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  • Mom feels 'helpless' after UnitedHealthcare denies coverage for her son's rehab after motorcycle accident

    09/04/2026 9:46:55 AM PDT · by DFG · 2 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 09/04/2026 | Eliot Force
    A mother has said she feels 'helpless' and called UnitedHealthcare money-hungry after the insurance company allegedly denied covering her son's rehab for a brain injury. Peyton Alvarez, a 25-year-old airline mechanic at PSA Airlines, crashed into a tree while riding his motorcycle in Greenville, South Carolina, on April 28. Although he was wearing a helmet and other protective gear, the collision caused a serious brain injury that left him unconscious for a month and a half. Doctors told his mother, Trina Alvarez, that Peyton may never wake up. But the young man eventually opened his right eye in early June,...
  • Lindsay Clancy judge declares mistrial — but lawyer granted Hail Mary bid to appeal

    09/04/2026 8:37:57 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 115 replies
    nypost.com ^ | Sep. 4, 2026
    PLYMOUTH, Mass. – A judge declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial Friday on the seventh day of deliberations — but gave her defiant lawyer one hour to file an emergency appeal against the ruling. The 12-person jury – made up of nine women and three men – told Judge William Sullivan that they could not agree on whether to convict Clancy, 36, of three counts of first-degree murder.
  • Hollywood celebs who defend Mark Ruffalo did nothing for Gina Carano

    09/04/2026 8:21:27 AM PDT · by Alas Babylon! · 9 replies
    NY Post ^ | 2 Sep 2026 | Christian Toto
    There’s a list of celebrities supporting Mark Ruffalo after the “Avengers” star’s latest anti-Israel bombast. Gina Carano might have settled for just one A-list defender. Or even a D-list dweller. Ruffalo’s chronic anti-Israel rhetoric finally caught up with the 58-year-old actor. Several Jewish groups chastised his recent anti-Paramount merger rhetoric wrapped in what some called antisemitic tropes. “Larry Ellison will own most of ‘Para Bros.’ Larry is a classic Oligarch. They are crushing workers and consolidating the wealth of the world for their own power and concentrated dominance.”
  • Living With HIV Shouldn’t Make You a Criminal

    09/04/2026 8:16:37 AM PDT · by fwdude · 29 replies
    POZ ^ | Sept 2, 2026 | Tom Duane
    ...in 2026, according to the Community Health Law Project (CHLP), "32 states criminalize people living with HIV (PLHIV) and 28 states have harsh criminal penalty enhancements that elevate charges based on a person’s knowledge of their HIV status." There are many examples of the harm these laws do. One that stands out to me is Robert Suttle. I met Robert last year when he was a guest on my cable access TV broadcast, The Recruiters with Tom Duane. In 2008, Robert was arrested at his workplace after a former partner accused him of failing to disclose his HIV status. Robert...
  • Flock Cameras: Public Safety Tool or Warrantless Surveillance Machine?

    09/04/2026 8:12:17 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 19 replies
    Simeon on Security ^ | 08 01 2026 | Simeon
    The debate over Flock Safety cameras divides people in a way that almost nothing else does in technology policy. Those who have had a car stolen tend to love them. Those who study constitutional law tend to hate them. Both are reacting to something real. This is an independent analysis of what these systems actually do, what the evidence says about their accuracy and misuse, and why the most important question is not whether cameras can photograph public streets — it is whether the government should build a searchable, warrantless database of everyone’s movements. This topic generated significant public discussion...
  • Sources: WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert to retire

    09/04/2026 8:10:51 AM PDT · by rdl6989 · 24 replies
    ESPN ^ | September 4, 2026 | Alexa Philippou
    Cathy Engelbert will retire as WNBA commissioner at the end of the 2026 season following seven years at the helm, sources told ESPN on Friday. Multiple high-ranking team sources had recently told ESPN that they believed the 2026 season would likely be Engelbert's last. While Engelbert has ushered the WNBA into what she's called "hypergrowth" mode, transforming the league into a significantly more prominent sports and entertainment property, her leadership had come into question over the past year.
  • After midwives sue, Pennsylvania lawmakers repeal nearly century-old midwife law

    09/04/2026 8:00:22 AM PDT · by Pontiac · 13 replies
    Broad and Liberty ^ | August, 31, 2026 | Beth Ann Rosica
    Three traditional midwives and an Amish family are suing several Pennsylvania state agencies, alleging that state officials effectively blocked traditional midwives from obtaining the certifications required to practice legally — and that lawmakers then repealed the nearly century-old law governing the profession after the lawsuit was filed. The midwives sued anonymously for fear of retaliation. The lawsuit centers on a striking sequence of events. The petitioners say Pennsylvania failed to comply with a 1929 law that required certification of traditional midwives. After they filed suit on July 2, 2026, ten days later the legislature passed the annual budget that included...
  • RETRACTED: Biondi, F.; Malanga, C. Synthetic Aperture Radar Doppler Tomography Reveals Details of Undiscovered High-Resolution Internal Structure of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 5231

    09/04/2026 7:58:40 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 9 replies
    Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) ^ | Published: 10 August 2026 | editors / unattributed
    In accordance with standard journal procedures, the Editorial Office and Editorial Board conducted an investigation that confirmed serious methodological flaws and statistical errors that were deemed to undermine the scientific conclusions of the article. As a result, the Editorial Board has decided to retract this paper as per MDPI's retraction policy.This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Remote Sensing.The authors have been informed of this retraction and have indicated their disagreement with this decision.
  • Women cheering Lindsay Clancy, a murderer of three little children.

    09/04/2026 7:57:53 AM PDT · by GrandJediMasterYoda · 32 replies
    x.com ^ | 9/3/26 | James Woods
    Women cheering Lindsay Clancy, a murderer of three little children. Literally cheering a murderer of three little children. And these people vote.
  • Question about Lancey Children

    09/04/2026 7:48:53 AM PDT · by Pete Dovgan · 17 replies
    Free Republic ^ | 9-4-2026 | Me
    Asking for a little help, maybe someone can give me some information. Does anybody know if the Lancey children victims had toxicology and what Temperature the children were when they arrived in the Emergency room. Was that discussed in the trial? I ask because for two of them it would establish time of death. The husband said he was gone 45 min.
  • Fox Fired Maria Bartiromo Over What She Showed the White House — President Trump Responds

    09/04/2026 7:43:40 AM PDT · by old school · 42 replies
    JD Rucker ^ | September 4, 2026 | Jeremiah Shell
    "Fox News did not lose Maria Bartiromo in some mysterious “next chapter.” The network fired her. Then it hid behind a thank-you note and hoped nobody would ask why a woman who spent twelve and a half years building Fox Business a real audience vanished from the air after August 9."
  • Young Americans need to learn communism’s true history

    09/04/2026 7:34:10 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 17 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 31 Aug, 2026 | Washington Examiner
    Socialism is gaining ground, particularly among younger adults. It is sometimes modified with the word “democratic,” as in the name Democratic Socialists of America, but the modification is lipstick on a pig. Socialism and communism spring from the same desire to elevate government over family. That makes it important for students to understand where the militant ideology has led in practice. A new public school curriculum in Florida offers a model for doing that. Public school students in Florida will take a course this year that was approved in November 2025 by the state Board of Education: History of Communism...
  • Gun store removes private Flock camera over customer privacy concerns

    09/04/2026 7:33:46 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 7 replies
    Now Georgia ^ | 08 26 2026 | Kevin Angell
    CLEVELAND, Ga. – A privately owned Flock Safety camera positioned to monitor the parking lot of a White County gun store is being removed after growing concerns over automated license plate reader technology left some customers worried about their privacy. Michael Carter, owner of Gun Commanders on U.S. 129 in Cleveland, told Now Georgia the camera was installed roughly two years ago for one purpose: to help protect his employees, customers, and business from crime. Carter privately owns the camera, not the White County Sheriff’s Office. According to Carter, it was configured to send hit-list notifications to the sheriff’s office...
  • Trump tells Fed to slash rates or he’ll end trade with countries with U.S. surpluses

    09/04/2026 7:25:48 AM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 38 replies
    CNBC ^ | September 4, 2026 | Kevin Breuninger
    President Donald Trump on Friday demanded that the Federal Reserve slash interest rates or else he will cut off trade with countries with which the U.S. maintains trade deficits. Trump issued the sweeping ultimatum in a Truth Social post reacting to a much-stronger-than-expected monthly jobs report by urging the central bank and its chairman, Kevin Warsh, to “get smart” and cut rates. Read Trump’s full post: Great jobs number just announced, breaking all estimates (except mine!) by double and triple - And you haven’t seen anything yet! EMPLOYERS ADDED 162,000 JOB IN AUGUST. Lower the interest rates because the U.S.A....
  • JONATHAN TURLEY: Talarico brings a touch of Trotsky to the Texas Senate race - Texas Democratic Senate nominee linked capitalism with White supremacy

    09/04/2026 7:12:48 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 18 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4 Sep, 2026 | Jonathan Turley
    Senate Democratic nominee James Talarico appears ready to bring a touch of Trotsky to Texas. In a video from a climate forum, Talarico is shown declaring capitalism an "oppressive system" linked with White supremacy and saying that it must be "dismantled" to achieve a better world. It is reminiscent of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, who denounced the "fundamental evil of the capitalist system" and called on citizens to free themselves from its oppression. The Democratic Socialists of America and radical sites have long called "to dismantle the capitalist state." As a state representative, Talarico addressed the 2020 climate conference by...
  • Oh Deer! Deputies respond to St. Johns County home after buck found in bathroom

    09/04/2026 7:00:48 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 20 replies
    New ^ | September 3, 2026
    ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office deputies had an unexpected encounter Aug. 23, when they responded to a home and discovered something far from ordinary in the bathroom — a large buck. The sheriff’s office shared body camera video of the incident, giving a firsthand look at what they called a ‘deer-in-the-headlights’ moment. Armed with a pool brush, deputies managed to guide the buck safely out of the home and back into the woods - but not before the confused creature fell into the backyard pool. He eventually found his way out and back into the...
  • No one runs out of space—everyone runs out of time

    09/04/2026 5:59:10 AM PDT · by Rev M. Bresciani · 7 replies
    New American Prophet ^ | September 4, 2026 | Michael Bresciani
    In his day, Christ rebuked both the people and the religious leaders for having a total lack of discernment. “The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would show them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather today: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?” Mt....
  • Freedom Is Much More Important Than Democracy

    09/04/2026 5:50:06 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 47 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 4 Sep, 2026 | J.B. Shurk
    Democracy invites despotism. When understood as majority rule, democracy means that fifty-one of every hundred citizens can have their way with the other forty-nine. “But I want to keep my possessions, weapons, and children.” Too bad, the majority have decided to redistribute your property to those lazy bums over there, disarm you before you can do anything about it, and indoctrinate your children in public schools, so that they learn to resent you and love the State.Democracy is dangerous without guardrails. Unless a society has a strong sense of moral virtue that fosters personal discipline, duty, and honor, base selfishness...
  • Homeland asks DOJ to probe transfer of private state voter data to Zuckerberg-tied nonprofit

    09/04/2026 5:29:32 AM PDT · by Pete Dovgan · 12 replies
    Just the News ^ | 9-4-2026 | Steven Richards
    he Justice Department is being asked to investigate whether sensitive state voter data — including Social Security and driver's license numbers — was transferred to a nonprofit tied to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in violation of federal privacy laws, according to a letter from Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin released Friday by the White House. The Department of Homeland Security first brought its concerns to the Justice Department in September 2025, Secretary Mullin wrote to Attorney General Todd Blanche in a letter dated Wednesday. It is unclear what the Justice Department did with the original information. The new letter sent...
  • Can We Throw Off the Yoke of Government?

    09/04/2026 5:22:38 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 21 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 4 Sep, 2026 | Allan J. Feifer
    Government—and those who feed off it—slowly but inevitably become our masters. In June 1788, when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution, America was born. In 1789, its entire payroll reportedly fit on a single ledger page, consisting mainly of customs officers, marshals, postmasters, and clerks. By 1800, the federal civilian workforce had grown to 125 people. By 1901, it had reached 231,000, including the Post Office. Today, the federal civilian workforce numbers approximately 2.7 million. Add another 1.7 to 2 million contractual employees, and the number is around 4.5 million—and this doesn’t count anyone in uniform....