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A mishap involving a COVID-era business perk nearly shut down a popular East Bay bakery. And for more than a month, the owner was left wondering: where did all my money go? 7 On Your Side's Stephanie Sierra and our team stepped in to get answers -- and get their money back. $212,853 is a life-changing amount of dough for any small business. And in this case, we were told that it was all left in limbo over a nine-digit number with the IRS. Sarah Torres is the proud owner of A Sweet Affair Bakery in Walnut Creek. The charming...

Mexican illegal immigrants have been invading small border towns in Texas, pillaging the homes and apartments of law abiding Americans who feel powerless to stop them. more show notes: Cartels breaking into homes in Del Rio, Texas, stealing everything that is valuable including ID and SS numbers.

“EVERYBODY KNEW, EXCEPT FOR TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS, THAT THIS WAS A GRAND CONSPIRACY IN 2016…THE FBI, THE CIA, OBAMA, THE DNC, EVERY FAKE NEWS MEDIA OUTLET OUT THERE IN AMERICA, THEY WERE ALL IN ON IT.” - @DevinNunes@stinchfield1776

Over the past year, Hezbollah has faced a growing existential crisis, intensified by the targeted assassinations of senior figures including Fuad Shukr, Ibrahim Aqil, Jawad Tawil, and particularly Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and his successor, Hashem Safi al-Din. Once Iran’s most formidable proxy and a significant strategic actor in the Middle East, Hezbollah now contends with depleted leadership, military setbacks, and mounting international pressure. Does this signal genuine weakening within the Shiite terrorist organization? According to Lebanese sources, Hezbollah is undertaking drastic measures to ensure its survival, notably relocating the families of hundreds of senior commanders to Latin America. Lebanese journalist...

New research reveals that certain gut microbial byproducts may hold promise as a novel therapy for obesity-associated metabolic complications by restoring critical hormone-producing cells in the intestine. The study focuses on enteroendocrine cells (EECs)—specialized cells in the gut that play a key role in metabolic regulation by releasing hormones such as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), which stimulate insulin secretion and suppress appetite. In obesity, these cells are diminished in number and function, contributing to insulin resistance and poor metabolic health. Researchers investigated how microbial metabolites derived from dietary tryptophan—an amino acid found in protein-rich foods—may help restore EEC numbers. Specifically, they...

As the evening coastal fog rolls in and creates a canopy above the tree tops, Carmel, known more for its lack of addresses than its late nights, grinds to stillness. But after dark, the town’s not completely dead — if you know where to look. Carmel’s two major legacy and late-night drinking establishments, Barmel and Sade’s, have carried on for decades, playing host to all comers, from millionaires to movie stars to those simply down on their luck but lucky enough to find respite on a bar stool for an evening. But that’s all about to change as both legendary...

Is this the start of Goo York City? UK scientists have discovered a massive “blob” of rock underneath the Appalachian mountains that’s slowly oozing its way toward New York City, per a slimy new study published in the journal Geology. “This thermal upwelling has long been a puzzling feature of North American geology,” the study’s lead author, Tom Gernon, Professor of Earth Science at the University of Southampton, said in a statement. Officially dubbed the Northern Appalachian Anomaly (NAA), this subterranean slimeball sits 125 feet deep underground and extends 220 miles across New England. The team reportedly discovered it using...

The Trump administration aims to accelerate the construction of a nuclear reactor on the moon, Transportation Secretary and acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy wrote in a memo distributed internally on Monday. The space agency has previously explored the possibility of installing an electricity-generating nuclear reactor on the lunar surface capable of powering a sustained human presence, but Duffy intends to fast-track the project and more than double the reactor’s power output, according to documents obtained by The Post. “To properly advance this critical technology to be able to support a future lunar economy, high power energy generation on Mars, and...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Pohakuloa Training Area, HawaiiPōhakuloa Training Area (PTA) is located on the island of Hawaiʻi in the high plateau between Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea and the Hualālai volcanic mountains. It includes a small military airstrip known as Bradshaw Army Airfield. The area of 108,863 acres is the largest United States Department of Defense installation in the state of Hawaii, or anywhere in the Pacific.The name of the current facility comes from puʻu pōhaku loa, which means "long rocky cinder cone" in the Hawaiian Language, although like many other Hawaiian names, the same name has...

Rep. Ramirez (D-IL) says in Spanish: "I am a proud Guatemalan before I am American"

Flu itself, not oseltamivir, was tied to serious neuropsychiatric events, analysis suggestsKey Takeaways -Compared with untreated flu, oseltamivir treatment reduced the risk of serious neuropsychiatric events in children. -Prescribing information for oseltamivir carries warnings about abnormal behavior in kids with flu based on case reports. -Concerns about possible side effects may contribute to oseltamivir being underused in kids at high risk for flu complications. -Treatment with the antiviral oseltamivir (Tamiflu) was tied to a reduced risk of serious neuropsychiatric events in children and adolescents, an analysis of Medicaid beneficiaries in Tennessee suggested. Compared with untreated flu, the risk of serious...

The sixties was one of the more creative decades in modern history: The music, the clothes, the movies, the pop culture. But maybe most creative were the goofy TV comedy series.The sixties were one of the most creative periods for art in modern American history. Mostly known for innovative music, now called "classic rock," the decade also broke meaningful ground in the areas of dress, pop culture, literature, movies and more. The sixties reminds this journalist of the fertile twenties in American literature with Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck and the like. What isn't acknowledged much is the...

Republican Nate Morris had deftly warmed up a crowd of party faithful, gushing about President Donald Trump and recounting his own life’s journey — from hardscrabble childhood to wealthy entrepreneur — when he turned his attention to the man he wants to replace, Sen. Mitch McConnell. That’s when things got feisty. While bashing Kentucky’s longest-serving senator at a GOP dinner on the eve of Saturday’s Fancy Farm picnic, a tradition-laden stop on the state’s political circuit, Morris was cut off in midsentence by a party activist in the crowd, who noted that McConnell isn’t seeking reelection and pointedly asked Morris:...

Lex Luthor Reveals To The World That Superman Is A Registered Republican https://buff.ly/HprGC5Qhttps://babylonbee.com/news/lex-luthor-reveals-to-the-world-that-superman-is-a-registered-republicanMETROPOLIS — Superman is a registered Republican, as confirmed by LuthorCorp CEO Lex Luthor at a press conference on Monday. "Superman is not who you think he is!" Luthor said. "He's no hero. He's a registered Republican and has been since 2024!" Luthor reportedly discovered the shocking news after breaking into Superman's Fortress of Solitude and discovering his voter registration form. "I knew I was going to find something horrific, but I never thought it'd be that he was a Republican," Luthor later said of the find. "Maybe...

Archaeologists in Sicily, Italy have uncovered a striking mosaic depicting what appear to be Roman-era flip-flops, adding a new chapter to the rich artistic heritage of the Villa Romana del Casale. The sandals, crafted in the fourth century A.D., were found in the villa’s southern bath complex during ongoing excavations. The discovery includes more than the footwear motif. Alongside the sandals, researchers identified a mosaic inscription and three columns with capitals. Specialists say the artifacts highlight the villa’s exceptional craftsmanship, providing fresh insight into decorative themes used in elite Roman residences. Part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site The Villa...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., a champion of the progressive left, is praising democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s focus on affordability as he runs for mayor in the nation’s most populous city as a model for the Democratic Party. Asked by Fox News as she teamed up at a campaign event at a union headquarters on Monday with the Democratic Party’s New York City mayoral nominee if Mamdani was what the future of the party should look like, Warren answered “you bet.” “The Democratic Party needs to stand up and be clear. We are the party that fights for affordability, for working...

4 August 2025 Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest on Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time St. John Vianney Catholic Church, Houston, TX BReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingNumbers 11:4-15The sons of Israel complain in the desertThe sons of Israel began to wail, ‘Who will give us meat to eat?’ they said. ‘Think of the fish we used to eat free in Egypt, the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic! Here we are wasting away, stripped of everything; there is nothing but manna for us...

An entrepreneur who is fleeing downtown Cincinnati in the wake of an appalling mass brawl showed Daily Mail the abject squalor that has driven him out.Victor Louis, founder and CEO of local firm One Logistics Network, took the Mail on a grim tour of the beleaguered Ohio city on Monday. He said Cincinnati's woke leaders were entirely to blame for its demise.The city has been thrust into the national spotlight following the mass brawl that erupted on the night of July 26, with a man and a woman being violently assaulted by violent men. Further outrage ensued when Cincinnati Police...

Al Fashir is being suffocated to death. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has held the capital of North Darfur hostage in a 14-month siege - blocking food or fuel from entering the locality and forcing starvation on its 900,000 inhabitants The entire city is currently a militarised zone as Sudan's army and the Darfur Joint Protection Force fend off the RSF from capturing the last state capital in the Darfur region not currently under their control. Rare footage sent to Sky News from inside al Fashir town shows streets emptied of cars and people. The city's remaining residents are...

3 August 2025 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Nicodemus and St. Joseph of Arimathea Church, Ramla, the Holy Land Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingEcclesiastes 1:2,2:21-23Vanity of vanities; all is vanityVanity of vanities, the Preacher says. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity! For so it is that a man who has laboured wisely, skilfully and successfully must leave what is his own to someone who has not toiled for it at all. This, too, is vanity and great injustice; for what does he gain for all the toil and strain that he has undergone under the sun?...