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A North Carolina woman allegedly shot two lawyers handling a civil lawsuit she filed against police as they were leaving the courthouse. Gwendolyn White, 57, is charged with two counts of attempted murder after she allegedly shot two attorneys on Friday who were representing the Rolesville Police Department in a civil suit she filed, the News & Observer reports. The victims, Mary Harris and Jeffrey Whitley, were leaving the Wake County Courthouse when White allegedly shot them in an alleyway. First

Drew Carey criticized Spencer Pratt’s run for Los Angeles mayor in a blunt social media post. The "Price is Right" host waded into the political waters with a Threads post and encouraged LA residents to think again before June primaries. "Anyone who votes for, or endorses Spencer Pratt for Mayor of LA needs to get their head out of their a--," Carey wrote. "I understand being angry/unsatisfied, but at least get behind someone competent and not some serial scammer without a soul or moral compass." He added, "F--- this guy already." Representatives for Pratt and Carey did not immediately respond...

WASHINGTON — The White House vowed “no dust, no dollars” for Iran on Sunday — asserting that unless the Islamic Republic gives up its enriched uranium, it will get no sanctions relief — as President Trump tapped the brakes on forecasting a peace deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump revealed Saturday that the US and Iran were close on a memorandum of understanding that would get oil flowing again while allowing 30 days for nuclear negotiations. The plan unleashed panic among some Republicans and Israel backers — prompting Trump officials to clarify that no deal was imminent,...

Crews responding to the chemical emergency at a Southern California aerospace facility discovered what officials described as a possible crack in the unstable tank that may be relieving pressure inside the vessel. In a video update posted to social media Sunday, Orange County Fire Authority Interim Chief T.J. McGovern said specialized teams entered the hazard zone late Saturday night on a reconnaissance mission and visually identified what appeared to be a crack in the tank at the center of the crisis. "What they found was a potential crack in the tank, which could potentially be relieving some of the pressure...

Spc. Richard Leroy McKinley’s white marble headstone may look like the others in Arlington Cemetery, but his grave serves as a grim reminder of the first fatal nuclear accident in America. McKinley’s grave is the only radioactive grave in the cemetery. He was laid to rest in a double lead-lined casket and lowered into a 10-foot concrete grave encased in a metal vault with an additional foot of concrete poured atop his casket. McKinley’s family had to watch the eight-minute veteran’s funeral from 20 feet away. McKinley was born on December 2, 1933, in Union City, Indiana, but he grew...

I am angry. I’ve been relentlessly scrolling through social media and sundry reports tracking Marco Rubio’s statements throughout the day at various forums during his visit of India. It is Sunday, Day 2 of his four-day sojourn, and he has already kicked up quite a storm, telling the audience at an event in US embassy in New Delhi to mark America’s 250th Independence Day celebrations that “one of those relationships”… he is “so excited about going in to the 21st century, given the challenges and the opportunities of this new era, is India… one of those countries that I know...

Hundreds of thousands of migrants are scrambling to secure British citizenship for themselves and their families before any immigration restrictions come into place in what outlets are describing as evidence of the consequences of the “Boriswave” post-Brexit mass migration wave. The surge has seen a record-breaking amount of more than 312,000 migrants apply for citizenship between March 2025 and 2026 — 20 percent higher than the roughly 263,400 documented in the previous period. The over 312,000 citizenship applications filed over the past year represent the highest amount on record and double the rate documented eight years ago by the Home...

A judge declared Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele not guilty of driving under the influence late Tuesday morning. While Cook County prosecutors established a “suspicion” of impairment, Judge Donald Suriano said they failed to definitively prove Steele was under the influence of alcohol when she crashed a friend’s car into two parked vehicles along Ashland Avenue in November 2024. Steele refused a field sobriety test and a blood draw that night, and did not show “obvious signs of impairment,” Suriano said, noting the bottle of wine in her front passenger seat was corked and sealed within a...

n less than a week, the U.S. attorney in Miami supervising the probe of Obama-Biden era government weaponization secured indictments against Cuban communist dictator Raul Castro and an alleged money launderer for Venezuelan strongarm man Nicolas Maduro. But it was Jason Reding Quinones’ request for an indictment against one of his own former federal prosecutors for trying to steal a sealed, classified report from Jack Smith’s investigation of President Donald Trump that may have sent the loudest shockwaves through government. The charges against former Assistant U.S. Attorney Carmen Mercedes Lineberger carry more than 20 years in prison, and put on...

This might be the most clever campaign marketing strategy of all time. Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt is literally cleaning up the city’s filth, which has been allowed to fester under Mayor Karen Bass for years. His team is busy power washing the sidewalks of LA to spell out the message: “Imagine if the streets were this clean.” Brilliantly, they are using a water stencil to achieve this. So, the words are created from the dirt that remains on the street, exposing just how filthy they’ve gotten under the city’s failed leadership. See it for yourself: VIDEOS AT LINK...................

Hi all, Just a brief note here---I know many of you get "Today's News" which Lakeside Granny generously posts. Here are a couple of thoughts on "polls" that supposedly have Trump in low 40s or worse. 1) When the first bombing campaign on Iran began just under a year ago, several of "our" reliable pollsters went nuts. Not going to name names. I've known some of them for years, and we have been mutually supportive. But they veered far left mainly driven by animus to Israel, and it has only gotten worse. They did what they always criticized their Hoax-y...

There is a lot of talk about whether the Federal Reserve should raise interest rates, but in fact, the market is hiking rates with or without central bank cooperation. Treasury yields have crept relentlessly higher over the last several months, signaling significant stress in the bond market. The 10-year Treasury yield was over 4.6 percent last Thursday morning (May 21), and the 30-year was north of 5 percent. Meanwhile, rates on the lower end of the curve are also spiking, with the 2-year Treasury note above 4 percent. Earlier in the week, bond yields hit multi-decade highs. At an auction...

Reset the sign: Another Trump assassination attempt, but this time we can switch the spinner from “Deranged Democrat” to “Complete Nutcase.” White House Gunman Identified, Was Known to Secret Service A court issued an order barring him from the area. He violated it and kept coming back. The Secret Service kept finding him loitering around the White House. Chronicle of a death foretold. Nasire Best, 21, of Maryland, had been showing up at the White House for nearly a year before Saturday evening, when he pulled out a revolver and opened fire at a security checkpoint. Secret Service officers shot...

Sacramento City Councilwoman Mai Vang, a far-left Democrat now seeking a seat in Congress, is under fire after renewed attention to her repeated refusal to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and instances in which she reportedly turned her back on the American flag during public meetings. Vang is currently serving on the Sacramento City Council while mounting a challenge for California’s 7th Congressional District seat. For millions of Americans, the Pledge of Allegiance is a simple expression of gratitude and patriotism, a moment to honor the republic, the Constitution, and the generations of Americans who fought and died defending freedom....

Bruce Springsteen reads his political speech against Donald Trump and Elon Musk from the teleprompter

A draft framework for a potential comprehensive agreement between Iran and the United States is circulating among negotiating parties, according to multiple regional sources briefed on the talks. If finalized, the proposal would mark the most significant diplomatic step since the Pakistan-brokered ceasefire that halted nearly six weeks of war—a conflict that began on Feb. 28 with Israel’s killing of then-supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a joint attack on high-ranking officials and vital sites across Iran. - snip - The draft framework, as described to Amwaj.media by Arab and Iranian sources, includes an end to hostilities on all fronts,...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war. “Magnifica Humanitas” (Magnificent Humanity), Leo’s first encyclical, has been eagerly awaited ever since history’s first U.S.-born pope announced days after his election that he considered AI to be the biggest challenge facing humanity today. In the text, Leo denounced the “culture of power” driving the AI race, especially in developing ever more sophisticated methods of remote...

Comparisons to “Solo” are particularly telling. That film disappointed in 2018, yet current adjusted figures show “The Mandalorian and Grogu” falling short even of that benchmark. International totals hover around $63 million for the opening, insufficient to guarantee profitability without exceptional word-of-mouth. With theaters demanding their cut, breaking even requires the film to approach half a billion worldwide—a tall order given current trajectories.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The greatest fighting force the world has ever known is built upon the extraordinary service of selfless men and women who safeguard our liberty and preserve our way of life. Since the birth of our Nation nearly 250 years ago, countless souls have lost their lives in this noble and righteous pursuit. On Memorial Day, we honor these American heroes. America endures in strength, power, and prosperity because of the awe-inspiring selflessness and valor of those in uniform willing to lay down their lives in its defense. From the...

Hollywood director Christopher Nolan is being ripped by a Greek-interest publication for not having any Greek actors in his adaptation of The Odyssey.Nolan’s film is based on the 2,800-year-old epic poem told by Homer, which follows the fantastic journey of the heroic king of Ithaca, Odysseus. It is one of the oldest known works of literature in history and was composed by a Greek man — in Greek, for his fellow Greeks. Yet Nolan’s film, toasted by Hollywood access media for its “diversity,” doesn’t have any Greeks in it at all. And the Greek City Times — an Australia-based news...