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California could soon formally recognize two of Islam’s most important holy days under legislation that would give state workers greater flexibility to take them off and allow public schools to close in observance of the holidays. The measure, which overwhelmingly passed the state Assembly and is awaiting Senate action, would recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha in state law and could soon head to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. Assembly Bill 2017, introduced by Democratic San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney, passed the Assembly 64-1 in late May. It must clear the Senate before the legislative session ends Monday to reach...

A mother and daughter were killed after another car struck theirs while driving on the wrong side of I-270 in Bethesda, Maryland on Saturday, according to Maryland State Police. State troopers said they responded at around 6:46 p.m. to the area of southbound I-270 just south of Democracy Boulevard after receiving a report of a two-vehicle crash. Police said a Ford Mustang was driving in the wrong direction on I-270 and hit a Toyota sedan head-on. Shamima Begum, 46, and Areebah Jahin, 23, were passengers in the Toyota and were pronounced dead. The 62-year-old driver and a 8-year-old passenger in...

🚨#BREAKING: The Black male in Detroit who was caught on camera sh00ting at and k*lling a woman outside of a liquor store and injuring 1 other has been arrested. He is a 15 year old boy, Isaiah Gordon. Police say the Aug. 21 sh00ting on East Warren Avenue k*lled 65-year-old Faith Williams and injured a 29-year-old woman. Gordon faces first-degree m*rder, three counts of assault with intent to m*rder and four felony-firearm charges. Prosecutors allege he ALSO sh0t at a PASSING VEHICLE before fleeing. Gordon was arraigned Saturday and remanded to the Juvenile Detention Facility. His case will proceed in...

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said she will focus on “campaigning down ballot” in Texas, suggesting that she won’t campaign with Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico after he defeated her in the party’s primary. “We’ve seen the turnout that you can produce. Talarico might very well need that magnetism. Will you campaign with him?” CNN’s Laura Coates asked the congresswoman on Thursday. “I will be campaigning down ballot,” Crockett said. “Because when we’re looking at a state like Texas, we’ve tried this, where we’ve got one amazing candidate that’s running at the top of the ticket,” Crockett said, when asked why...

"Skills matter more than simply earning a degree" VOV.VN - Vietnam is moving to place greater emphasis on job skills, practical ability and adaptability rather than academic degrees, as a new government plan seeks to raise labour productivity and build a more modern and efficient labour market. Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra on August 30 signed a decision, issuing a plan to implement Conclusion 62 of the Party Central Committee Secretariat on improving national labour productivity alongside the development of a synchronised, modern and efficient labour market. The plan sets out eight groups of tasks and solutions aimed...

"Republicans pounced."It is such a worn journalistic trope that it has become the object of mockery whenever some brave but foolish member of the media dares to use it yet again. But what if the subject who supposedly pounced is not even a Republican? Well, that is apparently no problem for the Philadelphia Inquirer which conveniently relabeled the person in question, in this case Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as a Republican via the use of blatant misinformation despite the reporters piously lecturing the readers about, yes, misinformation. This mighty feat of stupendous hypocrisy was performed on Friday by Aubrey Whelan...

Right after Labor Day, the president will return to the Lone Star State. The Republican National Committee (RNC) will hold its first ever midterm convention in Dallas at the American Airlines Center on Wednesday, Sept. 9 and Thursday, Sept. 10. President Trump will attend both nights and deliver the keynote address on Thursday night, while Vice President JD Vance will give the keynote address on Wednesday night. The RNC says with about 20,000 people attending, it will be their largest convention in ten years, when Mr. Trump was nominated the first time.

Tenant complaints have surged 25% this year compared to last year in New York City, .. socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s twisted war to squeeze landlords — and seize private property — is escalating. ... The city put us in a situation where they’re just slowly beating us to death and blaming us,” said Lincoln Eccles, who owns a 15-unit building in Crown Heights. “The apparatus of the government is geared to squeeze us.” ... All of this tenant organizing is part of a long term project to take wealth away from people and redistribute it,” said Stu Smith, an investigative...

Canada’s state broadcaster announced Friday that journalists will no longer be required to attribute the term “terrorism” when describing the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. “After reviewing our current language guidance, we have decided to adjust it to clarify that direct attribution is not required for describing the historic events of 9/11 as terrorism,” said Basem Boshra, CBC’s senior director of journalistic standards and public trust... https://www.junonews.com/p/breaking-cbc-reverses-911-terrorism

WASHINGTON — Just don’t wear a blue dress to work. The Clintons are on the lookout for a new intern to help their global foundation with research, memos, office management, and more. The unpaid intern will work for Hillary Clinton’s office on Madison Avenue in NYC. The position requires a “high level of professionalism and discretion,” according to a posting on DayBook. Former President Bill Clinton’s team at the foundation, meanwhile, is after a “special projects associate” to help with somewhat similar tasks. This includes drafting meeting agendas, editing briefs, and helping to coordinate activities between his office and the...

Drive from Buffalo into Genesee County and you will pass fields that have grown corn and soybeans for generations. Soon, thousands of those acres will be covered by steel and glass. New York state is forcing industrial-scale solar plants onto rural communities that never asked for them, and the people who live there are discovering just how little their voice counts when a governor decides differently. The Mandate Behind The Mess.. New York is tearing up rural communities, wiping out wildlife sanctuaries, and burying prime agricultural soil under solar installation in the name of green energy. The root of this...

30 August 2026 22nd Sunday in Ordinary TimeSantuario Nacional Santa Narcisa de Jesús, EcuadorReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingJeremiah 20:7-9The word of the Lord has meant insult for meYou have seduced me, Lord, and I have let myself be seduced;you have overpowered me: you were the stronger.I am a daily laughing-stock,everybody’s butt.Each time I speak the word, I have to howland proclaim: ‘Violence and ruin!’The word of the Lord has meant for meinsult, derision, all day long.I used to say, ‘I will not think about him,I will not speak in his name any more.’Then there seemed to...

SpaceX conducted a full-duration static fire test of Starship's 33-engine Super Heavy booster at Starbase, Texas on Aug. 28, 2026, as part of preparations for Flight 14. SpaceX fires up Starship's 33-Engine Super Heavy booster ahead of flight 14 | 1:03 VideoFromSpace | 2.14M subscribers | 58,856 views | August 29, 2026

On September 13, 1985, Saudi oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani announced that his country would stop propping up the price of crude. Prices collapsed, and the Soviet Union lost roughly $20 billion a year in hard currency—“money without which the country simply could not survive,” in the estimate of Yegor Gaidar, later Russia’s acting prime minister. Gaidar dated the collapse of the Soviet Union to that announcement. Tehran is now in a weaker position than Moscow was in that autumn. The Islamic Republic is exporting almost no oil, its currency has lost nearly a third of its value since March,...

NFL Vice President of SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Anna Isaacson explained the league's position saying, "We're working hand-in-hand with players, and clubs to AMPLIFY voices and underscore what is most important to them. For decades, the NFL and its players have been a unifying force in American culture and society that brings people of all cultures and backgrounds together to enjoy America's most popular sport. This is a responsibility the league takes seriously, which is why we actively invest in off-field programs and on-field initiatives that promote unity."

A police union spokesman in Ceuta, the Spanish territory in North Africa that Moroccan and other Muslim men have completely overrun, says that reported crimes have spiked by a mind-blowingly high number since the invasion began. There are countless reports of rape, property damage, and assault out of Ceuta. Moroccan authorities not only sent intelligence plants into Ceuta; the indication is that they deliberately sent numerous criminals, including literal murderers and convicted terrorists.

Efforts to bring power back to a notoriously-scary town in Indiana were halted after crews were shot at overnight following devastating storms. After violent weather left thousands without power for around two weeks, efforts to restore electricity to Gary were briefly paused thanks to a shooting on August 15. Utility workers with NIPSCO were scouting on Rutledge Street when gunfire erupted just after midnight, hitting their Jeep. 'I heard something like a big explosion, boom! Then I heard two more, boom, boom,' resident Kenneth Lewis told CBS News. While neither of the two employees were injured, the company vehicle was...

“My comments may have been misconstrued to justify something I did not mean to justify,” El-Sayed told reporters after he addressed the caucus at a party convention in Lansing. “To anyone who feels like my comments might have been hurtful, I’m really sorry. That was not my intention.” El-Sayed’s apology was his latest attempt to unify Democrats after a bitter primary where he defeated U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens. He’s eager to push past a series of controversies involving allegations of antisemitism, including his association with controversial commentator Hasan Piker. He faces Republican nominee Mike Rogers in a race that will...

National Rally leader Marine Le Pen continues to dominate the field of prospective presidential candidates to replace Emmanuel Macron in next year’s critical election, which is set to define French and European politics for years to come. With just eight months left before voters in France head to the polls to select their next president, a survey conducted by Elabe has found that three-time presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is on course for a historic victory, besting all current opponents in both rounds of voting. Depending on the composition of the first round, the pollster predicted that the National Rally...