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For millennia, hundreds of vivid bas-reliefs adorned the walls of the Nineveh palace of the legendary eighth-century BCE Assyrian king Sennacherib, depicting daring conquests richly described in Assyrian sources and the Hebrew Bible. In 2016, Islamic State terrorists entered the palace, in modern-day Mosul, Iraq, and systematically smashed the artifacts. The long-surviving sculptures had enabled modern scholars to compare biblical information on Sennacherib with historical sources and archaeological findings since the 19th century. Had they not been destroyed, they would have likely had more to offer. Among the treasures broken in the terror group’s campaign of destruction was a slab...

The papyrus describes encounters with the Shosu people, said to stand 'four cubits or five cubits' tall, up to eight feet in height. Supporters of the theory say the text provides rare non-biblical corroboration of Old Testament accounts of giants, which appear repeatedly beyond the familiar story of David and Goliath. An Egyptian cubit measured roughly 20 inches, meaning the Shosu would have towered over most people of the era. The papyrus takes the form of a letter written during a time of war, detailing hostile terrain and military challenges.

The Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium has been postponed to Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. ET on FOX due to historic snowfall in North Carolina over the weekend. The National Weather Service reported Winston-Salem, North Carolina, received 8-10 inches of snow Saturday while the Charlotte area — roughly 80 miles south of Bowman Gray and home base for most NASCAR Cup Series drivers and teams — received 11 inches of snow, according to local television affiliate WCNC. Out of an abundance of caution due to hazardous road conditions, NASCAR and the City of Winston-Salem agreed to move...

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Eight-foot piles of rat-infested trash are choking the streets around Gracie Mansion — which has gotten white-glove shoveling treatment as Mayor Zohran Mamdani crows he can’t “imagine how it could get better’’ in the city. While Hizzoner’s Upper East Side neighbors are forced to trudge through garbage-plagued roads, roaming rodents and mounds of snow tainted with dog pee a full week after Winter Storm Fern, the sidewalks outside the lefty mayor’s digs on East 88th Street are squeaky clean. “Clean as a whistle for the mayor,” Rivers said. “Look at this side.” “This side” is marred by massive piles of...

Seinfeld had quite a few memorable supporting characters who, time and time again, would cross paths with Jerry. And, for the most part, the interactions were more awkward or adversarial than pleasant. For instance, rival comedian Kenny Bania. Or Jack Klompus, his parents’ neighbor at Del Boca Vista. Then there’s Bryan Cranston’s Tim Whatley, dentist and re-gifter extraordinaire. Other examples include the vengeful Joe Davola and…Newman! And outside the aforementioned postal worker slash neighbor of Mr. Seinfeld, the best of these recurring characters is none other than Uncle Leo.Uncle Leo is the type who is always there when you don’t...

On January 18, 2026, former CNN anchor Don Lemon entered Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, alongside anti-ICE protesters who deliberately disrupted an ongoing worship service. The group chanted “ICE out” and “Justice for Renee Good,” accusing one of the pastors of ties to immigration enforcement and thereby interrupting the congregation's First Amendment-protected religious exercise. Lemon livestreamed the event, positioning himself within the disruption as it unfolded. Federal authorities subsequently arrested Lemon and three others, charging them with conspiracy against rights under 18 U.S.C. § 241 and interference with the free exercise of religion. Lemon maintains that his presence was...

The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to convert 23 e-commerce warehouses across the country, primarily in the eastern U.S., into a large-scale network of immigration detention centers aimed at expanding capacity to fulfill the mandate the American people gave President Trump to deport more than one million illegal aliens per year and restore national security. This comes after the Biden-Harris globalist regime collapsed borders and allowed a nation-killing invasion of ten million or more third-worlders.Bloomberg reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s rapid move to build out a network of warehouses is being fueled by $45 billion from the...

The recent closure of a California oil refinery — and plans to shutter another in the near future — have some experts warning of potential fuel shortages and price spikes in Nevada and other Western states that depend on the Golden State. California supplies roughly 88% of Nevada’s fuel, including diesel and jet fuel. But Phillips 66 closed a refinery in the Los Angeles area in October, and earlier this year, Valero submitted a notice that it plans to close a Bay Area refinery by April 2026. Combined, the two refineries produce 284,000 barrels of oil per day, about 17%...

Seattle's soft-on-crime mayor is under the spotlight for her crime policies after two teenagers were shot dead outside a PreK-8 school in broad daylight. Residents slammed Mayor Katie Wilson for failing to address spiraling youth crime in the Washington city after she issued condolences to the families of the students. The two boys, who have not been named, were fatally gunned down at a bus stop beside South Shore PreK-8 school around 4pm on Friday in front of horrified children and teens.

The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation in the shooting death of Alex Pretti, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters on Friday. "We’re looking at everything that would shed light on what happened that day and in the days and weeks leading up to what happened," Blanche said during a news conference on Friday. "That’s like any investigation that the Department of Justice and the FBI do every day. It means we’re looking at video, talking to witnesses, trying to understand what happened."

A 33 min YouTube show with Stephen Gardner interviewing best-selling author Ralph Pezzullo on his 5-year deep dive into how a foreign actors have infiltrated, corrupted, and stole US elections beginning in 2008! This is a must-watch to get you up to date on what President Trump is facing concerning the corruption throughout the US government. Mr. Pezzullo authored "Stolen Elections-- the Takedown of Democracies Worldwide The interview goes into how Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, China, Russia and various drug cartels collaborated and started stealing elections in the United States and other countries worldwide, earlier than suspected. There is mention of...

BREAKING: Chloe Day School in New York held an anti-ICE protest at school where kindergartners held anti-ICE and anti-Trump signs Little kids were encouraged to say they’re angry at ICE and the Trump admin for arresting criminal illegals Crazy as hell

A Minneapolis man who calls himself “Antifa” urged his nearly 36,000 Instagram followers to “get your f***ing guns” and “stop” federal law enforcement, after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot an armed man in his city. Kyle Wagner, a self-described “entrepreneur” and “master-hate-baiter,” posted a series of videos to social media appearing to encourage armed and explicitly non-peaceful demonstrations against federal agents, whom he referred to as “Nazi gunmen.” The far-left influencer uploaded the videos in the immediate aftermath of the day’s fatal shooting, which the Department of Homeland Security said targeted a suspect who looked ready to “massacre law...

If you, like me, are Gen X and grew up in a liberal world and used to think of yourself as a liberal, but now feel like the liberal left has lost its mind, you might want to listen to this and see if it resonates with you. I'm Jenny Holland. I write Saving Culture From Itself over on Substack. From the ages of about 22 to about 30, my social circle was quite large. It was made up of family, childhood friends, high school friends, university friends, friends from summer jobs, friends from work, friends from the bars I...

🚨 HOLY CRAP. Leftist parents hauled their 7-year-old CHILD to an anti-ICE riot, the kid got sprayed in the eye, and she's in excruciating pain "It's burning!" They're COACHING her on how to engage in riots at 7 The parents need a visit from the police.

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[Catholic Caucus] Cdl. Fernández Warns Against “Ex Cathedra” Condemnations Online while claiming he can add to the "Ordinary Magisterium"Cardinal Fernández warned against “Ex Cathedra” condemnations online at the opening of the DDF Plenary Session, where he said: "We have the possibility of giving authoritative answers, of writing documents that become part of the Ordinary Magisterium."... But since documents that enter the Ordinary Magisterium should be infallible by canon law and required to stand in continuity with what the Church has always taught, they demand a high degree of doctrinal coherence and clarity. Maybe the problem so far has been the...

In a chilling deleted post, Arshia Maghsoudi allegedly admitted to using a Dragunov rifle to "kill teenagers," claiming commanders told him to "shoot as much as you can." ...In the story, Maghsoudi wrote: "For the first time, they gave us a Dragunov. They told us think of it as a sniper game - 'shoot as much as you can'. So I went and landed a ton of headshots."

Got a rat of an ex? One Texas zoo will help you move on… and benefit wildlife conservation efforts in the meantime. New Braunfels’ Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo has a special Valentine’s Day program for those of us who aren’t feeling the spirit of the holiday this year. “Love Bites” is the zoo’s limited-time Valentine’s fundraiser to support its wildlife conservation fund. “Whether you’re laughing off a breakup, poking fun at an ex, or just looking for a unique way to give back, Love Bites lets you do it in a way that helps animals and protects wildlife,”...