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Out of the 32,788 burglaries reported in London last year, only seven resulted in a suspect actually being charged. Data cited by the Daily Mail shows the Metropolitan Police accounted for roughly two-thirds of all recorded theft cases in the UK in 2024. Greater Manchester recorded nearly 10,000 burglaries, while South Yorkshire followed with 6,694 cases. The figures come as burglary remains a common experience for many households across the country. One in five UK adults have expressed experiencing either a burglary or attempted burglary. Because of this, the UK’s Labour Party remains under pressure to crack down on theft,...

Today, Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed a notice of Voluntary Dismissal of his lawsuit against Omaha Public Power District (OPPD), recognizing OPPD’s vote last week to maintain critical generation online at the North Omaha Station. “We brought this lawsuit because public power providers should not achieve their self-imposed environmental goals by raising prices for Nebraska consumers,” said Attorney General Hilgers. “After last week’s vote, OPPD’s plans for the North Omaha Station now align with their twin mandates of affordability and reliability in delivering electricity to Nebraskans. Having accomplished our purpose on behalf of Nebraska consumers, our lawsuit may now be...

The electric vehicle industry has taken a pummeling this year. The Trump administration, as expected, reversed a whole suite of federal policies that promoted or encouraged EVs. California's ability to require the sale of EVs: gone. Federal rules about emissions and fuel economy — being rewritten. Federal penalties for car companies that sell too many gas guzzlers: zeroed out. The $7,500 federal tax credit? Kaput. Meanwhile, automakers delayed or canceled a host of unprofitable EV plans. The all-electric Ram 1500 REV was canceled before a single one was built. The all-electric Ford Lightning was discontinued despite some glowing reviews. (Both...

Minnesota fraud is a seemingly never-ending and endlessly entertaining story. The alternate media reports on the skyrocketing dollar total, now up to $9 billion, while the legacy media tries to explain why the fraud isn’t anywhere near $9 billion as if fraud totaling a mere few billion isn’t really a big deal. Simultaneously, Minnesota’s Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, who is running for the Senate, appears in a Hijab while claiming Somali fraudsters are responsible for everything good about Minnesota. And if that wasn’t bad enough, a downtown McDonald’s in Minneapolis has locked its doors during business hours and will only...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(12/29/25)[Prayer]Countdown To The New YearMatthew 2:13-18The Escape to Egypt 13 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” 14 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, 15 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through...

"We were so busy saving democracy that we forgot to tally. . . " — Joe Rogan on the 2020 election. Newly-minted multi-millionaires Ruby Freeman and daughter Andrea “Shaye” Moss.While you were busy decking the halls with boughs of holly, chomping spiced nuts and cheese straws, and quaffing the eggnog this Christmas, 2025, the USA was still suffering indigestion from the Nov 3, 2020 election, repeatedly throwing up in its mouth as reports dribbled in about voting irregularities around the country that long-ago dreary night when “Joe Biden” was so thumpingly voted-in as the 46th president. So far, the state...

Congress returns next week to Capitol Hill in the now-familiar position of having left for recess without meeting a deadline that is hitting millions of Americans in their wallets and pocketbooks. The scheduled return date for the Senate is Jan. 5 and for the House Jan. 6 – six days after the expiration of Biden administration "enhanced" subsidies for health-insurance policies through the Affordable Care Act marketplace that is estimated to impact 22 million enrollees. While the issue has immediate implications, it also looms large over next year's midterm elections in which control of Congress is at stake. Republicans in...

In PM Keir Starmer’s UK (above), free speech is met with prison sentences. Criticize Muslim mass migration or transgenderism and you will be arrested. After a Muslim terrorist murdered 3 British girls, a 55-year-old woman was dragged out of her home, arrested and held for 36 hours for “posting inaccurate information” that he was Muslim. One of the most infamous cases is Lucy Connolly, the mother of two children, who had lost her little boy after his hospitalization, and expressed her anger after the brutal Muslim terrorist murders of three little girls at a dance studio. Lucy was sentenced to...

A strong majority of Americans say they're worried about the climate. So why do they hear so little about it in the news? …The problem has become even more acute at a time when the US president is openly hostile to the scientific consensus on climate change. Donald Trump and his allies have pushed misleading narratives about the trade-offs of green energy, drawing reporters into covering false controversies instead of facts and making the job of reporting harder. "The Trump administration is playing reporters like a fiddle on the issue of trade-offs" by bringing up red herrings and sending reporters...

A 77-year-old gunman opened fire at an Idaho sheriff’s office — injuring three people before he was killed in a standoff with police, according to authorities. The incident unfolded around 2:30 p.m. on Friday when shooter John Drake opened fire outside of the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office in Wallace, Shoshone County Sheriff William Eddy announced at a press conference. Drake shot through the windshield of a pickup truck on the street near the sheriff’s office, striking two women in the leg. An officer was also wounded in the gunfire, Eddy said. The officer was nicked in the ear by flying...

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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has announced that a former customer service agent has been arrested in India in connection with a major security breach of the crypto trading platform that occurred in May. Bloomberg reports that Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has revealed that a former customer service agent for the US-based crypto exchange has been arrested in India. The arrest comes months after hackers successfully bribed Coinbase contractors or employees outside the United States to gain unauthorized access to sensitive customer information, a nightmare scenario for American companies that outsource operations to third world countries like India. The security breach,...

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz pushed back against the ever-growing fraud allegations levied against him in the disastrous aftermath of a viral video where an independent journalist cracked open a crucial part of the alleged Somali aid scheme. A spokesperson for Walz, a Democrat who frequently provokes President Trump’s ire, addressed a bombshell video posted by conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley. “The governor has worked for years to crack down on fraud and ask the state legislature for more authority to take aggressive action. He has strengthened oversight — including launching investigations into these specific facilities, one of which was already closed,”...

Alfonsi's immigration piece needed additional reporting, Editor in Chief Bari Weiss told CBS staff

“‘. . . and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth’” (Matthew 13:50). The doctrine of hell is undoubtedly the most difficult one for Christians to accept emotionally. Yet Scripture mentions it too often for us to deny or ignore it. Jesus gives several warnings of it in the Sermon on the Mount. “It is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell” (Matt. 5:29; cf. 5:22; see also Matt. 11:23; 23:33; Mark 3:29;...

Public approval of political leaders reflects a mix of economic conditions, policy decisions, and broader voter sentiment. As 2025 comes to a close, approval ratings offer a snapshot of how leaders around the world are perceived heading into 2026.This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, ranks major global leaders by approval rating, based on surveys conducted between December 8 and 14, 2025, by Morning Consult.High Approval at the Top, but Fewer StandoutsIndia’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi ranks first overall, with 71% approval heading into 2026. Although still well ahead of peers, his approval declined modestly from 75% in January 2025.A...

Across the United States, there were 22,830 homicides in 2023, averaging 6.8 deaths per 100,000 people.Homicide rates vary widely across American cities, influenced by factors such as poverty, inequality, gun laws, and local policing strategies.This map, via Visual Capitalist's Niccolo Conte, shows the top 40 U.S. cities by their homicide rate per 100,000 residents and the total number of homicides, based on the latest reported data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Where Homicide Rates Are Highest in AmericaCities in the South and Midwest tend to show higher homicide rates, reflecting a combination of economic stress, structural inequality, and...

For the seventh straight year, Visual Capitalist sifted through the forecast landscape to bring you the Prediction Consensus, a synthesis of what analysts, thought leaders, and industry experts expect for the year ahead.This year, Nick Routley analyzed over 2,000 individual predictions from a wide variety of sources including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, the IMF, The Economist, Deloitte, Microsoft, Gartner, and dozens more.By mapping where these forecasts overlap, we’ve distilled the noise into 25 high-conviction themes displayed in our “Bingo Card” format, with the number of dabs reflecting the volume of supporting predictions.To get the full analysis of the Prediction Consensus...

Most know the expression: “We have met the enemy, and he is us.” As much as the Democratic leadership wants to attack President Trump in the coming new year, they first must deal with a much larger problem: the mirror. To begin with, who is the “Democratic leadership?” It is a question a number in the media have asked of former Vice President Kamala Harris and others without getting many good answers. Republicans will be all too happy to keep spreading the message that the “leaders” of the Democratic Party heading into the midterms and beyond are Zohran Mamdani, the...