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Naval Air Station Pensacola (NAS) closed its gates to the public after a man ran onto the base after beaching his vessel nearby, according to police dispatch audio. Residents who live near the base - home of the Navy's Blue Angels - reported hearing alerts on speakers, including: 'Potential threat to the installation.' NAS Pensacola said: 'Both gates to the base are currently closed. Additionally, gates to NAS Pensacola's Corry Station Annex are closed.' The base declined to provide further details, but locals claimed on social media that it is under lockdown.

Podcast host and TikToker Leigh McGowan, known as PoliticsGirl on social media, apologized during a CNN appearance on Friday after falsely claiming President Donald Trump said Democrats should be "killed." "I also feel like, to your point, you're saying the government, we vote for the government — they're the ones that would decide if AI gave over, if Anthropic gave over their, you know, ability to hunt us down with machines and kill us at will — and they don't happen to like us," she said. "I am called a domestic terrorist constantly by my government," McGowan continued. "My president...

Next month's Formula One races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have been plunged into doubt after the FIA suggested safety will be the main factor when deciding if they can go ahead. Though organisers of this weekend's Australian Grand Prix say they are "really confident" that the Melbourne race will be unimpacted despite war in the Middle East causing travel chaos. FootballTennisF1BoxingUFCCricketRugbyGolfRacingNFLNBAOtherSnookerDarts HomeSportF1 Two F1 races plunged into doubt as team staff stranded and charter flights arranged F1's races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are at risk of being postponed due to the trouble in the Middle East. Add as...

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A Russian mogul who once called sex-trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell his “soulmate” was found dead in a luxury Moscow apartment Monday, according to reports — just weeks after his name surfaced in the Epstein files. Umar Dzhabrailov, a Chechen businessman and former senator, was discovered lying in a pool of blood with a gunshot wound to his head at about 3 a.m., Russian outlet Kommersant reported, citing police sources who called it a suspected suicide. Police discovered a Luger pistol lying by the 67-year-old’s body. But Dzhabrailov — who previously tried to take his life in 2020 — didn’t leave a...

A crash on the Capital Beltway ended in a deadly road rage incident where police say one woman was killed, three others were wounded and a dog was stabbed to death Sunday afternoon in Annandale, Virginia. … A man later identified as Jared Llamado, 32, of McLean, was taken to the hospital where he later died. Police said the trooper shot in self-defense after Llamado confronted him with a knife. … Police said the incident is not believed to be related to terrorism.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine hold a press conference at 8 a.m. ET on March 2.

DrOzCMS @DrOzCMSL.A. County has become an epicenter for health care fraud in America.Criminals have corrupted the system so much that fraud is now almost expected.President Trump has made it clear: we will not tolerate the patient harm or taxpayer funded theft any longer. More to come.January 27, 2026TRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~~Dr. Oz:So you can see these are medical buildings.They've got Cyrillic writing.You see Russian, Armenian writing, on both sides.There's lots of action, it seems.I don't know how many patients are getting care.In this four block area of Los Angeles, there are 42 hospices.So either there are a lot of people dying here...

One person was killed, and two others were injured after a shooting near the late rapper Nipsey Hussle’s restaurant in Long Beach. The shooting was reported around 3:32 p.m. on Pine Avenue during the grand opening of of Marathon Burger, a fast-food chain founded by Hussle and his family. … The restaurant is known for its gourmet smash burgers, which feature a special secret sauce.

The Republicans' "Big Beautiful Bill" (BBB) enacted last year cut the nationwide federal tax burden by billions of dollars. In Oregon that amounted to more than $300 million in cuts. Rep. Nancy Nathanson (D-Eugene) introduced state legislation to convert the federal cuts into state tax increases, saying "enriching taxpayers is not a high priority for us in Oregon. Folks who previously paid higher taxes to the feds can afford to keep paying those higher taxes to the state government." The Representative dismissed the intent of the BBB to stimulate business investment as "not as important as funding increased budgets for...

The Brief A motorcyclist is dead after a hit-and-run involving a tow truck. An SUV detached from the tow truck and crashed into the motorcycle. Police say the driver of the tow truck fled the scene. PHILADELPHIA - A motorcyclist is dead after a tow truck incident in Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood this weekend, and now police are looking for a driver they say fled the scene.

President Trump told The Post Monday that he’s not ruling out sending US ground troops into Iran “if they were necessary” — adding that Operation Epic Fury was “way ahead of schedule” by taking out dozens of Tehran’s top officials. “I don’t have the yips with respect to boots on the ground — like every president says, ‘There will be no boots on the ground.’ I don’t say it,” Trump said after launching strikes Saturday to decapitate Iran’s military and political leadership. “I say ‘probably don’t need them,’ [or] ‘if they were necessary.'” Trump told the Daily Mail on Sunday...

A woman named Stephanie Minter was stabbed to death because Fairfax County, Virginia, refused to lock up a violent serial criminal named Abdul Jalloh, who had more than 30 previous arrests, including 4 previous stabbings.How many stabbings does a person have to commit before they get locked up for life?https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/long-criminal-history-tied-to-fairfax-county-bus-stop-stabbing-suspect/4068060/

Donald Trump will not rule out putting troops on the ground in Iran while warning that the next 'big wave' of strikes is impending. The President said on Monday that he would allow for US service members to enter Iran 'if they were necessary.'

[Catholic Caucus] Leo XIV Promotes Amazon Archbishop - Open to Married Priests and Amazonian RiteLeo XIV has appointed Archbishop Mário Antônio da Silva, 59, as the new Archbishop of Aparecida. The archdiocese is significant because ithouses Brazil's National Shrine.Born on October 17, 1966, he was ordained a priest on December 21, 1991, for the Diocese of Jacarezinho. Benedict XVI appointed him as Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus in 2010. Francis promoted him to Bishop of Roraima in 2016 and to Archbishop of Cuiabá in 2022.He is President of Caritas Brazil.Monsignor da Silva participated in the Amazon Synod in October 2019. He...

~I was out of it for most of last week, due to a car accident and another heart attack within seconds of each other, both pretty serious. So I was hoping to emerge to a reasonably relaxed environment with plenty of time to get myself up to speed on what I've missed. Alas, the news cycle had other plans. One worries in such circumstances that one is projecting outward one's own intimations of mortality. As I have maintained for God knows how many sodding decades, in a certain sense the Iranian revolution is where our present era began, and not...

MANASSAS, Va. – For many, the war with Iran — and the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — might seem like the climactic end to a long, brutal reign of terror by the theological clerics who have run the country since 1979. But a Fox News Digital investigation reveals that, for certain hardline Shiite ideologues, including in the U.S., this is not an ending but a prophetic showdown that will usher in the arrival of the "Mahdi," a messiah, according to Islamic eschatology, or the theology of end times. In this prophecy, Mahdi will emerge to battle Dajjal, the Islamic...

The overnight shooting at a boxing gym run by a well-known activist for Iranian freedom is being investigated by York Regional Police. Advertisement 2 Story continues below Article content But since it occurred just hours after the announced death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following military strikes by the United States and Israel on Tehran, a call to the federal government and CSIS as well would seem to be appropriate. Article content Article content On social media, Salar Gholami, a Canadian cruiserweight champion who grew up in Iran and runs the Saliwan Boxing Club in York Region, recorded...

Daily Readings from the USCCBJesus said to his disciples: “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.” Luke 6:36What is mercy? How is the Father in Heaven merciful? Suppose someone lived a life contrary to God’s will. When that person dies and stands before the Judgment Seat of God, will God, in His mercy, say, “That’s okay, you can enter Heaven even though you do not deserve it”? Or in our lives, if someone is living an openly sinful lifestyle that is objectively contrary to God’s moral law, should we say, “If living that way makes you happy, then I’m...

Join together with Fellow FREEPERS to Pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.'And this is the Confidence that we have in Him, that, if we Ask Anything According to His Will, He Heareth us.' 1 John 5:14Religion Forum Threads Labeled [Prayer] are Closed to Debate of Any Kind.Psalm 119:144Your Righteous Testimonies are Everlasting, And Your Decrees are Binding to Eternity.