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Syracuse Crunch forward Maxim Groshev was suspended 10 games Friday by the American Hockey League for using what the AHL termed “racially insensitive language” toward an opponent. The game in question occurred Saturday against Rochester. Because Groshev already sat out one game, he will be eligible to return to play March 30. He also can appeal the remainder of his suspension after eight games if he takes part in the NHL’s Player Inclusion Coalition and makes what is deemed by AHL President and CEO Scott Howson as sufficient progress in the training program. “The American Hockey League is committed to...

Monmouth University is planning to imminently shutter its lauded polling institute ...

Joe Biden’s cognitive decline was obvious to anyone paying attention. Biden would tell non-sense stories on the 2020 campaign trail, including his infamous incoherent one about “Corn Pop: A Bad Dude.” The Washington Post’s Robert Samuels tried to whitewash Biden’s rambling story by writing Soviet-level propaganda validating the tall tale. Even Democrats knew that Biden “wasn’t all there” during the 2020 campaign. Biden would shake hands with people who weren’t there. Biden would walk towards doors that weren’t there, at other times staff would walk him around like a dog. When interviewed by his own Department of Justice, Biden was...

Trump administration says ‘gold card’ will replace EB-5 visa programA 60-year-old former Atherton resident who had a San Jose law practice has been extradited from the Kyrgyz Republic in central Asia to face fraud charges in federal court in San Jose related to a controversial visa program aimed at attracting foreign job creators. Danhong “Jean” Chen, also known as Maria Sofia Taylor, was indicted by a grand jury in 2019 along with her ex-husband Jianyun “Tony” Ye. The pair were accused of fraud in connection with the federal EB-5 visa program that lets foreign citizens live permanently in the...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland issues prayer for next conclave amid ‘great crisis in the Church’‘Let us pray fervently for the cardinals who will gather,’ Bishop Strickland’s prayer for the next conclave reads. ‘May they have before their eyes only God’s Divine Will with the goal of purifying and renewing Christ’s Church.’“If we had faith the size of a mustard seed…” (Matthew 17:20).As we face this time of great crisis in the Church, the mystical Body of Christ, let us believe in the tremendous power of prayer, which can literally move mountains. The coming conclave to elect a new occupant of...

One of the key figures involved in former White House occupant Joe Biden’s thousands of pardons to violent criminals has been terminated. Liz Oyer, the head of the Justice Department’s pardon office, revealed in a LinkedIn post on Friday that she was ousted after three years in the position. “I’m sad to share that I was fired today from the job I have poured my heart and soul into for the last three years,” Oyer wrote on Linkedin. “I am so proud of the team we built in the Office of the Pardon Attorney, who will carry on our important...

U.S. President Donald Trump complained Thursday that his country's bilateral security arrangement with Japan, signed in 1960, was one-sided. In response, Japan pointed out the cooperative nature of the agreement. “I love Japan. We have a great relationship with Japan. But we have an interesting deal with Japan where we have to protect them but they don't have to protect us,” Trump told reporters. “That's the way the deal reads. We have to protect Japan. Under no circumstances do they have to protect us,” the president said, adding that Japan was making a fortune off the U.S. economically. The Japanese...

In a speech before the United Nation’s General Assembly, a representative of President Donald Trump ’s administration rejected the U.N.’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.Edward Heartney, a minister-counselor at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, called the 2030 agenda “a program of soft global governance that is inconsistent with U.S. sovereignty and adverse to the rights and interests of Americans.”The 17 “sustainable development goals” included ending poverty, achieving gender equality and urgently tackling climate change.The Trump administration now says it “rejects and denounces” them. Others included providing clean water and sanitation for all people, quality education for every child...

Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency is turning over the rocks in the nation’s capital, every day revealing some ridiculous federal expenditure for DEI programs in Serbia, LGBTQ+ comic books in Guatemala, and climate programs everywhere. These abuses, as many say, are the inevitable by-product of allowing unelected bureaucrats to make regulations and decisions about spending without proper review or oversight. It comes as no surprise to find out that they have been abusing their privileges. Some of this is no doubt true: bureaucracy is a longstanding challenge in democratic societies. But there is a deeper problem: nearly all of...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - A federal judge in Cape Girardeau rules in favor of Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s federal lawsuit against China related to the COVID pandemic. Bailey calls the $24 billion judgement against the Chinese Communist Party “historic.” The state sued China nearly five years ago, the one remaining count in the suit accused China of hoarding masks and other PPE. Judge Stephen Limbaugh ruled Missouri suffered direct harm from lost tax revenue and heightened expenditures caused by the hoarding. Bailey says the judgment is six times more than the previous largest judgment in state history.

The Trump administration has reportedly revoked the visa of a student who protested in favor of Hamas, the Islamic terrorist organization which attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, according to Fox News.

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is a 1946 noir tragedy film directed by Lewis Milestone, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Judith Anderson, and the film debut of Kirk Douglas. It follows a man who is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband, who believe the man knows the truth about the mysterious death of the woman's wealthy aunt, years prior. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946 Film Noir, Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Kirk Douglas - Full Movie)

Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk. Cabinet officials generally like the concept of what Elon Musk set out to do — reducing waste, fraud and abuse in government — but have been frustrated by the hacksaw approach to upending the government and the lack of consistent coordination. Marco Rubio was incensed. Here he was in the Cabinet Room of the White House, the secretary of state, seated beside the president and listening to a litany of attacks from the richest man in...

Rose Docherty was arrested over her sign, which read: "Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want." A 74-year-old Scottish woman was arrested for standing near a hospital that performs abortions with a sign that read: "Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want." The woman's protest was in violation of an "exclusion zone" law, which bans anti-abortion protests or prayer vigils within a 200-meter radius of a facility that provides abortions. "I was approaching no one on that day. I wasn't calling out. I was standing quietly by the roadside," Rose Docherty, told...

So-called "gender-affirming surgery" could lead to potentially dangerous mental health effects, a new study has found. Transgender individuals face "heightened psychological distress," including depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation, "partly due to stigma and lack of gender affirmation," as stated in the study, which was published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. Researchers from the University of Texas set out to determine the mental health impacts from transgender people who underwent "gender-affirming surgery." The study focused on 107,583 patients 18 and over with gender dysphoria, some who underwent surgery and others who did not. They determined rates of depression, anxiety, suicidal...

Amy Coney Barrett, one of President Donald Trump's nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court, has voted against him in key cases, including a March 5 decision to stop his cancellations of USAID contracts. Why It Matters Trump has a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court, including three judges he nominated during his first term. What To Know Coney Barrett has voted against Trump, partially or fully, on key Supreme Court cases. These include: USAID On March 5, the Supreme Court compelled the Trump administration to pay nearly $2 billion to USAID contractors. Coney Barrett has voted against Trump on...

Poland, a staunch Ukraine ally, has been arming itself heavily as it eyes warily neighbouring Russia and amid calls from US President Donald Trump for European countries to take more responsibility for their own defence. Warsaw is already far ahead of its allies in terms of military expenditure, aiming to spend 4.7 percent of its GDP on defence this year -- and now it mulls new measures. "We are facing a very serious race, and it is a race for security," Tusk told the parliament. "We must be aware that Poland must reach for the most modern possibilities, also related...

BREAKING (not really though) Fmr. President Joe Biden did NOT sign a single pardon in his entire presidency. Everything that was signed allegedly by him was signed by Jeffrey Zients. ANYTHING and EVERYTHING signed by him should be invalid and investigated by the DOJ.

ESSENCE OF UKRAINE SUPPORTERS: "British troops should be in Ukraine, but I'm a conscientious objector" (Video at URL) ...