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As a mom of three kids, Christina Mott had been counting the days until her oldest son, Colton, got his driver's license. It falls on her to drive each of them — age 10, 12, and 16 — to three different charter schools every day, and then to extracurriculars and social outings. "Having him able to drive himself would free up a lot of time," she says. If only. While out one day on his learner's permit, Colton rolled through a red light and a stop sign. He panicked and decided to put his license on hold indefinitely. "Getting in...

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True love never gets old — especially for 102-year-old WWII vet Harold Terens and his 98-year-old bride, Jeanne Swerlin. The lovebirds, who tied the knot in 2024 and still gush that they feel like teenagers together, had some Valentine’s Day advice for the lovelorn. “Never give up.” “It’s never too late to find love, especially a great love — look at us,” Swerlin, a New York native who lives in Florida, told The Post. “You have to be open — love will find you.” Terens is among the last of the Greatest Generation, surviving a series of harrowing series of...

When I was growing up in the 1980s, I often saw old war movies on TV, and in many appeared a certain German actor usually playing a Nazi villain, from 'Where Eagles Dare' to 'Escape to Victory'. I recently discovered that this star, Anton Diffring, is buried only 9 miles from my childhood home, so I decided to make a pilgrimage and find his largely forgotten last resting place and thank him for so many great performances.

"the key to Trump winning Congress again, which he will, I think this year" is that "the Democratic Party is becoming unelectable."

A man helped rescue a pregnant woman from a vehicle in a pond off Interstate 95 in Florida. Hours later, she gave birth to the child. Logan Hayes had been driving to work near Stuart before 8 a.m. Friday before the Gatlin exit near the weigh station. "As I was driving by, I saw this car in the pond," he told WPBF. The vehicle was sinking. He jumped into the cold waters, swam out to the vehicle, and pulled the woman to shore. Hayes later learned the woman was pregnant. Martin County Fire Rescue crews arrived minutes later. The patient...

A Saline County jury on Thursday found a Benton woman guilty of multiple charges, including simultaneous possession of drugs and a firearm, and recommended she serve 10 years in prison. Shardria Bogard was convicted February 12, 2026, of simultaneous possession of drugs and a firearm, resisting arrest, possession of marijuana, and having an open container of alcohol in a vehicle, according to the Saline County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. The jury recommended a sentence of 10 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections. The charges stem from an Oct. 21, 2024, traffic stop conducted by Bryant Police Officer Shelbi McCarty....

"I think it’s really unfair. I think it’s punishing excellence, to be completely honest with you," Gu added. "Because I dare to do three events, and this is making it completely impossible to train fairly for the third event." FIS scheduled three training sessions before qualifying – an increase from two for a typical World Cup event. The organization’s spokesman, Bruno Sassi, said, "Every effort has been made to facilitate the best possible training" for the athletes.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WKRC) - A Kentucky woman was arrested after federal agents intercepted a package from Poland containing what investigators said were OxyContin pills hidden inside Lego pieces. Agents with the Department of Homeland Security contacted local police Feb. 5 after seizing a package at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, per WLKY. Court records state the package, addressed to Amber Back, 41, contained 100 OxyContin pills concealed inside Lego pieces, reports WAVE. That package was destined for her home in Mount Sterling. Police said an officer delivered the package to Back’s address Feb. 6 before detaining her and taking...

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@RestoreBritain_ A British passport doesn’t make you British.

A long-running Pride Month event known as “Gay Days” at Disney World has been placed on pause for 2026, with event organizers citing a sponsorship loss and other logistics challenges. “After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to pause the GayDays Orlando event scheduled for June 2026,” Gay Days event organizers announced on Sunday. “Changes to our host hotel agreement, the loss of key sponsorship support, and broader challenges currently impacting LGBTQIA+ events nationwide made it impossible to deliver the experience our community deserves,” they added. Organizers went on to insist, in a ChatGPT-esque banality, “This is a...

A maniac pushed a woman onto the subway tracks and punched another lady in the face in Sunset Park, Brooklyn on Saturday — and was later arrested at a nearby shelter, police and sources said. A 51-year-old was shoved and a 43-year-old was socked on the R subway line at 53rd Street and Fourth Avenue around 8:45 a.m., according to cops. A 25-year-old person of interest was taken into custody at the shelter, police sources said, noting both victims suffered facial injuries as well as pain to the legs and back.

@ElectionMapsUK "Yesterday, Rupert Lowe MP launched a political party named Restore Britain. If there were a General Election tomorrow, how would you vote in that election?" RFM: 25% GRN: 20% LAB: 15% CON: 13% RES: 10% LDM: 10%

Pregnant immigrants in Minnesota have been postponing their abortions, skipping aftercare, and delaying birth control visits and urgent cancer screening follow-ups to avoid coming in contact with federal immigration agents. Medical providers say the federal operation — which the Department of Homeland Security has called its largest-ever immigration enforcement raid — has cut off access to time-sensitive reproductive health care, delays that can result in more complicated and expensive care. Border czar Tom Homan announced Thursday that the operation — now in its third month — is coming to a close, saying that only a “small footprint” will remain in...

Michelle Obama showed off a stack of new piercings—and revealed that it took former President Barack Obama several days to notice her sparkly new additions. “In one sitting, I got 10 piercings,” the former first lady, 62, said during a Q&A segment of her podcast, IMO, which she hosts with her older brother, Craig Robinson, 63. The news came after a listener asked, “What is one thing you’ve learned about the other from doing the podcast and working together?” “What I’ve learned,” Robinson began his answer, looking at Michelle, “is that you tried to get your ears pierced and thought...

This special investigative report from Operation Rescue details shocking new connections between Planned Parenthood and the concealment of sexual abuse by one of America’s most notorious predators, Jeffrey Epstein. The notorious “Epstein Files” contain the mention of “abortion” over 280 times. In one of these mentions, the facts are clear and demand public scrutiny and accountability — especially in regards to Planned Parenthood. According to victim accounts documented in FBI investigative files, a young woman — just about 17 years old — discovered she was pregnant as a result of sexual abuse and grooming by Jeffrey Epstein. In urgent need...

On Wednesday, the Palmyra Police Department arrested a woman and a juvenile following an investigation into an incident where a middle school student allegedly ingested LSD. The investigation began on September 19, 2025, when officers assisted EMS at Pal-Mac Middle School for a student who required hospitalization. Police allege the child ingested the illegal substance after obtaining it from a shared living space within a home on Cuyler Street. On Wednesday, a juvenile offender was arrested and charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child and Reckless Endangerment in the Second Degree. The juvenile was processed and released to...

After a self-imposed political exile to Ireland following President Donald Trump’s re-election, Rosie O'Donnell quietly returned to the United States. During an interview with Chris Cuomo (snip) the 63-year-old actress revealed she recently returned to the country to visit her family. The actress moved to Ireland with her teenage daughter in January 2025, just prior to President Trump's second inauguration. "I was recently home for two weeks and I did not really tell anyone," she told Cuomo. "I just went to see my family. I wanted to see how hard it would be for me to get in and out...

Interesting to watch them react to something NOT in English.. 😁 Brad always too serious, while Lex is bubbly, as always.