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This weekend, the path of Erin is expected to pass north of the northern Leeward Islands, the NHC says. Impacts of the hurricane have already been felt throughout the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico but they are not expecting a direct hit. The Caribbean Islands should see about 2–4 inches through Sunday and totals could reach up to six inches. As for where the storm is likely headed, models are in agreement that Erin will turn north this weekend into early next week, staying well east of the U.S. But people on the East Coast of Florida...

Blackfeet Chief Two Guns White Calf was my great uncle and a great American icon. Americans know his face: he was the face of the Washington Redskins for 48 years, until he was cancelled in 2020. Americans once knew his story. White Calf defended tribal traditions in our Blackfeet homeland in Montana, where many of us still live today. He went to Washington D.C. where he forced the U.S. government to honor Indian treaties. He served as a model for the U.S. Mint’s famous 1913 “Indian head” nickel. White Calf’s face is still a collector’s item. ... White Calf became...

SpaceX's recent launch involved another successful landing of its Falcon 9 booster, but this time marked a Falcon Heavy center core booster launching and landing as a single-stick Falcon 9 rocket.The booster, designated B1091, powered the KF-02 mission, deploying 24 satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband constellation into low Earth orbit. This event marks a technical first for the company, blending elements of its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy programs...At first glance, the launch appeared to be a standard Falcon 9 mission. However, B1091 is no ordinary booster. As revealed by SpaceX Vice President of Falcon and Dragon, Jon Edwards,...

@KobeissiLetter Are we on the verge of a generational jobs crisis? The 3-month average youth underemployment rate jumped to 17% in July, the highest since 2020. This metric includes unemployed individuals aged 16–24. Now, the youth underemployment rate has climbed by ~5 percentage points over the last 2 years. This is nearly in line with the peak during the 2001 recession and the early stages of the 2008 Financial Crisis. This also signals the US labor market could weaken further, with young workers typically the first to feel the impact when the economy turns. The job market is rapidly deteriorating.

Cop allows an obese black woman to punch him in the face multiple times. Then the cop's partner ends the assault.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — An unidentified man at a local Subway location was seen asking the Sandwich Artist on duty if they had a sandwich that has good stopping power that's also compact and easy to conceal. The customer arrived at the restaurant and reportedly asked the worker behind the counter if she had anything that would be effective for home defense. "I'm looking for something lightweight and easy to conceal that I can still pull out in a pinch to stop a threat," the man reportedly said. "Something manageable that won't kick too hard but has sufficient stopping power." "No...

Forget everything you think you know about baseball — the Colorado Rockies are not just a team; they are a cosmic force poised to revolutionize the sport in ways the world has never seen. The Rockies are the most electrifying team in baseball! They don’t simply compete; they transcend the game itself. A breakout year for a franchise on the verge of dominance! The Rockies are poised to surprise the baseball world and claim the World Series title due to a combination of emerging talent, strategic improvements, and their unique home-field advantage. True, they’ve taken their fans on one hell...

The owners of a Los Fresnos Bakery were convicted Wednesday on charges of harboring undocumented employees within their business. Owners Leonardo Baez-Lara and Nora Avila-Guel will be sentenced on Nov. 18, 2025. They are permanent, legal residents but could lose their residency status following their convictions. They are currently out on bond pending their sentencing. ... Baez-Lara and Avila-Guel were arrested in February after a federal raid led to eight employees being detained. The trial started on Monday. During closing arguments, the government said the owners of Abby's Bakery had an agreement with the undocumented workers to secretly shelter them...

From Von Greyerz Gold, Zurich Friday, August 15, 2025 In an informal yet compelling conversation, two veterans of the precious metals space -- Egon von Greyerz and James Turk -- bring needed financial and historical perspective to evolving (and eerily foreseeable) cracks in the global financial system. They reminisce upon a discussion they enjoyed nearly 15 years prior. Not surprisingly, much of what was discussed and warned about then (currency debasement, trapped banks, dangerous credit expansion, and rising gold) is playing out dramatically in real-time today. ... Dispatch continues below ... Turk, having equally foresaw the U.S. dollar's direct march...

After three years of war, with the commentariat on both sides eagerly predicting the looming collapse of the enemy, it behooves one to develop a prudent aversion to histrionic predictions. However, it seems fairly obvious that the war in Ukraine is at a critical juncture, and August 2025 will receive considerable play in retrospective accounts of the conflict, as perhaps the last opportunity for Ukraine to cut a deal and slither out of its strategic grave. On Friday, August 15, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are slated to meet in Alaska to discuss steps to end the war. Whether those...

Any agreement between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin following their historic summit could leave Ukraine in an impossible position after three years of brutal, grinding war for survival. While no deal was struck when they met in Alaska on Friday, the two leaders are believed to have discussed the possibility of Ukraine giving up territory in exchange for an end to the fighting. That would effectively be an annexation of sovereign Ukrainian territory by Russia by force. Russia currently occupies around 19% of Ukraine, including Crimea and the parts of the Donbas region it seized prior to the full-scale invasion...

While on a mission to conduct diplomatic discussions in the United Kingdom earlier this month, US Vice-President JD Vance and his children went fishing with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy. Both Vance and his children broke the law because they didn't have a fishing license. Lammy called the lack of a license "an administrative error, which I made up for it by purchasing it later." Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif) called for an investigation, saying "this latest example of lawbreaking by a member of the Trump Administration must not go unpunished. That the Vice-President of the United States of America would...

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — The Shasta County Mental Health, Alcohol & Drug Advisory Board (MHADAB) is taking a deeper look at mental health in the area. Board member Chris Webber told the Northstate’s News, according to information from the Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), suicide, schizophrenia and adolescent mental health issues....

ANCHORAGE, AK — Peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine were reportedly off to a bad start after President Donald Trump accidentally ripped Russian President Vladimir Putin's arm off with a super macho handshake. "Oh, wow! I'm so strong. I tried to tell you, Vlad. I tried to tell you, but you wouldn't listen," witnesses heard Trump say. "My hands are just so large and manly. Not like other hands. Not that you have to worry about them anymore. To tell you the truth, I did you a favor." According to witnesses, the incident occurred as Trump came out...

History rarely repeats itself, but it often rhymes. The Alaska summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin was not a Munich 1938 moment of appeasement, as some critics argue, but rather a Yalta-style recognition of spheres of influence. Two Cold War titans, both seasoned in brinkmanship, showed they had no interest in burning the world to the ground for the sake of Ukraine’s Donbas. The real obstacle is not Moscow or Washington—it is younger European politicians, NATO bureaucrats, and President Volodymyr Zelensky himself, who have mistaken perpetual escalation for strategy. The outlines of a deal are already visible, and they...

Bananas vs Firefighters in Chicago Start time is 7pm Chicago Time This broadcast is simultaneously being aired on TruTV and HBO Max. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HMvc2qQV_8 Party Animals vs Tailgaters in Fayetteville, Arkansas (Will have to update later) Stats https://bananaball.com/stats/ Rules https://bananaball.com/rules/

Retired British Army Colonel Richard Kemp has said the primary risk the UK faces is from an alliance “of the hard left and Islamist extremists” and that he fears civil war because politicians are too myopic to take action. Colonel Richard Kemp, a high-profile Infantry officer who fought counter insurgency on home ground in Northern Ireland in the 1980s, served in the Gulf war and Bosnia, commanded an Afghanistan operation, and who had political-facing senior roles in Westminster including the powerful Joint Intelligence Committee and the Cabinet Office crisis centre COBRA, has expressed concern about unrest and even civil war...

In August 2025, McDonald's Japan launched a limited-time promotion offering Pokémon cards with Happy Meals, aiming to bring joy to children. However, the event unintentionally sparked a "Pokémon chaos." A large group of Chinese scalpers flooded into Japanese stores, frantically buying up the meals,. Despite a clear rule limiting purchases to five sets per person, one customer from China attempted to buy 40 meals, just to collect the Pokémon cards. When questioned about violating the rule, the customer responded casually, "Each person can buy five sets; I have eight people.” Join this channel to get access to perks:

WASHINGTON — Washington, D.C.'s police chief is the force's top official once again, ... / ...Chief Terry Cole will now be considered Bondi’s “designee"...

During a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following the Alaska summit with Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump said that the Russian leader insists on gaining control over the entire Donbas region Bloomberg reported the information. According to sources, during the phone call, Trump noted that the final decision on the territories should be made by Kyiv, but Putin’s position remains unchanged. Russia wants full control over Donetsk and Luhansk regions, even though its forces have currently captured only part of these areas. If Kyiv agrees, Moscow is ready to drop claims to the parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson...