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Concealed Carry Reciprocity is a perennial issue for good reasons. Currently, reciprocity is granted only between states that enter into compacts. How many states offer reciprocity? That’s hard to say with precision. Most likely, only 22, and five more require no permit. The devil, as always, is in the details: at least six states--Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Maine--seem to have reciprocity but only honor permits issued in those states. Yes, that’s contradictory and makes no sense, which creates a problem for anyone traveling in those states. If you come to the attention of the police, they may...

More than half of adults in thousands of neighbourhoods across England and Wales are on out-of-work benefits, a report has found The common denominator in these counties is Deindustrialization, structural economic decline, and a post-pandemic surge in health and incapacity-related benefits (such as Personal Independence Payments or PIP) that keep working-age adults permanently out of work.

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A friend and advisor to socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met with the president of Cuba during a luxe trip to the communist nation — where they conspired to subvert US foreign policy, according to a since-deleted travel diary obtained by The Post. Danny Valdez, who hosted a fundraiser for Mamdani’s mayoral campaign in 2025, traveled to Cuba with a delegation from the DSA International Committee from Oct. 22 to Oct. 26, 2023, according to the Nov. 9, 2023 blog post, entitled “The Cuba Diaries.” The delegation met with President Miguel Diaz-Canel on the third day of the...

This week in Athens, standing in front of the Parthenon, Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a remarkable speech which I think in time will be considered to have been an historic one. At this link, you can see a video of the speech or read the complete transcript of it. It reminded me of an afternoon in the 1950s when taking a bus home from junior high school, I looked around and saw the Greek Orthodox kids studying Greek, the Catholic kids studying their Latin, and the Jewish kids studying Hebrew. In those days, and in that cold Wisconsin...

The Gist Scarlett Johansson made an appearance at the London Film Festival screening of Ray Gunn on October 10.She wore a bold red strapless dress that revealed her floral back tattoos.Johansson is one of the voice actors in the new film.Scarlett Johansson’s latest look may be the perfect red carpet ensemble—but it also feels pretty personal. The actress appeared at a screening of the film Ray Gunn at the London Film Festival on October 10, where she wore a scarlet red dress that showed off her meaningful back tattoos. The 41-year-old actress posed on the red carpet in a bright...

The Talk Shows Oct 11th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin , Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) , Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) , Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) , Shyam Sankar. FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin , Zach Lahn , Iowa state Auditor Rob Sand , Marc Siegel , Brit Hume. Panel: Yemisi Egbewole, Hans Nichols, Tiffany Smiley and Roger Zakheim.MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Abdul El-Sayed , Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) , Michael Lewis...

A CVS Barbie package sparked outrage after shoppers said background spectators appeared to be making Nazi salutes. Ana Elizabeth highlighted the imagery in a TikTok clip featuring a gymnast themed doll from Mattel’s You Can Do Anything line. Some viewers declared they were 100% boycotting Mattel, while skeptics said the figures were merely celebrating. The dispute followed criticism of a Target Halloween costume that some shoppers said evoked Blackface and minstrel shows.

President of the Republic of Moldova Maia Sandu said Friday at the Chisinau Security Forum that her country would be safer if it united with Romania, but such a decision could only be made with the support of a majority of citizens. During the forum’s first panel, Maia Sandu said that the debate over Unification began on the very first day of the Republic of Moldova’s independence. She cited the historical context of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and explained that supporters of reunification base their arguments on identity, historical, economic and security considerations. However, the president noted that, according to opinion...

Teens waved terrorist flags and learned Maoist war tactics at a radical “Anti-Imperialist Summer Camp” hidden in the Pacific Northwest, The Post has learned. The late August camp, run by the terror-linked Anti-Imperialist Front USA (AIF-USA), was attended by teenagers from their offshoot, Revolutionary Youth, along with community college students and young workers, in the Pacific Northwest, according to materials provided to The Post by education watchdog group the North American Values Institute (NAVI)

The Eurotards are crying because the Big Don is buying Russian Diesel. Meanwhile, Over the first nine months of 2026, the EU purchased a record volume of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) worth €7.88 billion Thats 9.5% increase compared to the same period last year.

A fugitive wanted for nearly 14 years in the alleged kidnapping and shooting of an Iowa woman was arrested in San Diego after authorities said he reinvented himself as a popular chef under a fake name, even appearing in local news segments while hiding from law enforcement. Brian Anthony Williams, 50, was arrested Tuesday at Miss B's Coconut Club in Mission Beach, California, where he had been working under the name "Troy Williams," the U.S. Marshals Service said. Williams had been wanted since 2012, when he and several others allegedly kidnapped, assaulted and shot a woman before abandoning her in...

As questions remain as to what happens next for Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike after a botched execution attempt last week, her accomplice and former boyfriend has at least another five years before his next parole hearing in the 1995 torture and murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in Knoxville. Tadaryl Shipp, 49, was 17 years old when he, Pike and another person tortured and killed Slemmer, their classmate from a vocational school, in a crime with "satanic elements" that still haunts investigators 31 years later. Prosecutors accused Shipp of holding Slemmer down when she tried to escape her attackers...

Former state trooper John Nagel pointed the finger at his opponent, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and the Democratic Party for allowing Somali American gang-linked violence to escalate in the Twin Cities. Residents of Eden Prairie and surrounding Twin Cities suburbs have been left fearing for their safety after a string of gang-related incidents this month, including the shooting of two teens outside an Eden Prairie High School football game and more than 100 shell casings recovered in a Bloomington neighborhood. "Where is Ilhan Omar in all of this?" Nagel, a Minnesota native who spent 30 years as a state trooper,...

As with many protest movements, the grievances that sparked the ongoing riots rocking France began with a grain of truth. And as with most protests these days, the issue is never the issue; the Revolution is. As much as rioting has been a national sport in France since at least the French Revolution, the ones we are seeing now are far from organic or just kids doing what French kids do. A Fox News Digital investigation traces how France's student protests over education cuts are being hijacked by a sprawling network of communist activists, labor unions and far-left political parties...

Daily Readings from the USCCBJesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and elders of the people in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come.” Matthew 22:1–3Today’s parable is part of Jesus’ final teachings in Jerusalem during Holy Week. It continues His direct confrontation with the religious leaders of Israel—specifically, the chief priests and elders. Through this story, Jesus unveils the mystery of the Kingdom, the tragedy of Israel’s...

London | The co-pilot accused of attempting to hijack a passenger jet full of Israeli passengers watched terror videos and glorified attackers as part of his radicalisation while studying in Melbourne almost a decade ago, the United Arab Emirates top prosecutor said on Friday (Saturday AEDT). The Omani co-pilot planned to crash the plane into the passenger terminal at Tel Aviv airport to kill the most number of people in a September 11 style plot, UAE Attorney-General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi revealed. The co-pilot told investigators he had acted alone, the attorney-general said. Omani pilot Hamam al-Hammami is accused of...

“The hostile takeover within the Catholic Church!” (Bishop Schneider CIC 2026 Keynote) Bishop Schneider gave a powerful kenote address at the CIC 2026. He called out the hostile take-over of the Church going all the way up the ranks, yet encourages true Catholics not to fall into anger, bitterness or despondency. “Christ will overcome His enemies who managed to occupy influential positions within the Church," he states. Indeed, we believe and hope in Christ’s victory over the hostile takeover within the Church. Watch and read his address below!“Christ’s victory over the hostile takeover within the Church”In His sermon to the...

By Dr. John BergsmaFood and clothing are necessary for life, and they are both themes in the Readings for this weekend. Food and clothing go together sometimes: for example, we still dress up for a formal banquet or a fancy date night. Some people still try to dress well for mass, and that’s a good custom, because how we dress shows the importance that we place on the event. No one shows up for a job interview in a tank top and cut-offs, for example. Is Mass as important as a job interview? But our external dress is not the...

Henry Graham, a 52-year-old man with a lengthy arrest record who killed a man with a single punch on the Magnificent Mile, was sentenced to nine years in prison on Friday, months after a judge found him guilty of involuntary manslaughter, saying state law barred him from being convicted of murder. The state’s “one punch” legal standard that spared Graham a murder conviction may surprise many, but it is well established in Illinois, where nearly a century of case law holds that a person cannot reasonably expect a single punch to kill someone. Therefore, in almost all cases, a person...