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“One Thousand Killed in 5 days of Fierce Street Fighting!” read a New York Times headline on Jan 4, 1959. The fake news headline dealt with the (utterly bogus) “battle” of Santa Clara in central Cuba where Ernesto “Che” Guevara earned much of his enduring (and totally bogus) martial fame. “Commander Che Guevara appealed to Batista troops for a truce to clear the streets of casualties,” continues the breathless The New York Times article. “Guevara turned the tide in this bloody battle and whipped a Batista force of 3,000 men!”A year later, Che’s own diaries revealed that his forces (which actually numbered...

As political tensions rise in the U.S., Congress is preparing for the possibility of a major “mass casualty event” that could dramatically change its makeup. With recent assassination attempts and increasingly heated public discourse, lawmakers are considering drastic steps, including a possible Constitutional Amendment that would allow for the direct appointment of House representatives in the event of mass vacancies. According to the Constitution, any emerging vacancies in the House must be filled through elections, unlike Senate vacancies which can be filled by appointment. However, following the events of 9/11, a law was enacted to enable rapid elections if over...

A car ran through the middle of the Waukesha Christmas Parade Sunday evening, leaving multiple people injuries, according to a reporter on scene. Multiple people are on the ground injured, the reporter tweeted around 4:40 p.m. There is a heavy police presence downtown. The parade runs through the downtown area of Waukesha.

A motorist plowed his car into pedestrians in Portland, Ore., on Monday, killing one person and injuring at least five others in hit-and-runs spanning dozens of city blocks, according to police. ...Witnesses to the hit-and-run said they watched the driver speed through red lights and smash into a retaining wall, clipping pedestrians as he zigzagged across the streets. Charles Kuziuk told a local ABC affiliate that he heard a “bloodcurdling scream” and then saw a woman lying facedown on the sidewalk. He said she told him that the driver had tried to run over her a second time ...

Two people have reportedly died and multiple others are seriously wounded following a mass stabbing at a California Baptist church on Sunday night. The San Jose Police Department tweeted just after 8:40pm local time that officers had responded to a series stabbings at Grace Baptist Church, located on the 400 block of E San Fernando Street. .. ...It's currently unclear what led to the stabbings. No services were being held at the church at the time, according to police. The SJPD said a number of 'unhoused' individuals had been brought inside the church in the hours prior 'get them out...