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See new posts Conversation Isabella Maria DeLuca @IsabellaMDeLuca Newly released footage captures what unfolded immediately after Iryna Zarutska was stabbed on a Charlotte train. Absolutely horrific.

New polling released by NBC has revealed some eye-opening statistics about the gender and political divides of Generation Z. While ranking over a dozen options of scenarios on their importance to an individual's definition of personal success, male Donald Trump voters selected having children to be the most important, and female Kamala Harris voters ranked child-rearing as least important. Only six percent of female Harris voters thought that having children was most important to them, while 34 percent of male Trump supporters said the same. For female Trump supporters, having children landed in the middle of the list, being important...

A Charlotte, North Carolina, city councilman said Tuesday that he doesn't believe that the Trump administration should send in National Guard troops in the aftermath of the fatal stabbing of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska.

resident Donald Trump announced on Monday at an event at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., that the Department of Education will soon be issuing new guidance regarding prayer in public schools. Speaking at the second hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission, which he established by executive order in May, Trump said, "For most of our country’s history, the Bible was found in every classroom in the nation. Yet in many schools today, students are instead indoctrinated with anti-religious propaganda. Some are even punished for their religious beliefs -- very, very strongly punished. It’s ridiculous." "I am pleased...

Nepal’s government responded to escalating violent protests over a ban on popular social media platforms with deadly force. The public outrage over the ban and the deaths of 19 protesters on Monday led to the resignation of the prime minister and exposed deep discontent over corruption. Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli also rolled backed the short-lived ban after protesters turned their anger on politicians by setting fire to homes of some of the country’s top leaders. Led by mostly teenagers and young adults, the protests revealed a broader resentment in Nepal, where many people have increasingly become angry with the...

Today is relatively calm. There are no riots, no burning cars or buildings, no streets shut down. But there ought to be. It's time for a come to Jesus meeting with judges and DA's. Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who fled to the United States in 2022 to escape the war in Ukraine, was fatally stabbed on a Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) Blue Line light rail train on August 22, 2025, around 9:45 p.m. The attack took place on a train en route to the East/West Boulevard Station in Charlotte’s South End. Zarutska was pronounced dead at the...

Analysis - The optics could not have been more stark as Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived at a massive military parade in Beijing flanked by Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un - with some two dozen other leaders including from Iran, Pakistan, Belarus and Myanmar trailing behind. Jumbotrons at Tiananmen Square beamed the image to the 50,000 people gathered under the beating Beijing sun to witness the spectacle, many waving small Chinese flags, while state media transmitted it to televisions across China and the world. Many watching in capitals across the West, including Donald Trump,...

A senior security official in Moscow has accused Finland of laying the ground for an attack on Russia by Nato, in comments that echo President Putin’s justifications for the invasion of Ukraine. Dmitry Medvedev, the former president and prime minister who is now the deputy head of Russia’s national security council, issued his warning after a visit to Russia’s 830-mile border with Finland. “After joining Nato, under the guise of defence measures, Helsinki is pursuing a confrontational course in preparation for war with Russia, apparently preparing a springboard for an attack on us,” Medvedev wrote in an article that was...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday paused a court order requiring President Donald Trump to distribute roughly $4 billion in foreign aid that he has tried to cancel through a "pocket rescission," Reuters reported. The order follows a lower court determining that Trump lacked the authority to withhold funding that Congress allocated. The 2nd Circuit on Friday upheld the district court order from Judge Amir Ali finding that Trump needed congressional authority to withhold the funds. “To be clear, no one disputes that defendants have significant discretion in how to spend the funds at issue, and the court is not directing...

[Catholic Caucus] Jesuit university trains students at transgender center that indoctrinates 5-year-oldsSanta Clara University places therapy students at the local ‘Gender Affirming Care Clinic,’ which offers pro-transgender ‘counseling’ for kindergartners and promotes ‘transitioning’ to minors without parental knowledge.A brave graduate student whistleblower has revealed that the Jesuit-run university she attended until recently sends students to intern at a local “gender-affirming care” center that offers “transitioning” services to children as young as five years old. Naomi Epps Best, a former marriage and family therapy graduate student at Santa Clara University (SCU), has spent the last few months reporting on the astonishing...

She then put her hands over her face as blood from the attacker's knife dripped on the floor around her. About 15 seconds later, she fell to the floor, the video shows. After the attack, the surveillance video plays audio of someone saying '... got that white girl

Former martial arts star Conor McGregor unveils business link with Trump Jr as he plots comeback Conor McGregor speaks during a KnuckleMania V boxing news conference in Bensalem, 23 January, 2025 While McGregor seems intent on reviving his sporting career, he also hasn't given up on his pledge to run for the presidency of Ireland, and has gathered some celebrity endorsements along the way. Former martial arts fighter and one of Ireland's biggest household names abroad Conor McGregor announced a new business partnership with Donald Trump Jr on Tuesday as he continues to plot his return to sports promotion after...

Spiritual truth before government policy. We have to seek and embrace spiritual truth while we avoid spiritual confusion, and expose and reject spiritual deception. Gospel truth and principles before social, political, and economic theories that are used to develop government policy. Some people will reject this and say that I am proposing to create a theocracy, but this is not the case. The one and only legitimate theocracy is when God created the nation of Israel. That Old Covenant was broken, which ended the theocracy. Our United States was founded as a constitutional republic. In the discussions and debates of...

Voters across the nation are now marching shelter to shelter, demanding they be emptied as police work overtime to arrest those peacefully demonstrating in the UK. More show notes: People in the UK have woken up, taken notes from us, President Trump and are ready to throw out illegals.

Hamas says its top leaders survived the Israeli strike on Qatar and that five lower-ranking members died. A Qatari security personnel was also killed, the Hamas statement said. Hamas, which has sometimes only confirmed the assassination of its leaders months later, offered no immediate proof its top leaders had survived. What to know: * The son of Hamas’ leader in Gaza killed in strike. * The US knew about the strike in advance. * Qatar condemned what it referred to as a “cowardly Israeli attack.

Texas governor Greg Abbott has announced a ban on Sharia Law in the state after an imam launched a campaign to pressure Muslim-owned stores to stop selling pork, alcohol and lottery tickets. Imam F. Qasim ibn Ali Khan of Masjid At-Tawhid was seen in a viral video confronting a store employee and accusing the business of selling 'haram' products forbidden under Islamic law. As a response, Abbott said on Tuesday: 'I signed laws that BAN Sharia Law and Sharia Compounds in Texas. No business and no individual should fear fools like this.' The governor also addressed the imam, saying: 'If...

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Trump to carry out his firing of a Federal Trade Commission board member — for now. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued a stay of a lower appeals court ruling that had said Mr. Trump overstepped his legal powers by firing Rebecca Slaughter from the FTC, and ordered her restored to office. The stay means Ms. Slaughter cannot regain her position yet and gives the high court more time to consider the case. The ruling marks the fourth time the Supreme Court has backed Mr. Trump in his moves to fire members...

Carrying a firearm on Charlotte's public transit system, operated by the Charlotte Area Transit System, is prohibited by a local no-carry law, even if you have a concealed carry permit. While North Carolina generally permits open carry and concealed carry with a permit, CATS has its own local restriction prohibiting firearms.

The U.S. Postal Service unveiled a William F. Buckley Jr. Forever stamp Tuesday and immediately sparked a torrent of fury from left-wing accounts on X. USPS says the first-day-of-issue ceremony kicks off Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at Yale’s Beinecke Plaza in New Haven, where Buckley graduated and launched his long public career; the black-and-white portrait is based on a 1960s photograph. The stamp is now live in the Postal Store, with Sept. 9 listed as the official issue date. “Today we’re honoring the legacy of William F. Buckley Jr. by releasing this hand-designed Forever® stamp,” USPS posted. Today we’re honoring...

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan is preparing for a special election in October to replace outgoing Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru, who announced his resignation after less than a year in office on Sunday. Among the top contenders to replace him are Ishibia’s stalwart ally, farm minister Koizumi Shinjiro, and one of his toughest critics, former economic minister Takaichi Sanae. -- snip -- Takaichi Sanae, 64, would become the first female prime minister of Japan if she gets the nod. She narrowly lost the leadership election to Ishiba last year in a runoff vote. Takaichi, formerly minister for economic...