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At 1am on Thursday, Dartsia Liuba went to the basement of her Kyiv apartment building with her two children and husband, Roma. The air-raid siren had gone off. A Russian attack was coming. Liuba scooped up her seven-month-old baby daughter, Halyna, and woke her bleary-eyed nine-year-old, Orysia, and they staggered down three floors to wait in sticky darkness. Soon explosions began. There was an ugly whine in the sky immediately above their district of Podil. It came from a Shahed kamikaze drone. The streets echoed with booms and rat-tat-tat machine-gun fire as Ukrainian air defence units tried to bring it...

In the wake of concerns over flooding at properties adjacent to a solar farm off Spur 100, NextEra Energy Resources says it has submitted a remediation plan to the city and Kerrville Public Utility Board. Residents who voiced their displeasure over the situation at a May 6 meeting of the Kerrville Planning and Zoning Commission said the flooding has been happening for three years. Resident Jim Gallops, who lives in the 900 block of Spur 100, said the flooding brings boulders toward his property and a silt fence has been in view since March of last year. “We used to...

(Reuters) -The Pentagon is urging Japan and Australia to clarify what role they would play if the U.S. and China went to war over Taiwan, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.Elbridge Colby, the U.S. under-secretary of defense for policy, has been pushing the matter during recent talks with defense officials of both countries, the report said, citing people familiar with the discussions.According to the newspaper, the reported request caught both Tokyo and Canberra off guard, as the U.S. itself does not offer a blank cheque guarantee to defend Taiwan. Colby said in an X post that the Department of Defense...

Picture this: You walk into your own living room, ready to relax, and your spouse is dressed in full hazmat gear. Not because it’s Halloween, or the in-laws are visiting, but because the government says you need to “save the planet.” Welcome to the world of “green” heat pumps—a glorious technological leap forward in the same way New Coke was a glorious leap forward in soda. The only thing missing is a government-mandated sticker: “Now With Bonus Legionella!” No, really. If you’re wondering why climate commissars keep demanding you tear out your trusty boiler and install the latest in eco-absurdity,...

Meet the shameless serial shoplifter who is still waltzing free down NYC store aisles despite a staggering 254 arrests. Anthony White, 63, who has made larceny a career, was busted as recently as May on burglary charges after being paroled from prison on parole in December. The thief was allegedly ripping off stores where he had already been banned for theft — but was set free by judges after his arraignments on the latest offenses, court records show. Rampant shoplifting like White is accused of has prompted stores across the city to lock their goods behind plastic barricades. While the...

President Trump is considering authorizing fresh funding for Ukraine for the first time since he took office in January, multiple diplomatic sources told CBS News.The sources indicated the new funding could be intended to send a message to Russia, which has pounded Ukraine with drone and missile attacks in recent days. Russia this week launched what Ukraine described as the largest drone attack since its full-scale invasion began in February 2022 — the latest in a wave of aerial assaults that have pummeled Kyiv and other cities.Mr. Trump hinted earlier this week that he planned to send Ukraine more defensive...

This week the father of Austin Metcalf was 'swatted' by fans of Karmelo Anthony for the 6th time! That makes twice this month. Austin's mother has been swatted 2 times. This youtuber gets his info from Journalist Sarah Fields who is on X. Miss Fields has been covering the Karmelo case like no one else.

The DOJ dropped its investigation into Pfizer for possible foreign bribery after Pam Bondi, who previously served as outside counsel for Pfizer, became Attorney General. ... Sounds quite fishy like a conflict of interest that @TheJusticeDept would drop a case against @pfizer considering @PamBondi represented them and is now AG @AGPamBondi ? ... Pfizer bribery probe? Dropped. Bondi walks in... case walks out. Who’s brave enough to say it? We’re being played.. ..... The DOJ's decision to drop the Pfizer investigation raises serious questions about influence and accountability. When former Pfizer counsel Pam Bondi steps into the AG role, and...

Indiana Fever president Kelly Krauskopf appeared to delete her X account, and social media users took notice ahead of the team's Friday night win over the Atlanta Dream. The previously-active account with the handle "@k2indytex" is now offline. The account was believed to belong to Krauskopf. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Fever for a response. The apparent deletion was noticed on social media the same day that comments from Krauskopf's introductory press conference resurfaced. During Krauskopf's Oct. 8 introductory address, the team president spoke about making the Fever an "enduring brand like Apple," while discussing Clark's presence...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the coastal city of Wonsan on Saturday, where he described the two nations' relations as "an invincible fighting brotherhood", Russia's foreign ministry said. The ministry quoted Lavrov as saying that the visit represented the continuation of "strategic dialogue" between the two sides inaugurated by Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to North Korea last year. In a message passed on by Lavrov, Putin said that he hoped for more direct contacts in future, TASS news agency reported. Lavrov, the ministry said, also thanked North Korea for the troops...

Two teens accused of ‘swatting’ a victim in Polk County arrested in the Northeast. Sheriff Grady Judd discusses 'swatting' in Florida and an arrest of two teens.

CHAPTER I: The supreme authority founded by Christ in His church CHAPTER II: Was St. Peter appointed by Christ to be “the head of the church”? CHAPTER III: The Papalist doctrine of the supremacy of Peter over the universal church CHAPTER IV: On the titles bestowed upon St. Peter CHAPTER V: St. Leo the Great and the ‘Papal Pretensions’ CHAPTER VI: The influence of the forgeries on the ‘Papal Pretensions’ CHAPTER VII: The testimony of the council of Florence and the fourth council of the Lateran as to Papalism CHAPTER VIII: The witness of the Council of Nicaea, A.D. 325,...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A former Columbia gas station owner accused of killing a 14-year-old boy appeared in court on Monday to request bond for a second time. Rick Chow is accused of chasing Cyrus Carmack-Belton from his gas station and convenience store on Parklane Road in May of 2023 and then shooting him in the back. Prosecutors say he falsely accused the teenager of stealing bottled water. Chow requested Monday’s second bond hearing after a judge initially denied his bond on the murder charge almost two years ago. “He was shot in the back, an act of cowardice and cruelty...

If it were me, and I’d just won a large judgment based on my claim that I experienced forceful sexual assault in a department store dressing room by an aggressive and powerful man who towers over me, an experience that caused me severe trauma after the event, I wouldn’t write a book capitalizing on one of my attackers most iconic catchprases, and I certainly wouldn’t be tweeting about him nonstop, nearly thirty years after the act at the center of my lawsuit. I would want to block that man out of my life as much as possible lest his name,...

Letters send to Her Excellencies of Mexico and Europe.

A farmworker who was injured during an immigration raid in Southern California on Thursday has died, the United Farm Workers union said on Friday.

Vance Luther Boelter, the man accused of the targeted assassination of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, has claimed that his motive “didn’t involve Trump stuff or pro-life.” The brazen attack, which also left State Senator John Hoffman and his wife injured in a separate shooting in Champlin, has sent shockwaves through the state and nation, with authorities labeling it a “politically motivated” act of terror. Speaking to the New York Post from Sherburne County Jail, Boelter said that his motive was not what people have speculated. “You are fishing and I can’t talk about my...

… “Drivers are taking matters into their own hands. I know I sat on the hotline for over an hour and a half,” Zack said of calling ICE recently. “But I couldn’t get through.” Other drivers made calls to the hotline about “deliveristas” whom he knows often gather at the north end of the parking lot of a Rio Rancho Walmart parking lot, he said. On June 5, a team of federal law enforcement agents swept the Rio Rancho Walmart, detaining as many as a dozen “deliveristas” from Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia and elsewhere, according to delivery drivers who either witnessed...

SDPD off duty officer knocked out a homeland security officer, who was also off duty, in a parking lot. Ching Ding the Homeland security officer was trying to leave the parking lot and was blocked in by the SDPD officer Ferraro. Ding banged on the officers truck to get Ferraro to move and that is when a fight began and Ding was knocked out.

Robert Maxwell was the father of Ghislaine Maxwell (wife to Jeffrey Epstein).