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Armored Vehicles and Troops reported to have crossed into Southern Lebanon at several Areas along the Border.

“And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ” (Ephesians 4:11-12). God has given every believer certain gifts and functions to contribute to the health of the church and enable it to communicate the gospel to the world. God fervently desires to reach the whole world with the gospel’s truth (Acts 1:8). Therefore, the Holy Spirit has specially energized members of Christ’s Body, the church, to fulfill God’s great...

“Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” So asked the 1980 presidential candidate, Ronald Reagan, channeling one of the main reasons we vote for one candidate over another: the economy.That seemingly glib line helped propel him into the White House for the first of two terms. “It seemed to resonate with voters,” says Pete Earle, a senior research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. “Many people vote on the basis of kitchen table issues and how far their dollars go.”The last few years have been tumultuous for the economy. The pandemic lockdowns and the...

New research sheds light on the processes that lead to liver fibrosis and suggests a novel treatment approach for this common and serious condition. Liver fibrosis is the formation of tissue scars in the liver due to chronic inflammation and injury. Over time, fibrosis can impair liver function and may lead to cirrhosis or even liver cancer. Currently there are no FDA-approved drugs that specifically treat liver fibrosis. The only treatment option is to treat diseases that cause liver fibrosis in the first place, such as hepatitis, obesity, type 2 diabetes and alcoholic liver disease. What are hepatic stellate cells...

Abu Ali, 09/28/2024, 10:41 am.. Idlib, Syria. On the signs it says: Thank you Netanyahu. Now the head of the criminal Bashar Assad. Thank you Netanyahu. Warmed the hearts of Syrian children.

The Primanti Brothers restaurant chain is apparently owned and operated by hardcore left-wing activists. About a month ago, it was reported in the Daily Mail the restaurant chain kicked out all of the regular dining patrons so they could stage actors as a campaign event for Kamals Harris in the Pittsburgh area. The Harris campaign bussed in the press pool and a group of campaign supporters, essentially actors, to stage a photo shoot meet and greet and manufacture the appearance of support for Kamals Harris. The August event was presented as “ordinary diners,” but was in fact a group of...

Video at site TAMPA – The combination of storm surge from the Gulf of Mexico and lithium-ion batteries in vehicles has proven to be a recipe for disaster, as Florida agencies report responding to numerous fires in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Photos and videos from the Tampa Bay area show the aftermath of highly combustible batteries being exposed to saltwater, leaving homes damaged and cars destroyed. A surge of 5-8 feet was reported across the metro during Helene, flooding thousands of homes and raising the potential for further destruction. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor warned that she’s seen reports of...

Ariel Mitchell-Kidd, the attorney representing a woman who accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of a 2018 sexual assault, made shocking claims during an interview with Ashleigh Banfield on NewsNation. Mitchell-Kidd, who previously represented other plaintiffs against Combs, revealed harrowing details of the alleged assault on her current client. According to Mitchell-Kidd, the incident occurred at a private residence in 2018, when her client was drugged and then sexually assaulted by Combs and another man. The victim, in a state of terror, escaped to the streets, where a neighbor intervened. A police report was filed, though it did not initially name Combs...

CNN — The National Transportation Safety Board is issuing “urgent safety recommendations” for some Boeing 737s—including the embattled 737 MAX line— warning that critical flight controls could jam. The independent investigative agency is issuing the warning that an actuator attached to the rudder on some 737 NG and 737 MAX airplanes could fail. The move comes after the NTSB investigated a February incident where the pilots of a United Airlines MAX 8 landing in Newark reported their rudder pedals “stuck” in the neutral position. The warning is the latest black eye for Boeing. The company has seen a string of...

They were young lawyers, rising political stars and social acquaintances in the most exclusive quarters of San Francisco civic life. But around 2000, Kamala Harris placed a phone call to Kimberly Guilfoyle that would echo, semi-surreally, in the sufficiently semi-surreal presidential campaign of 2024. Ms. Harris was an assistant district attorney in the city. Ms. Guilfoyle was in discussions to join the office. Ms. Harris was calling, according to Ms. Guilfoyle, to suggest there was no job for her there. “She pretended to be a member of the hiring committee, which didn’t exist,” Ms. Guilfoyle said in a recent phone...

University of Michigan fans vigorously booed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Saturday as he forced them to wait in the rain while his motorcade arrived at the Wolverine’s game against Minnesota Saturday. The drenched fans at the Ann Arbor stadium also chanted “Tampon Tim” at the Democratic vice-presidential nominee — an apparent dig at a law Walz signed in Minnesota allowing free tampons in schools, including in boys rooms. While some bused-in supporters held signs backing Walz and Vice President Kamala Harris, his hefty security detail prompted booing as it forced Michigan fans to wait up to 30 minutes in the...

It’s 2028. It’s been one year since you bought your first electric vehicle, and the transition has gone far smoother than you expected. You’ve never come close to having your battery die on the road, and any time you’ve needed to power up, you’ve had your pick of convenient charging stations, thanks to the US’s now-robust charging network. EV charging At the beginning of the 20th century, electric vehicles (EVs) were actually more popular than ones powered by gas, but by the 1930s, their higher cost, slower speeds, and shorter ranges, combined with the inconvenience of charging compared to filling...

At the beginning of the week Prime Minister Michel Barnier saying he respected Marine Le Pen and the 11 million French who voted for the National Rally (RN). On Tuesday Mr. Barnier called Le Pen after his economy minister Antoine Armand made remarks... An allegation by a female member of the National Assembly leading to consequences for Senator Joel Guerriau... By late this week even President Emmanuel Macron was commenting on a murder case that shocked France and highlighted tensions over immigration... Also, on Friday Prime Minister Michel Barnier calling together the new cabinet and dividing them into five working...

Sen. Kamala Harris ended her 2020 presidential campaign on Tuesday, an abrupt departure for a candidate who was once seen as a leading contender for the Democratic nomination. The California Democrat told her senior staff of the decision Tuesday morning, and later sent an email to supporters and released a video on Twitter. “To you my supporters, my dear supporters, it is with deep regret – but also with deep gratitude – that I am suspending ourcampaign today,” Harris said in the video. “But I want to be clear with you: I am still very much in this fight,” Harris...

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance promised a compassionate US border approach should he be elected in November with former President Trump at the top of the ticket. “The Trump-Vance approach to the border is the way to maximize compassion, not just for our citizens, but for everybody,” the Ohio senator, 40, told a Christian forum outside Pittsburgh Saturday. “Border policy is compassionate, and I think that Republicans have to remind people that.” Vance faced questions from the audience about what the Christian approach to the migrant crisis should be — and leaned into the issue of protecting children. “Right...

A senior general in Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps was killed in an Israeli air strike in Lebanon alongside Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, state media reported Saturday.

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Thousands of Iraqi protesters are trying to storm the US Embassy in Baghdad, according to posts on social media, protesting Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut yesterday. Videos show protesters clashing with security forces in riot gear. Hezbollah flags and photos of Nasrallah can be seen among the large crowd, along with flags of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Force. VIDEO AT LINK............... Earlier, Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani condemned the strike on Nasrallah as “a crime that shows the Zionist entity has crossed all the red lines.” In a statement, he...

PERRY, Fla. (AP) — Massive rains from powerful Hurricane Helene left people stranded, without shelter and awaiting rescue Saturday, as the cleanup began from a tempest that killed at least 64 people, caused widespread destruction across the U.S. Southeast and left millions without power. “I’ve never seen so many people homeless as what I have right now,” said Janalea England, of Steinhatchee, Florida, a small river town along the state’s rural Big Bend, as she turned her commercial fish market into a storm donation site for friends and neighbors, many of whom couldn’t get insurance on their homes. Helene blew...