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An infamous late-term abortion ‘doctor’ continues to show the ongoing depravity of the human heart, describing his work of killing babies and the respite and thankfulness he received from mothers who just murdered their children as ‘Utter exhilaration.’ Dr. Curtis Boyd, 86, who we previously covered after he was caught on hidden camera advising a female decoy on how best to abort a healthy, 8-month-old baby, is one of the most prominent baby murderers in American history. Boyd has been performing illegal abortions since before Roe. v Wade was passed in 1973, as well as participating in an underground abortion...

From hot flashes to brain fog, perimenopause often comes with unexpected changes - but we're far from alone. Increasingly, celebrities are speaking out and opening up about their perimenopause experiences, reassuring us we're not navigating this confusing and overwhelming time on our own. Every woman will go through this era during midlife, and the more people in the public eye that speak up, the less of a taboo it is. Here, HELLO! revisits the celebrities sharing their perimenopause experiences... (snip) Michelle Obama: Night sweats and hot flashes In August 2020, Michelle Obama, 60, opened up about menopause on her Spotify...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are set to celebrate Christmas at their Montecito mansion, The Post can confirm. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have once again been snubbed from the guest list to the royal family’s annual get-together at Sandringham House — leaving them to carve out other plans for the festive season. Instead, the duo — along with their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet — will celebrate Christmas with Markle’s mom, Doria Ragland, a source told Closer. [snip]

In the days before the election, when too many stories about deadlocked polls and undecided voters and the MAGAfication of young men began to wear on my soul, I turned to TikTok to see what women were thinking. Soon enough I was swimming in a sea of female excitement and angst. I watched videos of ordinary women of all ages and races—in deep blue districts and deep red ones—describing what this election meant to them. Women who had just voted, sitting in their cars and sobbing about what it would mean to elect the first female president, what it would...

Tesla Has Highest Rate of Deadly Accidents Among Car Brands, Study FindsDespite the company's claim that its vehicles are "engineered to be the safest in the world," the Model S and Model Y rank among the most dangerous automobiles By Miles Klee, 21 November, 2024 “Teslas are the safest cars on the road, but most people don’t know that,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote on X (formerly Twitter) last year. The superlative is typical of the billionaire, and the automaker itself, which boasts that its vehicles “are engineered to be the safest in the world.” But while Tesla’s cars routinely...

hinese-flagged cargo ship Yi Peng 3 crossed both submarine cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times matching when they broke. She was shadowed by Danish navy for a while during night and is now in Danish Straits leaving Baltics. No signs of boarding. AIS-caveats apply.

Russian viewers were shocked when a Kremlin spokeswoman got a call from an unknown person who ordered her not to talk about Vladimir Putin’s ICBM attack. The tyrant launched a revenge attack on Ukraine after the country hit a Russian site using British-made missiles. Ukrainian authorities said this morning the Russian military launched an attack on Dnipro using multiple types of missiles, including one known as an intercontinental ballistic missile - or ICBM. But during a live press conference after the attack, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova was suddenly called by an unknown person. During the call, it appears...

The United Nations nuclear agency has passed a resolution increasing pressure on Iran over its nuclear program. Tehran has responded by activating additional centrifuges. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) passed a censure motion against Iran on Thursday, ordering it to immprove its cooperation with the agency and requesting a "comprehensive report" into Tehran's efforts early next year. Iran and the IAEA have been at loggerheads on a range of issues including Tehran's failure to explain traces of uranium at two undeclared locations, the barring of some of the agency's leading uranium-enrichment experts and its refusal to facilitate expanded IAEA...

Los Angeles City Councilman Hugo Soto-Martínez said Thursday on MSNBC’s “José Díaz-Balart Reports” that the city of Los Angeles passed a sanctuary city ordinance, preventing the use of city resources for enforcing President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming immigration plans. Díaz-Balart said, “Would you explain to us what the definition of sanctuary city is for Los Angeles.” Soto-Martínez said, “Yeah, I think we wanted to make it very clear that though the federal government has a lot of power over their resources, that the city of Los Angeles will not be collaborating or using any City resource to enforce his deportation machine...

U.S. Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. has conceded defeat to his Republican opponent in Pennsylvania’s 2024 Senate race, Wall Street hedge fund manager David McCormick. Casey’s concession comes after Pennsylvania’s 67 counties were already in the midst of a statewide recount, triggered by state law that authorizes a new tabulation of the votes in any statewide election when margin between the two leading candidates is less than 0.5 percentage points. At midnight Wednesday, McCormick’s lead of 16,367 votes equated to .24 percentage points. Early returns from counties that had completed their recounts were showing little to no change from their...

A former Kentucky sheriff was indicted Thursday in the slaying of a judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers two months ago, shocking a tiny Appalachian community. Shawn “Mickey” Stines was indicted on one count of murder of a public official by a Letcher County grand jury, prosecutors said. Stines was sheriff of the southeastern Kentucky county when authorities say he walked into District Judge Kevin Mullins’ chambers in Whitesburg, spoke with the judge and then opened fire on Sept. 19. Mullins, 54, who held the judgeship for 15 years, died at the scene, and Stines surrendered without...

The Russian Ministry of Defense has developed a forecast for the evolution of the global military-political situation until 2045, which includes the elimination of Ukraine and its division into parts. Moscow may transmit this plan to the United States through diplomatic channels, according to the Interfax-Ukraine agency. How Russia’s plan looks The first part, according to the Russian plan, involves the so-called new regions of Russia. This refers to the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson regions, and Crimea with Sevastopol, which are to officially become part of the Russian Federation. This is the focus of Moscow today. The second part, according...

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. FReeper Canteen Just Hangin' Cafe Come on in, we're open Need a place just to hang out? This is it. We serve coffee, tea,or maybe some hot cocoa to warm the bones?Topped off with great conversation in front of a warm fire. No worries in the FReeper Canteen Just Hangin' Cafe. Grab a cup and start a conversation. You never know who you might meet in the Cafe. Glad you...

Jesse Morgan @Jesse_Morgan_ BREAKING: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is reportedly in talks to step down, seeking assurances of immunity from any potential investigations under a future Trump administration.

Although it was not the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (a genre known as MMORPG) when it was released in 2004, World of Warcraft was an instant success, quickly attracting several million players worldwide.s it celebrates its 20th birthday, online video game World of Warcraft has demonstrated a rare longevity thanks to its loyal following and constant evolutions. "It is inspiring to be able to work on this rare game that has touched so many lives, and to also feel the burden of carrying that forward," Ion Hazzikostas, the current director of the game, told AFP at the Gamescom...

Russia is estimated to have supplied North Korea with more than a million barrels of oil since March this year, according to satellite imagery analysis from the Open Source Centre, a non-profit research group based in the UK. The oil is payment for the weapons and troops Pyongyang has sent Moscow to fuel its war in Ukraine, leading experts and UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, have told the BBC. These transfers violate UN sanctions, which ban countries from selling oil to North Korea, except in small quantities, in an attempt to stifle its economy to prevent it from further developing...

Elon Musk’s pre-kindergarten Montessori school in Texas can now open its doors. The school, which has been in the works since last year, received its initial permit from the Texas childcare regulator on Thursday The first Ad Astra pupils in Bastrop will be between three and six years old and attend a pre-Kindegarten school that focuses on exploration and on tasks like coloring, collage-making, and studying maps and globes. its approach to learning will revolve around exploration, with toddlers learning how to button things, color and draw, collage, construct words, and study globes and maps. Outside, there is a basketball...

Russian military insisted it was an ICBM. Their Press Director had no comment outside of the fact it hit a Patriot air defense system battery. Zelensky said it was a new ICBM and will investigate it. The West claimed it was a medium -range missile, and not an ICBM. Welcome to WW3

European governments backed the International Criminal Court in The Hague following its decision on Thursday to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and slain Hamas terror leader Mohammed Deif. Josep Borrell, the European Union’s outgoing foreign-policy chief, claimed that the ruling was “not political” and should be respected.

Benjamin Netanyahu could be detained if he visits Britain after Sir Keir Starmer backed the International Criminal Court's decision to issue an arrest warrant. The Hague-based court, which Foreign Secretary David Lammy last month said the UK 'supports', today issued warrants for Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant, as well as the leader of Hamas. Britain, along with 123 other members of the ICC, will now be obliged to detain Netanyahu 'on sight' under international law. A spokesperson for Downing Street said the Government respected the court and refused to rule out he would be arrested if he...