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I went undercover in Seattle to expose food stamp (EBT) fraud and filmed a $120 EBT card being rung up for one can of Spam and a pack of sushi. A tip from a man on the street led us to a market, a confrontation on camera, and a stolen gun that sent a mob after our security. Food stamps are supposed to feed people who are struggling. On the streets of Seattle, people told us EBT cards get sold for cash at a fraction of their value, with the cash often going straight to drugs, and we found cards...

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WARE SHOALS, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Ware Shoals Police Department said that a fight over food ended in citations for three Burger King employees on Oct. 7. Officers said that around 5:20 p.m., Ware Shoals Police Chief Tommy Clamp walked into the Burger King on Highway 25 North to purchase food. As he walked through the restaurant door, someone yelled at him to stop an employee who was walking out. Other employees and customers told Chief Clamp that a fight involving three employees had just happened in the restaurant. Chief Clamp notified 911 dispatch of the fight, and another...

Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton revisited the video showing her appearing to stagger and nearly faint after a 9/11 commemoration ceremony in 2016, conceding on Wednesday that campaigning while having pneumonia was a “mistake.”(snip) Clinton compared Talarico’s experience to her own after the 2016 video went viral as she ran for president, arguing that critics portrayed her as being “on death’s door.” Swisher said that President Donald Trump was “quantumly sicker” than Clinton had been, though “they hide it,” and asked Clinton to respond. “They tested me and they said, ‘Oh, you’ve got pneumonia. You need to take like...

A Skokie man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly holding a senior citizen’s head underwater in a pond at Westfield Old Orchard Mall on Tuesday. The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office charged 35-year-old William Dobbs with one count of attempted murder, one count of aggravated battery to a senior citizen and one count of aggravated battery with great bodily harm, a news release from the Skokie Police Department said on Wednesday. Skokie police arrested Dobbs on Tuesday morning after he reportedly attempted to rob a woman at Westfield Old Orchard Mall and held her head underwater in a...

At first glance, it reads like satire – something so grotesque and absurd that it cannot possibly be real. But it is real. In Central Florida, Stand With Abortion Now (“SWAN”) is selling merchandise that turns the intentional killing of unborn children into a joke, a fashion statement, and a fundraising opportunity. We are linking to SWAN’s own website once so readers can see the organization’s words and merchandise for themselves. What follows is not parody. It is how SWAN describes – and markets – its work. SWAN is a pro-abortion clinic-escort group founded in June 2022, immediately after the...

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Okay, so apparently Katie Zacharia didn't work out as press secretary. However, is there a chance she could have remained on that job if she wasn't so nervous at the get-go? In fact, could she have been able to get over that hump of first day nerves if she had been calmed down by just a few shots of whiskey (or rum or vodka)? I say this from some personal experience. I spent a couple of summers years ago traveling the race car circuit (NASCAR, Indy 500, and other car races) in the Midwest, East Coast, and the South. No...

As smoking makes a comeback among Silicon Valley founders and engineers, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar says some AI researchers are lighting up to signal their belief that the technology will cure cancer, calling it a form of “mass psychosis.” Speaking with Face the Nation’s Margaret Brennan Sunday, Sankar argued that some people building artificial general intelligence (AGI) have developed an almost religious faith in the technology, while others’ warnings about its dangers are driven by their own ideological beliefs. The X account Fireside Alpha shared a clip. [Palantir CTO reveals AI researchers are taking up smoking to signal to other...

If absentee ballot numbers are any indication, things in Wisconsin look really good for Republicans in the state, including Tom Tiffany. Here's a better breakdown of those numbers: There were 363,330 applications this year, down 20.3 percent from 2022, and 151,231 were returned, down 28.2 percent from 2022. Those numbers are down across the board, but especially so in bluer districts. Republicans must go and vote. But the signs are there that this may not be the blue wave Democrats are hoping for. That's great news for all of us.

1. The Left collapses in Latin and South America2. Far fewer kids claim to be Alphabet people"a recent analysis of federal data indicates a sharp decline in the percentage of young American teenagers identifying as lesbian, gay, or bisexual. According to a October 2026 report by The Washington Post and an analysis by psychologist Jean Twenge on her Substack Generation Tech, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a significant reversal of previous upward trends."https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/10/08/number-teens-who-identify-themselves-gay-or-bisexual-free-fall/3. (C)rap suddenly collapses"Rap and hip-hop experienced a historic commercial downturn, marked by a complete absence of rap songs in the top...

Over the past decade, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) has advanced its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, which has raised the threat Pyongyang poses to the United States, U.S. allies in East Asia, and U.S. interests. In April 2026, a U.S. defense official testified that “North Korea’s nuclear forces are increasingly capable of targeting the U.S. Homeland, and its missile forces can strike South Korea and Japan with nuclear or conventional warheads.”Since 2022, Russian and Chinese policies toward North Korea have shifted. The U.S. Forces Korea commander said in April 2025 that in return...

ABSOLUTE HERO. In a just country, that man would get a free house and free beers for life, in addition to the keys to the city. He risked everything to save those children, and he was forced to take a life to do it. Krantz said that officers were called to the school just before 1 p.m. on a 911 call from a person who said they had been shot at several times while in their vehicle by a suspect with a long gun. Emergency dispatchers then received dozens of 911 calls that the suspect had entered the school. The...

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BEND, Ore. (KATU) — Police in Bend are on the scene of a reported active shooter situation at Silver Rail Elementary School. A large police presence has gathered in the area. Residents are asked to avoid the area. The school has been placed on lockdown due to this incident. The suspected shooter has been shot and killed, according to police. At this time it is unclear who shot the suspect. Police confirmed that there are multiple victims, including children. At least two people have been taken to a local hospital in unknown condition. KATU News has reached out to the...

An aftermarket suspension lift kit that raised the height of a Ford F-150 by six inches is at the center of a wrongful death lawsuit following a crash that killed a Georgia man. Defendants in the case include the driver of the truck, the dealer that sold the truck, the business that installed the suspension lift-kit and the manufacturer of the aftermarket equipment. Charles Holloway Jr. was killed in what was an otherwise survivable crash when the driver of the Ford F-150, Scott Douglas Kneiss, crossed the center line during the late morning of Jan. 8 and struck Holloway’s vehicle...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A 41-year-old Jacksonville woman was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for assaulting officers during an immigration operation, federal authorities announced Wednesday. Senior U.S. District Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger handed down the sentence to Jennifer Susan Cruz following an investigation into the January 13 incident in Jacksonville. According to court documents, federal immigration officers assisted by the Florida Highway Patrol were conducting an operation in Jacksonville on January 13 to arrest individuals unlawfully present in the United States. Cruz drove past the site while recording on her cellphone, parked nearby and began shouting at a trooper...