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POMONA, Calif. - Nine WWII-era rifles used for ceremonies like the 21-gun salute were swiped from Pomona’s American Legion Post in the latest of a barrage of break-ins that have left the historic building in shambles and destroyed irreplaceable war memorabilia. On December 30, security cameras captured at least one thief inside the storied building, jumping over a bar. "We had an ammunition locker that contained 10 M1 Garands that we used for ceremonial purposes - those are all gone," said Javier Hinostroza, Commander of the American Legion Post on Holt Avenue. The rifles were loaded with blanks, but if...

For 24 years, Bill Belichick was the Patriot Way. His legacy of the cold pursuit of winning at all costs made him the most decorated coach of all time, but in the end, it helped unravel the greatest dynasty the NFL had ever seen. ConventionalConventional wisdom said to take a timeout, but Bill Belichick never had much use for conventional wisdom. It was nearly nine years ago, in the final minute of Super Bowl XLIX. The New England Patriots held a narrow lead, but the Seattle Seahawks were 36 inches from a seemingly inevitable touchdown. Seattle had Marshawn Lynch, after...

First lady Jill Biden said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that what the Republicans are doing to her son, Hunter Biden, was “cruel.” Co-host Mika Brzezinski said, “How have you been coping personally with the onslaught of accusations against your husband and your family, including and especially Hunter as the focus of a House Oversight Committee hearing holding him in contempt, obsessing over him .” Biden said, “Yes.”

This week, my daughter drove me down to Virginia to a book signing. It was hosted by the American Legion Post 250 and organized by former Deputy CIA Director Mike Morell for former CIA Director General David Petraeus. It was well worth the pilgrimage to little Middleburg, VA. Over 200 people were in attendance, and they were perhaps the friendliest crowd I’ve ever met. We were lucky enough to have a few minutes with Mike Morell, and I found him to be a very nice guy in person. The same is true for his wife and all the people who...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has reportedly filed a criminal misconduct complaint against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade in connection to the Georgia election interference case. The move comes as Greene alleges an improper relationship between Willis and Wade, prompting her to request a criminal investigation. According to reports, Greene claims that Willis and Wade had traveled together, and she asserts that District Attorney Willis used official funds to pay Special Prosecutor Wade nearly $700,000. Greene argues that if these allegations are proven true, they would reflect "Fani Willis'...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS/ WCBS 880 NEWS) – Elected officials along with parents from James Madison High School rallied on Wednesday morning after nearly 2,000 migrants were housed in the school for emergency shelter due to Tuesday night's winter rainstorm, resulting in the displacement of students. The rally aimed to draw attention to the impact of the City’s actions on the local community, according to a statement by Assemblyman Michael Novakhov released on Tuesday. “The City of New York's decision to prioritize migrants over our communities, budget, safety, and even the education of our children has raised serious concerns,” the...

The gun controls in Oregon’s Ballot Measure 114 (BM 114) were permanently blocked via a General Judgment entered January 9, 2024, by Harney County Circuit Court Judge Robert Raschio.Raschio initially blocked the gun controls just days before they were to go into effect.

A senior ally of President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday that any Ukrainian attacks on missile launch sites inside Russia with arms supplied by the United States and its allies would risk a nuclear response from Moscow. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said that some Ukrainian military commanders were considering hitting missile launch sites inside Russia with Western-supplied long-range missiles. He did not name the commanders or disclose more details of the alleged plan and there was no immediate reaction from Ukraine to his threat.

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When a vehicle is captured and then...

Say hello to my little friend . . . No, not Al Pacino in Scarface. Donald Trump, if he's elected in 2024. At least, if you believe MSNBC guest Harry Litman. Substitute host Alicia Menendez--daughter of scandal-ridden Dem Senator Bob Menendez of NJ--teed up Litman, a former Thurgood Marshall SCOTUS clerk and Bill Clinton US Attorney appointee: "As you well know, Trump's finances, they've been a so-called redline for him, going all the way back to Robert Mueller's investigation. If these rulings, if they do in fact have a profound effect on Trump's finances, are you worried about retribution should...

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said Wednesday that he would support the Republican nominee for president in 2024, even if that meant backing former President Trump as a hypothetical convicted felon. In an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Sununu defended his position by pointing to voter sentiment on the issue and to what he views as President Biden’s poor performance. Asked whether he would still support Trump if he’s a convicted felon and also the GOP nominee, Sununu said, “Look, I think, right now, most of America looks like they would, they would vote for him, because he’s winning...

Now that the Claudine Gay story has died down in the news cycle, let's look at how much bigger this story can end up being. Where most of the pixels spilled over this story ended with the pushback that got gay "fired" to only getting paid $900K per year, that turned out to be only the beginning. Billionaire Bill Ackman decided to stop donating to his alma mater, and led the charge to have Gay removed. But then The Empire Struck Back, via a Business Insider hit piece that tried to smear his wife with with plagiarism charges. One might...

The US has been fending off Iran-backed terrorists in the region for weeks Iranian forces have seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, two U.S. military officials confirmed to Fox News on Thursday. The seized vessel, previously known as the Suez Rajan, was once at the center of another dispute between the U.S. and Iran that ultimately saw the U.S. seize over 1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil. Armed Iranian soldiers reportedly boarded the vessel Thursday morning. The U.S. and other Western navies have been combating attacks from Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen in the Red Sea...

There are no “degrees of free speech.” It either exists or it doesn’t, and if it doesn’t, you are always on the path to printing nothing but government propaganda. If you ban anything at all, you open yourself up to banning everything. If you refuse to ban anything, then you have a strong position. But once you’ve decided something was “too much,” then you are offering an implicit endorsement of everything you don’t ban.

Vladimir Putin has complained that his old friends often no longer recognise him amid rumours he regularly uses body doubles. The Russian dictator, 71, told an audience in the country's remote Chukotka region that school and university classmates do not believe it's really him. 'When I [very occasionally] meet my classmates or fellow university students, they often look at me and say - "I don't believe it, is it actually you, or not you?",' he said. -snip- Solovey - who once taught future Russian spies and diplomats - was challenged by a top Ukrainian TV interviewer Dmitry Gordon over his...

Amid growing concerns over safety after several devastating mechanical failures on Boeing 737-9 Max aircraft, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun assured hesitant travelers that all their aircraft are built according to the highest standards of diversity. "I know everyone is nervous about the doors of their planes blowing off the aircraft mid-flight or the entire fuselage buckling due to faulty parts, but let me assure you: Boeing is diverse," said Calhoun in a CNBC interview. "In fact, our design and manufacturing crews are the most diverse in our company's history. Nothing to worry about." Boeing is facing NTSB investigations after several...

BOSTON — A major drugstore chain is shutting down another location in Boston in just a matter of days and people who live in the area are concerned that they are now living in a “pharmacy desert.” The Walgreens at 416 Warren Street in Roxbury will shut its doors for good come Martin Luther King Jr. Day, becoming the chain’s fourth city location to close in a little over a year. In late 2022, Walgreens suddenly shuttered locations in Mattapan, Hyde Park, and on Washington Street in Roxbury. Some Boston City Councilors have blasted the company for closing stores in...

The WHO’s Managerial GambitOn Friday, Bret Weinstein warned of impending tyranny from the World Health Organization. “We are in the middle of a coup,” the evolutionary biologist and podcaster told Tucker Carlson on X. The WHO’s new pandemic management regime will eliminate sovereignty, Weinstein said, and allow it to override national constitutions.He’s right about tyranny and coups. But not about sovereignty or constitutions. Technocrats learned a lot from Covid. Not how to avoid policy mistakes, but how to exercise control. Public authorities discovered that they could tell people what to do. They locked people down, closed their businesses, made them...

When it comes to education, Chicago, America’s “Second City,” is nowhere near second. The kids aren’t learning despite piles of money being spent, and families are abandoning the system. According to the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), just 15% of Chicago’s 8th-grade students are proficient in math, and 21% are proficient in reading. Money is certainly not the problem, as Chicago Public Schools spend about $29,000 per student. So, a class of 20 students costs the taxpayer almost $600,000 per year. Additionally, Chi-town teachers aren’t suffering; a rookie teacher makes $64,000 a year and eventually can earn up...

11 January 2024 Thursday of week 1 in Ordinary Time St Paulinus's Church, Crayford, Kent, UK Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Samuel 4:1-11 ©Israel is defeated and the ark of God is capturedIt happened at that time that the Philistines mustered to fight Israel and Israel went out to meet them in battle, encamping near Ebenezer while the Philistines were encamped at Aphek. The Philistines drew up their battle line against Israel, the battle was hotly engaged, and Israel was defeated by the Philistines and about four thousand of their army were killed on the field....