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An explosion in Beirut on Tuesday killed Saleh Arouri, a top official with the Palestinian militant group Hamas and three others, officials with Hamas and the Lebanese group Hezbollah said. The blast killed four people and was carried out by an Israeli drone. Israeli officials declined to comment.

A philosophy student has been found guilty of murdering her boyfriend when she “lost her temper” and drunkenly ran over him with her car, dragging him underneath. Alice Wood, 23, used her Ford Fiesta as a weapon when she hit partner, Ryan Watson, 24, near the home they shared in Rode Heath, Cheshire, at about 11.30pm on 6 May 2022. Wood, who had just received a scholarship for a master’s at Cambridge, denied murder and an alternative count of manslaughter as she claimed her boyfriend’s death was a “tragic accident”. She told her trial at Chester crown court she did...

The Associated Press’s latest foreign donor wants to transform journalists into "community activists on climate change." The AP doesn’t seem interested in publicizing that. It’s the latest left-wing charity to fund the Associated Press, which says it is read by four billion people each day. Philanthropies that support packing the Supreme Court, defunding the police, and other left-wing initiatives have contributed millions of dollars to the AP in recent years, the Free Beacon reported. While the AP says it maintains editorial independence from its deep-pocketed donors, its climate reporting reflects many of the KR Foundation’s core beliefs. A recent AP...

Harvard president Claudine Gay resigns, shortest tenure in the University's history — Harvard Crimson

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U.S. - As society becomes increasingly dominated by nerds, hipsters, and computer programmers, people have fixated on what they think is our biggest problem: masculinity. "It's just toxic and causes nothing but problems," said Elisha Mcewen, a vegan activist and no threat whatsoever to spiders or tight jar lids. "I was sharing my feelings on masculinity with other men in my drum circle, and we all agreed that if we ever encountered masculinity, we would run far away." Masculinity is said to have in the past been the cause of such things as violence, war, bullying, defeating the Nazis,...

Gov. Mike DeWine (R-Oh) vetoed a bill that would have (1) limited minors access to sex change drugs and surgery and (2) barred males who identify as females from participating in women's and girls' sports. The Governor called his decision "gut-wrenching. I've spoken to families that have changed the sex of their children. Some were helped and some were hurt. With such varied results I don't think the government should intrude into what should be a private decision by the child's parents and doctors." State Rep. Gary Click (R-Vickery) said "calling these procedures 'sex changes' is a fraud. No one's...

[Catholic Caucus] My Advice? Step DownSuppose you’d been asked by Cardinal Manuel Fernandez, Prefect for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith, to assist him in putting together an official statement on the possibility of blessing same-sex couples. He’s all in, of course, but would like it if you climbed on board as well. And never mind why he’s asked you in the first place; the point is, he did, so what do you tell him? To go stuff it? No, that clearly will not do. Ok, so you try and say it less rudely, as in, “Thank you for...

One of San Francisco's last remaining toy stores may have to close its doors if business doesn't pick up soon. The beloved Jeffrey's Toys in Union Square, which has been family-owned and operated since 1938, has been hit with hard times. "We all know, the pandemic has been hard on people, the uptick in crime. I look around me right now and see so many buildings that are closed and shuttered. Why are we here? We love San Francisco, we love toys, and we're the type of family that doesn't give up," said co-owner Matthew Luhn. Luhn says this week...

USA Boxing has updated its policy to allow transgender women compete in their chosen gender, sparking fierce conservative backlash from people who believe it puts women's sports at risk. The American boxing organization included the new policy in its 2024 rule book, stipulating that male boxers who transition into women will be able to compete in the female category. snip The policy stipulates that entrants must state their new gender identity as well as fully completing gender reassignment surgery. Transitioned athletes must also participate in regular hormone testing.

A leftist-controlled council local government in London has reportedly begun to require private companies “demonstrate their commitment to LGBTQ+ equality” if they wish to do business with the council. The Camden Council in Central London is said to have introduced measures to ensure that all firms hired by the local government are on board with the increasingly radical LGBTQ+ agenda. According to statements seen by The Telegraph, the Labour Party-run council has proclaimed that it will only “work with businesses whose values align with our own, and to use our position of power to positively influence”.

Green Day used its national platform during ABC’s New Year’s Eve television special to attack supporters of President Trump.frontman Billie Joe Armstrong altered the lyrics of one the band’s most popular songs during Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.

'What she knows would shock the world,' a source close to Kellen tells The Messenger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jeffrey Epstein’s former assistant is “quietly awaiting” the upcoming dump of sealed court documents that threaten to further pull back the curtain on his sex-trafficking operation, The Messenger has learned. Sarah Kellen, 44, worked for Epstein for several years starting in the early 2000s — allegedly scheduling his "massages" where he sexually abused his victims. But, she and her husband live almost completely out of the public eye, including reportedly at a luxury Miami Beach condo — even after Epstein died in jail in...

Senior Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri killed in Israeli airstrike south of Beirut Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah has reportedly cancelled his planned speech tomorrow due to the targeted assassination this evening

The plight of a Florida woman named Amanda Brochu has captured the attention of central Florida after she went to work one day and returned home to find her driveway apparently stolen. However, further investigation revealed that defrauded contractors may be to blame for the bizarre incident. According to WFTV-TV, the bizarre situation began to unfold when Brochu put her home on the market in early December. Brochu hired some contractors to do some minor touch up work on her house in anticipation of the sale, but shortly thereafter, contractors began showing up and taking measurements for a project she...

Republican House leaders are rallying behind former President Donald Trump, as House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) stands as the latest individual to formally offer his presidential endorsement. Scalise said in a statement, first reported by Fox News Digital, that American workers and families were “thriving” when Trump was at the helm. “The economy was strong and interest rates were low — grocery costs were affordable, and families could afford to buy a house and provide for their children,” Scalise said, also pointing to the security of the border and decreased crime during Trump’s first term.

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Ronald Reagan’s daughter, Patti Davis, says her mother, Nancy Reagan, convinced the former president to get married by getting pregnant with her in 1952, according to her upcoming book Dear Mom and Dad: A Letter About Family, Memory, and the America We Once Knew. Ronald Regan had been married to actress Jane Wyman before divorcing her, and according to Davis, had “made a pact” with Wyman that he wouldn’t remarry before she did. Davis wrote that her father was happy playing the field and “was not exactly anxious to get married again.” Davis was born six months after the couple...

This is a Motormouth couple car video discussing the cost to replace the battery in 2022 Hyundai IONIQ 5. After finding out that his battery protection cover was scratched, the owner was told the battery needed to be replace for more than he paid for the car brand new. Over $60,000, so he decided to make a claim on his insurance and have the car written off. This is a cautionary tale to not only EV owners and potential owners but also other manufacturers, that these kinds of casts are out much more than consumers are expecting to pay. Hyundai...

Americans are right to be feeling so down about the economy, according to Art Laffer. The former economic advisor to President Ronald Reagan said Saturday that he can understand why people's views on the jobs market, inflation, and growth remain negative, despite a strong 2023 where price pressures cooled and the US managed to dodge a long-expected recession. "Let me just give you where the huge disconnect comes here," he told Fox Business. "People care about jobs, not unemployment rates, and so when you look at total jobs, it's way down."