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Growing gap between the FBI’s annual crime victimization survey and its tabulations of reported crime indicates worsening trends in theft. Annual FBI crime victimization surveys show violent crime is up 10.4% and property crime is up 6.4% between 2019 and 2023. Each year, the FBI releases headline crime report data for the calendar year prior, and a separate crime victimization survey that asks Americans what crimes they have been the victims of. Comparing these reports provides insight into crime reporting rates and the accuracy of crime statistics. While earlier reporting demonstrated that theft is worsening and often underreported, the growing...

About Hezbollah. Lebanon-based Hezbollah is a transnational Shiite Islamist group founded by Iran and following the ideology of absolute Wilayat al-Faqih Lebanon-based Hezbollah is a transnational Shiite Islamist group founded by Iran in 1981, following the ideology of absolute Wilayat al-Faqih, as expounded by Tehran’s late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini. Since its inception, Hezbollah has engaged in terrorist activities, targeting its own and Iran’s enemies, both in Lebanon and abroad. Its activities have earned the organization and many of its members terror designations by the United States Departments of State and Treasury, as well as by other countries....

The polling average in 21 states has shifted toward Donald Trump in the past month, according to modeling by analyst Nate Silver. According to Silver's model, last updated on Sunday, Kamala Harris still leads nationally and in three key swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nevada, the candidates are tied in Pennsylvania, and Trump leads in Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina. But compared to the same model's aggregate polling from one month ago, almost every state tracked has shifted slightly toward Trump, including nationally and in all seven battleground states. The biggest swing in a battleground state, was in Michigan,...

1. Trump lost in 2020 and his support has eroded since then. 2. The Biden-Harris administration has been one of the most successful and productive in the history of our great nation. 3. Kamala Harris is the most qualified presidential candidate, with valuable experience in all three branches of the federal government. 4. Independent and swing voters have become increasingly aware of Trump's declining mental state. 5. ROEvember is on the ballot and women know that Kamala Harris has their backs on that issue; women don't want The Handmaid's Tale to become a reality; my gut instincts tell me that...

During an interview of Republican vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance on ABC, the takeover of apartments in Aurora, Colorado by violent armed criminal gangs from Venezuela was brushed off by Martha Raddatz as "affecting only a handful of apartment complexes. Considering that 11 million new immigrants have entered the country since President Biden took office this seems a tolerably small increase in crime and nothing to get hysterical about." Vance interjected "do you hear yourself? Only a handful of apartment complexes were taken over by Venezuelan gangs and Donald Trump is the problem and not Kamala Harris' open border? Just...

2 Spatial ability and knowledge representation concepts Spatial ability and associated skills are critical to effective navigation of both real and virtual environments. It is defined as cognitive processing involved in “representing, generating, and recalling symbolic, non-linguistic information” (Linn & Petersen, 1985, p. 1482). Spatial ability consists of spatial perception (orientation to one’s own body), mental rotation (the ability to mentally rotate 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional objects), and spatial visualization (complex multi-step spatial processing to create a mental representation of an object).

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Alya was a happily married woman when she caught the eye of a Hezbollah operative. WATCH ‘Hezbollah’s Hostages’: A Former Sex Slave Tells Her Story. Every week, we bring you the people risking their lives to speak out against the terrorist group. Today, meet Alya. By The Free Press. September 22, 2024 Welcome back to Hezbollah’s Hostages, the animated video series that each week brings you the stories of brave people—in their own voices—risking their lives to resist the tyranny of the terror group in Arab lands. Last week’s episode, “The Combatant,” told the story of a Hezbollah fighter who...

[Catholic Caucus] "A Toast to the Pope" - by Fr. Richard CipollaFrom the first epistle of St Paul to Timothy: Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared.When I was young I remember waiting to see the latest Walt Disney movie. I had to wait until it came to what was called the second run theater near my house, where the price of admission was cheaper than in the grand movie houses downtown. And...

The Texas Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that could determine whether or not SMU can cut ties with a regional governing body of the United Methodist Church. The United Methodist Church’s South Central Jurisdictional Conference, which runs the church’s congregations in eight states, including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Missouri and Nebraska, sued SMU in 2019. It owns three institutions, according to its website, including SMU. The lawsuit revolves around SMU’s decision to effectively declare itself independent from the denomination’s regional governing body. The university’s board of trustees voted in November of 2019 to update...

It’s that time of year again—election season. A perfect reminder of how far the U.S. has fallen and what a complete joke our elections have become. What’s really interesting is how states like Florida can count tens of millions of ballots in just a few hours, yet swing states like Michigan with far fewer ballots somehow need several more days. The so-called ‘experts’ and their media shills want you to believe this is the new normal. But anyone with even a sliver of common sense knows something doesn’t smell right. So, why on earth does it suddenly take so long...

*** Mr. Gigot asks how Mr. Trump would persuade Xi Jinping to stand down from a blockade of Taiwan. “Oh, very easy,” the former president says. “I had a very strong relationship with him.... *** Mr. Trump returns to Mr. Gigot’s question: “I would say: If you go into Taiwan, I’m sorry to do this, I’m going to tax you”—meaning impose tariffs—“at 150% to 200%.” He might even shut down trade altogether. Mr. Gigot: “Would you use military force against a blockade on Taiwan?” Mr. Trump: “I wouldn’t have to, because he respects me and he knows I’m f— crazy.”...

McDonald’s has finally revealed why it does not have records to verify Vice President Kamala Harris’ claim that she worked at one of its restaurants in the 1980s. In a memo emailed to McDonald’s USA franchisees the corporation confirmed that while Harris had “fond memories” of working at a location in Alameda County, “we and our franchisees don’t have records for all positions dating back to the early ’80s.” A copy of the internal letter was posted by an anonymous McDonald’s franchise on social media and confirmed by the Wall Street Journal. During a rally with fast food workers in...

Everyone knows there's no more efficient organization than the United States government. Everything they touch flourishes and succeeds. Here are ten totally sensible reasons why you should completely trust the government with your hard-earned cash. The government always makes super sound financial decisions: The United States government has never wasted a single dollar, ever. If they lose it, they can always print more: Problem solved. There are no consequences to printing money. They're so great at keeping track of things, like crime statistics: You can definitely trust that they'll be great at keeping track of all the money you send...

The race for the White House is being fiercely contested in Atlanta’s barbershops. Amid the bustle of these busy, makeshift public squares in a city known as a bulwark of Democratic support, there are warning signs for Kamala Harris. Nowhere more so than in Atlanta’s West Side, perhaps best remembered as a one-time meeting point for Dr Martin Luther King Jr and other civil rights icons. Between cuts and shaves, barber Umar Thames explains that he is preparing to cast a ballot for Donald Trump for the first time. The 48-year-old was once a supporter of Barack Obama, but says...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday said his investigation into ActBlue uncovered large number of suspicious donations made through obscured identities and untraceable means. “Our investigation into ActBlue has uncovered facts indicating that bad actors can illegally interfere in American elections by disguising political donations,” Ken Paxton said. “It is imperative that the FEC close off the avenues we have identified by which foreign contributions or contributions in excess of legal limits could be unlawfully funneled to political campaigns, bypassing campaign finance regulations and compromising our electoral system,” Paxton said. “I am calling on the FEC to immediately begin...

The head of the discredited Fox News decision desk has warned that the presidential election result will likely take around five days. In another complete break from presidential election norms, Fox News pollster Arnon Mishkin has said that he is expecting the race to be called by the Saturday after election day, some five days after the polls have closed. Mishkin, who is a registered New York Democrat and was responsible for the infamous Fox News call in Arizona back in 2020, said in an interview with Politico. The report states: The man who may call the winner of the...

3M’s (NYSE:MMM) new chief executive is asking managers to return to working in the office, pulling back from his predecessor’s remote-friendly policy that was “rooted in flexibility and trust,” Bloomberg News reported Monday. The industrial conglomerate has about 85,000 employees worldwide and will expect, but not require, those at the director level and above to come into an office Tuesday through Thursday. Those days are described as “collaboration days.” The new rules take effect next month at the company’s Minnesota headquarters for employees who live within 50 miles of the office. The policy will expand globally over time in line...

Republicans have taken the lead in two of the most consequential U.S. House races in the country, which will have large roles in deciding which party takes control of the 119th House of Representatives. An internal poll for California Republican Scott Baugh, conducted by WPA Intelligence October 17-18, finds him leading Democrat Dave Min in California’s 47th Congressional District, a seat currently occupied by Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA). Baugh has 43 percent support to Min’s 40 percent, with an advantage among independent voters, Hispanic voters, and white voters. Min has slid five points since a September WPA Intelligence poll, while...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed Monday that the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror organization has hidden $500 million in cash and gold in a bunker underneath the Al-Sahel Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon. “Iran sends suitcases of cash and gold to the Iranian embassy in Beirut, and then directly it goes to Hezbollah,” said IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, detailing Hezbollah’s other economic resources in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Turkey. Hagari also said that Iran sent Hezbollah money earned by selling Iranian oil in Syria. (A recent U.S. government report indicated that after being choked by sanctions under President Donald Trump,...