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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is getting skewered on social media for releasing a message asking drone pilots to no longer fly their drones “near or around rescue and recovery efforts” for Hurricane Helene victims. ” Drone pilots: Do not fly your drone near or around rescue and recovery efforts for Hurricane Helene,” the U.S. Department of Transportation said in an X post. “Interfering with emergency response operations impacts search and rescue operations on the ground,” it continued, sharing a video of Buttigieg repeating this sentiment.

MADISON, Wis. -- Liz Cheney, the former Republican congresswoman from Wyoming, will appear with Vice President Kamala Harris at a rally in Wisconsin Thursday evening, as the vice president seeks to win over disaffected Republicans in the key battleground state.

MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) – Former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters was sentenced to up to nine years in prison Thursday for election violations.

To pay just $770 a month in rent, Mariana Puche Hernandez tolerated the mold growing in the bathroom of her studio apartment, even the sparks that flew when she plugged her phone into an outlet. Then the 11-unit complex on Simmons Avenue in East L.A. went up for sale and became a prime target for investors looking to renovate apartments and hike the rent beyond what residents could afford.“There was panic,” Puche Hernandez said.Across the nation, the United States is losing thousands of homes affordable to low-income families as individual investors and large companies buy older apartment buildings to renovate...

(This is an April 2024 article, relevant because the new school year has started in Seattle and the high school kids are being pulled out of advanced classes now.) SEATTLE - Many parents within Seattle Public Schools are flabbergasted by the district's decision to shut down 11 schools dedicated to highly capable learners. They include three elementary, five middle schools, and three high schools. The "cohorts" at these schools keep the students together so teachers can focus on their advanced needs. There are hundreds of students learning at these schools, far above their grade level. .... Typically, these schools have...

John Amos’ associates and relatives accused his son of isolating and controlling the actor before his death, and “refuse to rule out the possibility of foul play.” The late actor’s death exposed escalating tension in his family, and those closest to the famous actor are questioning the motives and actions of his son, Kelly Christopher Amos. John’s relatives said in a statement, “Over the past year, John Amos was isolated from his family and close friends by Kelly ‘KC’ Amos, Eugene Brummet and Belinda Foster.” They went on to say they were all unaware of Amos’ death, and found out...

In this intense update, Colonel Douglas Macgregor delivers shocking details of Russia’s recent hypersonic Kinzhal missile strikes on key Ukrainian and NATO targets. With Ukrainian airbases decimated, NATO’s command structure is in tatters after nine high-ranking officers were wiped out in a devastating attack. These precise missile strikes have sent shockwaves through NATO's operations, leaving their covert AWACS systems in disarray and marking a pivotal moment in the conflict. Tune in as Macgregor dissects the battlefield dynamics and reveals the extent of the damage inflicted by Russia’s relentless military strategy.

State Senate candidate Vivian Smotherman has been busted for blowing campaign funds on a beauty consultant to do hair and makeup, signaling to voters how careless she’s likely to spend their tax dollars if elected. Smotherman is the Democrat running for the district 6 seat in southwest Colorado that includes Alamosa against incumbent Republican state Sen. Cleave Simpson. According to the LGBTQ Victory Fund, Smotherman is a bisexual transgender woman and would be the first transgender woman elected to Colorado’s state Senate. That’s if District 6 voters find Smotherman to be fiscally responsible.

When actress Rachel Zegler gives an interview, Disney executives get nervous. The Snow White star has caused no small amount of PR damage from speaking off the cuff, and her latest interview with Variety features its fair share of zingers. Rachel Zegler casts herself as the victim of sexism in the backlash to her Snow White comments, claiming people deliberately misinterpreted what she said in order to see a woman being torn down. Later, she doubles down on her “free Palestine” activism — a phrase that has been adopted by anti-Israel activists demanding the elimination of the Jewish state. She...

RALEIGH, NC — With civilians working hard to rescue their neighbors along the path of devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene and FEMA revealing a lack of available money, the state of North Carolina asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for $100 Billion in U.S. funding. Though President Biden approved North Carolina's request for federal disaster relief, uncertainty about the timetable for receiving funds amid various obstacles and bureaucratic red tape, the state's officials decided to go directly to the man with more U.S. taxpayer dollars than anyone else. "He's the man with the money," said North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper....

Polls of the 2020 presidential election were at their collective worst in 40 years. No misfire that year was more striking than CNN’s. Its final poll before the election estimated that Joe Biden held a landslide-size lead of 12 percentage points over then-President Donald Trump. That reading was down from early October 2020, when CNN reported Biden’s advantage stood at 16 points. No polling organization in 2020 reported a greater margin in the presidential race, according to the RealClearPolitics compilation of polls that year. Biden won the popular vote by 4.5 points.. So far this year, CNN’s polling in the...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - The Georgia Court of Appeals is set to review Judge Scott McAfee’s decision to deny a motion to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the high-profile election interference case involving former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants. The motion, filed in January by Trump’s co-defendant and former White House staffer Michael Roman, sought to disqualify Willis due to an alleged improper relationship with former Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade. Roman’s motion also claimed that Willis financially benefited from the investigation and her connection with Wade. [snip] The Georgia Court of Appeals will not hear new...

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The sun has unleashed an enormous X-class solar flare, temporarily triggering a radio blackout above parts of the U.S. and unleashing a hefty coronal mass ejection (CME) that will likely slam into our planet, potentially triggering vibrant aurora displays later this week. The X-class solar flare — the most powerful type the sun can produce — exploded outward from sunspot AR3842 near the solar equator at around 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday (Oct. 1). The flare had a magnitude of X7.1, making it the second most powerful solar explosion of the current solar cycle, Solar Cycle 25, which began in...

Hurricane Helene makes the ILA action 'simply unacceptable.' Florida’s Governor is launching a potential end-run around a work stoppage by the International Longshoremen’s Association, saying cargo ships bringing imports that aren’t being offloaded can bring their goods to Florida.“There are ships that have nothing to do with these negotiations. They may need a place to be able to come and we just want to send the message: You can come to the state of Florida,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a media availability in Anna Maria.The Governor said the Florida National Guard and Florida State Guard “will be deployed to...

The longshoremen strike that closed ports on the East and Gulf Coasts on Tuesday has left wine importers scrambling to secure their European shipments ahead of the busy holiday season. Consumers will not see immediate shortages on store shelves or restaurant wine lists, but as Thanksgiving approaches, many may have to find substitutes for their favorite Champagnes or Beaujolais. For importers and others in the trade, the strike by members of the International Longshoremen’s Association union, who are seeking increased wages, comes as the wine industry struggles with lagging sales. Consumption of wine diminished over the last year, and studies...

In this 5 min. video from 2020, Liz Cheney says Kamala Harris is a radical left liberal and more. Cheney to Fox News: Kamala Harris Is A Radical Liberal (FLASHBACK: Dec 16, 2020)

TULSA, Okla. — In the 2024 election 22% of Latinos are voting in their first-ever election according to a poll by Unidos US in 2023. In Tulsa, it is apparent the Hispanic community is prioritizing voting this year. Luis Talamantes and his mom, Samira Izaguirre, are voting together in their first-ever presidential election in November. Luis said he wants to be able to use his fundamental right as a citizen to make sure his voice is heard. "I do feel that this election is going to affect not only other generations, but my generation," he said. (Translated from Spanish) "I...

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is calling on Big Tech to censor alleged election misinformation, conveniently ignoring his own history of propagating the debunked Trump-Russia collusion narrative. Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff is now demanding that major tech companies take aggressive action to combat the spread of so-called “misinformation” and “disinformation” ahead of the 2024 election. However, Schiff’s sudden concern about election integrity rings hollow given his prominent role in spreading one of the most damaging political conspiracy theories in recent memory — the Trump-Russia collusion hoax. In a letter sent this week to the CEOs of Meta, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok,...

Gaza’s de facto prime minister Rawhi Mushtaha — the “right-hand man” of Hamas terror leader and Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar — was killed in an airstrike in Gaza, Israel said Thursday. Rawhi Mushtaha, the head of Hamas’ government in Gaza, was one of three of the terror group’s leaders confirmed dead in an earlier missile strike on an underground compound in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces announced for the first time Thursday. “Mushtaha was considered to be the most senior figure in the Hamas political bureau in the Gaza Strip, and during the war maintained civil control...