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ALAMEDA, Calif. - Former tenants left a massive lizard, called an ornate Niles monitor, behind in their home, Alameda police announced on Monday. Police dispatchers were called about it, and they, in turn, called animal control, police said. The lizard was large and aggressive, but police said they were able to devise a plan to get the reptile safely to the East Bay Vivarium. The lizards, which can often be confused with Komodo dragons, have powerful bites, strong claws, and forceful tails that can cause injuries. Police said that Ornate monitors, native to West and Middle Africa, are not suitable...

Hundreds of Somalis stormed an ICE operation in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on Monday after a Somali news station live streamed the raid. ICE agents were surrounded by hundreds of Somalis blowing whistles and protesting as the officers conducted a raid on a Somali-owned business in a strip mall. “ICE out! ICE out!” the mob of Somali protestors shouted. Ice agents deployed tear gas to disperse the protestors after they blocked their vehicles from exiting the parking lot. Democrat State Senator Aric Putnam was spotted amid the chaos trying to act like a barrier between the protestors and federal agents. “Don’t...

A far-left agitator threw a water bottle at ICE agents gathered outside of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Monday. Concrete barriers and fences were installed outside the federal building on Monday ahead of the ICE operation. DHS Chief Kristi Noem said the agency will be surging federal agents to Minneapolis as protestors took to the streets following an ICE-involved shooting. Video captured by NewsNation reporter Ali Bradley showed a bald female agitator sprint away after she threw a water bottle at ICE agents. ICE agents sprinted after the bald protestor and tackled her. “Back up!...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Health officials are warning that there may have been a possible measles exposure at Philadelphia International Airport, 30th Street Station and aboard an Amtrak train. The Philadelphia Department of Public Health says an individual with measles was traveling through the city and that the exposure may have happened at Terminal A East at PHL on Wednesday, January 7, between 7:50 p.m. and 11 p.m. The exposure at William H Gray 30th Street Station may have happened between 8:15 p.m. and 11:25 p.m. Passengers who were on Amtrak Northeast Regional Train Southbound #175 are also at risk of...

President Donald Trump announced what he described as an immediate and "final" trade order targeting Iran and its global partners. In a post shared on Truth Social, Trump said any country that continues doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran would be hit with a 25% tariff on all trade with the U.S. The president wrote: "Effective immediately, any Country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a Tariff of 25% on any and all business being done with the United States of America. This Order is final and conclusive. Thank you for your attention to...

Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair Ken Martin compared the U.S. to Iran in several social media posts Sunday, claiming both countries are guilty of "killing protesters." Martin made his first comparison on X, expressing support for both protesters in the U.S. and Iran for rising up against "systems that wield violence without accountability." "From Tehran to my birthplace of Minneapolis, people are rising up against systems that wield violence without accountability. In Iran, brave protestors confront a far-right theocratic regime that crushes dissent and denies basic freedoms," Martin wrote. He continued, "Here at home, tens of thousands are marching after...

A federal judge blocked New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's effort to intervene in the sale of thousands of rent-stabilized rental properties on Thursday. Mamdani's administration had sought to slow the sale of the properties after tenants complained that the seller, Pinnacle Group, had poorly maintained the properties and were concerned that the prospective buyer, Summit Properties USA, would have similar issues. Mamdani's administration attempted to intervene on the basis of being a creditor to Pinnacle. The company owes the city over $12 million in unpaid fines, according to Gothamist. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones rejected Mamdani's effort, however, setting back...

There seems to be a bit of confusion in our society of late about what "civil disobedience" is and what it isn’t. Last week, this very confusion got 37-year-old Renee Good killed. Political protest in the form of civil disobedience has a long and very proud tradition, from Mahatma Gandhi nonviolently defying the British in India, to our own Martin Luther King Jr. penning his eloquence from a Birmingham jail cell. There is a stoic dignity to this practice, which in and of itself grants the words of its practitioners a gravity and profound humility. What we are seeing across...

Nick Sortor in his truck with Cam Higby got into it with protestors in Minneapolis. Mercado media was there allegedly threatning Nick. There was also some physical altercations.

A U haul truck that had a sign reading "No Shah" was attacked during LA protest

A Ukrainian family in California says Child Welfare removed their teenage daughter from their home and placed them on the child abuse registry after they declined to “affirm” her transgender identity. Speaking to Reduxx under the condition of anonymity, the parents say the removal followed a report filed by their daughter’s psychiatrist without their knowledge. The mother, who will be referred to as Ellie, told Reduxx that a social worker from Shasta County Child Welfare Services arrived at the family’s home on June 3, 2024, without prior notice. According to Ellie, the worker accused the parents of emotional abuse and...

A loony, anti-ICE protester was left with a nasty taste in her mouth last week after deciding to harass federal agents following last week’s ICE self-defense shooting in Minneapolis. As The Gateway Pundit reported, chaos erupted on Wednesday after ICE fatally shot a rioter who attempted to run over agents in Minneapolis. Video posted to X shows the moment an unhinged female was shot as she carried out her act of violence. Additional footage clearly shows that an ICE officer was in danger of being run over as Good accelerated. However, something humorous and satisfying has emerged from this unfortunate...

Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman appears to have donated $10,000 to a fundraiser in support of ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good. William Ackman is listed as the top donor to a GoFundMe for Ross, which has already raised more than $160,000. Ackman also reposted the fundraiser on X. Ross has been embroiled in controversy since he shot Good, 37, in the face three times at a Minneapolis protest on Wednesday after she refused demands to exit her vehicle. ICE claimed that trouble arose after the mother-of-three deliberately tried to run Ross over with her burgundy...

The Illinois Republican Party has blasted as "divisive" the hiring language the Obama Foundation is using for the Obama Presidential Center, arguing it shows the privately run project is using public land to advance a political agenda. The Obama Foundation, which is developing the hotly debated center on Chicago’s South Side, recently advertised roughly 150 jobs at the facility, stating that successful applicants are expected to align with the foundation’s "anti-racism" goals. "It’s an Illinois Democrat tradition to insert divisive, far-left policies into the lives of everyday Americans and to balk at the rule of law," Illinois Republican Party Chair...

The warning came in a post on X as the U.S. Embassy responsible for Venezuela relayed reports of armed militias targeting travelers for evidence of American citizenship amid mounting civil unrest and public safety breakdowns. "The security situation in Venezuela remains fluid," the State Department wrote on X. "As international flights have resumed, U.S. citizens in Venezuela should leave the country immediately." Why It Matters The State Department directive follows a fresh spike in violence and instability throughout Venezuela, a country already subject to a Level 4 “Do Not Travel” advisory since 2019. The evacuation order follows notable turbulence in...

The man who stole a lectern from former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office on Jan 6th is running as a Republican for public office in Florida, according to our CBS sister station in West Palm Beach WPEC. 41-year-old Adam Johnson became known as "The lectern guy" after he was caught on camera during the incident. According to WPEC, He later pleaded guilty to entering or remaining in a restricted building and was sentenced to 75 days in prison. Johnson filed paperwork to run for an at-large county commission seat in Manatee county-Florida. According to his campaign website, Johnson says he...

A Somali refugee has stepped down from Lewiston, Maine’s City Council just days after being sworn into the seat, after reports revealed that his nonprofit received tens of thousands of dollars from the fund set up to assist people affected by the October 2023 mass shooting in the central Maine city that killed 18. It has also been revealed that the refugee has been charged with a felony. Iman Osman resigned from the Lewiston City Council after it was revealed by NewsNation that his organization, the Lewiston Auburn Youth Network, received $65,000 from the fund established after the shooting. Overall,...

FIRST ON FOX: ICE officials on Saturday released a shocking list of the "worst of the worst" criminal illegal immigrants arrested during their recent surge in the sanctuary state of Minnesota, including child rapists and nearly a dozen killers. ICE told Fox News the criminal illegal immigrants were roaming freely in Minnesota prior to their recent arrest, and that they are the type of people Democratic politicians and activists are referring to as their "neighbors," as they attempt to interfere with ICE. "Regardless of staged political theatrics, ICE is going to continue to arrest the worst of the worst criminal...

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'...

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...