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Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Debra Bogen said four fully vaccinated people tested positive for measles, the first such cases identified during the outbreak. Bogen made the announcement during a live update that was streamed Friday afternoon. You can watch the full update in the video player below. The fully vaccinated people who tested positive were three adults and one child from Centre, Jefferson, Lancaster, and Lycoming counties, and none were hospitalized. Bogen said breakthrough cases are rare. Nationwide, about 3% of measles cases this year have been in fully vaccinated people. Even when they do occur, illness is usually...

They’re declaring war on Ozempic! In a completely jaw-dropping moment at the recent Democratic Socialists of America-backed Socialism 2026 conference in Chicago, an unhinged radical made the outlandish claim that GLP-1 drugs are “fascist” because they “genocide fat people.” “The political deployment of GLP-1s is fascistic, not because individuals take them, but because the conditions under which they become necessary are shaped by a world fixated on genociding fat people,” proclaimed Atlanta activist Da’Shaun L. Harrison. The extremist claimed the drugs, like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro — which were developed to treat diabetes are credited with lowering the risk of...

Just outside Pittsburgh is one of the strangest and most overlooked urban landscapes in America: a nearly 100-mile-long chain of cities, towns, industrial sites, railroads, and neighborhoods stretching down the Ohio River Valley to Moundsville, West Virginia. The 100-Mile City You've Never Heard Of | 22:31 City Aesthetics ⛩️ | 33K subscribers | 145,335 views | August 25, 2026

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin claimed on Thursday that Somali-born Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) "married her brother" as part of an alleged immigration fraud scheme, adding that she could now face deportation. Mullin made the remarks while speaking with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson at the GOP midterm convention in Dallas. During the conversation, he discussed the federal investigation into the "Squad" congresswoman, describing the probe as ongoing. "We know that she married her brother to try to bring him into the United States," Mullin said of the Minnesota Democrat. "We know he lives now in London." He was referring to...

Fishing and boating on a Staten Island lake that was polluted by human waste has finally been closed by authorities, one week after The Post reported that officials had done nothing about the “open secret” for decades. The Parks Department told The Post in a statement Friday evening that “out of an abundance of caution, fishing and boating will be suspended in Clove Lakes Park while we await water testing results.” The Post spoke to boat rental workers earlier in the day who said that boat rentals had been open all week. The workers informed The Post that parkgoers continued...

This is Shelly Headen, Democrat running for NC House District 62. She toured Dachau, a Nazi death camp, smiled in front of the ovens, and posted: “This is where Trump supporters belong.” 41,500 people were murdered there. Jews. Priests. POWs. Political prisoners. This CPA running to “restore human decency” used that ground to fantasize about putting half the country in a crematorium. Same woman who wrote America’s “only hope” was an attack on U.S. soil”, preferably Alabama, Louisiana… where the stupid people live.” This is the mask off.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday criticized President Trump's controversial proposal to pay out $5,000 checks to every U.S. adult if Republicans win the midterms. "What I would say is, if you are getting surplus revenue, you should cut people's tax and return it to the people," DeSantis said during a press conference in Miami on Thursday. "What I don't think you want to do is borrow another trillion-and-a-half dollars and then just try to flood that into the economy, because that will lead to more inflation," DeSantis continued. "That will lead to more debt and more inflation."

A beloved Texas engineer who became close friends with Fox News stars Greg Gutfeld and Kat Timpf was murdered in an unprovoked attack while sitting on a park bench, police and reports said. Andrew James Wimsatt, 62, of Austin, was slain Sept. 7 — just moments after sitting down in the park following a visit with his mother at her Round Rock nursing home, according to Fox News. Williamson County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 26-year-old Benedict Chinedu Ogbodiegwu on murder and theft charges after surveillance cameras captured the brutal 11 a.m. attack.

A Cook County judge is facing harsh criticism from the Cook County Sheriff and the teamsters union that represents deputies and jailers. *snip* [Judge] Lyke held them in contempt after they would not comply with his order to unshackle an inmate so he could hug a family member present in the courtroom. That inmate has a track record of being dangerous and unpredictable.

Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested a man in the case of Tasia Fortune, the 29-year-old Black woman found hanging from a tree outside an abandoned house last month, following the state medical examiner ruling her death a homicide. Jarques Ratliff, 51, has been charged with murder in connection with Fortune’s death, police said Friday. CNN is working to determine if he has legal representation. Ratliff will have his first court appearance Monday, police said. “Last night, the medical examiner’s office officially classified Miss Fortune’s death as a homicide. With that determination, our investigators moved quickly,” Chief RaShall Brackney said...

Like most Americans, watching coverage of the 25th anniversary of 9/11 brought out a lot of emotions in me. It also brought out curiosity, and one of the things I was curious about was how the Church responded to the 25th anniversary of this barbaric event. On 9/11/2001 when Pope John Paul II was informed of the 9/11 terrorist attack he withdrew to his private chapel and prayed, for long periods. He was also one of the first world leaders to send a message to GW Bush, describing the attacks as "inhuman" and "unspeakable horror". The next day, during a...

A message from James Woods THE FALLING MAN We have all seen the image, a man falling through space, plunging to earth from a top floor of the World Trade Center. It was 25 years ago today, and it still makes me gasp in horror and seethe with rage as if it had happened yesterday. What was so compelling about this photograph of a man, completely upside down, almost as if by choice, falling to a certain death? Well, because it WAS a choice. We knew he had leapt from an inferno like hell itself, the result of an act...

New changes could be coming to Medicare in 2027, which doctors say could negatively impact patient health.

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Car manufacturers are facing allegations of racism after a driver safety feature is accused of discriminating against Asians The issue was thrust into the spotlight after a viral video spread online showing a man of Asian descent getting a notification from the new high-tech safety system that his eyes were closed, a feature intended to detect driver drowsiness. But as the camera panned from the dashboard of what appeared to be a Lexus, it showed the driver wide awake and focusing on the road as he drove safely at 63mph. And the glitchy systems may become more commonplace, as the...

Radical leftist, aging rocker Bruce Springsteen is demanding that Democrats increase their level of obstruction and hostility and calls on them to make President Donald Trump’s last two years in office a living hell.Springsteen stands by his constant political harangues from the stage, especially during his latest tour, which he labeled the Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour.In an interview with Rolling Stone, the “Born in the USA” singer insisted that “this was the show I wanted to make, the story I wanted to tell.”

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (9/12/26)[Prayer]PersonalitiesPsalm 20[a] For the director of music. A psalm of David. 1 May the Lord answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you. 2 May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you support from Zion. 3 May he remember all your sacrifices and accept your burnt offerings.[b] 4 May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. 5 May we shout for joy over your victory and lift up our banners in the name of our...

A Customs and Border Protection supervisor assigned to the Maine-Canada border has been arrested and charged after FBI agents say he was caught on hidden camera tearing apart government computers, ripping out processors and memory, stuffing in cheaper parts, and plugging the machines back into CBP’s network. Terry “Jiajia” Liu, 39, of Calais, Maine, described himself as a native of Guangzhou, China. He worked as a CBP supervisor at the Calais Port of Entry, with duties stretching to the Ferry Point and Milltown crossings. CBP officers are required to be U.S. citizens. According to The Maine Wire, Liu has posted...

Drugs for treating depression are among the most prescribed category of medications in the U.S. – 1 in 6 American adults take them. Some health researchers and advocates have raised concerns that too many patients are using antidepressants and that patients who want to stop taking them struggle to do so. One of the most prominent voices on this point is Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who launched an effort in May 2026 encouraging doctors to find other ways besides antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs to treat depression when possible. As a psychiatrist for over 35...

What began as frustration over a repeatedly dropping internet connection while watching reels turned into a tragic incident in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district, where a woman allegedly consumed pesticide and later died during treatment. The woman, identified as Manglo Bai, was reportedly having lunch while watching reels on her mobile phone when the internet connection repeatedly stopped working. Angered by the disruptions, she allegedly smashed her phone on the ground before entering her room and locking the door. According to reports, Manglo Bai then consumed pesticide. After some time, her condition deteriorated and she came out of the room vomiting. Her...