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The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is investigating what happened to $30 million it sent to a Muslim nonprofit to help resettle Afghan refugees in the US, The Post has learned. The department is the latest to look into the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) amid accusations it has ties to dangerous groups in foreign nations including terror group Hamas. In letters to the governors of California and Washington, where the $30 million was sent, HHS — headed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — claims it has received information that “raises concerns about the business practices and...

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Summary Houses, cars, and a bus were set on fire in Belfast last night in a night of violence that followed a knife attack on Monday One pastor in north Belfast says black people's homes were targeted, while an MP tells the BBC there was a "race-based pogrom" On one street, hundreds of masked men carrying bottles and bricks set bins on fire and shouted "foreigners out", our reporter says Northern Ireland's First Minister Michelle O'Neill says "groups of masked men" were "burning families out of their homes" The fire service says it was called to 62 incidents last night,...

An official United Nations report published on Tuesday details how Hamas terrorists and domestic police forces in the Gaza Strip subjected dozens of locals to public executions, severe beatings, and physical mutilation during the conflict with Israel, classifying the actions as war crimes, reports The Associated Press. The findings, compiled by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, cataloged hundreds of instances of extrajudicial enforcement across the territory. The report noted that these acts were frequently recorded and broadcast to terrify the local population intentionally. “These cases involved executions, kneecapping, bone-breaking with metal pipes or cement bricks...

"If anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was" (James 1:23-24). Always respond immediately to what you know to be God’s will for you. Men, have you ever been at work and touched your face, only to realize that you forgot to shave? Perhaps you were distracted by your wife's call to breakfast or by one of the kids. Ladies, have you ever...

A poll shows many Democrats would rather live in a different country and wave goodbye to the United States of America, the news coming as more in the party view socialism favorably. The Elon University/YouGov America 250 National Survey that was performed between April 30th and May 4th asked respondents, “Is there any other country on Earth you would rather live in than the United States today?” to which 55 percent of Democrats said yes. Thirty-eight percent of Independents said yes while only 10 percent of Republicans gave the same answer. The survey targeted U.S. adults with a sample size...

Daily Readings from the USCCBJesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place.” Matthew 5:17–18Sometimes it can be challenging to reconcile the Old Testament with the New Testament. In addition to the Ten Commandments, the Old Testament is filled with countless other commandments. The Pharisees, in their attempt...

A son who was told his ‘missing’ dad had died more than 40 years ago has exhumed the body – and found they buried the WRONG person. Mark Wells, 52, has spent decades wondering what really happened to his dad, Dale Wayne Wells, who disappeared aged 38 in February 1985. After becoming frustrated at a lack of answers from the authorities, he paid to get his dad’s remains exhumed in the hope that new DNA could help solve the mystery. But Mark was stunned when the results came back — and revealed the man he buried and mourned as a...

A series of shocking videos show homeless residents on Los Angeles’ Skid Row claiming they were paid to vote for Mayor Karen Bass and councilwoman Nithya Raman. The California Post obtained copies of the videos after they were published Tuesday on the TikTok account LaneNeedsSpencerPratt. The footage, recorded near 7th Street and Flower Street in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday morning, has since been provided to the Department of Justice. It also follows The Post’s revelations that thousands of homeless voters were registered to shelters where they didn’t live. One shelter in Venice, where 185 Raman voters were registered, received...

Melvin Van Peebles kick-started the Blaxploitation genre with a gritty movie and a great soundtrack.Let’s be clear from the beginning: Melvin Van Peebles is not a traditional singer. And Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, released in June 1971, two months after the film, is very much a soundtrack album, not a straightforward Stax collection of soulful songs. Kicking off with a bizarre mixture of gospel and sex on “Sweetback Loses His Cherry” (including a snip of “Wade In The Water,” which EWF’s leader, Maurice White, would have played night after night as a drummer with Ramsey Lewis), it rapidly becomes apparent...

May is now Osteoporosis Awareness Month in IllinoisOsteoporosis is a huge threat to women as they grow older, and a Chicago doctor is hoping a simple scan can help patients avoid catastrophic injuries. Mary Driver is still recovering from a nasty fall she took on a sidewalk near the train station in suburban Lake Forest last fall, after a four mile run with a friend. She knew immediately her wrist was broken. "And, I broke it really badly. I had never broken a bone that seriously before in my life," said Driver. The active 71-year-old turned down a DEXA scan...

The Shell station at 4357 W. Belmont Ave., near Kostner, will be giving out gas for less than $2 a gallon as part of a limited-time promotion.A Chicago gas station will offer gas for just $1.99 per gallon for several hours Tuesday. The Shell station at 4357 W. Belmont Ave., near Kostner, will be giving out gas for less than $2 a gallon as part of a limited-time promotion. The discount will be available from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. It's part of a promotional partnership with T-Mobile, the company said. The location will undergo a makeover before the deal...

"We're shocked and disgusted at the treatment of World Cup teams and officials by this administration over the last few days,” said Muhammad Sankari, with the Arab AmericanImmigrants' rights activists gathered Tuesday and accused the Trump administration of unfairly targeting athletes, staff and officials from several counties as they enter the U.S. for the FIFA World Cup 2026, including at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. At a press conference led by the Arab American Action Network, activists put a spotlight on problems that World Cup players and staff have experienced in the days leading up to the massive event that is set...

From Michael Konrad at American Thinker When one thinks of mass murder, Hitler comes to mind. If not Hitler, then Tojo, Stalin, or Mao. Credit is given to the 20th-century totalitarians as the worst species of tyranny to have ever arisen. However, the alarming truth is that Islam has killed more than any of these, and may surpass all of them combined in numbers and cruelty. The enormity of the slaughters of the “religion of peace” are so far beyond comprehension that even honest historians overlook the scale. When one looks beyond our myopic focus, Islam is the greatest killing...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military launched airstrikes and Iran retaliated Wednesday following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that U.S. President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic.Iran launched attacks in Bahrain and Kuwait, which both sounded alerts and fired air defenses in response. Iran also said it targeted an air base in Jordan hosting U.S. forces, which was not immediately acknowledged either by American or Jordanian officials.

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Multiple Iranian ballistic missile interceptions, ground level explosion seen in Manama, Bahrain minutes ago. pic.twitter.com/gSkNJMf3dq— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) June 10, 2026

A Louisiana influencer has gone viral for his mugshot after he was arrested for allegedly stealing from an oil change business where he used to work.

Jim Messina on Graham Platner: ‘You’re Seeing a Star Is Born’ Pam Key9 Jun 20263 1:24 Tuesday on MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” Democratic strategist and campaign manager for Obama’s 2012 reelection, Jim Messina, said we were seeing a star being born in Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner (D). Messina said, “Well, first of all, I thought that was a master class. I don’t know if he wrote that or who wrote that, but that was generally good. And the fact that he one year ago wasn’t a politician, and then he delivers that in front of the basically the...

San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama will not receive a flagrant foul for his shove to the upper body of Knicks guard Jalen Brunson in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, a league spokesperson told ESPN's Shams Charania on Tuesday night. Wembanyama will stay at two flagrant points in the postseason. Players who reach four flagrant points are subject to an automatic suspension. The play occurred with 4:44 remaining in the first quarter of Monday's game. Brunson attempted to set a screen on the 7-foot-4 Wembanyama around the free throw line, and when the center turned around, he shoved the...