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Two men who swore allegiance to Islamic State have been found guilty of plotting to “kill as many Jewish people as they could”, in what detectives believe would have been the UK’s worst terror attack if it had not been thwarted. Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, were found guilty at Preston crown court on Tuesday of preparing acts of terrorism between 13 December 2023 and 9 May 2024. Jurors were told they were Islamist extremists with a “visceral dislike” of Jewish people. They planned a marauding attack in Greater Manchester, at the heart of one of Europe’s largest...

A Delaware state trooper and the suspect are dead after a shooting at the DMV in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday, officials say. Delaware State Police confirmed that one trooper died, and Gov. Matt Meyer said on social media that the suspect is dead. A 44-year-old man entered the Division of Motor Vehicles as a customer before approaching the trooper, who was working an overtime assignment at the reception desk, and shot him, Cpl. Raushan Rich said during a press conference Tuesday night. After being shot, the trooper, who has not been identified, pushed a DMV employee out of harm's way....

Professional protester Greta Thunberg was arrested Tuesday in Central London while part of a mass gathering backing the Palestine Action terrorist group. The 22-year-old Swede was detained as she expressed support for the proscribed organization. In a video shared by the Prisoners for Palestine protest group, Thunberg can be seen holding a sign reading “I support the Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide” at the demonstration outside the central London offices of Aspen Insurance. Two activists sprayed red paint over the front of the building before police arrived and made arrests. Prisoners for Palestine said its protest had targeted the...

The identity of Jack the Ripper is the greatest mystery in the history of British crime. Swedish journalist Christer Holmgren has sifted through over 120 years of clues, searching for proof that will reveal the true killer. He believes he's finally found his man, and he's off to London to prove it. The Missing Evidence: Jack the Ripper (Full Episode) | 46:15 Smithsonian Channel | 4.28M subscribers | 2,473,885 views | August 23, 2015

A special Santa Claus is touching hearts and bringing an extra dose of holiday cheer to children with Down Syndrome in metro Atlanta. Last year, the Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta decided they wanted to give participants at their annual holiday party the chance to see a Santa Claus who looked like them. That's where Bradley Carlisle stepped in. Carlisle, 36, lives independently in an apartment in Dunwoody. Donning the classic red suit and white beard, his debut left some families who attended the event crying happy tears, the nonprofit said. "It was magical," one parent said. "For our kids...

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Tech-savvy sleuths have discovered a way to uncensor the heavily redacted files on notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, as the Department of Justice continues to release the documents. Some portions of the documents, initially blacked out in Adobe Acrobat by the federal agency, pop up when copied and pasted into Google Docs or Microsoft programs like Word, The Post confirmed during a test run. The Post, however, cannot confirm the veracity of the redactions.

A 65-year-old woman was fatally stabbed at a Barnes & Noble store in Florida, authorities said. A suspect is in custody, according to police. The incident occurred shortly before 8 p.m. on Monday at a Barnes & Noble in Palm Beach Gardens, according to police. Officers responding to the stabbing found the victim -- identified by police as Rita Loncharich -- inside the store and "immediately rendered aid," the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department said. She was transported to a local hospital, where she died from her injuries, police said.

A prominent Rhode Island Democrat was caught on camera belligerently chiding a cop and calling him a “d–k” during a wild DUI traffic stop where she ranted, “God forbid I was a black person, I’d be arrested.” Cranston Democratic Committee chair Maria Bucci — who is connected to the state gubernatorial candidate — berated police with a series of insults while asking them “You know who I am, right?” when she was pulled over shortly after midnight last Thursday on an East Greenwich road, the bodycam footage shows. The numerous outbursts took place while East Greenwich cops were attempting to...

A salacious letter purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein that directly referenced President Trump is fake, the Justice Department said Tuesday. “The FBI has confirmed that this alleged letter from Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar is FAKE,” the DOJ wrote on X hours after it pledged it was “looking into the validity of this alleged letter.” Epstein purportedly wrote the letter to fellow jailed sex offender Larry Nassar — the disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor who is serving hundreds of years of prison for abusing girls under his care.

The Trump administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default in early January, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Education confirmed to CNBC on Tuesday. More than 5 million student loan borrowers are currently in default, and that total could swell to roughly 10 million borrowers soon, the Education Department said earlier this year.

An amateur sleuth and self-taught cryptography expert is convinced he’s cracked the notorious unsolved Zodiac and Black Dahlia murders — and that the killer is the same man. Alex Baber — a 50-year-old West Virginian with autism — used AI programs and his codebreaking prowess to whittle down the Zodiac killer’s infamous 1970 clue he sent to newspapers and identify a single suspect with an overwhelming connection across all the murders: a late Chicagoan named Marvin Margolis. “It’s my autism. Once I start on something, I have to see it through. The deeper I go, the harder I push. My...

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A Christmas Prayer By Rian B. Anderson It was Christmas Eve 1881. I was fifteen years old and feeling like the world had caved in on me because there just hadn't been enough money to buy me the rifle that I'd wanted so bad that year for Christmas. We did the chores early that night for some reason. I just figured Daddy wanted a little extra time so we could read in the Bible. After supper was over I took my boots off and stretched out in front of the fireplace and waited for Daddy to get down the old...

“A mass casualty situation has been declared after an explosion ripped through a Pennsylvania nursing home leaving multiple people trapped. The blast tore through Silver Lake Healthcare Center in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania at around 2.17pm. First responders and emergency management officials had described the scene as a gas explosion. However, that will not be confirmed until the agency can examine the scene up close, Nils Hagen-Frederiksen, the press secretary at the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, told the Associated Press. There is no word on how many people have been injured. The explosion was labeled a mass casualty incident by Upper...

BRISTOL TWP., Pa. (WPVI) -- Two people are dead after an apparent gas explosion collapsed part of a nursing home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday afternoon, leaving an unknown number of people trapped in the rubble. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro confirmed the two deaths at a news conference Tuesday evening. Rescuers believe five people remain unaccounted for, Shapiro said, but he cautioned that the numbers remain preliminary. Action News has also learned that at least 21 people were sent to various hospitals. The extent of their injuries remain unclear.

Alberta gets OK to begin collecting signatures for referendum to leave Canada While President Trump has half-joked about Canada becoming the 51st state of the U.S., arguably the "reddest" province in that nation now expects a voter referendum in 2026 asking residents if they'd like to secede from the motherland. A court had previous stopped an effort to put the question before Albertans, but now the province's election commission has given the OK for organizers to begin collecting signatures. According to Global News, Elections Alberta says the proponent, the Alberta Prosperity Project, and its chief executive officer, Mitch Sylvestre, have...

Prior to reading this update. Mexico sanctioning Violent takeover of Mexican silver mine lets provide some context Silver is already in multi‑year structural deficit, with demand exceeding mine and scrap supply and drawing down inventories.​ Industrial demand for Silver is surging from solar, electronics, EV/solid‑state batteries, defense, aerospace, robotics and AI hardware.​ India is monetizing silver through record imports and growing use as savings and investment within its financial system.​ New RBI rules encourage silver to enter the banking system as collateral (along with gold) Tight physical markets and backwardation show paper benchmarks are losing clean control over silver pricing.​...

The governor of Minnesomalia, everyone: 🚨BREAKING: Tim Walz MELTS DOWN over JD Vance declaring people don’t have to apologize for being white"You hear the vice president talk about now, white people don't have to apologize for being white?! Everyone KNOWS what they're doing!"pic.twitter.com/cxAc4X7JR8— Jack (@jackunheard) December 23, 2025I'm confused. JD Vance was talking about equality under the law for all Americans during a comment about documented anti-white discrimination that has been widely prevalent in American companies and schools over the last decade. "In the United States of America, you don't have to apologize for being White anymore," says @VP."We don't...

Former Vice President Mike Pence did not mince words about the mass exodus from the influential Heritage Foundation to his own group, Advancing American Freedom, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Monday. The Journal reported that AAF was “slated to hire about 15 of Heritage’s employees including several of its prominent leaders” on Monday, and Pence told the outlet that he believes Heritage has “fallen” and “abandoned its principles” in recent years. “Why these people are coming our way is that Heritage and some other voices and commentators have embraced big-government populism and have been willing to...