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“PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Someone shot and wounded two Portland police officers Monday night in the Sullivan's Gulch neighborhood of Northeast Portland, prompting a massive police response as officers searched for the shooter. The two officers were in stable condition at a hospital, according to officials. The shooting suspect is described as a white man in his mid-30s, with facial hair. The suspect could have a knife and handgun, and is considered dangerous.“

The overwhelming majority of households headed by Afghan immigrants with children in the home are on one or more forms of taxpayer-funded welfare in the United States, newly released analysis reveals. The analysis, published by Jason Richwine at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), reviews Census Bureau data on Afghan immigrants in the U.S. — an immigrant group that has exploded from just 22,000 in 1990 to almost a quarter of a million as of 2024.Most significantly, the Census data shows that almost all Afghan households with children are on publicly funded welfare — similar to that of Somali immigrant...

It appears as if the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Google is currently using in its searches has failed to recognize that the 2026 State of the Union address will be delivered by President Donald Trump, and not former President Joe Biden. Yes, Google has a little bit of a problem with its "2026 State of the Union" search result. Earlier today, I was planning my travel schedule for 2026 and decided to Google search "2026 State of the Union Address" to find out when the annual presidential address to a joint session of Congress would take place. Look, I understand computer...

(This story has been updated to reflect that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has issued a detainer and administrative warrant for Aguilar.) SALISBURY — The identities of the two people killed when they were struck by an alleged drunk driver on Friday night have been released. Twenty-year-old Fletcher Mark Daniel Harris, from Catawba, and 19-year-old Skylar Nichole Provenza, from Statesville, were both killed in a crash on Amity Hill Road at approximately 11:15 p.m. on Friday night. The crash occurred as the two were traveling northeast in a Honda Accord and were struck head-on by a Chevy Silverado that had crossed...

Democrats are growing increasingly irritated with former Vice President Kamala Harris’ retreat from public life — as she holes up in an $8 million oceanfront Malibu mansion with a taxpayer-funded security detail. Harris — who had vowed that she would not “go quietly into the night” — following her embarrassing 2024 election loss to President Trump has since adopted a withdrawn lifestyle, keeping mostly out of the public eye. “She’s not someone who likes being out and about. She doesn’t really want to engage with people in a way that isn’t already orchestrated,” a Democratic consultant in her circle told...

European leaders are said to vent privately in a secret text group chat whenever Donald Trump makes a 'wild' move, according to a new report. The informal messaging group, known as the 'Washington Group', brings together senior European figures who have grown accustomed to coordinating without Washington during Trump's second term, particularly on Ukraine. It includes leaders from both EU and non-EU countries, reflecting a broader 'coalition of the willing' that has continued to operate even as relations with the White House have grown more volatile. Figures said to be regularly exchanging messages include UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French...

I might not have seen a movie flop as hard as the Bruce Springsteen biopic, so forgettable that I can’t even remember the title. Born in the USA, no. That’s not it. The Promised Land? Nope. Ah, now I remember. How could I forget? They changed the title from Deliver Me From Nowhere to Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. And we had to always write it that way, every single time. They hoped name recognition would boost ticket sales. They were wrong. With a budget of $55 million, it was one of last year’s unequivocal flops. It couldn’t even break...

The mob screamed at women and children and harassed a young family that was trying to drive away in their vehicle. ... State Rep. Leigh Finke, a Democrat from St. Paul, posted on Facebook following an anti-ICE mob storming a local church service, calling the incident “essential” and saying that it “must continue.” ... On Sunday, about 20 individuals stormed into Cities Church in St. Paul and shut down their morning worship service. The mob screamed at women and children and harassed a young family that was trying to drive away in their vehicle. People in the church were left...

Donald Trump told Sir Keir Starmer to straighten out the UK as the rift between the two leaders over Greenland and the Chagos Islands deal deepened. The US president suggested on Tuesday night that Sir Keir and France’s Emmanuel Macron were two-faced. Mr Trump said: “[They] treat me well. They get a little bit rough when … I’m not around, but when I’m around, they treat me very nicely.” Mr Trump said he would snub an emergency meeting of the G7 that Mr Macron had proposed could take place in Paris. The US president suggested his French counterpart would not...

Another major financial giant is planting its flag in Florida. Wells Fargo confirmed to Fox News Digital that it is moving its wealth management headquarters to West Palm Beach, underscoring a growing exodus of money and corporate influence from traditional financial hubs to low-tax, business-friendly states. The relocation makes Wells Fargo the first major U.S. bank to base its wealth-management operations in the Sunshine State. "Wells Fargo Wealth and Investment Management (WIM) is advancing its strategic commitment to serving high and ultra‑high‑net‑worth clients by increasing its presence in West Palm Beach," a spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "Several senior leaders...

French President Emmanuel Macron wore aviator style sunglasses at Davos. Here's why it matters.

20 January 2026 Tuesday of week 2 in Ordinary Time San Fabian, Pangasinan, the Philippines Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Samuel 16:1-13Jesse's youngest son David is anointed kingThe Lord said to Samuel, ‘How long will you go on mourning over Saul when I have rejected him as king of Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have chosen myself a king among his sons.’ Samuel replied, ‘How can I go? When Saul hears of it he will kill me.’ Then the Lord said, ‘Take a...

Federal investigators are sounding the alarm over so-called “ghost students”. Fake college enrollments used to steal millions in financial aid. As Minnesota faces mounting scrutiny, questions are growing about oversight failures, organized fraud rings, and whether political leaders ignored warning signs for years.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday, January 20, argued that no leader had done more for NATO than he had, while openly questioning whether the alliance would come to the United States’ defense in a crisis. “Nobody’s done more for NATO,” Trump said during remarks. “I’ve done more for NATO than anybody.” He suggested that even NATO’s secretary general would acknowledge his role. Trump questions NATO's commitment after Greenland dispute Trump’s comments came after NATO members strongly opposed his stated desire to take control of Greenland. He said that the backlash reinforced his concerns about fairness within the alliance. “NATO has...

The women of The View welcomed newly elected New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to the show on Tuesday - and panelist Sunny Hostin wasted no time relishing in his election win. 'Mr. Mayor - and I love saying that...' Hostin, 57, began, before bringing up the fatal ICE shooting of 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Renee Good. Mamdani, in response, stood by prior statements slamming Good's death as 'murder'. The former state assemblyman revealed that he remains in close contact with Donald Trump. The two appeared to hit it off during a photo-op in November, fascinating Joy Behar to no end....

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — There was the pregnant woman who missed her medical checkup, afraid to visit a clinic during the Trump administration’s sweeping Minnesotaimmigration crackdown. A nurse found her at home, already in labor and just about to give birth. There was the patient with kidney cancer who vanished without his medicine in immigration detention facilities. It took legal intervention for his medicine to be sent to him, though doctors are unsure if he’s been able to take it. There was the diabetic afraid to pick up insulin, the patient with a treatable wound that festered and required a trip...

After two years of Hamas supporters assaulting NYPD officers and Jewish community members, besieging synagogues, blocking streets, vandalizing buildings and making death threats, New York Attorney General Letitia James finally took action. Against Jews. In a press release, AG James, who had previously worked to shut down the NRA because she disagreed with its politics, announced that she had closed down Betar, a pro-Israel group , for appearing at synagogues to defend them from Muslim mobs, for claiming that “that all devout Muslims ‘hate America’, and for making derogatory remarks about Islam and Gaza. Shortly after nearly all New York...

President Trump on Tuesday touted shedding nearly 300,000 employees from the federal payroll during his first year back in the White House as part of a rambling address to reporters largely devoted to defending his administration’s crackdown on immigrant communities and dissent and threatened expansionism. The comments on the federal workforce came during a more than hour-long presentation at the start of a briefing with reporters aimed at highlighting the administration’s first-year accomplishments. Trump read prepared remarks noting that the federal payroll has fallen by 270,000 workers since his inauguration last January, though he quickly inflated that figure to “millions.”...

An environmental group filed suit on Wednesday seeking to prevent the U.S. Interior Department from placing an image of President Donald Trump's face on annual entrance passes for national parks and federal recreational areas that go on sale next year. Federal law requires the $80-a-year "America the Beautiful Pass" to bear the winning image from an annual photo contest depicting scenery or wildlife in a national park or forest, according to the Center for Biological Diversity's 16-page complaint. The winning photo from the latest contest in June, sponsored by the National Parks Foundation, was a picture of Glacier National Park...

DAVOS, Switzerland — President Donald Trump’s demands to take over Greenland, reiterated in an overnight barrage of social media posts, are transforming this week’s annual gathering of the global elite into an emergency diplomatic summit, as European leaders prepared to use the president’s arrival here Wednesday to de-escalate the spiraling crisis. Europe may not have a home-field advantage in Davos. The United States is seeking to dominate this year’s World Economic Forum by sending its largest and most senior delegation in history. Meetings with senior Trump officials are among the most sought-after engagements in town as European leaders, already reeling...