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Among those being compensated under the settlement are families and estates of victims of the 2001 bombing of a Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem. March 25, 2026 02:32 For nearly two decades, the families of victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorism have watched a 36-story Manhattan skyscraper generate millions in rental income for the Islamic Republic while their court judgments against Iran went unsatisfied. On Monday, amid the Israeli-American war against Iran, that wait finally produced a result: a $318 million settlement that will direct funds from the sale of the building to hundreds of victims, including Jewish and Israeli families who lost...

With just over two months until the mayoral primary, a majority of Los Angeles voters are fed up with Mayor Karen Bass, according to a new poll described as “downright devastating.” The incumbent still leads the pack, albeit with just 25% of voter support — but roughly 25% of Angelenos are still undecided, according to a Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies/Los Angeles Times poll. Meanwhile, ultra-left City Councilwoman Nithya Raman and reality TV personality Spencer Pratt are gaining on Bass, garnering 17% and 15% of voter support, respectively, the poll shows. More concerning for Bass is her unfavorable rating among...

English actor and screenwriter John Cleese is coming out in defense of Britain’s Christian heritage. The famous “Monty Python” writer posted to X this month that Great Britain has been impacted by “Christian values” at the “deepest level” and warned against Muslim influence in the U.K. “Despite the many mistakes made by churches,” Cleese wrote, “for centuries, British people have been influenced by Christ’s teaching. If these values are replaced by Islamic ones, this will not be Britain any more.” Cleese’s post came in response to a video from Susan Hall, a leader in the Conservative group in the London...

After spending nearly 48 hours in a medically induced coma following her knockout loss on Saturday night, Isis Sio is now awake and talking. The 19-year-old remains in the hospital for further evaluation. Sio was taken out of the ring on a stretcher and immediately admitted to the hospital following her 78-second knockout loss to undefeated prospect Jocelyn Camarillo on Saturday. She remained in a medically induced coma throughout the weekend before being awakened on Monday, according to BoxingScene, which is owned by ProBox TV, the organization promoting the fight.

Oil giant Chevron will begin purchasing oil from Sable Offshore Corp., the Houston-based company announced Tuesday. The dramatic move comes amid a legal battle between California and the Trump administration. The petroleum corporation plans to purchase an initial 20,000 barrels of oil per day from offshore platforms near Santa Barbara, just weeks after the federal government approved the restart of production, Bloomberg reported. The move is a boost for Sable, which has faced strong environmental opposition to resuming operations in California waters. “We’re going to run Sable’s crude at El Segundo in April,” Chevron executive Andy Walz told the outlet,...

Democrat Emily Gregory on Tuesday won a special election for the Florida state House district that includes President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, flipping the seat from Republican control, The Associated Press projects.

The Death Of ROCK These are some points to consider about the death of Rock Music. 1. Neil Young was wrong in singing that rock and roll would never die in his song “Hey, Hey, My My.” 2. The four hotels in my small home town which hosted rock bands -- the Norfolk, the GUV. The Melbourne, the Village Pump -- also died as a result of rock's death. If nobody sees bands -- no liquor sales. 3. There are no new rock bands in the Top 40, no anticipation of newly released band material. 4. Only old bands exist...

Part II of ‘Cash for Ballots’ reveals forgery pyramid scheme targeting homeless petition This article has been edited to include a response from the White House. In a second video drop of an ongoing series, independent investigative journalist James O’Keefe and the O’Keefe Media Group (OMG), working with citizen journalist Cam Higby and the Citizen Justice League, have released explosive hidden-camera footage documenting what appears to be a brazen, large-scale election fraud operation on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. Titled “Cash for Ballots Part II,” the undercover videos show petition circulators (petitioners) paying homeless individuals as little as $2–$3...

President Trump and the Republican National Committee are strongly considering Dallas as the site of an unusual midterm convention later this year, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions. Republicans are working to finalize the plan as they seek to rally their voters in the face of political headwinds. Some details must still be finalized, including the exact dates, and officials said formal paperwork still needed to be signed. But Trump advisers who are looking to parade their candidates and rally the base are close to settling on Dallas over other options, which had included Las Vegas, according...

[Catholic Caucus] 28,000 German Catholics sign petition against pro-LGBT school curriculum endorsed by bishops German Catholics have handed over a petition with 28,000 signatures demanding the retraction of pro-LGBT guidelines for Catholic schools endorsed by the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK).The Catholic initiative Certamen launched a petition in response to the heterodox document called “Created, Redeemed, and Loved: Visibility and Recognition of the Diversity of Sexual Identities in Schools,” published by the DBK last year. The petition calls for the document’s withdrawal and has garnered 28,000 signatures, and was handed over to Bishop Heinrich Timmerevers last Sunday. Timmerevers serves as chairman...

Since the Senate debate began on the SAVE America Act, the Democrats have spent an awful lot of time denouncing the legislation as part of a sinister Republican conspiracy whose ultimate goal is to prevent legitimate voters from casting ballots in federal elections. …Here are ten of their biggest fibs:Lie # 1 – The SAVE America Act is a “voter suppression” billThis is the most frequently repeated lie about the SAVE America Act. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), for example, describes his party’s position on the SAVE America Act as follows: “Our objection as Democrats is not to a...

New recruiting rules bump the age limit for recruits from 35 to 42. Easing restrictions on a single marijuana possession conviction “accounts for changes in society,” one expert said. The Army’s previous limit was 35, though exceptions are occasionally made. The higher age limit brings the Army in line with other services’ limits of 41 in the Navy and 42 in the Air Force and Space Force, Kate Kuzminski, who studies military recruiting for the Center for a New American Security, told Task & Purpose. Army recruiting officials have noted in recent years that the average age of recruits is...

Panic buying is back in Japan. As the U.S.-Israeli-Iran conflict rattles oil markets, Japanese consumers are stockpiling toilet paper—a product with no connection to the disruptions whatsoever, but that has caused enough problems for the country that the Japanese government has urged citizens to stop buying ahead of time. Still, social media posts depicting empty toilet paper abound. But why would people panic buy goods unrelated to or not affected by the conflict? Panic buying behaves much like a bank run. Nobody knows exactly where it starts—some single, bleating data point that says this store is going to run out...

The British people want discussions with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, and those living in the “usurped” territory would accept a handover, a top politician has claimed. Daniel Filmus was the secretary for the affairs concerning the Malvinas - his country’s name for the archipelago - between 2014 and 2015, and later from 2019 until 2021. Speaking to The Express in Buenos Aires via an interpreter he insisted: “The British people want a dialogue about the Malvinas.” When asked why he thinks this, the former senator claimed that surveys have suggested that 95% of the Argentine people uphold sovereignty claims,...

A 49-year-old man with a migration background has been arrested after allegedly beating his 38-year-old partner to death with a hammer and seriously injuring their 13-year-old daughter in the early hours of Monday morning in Barsinghausen, a town of around 34,000 residents in the Hanover region of Lower Saxony.Police received an emergency call at 2:10 a.m. Officers rushed to the scene, a single-family home on Rehbrinkstrasse where the family of seven was living.“A 15-year-old boy said his father attacked his 38-year-old mother,” said police spokesman Michael Bertram.The suspect was standing at the door when officers arrived. According to Welt, the...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina government’s most influential politician, Republican state Senate leader Phil Berger, conceded the primary race for his seat to Sam Page on Tuesday, shaking the power structure in the ninth-largest state and likely soon ending Berger’s preeminence as the state’s top conservative architect.Berger trailed Page, the Rockingham County sheriff, in their March 3 primary by only 23 votes. He has been Senate leader since 2011 when Republicans took full control over the General Assembly for the first time in 140 years. President Donald Trump had endorsed Berger for reelection, praising him for his policy accomplishments....

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The number of small boat migrants to have reached Britain since Labour came to power has topped 69,000 after nearly 1,000 arrived in less than a week. Home Office figures showed 272 migrants came across the Channel yesterday. It meant 984 reached British soil over six days. The latest arrivals also pushed the tally under Labour, since the general election in July 2024, to 69,155. It comes after the head of the UK's Border Security Command quit after failing to stem the surge in crossings. Martin Hewitt will leave the post of border security commander in a few days’ time...

No sky perks for you! Delta Air Lines suspended its airport escorts and red coat services for members of Congress and their staff because of the ongoing partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, the air carrier said Tuesday. The move comes a week after Delta CEO Ed Bastian blasted Congress during an interview with CNBC’s “Squawk Box” for failing to authorize pay for Transportation Security Administration agents during the shutdown of the agency that includes TSA. “Due to the impact on resources from the longstanding government shutdown, Delta will temporarily suspend specialty services to members of Congress flying...

CNN is set to lay off staffers this week as boss Mark Thompson presses ahead with a sweeping digital overhaul — with deeper cuts looming as a potential merger reshapes the network’s future. The Warner Bros. Discovery-owned outlet is set to cut “a few dozen” staffers as it moves to modernize its 3,000-plus global workforce, according to the Status newsletter. The cuts are expected to hit roles not tied to growth areas, marking CNN’s latest move away from its cable roots and toward a digital-first future, Status reported. The move follows a prior round of cuts under Thompson, who eliminated...