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The woman convicted of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart over two decades ago was arrested Thursday for violating her sex offender probation. Wanda Barzee, who abducted then-14-year-old Smart with her husband Brian David Mitchell in 2002, is accused of illegally ... In 2002, Barzee and Mitchell, who was a street preacher, went through an open window and abducted Smart from her Salt Lake City bedroom at knifepoint. The teen was raped on a near-daily basis, and lived with the couple in run-down homes and campsites in Utah and San Diego. Smart was found nine months later after a good Samaritan saw the...

Queen Elizabeth I was known to be an all-powerful monarch, a warrior who defeated the Spanish Armada, a leader loved by her subjects and a muse for Shakespeare. The late Queen of England and Ireland - who ruled from 1558 until her death in 1603 - was so legendary that her reign was officially crowned the Elizabethan era, its very own epoch of the famed Tudor period. But one rumour has threatened to crack her tenable legacy, leading doubters to ask whether the Virgin Queen was the fiercely independent leader that history claims her to be.

If ever you needed proof that X Community Notes is vastly superior to corporate “fact checks” as a way for real journalists to do real work countering “misinformation” rather than as a bludgeon to suppress dissident narratives, this is it. Lying about being a Native American for DEI leg-ups, it turns out, isn’t the only dishonesty Elizabeth Warren peddles. This lie, however, is much more consequential in terms of policy impact: “I don't take contributions from Big Pharma executives. I don't take any corporate PAC money,” Elizabeth Warren says in the Senate hallway when confronted over her smears of RFK...

Just for fun, I went to look at the biggest corporate contributors to Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign. And his expenditures. I was curious to see how he burned through $200 million.. thanks for bringing our attention to this Bernie. Turns out he’s not just a big pharma ... He’s a generalized big corporation ... too! ... US Postal Service ... $438,076 .. City of New York .. $397,513 .. US Army ... $290,892.. US Air Force $288,519.. State of CaliforniA .. $263,087.. Dept. of Defense ..$247,397.. ... What does it feel like to be proven liar before all of...

Let's all be clear on one thing. Gary Gensler is evil. He should never again have a position of influence, power, or consequence. Any company, university, or organization that hires or works with him post-SEC is betraying the crypto industry and should be boycotted aggressively. This the only way to prevent this kind of misuse of government power from happening again in the future. Gensler’s behavior can't be explained away as a good faith mistakes. It was entirely thought out, intentional, and purposeful to fulfill his personal, political agenda at any cost. Even if this meant nuking an industry, tens...

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed that Queen Elizabeth II suffered from a form of deadly bone cancer before her death. As part of his upcoming tell-all memoir 'Unleashed', Mr Johnson recalled his final meeting with the monarch, stating he had been aware of her condition for over a year. 'I had known for a year or more that she had a form of bone cancer, and her doctors were worried that at any time she could enter a sharp decline,' he wrote. 'She seemed pale and more stooped, and she had dark ­bruising on her hands and wrists,...

A U.S. Navy sailor has been charged with espionage after he allegedly leaked sensitive military materials to an agent for a foreign government numerous times over a six-month period. NBC News reported Chief Petty Officer Fire Controlman Bryce Pedicini is alleged to have taken classified documents or other materials and passed them on to another individual at least seven times from November 2022 until May of 2023. Pedicini is a 16-year Navy veteran who had been stationed in Japan. He was working aboard the guided-missile destroyer the U.S.S. Higgins during the alleged document dumps and is expected to face a...

Ghislaine Maxwell groomed a 16-year-old autistic girl with mosaic Down syndrome, calling her 'beautiful darling' and comparing her to a 'doll' after receiving her from a trafficker, according to bombshell new court documents. The girl, who is not named, is in her 30s now. She is suing Leon Black, a 71-year-old billionaire and Epstein associate, claiming he sodomized her with sex toys in 2002 when she was just 16 at Epstein's home. He denies the allegations through his attorney. In court documents obtained by DailyMail.com, the girl's attorneys describe in detail how she allegedly came into Epstein and Maxwell's sordid...

When you fall in love with, and root for the star of the movie before the opening credits are done.

Prince Andrew has reportedly been complaining to friends that has been left none of Queen Elizabeth's reported £650million fortune, with King Charles now fully in control of the royal purse strings. Sole inheritor Charles is not required to pay any tax on the money and has so far avoided handing any out to his younger sibling. .....

The co-founder of a queer Indigenous artists' collective in Wisconsin who has claimed to be Native American is being accused of being a white woman and has since stepped down from her community positions. Kay LeClaire, who also went by the name Nibiiwakamigkwe, also identifies as 'two-spirit,' which is a term many Indigenous people use to describe a non-binary gender identity.... ...She has claimed Métis, Oneida, Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, Cuban and Jewish heritage, but AdvancedSmite reportedly used online records and resources to find LeClaire's true lineage – German, Swedish and French Canadian... ...LeClaire, who is a member and co-owner of the...

The Queen’s reaction to seeing images of herself walking next to Donald Trump has been revealed. Friend of Prince Philip, Gyles Brandreth, claimed that instead of being offended by Trump’s gaffe, she was amused. Donald Trump was welcomed by Queen Elizabeth to Windsor Castle as the official part of his visit to the UK drew to a close. The Queen was not offended by the faux pas according to friend of Prince Philip, Gyles Brandreth. Chris Jackson Her Majesty greeted the then US leader and First Lady Melania Trump in the quadrangle of the royal residence. Mr Trump spoke of...

Adio Adeshine allegedly exposed himself in front of mourners before going into Thames to evade police Two women were allegedly sexually assaulted in the queue to attend the Queen’s lying in state, a court has heard. Adio Adeshine, 19, allegedly exposed himself and pushed into mourners from behind as they waited in line at Victoria Tower Gardens on Wednesday evening after Westminster Hall opened its doors to the public.

Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday after a historic reign as monarch of the United Kingdom, was a steadfast ally of the United States, notably breaking tradition by singing the U.S. national anthem just days after 9/11. The queen joined a crowd of thousands in singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” during a memorial service at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London for the victims on Sept. 14, 2001. Richard Kay, a columnist for the Daily Mail, wrote at the time about how unusual this was for a monarch, saying, “The Queen does not ‘sing’ national anthems. Her mouth never opens when they...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Alice Frazier welcomes everybody into her home with a big hug and an offer of some food, maybe her famous potato salad. On Wednesday, Queen Elizabeth II came calling. She declined the potato salad, but got the hug anyway. Even touching Queen Elizabeth II is a breach of protocol, according to the people who keep up with those things. ″She didn’t say anything,″ Mrs. Frazier, 67, said in a post-hug interview.

Sep 11, 2020 In a break from traditional protocol, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain ordered the change to the daily ceremonial parade to show solidarity with the United States in the wake of the 9-11 attacks

The whole of civilization is in mourning. The passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the enlightened monarch who reigned over the United Kingdom for 70 years, is a loss felt by billions around the world. This week, and in the weeks ahead, we especially grieve for the royal family — we can only imagine their sorrow. And we express our solidarity with all the people of the United Kingdom and every realm of the Commonwealth she so loved.

So what can explain the depth of feeling, the palpable sense of loss and regret, in this superpower ex-British colony across the Atlantic at the death of Queen Elizabeth II? Familiarity has something to do with it. Like most Britons, the great majority of Americans have never known any other British monarch; Elizabeth had met on equal footing with every president since Harry Truman. Fame, and its cousin celebrity, is a factor as well: Her birth was news during the Coolidge administration; and when, in the middle of the Great Depression, her uncle King Edward VIII abdicated to marry an...

ABC legal analyst Sunny Hostin said Friday on “The View” that late Queen Elizabeth II wore a crown with jewels “pillaged from India and Africa” that represented a monarchy “built on the backs of black and brown people.” Hostin said during the panel discussion about the queen’s death, “I studied in London, and so I lived in London for a while. I got caught up in the pomp and circumstance of it all as well. I wanted to see the changing of the guards. I wanted to see everything. I wanted to meet the queen because I think we all...