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A paranoid Los Angeles man has been blaring deafening horns that can be heard for miles around for several minutes every day — vowing to “keep on blowing” even after he was finally arrested. Gary Boyadzhayan, 50, has been torturing his neighbors in Van Nuys with the ear-splitting blaring since at least June, according to KABC7 — with cops finding “10 horns” when they finally kicked in his door on Wednesday. “It is a train’s air horn that has a reach of 3 1/2 miles,” one enraged neighbor, Robert Donovan, said of the horns, including some attached to trees out...

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are locked in a close battle in the state’s bitterly contested Senate primary, according to an Emerson College Polling survey released Friday. The poll showed Cornyn essentially tied with Paxton. He led by 1 point, 30 percent to 29 percent, with 5 percent saying they prefer another candidate and 37 percent undecided. The margin is much closer than numerous other past polls that have shown Paxton with a lead over the longtime incumbent. “Seven months ahead of the Republican Primary, the contest between the four-term incumbent and the Attorney General...

State prosecutors have charged two more migrants as part of an investigation into the trafficking of narcotics and firearms into Chicago by suspected members of the Venezuela-based Tren de Aragua street gang. The men are the fourth and fifth individuals known to be charged in the case. Judge Luciano Panici Jr. ordered Yefferson Camacho Cedeno, 27, and Jose Vasquez Hernandez, 30, detained, calling them “member[s] of a transnational criminal organization.” Camacho Cedeno is a Venezuelan citizen who is “not a legal resident of the United States.” He is charged with two counts of gunrunning and six additional charges tied to...

Several hundred people gathered for a pro-Ukraine rally in Anchorage, Alaska, where U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are set to meet Friday. The high-stakes summit — the first in-person meeting between an American president and Putin since the latter launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, is meant to lay the ground for a ceasefire. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was not invited to the summit, scheduled to kick off around 11 a.m. local time at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Protesters started to gather early on Friday morning ahead of Putin's arrival in Anchorage, chanting...

Artificial intelligence isn’t just a buzzword anymore. It’s actively reshaping today’s job market by automating mundane tasks, enabling new business strategies, and more. Moving forward, companies will expect workers to meaningfully interact with AI tools. Here’s how to stay ahead.Using AI Tools Like ChatGPTUsing AI tools like ChatGPT is becoming a regular part of work in many industries, but it’s not just about typing in questions—it’s about knowing how to ask the right ones. Prompt engineering means giving AI clear, specific instructions so it can give you helpful answers.Think of working with AI tools in this way as being similar...

Dow Jones Industrial Average Last Updated: Aug 15, 2025 at 11:44 a.m. EDT Currently: 44,954.83 Up 43.57 0.10% It opened at 45,203.52 (highest ever) early this morning before pulling back. Now floating around 44,986.74 Up 75.48 0.17% at 11:49 a.m. EDT Now at 45,013.68 Up 102.42 0.23% at t 11:51 a.m. EDT

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to gerrymander California’s congressional districts will eliminate at least four Republican-held districts, while securing Democratic control of four other contested seats. Currently, Republicans only hold nine of California’s 52 congressional seats (17%). Under the new map that the governor wants to present voters in a special election in November, Republicans will hold five seats (just under 10%). Nearly 40% of California voters chose Republican candidates in the last election in 2024, on a map created by an “independent” redistricting commission (which Democrats have gamed, regardless). Politico reported the leaked chart, which was shown to Democrats...

Does he really not know? Wake up, America. Wake up. You will not have a country if he rigs this election. You will have a president that will be running for a third term, mark my word. I wasn't exaggerating when I said that I received in the mail a Trump 2028 hat. Seriously, does Gavin know this is a troll? Is he actually convinced by the hat? Who sent the hat? Here's a hint: 🤣🤣🤣 It sure looks like Newsom is going to use this redistricting drama to push himself onto the national stage for 2028!

VOLODYMYR Zelensky has said he is "counting on America" as Donald Trump prepares to greet Vladimir Putin on the runway after he lands in Alaska. The embattled Ukrainian president said he hopes the peace summit between the two leaders leads to a trilateral meeting to get Ukraine involved in the peacemaking process. It comes after Trump blasted Vladimir Putin for continuing to attack Ukraine and said his urge to kill "might be in his genes". -snip- Trump says tyrant Putin’s need to kill ‘might be in his genes’ but onslaught ‘hurts his He said: "In [Putin's] mind, it helps him...

The preliminary injunction affects 20 states that sued to stop the sharing of Medicaid enrollees' personal information with immigration officials A federal judge ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to stop providing access to Medicaid enrollees' personal data, including their home addresses, to immigration officials. District Judge Vince Chhabria, an Obama appointee, granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Department of Homeland Security from using Medicaid data obtained from 20 states that filed a lawsuit to stop the data sharing. The order, handed down Tuesday, blocks HHS from sharing data on Medicaid enrollees in these states with Immigration and...

I confronted Jasmine Crockett at a townhall for being a fake hoodrat

You knew it was bound to happen. The federal district of Washington filed a suit against Donald Trump on Friday because his administration federalized the police in the federal city. Here's CNBC: Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit Friday challenging President Donald Trump's unprecedented takeover of the U.S. capital city's police force ... 'The Administration's actions are brazenly unlawful,' Schwalb said in a statement after his suit was filed in U.S. District Court in D.C. Yes, unlawful, compared to the lawful crimes that were happening before? 👇 More from CNBC: Trump signed an executive order Monday commanding...

With the world’s attention elsewhere, Susan’s war-induced famine is growing … Warring parties are blocking aid deliveries and farmers are reluctant to risk being killed while working in the fields … “Millions of people are already weakened after a sustained run of hunger … Darfur has been the site of two genocide over the past two decades. BOTH HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT BY WHAT IS NOW CALLED THE RAPID SUPPORT FORCES … THE RSF WHICH IS COMPOSED MAINLY OF ETHNICALLY ARAB FIGHTERS HAS BEEN TARGETING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BLACK SUDANESE … RSF fighters … have repeatedly attacked displacement camps...

Luismar Liendo and Edwin Perez arrived in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, in January. They are political dissidents from Venezuela. They were granted refugee status by the U.S. President Donald Trump suspended the Refugee Admissions Program and cut off federal funds for nonprofit groups helping refugees. World Relief had expected each refugee to receive $1,325 for the first 90 days. Dive Deeper: Luismar Liendo and Edwin Perez, a married couple from Venezuela, experienced a shocking change in climate when they arrived in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, facing temperatures much colder than they were used to. Having been granted refugee status in the U.S.,...

A hiker attacked by a wild brown bear was found dead in northern Japan on Friday, officials said, a day after the bloody encounter that reportedly saw him dragged into a forest. The hiker in his 20s tried to fight off the large animal but was pulled into the nearby woods with his legs bleeding profusely, local media outlets including the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said. The man was attacked while walking a trail on Mount Rausu on the northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday morning, a local police spokesman told AFP. On Friday afternoon, he was found and taken to...

In a shameful act of vandalism, the grave of Captain William Lytle, a Revolutionary War hero, was found destroyed in a Murfreesboro, Tennessee, graveyard, leading local patriots to set up a GoFundMe in support of the grave’s restoration, along with repairs to other surrounding headstones that were vandalized. For background, on August 13, 2025, local press accounts confirmed that the grave of Captain Lytle, along with headstones belonging to members of his family, was found destroyed, with local members of the Tennessee Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) responding by working to restore the site as quickly...

Indian refiners, the top importers of Russian crude oil, are searching for alternative suppliers ahead of Friday’s summit between President Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. India, the world’s third-largest oil consumer, is looking to switch up its procurement process after Trump imposed a total 50% tariff rate on New Delhi, accusing the country of effectively fueling Russia’s war machine. Oil importers are hedging their bets that even harsher punishments are in store for anyone who purchases petroleum from Moscow once Trump meets with Putin, with India’s state processor buying large bulk quantities of non-Russian crude this week to...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, will attend President Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, according to two senior Defense Department officials. Hegseth isn't joining with Trump on Air Force One, instead flying separately, the officials said. Caine has already arrived in Alaska, a third DOD official said.

A man was struck and killed by a SUV Thursday after running from a federal immigration enforcement operation at a Home Depot in Monrovia, according to authorities and witnesses. The immigration enforcement activity was reported to Monrovia police just before 10 a.m. An officer then saw federal agents approaching the home improvement store on Mountain Avenue. During the operation, someone ran from the scene, crossed Evergreen Avenue and entered the eastbound 210 Freeway, said Monrovia City Manager Dylan Feik. CHP officers said they received a report just before 10 a.m. that someone had been hit by a SUV on the...

Daily Readings from the USCCB“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me and holy is his Name.” Luke 1:46–49Today we celebrate one of seventeen different memorials, feasts and solemnities in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary that are found on the Roman Liturgical Calendar. Today’s celebration is one of the four great Solemnities by which our Blessed Mother is honored. Obviously, no other person other than...