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PLYMOUTH, Mass. – A judge declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial Friday on the seventh day of deliberations — but gave her defiant lawyer one hour to file an emergency appeal against the ruling. The 12-person jury – made up of nine women and three men – told Judge William Sullivan that they could not agree on whether to convict Clancy, 36, of three counts of first-degree murder.

This Sunday, the German state of Saxony-Anhalt holds its state election. The populist-right Alternative for German (AfD) is far out in front, but will have difficulty finding a coalition partner with which to form a ruling majority in the state legislature. AfD has been described as an extremist party, not merely a populist-right party. So, I thought I'd link to its manifesto (or platform). I'll say a few things about its manifesto in my comment following

There’s a list of celebrities supporting Mark Ruffalo after the “Avengers” star’s latest anti-Israel bombast. Gina Carano might have settled for just one A-list defender. Or even a D-list dweller. Ruffalo’s chronic anti-Israel rhetoric finally caught up with the 58-year-old actor. Several Jewish groups chastised his recent anti-Paramount merger rhetoric wrapped in what some called antisemitic tropes. “Larry Ellison will own most of ‘Para Bros.’ Larry is a classic Oligarch. They are crushing workers and consolidating the wealth of the world for their own power and concentrated dominance.”

...in 2026, according to the Community Health Law Project (CHLP), "32 states criminalize people living with HIV (PLHIV) and 28 states have harsh criminal penalty enhancements that elevate charges based on a person’s knowledge of their HIV status." There are many examples of the harm these laws do. One that stands out to me is Robert Suttle. I met Robert last year when he was a guest on my cable access TV broadcast, The Recruiters with Tom Duane. In 2008, Robert was arrested at his workplace after a former partner accused him of failing to disclose his HIV status. Robert...

The debate over Flock Safety cameras divides people in a way that almost nothing else does in technology policy. Those who have had a car stolen tend to love them. Those who study constitutional law tend to hate them. Both are reacting to something real. This is an independent analysis of what these systems actually do, what the evidence says about their accuracy and misuse, and why the most important question is not whether cameras can photograph public streets — it is whether the government should build a searchable, warrantless database of everyone’s movements. This topic generated significant public discussion...

Cathy Engelbert will retire as WNBA commissioner at the end of the 2026 season following seven years at the helm, sources told ESPN on Friday. Multiple high-ranking team sources had recently told ESPN that they believed the 2026 season would likely be Engelbert's last. While Engelbert has ushered the WNBA into what she's called "hypergrowth" mode, transforming the league into a significantly more prominent sports and entertainment property, her leadership had come into question over the past year.

A depraved illegal alien who was previously deported and later slipped back into the United States is now wanted for allegedly sexually abusing and impregnating his own teenage daughter. Sergio Galvez-Perez, a 38-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, is wanted in Monterey County after authorities say he fathered a child with his own 14-year-old daughter. Investigators say the girl was only 13 when she became pregnant. The newborn, named Baby Angelita by detectives, was found dead on the side of Struve Road near Moss Landing on August 1, umbilical cord still attached, with signs of traumatic injury. Monterey County Sheriff Tina...

Three traditional midwives and an Amish family are suing several Pennsylvania state agencies, alleging that state officials effectively blocked traditional midwives from obtaining the certifications required to practice legally — and that lawmakers then repealed the nearly century-old law governing the profession after the lawsuit was filed. The midwives sued anonymously for fear of retaliation. The lawsuit centers on a striking sequence of events. The petitioners say Pennsylvania failed to comply with a 1929 law that required certification of traditional midwives. After they filed suit on July 2, 2026, ten days later the legislature passed the annual budget that included...

In accordance with standard journal procedures, the Editorial Office and Editorial Board conducted an investigation that confirmed serious methodological flaws and statistical errors that were deemed to undermine the scientific conclusions of the article. As a result, the Editorial Board has decided to retract this paper as per MDPI's retraction policy.This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Remote Sensing.The authors have been informed of this retraction and have indicated their disagreement with this decision.

On Monday’s All In, host Chris Hayes just went on a hypocrisy-lined tear against X owner Elon Musk for spending big in the midterms, while completely downplaying the enormous spending already unleashed by leftist billionaire George Soros. Hayes decried Musk’s “unfathomable amounts of money” to “elect Republicans this cycle,” browbeating him for not giving that money to charity or some other noble cause: “At least $100 million people are saying — quite possibly much more. That’s in addition to the nearly $300 million Musk already spent electing Trump back in 2024.” But perhaps just as egregious, check out the pathetic...

Women cheering Lindsay Clancy, a murderer of three little children. Literally cheering a murderer of three little children. And these people vote.

(Far-left, anti-Israel streamer Hasan Piker attends the press conference during day three of Web Summit Qatar 2026 at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. 3, 2026). Americans overwhelmingly reject hardline anti-Israel pundits Hasan Piker and Candace Owens and believe neither major political party should collaborate with them, according to a new poll by Harvard-Harris.

Asking for a little help, maybe someone can give me some information. Does anybody know if the Lancey children victims had toxicology and what Temperature the children were when they arrived in the Emergency room. Was that discussed in the trial? I ask because for two of them it would establish time of death. The husband said he was gone 45 min.

"Fox News did not lose Maria Bartiromo in some mysterious “next chapter.” The network fired her. Then it hid behind a thank-you note and hoped nobody would ask why a woman who spent twelve and a half years building Fox Business a real audience vanished from the air after August 9."

Socialism is gaining ground, particularly among younger adults. It is sometimes modified with the word “democratic,” as in the name Democratic Socialists of America, but the modification is lipstick on a pig. Socialism and communism spring from the same desire to elevate government over family. That makes it important for students to understand where the militant ideology has led in practice. A new public school curriculum in Florida offers a model for doing that. Public school students in Florida will take a course this year that was approved in November 2025 by the state Board of Education: History of Communism...

More than half of Democrats hold a more positive view of socialism as opposed to capitalism, according to a recent CBS News/YouGov poll. The poll, which surveyed 2,287 adults in the United States between August 12-14, found that there is a 26-point difference between Democrats’ positive views on socialism and capitalism. Among Democrats, 58 percent were found to have a positive view of socialism, while 32 percent have a positive view of capitalism. The poll also found that 18 percent of Democrats have a negative view of socialism, while 50 percent have a negative view of capitalism. The poll also...

CLEVELAND, Ga. – A privately owned Flock Safety camera positioned to monitor the parking lot of a White County gun store is being removed after growing concerns over automated license plate reader technology left some customers worried about their privacy. Michael Carter, owner of Gun Commanders on U.S. 129 in Cleveland, told Now Georgia the camera was installed roughly two years ago for one purpose: to help protect his employees, customers, and business from crime. Carter privately owns the camera, not the White County Sheriff’s Office. According to Carter, it was configured to send hit-list notifications to the sheriff’s office...

President Donald Trump on Friday demanded that the Federal Reserve slash interest rates or else he will cut off trade with countries with which the U.S. maintains trade deficits. Trump issued the sweeping ultimatum in a Truth Social post reacting to a much-stronger-than-expected monthly jobs report by urging the central bank and its chairman, Kevin Warsh, to “get smart” and cut rates. Read Trump’s full post: Great jobs number just announced, breaking all estimates (except mine!) by double and triple - And you haven’t seen anything yet! EMPLOYERS ADDED 162,000 JOB IN AUGUST. Lower the interest rates because the U.S.A....

MAKE A MAN SONG DEVOTIONAL Beloved, the Holy Spirit’s greatest work in the pilgrim life of a believer is not making us comfortable, but shaping us, breaking us, making us, and conforming us more like His dear, precious Son. From the moment that we trust in Jesus and His the finished work, are born again, and placed in Christ, the Holy Spirit begins His lifelong work of discipleship and transformation. He will use every joy, every trial, and every circumstance to shape our hearts into the image of Jesus. Though the refining process is not always joyful or easy, our...

1.) The Bible does not specifically address the question of life on other planets. But the Scriptures do tell us enough for us to come up with a solid and sound answer. 2.) It is an indisputable Biblical fact that out of all the planets in the universe, the earth is given preeminence and priority. The earth was created first (on Day 1 of the Creation week, Genesis 1:1-2), and contrary to evolutionary theory, the earth existed before the sun, moon and stars, which were all created on Day 4 of the Creation week (Genesis 1:14-19). To the unbiased reader,...