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CORTLANDT — A New York State Police trooper was charged with driving while intoxicated following several collisions in Westchester County on Sunday. The first crash occurred shortly before 5 p.m. in the vicinity of Roa Hook Road and state Route 9 in the town of Cortlandt, State Police said in a news release. That’s when a 2021 Toyota SUV struck another vehicle stopped at a red light and left the scene. Witnesses reported the SUV continued south on Route 9, traveling the wrong way and striking additional cars before stopping at a residence in Ossining. According to State Police spokesman...

[SNIP] A Kalamazoo Central High School football player jumped on top of his opponent at the tail end of play during a game against Lakeshore High School on Thursday. The mother of the 15-year-old player told a local Michigan TV station that her son suffered two spinal fractures.

Emmanuel Macron was humbled this week after New York City cops stopped his vehicle and forced him to wait on the street to make way for Donald Trump's motorcade. Footage shows the perplexed French president stranded on a road moments after he left the UN headquarters in the Big Apple on Monday. 'I'm really sorry, Mr President, everything is frozen', a police officer can be heard telling Macron. The French leader then proceeded to take matters into his own hands, and was shown in a separate video calling his American counterpart on the phone. 'Guess what, I'm waiting in the...

The massive gathering for Charlie Kirk on Sunday was more than just a funeral — it was a message. A 200,000-person crowd inundated the stadium inside and out, and millions around the world watched live. They prayed for, celebrated and mourned a man who brought them all together. Multitudes in red, white and blue. Yet these faithful, and Kirk himself, have been mostly disregarded by the mainstream media — or worse, slandered by them — for their Christian faith and conservative values. They scream, “We are here!” They elect Donald Trump — twice. They rise together in shock after Kirk’s...

A North Carolina police officer who declared he was “Antifa” in a post on the social media app BlueSky was fired Monday by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, according to the News & Observer. Brian Edwards, 37, served as a detention officer for the agency while making the posts and had been promoted to corporal in May, the News & Observer reported. Edwards’ posts included calls for subjecting “traitors” to “war crimes trials” and hinted at executing them. “I maintain that the biggest mistake the US government has ever made was letting the traitors from the civil war back into...

Why do I keep seeing Jason Kelce everywhere and why do I love it so much? Dude's out here playing the MNF theme song! NFL, you can keep feeding me Jason Kelce content as long as that means I don't have to see Taylor Swift! Some comments: 🤣🤣🤣 Make this man the face of the NFL!

FIRST ON FOX: Google vowed on Tuesday to offer YouTube accounts that were permanently banned for political speech the ability to be reinstated, and the big tech giant admitted that it once faced pressure from the Biden administration to remove content about COVID-19. Google detailed its remarkable shift in a document, first obtained by Fox News Digital, that a lawyer for the company provided to the House Judiciary Committee. The new policy from Google, also known by its parent company Alphabet, could affect both average users and well-known figures like FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, White House counterterrorism chief Sebastian...

VIDEOIn the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination the left has been trying to mischaracterize the assassin as something other that what he obviously is: a deranged LEFTIST who was living with his Trans lover. One yuuuuuge example of this pathetic deflection was the recent attempt by Jimmy Kimmel to infer that the assassin was somehow MAGA. Where did Kimmel get such an idea? Although this obvious mischaracterization came from many Democrats and liberals from within the same leftist bubble that Jimmy Kimmel lives, it could be that since Kimmel is a movie fan, he got this deranged notion from...

Another day, another perfectly sane and rational reaction from Keith Olbermann. (Sarcasm intended.) Less than two weeks after Charlie Kirk was brutally murdered by a radical leftist, ol' Keith figured now would be a good time to smooth things over by threatening another conservative media personality. But, as reported by the New York Post, this isn't unusual territory for Olbermann: Olbermann faced criticism last week for his reaction to ABC affiliate Sinclair's decision to air a remembrance for Kirk over Kimmel's show, an announcement made before the comedian was suspended. Olbermann's lovely social media post that time: Yeah. He's a...

A congressional staffer’s mysterious death after being found on fire outside her home has triggered a high-level investigation by Texas Rangers, raising disturbing questions about what really happened to this dedicated public servant. Story Snapshot * Regina Santos-Aviles, staffer to Rep. Tony Gonzales, died after being found on fire outside her Uvalde home * Texas Rangers and Uvalde Police Department launched joint investigation into the suspicious circumstances * Victim’s final words to her mother before the tragic incident have left family heartbroken * Congressional office mourns loss of dedicated team member who served constituents faithfully ====================================================== Tragic Discovery Sparks Investigation...

President Trump has rightly demanded accountability from Attorney General Pam Bondi for her “safety dance” tenure at the Department of Justice. That same spirit of accountability, however, must also apply to the president himself — and one of his judicial nominees simply will not do. Rebecca Taibleson, nominated for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, donated to ActBlue, Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign, and Kamala Harris’ 2015 Senate run. She is 42 years old. If confirmed, she could shape precedent against conservatives for decades. So why is he nominating her? This pick occurred before Charlie Kirk’s assassination. In its aftermath, it...

The country’s impending 250th birthday provides myriad opportunities for Americans to gather, ponder, and reflect on the nation’s history and the principles that have enabled American greatness. As part of that effort, the National Archives in Washington has, for the first time in that history, allowed ordinary Americans to read the entire original version of the nation’s founding document. For two weeks — from Sept. 16 through Oct. 1 — the entire Constitution is on public display. Visitors to our nation’s capital from across the country and around the world can view these priceless documents and, in doing so, hopefully...

Wild video released by the Prince George’s County Police Department shows what officers describe as "illegal car takeovers" that have been causing chaos in Maryland. The aerial footage captures dozens of people standing within feet of cars spinning wildly at high speeds in places like shopping center parking lots. The video landed amid an ongoing political battle over crime in Maryland. Gov. Wes Moore has invited President Donald Trump to take part in a "safety walk" in Baltimore to highlight crime-reduction efforts. Trump, meanwhile, has criticized Moore, accusing him of failing in public safety and posted on Truth Social in...

The Altamaha bass has light gold scales with olive margins, darker brown blotches on their sides and orange on the edges of their fins. Credit: Special ============================================================================ Bartram’s and Altamaha bass, first identified in the 1980s, are now officially recognized as distinct species. Researchers at the University of Georgia have formally identified two previously unrecognized species of black bass in a newly published study: Bartram’s bass and Altamaha bass. Though descriptions of the two species are new, sightings of the fish are not. Ecologist Bud Freeman first encountered Micropterus pucpuggy, now known as Bartram’s bass, in the 1980s. A couple...

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@clashreport Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa sits down with former CIA Director David Petraeus in New York.

Nexstar Media Group Inc. said it will begin preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday’s return broadcast, joining Hunt Valley-based Sinclair Broadcast Group in pulling the show for the foreseeable future. ABC had said Monday it would reinstate the late-night show despite criticism of Kimmel’s comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. But both Sinclair and Texas-based Nexstar said they objected to Kimmel’s remarks and would replace the program with alternative content across their ABC affiliates. (...)

In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the media and Democratic Party politicians have pointed to the 2020 scheme to abduct and assassinate Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as evidence that political violence comes from both sides of the political spectrum. News organizations routinely cite the plot in a timeline of recent incidents of political violence in this country; Whitmer herself mentioned the plan to “kidnap and kill me” in a video message posted on X last week while condemning Kirk’s murder. But the two examples aren’t comparable, and not only because Gretchen Whitmer was never harmed – nor ever in...

Science or Control? A Reflection on Climate Change and Scientific AuthorityThe Climate Crisis: From Ice Age to Apocalypse In the 1970s, the fear was global cooling—scientific articles and media coverage warned of an impending ice age. That didn’t happen. Soon, the narrative shifted to global warming. When the planet didn’t burst into flames, the terminology changed again to climate change—a catch-all that could explain any weather event: rain or drought, heat or cold, snow or its absence. Every shift came with new studies, new headlines, and always the same conclusion: We’re to blame. But the Earth’s climate has always changed....

Tucker Carlson @TuckerCarlson The first of our five-part series on 9/11. Enjoy.