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The Food and Drug Administration will decide on a ban of certain food dyes in the coming weeks after receiving a petition to review the safety of Red 3, NBC News reports. “With Red 3, we have a petition in front of us to revoke the authorization board, and we’re hopeful that in the next few weeks we’ll be acting on that petition,” Jim Jones, the deputy commissioner for human foods at the FDA, said during a Senate meeting this week, per NBC. According to the FDA, the agency has reviewed the safety of Red 3 —which is derived from...

Typical Haaretz Haaretzism: pro Arab supremacy Islamic racism. Letting horrific comments on too. Most comments on the Dec/5/24 antisemtic attack on Haredi (who are even non zionist BTW, but that's besides the point) synagogue in Australia try to justify the horrendous crime. This, Arab apparently, for example is: Adding quotation mark on "m'antisemitism' but shamelessly equates the Holocaust with clashes, battle in Gaza where its regime makes sure civilians die (still, it's historically lowest, compared to other wars). If anything, this and other hortific hate crimes and the sickening rationalization prove that anti-Jewish hatred is in fact the very basis...

President-elect Trump attended the reopening ceremony of the Notre Dame Cathedral alongside First Lady Jill Biden and several other prominent world leaders. Notre Dame was reopened on Saturday, five years after a fire caused serious damage to the landmark Gothic cathedral. Trump was seated between French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, during the ceremony, which was also attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prince William. Also in the same row as Trump was First Lady Jill Biden, who attended the event with her daughter, Ashley. President Joe Biden was not present.

The U.S. on Saturday announced a new $988 million military assistance package for Ukraine in its war with Russia as Washington races to provide aid to Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Trump's victory in the November election has cast doubt on the future of U.S. aid for Ukraine, providing a limited window for billions of dollars in already authorized assistance to be provided before he is sworn in next month. The package features drones, ammunition for precision HIMARS rocket launchers, and equipment and spare parts for artillery systems, tanks and armored vehicles, the Pentagon said in a statement....

ROME — Pope Francis has proclaimed a special jubilee pilgrimage for gays and all LGBTQ+ people, Italian media announced this weekend. For the first time, a specific Jubilee event will be dedicated to Catholic homosexuals and LGBT people, noted the Italian daily, Il Messaggero, despite the Catholic Church considering homosexual acts to be intrinsically disordered. On September 5, Catholic members of the LGBTQI+ community will be hosted by the Jesuit Church of the Gesù, in central Rome, for a vigil service. The Jubilee 2025 initiative is sponsored by Jonathan’s Tent, an Italian pro-LGBTQ organization founded in 2018 by Catholic priest...

San Jose special ed student ‘earns’ diploma despite reading issues, then denied services

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HTS rebel commander says forces have begun to enter Homs War monitors, the leader of the HTS fighters and pro-government media all reported late on Saturday that forces loyal to President Bashar Assad had largely withdrawn from the country's third city, Homs. The head of the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdurrahman, said Syrian troops and members of different security agencies had withdrawn from Homs, and that HTS forces had started to enter the suburbs.

NEW YORK CITY — Judge Maxwell Wiley has ordered the jury in Daniel Penny's trial to go back and keep on deliberating until they come back with a different verdict. After four days of deliberation, the jury announced that Penny could not be found guilty of manslaughter. Judge Wiley asked if maybe the jury could just pretend that never happened, and instructed them to think of some new charge go deliberate about until they changed their minds. "Ugh, you guys are making this so hard," sighed Wiley, holding his head in his hands. "Can we all just go around and...

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Is the Iranian-backed terror army in Lebanon, Hezbollah, regrouping and rearming during this Biden administration-initiated ceasefire with Israel? Meanwhile, as Syria deteriorates once again into chaos, is the country’s army—and the Assad regime--on the verge of collapse? And what would that mean for Israel’s security? Watch now.

Al-Golani’s ties to al-Qaida stretch back to 2003 when he joined extremists battling U.S. troops in Iraq. The native of Syria was detained several times by the U.S. military, but remained in Iraq. During that time, al-Qaida usurped likeminded groups and formed the extremist Islamic State of Iraq, led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In 2011, a popular uprising against Syria's Assad triggered a brutal government crackdown and led to all-out war. Al-Golani's prominence grew when al-Baghdadi sent him to Syria to establish a branch of al-Qaida called the Nusra Front. The United States labeled the new group as a terrorist...

For you FReepers who are Rail Fans or even have had idiot bosses watch this video. This is an audio recording of Train Engineers talking to their dispatchers. The dispatcher is telling these train Engineers to do what? As one Engineer said "this makes stupid look smart" For you Rail Fans this could have been another Lac Megantic disaster because the dispatcher was a moron. as one Engineer said "THERE'S A MOUNTAIN UP HERE!"

As Syria once again deteriorates into chaos, could Israel be threatened by the country’s chemical weapons into the hands of jihadists? Meanwhile, the Iranian regime is vowing to save Syria’s brutal dictator Bashar al-Assad. Also, amid the rapidly escalating turmoil to Israel’s northeast, what outcome in Syria would be the most perilous for the Jewish State?

[Catholic Caucus] Would St. Ambrose Get Fired Today?What would Pope Francis have done with an Ambrose standing in the emperor’s path?The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor, on December 7. By liturgical standards, he’s important. Not only is his an obligatory memorial (i.e., you have to celebrate it), but it’s an obligatory memorial in Advent. Saints—especially saints of the early Church—were often the subjects of classical art. Great painters often depicted them, and especially signature moments from their lives, in their paintings. One of those great painters depicting a great saint was the master of Flemish...

Drama continues about DeSantis' next move as the money moves away from him. Did Florida’s Governor fumble his shot to run the Pentagon? That’s what investors in a prominent prediction market seem to believe Saturday morning. Per Polymarket, Ron DeSantis has fallen back behind Pete Hegseth, who is the current Donald Trump nominee to be Defense Secretary. A DeSantis ‘Yes’ share is priced at 23 cents, with a Hegseth Yes at 43 cents. DeSantis led in the betting market until Friday evening, with speculation swirling that he might replace the embattled former Fox News host as Trump’s pick for the...

Photo of Anudeep New Jersey prosecutors allege RU alumnus Anudeep Revuri, 23, of New Brunswick, developed the closed network used by the group to sell narcotics to other Rutgers students. Photo of Donovin Williams ..... Photo of Catherine Tierney showing some leg. Through the social media app, “narcotics distributors could post menus for drugs and solicit buyers from within the Rutgers University community,” said Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone in a statement. “Rutgers students who established their affiliation with the school were allowed to join the network and once given access, they were able to browse menus posted by distributors...

[Catholic Caucus] German Bishop: Church Teaching on Homosexuality Depends on "the Times"What the Church's documents say about homosexuality "is time-related and must be reviewed in the light of the insights we have today from a moral-theological and ethical perspective," Auxiliary Bishop Ludger Schepers, 71, of Essen, Germany, told Dw.com (December 4) [implying that revelation is the same as the zeitgeist of 1968].A homosexual [and a pedophile?] "is the way he or she is now, that's just the way it is".What happens at the level of the universal Church, such as at the ex-synod, is for Schepers "not always clear, especially...

Syrian opposition fighters have reached the suburbs of the Damascus capital for the first time since the region was recaptured by government troops in 2018, as president Bashar al-Assad's regime nears collapse. One resident said the city was on edge, with security forces on the streets and many shops running out of staple foods. The Syrian army withdrew from much of the country's south on Saturday but later said it was fortifying positions in the Damascus suburbs and in the south. Syria's state news agency denied reports that Assad had already fled to Russia claiming he continued to govern from...

The increasing antisemitism in the Western world is a problem that urgently needs to be addressed. JA21 is doing just that. That’s why we organized a symposium on Saturday, June 1st, with Douglas Murray, Esther Voet, David Suurland, Machteld Allan, Hans Wallage, and Boaz Cahn. Here is the full speech by Douglas Murray. Het toenemende antisemitisme in de westerse wereld is een probleem dat dringend geadresseerd moet worden. JA21 doet dat. Daarom organiseerden wij zaterdag 1 juni een symposium met Douglas Murray, Esther Voet, David Suurland, Machteld Allan, Hans Wallage en Boaz Cahn. Zie hier de volledige speech van Douglas...