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MIDTOWN, Manhattan (PIX11) — A minivan driver is accused of hitting two German tourists, killing one, when he backed up into them in a crosswalk near Bryant Park on Wednesday afternoon, police said Thursday. Alexandra Sabine Lewalter Maric, 50, and her husband, 55, were crossing the street when they were struck by a Toyota Sienna near East 40th Street and Fifth Avenue by the New York Public Library at around 2:40 p.m., according to the NYPD. Investigators said the couple was pinned between the minivan and a box truck after the collision. The woman was nearly decapitated and died at...

Sales of newly built homes rose a much larger-than-expected 20.5% in August compared with July to the highest level since January 2022, according to the U.S. Census. It is also the largest one-month gain since August 2022. Sales were 15.4% higher than August 2024. This count is based on people out shopping in August and signing deals, when the average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage was higher than it is today. That rate started August at 6.63%, according to Mortgage News Daily, and didn’t really move much during the month. The sharp decline in rates began in September, when...

United States President Donald Trump expressed on Thursday his disappointment with Russian President Vladimir Putin, regarding the lack of progress toward resolving the war in Ukraine. "With all of the heavy bombardment over the last two weeks, they have gained almost no land. I'm not going to ever call anybody a paper tiger but Russia has spent millions and millions of dollars in bombs, missiles, ammunition and lives," Trump told journalists amid a bilateral meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Oval Office.

@BGatesIsaPyscho “Digital ID will be made Law for all Adults to tackle the small boats” “The Government believe a MANDATORY Digital ID will help stop illegal immigrants” “Tony Blair has been talking about this for years” What this means - you will need a Digital ID to access all parts of Modern Day Life - once fully implemented the Government at will, can implement additional features for your ID to remain compliant - For example Mandatory Vaccines, A Social Credit Score & your own personal Co2 Tracker.This has absolutely nothing to do with illegal migrants & everything to do with...

Amber Alert suspect released after missing Boulder teen found safe by: Maddie RhodesPosted: Sep 25, 2025 DENVER (KDVR) — A suspect was released from custody following an Amber Alert for a missing 16-year-old who was later found safe on Tuesday, according to the Boulder Police Department. The Boulder Police Department confirmed with FOX31 that Juan Manuel Bretado-Lopez, 19, was released from custody after he was believed to be driving the truck with the missing teen inside. “Our thorough and ongoing investigation has revealed a number of issues that require additional investigation. In the meantime, after consulting with the Boulder County...

Two days ago, Chuck Schumer threatened Donald Trump with a good time. Now, the White House threatens to make the good time permanent. Literally. The deadline for a government shutdown is fast approaching, and Schumer tried to play hardball this week. He and Hakeem Jeffries demanded a meeting with Trump to negotiate, which Trump initially accepted, but canceled after the pair demanded a massive list of concessions before the meeting took place. Schumer then told the press that Trump was "chicken" and that any shutdown would be his fault -- even though the House had already passed the clean CR...

Germany is war-gaming a mass-casualty scenario—up to 1,000 wounded soldiers per day—amid Russian airspace violations and warnings of possible conflict by 2029. Surgeon General Ralf Hoffmann says Ukraine’s drone-saturated battlefield is reshaping injuries toward blasts and burns, complicating evacuation and forcing longer stabilization times.

Last night at at TPUSA event featuring Megyn Kelly, who was supposed to be accompanied by the late Charlie Kirk, a student said Trump contributes to the rhetoric that got Charlie killed. He cited a study that indicates much more of the political violence in America is motivated by right-wing ideology. The truth is that this study cherry-picks a timeframe that gets the author where she wanted to go. Also, thanks to social media and how it has so fundamentally reshaped the media power dynamic in this country, much of this study is simply antiquated. In short, social media has...

Why is anyone surprised that Allah-fearing Koran-bashers and genderfluid Westerners are struggling to get along?Remember when leftists chanted, ‘Yemen, Yemen, make us proud / Turn another ship around!’, goading the medieval anti-Semites of the Houthi movement to bomb merchant ships in the Red Sea? Well, now those same people are blubbing like babies because Israel allegedly pumped some ABBA on to their flotilla of boats heading to Gaza. So it’s fine for a racist militia to rain missiles on the hard-grafting men of merchant ships, but heaven forbid that the Jewish State subject the lily-handed activist class to a bit...

Big U.S. companies are facing heightened scrutiny from Capitol Hill over their use of foreign employees on H-1B visas, with lawmakers raising concerns about layoffs and slumping job prospects for Americans. On Wednesday evening, Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) sent letters to the country’s largest users of H-1B visas—including Amazon, Apple and JPMorgan Chase—asking them to explain why they continue to hire thousands of H-1B visa holders while also cutting other jobs. The senators asked for detailed information on how many H-1B workers the companies employ, what wages they are paid,...

The directive suggests prosecutors consider a wide range of charges against Soros-funded Open Society Foundations including racketeering, arson, wire fraud and material support for terrorism. The group denounced the accusations as 'politically motivated attacks on civil society, meant to silence speech the administration disagrees with and undermine the First Amendment right to free speech.'

A Houston youth baseball coach was nearly gunned down earlier this week while kneeling before God with his young players in a senseless crime. As Fox News reported, a coach for the Texas Colts was in a pregame prayer with his players on Sunday when three people fired gunshots in their direction from a nearby pasture. Video of the incident obtained by local news outlets shows the 12-year-old players running to safety while the bullets fly. One adult is struck and collapses to the ground next to home plate.

A Navajo Nation man charged by federal prosecutors with running a vast illegal cannabis cultivation and distribution ring pleaded guilty Tuesday to 15 felony crimes and faces up to life in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Dineh Benally, 48, admitted in his federal plea agreement that he operated more than 30 farms covering some 400 acres on land obtained from Navajo Nation members. He also admitted hiring illegal Chinese workers to grow cannabis on his farms. Benally entered the plea on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque before U.S. Magistrate Judge John F. Robbenhaar. Benally also admitted that...

GROK’ED AND LOADED: President Trump and Elon Musk are teaming up again — this time to bring Grok 4 and Grok 4 Fast to his administration, aiming to revolutionize and supercharge AI innovation across all government agencies.

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce plans for a compulsory UK-wide digital ID scheme in a speech on Friday. The prime minister believes it would help crack down on illegal working and modernise the state, according to senior figures in government. The practicalities of the scheme will be subject to a consultation, which will also look at how to make it work for those without a smartphone or passport. The previous Labour government's attempt to introduce ID cards was ultimately blocked by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition. But earlier this month, Sir Keir said in an interview he thought the...

VIDEOThe SAME question to Abigail Spanberger (She/Her/CIA) the Democrat candidate for Virginia governor has AGAIN caused her to go into Word Salad mode. Asked about if she supported transgender women (aka biological men) into women's sports and locker rooms in public schools she again went into a state of total incoherence. She had several days to think up a more coherent answer to the same question she was asked previously which yielded panicked incoherence at the time and this was the best she could do? It will be interesting if Spanberger (She/Her/CIA) can think up a better answer to that...

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… Multiple War Department officials confirmed to Fox News that top military commanders had been asked to fly to Virginia for a meeting next week, though the topic of the discussion is unclear. The lack of details surrounding the gathering has some fearing a looming purge. War Secretary Pete Hegseth has previously said he wants to cut 20% of senior generals and admirals. The order, first reported by the Washington Post, applies to senior officers with the rank of brigadier general or above or their Navy equivalent and their top enlisted advisers. It comes as administration officials have been preparing...

Man arrested after allegedly taking gun to UNC campus weeks after jail release By: Natalie Chuck , Joe VaccarelliSep 24, 2025 GREELEY, Colo. — A man who was recently released from jail after he was found incompetent to stand trial — sparking a war of words between Colorado’s governor and Weld County’s district attorney — was allegedly seen Tuesday on the University of Northern Colorado’s campus with a firearm. UNC campus police sent out a safety alert early Wednesday morning stating that Debisa Ephraim, 21, was seen at the Arlington Apartments on campus and had an AR-15-style rifle, according to...

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