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Alexandra R. Patterson was arrested by Miami University police on November 2 and charged with one felony count of making a terroristic threat, plus misdemeanor counts of aggravated menacing, telecommunications harassment, and inducing panic. Authorities also notified the FBI. The October 28 post, made in the app’s “Miami Ohio” group and visible to users near the Oxford campus, read: “How many dining dollars to kirk the anti-abortion table in Armstrong.” Court documents state that four students were at the anti-abortion information booth at the time. The students and others understood “kirk” as a clear reference to the September 2025 assassination...

Mehr news agency reported on Monday, November 9, that three commercial units, including two traditional coffeehouses and one coffee shop, had been sealed in Baharestan County. Concurrently, local media reported the sealing of a café in the Golestan area and the arrest of its manager on charges framed by the police as “promoting corruption and prostitution.” According to Mehr, these enforcement measures were carried out during inspections of 16 commercial units under police orders. During these inspections, closure notices were also issued to seven other commercial establishments. Sayed Hashem Hosseinikhah, the police commander of Baharestan, stated that the reason for...

The United Kingdom is preparing to launch a Sharia-compliant alternative student loan system, allowing Muslim students to access interest-free higher education financing in accordance with Islamic law. Several leading British universities have already begun informing prospective applicants about the proposed scheme, known as "Alternative Student Finance" (ASF), which aims to broaden access to higher education for Muslim students while triggering debate nationwide. According to a report by British newspaper The Telegraph, the proposed system aligns with Islamic Sharia principles, which prohibit paying or receiving interest. The framework is expected to be introduced starting from the 2026–27 academic year, though the...

Former President Joe Biden was heckled Tuesday by anti-Israel agitators who threw at least one object at his motorcade and screamed obscenities during his visit to Ireland alongside former first lady Jill Biden. Biden, 83, made a surprise appearance at Trinity College in Dublin, where his son, Hunter Biden, accepted the Gold Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse, The Independent reported. A mob of agitators gathered outside the venue while the event took place. As Biden exited the building, someone threw an object that was blocked by an umbrella near Biden. Local police arrested two people at the scene....

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“Veterans Day is very different now,” said Charles Simmons, the father of Master Sgt. Tyler Simmons, who died in a refueling plane crash in Iraq in March. He added: “It takes on a whole different meaning because it’s come home. The bell tolls for thee.” Mr. Simmons said that he and his family “have a profound sense of pride” for all of his son’s accomplishments. But above all else, he said, there is “a profound hole in our hearts.” Mr. Simmons said his son died doing what he loved, but before his deployment in February he told his father he...

NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯@japan_nobunaga·16hFor years, cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy walked past the quiet old janitor who mopped their floors and cleaned their showers. Most of them gave him little more than a passing nod.In the fall of 1976, a cadet named James Moschgat was reading a book about the fighting in Italy in World War II. On one page he found the story of Hill 424, and a Private William Crawford from Colorado.He turned to his roommate. "Holy cow... I think our janitor is a Medal of Honor winner."On September 13, 1943, near Altavilla, Italy, Private Bill Crawford's company was...

Texas Democrats rode last week's blue wave to a majority in the state House and the governor's mansion, and they've wasted no time showing gun owners what comes next. It ain't pretty. When bill prefiling opened on November 9, Democrats flooded the docket with gun-control proposals. The Texan counted 23 gun bills, all but one in the House, and NRA-ILA tallied roughly 35 firearm-related bills on day one alone. That's a lot of gun control bills for a group that duped voters into thinking their primary concern was gas and grocery prices. The wish list reads like it was copied...

Ernie PyleMonday, January 10, 1944AT THE FRONT LINES IN ITALY, January 10, 1944 – In this war I have known a lot of officers who were loved and respected by the soldiers under them. But never have I crossed the trail of any man as beloved as Capt. Henry T. Waskow of Belton, Texas.Capt. Waskow was a company commander in the 36th Division. He had led his company since long before it left the States. He was very young, only in his middle twenties, but he carried in him a sincerity and gentleness that made people want to be guided...

Russia’s Ambassador to the United States, Alexander Darchiev, has died at the age of 66, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. “An outstanding diplomat, experienced leader, kind colleague and mentor has passed away,” the ministry said in a brief statement, describing the late ambassador as a “professional of the highest order and a brilliant expert on American affairs.” It did not disclose the cause of Darchiev’s death. Darchiev replaced Anatoly Antonov as ambassador to the United States in early 2025 amid a sudden thaw in U.S.-Russia relations following President Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

A razor-thin North Carolina congressional race swung in both directions as counties counted late provisional ballots. The latest official numbers show Democratic challenger Chuck Hubbard leading Republican incumbent Rep. Virginia Foxx in the Republican-held 5th District. The contest remains active, unofficial, and uncertified. Every remaining ballot and deadline matters with only 335 votes separating the two leading candidates. The North Carolina State Board of Elections live results, checked November 11, 2026, show a stunning nail-biter in District 5 following the November 3 general election, with the numbers leaving virtually no breathing room between the leading candidates on election night. Democrat...

Ukrainian forces struck the Omsk Oil Refinery, Russia’s largest refinery by processing capacity, in a long-range drone attack covering approximately 3,000 kilometers. The strike was reported by Ukrainian open-source intelligence community Exilenova+ on November 11. The facility, located in the Russian city of Omsk, is part of Gazprom Neft and has a designed processing capacity exceeding 21 million metric tons of crude oil annually, accounting for approximately 10% of Russia’s total oil refining output, according to Exilenova+. The refinery produces several types of automotive gasoline, including AI-92, AI-95, and G-Drive 100, alongside Euro-5 diesel fuel, aviation kerosene, lubricants, and a...

The White House fired off a warning shot to incoming House Oversight Committee Chair Robert Garcia (D-CA) on Monday, warning of investigations into the "blatant criminality" of their plans to investigate and weaponize Congress against the Trump Administration. This comes after Trump ordered the Justice Department to investigate the Democratic “EXTORTIONISTS” for threatening members of his administration on Saturday, writing, The Democrats are going around threatening a lot of people, including the Attorney General of the United States, and others, with Impeachment and many other forms of punishment, even though they admit they have no reason to do so, and...

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NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯@japan_nobunaga·14hIn 1944, thousands of Japanese on Saipan hid in caves, sure the Americans would torture them if they came out. Many families chose the cliffs instead.An 18-year-old American Marine from East Los Angeles walked up to those caves at night, alone, and called to them in Japanese.His name was Guy Gabaldon. He was a Mexican American kid who had grown up partly in the home of a Japanese American family, the Nakanos. That is where he picked up his Japanese. When the war came, the Nakanos were sent to internment camps. Their twin sons, Lane and Lyle, joined the U.S....

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The Trump administration is cutting off more than $112 million in federal funding to Minnesota over “unallowable claims,” the most recent escalation in the White House’s fight over Medicaid fraud in the state. The administration sought to block hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funding to blue states this year, including Minnesota and California over allegations of fraud. It has made Minnesota a focal point in President Trump’s fraud crackdown. In a letter to Minnesota Department of Human Services temporary commissioner John Connolly, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services cited dozens of instances where Minnesota allegedly failed to...

California voters have voted to reject a wealth tax on its billionaires. The ballot proposal would have levied a one-time tax on the state's mega wealthy to help fund healthcare. It took nearly a week of counting votes after the midterm election to determine a projection on the measure. There are about 200 billionaires in the state, including Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, reality television star Kim Kardashian and media mogul Oprah Winfrey.

... Throuples, foursomes and other multi-partner relationships can now register as domestic partners in a Los Angeles County city after its city council unanimously approved new legal protections for polyamorous couples. West Hollywood passed the ordinance Tuesday after it was introduced by Mayor John Heilman. The only surprise to me about this development is that it's taken this long. Official semi-recognition of Islamic polygamy is well established in the UK, Canada, France and elsewhere. Sooner or later, some enterprising non-Muslims would demand a piece of the polyamorous action. As the late Kathy Shaidle liked to say, more KY for the...

Hillsdale professor Kevin Slack says America was founded by settlers, not immigrants. He and Nick trace how the Progressive Era and the New Deal moved power from Congress and the states to an unelected bureaucracy, why the income tax made it possible, and why he says the founders never saw diversity as a strength. Then Nick asks the question hanging over all of it: can the Constitution, as it stands today, still protect the Republic?