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KitKat, a nine-year-old feline, was well-known across San Francisco as the pet who 'patrolled' the Randa's Market corner store on 16th Street. The driverless vehicle had apparently stopped near the corner store before running the tabby cat over. Sheau-Wha Mou, a bartender at nearby Delirium, said: 'If it wasn't a Waymo - if it was a person driving a car - they could have stopped and helped.' San Francisco resident Jeff Klein was driving behind the Waymo, which he claimed was driving out of control. He told the Standard by email: 'Some folks on the sidewalk started yelling and grabbed...

On a rainy October day, dozens of volunteers showed up at a Minneapolis park to grab campaign literature they would leave at voters’ doors, hoping to buoy up a Democratic socialist into the mayor’s office. A handful of door-knockers ran into an apartment building to escape the rain, joining Omar Fateh, the mayoral hopeful sometimes dubbed the “Mamdani of Minneapolis”. “We’re running on a campaign to make the city more livable, affordable and to protect all of our residents,” he told one voter, who said they hadn’t been following the race closely. Two others who answered knew Fateh’s name and...

~Favorite breakup or makeup Songs~ VVV Kameron Marlowe - Giving You Up (Official Video) *Video*You can’t Always get what you want – Rolling Stones

Elon Musk announced this week that his A.I. tool Grok would be curating a competitor to online encyclopedia giant Wikipedia called Grokipedia.The Babylon Bee staff meticulously combed through countless articles from both sites in search of any noticeable differences in the way each outlet covers certain topics. Can you spot the subtleties?Grokipedia: Hitler invaded Poland in 1939Wikipedia: Donald Trump invaded Poland in 1939.Grokipedia: There are only two genders.Wikipedia: There are as many genders as there are stars in the sky, with scientists discovering new ones every day, and if you don't agree, you're a hateful bigot.Grokipedia: No one knows how...

FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly ousted one of the leading special agents who oversaw the Arctic Frost investigation into President Trump. “Operation Arctic Frost” was a taxpayer-funded witch hunt launched in April 2022 that seized government-issued cell phones belonging to Trump and Pence while conducting a barrage of interviews across the country. The 2020 Trump alternate electors prompted the Biden DOJ to open the Arctic Frost investigation into Trump and hundreds of other individuals and organizations. According to MSNBC, Patel is ousting Aaron Tapp, one of the lead agents on Arctic Frost. Aaron Tapp is a Special Agent in Charge...

(DCNF)—Gayle King is reportedly preparing to step down as co-host of CBS Mornings next year as part of a sweeping overhaul under new parent company Paramount Skydance. King’s contract runs through May and is said to be in discussions about transitioning into a new role within the network’s news division as Paramount’s leadership reshapes the organization from the top down, according to Variety. Executives at CBS are reportedly eager to keep King under contract by offering her the opportunity to develop her own programs or specials under the network’s banner. A CBS spokesperson, however, insisted no formal talks about her...

The Brief -Superior Court Judge Kristyne Schaaf-Olson resigned days after police body camera footage allegedly showed her urinating in public near the Courthouse Plaza. -The judge’s husband, Jason Olson, was arrested at the scene for allegedly resisting arrest and obstructing a police investigation. -Both the former judge and her husband were cited for misdemeanors, and pre-trial conferences for their cases are scheduled.

WASHINGTON (7News) — For weeks, investigators have been searching high and low for the third and final suspect in a case that has rocked the DC region; the shooting death of 21-year-old congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym on June 30. According to court records, authorities tracked down 18-year-old Naqwan Lucas, of the District of Columbia, on Wednesday night in Germantown, Maryland. Thursday afternoon, Lucas appeared in DC Superior Court on more than a dozen charges, including first-degree murder. He pleaded not guilty before Judge Dana Dayson. Judge Dayson held Lucas until a status hearing with his co-defendants was scheduled for...

Defying expectations that binary systems are unlikely areas for planet formation, an international team of researchers has now identified a trio of Earth-sized exoplanets 190 light-years away in the TOI-2267 system.How these planets could form and maintain their stability in such an environment is a significant question for astronomers. The stars within this system are only separated by eight astronomical units (AU), far closer than the tens to hundreds of AU theoretically demonstrated to provide a stable planet-forming environment in earlier work...The system in question is unusual not just for its planets but also for the extremely tight orbit of...

LOS ANGELES -- The city of Pasadena, California, and the Rose Bowl Operating Company have sued UCLA for allegedly trying to move its college football games from one of the sport's most iconic stadiums to the much newer SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The 200-page lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday and obtained by ESPN, accuses UCLA of "profoundly" betraying trust by attempting to relocate its home games from the facility the Bruins have called home for 43 years to the home of the NFL's Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers. "The City expects UCLA will...

Pop star Justin Bieber is referring to Jesus Christ as the king of his heart in the latest example of the pop star embracing the Christian faith. The 31-year-old singer livestreamed a conversation he had with several of his friends on Friday, which focused heavily on Christianity but also included some profanity. Towards the end of the video, Bieber delivered a message to anyone watching the video who was “struggling with their own self-image” and wondering if they were “worthy of love.” “God says you are,” Bieber proclaimed. “I don’t make the rules. But Jesus says that, and I really...

Former Fox News host and analyst Tucker Carlson continued his descent into rank antisemitism on Tuesday, publishing an interview with far-right podcaster Nick Fuentes, who has engaged in open holocaust denial and praised Hitler in the past. Despite former disagreements between them, Carlson and Fuentes bonded over their shared suspicion of “these Jews,” as well as their distaste for Christian Zionism and its supporters among the Republican Party. The self-identified lapsed Episcopalian Carlson lauded Fuentes for his criticism of Israel and U.S. support for it, “because it’s insane and it hurts us. We get nothing out of it. I completely...

Yesterday I wrote about the remarkable story of Hamas going full Pallywood as it pretended to recover the body of an Israeli hostage. The remains were delivered to Israel and identified a few hours later as belonging to a deceased hostage named Ofir Tzarfati. His body had been returned to Israel two years earlier, meaning these remains weren't new and did not belong to one of the 13 hostages kidnapped on 10/7 whose bodies have not yet been returned to Israel in keeping with the ceasefire agreement. Hamas has claimed it doesn't know where those bodies are (they could be...

One of the better voice disguises I've seen, for the blindfolded panel of the show. She had a great sense of humor. Rosalind Russell on "What's My Line" Jan 5th, 1955

CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Wednesday he believes Generation Z will be "a lot more conservative" than previous generations. Tapper made the point during an episode of "The Reason Interview" podcast, telling Reason editor-at-large Nick Gillespie that the younger generation appears inclined to reject the progressive values they were taught in school. "I think it is a reaction to Gen Xers and Millennials forcing on them progressive views in school," he said. The journalist said his prediction was partly based on his own children’s "skepticism" toward liberal political ideas. "I think Gen Z’s going to be a lot more conservative....

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. 1984: A Guide to Newspeak Destructive forces are at work in the city; threats and lies never leave its streets. Psalm 55:11 (NIV) ----

Trump is not going to sit back quietly and let the crazy Democrats start another "Summer of Love" mass rioting, looting, arson and murder like they did in 2020. He's getting the troops ready in advance to take on these far left crazies if they should be stupid enough to try it.

In June, the world anxiously watched as the nation of Israel extraordinarily executed the largest targeted military campaign in the country’s history since its reestablishment in 1948. Following months of failed negotiations between the United States and Iran to broker a new deal intended to curtail Iranian aspirations to acquire weapons-grade enriched uranium, Israel took the initiative to decisively eliminate the Iranian nuclear program. Throughout an intensive and concentrated campaign that lasted twelve days, Israel engaged in precision strikes on nuclear enrichment facilities, destroyed ballistic missile launchers, eliminated scientists, top-ranking military officials, and other assets related to Iran’s nuclear program....

In the sanctuary state of Illinois, where Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) has attempted to impede federal immigration enforcement, an illegal alien is accused of killing a Republican elected official and his wife in Coles County. Police say that 34-year-old illegal alien Edwin Pacheco-Meza of Honduras was driving a van on Oct. 24 when he crossed the center lane and struck 71-year-old Michael Clayton and his wife, 66-year-old Gail Clayton — killing them instantly. Michael Clayton was a Republican elected official who served on the Coles County Board. Pacheco-Meza, who crossed the southern border as an unknown got-away, was in his...

Author’s note: This article was first published on Monday, June 12, 2006. Considering we are, I believe, in the time that’s “as it was in the days of Noah” foretold by Jesus (Luke 17:26), I believe it’s good to again think a bit on the obvious invasion from the evil dimension the world faces. We know of the violence taking place in the world today. It might even be equal to the violence of those antediluvian times. However, the other primary evil of Noah’s day is a bit harder to equate to this day and time. The other “evil” I...