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Baseball fans were left with 'goosebumps' after a stirring rendition of the national anthem on MLB opening night. The New York Yankees traveled to the San Francisco Giants to raise the curtain on the new season and retired US serviceman Generald Wilson was given the honor of singing The Star-Spangled Banner.

A woman in Los Angeles has filed a civil lawsuit against Puka Nacua alleging the Rams wide receiver made an "unprovoked antisemitic statement" and later bit her on the shoulder. The lawsuit cites gender violence, assault and battery, and negligence. The plaintiff, Madison Atiabi, alleged the events happened on New Year's Eve in Century City. In the court document obtained by ESPN, Atiabi said Nacua said, "f--- all the Jews," and that she "immediately felt uncomfortable and emotionally distressed" because of her Jewish faith. Later in the lawsuit, Atiabi said she was in a car with Nacua when he "forcibly"...

Back in November, just days after Zohran Mamdani won his election to become the next mayor of New York City, I wrote about the cost of all of his proposals from free child care to free buses. The free child care plan alone was estimated to cost $6 to $9 billion per year and that's just the cost to offer it in NYC, which is less than half of the population of the state.The problem with all of these plans is that Mamdani had no way to pay for any of this. At the core of his big spending socialist...

Spring planting season is starting across the northern hemisphere. But before seeds go into the ground, nutrients go into the soil. Typically nitrogen fertilizer. "Right now, we're kind of ... we'll be in the thick of it," farmer Matt Ubel said from the cab of his huge green fertilizer spreader near Wheaton, Kansas. "Lot of nitrogen gets put on in the spring." The high cost of fertilizer and other farming necessities pushed many row crop farmers into the red last year. Ubel says some were holding out for lower prices this spring, only to see the price of the most...

Here come the morality police: About 1-in-3 people under the age of 30 say being extremely wealthy is “morally wrong.” Just 19% say it’s acceptable, and another near-50% don’t think it’s an issue one way or another. That data comes from the latest Pew Research Center poll on morality. Compare Gen-Z to Boomers, and data becomes even more stark. Only 10% of those over 65 say it’s morally wrong to be extremely wealthy. But that checks out. Those over 65 have enjoyed one of the greatest growth engines in human history, post World War II America. Cheap education, cheap homes...

The University of Southern California canceled a gubernatorial debate less than 24 hours before it was supposed to take place Tuesday after facing outrage over including only white candidates. Concerns about the selection criteria “have created a significant distraction from the issues that matter to voters,” the university said in a brief statement provided Tuesday. U.S.C. and KABC, the Los Angeles television station that was broadcasting the debate, could not reach an agreement on how to allow more candidates, the university said. The debate had become a flashpoint in the sprawling race to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is barred...

🚛🚫 NO ENGLISH, NO LICENSE! 17,000 TRUCKERS pulled OUT OF SERVICE for failing to pass our English language proficiency test. And we will continue to take dangerous foreign drivers OFF THE ROAD. Making America’s highways SAFE for you is a TOP priority for @POTUS, @USDOT, and @FMCSA 🇺🇸

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed on Tuesday that “today will be, yet again, our most intense day of strikes inside Iran” at the same time that Iranian forces unleashed a new barrage of attacks on Israel and its Gulf neighbors. With both Washington and Tehran ruling out cease-fire talks, experts expect the global energy crisis to worsen as the war trudges on. Fears of Iranian attacks coupled with high insurance costs have largely halted oil and gas tankers from traversing the Strait of Hormuz, where around 20 percent of the world’s crude normally passes. On Tuesday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary...

August 19, 1953: The Iranian military, with the support and financial assistance of the United States government, overthrows the government of Premier Mohammad Mosaddeq and reinstates the Shah of Iran. Iran remained a solid Cold War ally of the United States until a revolution ended the Shah’s rule in 1979. Mosaddeq came to prominence in Iran in 1951 when he was appointed premier. A fierce nationalist, Mosaddeq immediately began attacks on British oil companies operating in his country, calling for expropriation and nationalization of the oil fields. His actions brought him into conflict with the pro-Western elites of Iran and...

Brock McNerney, 72, and Moisette McNerney, 69, of the 1200 block of East Clarendon Avenue in Arlington Heights, were taken into custody on Monday, the village police department announced. Both were charged with two misdemeanor offenses and released pending their initial court appearance. The pair was identified as the individuals responsible for vandalizing the Republicans of Wheeling Township office at 909 East Rand Road late on January 25, Arlington Heights PD said. Video showed two people using markers to write obscenities and draw symbols on the office windows at approximately 10:51 p.m. Arlington Heights Police Chief Nicholas Pecora said the...

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Archaeologists have analyzed a mass grave in southeastern Europe that held the remains of women and children who were violently murdered 2,800 years ago...The grave was unearthed at the archaeological site of Gomolava, located near the modern town of Hrtkovci in northern Serbia. Originally founded as a settlement on the Sava River in the sixth millennium B.C., both settled and mobile cultural groups used Gomolava repeatedly over the centuries. By the ninth century B.C., semisedentary groups in the Carpathian Basin were consolidating around sites like Gomolava, creating tension over land use and ownership...Archaeologists discovered postholes around the burial pit that...

California is a house on fire, and its political class is arguing over the color of the curtains. The state is hemorrhaging residents, drowning in homelessness, and staring down an affordability crisis that’s crushing working families. With Gavin Newsom finally on his way out, you’d think the crowded field vying to replace him would be focused on convincing voters they’re the one to fix things. You’d think wrong. The governor’s race features eight Democrats and two Republicans — a field so bloated that the state Democrat Party chair recently begged lower-polling candidates to drop out before they accidentally split the...

The British Empire was the largest in history. With colonies on every continent, it covered more than a quarter of the earth’s land and governed over a fifth of the world’s population. Besides dominating military, economic, diplomatic, and political affairs, it transformed the world by spreading Western values, customs, and culture, as well as ideas such as individualism, rationalism, capitalism, and modern scientific thought. That influence continues in the educational, legal, and parliamentary systems of many countries. But Britain is now a shadow of its former self, having allowed its institutions, the media, academia, and the public to be heavily...

🚨 Trump Drops Hammer on Census Fraud Illegals Will No Longer Be Counted New testing begins for citizenship verification as Democrats face losing congressional seats they never earned.

from Libby Dean, White House Correspondent for News Nation Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte made two new criminal referrals to the DOJ today against New York Attorney General Letitia James, alleging homeowners insurance fraud. Referring it to two U.S. attorneys in Florida and Illinois, according to documents reviewed by @NewsNation The DOJ did not secure a conviction against James on mortgage fraud charges last year.

An Arlington Heights couple has been charged in connection with the repeated vandalism of a Republican political office in the northwest suburb, including graffiti featuring swastikas, obscenities, and mocking references to slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. Brock McNerney, 72, and Moisette McNerney, 69, of the 1200 block of East Clarendon Avenue in Arlington Heights, were taken into custody on Monday, the village police department announced. Both were charged with two misdemeanor offenses and released pending their initial court appearance. The pair was identified as the individuals responsible for vandalizing the Republicans of Wheeling Township office at 909 East Rand Road...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ US Navy Band Performing For Kids! Laurel, MD (Nov. 1, 2023) Lieutenant Commander C.S. White conducts the US Navy Concert Band for the Music in the Schools Concert. The concert band performs for schools in the DMV area year round. (U.S. Navy Photo by Musician 1st Class Seth S. Johnson) Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Ballin' Out! Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Goldsmith puts up a shot against...

😳Applause line at protest in Philly: "For every US soldier who comes back in casket, we cheer!" Video at link.

Millions of people's lives were destroyed during the Covid pandemic. Attorney Bryan McKenna took advantage while others suffered. Now he is crying like a baby after being sentenced to up to 6 years in prison for stealing $4.4 MILLION in COVID funds.