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The Biden administration’s monthslong effort to avert a full-blown war between Israel and Iran is now being put to the most difficult test yet after Tehran on Tuesday launched a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel. The administration has worked around the clock for the past year trying to avoid a direct clash between its ally Israel and Iran. But now, administration officials are facing a potential worst-case scenario, as the latest attack by Iran will inevitably trigger a retaliation by the Israeli military. Such a chain reaction could possibly pull in the United States, as it helps to defend...

Iranian leaders, including Khameni are going into hiding. Their attack on Israel failed. Civilians are panic buying. Link to transcript below video.

Migrant Looters Arrested. Major Historic Flooding in Eastern Tennessee, North Carolina & South Carolina from Hurricane Helene. Heavy rain has washed out communities and roads. Asheville North Carolina is an emergency staging area.

CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour has sparked outrage as she insisted that Iran does not want conflict at the exact moment the nation was raining missiles on Israel. The British-Iranian journalist claimed live on air that the Islamic Republic does not want its conflict with Israel to 'escalate,' and suggested the Jewish state is to blame for Tuesday's attack. 'Nobody, nobody, not the Lebanese nor the Iranians want this to escalate even further. Iran does not want an Israeli or a U.S. war against it. It is unlikely to be able to resist that, it does not want it,' Amanpour told...

TAMPA, Fla. (CBS12) — A naked Florida man is accused of stabbing an 81-year-old man and putting a 7-year-old girl in a chokehold on Sunday. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) said at 4 p.m., deputies responded to a call reporting a naked man jumped a fence at a home onSpence Avenue. A 7-year-old girl was in the backyard, playing on a trampoline when the man put her in a chokehold. The girl's mother witnessed the horrific scene and rescued the girl with the help of neighbors. "I can't imagine the terror this mother must have felt as she watched...

Sean “Diddy” Combs was accused of sexually assaulting 25 minors — including a 9-year-old — during a shocking press conference. Texas-based attorney Tuny Buzbee announced Tuesday that he is representing 120 individuals in civil lawsuits for allegations spanning the last three decades. “I want to focus on the ages of these victims. When we talk about the ages of these victims when the conduct occurred, it’s shocking,” Buzbee warned. Buzbee alleged that Diddy’s youngest victim was just 9 years old when the disgraced rapper sexually assaulted them. “This individual who was 9 years old at the time was taken to...

As disaster response efforts ramped up following the devastation of Hurricane Helene, North Carolina announced it had agreed to purchase several Hunter Biden paintings in return for U.S. aid. While President Biden had already approved North Carolina's request to have the crisis declared a "major disaster" and authorized federal assistance, the state's leaders reportedly believed they would receive far more federal funding if they agreed to buy some of Hunter's paintings. "We know how things work with this administration," said North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper. "While we're certainly grateful for the president's willingness to provide us with the assistance we...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland calls on ‘all of the shepherds of the Church’ to defend the faith as Synod loomsBishop Joseph Strickland implored the Church’s shepherds ‘to stand firmly for Christ’ ahead of the Synod on Synodality and urged the faithful not to accept ‘any synodal process that contradicts the Deposit of Faith of the Catholic Church.’The following is Bishop Joseph Strickland’s open letter to the participants of the Synod on Synodality.September 30, 2024The Feast Day of St. JeromeAn open letter to the participants of the final session of the Synod on Synodality, as well as to the Faithful who...

For years, Americans have watched as our country has been stripped of our jobs and stripped of our wealth. We've watched our companies get sold off to foreign countries. But with my plan for the American economy, this will stop immediately. When I am president, we will begin to take other countries' jobs and factories, bringing businesses and trillions of dollars back to the United States. Under my plan, American workers will no longer be worried about losing their jobs to foreign nations. Instead, foreign nations will be worried about losing their jobs to Americans. German car companies can become...

A new AARP poll shows Vice President Kamala Harris leading former President Donald Trump by 2 points in Pennsylvania with Trump holding an 8-point advantage among voters 50 and older. The poll also showed some close races down ballot for U.S. Senate, state treasurer and attorney general. Mail-in ballots are now available in Pennsylvania and polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Nov. 5. According to AARP, Harris leads Trump 49% to 47% with 2% backing other candidates. Without minor-party candidates included, Harris led 50% to 47%. In the Senate race, Democrat Bob Casey leads Republican challenger...

U.S. Rep. Colin Allred has signed a letter urging the removal of provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act that restrict funding for transgender surgeries and LGBT activities in the military. The Hill reported that in June, Congress passed the NDAA with provisions that would restrict access to funding for gender mutilating surgeries as well as certain LGBT activities such as drag shows for military members and their families. In a letter to the House and Senate Committees on Armed Services, 160 Democrats, including Allred, called for the removal of these provisions, citing, “If service members are concerned for their...

(The Epoch Times)—A federal agency on Monday warned that dozens of foreign plane operators may be using Boeing 737s with suspect rudder control parts that could pose potential safety risks. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)’s chairwoman, Jennifer Homendy, said that 271 impacted parts could be installed on aircraft in service operated by at least 40 foreign air carriers. Sixteen of the impacted parts may still be installed on U.S.-registered aircraft and up to 75 such parts may have been used in aftermarket installation, she wrote in a Sept. 30 letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). On Sept....

Explanation: How far can black hole jets extend? A new record was found just recently with the discovery of a 23-million light-year long jet pair from a black hole active billions of years ago. Dubbed Porphyrion for a mythological Greek giant, the impressive jets were created by a type of black hole that does not usually create long jets -- one that is busy creating radiation from infalling gas. The featured animated video depicts what it might look like to circle around this powerful black hole system. Porphyrion is shown as a fast stream of energetic particles, and the bright...

Theologian participating in Synod on Synodality heralds heterodox viewsSpanish theologian Cristina Inogés, appointed by Pope Francis to participate in the Synod on Synodality, argues in a recently released document that “Christianity should never have become a religion.”In a September article titled “Del Sínodo al jubileo: construyendo comunidad en diálogo” (“From the Synod to the Jubilee: Building Community in Dialogue”), Inogés argues that Jesus sought to hand on a way of life and human relationships based on fraternity, not to found an institutionalized religion with hierarchies and “to separate a small part from the rest, the priests — the clergy —...

Police in Stockholm are looking into the possibility of a shooting outside Israel’s embassy in Sweden, according to the local TV4 Nyheterna. After a loud bang was heard, the Swedish outlet reports, police found a gun and an empty bullet casing. At least 10 police cars are at the site, and searches are being carried out by canine units.

Vice president and Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris has set an impressive bar for word salad. But in one recent, exceptional statement, she was crystal-clear in her ignorance: Vice President Kamala Harris declared on a debate stage in Philadelphia that “as of today, there is not one member of the United States military who is in active duty in a combat zone in any war zone around the world, the first time this century.” In addition to ignoring U.S. troops offshore serving in combat situations, she and her MSM cheering squad have overlooked the most direct threat from a nation-state...

Ford Motor Company is hoping to boost sales of its electric vehicles (EVs) by giving away free at-home charging stations, executives announced this week. “Auto shoppers say they’re more likely to buy an electric vehicle if they could fill up at home. So we’re going to make it easy for our customers,” Ford CEO Jim Farley wrote on X: If you buy or lease a new [Ford] electric vehicle, we’ll include a complimentary home charger. This is part of something we’re calling the Ford Power Promise, which is about giving our electric vehicle customers convenience, peace of mind and expert...

John Amos, the star of “Good Times,” “Roots” and more, died on Aug. 21 in Los Angeles of natural causes, his representative confirmed to Variety on Tuesday. He was 84. “It is with heartfelt sadness that I share with you that my father has transitioned,” said his son Kelly Christopher Amos in a statement. “He was a man with the kindest heart and a heart of gold… and he was loved the world over. Many fans consider him their TV father. He lived a good life. His legacy will live on in his outstanding works in television and film as...

Eight migrants were picked up by the cops and charged with burglary and aggravated burglary inside an inhabited residence. Americans are pulling together to help the victims of the Hurricane Helene in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia, and Florida, moving swiftly ahead of the Harris-Biden administration's slow, pokey, bureaucratic response, with food, water, Starlink, generators, transport, GoFundMe campaigns and other ways to help amid the devastation of the storm. President Trump is among them. It's just like what Mr. Roger used to say amid disasters: "Look for the helpers." But then there are those who'd rather take...

Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, called Israel's use of exploding cell phones and pagers to attack Hezbollah terrorists "a war crime. This unprecedented method of warfare violates both the expectation of privacy and safety one expects from modern electronic devices. Thousands of jihadis ultimately were injured, castrated, maimed, or killed in coordinated explosions. It also unreasonably endangered nearby civilians who were innocent of any aggression against Israel." Turk went on to deny that Israel's attack was justified by Hezbollah's repeated launches of missiles into the homes and businesses of Israelis, saying "Israel is unlawfully occupying lands...