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Under a new state law, emergency notifications by law enforcement will be expanded to include “Ebony Alerts” for missing Black children and youths. Studies show African Americans are disproportionately on lists of the missing.

Beginning January 1, 2024, illegal aliens residing in California will become eligible for taxpayer-funded health insurance — the first state in the nation to enact such a policy. In June of this year, Newsom touted the budget agreement that will make California the first state in the United States to offer health insurance, subsidized by taxpayers, to the state’s estimated 4.4 million illegal aliens so long as they are low-income. Starting in the new year, illegal aliens in California will qualify for Medi-Cal, which is California’s state-funded version of the federal government’s Medicaid program. Since 2015, only illegal alien children...

Metropolitan Police in London are investigating a fire in a pro-Israel lawmaker’s office as an arson attack, a spokesperson said this week. Tory MP Mike Freer, whose Finchley office was torched Sunday, said the fire was only one of many threats made against him for his pro-Israel stance. Freer, who represents Finchley and Golder’s Green, the home of one of London’s largest Orthodox Jewish communities, was away from his office when a fire was started on 7 pm on Christmas Eve. The fire charred the front of the building and damaged three floors of the interior.

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida woman has found herself behind bars after sending a series of threatening text messages to her ex-boyfriend, including a threat to kill him and his new girlfriend if they don't have sex with her, according to an arrest affidavit from the Lake County Sheriff's Office. Cynthia Ann Ray, 38, was arrested and charged with aggravated stalking and sending written threats to kill after the incident that unfolded on Christmas Day.. deputies responded to an address in Groveland in reference to "criminal mischief," the affidavit said. When they arrived, they spoke with the victim, Ray's...

A group of university students on Friday launched a 24-hour blockade of a main street in Serbia’s capital during New Year’s holiday rush as protests continued in the troubled Balkan country after reports of irregularities that marred a recent election. ... The rally on Saturday is expected to draw thousands of people as political tensions are running high over the Dec. 17 ballot and subsequent incidents and arrests of opposition supporters at a protest last weekend. Populist President Aleksandar Vucic has accused the opposition of inciting violence with an aim to overthrow the government under instructions from abroad, which opposition...

A “perfect storm” is raging all around us, and our world is so close to plunging into a complete and utter state of chaos that even the mainstream media is talking about it. The past several years have been a time when multiple major wars have begun, pestilences have paralyzed the entire planet, the worst global food crisis in modern history has erupted, and we have been hit by a seemingly endless series of natural disasters.

President Biden proclaimed January as Human Trafficking Prevention Month on Friday — outraging critics who say he’s to blame for record-breaking levels of people-smuggling along the US-Mexico border, where monthly illegal crossings hit an all-time high this month. Biden’s statement decreeing the annual recognition was issued by the White House press office while he vacations in St. Croix and calls for “safe, orderly, and humane migration” despite chaotic scenes at the southern border — words notably absent from last year’s similar edict. “It’s just disgusting that he wants to declare human trafficking awareness month,” Tom Homan, former acting director of...

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick did Thursday night exactly what Aaron Rodgers requested of media members, sharing his vaccine status with the New York Jets quarterback before launching into an interview. The Amazon Prime Video NFL panel interviewed Rodgers as he sat on the bench and watched his team warm up before taking on the Cleveland Browns, and Fitzpatrick reintroduced himself. "Aaron Rodgers, Ryan Fitzpatrick, class of 2005, how are you? Twice vaccinated," Fitzpatrick said. Rodgers made the vaccine remark on "The Pat McAfee Show" Tuesday. He said those criticizing him over the Jets’ decision to activate him from injured...

RESEARCHERS have raised the possibility that the secret to combating human baldness could lie in the manes of donkeys, Spanish ones in particular. This intriguing possibility is at the heart of ground-breaking research currently being undertaken by Swedish scientists. On a recent visit to the Doñana Natural Area in Andalucia, veterinarians from the University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, Sweden, collected blood samples from donkeys. These donkeys, play a crucial role in creating natural firebreaks to combat wildfires. Most Read on Euro Weekly News Victim escapes by sending notes through window Spanish Electricity And Gas Prices Set To Rise In...

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket launched a secretive military spaceplane to orbit last night after weeks of delays, though scant details about the mission have been released to the public. The Falcon Heavy lifted off on the clandestine mission at 8:07 PM Eastern from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The U.S. Space Force’s X-37B space plane, a reusable vehicle that acts as a classified testbed for experiments in space, was the sole payload on the massive rocket. As with the other six uncrewed X-37B missions, little is known about this mission. The target orbit, mission duration and many of the payloads are...

Victor Davis Hanson is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a professor of Classics Emeritus at California State University, Fresno, and a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services.He is also the Wayne & Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History, Hillsdale College, where he teaches each fall semester courses in military history and classical culture.Victor discusses current political and social events and ideas, and current and past cultural trends. (7 minute video in the link below)https://youtu.be/ggAreJDoOmE

Explanation: In 1986, Voyager 2 became the only spacecraft to explore ice giant planet Uranus close up. Still, this newly released image from the NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on the James Webb Space Telescope offers a detailed look at the distant world. The tilted outer planet rotates on its axis once in about 17 hours. Its north pole is presently pointed near our line of sight, offering direct views of its northern hemisphere and a faint but extensive system of rings. Of the giant planet's 27 known moons, 14 are annotated in the image. Mixed with fuzzy background galaxies, the brighter...

Not all WWE jobbers were born into the role when they emerged from wrestling school. Sure, some like Frank Wiliams didn't have the look or mic skills to rise to the top. But he was still able to produce believable matches with top talent. Others like Tony Anthony and Tracy Smothers had long, distinguished careers before moving to New York. However, once those two entered the WWE machine, there was nothing for them to do besides put over the company's stars

A plug 'n' play electrified trailer that reduces fuel consumption on trucks to about the level they can do without a trailer onRange Energy VIEW 2 IMAGES Range Energy makes truck trailers, with a clever connection to any standard tractor cab, loaded with electric powertrains to turn any semi into an efficient hybrid. They also let you push entire trailers around by hand at the depot in "shopping cart mode." Range's 53-foot (16-m) RA-01 trailer packs its own 200-kWh battery, as well as an 800-volt e-axle powertrain that can put up to 14,000 Nm (10,326 lb-ft) of torque, at up...

California becomes the first state to provide illegal immigrants with health insurance.

Hospitals across the U.S. are reinstating COVID-19 mask mandates as the JN.1 variant becomes the dominant strain spreading throughout the country. Hospitals in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York and Washington D.C. have all brought back divisive rules meaning masks are mandatory for selected people in medical settings. The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control has recorded a 10.4 percent increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations across America in the week leading up to December 16. There has been an increase of 3.4 percent in deaths related to coronavirus in the same period. Newsweek has contacted the CDC for comment via email. Mask...

The former Miss Iraq — who made international headlines and faced backlash from critics of Israel after she posed for photos with Miss Israel at the 2017 Miss International Beauty Pageant — visited the scene of the October 7 Hamas massacre of Israelis and blasted those who slaughter Jews in the name of Allah.

Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, conduct a successful, 251-second hot fire test of a full-scale Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine combustor in fall 2023, achieving more than 5,800 pounds of thrust. - NASA NASA has achieved a new benchmark in developing an innovative propulsion system called the Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE). Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, successfully tested a novel, 3D-printed RDRE for 251 seconds (or longer than four minutes), producing more than 5,800 pounds of thrust. That kind of sustained burn emulates typical requirements for a lander touchdown or...

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.— An aircrew from the 22nd Airlift Squadron conducted a reverse flow air refueling training with a C-5M Super Galaxy and a KC-10 Extender over Northern California and Oregon, Dec. 12, 2023. The reverse refuel is a proof of concept, designed to maintain readiness in emergency situations to prevent loss of a tanker aircraft. U.S. Air Force Maj. Justin Wilson, 22nd Airlift Squadron chief of standards and evaluations and evaluator C-5M Super Galaxy evaluator pilot, operates a C-5M in an aerial refueling track over Northern California and Oregon, Dec. 12, 2023. An aircrew with the 22nd...

With elections on and Joe Biden hovering at around a 40% public approval rating, everyone can see that Joe Biden's starting to get desperate over his polls. Vying for issue number one among voters is an out-of-control open border with illegal immigration now hitting record highs as hundreds of thousands pour in. Cities are going bankrupt with the onslaught. Border Patrol agents are shutting down legitimate trade to "process" migrants. Hospitals are flooded with diseased and injured migrants, and schools are overwhelmed with indigent pupils speaking more than a hundred languages. Instead of change his policies to match what's written...