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The perpetrator has yet to be apprehended and it's unclear if they were targeting the mosque or specific individuals. A shooting near a mosque in Sweden on Friday left one person dead and one injured, with police saying they believe it was linked to gang violence. The shooting took place in the parking lot outside the mosque in the central city of Örebro west of the capital Stockholm in the early afternoon following Friday prayers, police said. The victim was a 25-year-old man who was shot dead leaving the mosque and the man injured was also in his 20s. Several...

[H/T aMorePerfectUnion ]Juanita Broaddrick @atensnutWow!! President Putin makes a rare visit to a Monument honoring US WWII cooperation ….. just hours before his summit with President Trump. Meaning?From Fox News11:33 AM · Aug 15, 2025

Democrat New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted on federal charges on Friday. A federal grand jury indicted Cantrell and former New Orleans Police officer Jeffrey Vappie after an investigation by the FBI. Details of the indictment are forthcoming. WVUE reported: New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday, August 15, marking the first time in the city’s history that a sitting mayor is facing criminal prosecution. The mayor’s legal troubles come after more than two years of mounting criticism including; an alleged romantic relationship involving her former executive security officer, a legal battle...

The Portuguese Public Security Police (PSP) has added a Ferrari 488 GTB to its fleet – the first Ferrari ever to serve the force – after it was seized in a drug trafficking case. According to Jornal de Notícias, the €240,000 supercar was handed over to the state under a court ruling, rather than purchased through the government’s €34 million vehicle programme launched in 2023. PSP officials said the Ferrari, equipped with a 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8 engine delivering 670 hp, can accelerate from 0–100 km/h in three seconds and reach a top speed of 330 km/h. After being fitted with...

Private patients who rely on the hit weight-loss jab Mounjaro are facing a brutal price surge of up to 170% from September, after US drug giant Eli Lilly confirmed it is hiking UK prices to match other European countries. The monthly cost for the highest dose of Mounjaro, also used to treat type 2 diabetes, will leap from £122 to a staggering £330. The increase will not hit NHS patients, who are covered under a separate deal, but those paying privately – often via online clinics or high street pharmacies – will feel the full force of the ris Lilly...

Officials in Italy used a combination of flying drones and AI software to locate the remains of a man who vanished in SeptemberBack in September 2024, a 64-year-old climber went missing in Italy’s Cottian Alps. In late July 2025, rescuers finally found his body, using a combination of flying drones and an advanced artificial intelligence software program, according to WIRED Italia. Nicola Ivaldo, a doctor from Liguria, disappeared on the north face of 12,602-foot Monviso on September 14. Colleagues reported him missing when he failed to show up at work two days later, and search efforts began on September 17....

Humbled Justin Timberlake has a long road ahead as he grapples with Lyme disease, and sources tell the National Enquirer the diagnosis has motivated him to change his ways — including a vow to save his rocky marriage to Jessica Biel. “This illness has really changed Justin. His ‘nothing can touch me’ attitude is gone,” reports an insider. Timberlake revealed he had been living with debilitating Lyme disease throughout his Forget Tomorrow world tour, which wrapped July 30 in Istanbul, Turkey. “I’ve been battling some health issues, and was diagnosed with Lyme disease … living with this can be relentlessly...

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The Kansas City Chiefs got some comparatively excellent news on Thursday when they found out that receiver, Rashee Rice, would be available for the first month of the season after his disciplinary hearing was postponed until September 30. With Rashee Rice’s hearing now on track for Sept. 30, this would make him eligible to play the first four weeks of the season with games against the Chargers in Brazil, the Eagles, at the Giants and the Ravens. https://t.co/N4mZSOrU5W — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 14, 2025 However, this lead to some people – in this case media analyst/broad speculator, Mike Florio...

A federal appeals court on Friday lifted an injunction from crooked Obama Judge Amy Berman Jackson that had blocked the Trump Administration from dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The DC Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 ruling allowed the Trump Administration to move forward and dismantle the CFPB. The three-judge panel included: Majority: Katsas (Trump), Rao (Trump), and dissent: Pillard (Obama). Politico reported: A federal appeals court panel has cleared the way for the Trump administration to largely dismantle the work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, lifting a lower-court judge’s injunction that had preserved the agency’s...

In a recent interview, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) claimed he feels “perfectly safe” walking around Washington, D.C., early in the morning. However, Fox News was quick to highlight the glaring contradiction, which is that Schumer is protected by a full-time security detail, raising serious questions about his true perception of safety in the nation’s capital. Washington, D.C., has long struggled with a surge in violent crime, with neighborhoods plagued by shootings, robberies, and other criminal activity. The growing lawlessness has been a point of contention among lawmakers and citizens alike, especially as many Democratic leaders have pushed policies...

Cynthia Rollins doesn’t hate California — far from it. The sun-drenched shores of San Diego, the vibrant desert oasis of Palm Springs and the hustle of San Francisco all held special places in the California native’s life story. But in 2020 — at the height of the pandemic — Rollins’ typically serene Ocean Beach neighborhood became crowded with people desperate for an outdoor place to congregate. She couldn’t leave her 650-square-foot apartment without worrying about finding a parking spot when she got home. She was isolated working a remote job for a tech company, but still overwhelmed by the sheer...

A Texas housing developer was forced to deny that a new community being built in the Dallas area will be exclusively for Indian-Americans. Sankalp Developer became infamous for the now-viral tweet that claimed they were building 'a development by INDIANS for the right INDIANS.' The tweet reads: 'INDIA FIRST!' The post does not specify where the supposed development would be located, however, Sanklap is based in Frisco - a wealthy suburb of Dallas. In recent years, Frisco and neighboring communities like Plano, Prosper and Celina have been flooded by Southeast Asians, in what used to be majority white parts of...

According to police, officers from the 35th District responded to a report of a shooting on the 1700 block of West Olney Avenue on Thursday, Aug. 14, at 12:55 a.m. A 43-year-old man was walking up a hill when he encountered a woman with three dogs. One of the dogs was on a leash, while the other two were not. Police say the man announced that he was going to pass by the woman, who then called for her dogs. However, the two dogs that were off-leash ran toward the man. He began yelling for the owner to retrieve them,...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed DEA Administrator Terry Cole as the "emergency police commissioner" of the Metropolitan Police Department.WASHINGTON — Brian Schwalb, the attorney general for the District of Columbia, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington on Friday challenging the Trump administration's takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department.The lawsuit challenges Trump's Monday order as well as Attorney General Pam Bondi's Thursday order claiming federal control of the D.C. police force. Schwalb's office argued that the orders exceed the limits on requesting services from D.C., which it says can only be done on a temporary basis under emergency...

Champion bodybuilder Hayley McNeff has passed away at the age of 37, becoming the seventh notable bodybuilder to pass away within the past six months. McNeff, a native of Concord, Massachusetts, passed away on August 8 - but tributes didn't start pouring in until Wednesday. Her cause of death has not yet been disclosed. McNeff's obituary says her passing was 'unexpected but peaceful'. Funeral services for McNeff have been planned for this coming Sunday. Growing up, McNeff was active in many sports - including skiing and diving - while becoming an accomplished equestrian, according to an obituary posted to Boston.com....

Concerns came to a head during the pandemic, when carjackings surged and many of those arrested were children. Carjackings and other crimes have declined considerably.The arrest of two 15-year-olds after a government worker was attacked last week on a Washington, D.C., street was going to attract attention in a city where violent crimes committed by young people have long gripped the public consciousness.But the man who was assaulted in what he said was an attempted carjacking was not just any government worker — he was a high-profile Trump administration employee. And in the days that followed, the president lashed out,...

As President Trump seeks to gauge Putin's intentions, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy remains excluded from critical discussions about the war in Ukraine.U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday for a high-stakes discussion over the future of the war in Ukraine. Notably, the conversation will not include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has insisted that Ukraine must be involved in any ceasefire agreements. President Trump stated that his ultimate goal is to end the fighting between Ukraine and Russia. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, 3.7 million people in Ukraine have been...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s capital sued to block President Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department in court on Friday, hours after his administration escalated its intervention into the city’s law enforcement by naming a federal official as the new emergency head of the department.Washington’s police department chief said Trump’s move would threaten law and order by upending the command structure. “In my nearly three decades in law enforcement, I have never seen a single government action that would cause a greater threat to law and order than this dangerous directive,” Police Chief Pamela Smith said in a court...

A California postal worker allegedly stole credit cards, debit cards and checks to fuel a lavish lifestyle that included luxurious tropical vacations and Rolex watches that she flaunted on social media Mary Ann Magdamit, 31, a former letter carrier at the Torrance Main Post Office, admitted Monday to stealing mail containing checks, personal identifying information, and debit and credit cards from her job between 2022 and July 2025, according to the US Attorney’s Office. She would then activate the cards online and use them to make costly purchases. The alleged mail thief also allegedly sold some of the cards to...