town steeped in history.This wooden structure – believed to have been built by the Romans 2,000 years ago – was found preserved in mud following...

I just KNEW things were going too well as I looked forward, FINALLY, to the end of the remodeling of my house. I'm on the home stretch now, just a few things left to finish. One of these is installing the new railing on my new side porch. The welder, a middle aged gentleman, came out Friday to bring back the railing he had modified for my porch. We met briefly within a few feet of each other outside next to my porch, no physical contact. He shook hands with my other contractor and that was that. Less than 15...

The growing Chinese 'gate crashers' trend is sparking espionage concerns The FBI and Department of Defense have reportedly tracked more than 100 incidents of Chinese nationals posing as tourists to attempt to breach U.S. military bases and other federal sites. Those responsible, dubbed "gate crashers," range from Chinese nationals detected crossing into a U.S. missile range in New Mexico, to scuba divers caught swimming in murky waters near a U.S. government rocket launch site in Florida, several U.S. officials recently told The Wall Street Journal. The growing trend represents a potential espionage threat, as authorities believe the Chinese government in...

[Catholic Caucus] Now That Francis Has Created Congar’s “Different Church,” Can We Stop Calling it Catholic?“Like the child who takes a perverse pleasure in destroying, it seems that Congar had no greater joy in life than that of witnessing the dilapidation of the treasure of the Church and the destruction of the unity of the Mystical Body of Christ.” (Fr. Dominique Bourmaud, One Hundred Years of Modernism) When Francis reconvenes the Synod on Synodality in Rome on October 4, 2023, the world will see how much progress he has made in completing the plans for “a different church” he announced...