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A book borrowed 150 years ago has finally been returned to an Australian library, with the culprit linked to the Houses of Parliament in London. Antiquities of Athens was borrowed from a local library in Kiama, a seaside town about 120km (75 miles) south of Sydney, some time in the mid-1870s. The book on classic Greek architecture was stored in a tea chest hidden behind a boarded-up fireplace for decades before it was recently discovered by a family member. Ross Simmons, 77, thinks his great-grandfather, John Simmons, might have borrowed the book to help with his career, having worked as...

Enough is enough. Iran’s soul is not defined by Islam....

Two people were murdered because Florida refused to lock up a violent serial criminal named Keyan Rundell. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/08/06/teen-double-homicide-in-deland-prompts-criticism-of-worrell-juvenile-justice/

A taxpayer-funded Southern California nonprofit that provides domestic violence shelters and homelessness services paid its longtime CEO more than $1.6 million over two years, including hundreds of thousands of dollars for decades of unused vacation time, according to multiple media reports. Carol Adelkoff, CEO of the Los Angeles-based 1736 Family Crisis Center, received $907,923 in total compensation in 2023 and another $742,181 in 2024, according to the Los Angeles Times. ... Her base salary has remained around $405,000 in recent years, she said, while roughly $824,000 in vacation time was paid out over 2023 and 2024. The 1736 Family Crisis...

First of all, you should watch the entire episode of Fly Out Day with President Donald Trump. It was a very interesting 30-plus minutes. What Trump told us. Trump said GOP voters are “very angry” with congressional Republicans, and he declined to back Senate Majority Leader John Thune for another term as the top Senate Republican. Trump also said he thinks he could do business with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, an eye-opening remark for top House Republicans. During his appearance on Fly Out Day – one of our longest and newsiest episodes this season – Trump spoke expansively about...

Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) could quit his bid to stay in Congress “by the end of this week,” sources behind the scenes have predicted to Axios. The scandal-plagued Miller, 43, has been locked in a contentious, headline-making divorce rife with domestic abuse allegations from Emily Moreno, whose father is Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH). His backers insisted to Axios that Miller — who just plowed $1 million into his re-election bid — isn’t going anywhere precisely because he is innocent. “He’s really worried about what his daughter is going to think when she gets older,” one colleague told the outlet, while...

This week's topic: Silly Science

Senator Mitch McConnell was discharged from the rehab center and said he will continue his recovery at home. McConnell was hospitalized on June 14 after he was found unconscious at his DC home. “Earlier today, I was discharged from the rehabilitation center to continue my recovery at home. Elaine and I are grateful for the many well wishes and support from friends, colleagues, and Kentuckians, and for the attentive care I’ve received from excellent doctors, nurses, therapists, and hospital staff," McConnell said in a statement. “On the advice of my doctors, I’ll maintain an intensive regimen of physical therapy from...

CAIRO (AP) — Attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels Thursday in central and eastern Yemen killed at least 30 government troops and wounded at least 50 others, Yemeni government officials said. A Houthi leader said Saudi-backed troops were targeted in the attacks and that “hundreds” were either killed or injured. The assaults hit camps for forces of the internationally recognized government in the provinces of Marib and Hadramout, the Yemeni officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. The attacks were a major escalation since a de facto truce in...

Prepackage meat products are often under the weight marked on the package. Not only is the weight short, they put a thick absorbent pad under the product. That wad of material can weigh over a half pound by itself.

Less than a 1% lead? That's all Abdul El-Sayed has after (1) coordinated support from imams, (2) a wave of liberal endorsements, and (3) backing from an Arab Super PAC. NYT ScreenshotFreep. — El-Sayed's lead in the race was less than 1% when multiple outlets called it for him early.

Interesting. Almost no news is coming out of the Tyler Robinson trial for the killing of Charlie Kirl. The bias of he media is sooooooooooo obvious. Imagine if someone (would have to be an obvious lunatic - a trans will do) were to murder a Communist, Woke, Leftist, Muslim, Traitorous figurehead (pick one, just not a trans), there would be wall-to-wall 24/7 coverage with initiation of an exta hour per day to 25 demand by the Expand the Supreme Court activists coverage of the trial. The person would suddenly become a card-carrying MAGA operative, far-right Crusades member time traveler to...

Ex-Democrat Congresswoman Cori Bush gave a fiery concession speech on Tuesday after losing her congressional comeback bid, saying her loss "pisses me off" before screaming about her tragic defeat. Bush lost in a landslide last night. NBC's Steve Kornacki called the race early for Bush's Democrat opponent, Wesley Bell, as he trounced her by 35 points with only 26% of the vote counted. WATCH: Bush was obviously still living in the past when she conceded the race. "This is something, huh? So tonight, what we just walked through, what we just walked through, is an opportunity for the people to...

The Colonel's Wife has finally agreed it's time for a rifle.

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An attorney celebrated by the Obama White House for campaigning against violence toward women is now facing nine criminal charges over an alleged yearlong campaign of abuse and intimidation against his girlfriend. You cannot make this up. Cody McDavis, 32, the 6-foot-8 former University of Northern Colorado basketball standout who later earned a law degree from UCLA and joined the firm Vedder Price, was charged on July 20 with six felony counts and three misdemeanors. Prosecutors in Los Angeles County Superior Court allege he “willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly” followed and harassed his girlfriend from July 2025 through June 2026, leaving...

A KFC incident making headlines across Kentucky reportedly began with an ordinary inconvenience before taking a dangerous turn. A Lexington woman is facing a felony charge after authorities said she pointed an AR-15-style rifle at a KFC employee during a confrontation over a delayed drive-through order. According to WKYT, 33-year-old Nayda Roman allegedly became frustrated while waiting for food at the KFC on Richmond Road in Lexington. The reported confrontation happened on May 11, although Roman was not taken into custody until late July. An arrest report states that Roman exchanged words with members of the restaurant staff before leaving...

The Primary: As of August 2026, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is running in a highly competitive Democratic primary in Michigan against establishment centrist Representative Haley Stevens. Historical Potential: If he secures the nomination, he will be the first Muslim major-party nominee for the U.S. Senate. Winning the November general election would make him the first practicing Muslim to serve in the upper chamber. (Note: Former candidate Mehmet Oz, who ran in 2022, is a secular Muslim but did not win his election). If he wins, this means he used Israelophobia to Avance Islamization backed by the Hamas wing of the Democratic...

Tiffany at 45%. Hong at 42.2%.

A stone-faced Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) told reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday that his former son-in-law, Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), has put his family through the “seventh level of hell” as calls grow for Miller to step down from Congress. It was the latest public appearance by Moreno, whose daughter, Emily Moreno, has accused Miller of abusing her and their daughter. Emily Moreno has claimed that Miller pointed a gun at her head, doused her with scalding hot water, shoved her into a wall, and fractured their daughter’s collarbone. Miller has vehemently denied the allegations. Approached by TMZ DC’s...