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Bob Weir, a founding member of the legendary rock band the Grateful Dead, has died at the age of 78, his family announced Saturday. "It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of Bobby Weir," his family wrote in a post to his Instagram page. "He transitioned peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, after courageously beating cancer as only Bobby could. Unfortunately, he succumbed to underlying lung issues." In the statement, the family disclosed that Weir had been diagnosed with cancer in July. "As we remember Bobby, it's hard not to feel the echo of the way he lived,"...

As their music became more complex, the group turned to a murderer’s row of session giants who helped make their songs sparkle. Here are just a few.When it comes to nailing down an album’s production, Steely Dan records have always been the gold (or, more accurately, platinum) standard. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were Steely Dan’s creative core, but plenty of their classic cuts tap the talents of stellar session players to kick things up to another level. As their music became more complex, Fagen and Becker turned to a murderer’s row of session giants who helped make their...

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Should Trump really risk acquiring Greenland as a territory? I'm surprised the Democrats aren't already smirking and hissing, "Go for it, Donnie!" They'd be thrilled to have a mix of disgruntled, race baiting Eskimos and entitled Eurotrash Danes demanding statehood. As with Washington D.C., Greenland would give the 'Rat party an automatic two new AOC type senators and one Congress person if it were to join the Union. Maybe Greenland's slender population of 56,000 would preclude statehood? Maybe enough fishermen, miners, oil field roughnecks, and other red blooded Americans would move into Greenland by the time the issue of statehood...

Harry Nilsson was making millions at the height of his career, but he was sadly penniless when he died at just 52 years old. The singer-songwriter signed a record deal worth $5 million at the height of his career, but the money was gone by the time he died. Harry Nilsson was making millions at the height of his career, but he was sadly penniless when he died at just 52 years old. The singer-songwriter found fame in the 1970s with his album Nilsson Schmilsson and at the height of his career, he signed a record deal worth $5 million....

Charles Augustus Nichols was born into a large family on September 14, 1869 in Madison, Wisconsin.

According to a new report, three physicians in Minnesota each committed more than 1,000 abortions in 2024, working out to more than four abortions per weekday, and over 80 a month. In addition, the majority of abortions committed in the state in 2024 were carried out at Planned Parenthood centers. Key Takeaways: * In 2024, 13,729 abortions were committed in Minnesota. * Three doctors committed more than 1,000 abortions each. * Planned Parenthood committed the majority of abortions in the state, at 8,052. * At least 243 abortions were committed in MN after 20 weeks, despite the fact that babies...

A Real America's Voice camera operator was sitting in a diner in Minneapolis when a left-wing woman screamed at him out of nowhere and threw a drink in his face. The incident comes as there have been mass protests and vandalism in the city after the shooting of Renee Good, who was killed when she ran her car into an ICE officer, who then opened fire, killing Good. Real America's Voice posted to X, "One of our Real America’s Voice camera operators was peacefully eating at a diner when a radical liberal extremist suddenly exploded — screaming 'Nazi' and 'fascist'...

At age 80, Betty Kellenberger set a benchmark for endurance last summer, becoming the oldest woman to complete the treacherous 2,193-mile Appalachian Trail. Kellenberger, who spent 41 years teaching middle school in Carson City, Mich., said she’d dreamed of hiking the 14-state footpath — which runs from Springer Mountain in northern Georgia to Mount Katahdin in central Maine — since childhood. But, as she put it, “life got in the way,” she told The Post.

Portland Police Chief Bob Day became emotional Friday as he confirmed new information showing that two people shot by a US Customs and Border Protection agent in Portland who allegedly tried to run over the officials with their car have ties to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. He then apologized to the Latino community for “victim blaming.” Day confirmed a Department of Homeland Security statement identifying the two individuals, Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, as Venezuelan nationals believed to be in the United States illegally with suspected links to the violent Tren de Aragua gang as...

Somali-born Oregon state Senate senator Kayse Jama criticized federal immigration enforcement officers Thursday night following a federal agent’s shooting of two people in Portland, telling them they were not welcome in the community. Speaking at a news conference alongside Portland’s mayor and other state and local leaders, Jama, a Somali‑born refugee and Oregon Democrat, addressed federal agencies, including US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying, “This is Oregon. We do not need you. You’re not welcome. And you need to get the hell out of our community.” The remarks came amid fallout from a Thursday afternoon incident in which federal Customs...

Cleveland, OH — Preterm Cleveland, the infamous abortion operation that killed Lakisha Wilson in 2014 and has continued harming women, first announced its search for a new medical director last September on social media. Just one month before Preterm admitted the vacancy, Operation Rescue reported shocking new details regarding a woman described by Preterm staff as “not breathing after a surgical procedure” when they called 911 to request emergency transport. The incident took place in November 2024, but it took months to gather intel, request records, and finally obtain the 911 audio records and computer-aided-dispatch report. Complaints have also been...

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “The Brief,” CNN Senior Correspondent Josh Campbell discussed the video of the shooting in Minneapolis and said that while officers are trained not to step in front of vehicles, “it appears, from other vantage points, that he was likely struck by that car, and so, under policy, an agent can articulate, I felt my life was in danger, I opened fire. But there are big questions based on the angle where he was, were there other options, could he have jumped out of the way? That’s a big question.” Campbell said, “[H]e puts himself...

Here’s a clear, sourced summary of the organizations and groups identified as leading or involved in the Minneapolis “ICE resistance” movement (largely in response to federal ICE enforcement actions and the fatal shooting of a local activist): ⸻ 1) Indivisible Twin Cities • A local chapter of the national Indivisible Project — a progressive activist network originally formed after the 2016 election. • Reportedly a key organizer of anti-ICE demonstrations in Minneapolis, including resistance to enforcement actions and broader calls to end ICE operations locally.  2) ICE Watch / Minnesota ICE Watch • A local activist network focused on...

Orlando Speed World Dragway, an NHRA member track, has decided to ban fully electric vehicles from competition, including test and tune days. The Dragway says they’re making this decision for safety reasons. After reviewing emergency response procedures for its track, for specific full electric vehicles the venue decided the risks fully outweighed the rewards. The mid-Florida track enumerated its rationale for banning full electric vehicles, with the ban taking effect immediately, applying solely to full electric vehicles but allowing hybrid vehicles to continue to compete, as well as to test & tune. The risks include the following: The battery may...

According to Palm Beach Fire Rescue, lifeguards at Ocean Reef Park saw someone operating a powered paraglider when a gust of wind caused a partial parachute collapse, which caused the man to spiral into the oceanA paraglider who fell into a Florida beach on Friday prompted a swift response by rescue crews. According to Palm Beach Fire Rescue, lifeguards at Ocean Reef Park saw someone operating a powered paraglider when a gust of wind caused a partial parachute collapse, which caused the man to spiral into the ocean. Fire rescue said the man fell from 500 feet in the air...

Nick Reiner’s weight gain and change of meds for his schizophrenia treatment was reportedly the catalyst behind his parents Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner’s brutal murders. Sources made the revelations surrounding Nick’s 2020 diagnosis and subsequent struggles with his medication regimen in TMZ’s new documentary, “The Reiner Murders: What Really Happened,” which aired on Friday. In December, the outlet reported that Nick, 32, was diagnosed with schizophrenia — and in the weeks leading up to his parents’ deaths, the meds he was taking allegedly made him “erratic and dangerous.”

“Civil death” was a punishment under ancient French law—abolished in 1854—that extinguished the legal personality of the convicted individual: loss of property, family rights, and civil existence, while leaving the person physically alive. Civil death—cruel, total, annihilating—was believed to belong to a bygone era. The European Union has just reinvented it—and made it worse. The case of Swiss Colonel Jacques Baud, who has been struck with civil death by the EU, first caught my attention. By a sovereign decision dated December 15, 2024, the EU banned Mr. Baud from its territory and “froze” all his assets. However hard I searched,...

The Brief: Oakland couple's home trashed by strangers who compromised home-sharing rental account Victims say intruders used drugs, had sex, trashed the home, and stole their car Oakland police are investigating Oakland - An Oakland couple said Friday that they're still cleaning up and taking stock after their home was overrun by strangers who compromised a home-sharing account, allowing them to use drugs, have sex and even steal their car. "These are trashy people that were here," said a resident who wished only to be identified as Eric, along with his wife, Jenny. "They were using drugs. There was drug...

They were bound by trust, loyalty and dough — until a betrayal blew a bagel hole in their $50 million a year business. A Queens-based empire that peddles 100 million bagels a year is being torn asunder by a succession fight between the children of founders George Menegatos and Nicholas Evangelinos. The bond between the families behind New Yorker Wholesale Bagels — once thicker than cream cheese — is now toast after Nicholas’ son Stefanos allegedly cut George’s kids out of the business, denying them their father’s company shares after his death, they said in a $25 million Brooklyn Federal...