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Donald Trump won’t deliver his own closing statement at his New York civil fraud trial after all — after the judge said he needed to stick to “relevant, material facts.” Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron emailed Trump attorney Christopher Kise Wednesday saying he was assuming the 77-year-old former president wouldn’t agree to the “lawful limits” and “therefore, he will not be speaking in court tomorrow.” Kise first notified the judge in a January 4 email that after the lawyers give their arguments in the $370 million case on Thursday, “President Trump plans to present argument at closing as well,”...

In a shocking turn of events, a riot broke out at the Chabad headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, today. The New York Police Department (NYPD) swiftly responded to the situation, which escalated due to the discovery of an underground tunnel within the temple premises. The incident began earlier today when individuals tore down wooden structures at the Chabad headquarters. The motive behind this destructive behavior is yet to be determined. However, it caught the attention of law enforcement agencies, leading to a swift response from the NYPD. The riot at the Chabad headquarters attracted a significant number of officers from...

A Florida man allegedly threw a package of Oreo cookies at his wife while the two were arguing over their empty coffee maker. Deputies wrote in an affidavit that John Sandoval, 70, was arrested Saturday morning after he allegedly threw the package of Oreo cookies at his wife while the two argued over their coffee maker that had no water in it, according to FOX 35. According to Lake County Sheriff's deputies, the couple, who has been married for over 40 years, got into a verbal argument while sitting at a table. At some point, Sandoval allegedly became "aggressive" and...

A Florida man was arrested after allegedly drowning his family’s dog in a community pool in a fit of vengeance during a domestic dispute, police said. Corey Vaughn Dacres, 25, was arrested Sunday after killing his family’s beloved pit bull terrier named Unity at the San Tropez apartment complex pool in Pembroke Pines, officials said. Police said Dacres left his residence with the 6-year-old dog in tow following a heated argument with his family Sunday night, tossing the helpless pooch over the fence towards the community pool. After hopping the 5-foot fence, Dacres proceeded to shove Unity underwater, holding the...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida man is facing domestic violence charges after allegedly slapping a woman in the face with a slice of pizza. Marion County deputies responded to a home after receiving a 911 hang-up call and possible domestic disturbance, as per Click Orlando. When they arrived, they met with 39-year-old Ortelio Lazaro Alfonso outside the home. According to a probable cause affidavit, Alfonso said he got into a verbal argument with a woman. When deputies spoke to the woman, she told them Alfonso slapped her on the left side of her face with a slice of pizza...

A man in Florida confessed to murdering his roommate because the roommate threw the suspect’s plate full of food on the ground, according to authorities. Bryan Marquez was arrested on Sunday, Feb. 12. Police said they were called to a house in Fort Pierce after someone said they saw blood in the backyard and what appeared to be a shallow grave. When officers arrived on scene, they found a body somewhat buried in an 18-inch deep hole and a “foot was partially exposed.” Blood, rocks, gloves, plywood, shovels, and a blanket were collected by investigators from the yard, according to...

WEKIWA SPRINGS, Fla. – A man living in Wekiwa Springs was arrested Thursday, accused of arming himself with a handgun and shooting it during a dispute with a landscaper working near his address that morning, according to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. Jeffrey Perlman, 68, and the landscaper were on opposite sides of a brick wall between Terra Oaks and Kapok courts when the dispute began, with the landscaper on the Kapok Court side, deputies said. Perlman allegedly drove his vehicle to the Kapok Court side, where he confronted the landscaper and stated he would call the police. To this,...

MIAMI - A Cutler Bay man is accused of biting the head off of a woman's pet snake during a domestic dispute. According to Miami-Dade police, officers were sent to the Saga Bay apartment complex on SW 210th Street on Monday to check out reports of a couple arguing. When they arrived they could hear the fight between a man and woman going on inside #108. They knocked on the door several times and made loud verbal commands to open the door. The fight continued as the door remained closed and at one point the officers heard the woman scream...

MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA) — A Miami woman was arrested after police said she stabbed her roommate multiple times during an argument over a missing phone, NBC affiliate WTVJ reported. Police said the stabbing happened at an apartment on Northwest 12th Court. When officers arrived, they found the woman bleeding from her wounds. The new station reported that the woman was taken to a trauma center and treated for multiple puncture wounds to the right side of her body. A third roommate told officers that he was leaving when he heard loud screaming and then saw the bleeding woman collapse on...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – A Florida man has been charged after a night of drinking with his buddy took a turn. According to the Pinellas Park Police Department, officers responded to a disturbance in the 10300 block of Oakhaven Drive around 7:46 p.m. on Wednesday. When police arrived on the scene, they determined that Van Vui Duong, 56, of Pinellas Park had invited his friend over to his place for some drinks. Authorities stated that while Duong and his friend were drinking alcoholic beverages, a verbal argument broke out that resulted in Duong stabbing his friend with a knife...

A Leesburg woman was arrested after a brawl with her jealous beau who hit her with a breakfast sandwich. A Lake County sheriff’s deputy was dispatched Sunday to the 1200 block of Pine Island Drive when 39-year-old Jennifer Louise Reccoppa called 911 to report an attack. Reccoppa said she had gotten into an argument with her man friend who accused her of having sexual relations with someone else. She said she went to the store to get a drink and her beau “went to get some food stamps to eat.” When she returned, she parked in the driveway and was...

SEBASTIAN, Fla. (CBS12) — After throwing an urn containing a family member's ashes at someone, a naked man from Sebastian was arrested early Saturday morning. According to the Sebastian Police Department, 46-year-old Scott Cornwell got into a heated argument with the victim—which escalated when Cornwell threw a glass-style urn at their head. As officers arrived on scene, they found the victim at a neighbor's house—their face had multiple swollen bloody masses bursting open. The victim was transported to the Sebastian Hospital, where it was later discovered they had a fractured nasal cavity.

A man who complained there was too much mayonnaise on his sandwich opened fire at an Atlanta sandwich shop, killing one employee and injuring another, police said. The shooting happened around 6.30pm Sunday at a Subway restaurant attached to a petrol station in downtown Atlanta. Police said the man argued with the two female workers before shooting them. “This was a very tragic situation that did not have to occur,” Atlanta police Deputy Chief Charles Hampton Jnr told reporters on Monday. He said a 36-year-old man believed to be the shooter was arrested near the restaurant on Sunday evening after...

He went off the deep end. A Florida man famed for his intense loathing of former President Donald Trump has been banned from a community pool after berating a woman for her “Joe Biden Sucks” T-shirt, according to a report. Ed McGinty, 74, has long been known in The Villages for plastering his golf cart with signs denouncing Trump and defiantly cruising his community’s sleepy streets. The homemade placards often feature blunt language. “Biden will kick Trump’s fat ass,” reads some of McGinty’s golf cart copy. As a blaring liberal presence in a deeply conservative enclave, McGinty has often skirmished...

FRESNO, CA—A local family ended up spending over a hundred dollars on their fast-food meal Monday when they got stuck idling in the drive-thru for ten minutes. Due to high gas prices, what used to be a convenience has turned into a crippling expense for millions of American families. "Oh no!" exclaimed Suzy Williams as she steered into the drive-thru lane. There were five cars ahead of her. "This is going to take forever! It's going to cost me a fortune!!!" She quickly put the car in reverse and was ready to put the pedal to the metal, but another...

I wrote the story below to poke fun at Atheists whose gods are Their Own Selves, Empiricism, Rationalism, Secularism, Logic, Science, and what THEY claim is Rational Argumentation. Its a dumb story but it does make a serious point. So relax, read my short crazy story, and have a little harmless fun. _____________ ` A Very Short Story About John And Bob and Tom. by JAG 5000 There are two atheists that are having an argument over contradictory propositions. John Atheist and Bob Atheist. They are having a private debate in their own thread. They are now on page 40...

On Wednesday, during Fox News Channel’s special coverage of the Judiciary Committee impeachment inquiry hearings, Fox News legal commentators Andrew Napolitano and Andy McCarthy took a critical look at George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley’s argument against impeaching President Donald Trump. Napolitano said, “Where I disagree with my dear friend, I’ve worked with him and testified alongside him, Jonathan Turley, on the significance of obstruction of justice, he is forgetting that the House has the sole, s-o-l-e power of impeachment. It does not need to go to a court for approval. It doesn’t need to get its subpoena enforced....

If pro-lifers are going to oppose the killing of unborn children, we are told over and over again, then we must be willing to take care of these children and their families even after they’re born. And since we don’t, it’s widely assumed and repeated, we have no right to oppose abortion. As if this line of argument wasn’t repeated enough, it’s become especially popular in the wake of the new anti-abortion laws in Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, and now Missouri. For example, a recent political cartoon by Nick Anderson depicts pro-lifers gazing in awe at a pregnant woman’s belly and...

What is going on lately with the growing trend of young parents or family of very young children killing them?! Another human waste of space, 24-year-old Zachary Tricoche of Pennsauken, N.J., repeatedly punched a two-year-old whose injuries from the punches resulted in his death on Saturday. The name of the mother was not reported, but the boy’s name was Jamil Baskerville Jr. Apparently this pile of garbage, Tricoche, was upset and had been fighting with the mother of the child, who was also his girlfriend, over her not buying some of the groceries he liked. Maybe Tricoche could get off...

[SNIP]THE BEST WAYS TO WIN AN ARGUMENT EVERY TIMETiming:Typically, the first person to reply to the thread has a greater chance of swinging the original person's (OP) view than someone who joins the debate later on.Alternative terminology:Use words that are different to those used in the post.For example,if discussing climate change,describing it as global warming in a reply makes more of an impact than using the same terminology as the OP.Use calm language:The study suggests using 'calm' language to make a point is more effective than swearing or using aggressive terms.In the paper,examples of 'calm' words include those that are...