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A CVS store in Columbia Heights that has been plagued by robberies is closing its doors after struggling with months of near-constant crime that left shelves empty. "We’ve made the difficult decision to close our store at 3031 14th St. NW in Columbia Heights on Feb. 29. All prescriptions will be transferred to the nearby CVS Pharmacy at 1755 Columbia Rd. NW. to ensure patients have uninterrupted access to pharmacy care," said in a statement to FOX 5. Columbia Heights CVS plauged by theft forced to shut down A CVS store in Columbia Heights is shutting down after dealing with...

Since Hamas’s brutal attack against Israel on Oct. 7 and the resulting Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip, tensions and hostilities across the Middle East have reached fever pitch. And with such a complex regional crisis playing out, it should not come as a surprise that the Biden administration is reconsidering its military priorities in the region.It should be cause for significant concern, however, that this could involve a full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria. While no definitive decision has been made to leave, four sources within the Defense and State departments said the White House is no...

THE DAILY SHOW is bringing back beloved former host Jon Stewart on a part-time basis to shepherd the late-night show through the 2024 election season. Following Trevor Noah’s exit in December 2022, the series spent 2023 relying on a revolving door of special guests and correspondents to hold down the fort while Comedy Central settled on a permanent host. However — despite Roy Wood Jr.’s very public pleadings at the Emmys — The Daily Show has opted not to bring in a full-time host, and instead will have Stewart return for Monday night broadcasts.

President Joe Biden’s campaign event touting abortion access was derailed Tuesday after pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted his speech multiple times. Biden’s speech was paused five times in roughly four minutes as pro-Palestinian protesters repeatedly screamed at the president. However, chants of “four more years” and “let’s go Joe” drowned out the protestors each time. The protestors appeared to have interrupted Biden about ten times during the duration of his speech. “How many kids have you killed?” one protestor carrying a Palestinian flag screamed before the attendees cheered over him. Moments later, another protestor interrupted the president, yelling out “Israel kills two...

Candidates in the crowded race for Sacramento mayor agree that climate change is a global crisis demanding local action. But their plans to tackle the formidable issue vary, and some are rather light on specifics. That was one of the key takeaways from Monday night’s climate justice forum hosted by the League of Women’s Voters. The wide-ranging discussion touched on questions around implementing the city’s climate action goals, safe streets for pedestrians and cyclists, public transportation and water sustainability. Steve Hansen, a former City Council member “I’m going to bring back a robust community bike share program that is city...

Self-awareness is hard. Democrats are especially bad at seeing themselves as others see them. Monday night on MSNBC, anchor Rachel Maddow claimed that Trump’s re-election pitch is that he will be a dictator who will end politics in the United States.Jen Psaki sat and listened to Maddow’s unhinged commentary with a snarl on her face“Donald Trump is not leading the Republican Party and leading the Republican field of candidates because of his youthful vigor or because of his eloquence. None of that is going on,” Maddow told Jen Psaki, the former White House press secretary for President Biden and her...

The New Hampshire primary may be only the second official election of the 2024 presidential cycle, but it solidified that the last man standing in the Republican primary race is going to be former President Donald Trump. Even with Democrats hopping over to the GOP primary to boost Haley, Trump trounced her with some 55 percent of the vote, as of Wednesday morning. The elephant in the GOP war room now is how long will candidate Nikki Haley drag her feet to make her defeat final and official?It didn’t take long after the Iowa caucuses for Vivek Ramaswamy and Florida...

Former MSNBC host Tiffany Cross lost her network gig in 2022 — but during a recent podcast, she claimed that “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough played a role in her abrupt exit. During an episode of her newly-launched podcast — “Native Land Pod”, co-hosted by Angela Rye and Andrew Gillum — Cross referred to Scarborough as MSNBC’s “favorite white boy” and claimed that she was pushed out for not wanting to spend all her time covering former President Donald Trump. […] Cross went on to say that although she believed Scarborough had worked behind her back to submarine her at...

The British Army needs to be prepared to “rapidly expand” to field a “citizen army”, its top general said, praising European states for bringing back conscription and saying “we must similarly prepare”. We are now living in the “prewar generation” and it is time to take “preparatory steps to enable placing our societies on a war footing”, Chief of the General Staff General Sir Patrick Sanders told the International Armoured Vehicles Conference in Twickenham, England, on Wednesday morning. Limited elements of the speech were trailed in the Daily Telegraph in advance, characterising them as a warning that the public faces...

Company says it is cooperating with the SEC after receiving a document request.. Agriculture company Archer Daniels Midland ADM .. placed its chief financial officer, Vikram Luthar, on administrative leave as it investigates accounting practices at the company. The Chicago grain merchant and commodity trader said that the continuing investigation centers around ADM’s nutrition business and that it follows a voluntary document request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. ADM said Luthar’s leave is pending an investigation by outside counsel and its board’s audit committee, focused on certain intersegment transactions in the company’s nutrition business. ADM said it is...

Legendary Hollywood gems like the “Wizard Of Oz” and the Christmas classic “It’s A Wonderful Life” are both getting what director and writer Kenya Barris is calling a “diverse” reboot. Speaking to Variety at the Sundance Film Festival, Barris confirmed he’s working on scripts for both films and giving the Judy Garland 1939 movie a new look with a story told from a “different point of a view.” “The original ‘Wizard of Oz’ took place during the Great Depression and it was about self-reliance and what people were going through,” Barris told the outlet. “I think this is the perfect...

Is there anything more disconcerting than being asked to sign a waiver before tucking into a hamburger? An American visitor to Toronto shocked hundreds of Reddit users last week by sharing that he was asked to sign a waiver when he ordered a medium-cooked hamburger at a Hilton hotel restaurant. “She brought it and it looked great! When I had my first bite she brought me a release form and said we always make our burgers well done, but since you wanted it medium … you should sign this.” The poster said that upon the special “medium” request, the waiter...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing back and adding more razor wire to the border fence after Monday's Supreme Court ruling that the border patrol can remove the wire along the southern border. So far, the border patrol in the borderland has not cut down any of the razor wire. In the meantime, Abbott says he won’t back down despite the Supreme Court’s ruling, and for now, plans to continue to secure the border however he wants to. “What Governor Abbott is doing is not just unconstitutional, and it’s not just harmful to very vulnerable...

pproximately 70% of New Hampshire primary voters who supported former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (R) were not registered Republicans, according to a Tuesday CNN exit poll. The poll revealed that only 27% of Haley voters were Republican, and another 3% were not registered with any party before the primary on Tuesday. Seven in ten of Haley's voters were "undeclared." In contrast, 70% of former President Donald Trump's (R) New Hampshire supporters were registered Republicans, and approximately 27% were undeclared. According to the New Hampshire Secretary of State, undeclared voters are allowed to vote in primary...

American scientists applied to engineer coronaviruses with remarkable similarities to SARS-CoV-2 at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2018, just one year before the pandemic’s outbreak, according to newly released internal documents. The 2018 grant proposal and related documents — obtained by the watchdog group U.S. Right to Know through a Freedom of Information request — reveal that an American virologist working with the Wuhan lab planned to engineer a virus that resembles SARS-CoV-2 as part of a U.S.-China research collaboration called “DEFUSE.” The research project was to be led by EcoHealth Alliance, a New York City-based research nonprofit that...

The “alleged” terrorist warning Americans “Soon you’ll know who I am” appears to be Movsum Samadov, a Muslim who was released in January 2023 after serving 12 years for being a terrorist. Will the democrats voters ever wake up to the invasion at the southern border? Right video credit to @78crystalfu

In his first interview since dropping out of the presidential race, DeSantis told Blaze TV’s Steve Deace that the blame is on Iowa caucusgoers who rallied behind front-runner Donald Trump even though many didn’t like him. “They did not want to see Trump nominated again, but they had basically been told that it was inevitable, that it was over,” DeSantis told Deace on Tuesday. DeSantis, who lost to Trump in the Iowa caucuses earlier this month, added that those voters were “checked out” and had “just totally dropped out of the process.” The Florida governor told Deace he’d consider running...

Six questions every Democrat must answerThe Democrats have settled upon their 2024 campaign message: “Former President Donald Trump poses a threat to democracy and must be stopped. He has openly admitted he will become a dictator on day one.”Liberals make these statements about Trump and so-called MAGA Republican “extremists” because they know if they are repeated enough, they will stick. And they’re right. No evidence is required because the Democrats know they will never be called upon to support their claims by their comrades. When questioned by conservatives, however, they simply hold fast to their lies. Take, for example, Fox...

Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary last night of course and it's beyond 100% obvious that neocon Nikki Haley is working with the Marxist Democrats in order to try to undermine his candidacy.

Watchlisted: You’re Probably Already on a Government Extremism List“In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught.”—Hunter S. ThompsonAccording to the FBI, you may be an anti-government extremist if you’ve:a) purchased a Bible or other religious materials,b) used terms like “MAGA” and “Trump,”c) shopped at Dick’s Sporting Goods, Cabela’s, or Bass Pro Shops,d) purchased tickets to travel by bus, cars, or plane,e) all of the above.In fact, if you selected any of those options in recent years, you’re probably already on a government watchlist.That’s how broadly the government’s net is being cast in its pursuit of...