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After nearly a week of high water blocking access to the homes in Laurel Meadows, Friday marks a new day for many. Although still flooded, most of the water inside the homes have gone.Like so many of their neighbors, the Gregory family returned home to survey the damage caused by Debby. "I feel terrible. I just was crying like I just, I don't know where to begin," said Kim Gregory. "All my beautiful furniture, all the things that you know, we take time to pick out and put together and spend money on— all gone." The last time Kim Gregory...

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) said he “disavows” far-right white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who criticized Vance’s wife, Usha Vance, for her Indian heritage, while arguing the best response is to “ignore” the attacks. Fuentes, who dined at Mar-a-Lago with former President Trump in 2022, went after Vance and his family after he joined the former president’s reelection ticket last month. “Who is this guy, really? Do we really expect that the guy who has an Indian wife and named their kid Vivek is going to support white identity?” Fuentes said of Vance last month. When asked on...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia has started a fire on the grounds of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest such facility in Europe. It comes as the war between the two countries enters a new phase, with Ukraine occupying Russian territory for the first time last week as part of its retaliation against Russia’s full-scale invasion, which is now in its third year. Russia captured the plant, which is in Ukrainian territory, shortly after invading Ukraine in 2022. Its six nuclear reactors are in cold shutdown and no nuclear activity was recorded on Sunday, but the...

Hamas has rejected hostage talks that were set for this week, hours after CNN published a poorly-sourced article claiming that the terrorist group was serious about a deal but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not. Axios.com reported (original emphasis): Hamas announced on Sunday that it rejects the invitation by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt for a final round of negotiations over the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal planned for Thursday. Why it matters: Hamas’ announcement is a significant setback for the Biden administration’s efforts to reach a hostage and ceasefire deal and prevent the Gaza conflict from escalating into...

Sen. JD Vance made the rounds on major news networks on Sunday, appearing on ABC, CBS and CNN, while his Democratic counterpart, Gov. Tim Walz, was nowhere to be found. Vance gave an extended interview with ABC News' Jonathan Karl, with their conversation airing in full on Sunday. Vance detailed plans for deportations and defended his support for family voting. Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has attacked Vance for past comments, suggesting that parents should get extra votes when they have children. "The Democrats are talking about giving the vote to 16-year-olds, but let's do this instead," Vance said in...

Maya Harris, Kamala’s sister, a radical ACLU activist, ran her 2020 presidential campaign. Maya’s husband, Tony West, who formerly served as the lawyer for John Walker Lindh, the American Taliban, is playing a major role in her current presidential campaign. Meena Harris, Maya’s daughter (but not West’s daughter), who is very close to Kamala, has tweeted in support of the pro-Hamas encampments and spread false claims of atrocities against Israel. All of this provides a certain amount of background about Kamala’s views from some of the most important people in her life who have also served as close advisers to...

A former Minnesota bar owner who now commutes two hours a day to sling suds in neighboring Wisconsin said Gov. Tim Walz’s restrictive pandemic-era lockdowns in the state “decimated” local businesses — and caused financial ruin for those who stood up for their livelihoods. “I think he’s an evil man who overstepped his role as the governor. He took small businesses and ripped them up. He destroyed us,” Lisa Zarza. ... She said when shelter-in-place and business closures first went into effect in March, 2020, “I did everything I was supposed to do. I wore my mask, I social distanced....

Menu HUGE: Thomas Crooks Trained at Shooting Range, Where Multiple Federal Agencies Reportedly Train, Including DHS — Visited the Club 43 Times Including Holidays Since Last Year, Records Show by Jim Hᴏft Aug. 11, 2024 1:20 pm305 Comments TruthTweetShareGettrGabTelegramLinkedIn Screenshot: Jesse Watters Primetime New evidence shows that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man suspected of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump, had been intensely preparing for his attack at the Clairton Sportsmen’s Club, a facility frequented by multiple federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). According to the documents released by Grassley’s office on Thursday, Crooks signed up...

“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” – Amendment VIII, The U.S. Bill of Rights Americans argue today about whether or not capital punishment is, in and of itself, cruel and unusual. The Founders would not have recognized it as so. In fact, “cruel and unusual” punishments to them referenced the torturous and disfiguring punishments which were going out of fashion even in their day, but were not too distance of a memory – things like branding, for example. This Amendment also ensures that you receive reasonable bail and are not...

JD Vance was everywhere on Sunday, doing three separate interviews with CNN, NBC News, and CBS News. Facing adversarial questions and interviewers determined to protect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, Vance dominated with precision. He was prepared for every question and skillfully batted down various attacks while turning each topic in his favor. In one especially satisfying moment, Dana Bash tried to obscure reporting from her own network to cover for Walz lying about his service. Vance was ready for it.

Ads criticizing a relatively unknown GOP candidate for Alaska’s U.S. House seat could change the dynamics of the competitive race after the primary later this month. Gerald Heikes, a Palmer resident and perennial candidate for public office in Alaska, has no money to spend on building a campaign website or advertising his positions. But a Democrat-backed group is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars highlighting Heikes’ anti-abortion stance in a quest to bolster Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola’s chances at reelection. Alaska’s U.S. House seat is one of a handful that is seen as winnable by both Democrats and Republicans,...

Factbox: Where the bookies and trading exchanges put Trump, Clinton odds A Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released on Friday put Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton just 5 percentage points above Republican rival Donald Trump ahead of Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election. But major bookmakers and online exchanges are much more confident about a Clinton victory. Here is where they put the probability as of Sunday of each candidate winning the election: PredictIt, an online trading platform jointly run by Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, and Washington, D.C.-based political consulting firm Aristotle International Inc: Clinton - 81 percent Trump - 20 percent...

President Biden said he believes a cease-fire deal in the Israel-Hamas war is “still possible” before the end of his Oval Office term in just more than five months. When asked on “CBS News Sunday Morning” if a cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas is attainable, Biden said, “Yes, it’s still possible.” “The plan I put together endorsed by the G7, endorsed by the … U.N. Security Council, et cetera, is still viable,” Biden added in the interview. “And I’m working literally every single day to — and my whole team, to see to it that it...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) clapped back at those attacking Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s military record, stating it is a “sign of the bankruptcy” of critics’ ideas. Walz’s 24 years in the Army National Guard came under intense scrutiny by Republicans last week, specifically over whether the Minnesota governor misrepresented his time in the service.

Aug 11, 2024 One of the constant features of the war in Ukraine to date has been a general environment of mutual air-denial. The VKS has been able to launch stand-off attacks using missiles, drones, and glide bombs (while Ukraine relies to a greater extent on drones and Storm Shadow/SCALP ALCMS) but neither side has been able to develop or sustain air superiority over the other's territory. But while that state has persisted for nearly two and half years at this point, that doesn't mean the situation is static. Ukraine's long range strike capabilities have improved, even as constant Russian...

A California man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, the second-longest sentence yet in hundreds of prosecutions of riot participants. David Nicholas Dempsey pleaded guilty in January to two counts of assaulting police officers with a dangerous weapon, landing him a sentence only surpassed by Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio's 22-year sentence, according to a report from the Guardian. Prosecutors accused Dempsey of being one of the most violent members of the mob that stormed the Capitol in protest of Congress certifying the 2020 election for...

A 69-year-old man's final wish is to reunite with his two estranged daughters whom he has not seen in more than 20 years and seek their forgiveness. Retired businessman Chen Tuguang (transliteration), is suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer, Shin Min Daily News reported. In an interview with the Chinese evening daily, he shared that his wife had died of liver cancer in 1993, leaving behind his daughters aged 11 and eight. Deciding to "leave this sad place", Chen packed his bags for Shanghai, China where he worked for several years. He got married to a Chinese woman there and later...

Talk about the cost of doing business. A shameless Costco shopper put the popular warehouse retailer’s generous return policy to the test — and tested the patience of social media observers — by dragging a three-year-old couch back to her local store. California-based realtor Jasmen Reyes recently performed a public demonstration of the limits of the guarantee via a video posted to her TikTok account where she attempts to return the unwanted furniture — said to be worth approximately $1,400. Advertisement

Explanation: Where do Perseid meteors come from? Mostly small bits of stony grit, Perseid meteoroids were once expelled from Comet Swift-Tuttle and continue to follow this comet's orbit as they slowly disperse. The featured animation depicts the entire meteoroid stream as it orbits our Sun. When the Earth nears this stream, as it does every year, the Perseid Meteor Shower occurs. Highlighted as bright in the animation, comet debris this size is usually so dim it is practically undetectable. Only a small fraction of this debris will enter the Earth's atmosphere, heat up and disintegrate brightly. Tonight and the next...

Ukrainian's Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor is on fire.