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Hezbollah's leader, Naim Qassem, has said in a televised address that the militant group would consider ceasefire negotiations if Israel halts its "aggression."[Terrorist agitprop redacted]...the strikes were aimed at Hezbollah facilities. Despite the airstrikes, Beirut's airport continues to operate, and national carrier Middle East Airlines has maintained its commercial flights. [because Israel didn't hit civilian facilities]The strikes come after Hezbollah has already reported significant casualties from ongoing confrontations with Israel, with the Lebanese Health Ministry stating that over 3,000 people have been killed and approximately 13,600 wounded in Lebanon alone since the outbreak of hostilities.Alongside the airstrikes in Lebanon, the...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Thursday that they were readying to "protect California values" against the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, whose first term in office presented an onslaught of challenges to the policy agenda of Democratic leaders in the state. Newsom, a fierce critic of Trump, called for lawmakers to convene a special session later this year to safeguard the state's progressive policies on climate change, reproductive rights and immigration ahead of another Trump presidency. The move — a day after the former president resoundingly defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race...

New York City is ending a program that provided prepaid debit cards to migrant families living in the sanctuary city. In a statement obtained by FOX 5 New York, Adams announced the end of the immediate response cards pilot program. "Through the immediate response cards pilot program, we were able to reduce food waste, redirect millions of dollars to our local economy, and provide more culturally relevant food to more than 2,600 migrant families in our care," Adams said. "As we move towards more competitive contracting for asylum seeker programs, we have chosen not to renew the emergency contract for...

"When people have killed and murdered, when drug lords have destroyed countries, and now they’re going to go back to those countries because they’re not staying here. There is no price tag," Trump said. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday said he has "no choice" but to carry-out mass deportations because of the surge of migrants who are living in the country illegally that entered the U.S. during the Biden administration. Trump promised to strengthen border security and crack down on illegal immigration during his presidency if he was elected back to the White House. The former president was successful in...

Anger, denial, bargaining, depression, acceptance ... eye-clawing? Has Elisabeth Kübler-Ross amended her 1969 work on the five stages of grief? Or are Democrats just stuck in the first stage? It didn't take 24 hours from the call of Pennsylvania for Donald Trump before Democrats began running to their favorite media outlets to vent their rage at the result. Axios' Andrew Solender offered up an overview headlined, "Democrats start clawing each others' eyes out," figuratively speaking. Or at least we hope it's figuratively speaking: The dust has not yet settled from the 2024 election, but the Democratic Party's blame game over...

Drugs designed to target HER2-postive breast cancer could also benefit some patients with bile duct cancer, according to results of a patient trial. Bile duct cancer is rare, treatment options are limited, and the survival rates are low. The trial also suggests that a wider group of breast cancer patients—those with HER2-mutated breast cancer—could be treated with these drugs. In the trial, researchers used a combination of tucatinib and trastuzumab to treat patients with a variety of different tumors, all of which had signs of changes to a protein called human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). The phase II...

Researchers have found that a single 30-minute aerobic exercise session significantly reduced 1-hour post-load plasma glucose levels and improved insulin sensitivity in young, healthy adults. Participants showed improvements in glucose metabolism following a single bout of physical activity, indicating potential benefits in managing and preventing type 2 diabetes. In the study, researchers tested the effects of a single 30-minute aerobic exercise session on glucose metabolism in healthy young adults. They used a 1-hour post-load glucose test as prior studies have shown that it is a strong predictor of future diabetes risk. A total of 32 participants, aged 20 to 35,...

In an unprecedented emergency measure, the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners has suspended the medical license of Dr. Hisbay Ali, a psychiatrist based in Las Vegas. This action was taken due to conduct that jeopardizes public health and safety. The summary suspension order, issued in early October, accuses Dr. Ali of serious professional and legal infractions. According to the board, Ali engaged in a sexual relationship with one patient and unlawfully prescribed a controlled substance to another. Additionally, he failed to report two significant arrests: a domestic violence charge from 2022 and a DUI arrest following a single-car accident...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University police have received reports from Bloomington students who are receiving racist text messages that invoke slavery and plantation assignments, sent by an unknown person. IUPD was contacted on Wednesday by an IU Bloomington student who received a text message with what they described as “racially-biased content.” The student also advised that multiple other classmates have received similar texts.

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"Democratic strategist says her party has lost ‘common sense’ and the ability to speak to ‘normal people’. by Juliann Ventura 11/07/24 02:41 PM ET Roginsky continued, using the way the party addresses certain groups of voters as examples. “When we are too afraid to say that, ‘Hey, college kids, if you’re trashing a campus of Columbia University because you aren’t happy about some sort of policy and you’re taking over a university and you’re trashing it and preventing other students from learning that that is unacceptable.’ But we’re so worried about alienating one or another cohort in our coalition that...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Keith Wilson formally accepted the position as Portland mayor-elect in a speech early Thursday afternoon, becoming the first Portland mayoral candidate elected by ranked-choice voting. This comes after both candidates and city commissioners Carmen Rubio and Rene Gonzalez conceded Wednesday night, releasing statements saying they each called Wilson to congratulate him on his apparent victory.

CNN faces another defamation lawsuit after a federal appeals court revived a 2021 complaint that the cable news network may have defamed Project Veritas with "actual malice." The 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals in the Northern District of Georgia ruled Thursday that Project Veritas reasonably alleged a defamation claim when former CNN anchor Ana Cabrera suggested on-air in 2021 that Project Veritas was banned from Twitter for "promoting misinformation." Project Veritas, a controversial undercover journalism organization, vehemently disagreed with Cabrera’s characterization and demanded correction, arguing that Twitter actually banned Project Veritas for violating Twitter’s "publication of private information," or...

Another day of vote counting in Arizona has added tens of thousands of votes to the tally, but there remain hundreds of thousands of ballots left to count — including nearly half a million in Maricopa County. Officials there are still working their way through advance votes that arrived in October. The races for president and U.S. Senate will remain too early to call for at least another day. 2024 ARIZ. GENERAL PRESIDENT 76% of votes counted CANDIDATE VOTES PCT. Donald Trump GOP 1,385,868 52.5% Kamala Harris DEM 1,230,651 46.6% Chase Oliver LIB 12,316 0.5% Jill Stein GRN 12,198 0.5%...

Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential race was called quickly and had a decisive result after weeks of speculation that the contest would come down to a knife edge. As of Thursday, nearly all contests had been called. While Nevada and Arizona are still checking ballots, Trump was leading in both states as of Thursday morning..... The Claim A post on X, formerly Twitter, by @BBlanco718 on November 6, 2024, said: "15 million less Democratic voters this time around. 15 million. So one has to ask what happened? Did they not show up? Did not mail in ballots? How...

Now that he's President-elect, this is the most important three minutes of video on the internet right now. https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1854717077837562314

Current Time 0:02 / Duration 1:24 Newsweek Supreme Court Justice's Security Shooting Raises Eyebrows 0 View on Watch View on Watch Following President-elect Donald Trump's victory, calls have resurfaced for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire to prevent Trump from potentially filling another court vacancy. Sotomayor, who was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009, is the first Latina and the third woman to serve on the Supreme Court. At 70, she is the oldest Democrat-appointed justice on the Court which has a 6-3 conservative supermajority. In light of Trump winning the 2024 presidential election over Vice President Kamala...

Tens of thousands of people are expected in Washington ahead of Inauguration Day in January to protest President-elect Donald Trump and policy priorities that they say will undermine the rights of women, immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community and racial and religious minorities. The demonstration, dubbed the “People’s March on Washington,” is scheduled for Jan. 18, two days before the inauguration. It is being organized by leading civil rights, racial justice and reproductive health organizations, including the Women’s March and Abortion Access Now, a coalition of organizations including the ACLU, Planned Parenthood and the National Women’s Law Center. Organizers estimate 50,000 people...

In Amsterdam attacks on Israeli fans after a soccer match involving a visiting Israeli team... The US Federal Reserve Board lowering the key interest rate .25 percent... In Israel completion of the cabinet shuffle with "Right" politician Gideon Sa'ar becoming Foreign Minister... In Argentina three people charged...death of One Direction singer Liam Payne... President-Elect Donald Trump appointing campaign manager Susie Wiles as his Chief of Staff... Six US Senators including Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina want the International Criminal Court to delay any arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister... US politics the Associated Press projected Elissa Slotkin Democrat winner...

In a recent interview, former Trump administration official Kash Patel announced that under President Donald Trump’s second administration, Americans should brace for unprecedented government transparency. Patel, reportedly Trump’s likely choice for deputy director of the CIA, stated that “massive declassification” will be among their top priorities, aiming to release troves of information previously shielded from public view. According to NDTV, during Trump’s first term as U.S. President, he planned to appoint Kash Patel as the CIA’s deputy director in the final weeks of his administration. In a recent interview with Benny Johnson, Patel revealed that massive declassification will occur in...