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Democratic New Jersey gubernatorial hopeful Mikie Sherrill’s husband was also caught up in the Naval Academy cheating scandal that has rocked her campaign, court documents exclusively obtained by The Post show. Jason Hedberg was one of about four dozen midshipmen who sued top officials at the Naval Academy, Navy and Pentagon in 1994 in a desperate bid to block an Honor Board at Annapolis from deciding whether they should be dismissed from the school. “In compliance with the orders of their superior military officers, each named plaintiff was compelled to make inculpatory statements to Navy Inspector General investigators,” read the...

Jinseioshi, a 5-foot-long, 32-pound pet alligator living in Washington County, gets to go to a lot of different places. According to her owner, Wesley Silva, 60, she’s been to Denny’s and a Bob Evans restaurant. And until recently, she made regular appearances at a West Brownville Walmart. Sadly, Jinseioshi won’t be allowed in Walmart any longer, as she’s been banned from the store. The ban came after some customers spotted the alligator in the store being pushed around in a shopping cart while she was wearing a dress. “We have been going to that Walmart for about 3½ years, and...

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A multi-agency immigration enforcement operation in Central Florida resulted in the detention of 354 illegal aliens, state officials announced Friday during a press conference in Brevard County. The operation, dubbed “Operation One Way Ticket,” involved the Florida Highway Patrol, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Border Patrol, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as other partners. “We are a nation of law and order,” Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey said. “If you come into our country without permission, if you come into our country illegally, you broke the law.” Officials said the targeted enforcement focused on individuals subject to...

The United States is planning military strikes in Venezuela against drug cartels in the coming weeks. Donald Trump is yet to approve the actions which are in response to President Nicolas Maduro, whom the U.S. sees as illegitimate, not doing enough to stop illegal drugs from getting out of Venezuela. It would largely consist of drone strikes against leaders and members of gangs, as well as drug labs, NBC News reports. They follow a recent lethal strike on a vessel allegedly affiliated with a terrorist organization 'trafficking illicit narcotics'. The attack killed 'three male narcoterrorists' took place in the US...

America seems more scary and violent than ever these days. The news is filled with weirdness. Ice Cube is on tour and rolled into Portland, Oregon, and parked at the corner of SW Oak and Broadway was Cube performed Monday night (September 22) at the Moda Center. It appears that someone firebombed the bus. There was extensive damage, but no one was injured. Did someone get confused about the “ice” in “Ice Cube?” Was the bus confused with an ICE detention bus? Who knows?

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy urged European nations not to unilaterally restrict transatlantic travel, warning the United States is willing to take action to enforce agreements. "We're seeing more airports get in the game of trying to restrict air traffic, which is contrary to the agreements that we have with them," Duffy told Reuters from Montreal where he is attending an international aviation meeting, citing concerns about Amsterdam, Lisbon and Dublin.

Joby Aviation, a company developing air taxis for commercial passenger service, announced it will be at the California International Airshow in Salinas in October. On Oct. 4 and 5, attendees will be able to step inside the Joby aircraft, see the cabin, and meet the design team behind its design. “Bringing our aircraft to Salinas feels like a homecoming. We’re honored to share a front-row seat to the future of flight with our neighbors, just miles from where Joby was founded," said JoeBen Bevirt, founder and CEO of Joby. Last month, the company completed its first flight between the airports...

The vast majority of Japan’s centenarians are women. Japan has hit a record high in the number of people aged 100 or older, according to new data. It’s the 55th year in a row that Japan, renowned for its longevity, has reached this milestone. As of 1 September, the country had 99,763 centenarians, up 4,644 from the previous year, Japanese media reported. The vast majority – about 88 per cent – of them are women. Japan’s oldest woman is 114-year-old Kagawa Shigeko, and its oldest man is 111-year-old Mizuno Kiyotaka, national media said. The government began recording the number of...

In a surprise move aimed at easing everyday expenses and promoting well-being, Andalusia’s regional government has introduced two attractive and innovative tax deductions for anyone who has a pet or goes to a gym as part of its seventh package of fiscal reductions. Announced recently by regional President Juanma Moreno and Economy Minister Carolina España, the tax discounts offer deductions for veterinary costs, and gym membership fees, which will potentially benefit over a million residents and cost the regional budget around €48 million annually. The initiatives, which will take effect from January 1, 2026, and be applicable in the 2026...

No, this is not about politics, or tit-for-tat. Fired former FBI Director James Comey, who was yesterday indicted for lying to Congress, has always put on the public persona of a "Boy Scout," apolitical, only concerned with honesty and honor. Maybe even "the last Boy Scout." His media allies, after all, say so -- over and over. And in the narrative of some, Comey was this poor thing, so honorable, so guileless, so noble (pay no attention to that "86 47" assassination threat he put out there), who could be no match for the wily and unscrupulous Trump. Get a...

News broke recently that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation would sever ties with the shadowy consulting firm Arabella Advisors and its “nonprofit network closely associated with the Democratic Party.” The Arabella network has received over $450 million in grants from Gates over the years, so this announcement comes as a devastating blow to Arabella’s billion-plus dollar network. But it may also be a sign that our hyper-politicized charitable sector has reached an inflection point. An institutional realignment may be coming that will leave the left in the lurch and change American philanthropy for the better. My organization was the...

Trying to find out information about how Des Moines hired an illegal alien with a criminal history, Ian Robert’s, as leader of its schools. One comment online said rhe board voted him in during a closed session after being made aware of his illegal status. Link shows he highlighted his immigrant background in his bio and the public announcement was done in English and then in Spanish to local media. It’s also an educationally failing school district. Any locals with info please share. It’s a key state for national elections.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has fired as many as 20 FBI agents, including a group associated with a 2020 incident in which agents were photographed kneeling with demonstrators at the height of protests over the police killing of George Floyd, two people briefed on the matter said. The latest round of dismissals at the bureau came at the end of a review by the FBI’s inspection division and recommendations evaluated by the bureau’s general counsel’s office, one person briefed on the matter said. As many as 20 people were terminated in the latest round of ousters, including about 15...

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Millions of dollars sent to Barack Obama’s foundation has ended up being donated to a progressive fund that supported anti-Israel groups, accused of setting up encampments at Ivy League universities, according to public documents. Donations to the Obama Foundation, set up by the former president to build a 19-acre campus including a museum, athletic facility and fruit and vegetable gardens in Chicago, totaling $2 million were instead sent on to Tides Foundation in 2022 and 2023, according to its latest available federal tax filings. The cash was earmarked to “support local organizations that are working to reduce violence in communities,”...

Sir Tony Blair wants to run Gaza once the war between Israel and Hamas is over. The former prime minister has spearheaded a plan to end the war through his think tank, the Tony Blair Institute (TBI). The Telegraph understands that Sir Tony, 72, offered to head an interim government in Gaza on the proviso that power eventually would be handed over to the Palestinian Authority, which controlled the Gaza Strip until 2006. He has the support of several powerful figures, including Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a former Middle East adviser, and Steve Witkoff, the US president’s special...

Alcohol raises the risk of dementia regardless of whether people are genetically predisposed to the neurodegenerative condition, a large new study suggests. It is the latest research to confirm that even moderate alcohol consumption can pose health risks. Despite the occasional headline about the benefits of low-level drinking, research has repeatedly shown that no amount of alcohol is safe for our health. “For anyone who chooses to drink, our study suggests that greater alcohol consumption leads to higher risk of dementia,” Stephen Burgess, a statistician at the University of Cambridge, said in a statement. The study, which was published in...

The Weekly Wrap: Trump Derangement Syndrome Visits The Supreme CourtWelcome back to Friday! This week the grand poobahs of the U.S. economy gathered together in a friend-of-the-court brief to let everyone know they still really do not like what Trump is up to. The prices of goods affected by tariffs fell in August, crushing the hopes of everyone at the Cato Institute. And Americans once again made it clear that they really, really don’t like Democrat economic schemes.Here’s this week’s pain-free roundup of the economic news—no Tylenol necessary.A Supremely Unpersuasive Amicus BriefEvery living former Federal Reserve chair, former Treasury secretaries...

Researchers said the supercentenarian’s longevity shows how old age and disease can ‘become decoupled’ at times. Maria Branyas was the oldest person in the world when she died at 117 in Spain last year – but a look at her genome suggests that her biological age may have been much younger. Health experts and the public alike have long been fascinated with supercentenarians – those who live to at least 110 – and what their longevity reveals about the keys to ageing well. Before she died in August 2024, Branyas agreed to help a group of Spanish scientists find out....