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The incident took place in the western town of Moers. Germany is on high alert after three people were killed in Friday's knife attack in nearby Solingen. German police on Tuesday said they had shot dead a man suspected of attacking passers-by with knives in the western town of Moers, days after a deadly knife attack in nearby Solingen. Emergency services were called at around 2:45 pm (1245 GMT) on Tuesday and told that a man had "assaulted and threatened several passers-by" in the town, police in nearby Duisburg said in a statement.

THORNTON TOWNSHIP, Ill. (WLS) -- A special meeting of the Thornton Township trustees Wednesday night was called off, but that didn't stop supervisor and Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard from addressing the public. She slammed recent actions by trustees to limit spending and enact a new credit card policy. In the absence of the township's five sitting trustees, Henyard's attempt at a special meeting was more like a soliloquy. "I am about to address some things. There will be no comment, no anything, just me addressing you guys to tell you what's going on," she said. "If you want to leave,...

Mum of two Liza* explains the reality of hygiene poverty – but you can help Boots and charity The Hygiene Bank support struggling familiesRoughly 4.2 million adults in the UK are living in hygiene poverty, struggling to afford everyday essentials such as toothbrushes and toothpaste. The rising cost of living has meant that, for many families, basic items have had to be sacrificed as they stretch their budgets to pay bills and buy food. These are among the findings of a new report by grassroots charity The Hygiene Bank*. For mum of two Liza**, having to let her children go...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will retaliate strongly against Hamas following the killing of the six hostages whose bodies were rescued over the weekend. Netanyahu hinted that the response would be akin to the retaliatory strike against Hezbollah in July that killed the Iran-backed group’s top commander Fu’ad Shukr. “We’re going to exact a heavy price from Hamas; I’m not going to tell you what the price is going to be and what we’re going to do, there’s going to be an element of surprise here,” Netanyahu said at a news conference on Monday night.

We all know the government ruins everything it touches. This includes science and even basic nutrition. For years, it's pushed the food pyramid -- carb heavy -- despite lots of research that shows meat and protein are very healthy and beneficial. So it's not a surprise that a study from Tufts University -- funding by the NIH -- shows that Cheerios and Lucky Charms are healthier than beef and eggs.

resident Biden introduced Kamala Harris at a campaign rally on Labor Day, Monday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: I know I trust her. Not a joke! I trust her. Number two, the frst decision I made as the nominee back in 2020 was selecting here as my vice president. It was the single best decision I made as president United States America. I was watching something sent to me when they asked Barack, they said Barack picked me as vice president because he knew I could be president. I know she'll be a good president. I've watched her with...

Former Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby was out partying with friends, supporters and family members at an event located several miles from her home in Baltimore over the weekend despite being ordered by a judge to a year of home detention. Mosby was convicted on one count of mortgage fraud in February after she testified that she unintentionally made false statements on loan applications to buy two Florida vacation homes. In November, she was convicted of two counts of perjury by a federal jury after she falsely claimed financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to withdraw money...

One of the first major pitfalls of Kamala Harris' young campaign seemed to materialize over the holiday weekend, as her team traded barbs with the Trump camp over accusations of disrespecting the military. Harris first accused Trump of staging a "political stunt" during a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, intended to honor service members killed in the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) mistakenly referred to Democrat vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as “Tom” twice during a Labor Day event. While speaking at the LaborFest in Milwaukee on Monday, Evers highlighted how Walz, like Evers, was a “former union member” and how he had “signed the most pro-worker package” in Minnesota’s history. Like me, he’s a former union member. He signed the most pro-worker package in Minnesota history to strengthen workforce protections, give people paid leave, and lots more,” Evers said: And, Wisconsin, you all know what happens when you elect a former teacher, don’t you?...

Gov. Tim Walz went viral for all the wrong reasons during a stopover at the Minnesota State Fair Sunday, appearing to duck a reporter who asked him about the grim news that six Israeli hostages had been executed by Hamas in Gaza. In the video, which has been widely shared and viewed millions of times online, Walz, clutching a vanilla milkshake, is seen speaking to a small crowd of fairgoers and reporters. An unidentified woman’s voice inquires off camera, “What’s your reaction to the six hostages being found in Gaza?” At that very moment, Walz’s attention is drawn to an...

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Donald Trump has drawn ridicule and accusations of hypocrisy after accusing Kamala Harris of mistreating Mike Pence, the former vice-president who his supporters said should be hanged during the January 6 insurrection that he incited.The Republican’s nominee’s comments came in an interview with Fox News, when he also singled out Harris’s 2018 cross-examination of Brett Kavanaugh during Senate confirmation hearings after Trump, then president, nominated him as a justice on the US supreme court.“They say she has many deficiencies, but she’s a nasty person,” Trump told the interviewer, Mark Levin. “The way she treated Mike Pence was horrible. The way...

Keir Starmer’s entire senior team forgot to wish him a happy birthday at their morning meeting in Downing Street, his spokesperson has admitted. However, all was not lost when the prime minister turned 62 on Monday – as he revealed that his daughter was picking up a new Siberian kitten to bring to the family’s new home. He spent the rest of the morning at a primary school in Orpington, south London, to promote the government’s scrapping of single-word Ofsted ratings, where he was pressed on issues including the economy, the Conservative leadership contest and Labour cronyism allegations – but...

A new method developed by Northwestern University uses electrical currents to solidify marine sand, creating durable, rock-like structures that could replace costly traditional coastal defenses like sea walls. Researchers from Northwestern University have demonstrated that a zap of electricity can strengthen a marine coastline for generations, mitigating the rising threat of erosion in the face of rising sea levels and climate change. In their study, recently published in Communications Earth and the Environment, the researchers took inspiration from clams, mussels, and other shell-dwelling sea life, which use dissolved minerals in seawater to build their shells. Similarly, the researchers leveraged the...

Kamala Harris is caught in an electoral pincer movement along with her boss Joe Biden. What Harris and Biden do now are not going to be in the interest of the people of the United States. The pincer movement is represented by two parts: the Israel/Hamas conflict and the issue of reparations in California. First, Hamas. The murder of six hostages has caused a great uproar among the pro-Hamas and pro-Palestinian factions, especially in Michigan. Harris needs Michigan in the 2024 election. Protests have been taking place at the University of Michigan and elsewhere, demanding Biden force Israel into a...

Christoforou: Asks Mercouris, 'does the speed of the Russian advancement surprise you? We're hearing that Russians are advancing now without much resistance. Are those reports believable?'Mercouris: believes the reports are true and said the Russian advances began accelerating in March. He is surprised at the unprecedented (in this war) speed of the advance in the past three weeks. 2:17Cites a 'dissident' Ukrainian MP saying 'Ukraine is giving up one fortified position after another without a fight, looks like the entire Ukrainian army is just going through the motions in many places, some places are still vigorously fighting (Chasiv Yar, Siversk...

Two U.S. Marines from the USS Wasp were attacked during a port visit in Izmir, Turkey, the U.S. Sixth Fleet said Monday. The Marines, wearing civilian clothes, were assaulted by a group of two women and 13 men who are members of the Turkish Youth Group, according to the Izmir Governorship, the local governor's office, in a post on X, formerly Twitter. The Turkish Youth Union is a national youth and student group that has an anti-American and anti-imperialist stance. They are linked to the Turkish "Vatan Party," a nationalist political party in Turkey.

The current six candidates to become Conservative Party leader will face a vote by MPs on Wednesday, when just four will remain.Two Tory leadership hopeful frontrunners have made their pitch to members and MPs ahead of candidates being whittled down this week. Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly launched their campaigns today before the first round of voting on Wednesday, when six candidates will become four. Ms Badenoch took aim at the Conservative government she was part of as she said it "talked right but governed left", while presenting herself as the only person who could be brutally honest.

Donald Trump’s nephew, Fred Trump III claimed Monday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that his uncle, former President Donald Trump, did not care about members of the U.S. military. Trump said, “We spoke the last time we were here about how I had the honor of meeting Senator McCain.” He continued, “This is a genuine hero. Let’s make no mistake about it. The fact that Donald called him, in essence, a loser, I don’t get it. But anyone who is disabled or anyone who he deems lesser than him is a loser, which, ok, that’s just the way he is. That ain’t...

A massive mob of rowdy anti-Israeli protesters — including some proudly waving terrorist flags — stormed through the Big Apple on Labor Day, lighting flares and setting off smoke bombs as they marched toward the heart of the city. The unruly demonstrators, who police sources said may have reached as many as 5,000, gathered at Union Square in Manhattan in the early afternoon and began their raucous march to Washington Square Park.