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The United States military destroyed three Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps crude oil tankers in the Persian Gulf Saturday – after Iran launched ballistic missiles at two US Navy vessels. Footage shows large tankers blown up in flames, as a thick plume of black smoke rise off the sea. A US military aircraft crew can be heard over radio warning an oil tanker near Kharg Island, before unleashing a barrage of missiles that lit the vessel in flames. “I’m preparing to fire. …You have three minutes to clear the crew,” the US is heard in a video filmed aboard a nearby...

A new merchandise deal is merging sports entertainment with adult entertainment. In correspondence with Sunday Night's Main Event in Atlanta, Georgia, WWE has unveiled a merch collaboration with Magic City, a well-known strip club based in the area. The partnership includes a t-shirt and hoodie each marked with the club's logo on its front. On either sleeve lies WWE's logo and a peach wearing a thong, the latter being a cheeky nod to the "Peach State." The hoodie is priced at $59.99. The t-shirt is $34.99, with an item description that reads, "The squared circle is headed to Atlanta for...

Two chilling videos kept out of sight for decades could be the key to persuading a court next month that Saudi Arabia was behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and that victims’ families have amassed enough evidence to continue their years-long legal battle, according to family members of victims. Federal Appeals Court judges in lower Manhattan will hear oral arguments for the first time Oct. 7 that connect the men in those videos to the Saudi government and its intelligence services, as well as the horrific attacks of that day. Both videos involve the same enigmatic figure, Omar al-Bayoumi,...

The Urban Institute just published a review of Ohio’s abortion amendment called “Ohio Is Expanding Abortion Access Even as Implementation Proves Uneven.” And they are right—abortion access is expanding in Ohio. But our question is this: Do Ohioans understand what that actually means for our state? Three years have passed, but the meaning and consequences of the vote to add the “right” to abortion to our constitution are still being worked out in courtrooms, hospitals, doctors’ offices, and abortion clinics across our state. The Urban Institute’s report is just a small sample and not a representative survey of Ohioans, as...

Explanation: Chasing the shadow of a New Moon, NASA’s WB-57F high altitude research aircraft took to the skies off the coast of Iceland on August 12 to observe a total solar eclipse. At 50,000 feet the aircraft was piloted along the precisely determined path of totality to maximize its time in the Moon’s shadow. A suite of high-resolution cameras on board was able to record eclipse data from above the clouds, dust, and atmospheric water vapor that interfere with observations made closer to the ground. This view from the cockpit, taken from an inflight video, captures the solar corona emerging...

Urine trouble, Mount Everest. After standing the test of time for 50 million years, the world’s tallest mountain is under threat from an unlikely source: our pee. Urine deposited on glaciers is enough to melt over 150 tons of ice and snow on Mount Everest every year, according to an a-thaw-calyptic study in the Regional Environmental Change scientific journal, as reported by the Independent. “Urine, with a temperature of around 37°C (human body temperature), causes the ice to melt,” wrote the study authors, who were sent by Nepal’s Survey Department to determine the impact of humans on Everest. The international...

Lindsay Clancy supporters are flooding a fundraising page after her high-profile murder trial ended with a hung jury after an intense week of deliberations. A GoFundMe page set up for Clancy’s parents, Michael and Paula Musgrove, has raised over $1.1 million and counting – edging closer to the whopping, newly-increased $3 million target. In an update on the page Friday, the same day the mistrial was declared, organizer Brandee Mulligan announced that the financial goal would be going up. “I’ve decided to raise the goal of this fundraiser since this process has been extended, so is the time Paula and...

A California college student is being hailed as a hero after he launched himself feet-first through an In-N-Out drive-thru window and confronted a woman allegedly threatening employees with a sharpened wooden stick. Twenty-year-old Luca Opperman was waiting for his burger at an In-N-Out in Lake Elsinore early Wednesday morning when he suddenly heard loud banging coming from inside the restaurant, the KTLA reported. Opperman looked through the window and reportedly saw a 53-year-old woman smashing a large, branch-like stick against the counter. The stick was broken at one end, leaving a jagged point that Opperman believed could seriously injure someone....

A coalition of 17 states, lawmakers and advocacy organizations has filed 12 friend-of-the-court briefs urging the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold that parents and teachers have constitutional rights to know about their children despite public school gender policies.The briefs were filed in Mirabelli v. Bonta, a case involving California’s “Parental Exclusion Policies,” which the Thomas More Society led as counsel for a class of parents and teachers challenging the policies. In December, U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez issued a permanent injunction blocking the policies, saying that parents have the right to know and public schools cannot socially...

Svetlana Lokhova@RealSLokhova October 27, 2019I flew to NYC at my own expense to give very important testimony to the American people on Maria Bartiromo’s show. I stayed in a hotel near the studio, again at my own expense. This was during the Special Counsel Durham investigation, which I assisted.I am an eyewitness to the Grand Conspiracy against President Trump, which started in 2015, directed by Obama and implemented by the CIA, MI6, the FBI, and the media.I spoke to Maria and her producers for weeks in advance to make sure they understood the importance of the story. I was not...

I thought this was important given the leftist judge setting free Kahilid Sheik Mohammed. The video damns us and our future here and now Do not miss

Why was Argentina once wealthy? What caused Argentina’s economic decline? Is Javier Milei fixing things? Summarise the video This video explores the "Argentine Paradox"—how a nation that was one of the wealthiest in the world at the turn of the 20th century transformed into a cautionary tale of economic decline, hyperinflation, and political instability. Key Highlights: The Golden Age (1880–1914): Driven by massive exports of beef and grain to Britain, alongside heavy foreign investment and European immigration, Argentina boasted the world's highest GDP per capita by 1895 (0:41, 3:02). Structural Fragility: The economy remained overly dependent on agricultural commodities and...

5 September 2026 Saturday of week 22 in Ordinary Time St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish - Timbao, Biñan City, Laguna, Philippines Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Corinthians 4:6-15What do you have that was not given to you?Take Apollos and myself as an example and remember the maxim: ‘Keep to what is written.’ It is not for you, so full of your own importance, to go taking sides for one man against another. In any case, brother, has anybody given you some special right? What do you have that was not given to you? And if...

Migrants in the North African Spanish enclave of Ceuta were captured on video hitting a young dolphin and possibly killing it while celebrating. Video circulating online shows a group of men and boys triumphantly lifting what appeared to be a baby bottlenose dolphin calf above their heads as onlookers gleefully cheered. The dolphin swam too close to shore when a group of men allegedly pulled it from El Trampolin beach. The celebration appeared to enrage local residents, who tried to stop the group's actions during a confrontation. One of the men reportedly struck the dolphin with a stick, mortally wounding...

Thirty years ago last month, Congress replaced the open-ended Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) entitlement, the largest state-run, federally funded cash welfare program, with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. This imposed stricter fiscal discipline on states running TANF, but Congress failed to extend similar restraints to other programs. Consequently, many states circumvented TANF’s budget constraints by shifting spending and enrollment to other, still open-ended entitlements. Following the 1996 welfare reforms, states moved some recipients off TANF and onto the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. Today, state legislators are shifting costs onto federal taxpayers by...

At first glance, Magdeburg may seem an unlikely stage for a political upheaval of international significance. But this weekend, the city of only about 244,000 people will be at the center of an election that could leave a far-right party in control of a German state for the first time since World War II. Magdeburg is the capital of the East German state of Saxony-Anhalt — where the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is hoping to rise to power in Sunday's state election. Supporters and opponents of right-wing populist movements across Europe and beyond are watching closely to see if...

Federal authorities apprehended several illegal aliens amid an investigation into alleged fraudulent use of stolen identities and Social Security numbers in Tennessee. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) provided Border Hawk with photographs and details on the suspects, who were arrested on Aug. 4. All three individuals are Guatemalan nationals who were already under final orders of removal from the U.S. Magdalena Gomez-Garcia is accused of stealing the identity of a New York resident and using it to work for a local employer in Tennessee. The victim realized the wages were being attributed to her Social Security number, forcing her to...

The desperate attempts by Democratic leaders to win back the traditionally loyal Hispanic vote lost in the 2024 election have encountered a serious obstacle from within the party: the overwhelming rise of socialism. The fact is that Latino voters have shown the greatest resistance for years to this political ideology, which many have experienced firsthand or through their elders before arriving in the U.S. For example, according to a report by The Hill, a Democratic strategist from The Sunshine State said that "socialism is a nonstarter in places like Florida, where there are big swaths of Hispanic voters."

I just asked copilot (AI) " just the stats. what percent of conservative women are on mental health medications vs liberal women?" It's for ages 18 to 29. Apparently, that's the only age group a formal released study has been done for. I then asked about men. I always knew liberal women were crazy, but it's kind of shocking seeing it in numbers. Liberal men: 33.6% diagnosed with a mental‑health condition Conservative men: 16.3% diagnosed with a mental‑health condition

Till depth do us part! An extremely gutsy bride had a truly “wet wedding” — wading down the aisle of an utterly inundated church before tying the knot in the Philippines on Tuesday. Newlyweds Gilbert Chico and Liean Liza Chico got hitched at St. John the Baptist in Hagonoy, Bulacan, despite heavy rainfall that completely saturated the province this week, causing waist-high water to swamp the sanctuary, according to Viral Press. “We had been looking forward to this day for so long, and we did not want the rain and flooding to stop us from getting married,” said the lovebirds....