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A six-year-old autistic boy was suspended from a school in Georgia after he bit his sandwich into the shape of a gun and pointed it at his classmate, his family said. John Medina, a first-grader at Sara Harp Minter Elementary School in Fayette County, was kicked out last March after administrators saw what happened, according to his parents and school records, Atlanta News First reported. Kristin Medina, the boy's mother, recalled the school calling her and saying her son was not welcome back after the lunchtime incident. 'And you're just like baffled,' Kristin told the outlet, stating that she believes...

The basket of goods comes with a basket of questions. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is pitching a vague discount of 30% “below typical retail prices” on a “core basket of goods” at his promised city-owned grocery stores — but New Yorkers aren’t buying it. Folks interviewed by The Post have a list of questions about how the discount would work, what few items they’d have to choose from, and how much it would cost taxpayers to subsidize the lefty mayor’s scheme. “F--- that,” said Deborah, a 53-year-old lifelong Harlem resident. “We’re all paying for that. So, all the s--- we buy...

The identities were buried.Foreign-agent filings reveal that operatives working for a Chinese Communist Party-linked influence organization planned free trips for American journalists based on the potential for “favorable coverage” and sought to “effectively disseminate positive messages” about Beijing.But the filings did not plainly identify the reporters who received the access.By cross-referencing the filings with archived newsletters, annual reports and contemporaneous accounts, this investigation has uncovered the names of prominent American journalists who participated in China trips organized or funded by the China-United States Exchange Foundation, or CUSEF.

NaLyssa Smith is having her say on the cheating allegations posed against her by ex-girlfriend DiJonai Carrington. Carrington alleged Sunday that Smith cheated on her with multiple WNBA players, including Deja Kelly and Aaliyah Nye, before they broke up last year. Hours after the public callout on Threads, the Aces foward took to Twitch to address the situation in a nearly nine-minute video. She didn’t confirm nor deny the allegations against her. “Whether she cheated on me and I cheated on her, why are we bringing that to the internet a year later when nobody did anything to anybody? Whether...

The Mayor of Seattle faces fierce fallout over efforts to scrap street surveillance cameras after gunfire at the Seattle Food Festival leaves 3 dead and 4 injured. Investigators report no surveillance cameras were present at the site to help track the suspect. Bite of Seattle is a large food festival that is just blocks from the Space Needle and other major tourist attractions. A few balloonheads decided they wanted to have a gunfight there on Sunday evening. King 5 Seattle notes that there are more than 100,000 visitors to the food festival daily. The police are still searching for more...

Most men don't think much about aging until something forces the issue: a lift that used to feel easy, stairs that leave you winded, or a waistline that expanded despite no real change in habits. Fortunately, the research on longevity and healthy aging is largely consistent on what to do. Resistance training, plainly lifting weights regularly, is one of the most well-supported interventions available for extending both lifespan and health span, the stretch of years you spend actually capable of doing the things you want to do. This is not a supplement pitch or a training trend. It is the...

A California man who went missing in the Pacific Ocean for over a month has been found alive drifting off Hawaii. Kai Sato, 39, left Catalina Island on June 7 but two weeks later the mast on his sailboat snapped, he ran out of gas and his phone died, leaving him floating helplessly outside of shipping lanes. He said he was left crying for days as he gave up and felt “like a sitting duck” as the waves pushed him further from any chance of being rescued. He told Hawaii News Now: “I cried for a whole week, just drifting...

Narrative violation. WSJ today.

A YouGov survey for Sky News and The Times puts Labour level with Reform, while Andy Burnham has ruled out scrapping stamp duty at the budget. Watch Sky's Sam Coates' analysis. [Video] LABOUR 22% Reform 22% Conservatives 21% Greens 13% Libdems 11%

Explanation: What created this huge space bubble? Blown by the wind from a star, this tantalizing, head-like apparition is cataloged as NGC 7635, but known simply as the Bubble Nebula. Taken from Krakow, Poland, the featured view utilizes a long exposure to reveal the intricate details of this cosmic bubble and its environment. Although it looks delicate, the 10 light-year diameter bubble offers evidence of violent processes at work. Seen here right of the Bubble's center, a bright hot star is embedded in the nebula's reflecting dust. A fierce stellar wind and intense radiation from the star, which likely has...

What Axios' Alex Thompson is hearing from Democratic insiders about the party's most likely 2028 Democratic nominees, as told to Jim VandeHei for his weekly Axios C-Suite newsletter: 1. Kamala Harris. She is far ahead of every other contender with Black voters, still the most important voting bloc in a Democratic primary. Her allies argue that no one else is as prepared for a national campaign. She was a better candidate in 2024 than in 2020 and is working hard to be a better, more authentic, less cautious candidate in 2028. Harris is likely a beneficiary of Democrats' preliminary choice...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted to those close to him that he was starting to think that perhaps keeping a detailed daily "Perjury Diary" was a bad idea. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Fauci kept meticulous notes in his diary about every lie he told under oath, which in retrospect had begun to seem unwise. "That might have been a mistake," said Fauci as he prepared for Congressional questioning. "It seemed like harmless fun at the time, but I suppose writing down each crime I committed, the date, the motivation, and specific evidence for the...

The admitted murderer Bryan Kohberger plans to file for post-conviction relief after pleading guilty to killing four University of Idaho students in a 4 a.m. home invasion attack, according to two sources familiar with the matter.... "My actual innocence is my truth, and the plea, hinged on by false promises and blatant disinformation, MUST be withdrawn," he told the outlet".

Bugs Bunny Starred in His First Film on July 27, 1940 Although Warner Bros. had previously showcased rabbits in their cartoons, it wasn’t until July 27, 1940, when The Wild Hare short film hit cinemas, that Bugs Bunny officially starred in his first project. According to Time, animator Chuck Jones credits legendary animator Tex Avery for creating a witty and savvy rabbit. Now as far as the rabbit’s name, that’s slightly debatable. Mel Blanc, who voiced Bugs Bunny, claims he came up with the name as homage to an animator named Ben “Bugs” Hardaway. Blanc professed that the studio was...

Elijah Bieniemy – Eric and Mia’s son – was arrested. Elijah has been charged with malicious wounding, use of a firearm in commission of a felony and discharge of a firearm inside of a dwelling. He was taken to the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center and held without bond.

In her memoir, abortionist Christine Henneberg wrote about a woman who had an abortion because she believed she was carrying a boy and wanted a girl. Henneberg, who watched the abortion via ultrasound as she committed it, saw that the child was, in fact, a girl—but didn’t tell the woman. Instead, she allowed the woman to believe she’d aborted a boy instead of the girl she wanted. An Ambivalent Woman The woman was 14 weeks pregnant. When she was on the abortion table, she said, “I didn’t want to be here today, you know.” Henneberg didn’t stop the abortion and...

The Houthis enacted a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabian-linked ships and ports, dealing another blow to shipping in the Middle East.Transits in the Strait of Hormuz were down this week compared to the previous week as the U.S. struck Iran for the 13th straight day. London-based Lloyd’s List Intelligence tracked 78 transits between July 13 and Sunday compared to 174 between July 6-12.Both east and westbound transits took a hit with 44 eastbound transits between July 13 and Sunday compared to 101 the prior week. Westbound transits dropped from 73 to 34 in the same period. Numbers may fluctuate as...

The Senate is the only game in town on Capitol Hill for the next two weeks, with the House gone already. The late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) memorial service is Tuesday afternoon at National Cathedral. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are all expected to attend. There’s also a Capitol Rotunda ceremony on Tuesday morning. The Senate has a full plate during its two-week sprint to August recess. Senate Majority Leader John Thune is under pressure from competing factions of his conference — and the White House — over the SAVE America Act,...

The socialists will swallow hard and take her. There’s some talk about AOC, but she’s going to take noted burger chef Chuck Schumer’s Senate seat. AOC’s sell-by date is fast approaching. She’s not really left enough for the socialists, and here’s a hard truth: SHE'S GETTING HEFTY. The attraction was that she was young and cute. They auditioned her for the job, and the key was that she was attractive. Between losing her hotness and the fact that every time she opens her mouth, she says something stupid—like how the Senate was constituted to enshrine Jim Crow about a century...

They’re baaack. “They” being communists, or for the academics, Marxists. Hairsplitting. Communism is the implementation of the ideology Karl Marx advanced in his 1848 thesis, “The Communist Manifesto.” The resurgence started with intersectionality, cultural demands, and the redefinition of words like racism, gender, and homeless. Aided by funding from the Chinese Communist Party, and the growth of organizations like the Democratic Socialists of America, the far left added violence and dismantling capitalism. Today, radical leftists pursue the full communist agenda, fused with antisemitism and radical Islam. Turn up your nose at the Red Menace, but during the 20th century, communists...