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About 13,500 hotel workers across Boston, Honolulu, Providence and San Francisco will vote on whether to strike this week as they push for significant wage increases and protections against job cuts. Employees at leading chains including Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott and Omni will decide in the coming days whether to approve the walkouts... If workers vote to authorize a strike in the first four cities, one can be called at any time once their contract expires, with some already having expired, and others set to expire by the end of August.... Theresa Fiorino, a room service cashier at the Hilton Boston...

Donald Trump did something Kamala Harris has failed to do since she ripped the 2024 Democratic nomination away from Joe Biden: answered questions from the press. The event, held at Mar-a-Lago, featured Trump ripping into Harris’ intelligence, announcing three dates for debates with the vice president, and warning how the nation is on the verge of economic disaster if Kamala wins in November. The media tried to fact-check the president, and it devolved into such a ticky-tack game of linguistic nonsense that it only served as yet another reminder of why these clowns are mocked and distrusted. First, CNN tried...

My latest song. It's OK to feel blue.

Up to 16,000 US Marines would by stationed in Australia's Top End by 2025 under a radical new defence plan. A report by two think tanks has called for the US military presence in Darwin to be beefed up to 16,000 US Marines as one of the cheapest and quickest ways for Australia to deter potential enemies. Currently 2,500 Marines are stationed at Robertson Barracks, Palmerston on a rotational basis ...

Major U.S. banks including Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo collectively closed more than 30 locations during a two-week period in July, a Daily Mail report revealed. From July 14 to July 28, 33 banks were shut down throughout multiple regions of the country, with Florida being the state with the most closures. Bank of America axed 11 locations, followed by Chase and PNC which closed seven each. Axiom Bank, Capitol, Citizens, Dollar Bank, Lemont, and Zions Bancorporation locations also went down across states including Ohio, Virginia, Texas, and Colorado. Bank of America has become the national bank with...

Juan "Chi Chi" Rodriguez, a Hall of Fame golfer whose antics on the greens and inspiring life story made him among the sport's most popular players during a long professional career, died Thursday. He was 88. Rodriguez's death was announced by Carmelo Javier Ríos, a senator in Rodriguez's native Puerto Rico. He didn't provide a cause of death.

An archeological team in Venezuela has discovered 20 rock art sites that date back thousands of years in Canaima National Park, in the southeastern part of the country. While archaeologists have found similar rock art designs elsewhere in South America, the newfound art "represents a new culture previously unknown," José Miguel Pérez-Gómez, an archaeologist and researcher at Simón Bolívar University in Caracas who is leading the team, told Live Science in an email. Some of these designs, which researchers call "pictograms," were drawn in red and depict geometric motifs such as lines of dots, rows of X's, star-shaped patterns and...

Quiet suburban street. Hustling large safe into back of car. Car undoubtedly stolen with rear seats ripped out. Comments saying Venezuelan gang. Though, I know that California has South American criminals that visit. Do high class burglaries. Then fly back home like tourists. https://x.com/streetpeoplebh/status/1821738620774183135

Do Jewish prophecies point to Jesus? | Answering Jewish Objections to Christianity (Part 1) In this first part of a series, we explore how Christians understand the Messiah in light of Jewish prophetic tradition. Many Jews believe Jesus doesn't fulfill the prophecies, but is there more to the story? Join us for a respectful conversation about the Messiah and delve into the Scriptures together.

In case anyone doubted that the Secret Service was engaged in a cover-up over the cocaine baggie found in the White House in 2022 — it was. The latest reports: As soon as a uniformed officer found the drugs and notified disgraced ex-Director Kim Cheatle that he wanted to follow certain crime scene protocols, the retaliations began — starting with that officer allegedly being taken off the case. Leadership apparently began to pressure forensics workers to stop trying to find DNA matches, and sought to avoid interviewing the hundreds of people with access to the space where the drugs were...

Discover the hidden depths of the Trinity through the lens of Second Temple Judaism! Join us on a journey to explore the intricate concepts of the Divine Presence, Wisdom, and the Word, as understood by our ancestors. Uncover the rich tapestry of Jewish thought that laid the groundwork for later Christian doctrine. This video challenges conventional understandings and offers a fresh perspective on one of the most fundamental Christian beliefs.

And 2 of the 4 burglars at the Watergate were on the CIA payroll

<p>From gun violence to busy roads to access to emergency care, many factors can shape the safety of a community, which in turn helps determine the health of a community.</p><p>In assessing dozens of factors that shape and show the health of nearly 3,000 counties and county equivalents across the country, the 2024 Healthiest Communities rankings explore this relationship. In the public safety category of the rankings, communities are scored on a 100-point scale tied to their performance relative to one another across seven metrics in three key areas: crime, injuries and public safety capacity. Individual metrics include violent and property crime rates, the share of the population in proximity to emergency facilities, spending on health and emergency services, vehicle crash fatality rate and more.</p>

Hey, Tim Walz isn’t so bad. In an age when leftists compete with one another in how much they can repudiate and mock traditional values, it is surprising and refreshing to discover that the Democrats’ shiny new vice-presidential candidate, America’s dad, is a regular churchgoer. Walz’s Christian piety, however, is not exactly the sort of thing that would put you in mind of Augustine, Aquinas, Martin Luther, Mother Theresa, or any other prominent Christian you’d care to name. In fact, it’s just the sort of thing you’d expect: the far left at prayer. The Daily Caller reported Wednesday that Democratic...

Dear Keir Starmer, I'm calling out the Fascist United Kingdom government for its tone-deaf and totally inappropriate response to the disorder on the streets of Southport and the rest of this country. I'm calling for peace. Could you actually listen for once? (more in video). Open Letter to Keir Starmer

Nevada has agreed to purge over 90,000 ineligible voters from its rolls following a legal battle with the Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign, according to a press statement from the Nevada GOP. The purge will focus on Clark County, which includes Las Vegas, and will remove individuals no longer active under state law, the Wednesday statement alleged,RNC Chair Michael Whatley praised the decision as a significant step for voter security. “Election integrity starts with clean voter rolls, and that’s why we’ve brought litigation in key states to compel outcomes just like this,” he tweeted.The Nevada GOP’s Executive Board...

Possibly very true. Also possibly very true: The US might need to strike actual gold to afford it. Nevertheless, Donald Trump has emphasized his desire to find new places to cut taxes in order to generate real economic growth. Those ideas are also clearly aimed at finding inroads into traditional Democrat constituencies. A proposal to end taxes on tips has a lot of appeal for low-income servers, who are likely younger voters, and both are key demos for Kamala Harris and other Democrats. It didn't woo the culinary union leaders, but it might appeal to their members.His latest proposal clearly...

The official word so far is that no one really saw this coming, not Russia and not even the United States. Ukraine's decision to invade Russia is looking like a high-risk gamble but so far it appears to be paying off.After months of losing ground to Russia in brutal, grinding battles in Ukraine, Kyiv shifted tactics with a surprise attack into Russian territory this week that caught Moscow off guard and opened a new front in the 30-month war.Ukrainian forces have punched through Russian border defenses and seized several settlements in fighting that was still raging on Thursday, according to...

A CNN correspondent harshly fact-checked Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., on Wednesday, declaring that "there is no evidence" he carried weapons in combat as the vice presidential candidate appeared to previously imply. Since Vice President Kamala Harris announced Walz as her 2024 running mate, his political and military record have come under intense scrutiny. Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, former President Trump’s running mate, accused Walz of misleading the country about his veteran status on Wednesday. "He said, 'We shouldn't allow weapons that I used in war to be on America's streets.' Well, I wonder, Tim Walz, when were you ever in...

Evacuations in the southern Russian city of Lipetsk early Friday morning following a "massive drone attack"... US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaking with his Israeli counterpart... Three deans at Columbia University resigning after last month's revelation of Antisemitic text messages... A joint statement from the leaders of the United States, Egypt and Qatar calling for... An adviser to Kamala Harris denying the Newsweek report that she would consider an arms embargo on Israel... ABC News here in the US confirming a September 10th debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris... In Serbia a newspaper reporting that anti-government pro-US (Western) protesters...