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Two people were attacked by a mentally ill man who chased them with a machete on Sunday evening. Catalonian police managed to apprehend and arrest a Moroccan national who chased people through the streets while wielding a machete, but that wasn’t until he attacked two citizens, leaving one with an injury to their arm. It’s believed that the man was unable to seriously harm either of the people as one of them was able to run away before being slashed, while the other person only sustained an arm injury as they looked to defend themselves. The police have claimed that...

FOLLOWING a recent report that the gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia was reportedly sabotaged, news of a man who was observed photographing Finland’s Electrical network have further fuelled suspicions. A report by YLE has recounted sightings of unusual activity near electrical infrastructure which have raised concerns across Finland. The incident in question occurred in Savona, where an unidentified individual parked a car with Norwegian license plates near a power line in Juva, Etela-Savo. This person took a photo of a 110-kilovolt corner pole belonging to Jarvi-Suomen Energia, a local energy company. The situation left company CEOs baffled as to...

NEW YORK -- As more asylum seekers arrive in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams faces more hurdles finding them housing. A number of migrant shelters now have to be closed because the fire department says they're fire traps When it comes to the migrant crisis, it often seems like the mayor is between a rock and a hard place. The rock? More asylum seekers arriving every day. The hard place? Some of the shelters are less than ideal.

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — The Idaho GOP has released a statement regarding Representative Mike Simpson not voting with the Republican mainstream in electing Jim Jordan to Speaker of the House. 20 Republican holdouts voted for people other than Jim Jordan, splitting the vote and leaving Jordan 17 votes shy of the 217 needed to secure the speakership. The IDGOP says in a statement that they have been "inundated with emails and phone calls from registered Idaho voters expressing their profound disappointment with Congressman Mike Simpson's decision today." The IDGOP joined the growing number of frustrated Idaho voters expressing their disappointment...

A hospital in Gaza was bombed and it took absolutely zero time for the accusations to fly from the expected sources Bombing a hospital is among the gravest of war crimes. The IDF reportedly blowing up one of the few places the injured and wounded can seek medical treatment and shelter during a war is horrific.@POTUS needs to push for an immediate ceasefire to end this slaughter. https://t.co/dPJ48dyDe8 — Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) October 17, 2023Israel just bombed the Baptist Hospital killing 500 Palestinians (doctors, children, patients) just like that. @POTUS this is what happens when you refuse to facilitate a...

Sylvia Gonzalez, an anti-establishment politician, spent a day in jail for allegedly concealing a petition that she organized.Four years ago, Sylvia Gonzalez, a newly elected member of the Castle Hills, Texas, city council, was charged with concealing a government record, a misdemeanor that would have resulted in her removal from office if she had been convicted. Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales declined to pursue the case, and it is not hard to see why. The charge, which was orchestrated by Gonzalez's political opponents, was based on what she describes as an honest mistake: After a city council meeting, she...

Reese’s may be in violation of state and federal laws with its new sweepstakes offer currently advertised on packs of peanut butter cups. The promotion on two-cup packages reads “You could win $25,000” and, in smaller print, “See details inside.” But only after consumers have bought and opened a package can they see the small print: no purchase is necessary to enter the sweepstakes. The Reese's contest was first reported Monday by Edgar Dworsky, a consumer advocate and former assistant attorney general in Massachusetts, who runs the Consumer World website.

The staff of the New York Times spent the morning patiently waiting by the computer, waiting for the call from Hamas to see what the terrorists would like to have printed on the front page today. "No fingers on the keyboard until Hamas calls!" declared Chief Editor Joe Khan. "We don't post a single word unless we've sourced it directly from the terrorists on the ground - understood?" At long last, the Zoom app began ringing with a phone call from a Hamas spokesman. "Hello! Allahu Ackbar! Okay, what message do you guys want out there?" asked reporter Gene Okerlund....

he House Speaker race continues after Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA.) withdrew and Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA.) emerged to challenge Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH.). Henrietta Treyz, Veda Partners Managing Partner and Director of Economic Policy Research, belives it will be difficult for Jordan to rally sufficient bipartisan support to secure the House Speakership.With the Speaker race unsettled, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) is tasked with overseeing the vote as Speaker Pro Tempore. However, pressing global issues are arising, from Israel-Hamas tensions to Ukraine aid, requiring legislative action. Given the uncertainty around the Speaker vote, Treyz suggests current Pro Tempore McHenry becoming Speaker...

One of the most ardent leftist economic writers in American media actually claimed that the far left “has no significant influence on the Democratic Party.” And no, he wasn’t being facetious. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman went after his typical target — Republicans — in an Oct. 16 screed whining that GOPers were blaming President Joe Biden for the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel. “Like much of what the American right says these days, these smears were both vile and infantile.” The same “infantile” Krugman once called the GOP “economic terrorists,” but who’s keeping score? Krugman’s oblivious take then...

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” that if former President Donald Trump won the presidency again, there will not be another election. Maddow said, “If you listen to what Trump is saying, you don’t sort of regard him as a spectacle, but listen to what he’s saying, he’s basically portraying a future for America, if he is put back in the White House, in which we don’t have another election after that. Because ‘the elections are all rigged.’ That the democratic process can’t be trusted, that Congress should just work for him. The Justice Department should...

Most Europeans have a unique idea about what Americans look like in each US state, and artificial intelligence has brought these views to life in lifelike images. Mdjourney, a system that creates images based on users' text prompts, created an image for each of the 50 states based on how those across the Atlantic perceive them. According to AI, Europeans think Alabamians typically have missing teeth, all Utahans are Mormons and Virginians are stuck in the Victorian era. While some images are far-fetched, they offer insight into potential biases and stereotypes in AI technology.

Homes across Berlin have seen the Star of David painted onto their doors, as people look to point out where Jews are living. The Star of David has been painted on several doors across Berlin, Germany as a way to mark out who is Jewish within communities amid the growing tensions between Jews and pro-Palestine supporters. There has long been conflict and tension between the two groups because of the long-standing issues over in the Middle East, but following the Hamas attack on Israelis, things have called all over Europe. Spanish police arrest five people part of gang smuggling migrants...

The Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, sheriff's office K-9 is on the mend thanks to a blood donation from a yellow lab named Dwyer. The K-9 was shot during a critical incident early Saturday morning, in which deputies exchanged gunfire with a man. The man died at the scene. His identity has not yet been released. The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating the incident. The Fond du Lac sheriff said he could not release the name of the K9 or the deputy involved because of the ongoing investigation. The K9 suffered serious injuries and was taken...

The woman continued, “We had a good meal, but they sent us a message after asking for money for each person! I thought this was crazy and I would never ask anyone to pay for their food if I invited them over!” She then asked the forum if she was justified in being “a bit annoyed” and added that she and her partner had already invited her friend over to their place in a few weeks’ time and “wouldn’t ask for anything.” “That’s awful behaviour!!! What is wrong with some people?!”

This contains some new footage I haven't seen before and it is graphic. There are people who do not want this spread. I'm surprised Youtube keeps it up. This is probably why the news media was so hell bent on the hospital story.

Mick Moloney says a kangaroo got his dog Hatchi into a headlock.(TikTok) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Of all the things that could interrupt a peaceful morning walk, how likely is it that you'd find a "jacked" kangaroo with your dog in a "headlock"? Mildura resident Mick Moloney was stretching by a log near the Murray River at the weekend when he noticed one of his Akitas, Hatchi, was missing. "I looked in [towards the river] and behind these reeds I could just see this massive kangaroo … standing there with his arms actually in the water just staring at me," he told ABC...

On this day in 1989, the 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay Area, killing 63 people, injuring more than 3,700 and causing more than $6 billion in damage. The Bay Area was brimming with excitement Oct. 17, as the San Francisco Giants were set to host the Oakland A’s in Game 3 of the World Series. The game was scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m., but at 5:04, the earthquake hit. San Francisco’s Candlestick Park withstood the shaking from the quake, which lasted about 15 seconds, but other parts of the Bay Area weren’t as lucky....

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has ordered city agencies to stop ticketing cars if they are determined to have been stolen or broken into. After of a string of 2,000 reported stolen vehicles between May 1 and September 17, 2023, it was determined that more than 400 of those stolen cars received parking citations. Many victims of vehicle theft have even resorted to checking online ticketing databases as a way to locate their stolen cars. As reported by KTVU, the city will have to come up with a solution for police and transportation officials to be able to identify a...

The legendary Buffalo Bills wider receiver, Andre Reed, is not having a pleasuring stay in the United Kingdom, as himself stated on his Twitter/X account that he had his Hall of Fame ring, along with other belongings, from his hotel room in London while he was away attending to an event. Reed was present in the UK doing press as the Bill lost against the Jacksonville Jaguars 25-20 last Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, as he remained in the United Kingdom for the week. In his Twitter/X account, Reed mentioned that not only his Hall of Fame ring was substracted,...