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A Mexican national illegal alien accused of randomly setting a New York City apartment building on fire that killed four people and injured seven others, could be released back onto the streets as Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials say the city is refusing a request to turn him over to immigration authorities. Roman Ceron Amatitla, 38, of Maspeth, is charged with eight counts of second-degree murder and first-degree arson after allegedly lighting a three-story Flushing building on fire March 16, which he had selected at random. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said that on the day of the blaze,...

When it comes to the California department of insurance, don’t poke the bear. That is the lesson three individuals in Los Angeles learned recently when they were sentenced to jail time for an insurance fraud scheme in which they staged attacks on high-end vehicles by having a person dress up in a bear costume – then pretending that person was an actual bear.

Exposing California's corrupt "Stop Nick Shirley Act", instead of going after the fraudsters California is now going after the people exposing the fraud. This bill AB 2624 will: Criminalize journalists with misdemeanors, $10,000 fines, imprisonment, and content takedown Let immigrant based NGOs' funding be confidential Take away freedom of the press from journalists Protect any "immigration support services" information from being public (healthcare, legal services, etc) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leN6LYJlFUM Run time 25 m 39 sec

Explanation: Near the eastern horizon before sunrise, Comet C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS is getting brighter. Readily visible in binoculars and small telescopes, the comet may be just on the verge of naked-eye visibility from dark sky sites. Though it was not quite apparent to the eye, PanSTARRS is still easy to spot in this camera image taken on April 16. In the view from a volcanic peak overlooking France's Reunion Island, planet Earth, the comet shares eastern predawn skies with naked-eye planets Mars and Mercury and fainter Neptune. Saturn is hiding behind the low cloudbank that doesn't quite hide an old...

A Disney World fan account shared video suggesting the Florida theme park has revived its famous "Ladies and gentlemen" greeting, after ditching such phrases for gender-neutral messages years ago. The fan account, known on X as "Theme Park Cheetah," shared video purporting to show the return of the greeting. "It was very nice to hear that ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ has returned to the Magic Kingdom Express Monorail recently!" the account wrote in a post. "For context it was removed around 2021 when Disney tried to make the parks more ‘inclusive,’" it added. Disney did not immediately respond to FOX Business’...

Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe have broken up after nearly a decade together, the two announced Friday in a statement. The announcement was posted to the social media page of their joint podcast, “A Touch More.”

CAIRO (AP) — The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz escalated again Saturday as Iran reversed its reopening of the crucial waterway and fired on ships attempting to pass, in retaliation after the United States pressed ahead with its blockade of Iranian ports.The strait is closed until the U.S. blockade is lifted, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy said Saturday night, warning that “no vessel should make any movement from its anchorage in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, and approaching the Strait of Hormuz will be considered as cooperation with the enemy” and be targeted.New attacks on the strait,...

Florida condo owners are waking up to a brutal new reality: their homes are becoming virtually worthless. Desperate sellers all over the Sunshine State are slashing prices to as little as $10,000 - and still failing to find buyers. The property problem across the state has been triggered by a tough new safety law brought in after the 2021 deadly Surfside condominium collapse that killed 98 people, forcing aging buildings to undergo inspections and fund massive repairs. Florida-based real estate expert Katrin Pfitzenreiter told the Daily Mail that, for many owners, this has meant repair bills in excess of $100,000,...

First-Year Filings – Tax Cuts Mean More Money in Americans’ Pockets this Tax SeasonDownloadDue to President Trump’s leadership in the passage of the Working Families Tax Cuts, Americans will see the largest refunds in history this tax-day. The legislation made permanent the reduced income tax rates implemented under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), restored and strengthened business tax cuts, and increased refunds through added benefits on top of the already low rates.These new and enhanced provisions include No Taxes on Tips, No Taxes on Overtime, No Taxes on Social Security, No Tax on Car Loan Interest, an Enhanced...

Reports claim that within 48 hours, four Chinese cargo aircraft switched off their transponders and landed in Iran, allegedly carrying arms and ammunition.The flights reportedly went dark mid-route before entering Iranian airspace.This comes shortly after China’s leader reportedly assured President Trump that Beijing would not transfer weapons to Iran.No official confirmation yet on what these aircraft were carrying.Developing story.

•Iran's security council says it is "determined" to control the Strait of Hormuz until the end of the war, and calls the continuing US blockade on Iranian ports a "breach of the ceasefire"•The key shipping channel was reopened by Iran on Friday but has now been closed again - here's how the situation has evolved•Donald Trump says "very good conversations" are under way with Iran but the US won't be "blackmailed" over the strait•A tanker and a container ship have both reported attacks off the coast of Oman, the UK Maritime Trade Operations says

As stocks soared this week and oil prices dropped amid an apparent cooling of tensions between the United States and Iran, it may have left the impression that the energy shock that rattled the world would quickly fade, along with the risk of sending the global economy into recession.The optimism may have been short-lived. On Saturday, Iran’s military announced it would reimpose restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz, throwing the critical waterway’s status into doubt.The uncertainty highlights that beneath that surface, a starkly different reality is unfolding. It is defined by disrupted supply lines and damaged infrastructure, sparking increased concern...

The AfD has called on the German parliament to follow Austria by implementing a ban on headscarves in schools and daycare centers. Lawmakers accused the far-right party of stirring up Islamophobia.

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s the Trump administration weighs a second round of U.S.-Iran talks, the failure of negotiations in Pakistan is fueling concern about whether its envoys can deliver a deal. Former diplomats tell TIME that Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, who led the Iran negotiations with Vice President JD Vance, lack the expertise and diplomatic experience needed to secure an agreement. That, they warn, risks prolonging the war and further destabilizing the global economy. “Iran and the U.S. under Kushner and Witkoff? Failure. They get an F in diplomacy,” said Aaron David Miller, a former US State Department Middle East negotiator who...

The homelessness charity Centrepoint has said it will cut ties with its celebrity ambassador Sharon Osbourne after she expressed support for a far-right rally being organised by Tommy Robinson. The charity, of which the Prince of Wales is patron, has been moved to distance itself from comments made by Osbourne. The TV personality indicated this week that she would be attending an event organised in London by Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. On an Instagram post about the “unite the kingdom” rally, Osbourne’s official account left a comment saying: “See you at the march.” In response, Centrepoint, which...

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta plans to lay off 10% of its workforce in a companywide bloodbath next month – with even more cuts to follow later in the year, according to a report Friday. The Instagram parent will ax nearly 8,000 employees in the initial round set for May 20, Reuters reported. More layoffs are expected in the second half of the year, but Meta executives have yet to decide how extensive they will be or exactly when they will occur. Meta’s plans could be adjusted based on the state of the company’s artificial intelligence capabilities, sources ominously told the outlet....

A new observational study of 197 cancer patients taking a combined ivermectin + mebendazole protocol is going viral on social media — and for understandable reasons. At six-month follow-up, 84.4% of respondents reported clinical benefit (no evidence of disease, regression, or stable disease), and nearly half (48.4%) reported either tumor regression or no current evidence of disease. The combination was well tolerated, with only mild, mostly gastrointestinal side effects. The paper, posted on Zenodo about a week and a half ago, is the largest structured real-world look at this specific repurposed-drug pairing published to date.This post is a summary. The...

A section of central London has been closed off, with emergency services in “biohazard suits” seen investigating after an Iran-linked group claimed to have used drones to deliver “radioactive and carcinogenic materials” into the Israeli embassy. Specialist officers combed Kensington Gardens, onto which the Israeli embassy backs, on Friday over “discarded items” found in the park overnight that came as an Iran-linked group claimed it had launched an attack. The park was closed to the public with “hazardous” signs hung on the shut iron gates, and officers from the Metropolitan Police Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) response team in...