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New York City Council is expected to outlaw horse-drawn carriages starting in June 2028, a ban that also has the support of the mayor. The legislation follows the death of a teenager who fell off a horse-drawn carriage in Central Park this year, and ongoing concerns about inhumane treatment of the horses.

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan has frequently spoken about her family history, particularly her Native American heritage and the struggles of being raised by a single mother who relied on government assistance. Her personal story has become a central theme of her political career, including her campaign for the U.S. Senate. But newly uncovered newspaper archives reveal a far darker chapter of her family history — one involving four suspected murders, decades of confinement in state mental hospitals and an alleged threat against a federal judge. Flanagan’s maternal grandfather, John Jacob Hartmann, spent more than 30 years in Minnesota state...

Many citizens today, with varied sources of information, understand the highly unethical lawfare waged against President Donald Trump, as exemplified by the Russiagate hoax. By contrast, the more restricted media environment of the early 1970s made prosecutorial misconduct during Watergate harder to scrutinize. With fresh eyes now taking a closer look at the reporting and prosecution of Watergate, it is becoming clear that DOJ investigators should sanction prosecutorial misconduct and set the historical record straight on Richard Nixon’s innocence. As a refresher, Watergate refers to a political scandal stemming from the June 17, 1972, burglary of the Democratic National Committee’s...

Not a surprise. There are many questions about Ilhan Omar, about her father’s application for asylum, about her brother whom she may have married to get him into the U.S., about her husband Tim Mynett’s financial dealings, about her sudden rise from a negative net worth in 2018 to as much as $30 million in 2024, followed by a sudden decline in that same net worth in 2026, according to Omar, to “a few thousand.” All that is passing strange, and surely enough to justify a search warrant enabling the Department of Homeland Security investigators to arrive at her house...

California advocacy groups are celebrating a "big, important victory" in their push for state-level reparations after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a first-in-the-nation bill requiring large corporations to investigate and disclose historical ties to chattel slavery. Kristin Nimmers, policy and campaign manager for the California Black Power Network (CBPN) and the Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation, and Truth, told Fox News Digital Newsom’s signature on Assembly Bill 2599 — the Truth in Disclosure Act — marks a significant milestone for corporate accountability. "There are connections right now from slavery to current wealth of individuals and current wealth of corporations whose foundation and...

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Explore the shift towards a cashless society in Europe and its far-reaching implications! In this video, we delve into the benefits of digital payments, including enhanced security and convenience, as well as the concerns from various stakeholders. We discuss the EU's timeline for potentially banning cash payments by January 1, 2027, and the impact this will have on merchants and consumers alike. Learn about the motivations behind this transition, the financial benefits, and the potential drawbacks, such as privacy issues and accessibility challenges.

There have been people who didn't. Enoch was Noah's grandfather, God found him too pleasing, so He just took him up, without his dying. Elijah was taken up to heaven in a fiery chariot, without dying. So it is not absolutely 100.00% certain that you're going to die. The angel Gabriel told Mary, mother of Jesus, about the pregnancy of John the Baptist by Mary's elderly cousin Elisabeth, wife of Zachariah, saying that no word is impossible to God, in other words, that nothing is impossible to God. Now rather than get right back to harsh reality from such foolish...

'Zero tolerance' for violating new directive, university president saysCornell University has suspended all frat parties and events for the rest of the 2026-27 academic year, president Michael Kotlikoff announced Tuesday, as an alleged gang rape at one of the school's fraternities continues to fuel calls for action and accountability. Kotlikoff, who has faced pressure to resign over the case, said there would be "zero tolerance" for any violations of the new directive. "Any fraternity holding an in-house party or social event will receive an immediate emergency suspension," he said in a written statement posted on Cornell's website. It's among a...

Islamic Gaza GenoLIE: Selective Outrage / Falsehood PropagandaPolitical Islam's Hatred If the anti-Hamas war in Gaza had been conducted by non-Jews, would any prominent Arab or Muslim figure or organization be speaking so loudly about it? Of course not. They didn't—and don't—care about the 700,000 Syrians, the Uyghurs under China, or the millions of victims in Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, and Nigeria, or the 140,000 people killed by Iran's regime, among others. Have these same figures and organizations seriously confronted guilty Arab-Palestine dictatorship leadership Hamas's role in Gazan civilian deaths—its military tactics, its conduct of the war, and the consequences of...

Daily Readings from the USCCBThen one of the scholars of the law said to him in reply, “Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too.” And he said, “Woe also to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them.” Luke 11:45–46Just prior to this exchange, Jesus delivered three piercing rebukes to the Pharisees: “Woe to you Pharisees!” He condemned them for ignoring “judgment and love for God,” for seeking “the seat of honor in synagogues and greetings in marketplaces,” and for being “like...

A 32-year-old transgender woman stabbed a man to death at an Avalon Park gas station after he allegedly made comments about her gender, prosecutors said, as her spouse and 7-year-old son looked on. Surveillance video allegedly showed Kelly Day stabbing 50-year-old Larry Young 13 times, pausing once to adjust her grip on the knife. Prosecutors said Day had been mocked by unidentified people for using a women’s restroom on the evening of October 7. She later told her spouse she was “tired of all these bullies making comments about her gender,” according to the detention filing. About 7:30 p.m., while...

Kroger plans to cut 3,000 corporate jobs over three years, saying a leaner company will help lower grocery prices. Investors face a harder question: how much of the savings will survive the supermarket price wars? The announcement puts thousands of employees in a period of uncertainty while giving shoppers another promise of relief at checkout. For shareholders, it marks a major test of CEO Greg Foran’s effort to make Kroger more competitive. Reducing payroll can improve the numbers. Getting customers to put more groceries in their carts requires more than a smaller headquarters. More Than One-Third of Corporate Positions Face...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

RJ Mitte spent years dealing with a financial nightmare few Breaking Bad fans knew about. Less than a year before his death at 34, the actor opened up about an alleged betrayal by a former business manager who he said diverted money that was supposed to pay his taxes. The fallout, Mitte claimed, followed him for a decade and ultimately cost him more in taxes than he earned from the AMC hit. Mitte died Monday, October 12, in Brownsville, Texas. His representatives confirmed his death in a statement shared with People, while authorities said an autopsy would be performed. His...

The Brief A parking dispute video near Huston-Tillotson University in East Austin has gone viral A couple who lives along E 9th Street were seen telling people not to park in front of their home. They were also seen making comments about the univeristy Since the video was posted, it has led to crowds of students and community members gathering outside the home playing music, chanting, and waving signs The City of Austin said parking is allowed on those blocks of East 9th Street. AUSTIN, Texas - Over the weekend, crowds could be seen gathering outside an east Austin home,...

I have always been afraid of watching the 1977 film Looking for Mr. Goodbar. I grew up hearing about how my mother, upon seeing it in the theater, had walked out and immediately vomited. The movie, which follows New York schoolteacher Theresa Dunn through a series of at times humiliating sexual encounters (and the lasciviousness of the 1970s) until one of her sex partners murders her, is an adaptation of a novel, itself inspired by the real-life death of Roseann Quinn. Just two days after her body was found, Quinn was described as having “no regular boyfriend but the type...

"Affordability" is one of those words that gets thrown around a lot without being well-defined, but we all have a general idea of what it means. Every election year, the economy, and by extension affordability, is always at the top of voters' concerns. Most years it is #1, and it is always in the top three, and for good reason: when we think of the "American Dream," we most often think of an ever-rising standard of living for families and their children. As Reagan put it succinctly, "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?"Many government policies...

On Tuesday, incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) faced her Republican challenger, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, in the only debate of the New York governor's race. Spectrum News hosted the event for what many consider a toss-up race. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Bruce Blakeman are nearly neck-and-neck as they head into the gubernatorial election’s only debate Tuesday, a stunning new poll found.Democrat Hochul leads the Republican Nassau executive 47% to 44%, a Pollfinity survey released Tuesday found.The poll found about 6% of voters were undecided, while another 3% planned to cast their ballots for others.It went as expected. Blakeman came...