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A New Zealand navy ship carrying 75 crew members and passengers caught fire and sank off Samoa, but all on board are safe, the New Zealand Defence Force said on Sunday.The Royal New Zealand Navy vessel HMNZS Manawanui ran aground near the southern coast of Upolu Island in Samoa while conducting a reef survey.Videos shared on social media show thick plumes of grey smoke rising after the vessel, which cost the New Zealand government over NZ$100m (US$63m), ran aground.

Israel is bracing for possible terror attacks, including the firing of long-range rockets from Gaza, as the anniversary of October 7 looms on Monday. On Sunday, a gunman burst into the central bus station in the southern city of Be’er Sheva, wounding at least seven people before being killed. (Update: One person was reported killed and ten wounded.) The country will remain on high alert for similar attacks. Meanwhile, Israelis are preparing for a variety of commemorations of the Hamas terror attack of October 7, 2023, which launched a war that has lasted a year.

Elon Musk expressed outrage over the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) spending over $1 billion on housing support for illegal migrants while leaving thousands of American hurricane victims without assistance. One X user asked: “What kind of government lets FEMA spend $640,000,000.00 on criminal illegal aliens in 2024 and now has no money to help Americans who lost everything from Hurricane Helene?” Musk replied: “Good question.”

VIDEOAttorney General Merrick Garland takes very seriously the warnings by federal whistleblowers about FBI agents monitoring polling stations this election season. As a result he has announced that he will prosecute and punish anyone who interferes with FBI election interference.

Hurricane Helene demolished the notion there are places on Earth immune from climate change — an already shaky premise that was further discredited by widespread damage to Asheville, North Carolina, a so-called climate haven. Even so, experts say climate is a growing factor in many people’s relocation decisions. And some places do have lower comparative risks depending on the type of disaster. That can — and should — influence their decisions on where to move, they say. “There's no such thing as a climate haven,” said Jesse Keenan, a professor of sustainable real estate and urban planning at Tulane University....

Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that former President Donald Trump and his family “lie” to Americans. Host Danan Bash said, “Lara Trump, we just spoke about but her campaign is doing the trump campaign and also what’s happening in her home state of north Carolina with that devastating devastating hurricane she says that she continues to say that the money is maybe going to be diverted, that they’re not going to get enough fema is pushing back on that as somebody who has a vote on where federal disaster aid goes what’s your...

A New Zealand Navy vessel has run aground in Samoa while surveying a reef. Passengers and crew aboard a New Zealand navy ship have been dramatically rescued after their vessel ran aground off the coast of Samoa in the South Pacific, caught fire and sunk. According to the NZ defence force, HMNZS Manawanui first got into trouble at about 6:45pm on Saturday while it was conducting a hydrographic survey just one nautical mile from the shore of the island country. The exact cause of the grounding remains unknown, but it is understood the ship collided with the reef. The 75...

Usually, I don’t waste much time watching the presidential or vice-presidential debates; but on Tuesday I watched most of the vice-presidential debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz. I applaud Vance on a skilled performance. But I particularly want to comment today on the overt hostility that Vance faced from the moderators, which is unfortunately typical of the hostility of the corporate media toward all Republican candidates. If you watched some or all of the debate, you probably came away with a general impression of the moderators attempting to help Walz; but without a transcript it is difficult to remember...

In the aftermath of Iran’s attack on Israel on Tuesday night, Israeli officials claimed their defences had stood firm. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Iran had launched more than 180 missiles, but few details about the damage were released and the US’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said the attack “appears to have been defeated and ineffective”. But as Israel prepares its retaliation, analysts believe those initial reports could have been misleading – and could change the calculus of Israel’s response if it fears getting into a bout of protracted “missile ping-pong” with Iran, especially should Tehran choose softer...

Once again, Wisconsinites will be asked to vote on whether or not to approve an amendment to the state constitution. And this time, it all comes down to one word. "It is consequential," Republican state Sen. Julian Bradley told News 3 Now at a conservative poll observer training. "There's a huge difference between every and only." Right now, section one of article III of the Wisconsin state constitution reads like this: "Every United States citizen age 18 or older who is a resident of an election district in this state is a qualified elector of that district." If passed, the...

This is the story about how the Missunde 3, an electric ferry, replaced the Missunde 2, a polluting, old fashioned diesel ferry, in Germany.

FORTRESS MONROE, Oct. 4, via BALTIMORE, Oct. 5. The hospital steamer from the Point of Rocks has arrived here with wounded soldiers from the Army of the James. She reports that Gen. TERRY assaulted and carried a rebel battery on the Newmarket road. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Tuesday, Oct. 4. The utmost quiet has prevailed in front of Petersburgh since Sunday. In passing over the ground where the Second Division of the Ninth Corps met with the reverse on Saturday, our dead were found entirely stripped of clothing, and two or three of the bodies were horribly...

US citizens are paying the price, both in blood and treasure, for uninvited guests — many of whom have repaid our kindness with violent, criminal behavior.Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Patrick Lechleitner revealed in a letter to Congress last week that 425,431 migrants with criminal convictions — which include charges such as rape, murder, assault, and drug possession — have been released into American communities. Lechleitner also noted that another 222,141 migrants who were allowed into the United States currently face criminal charges in U.S. courts. None of these individuals are currently in ICE custody. This means 647,572...

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Friday denied that the Biden regime was using FEMA funds to feed, clothe and shelter noncitizens, calling the allegation “categorically false.” The White House’s denial comes as FEMA whistleblowers came forward and alleged that the agency misappropriated funds. “Former President Trump is accusing the Biden administration of using FEMA funding to support undocumented migrants,” a reporter said during the White House press briefing. “How does the White House respond to that?” she asked. “I mean, it’s just categorically false. It is not true. It is a false statement,” Jean-Pierre replied. She referred to...

Elon Musk “Hey Elon, (Elon Musk) update here on site of Asheville, NC. We have powered up two large operating bases for choppers to deliver goods into hands. We’ve deployed 300+ starlinks and outpour is it has saved many lives. @FEMA is not merely failing to adequately help people in trouble but is actively blocking citizens who try to help!

Deadly flooding from Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina has also disrupted the underground nests of yellow jackets, bees and other insects, causing them to swarm and sting people struggling to recover from the storm. It's caused such a surge in requests for medication to protect people allergic to stings that the the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is buying Benadryl and epinephrine injections to help fill requests through hospitals, emergency medical personnel and doctors. And the humanitarian aid group Direct Relief says it has sent more than 2,000 EpiPen injections to community health centers, clinics and...

In response to a criminal complaint filed by a nonprofit, an Ohio judicial panel on Saturday decided not to issue arrest warrants for former President Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance after they spread false claims about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. During his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, last month, Trump, the GOP nominee, repeated a claim that Haitian migrants in Springfield were "eating the pets." Vance, a U.S. senator from Ohio, has also spread the false claim. Meanwhile, ABC News moderator David Muir fact-checked Trump during the September 10...

Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday touted that her and President Joe Biden’s administration was sending $157 million in humanitarian aid to civilians in Lebanon, after announcing just $750 for the immediate needs of individual Hurricane Helene victims. She even added the $157 million infusion would bring the total U.S. support to Lebanon in one year to “over $385 million.”

Ukrainian recruiters are reportedly roaming the streets of the country in a desperate effort to bolster the ranks of the military as the war with Russia continues to sap the native population. A report from the Times of London claimed that tactics to increase the number of soldiers have become “increasingly deceitful, coercive and violent” as Kyiv attempts to increase the number of mobilized men by around 200,000 to press on with the fight against Russia. Speaking anonymously to the British paper of record, a conscription officer from the city of Odesa said that some of his colleagues are often...

On August 31, 2024, in the neighborhood of Waianae, about 30 miles west of Honolulu, Hiram Silva attacked a home with a large front loader, ramming cars into the house. The Silva had a rifle and a pistol. Silva then shot and killed three women in the carport and wounded another man and a woman. Silva had four 55-gallon fuel drums on the front-end loader and was reportedly shooting at the fuel drums.A resident of the home retrieved a pistol, rushed to the carport, and shot and killed Silva, stopping the deadly attack before it became an inferno of burning...