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LOS ANGELES - A massive fire erupted Thursday night at a refinery in Southern California. Firefighters were dispatched around 9:35 p.m. to the Chevron refinery in El Segundo after receiving calls of smoke in the area. Images from SkyFOX show large flames shooting through the refinery. Several people said they heard a loud bang, saying it felt like an earthquake or sounded like a plane crash since the refinery is near LAX. ***snip***The history behind Chevron's refinery Dig deeper: The refinery spans two-square-miles, supplying more than 40% of jet fuel and more than 20% of motor vehicle fuel across all...

The Nevada Supreme Court unanimously (7-0) rejected the NFL's request to rehear its decision to allow Jon Gruden's lawsuit against the league to proceed in public. It's another significant win for Gruden, who sued the league and commissioner Roger Goodell in 2021, claiming a "malicious and orchestrated campaign" was organized to destroy Gruden's career by leaking his old emails that included offensive language. The lawsuit was filed shortly after Gruden resigned as Raiders coach. ESPN's Don Van Natta Jr. was the first to report on the development. In August, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled in favor of Gruden, 5-2, that...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s assertion Tuesday that newly proposed military fitness standards may exclude women from certain combat roles has reignited fears about his approach to women in the armed forces. In a highly unusual address to hundreds of the military’s top leaders in Quantico, Va., Hegseth declared new directives to ensure every combat position “returns to the highest male standard” of their service’s physical fitness test. “If that means no women qualify for some combat jobs, so be it,” he said, though he stressed that the military will continue to welcome women into its ranks. “I don’t want my...

Esperanza High School in Anaheim, California, is a magnet high school with about 1,406 students, fairly small by California standards, and the school prides itself on a teacher to student ratio of 20-1. Sadly, Anaheim is one of the bluer portions of Orange County, so the woke has overtaken certain members of the school board and the administration. In 2013, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law AB1266, which allows anyone to use the bathroom that they feel connects to their gender identity. In terms of public schools, this is a clear violation of Title IX, yet the Esperanza administrators have...

As Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and their far left Democrat caucus continue to keep the federal government closed, they're getting crushed by headlines in the typically liberal media. "Senate Democrats voted Wednesday to block a House-passed stopgap funding bill that would reopen the federal government until Nov. 21, but several Democrats broke with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and supported the measure," The Hill reports. "Wednesday’s vote marked the third time in two weeks that the House-passed continuing resolution failed to advance on the Senate floor — but it was the first time...

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer is on the hot seat as Republicans try to portray him as the face of the government shutdown and congressional Democrats expect him to deliver something that can be sold as a victory. The New York Democrat has broad support from his caucus and House Democrats for his moves thus far, but he is under pressure not to let the shutdown end without a significant win for his side. Mr. Schumer’s standing in the party took a hit after he declined to use a government funding deadline in March to oppose the Trump administration’s...

Tesla boss Elon Musk has become the first person ever to achieve a net worth of more than $500bn (£370.9bn), as the value of the electric car company and his other businesses have risen this year. The tech magnate's net worth briefly reached $500.1bn on Wednesday afternoon New York time, before dipping slightly to just over $499bn later in the day, the Forbes billionaires index reported. Alongside Tesla, valuations of his other ventures, including the artificial intelligence start-up xAI and rocket company SpaceX, have also reportedly climbed in recent months. The milestone further cements Musk's status as the world's richest...

Jews across the UK have been urged to lock their doors and not to congregate in groups as police patrols are stepped up outside synagogues and in areas with large Jewish populations after the Manchester attack. Sir Keir Starmer told the Jewish community that he would do “everything in my power to guarantee you the security you deserve” as he announced additional police officers and assets would be deployed to all Jewish communities. Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, said that she would “do whatever is required” to keep the Jewish community safe as she visited the site of the attack...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) joined MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle this week to discuss President Donald Trump’s plan to create TrumpRX, a government-run website offering discounts on select prescription drugs. Paul, a libertarian leaning Republican, pulled no punches in criticizing Trump’s willingness to intervene in the free market and even went so far as to compare the Trump administration to self-identified socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. Paul shared his interview on X and wrote, “If you’re going to criticize the socialist Mamdani for wanting to own grocery stores, you better criticize Republicans who want a share of Intel, of...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) had a meltdown Thursday morning when a CBS host challenged the Democratic Party's denials about the Democrats wanting to provide free healthcare to illegal immigrants. During the interview, Tony Dokoupil confronted Warren with claims that Republicans say Democrats are fighting for taxpayer dollars to fund healthcare for illegal aliens. Dokoupil stated, "I know that's not strictly true, but there is a provision—" Warren nearly blew a gasket and interrupted, practically shouting, "Not... Oh, excuse me. Not strictly true." When Dokoupil attempted to continue, she cut in again more forcefully, insisting, “It is a flat-out lie. It...

Right now, registered sex offender Richard Cox is facing several charges in Arlington County. Arlington Police say Cox exposed himself to women and children in women’s locker rooms at two high schools and an Arlington recreation center. In court last week, new details emerged that prosecutors say show Cox was intentionally tracking children not only in Arlington County, but also in Fairfax County. On Thursday, an Arlington police detective testified in an Arlington courtroom that she found child pornography on Cox’s phone and that she found Fairfax County rec center children’s swim class schedules on his phone. Last year, Cox,...

Paramount Skydance is poised to name Bari Weiss as editor in chief of CBS News in the coming days — giving the hard-charging journalist unusual clout to revamp the struggling network as it also acquires her scrappy news site the Free Press, The Post has learned. Weiss — a 41-year-old former New York Times opinion writer who has built the Free Press into a buzzworthy site with a contrarian bent — is expected to be named to the top post in a Monday announcement, although the talks are in flux and the timing could change, a source close to the...

After Hamas' horrific Oct. 7, 2023, massacre of 1,200 Jews and the seizure of 250 Jewish hostages, the headlines cried out in shock, anger and astonishment. The New York Times wrote, "As world leaders condemned the attacks -- and questions arose about how Israeli intelligence had been so surprised -- ordinary citizens tried to make sense of what was happening." On Oct. 7, 2023, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens wrote: "Thanks to defensive systems like Iron Dome, Hamas's punches, while frequent and menacing, rarely landed. For Israelis, Gaza seemed relatively contained. That was, until this weekend. Whatever happens next...

Gov. Gavin Newsom is threatening to withhold billions in state funds from any California college that signs onto an agreement crafted by President Donald Trump's administration requiring schools to agree to support the President's education agenda in order to have access to federal dollars.

This is the terrorist with a suspected suicide belt who killed at least two Jewish people outside a Manchester synagogue before being shot by police. A car was driven into a crowd and a man stabbed at 9.31am on Yom Kippur - the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Laurence Taylor, the head of counter-terrorism policing, said the attack had been confirmed as terrorism. He said police had made two further arrests and knew the attacker's identity, but would not release the information at this stage. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said four other victims are in a serious condition after...

The Food and Drug Administration approved a new generic version of a pill used to terminate pregnancies, a decision that comes as the Department of Health and Human Services reviews the drug’s safety. The FDA authorized a generic form of mifepristone, a 200-milligram oral tablet, on Tuesday from Evita Solutions, according to a letter posted on the agency’s website. Medication abortion is the most common form of abortion in the U.S. and has faced heightened scrutiny from antiabortion groups and lawmakers who have sought to limit its use.

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A top Air Force commander, Gen. Thomas Bussiere, announced his retirement Tuesday for “personal and family reasons.” “After much reflection and with a full heart, Barb and I have made a difficult decision to request retirement from the United States Air Force for personal and family reasons,” Bussiere, the head of Air Force Global Strike Command, said in a post on Facebook. “While I’m stepping away from active duty, my commitment to service remains. I look forward to finding new ways to support our Air Force, our national defense and the incredible people who make it all possible,” wrote Bussiere,...

Edward Wright spent 41 years in prison for a 1984 murder in Springfield that he did not commit. Under Massachusetts law, the most he or anyone else wrongfully convicted could hope to receive from the state is $1 million. "It means that each day that he spent in a prison cell away from his loved ones is worth $66 to this Commonwealth," said Radha Natarajan, executive director of the New England Innocence Project. "And we should be appalled by that." Natarajan was at Wrongful Conviction Day at the State House, where she and others spoke in support of reforms that...