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A Utah teenager plunged hundreds of feet to his death when he stopped to take photos with buddies at a scenic overlook and fell over the edge, according to officials. Thrill-seeking 19-year-old Jonathan Fielding died Saturday in what authorities believe was an accident while he was hiking near Moonscape Overlook, KUTV reported. Fielding, an avid photographer, and two friends went to take pics near the edge of a cliff when Fielding lost his footing on shaky ground and went over the canyon edge as he attempted to find a better vantage point, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, per the station,...

Hundreds of fast-food workers met in Los Angeles on Friday to kick off the launch of the California Fast Food Workers Union, a statewide union aimed at organizing cooks and cashiers at fast-food companies across the state. The new union comes in the wake of a victory at the end of 2023 to boost pay for California’s more than 500,000-strong fast-food workforce to $20 an hour. ... In California, over 80% of fast-food workers are people of color and two-thirds are women. In recent years, workers at fast-food chains throughout the state have held strikes in response to poor workplace...

@simonateba @realDonaldTrump writes, "I signed and was responsible for the Music Modernization Act for Taylor Swift and all other Musical Artists. "Joe Biden didn’t do anything for Taylor, and never will. There’s no way she could endorse Crooked Joe Biden, the worst and most corrupt President in the History of our Country, and be disloyal to the man who made her so much money. Besides that, I like her boyfriend, Travis, even though he may be a Liberal, and probably can’t stand me!"

The “squad” might be one member down when the new Congress opens next year, if a new poll is accurate. According to the New York Post, the poll, by GOP-run firm Remington Research, showed “squad” member Rep. Cori Bush, a Missouri Democrat. down by 22 points to Wesley Bell, a Democrat challenging Bush in the Aug. 6 primary. Bell, the prosecuting attorney in St. Louis County, is drawing 50 percent in the survey of 401 likely 2024 Missouri primary voters.

Former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that former President Donald Trump being elected again posed “a national security risk.” Anchor Kristen Welker said, “We’ve got a new set of comments from former President Trump overnight. He basically is recounting a story, conversation he says he had with one of the NATO leaders about paying their fair share in the face of these threats by Vladimir Putin. Let’s take a look, and I’ll get your reaction on the other side.”

Juan does an excellent job reviewing the NTSB preliminary report. Note that he just got back from a Sydney route and immediately did this review and report. He is really dedicated! The Captain & First Officer did an outstanding job responding to the plug blow-out. They executed the Rapid Depressurization Checklist promptly and precisely. The Captain had 12,700 hours of flight experience including 6,500 in the accident airplane make and model (B-737). The FO had 8,300 hours total flight experience and 1,500 in the accident airplane make and model. The FO was female. The pilot was flying and the FO...

Have four retail credit cards serviced by Synchrony Bank. One of the cards (Crate and Barrel) was locked by them yesterday, with a credit balance of almost $700. Called to ask why the lock was put in place. They said that a "fraud" lock was put on. We see no unusual activity on the account and don't use it very often. None of our accounts have a balance owed. In order to remove it they are demanding biometrics. A five-second video recording showing all angles of the face - that will then be fed through an AI program to generate...

This is not New York City folks. This is north of Niagara falls, New York on the other side. Seems we have an illegal invasion going on here too. And the residents all know it.

A team of anthropologists at Université Bordeaux has found evidence of nine distinct cultures living in what is now Europe during the Gravettian period. In their study, reported in the journal Nature Human Behavior, the group analyzed personal adornments worn by people living in the region between 24,000 and 34,000 years ago...Prior research has shown that humans have been adorning themselves for thousands of years. In this new effort, the researchers looked at the types of adornments that were worn by people living in Europe during the Gravettian period—a time during the Paleolithic when a culture known as the Gravettian...

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Treasury Department investigators in its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) demanded that banks scour customer transactions for key terms like MAGA and Trump. During a Senate Banking Committee hearing Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said "FinCEN was created to stop money laundering, not spy on Americans. Why would they be targeting Republicans' purchases at Cabela's, Dick's Sporting Goods and Bass Pro Shops?" "Senator, you are forgetting that President Biden has declared that Trump and MAGA are enemies of democracy," Yellen replied. "The President's assessment was the logical inference from Trump's incitement of his MAGA followers to seize power after his defeat...

Hillary Clinton was interrupted Friday by pro-Palestinian protesters decrying policies she supported when she was Secretary of State in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2013. "Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, you are a war criminal!" a man shouted as the former secretary of state walked onto a lecture hall stage at Columbia University in New York City. "The people of Libya, the people of Iraq, the people of Syria, the people of Yemen, the people of Palestine as well as the people of America will never forgive you," he continued as Keren Yarhi-Milo, dean of Columbia’s School of International and...

Last Tuesday the radical left Washington DC Appeals Court ruled that President Trump is not immune from prosecution for his speech crimes while serving as US President.The ruling was in regards to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s charges against the former president.Trump argued that the speaking out against election vulnerabilities and violations.On Sunday morning RINO Georgia Governor Brian Kemp told the ABC audience that Trump should get immunity for his speech following the 2020 election.Kemp added that, “No one is above the law.”Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp pushed back on former Pres. Trump's position that he should be granted legal immunity...

A crowd in San Francisco's Chinatown surrounded a Waymo robotaxi on Saturday night, broke the windows and threw fireworks inside, setting the vehicle ablaze, the company said.

A leitmotif in Putin’s remarks to Tucker in that marathon interview was, as he saw it, the serial betrayal of Russia by the West. I wonder if there is a central clearing office that issues regular updates about what nasty dictators one is allowed to engage with and which ones, for this week anyway, one must avoid. It was okay for Gavin Newsom to remove the feces and the homeless from the streets of San Francisco in order to fête Xi Jinping. Likewise, it was just fine for CNN and the BBC to interview the leader of Hamas. And of...

The modernisation of the Chinese PLA has represented a dramatic shift in the balance of military power in Asia. Over the course of several decades, the PLA has shifted from a primarily ground combat force with a large stock of outdated equipment, to one that is increasingly capable of projecting power and holding targets at risk over longer and longer distances. Having discussed the PRC's military budget, industry, rocket force and other critical drivers, today I finally want to give an overview of the PLA's changing capabilities and ask the question - what kind of force has China's modernization process...

Political commentator Scott Jennings said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that former President Donald Trump is an “&-+$#@$” for asking where his competitor, Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Nikki Haley’s (R-SC) husband was when he was serving overseas in the U.S. military. At a campaign rally, Trump said, “Where’s her husband? Oh, he’s away. He’s away. What happened to her husband? what happened to her husband? Where is he? He’s gone.”

Biden campaign co-chair Mitch Landrieu said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that questions about President Joe Biden’s mental fitness would not cause him to “quit” the presidential race. Anchor Kristen Welker said, “Our NBC news poll found that 76% of voters are concerned about whether the president has the necessary mental and physical health to be president for a second term. What is the plan to convince voters otherwise?”

Mutant wolves roaming the deserted streets of Chernobyl appear to have developed resistance to cancer - raising hopes the findings can help scientists fight the disease in humans...

VIDEOI don't care if it rains or freezes, Just as long as I got my Chocolate Jesus, Up on the dashboard of my car...Hallelujah! Chocolate Jesus has returned in the form of New York City Mayor Eric Adams. You don't believe me? Well just ask him since he is making the claim of being the Chocolate Jesus as you can see here. Unfortunately for New Yorkers, Chocolate Jesus is unable to feed 5000 people with five loaves and two fish much less feeding well over 50,000 illegals flooding the city. In fact, Chocolate Jesus can't do much of anything except...