The man who set himself on fire on Friday outside of the Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial has died, leaving behind a manifesto explaining his actions. Max Azzarello, 37, died Friday night about nine hours after he doused himself and then set himself ablaze in...

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The Federal Aviation Administration is not laughing at a video posted by a Colorado Rockies coach that showed him in one pilot’s seat as the team flew to Canada recently. Colorado Rockies hitting coach Hensley Meulens was videoed in the cockpit of a United Airlines charter flight to Toronto last...

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One lost little girl in New York City mistook actress Mariska Hargitay for an NYPD officer earlier this month. According to People, which cited a witness it did not name, the incident took place April 10 near the Anne Loftus Playground in Fort Tryon Park in Manhattan. Unaware that she...

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There is a proposal to establish a state office to do DNA samples to determine a person’s slave ancestry to determine the amount of reparations a person is owed. California (where else but?) Sen. Steven Bradford, a Democrat (of course) of Los Angeles County has introduced Senate Bill 1403 to...

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Former President Donald Trump should nix North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum from his vice president short list for several reasons. The first and most obvious is that he would add very little to the ticket electorally. North Dakota is a solid red state with three Electoral College votes. While Burgum...

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A warrant for the arrest of a Pennsylvania state representative was issued Tuesday in a move that could have implications for control of the state House. Democratic Rep. Kevin J. Boyle was already facing what KYW-TV called "a stiff challenge" in Pennsylvania's primary, which will be held Tuesday. Republicans have...

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In an era where video cameras are ubiquitous -- on stoplights, doorbells, cars, and seemingly everywhere else -- when something weird happens and there's no video of it, it smells bad. This holds especially true when it involves law enforcement who are supposed to be equipped with body cams. Something...

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It’s not quite like The New York Times is putting former President Donald Trump on trial. But it is the lens through which the vast majority of jurors see the world. The Times reported on the media preference of jurors chosen for the trial of former President Donald Trump on...

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No charges will be filed against a 10-year-old Texas boy in a case in which he admitted to killing a man he had never met. Brandon Rasberry, 32, was shot to death with a bullet to the head in January 2022 at an RV Park in Nixon, Texas. No suspects...

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The Holy Bible is the revelation of God. Once upon a time, this was a no-brainer to anyone who called themselves Christian or a Catholic. Times have changed, and, as usual, the Bible saw it coming. "For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having...

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In the latest warning underscoring the danger to U.S. critical infrastructure from Chinese hackers, FBI Director Christopher Wray told a conference in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday that Beijing is poised "for just the right moment" to unleash chaos upon the American grid. The remarks were made at a security forum...

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The announced first-place winner and the three men tied for second place behind him in April 14th's Beijing Half-Marathon have been stripped of their medals and prize money after an investigation showed that three of them had been registered as competing in the race but were actually there to support...

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A $61 billion aid bill for Ukraine passed a divided House on Saturday as part of a package of aid worth about $95 billion. The vote on the Ukraine aid bill was 211-112, with 210 Democrats and 101 Republicans supporting the bill and 112 Republicans voting against it, according to...

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Tech giant Apple is so vested in communist China that it is actually helping that government oppress its people, and this month the company took yet another step down that path by acquiescing to the Chinese state and removing more apps from its App Store in China. Last week, Apple...

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In the years after the Nazis took power in 1933, they instituted hundreds of laws and policies at the national, state and local levels to systematically remove Jews from German society. Bans were placed on Jews working as doctors and lawyers and in other professions, and quotas were set, limiting...

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Chicago has turned into Gotham City, and there's no superhero watching for the Bat Signal. But instead of just giving in, one Chicago woman defended herself when a punk pulled a gun on her. On Wednesday afternoon, a student identified only as Maddi was walking home from class around 3...

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New York City's storefronts aren't as alluring as they once were. The brutal statistics coming out are bad (but wholly predictable) news. As of 2024, 11.2 percent of the city's storefronts are sitting vacant. This is up from 6 percent in 2019. That doesn't seem like a huge number, but...

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Stephanie Sparks, a star junior golfer who made it to the LPGA and was a host of the Golf Channel reality show “Big Break,” is dead. Sparks, a former U.S. Curtis Cup golfer, was 50, the New York Post reported Saturday. She died April 13. No cause of death was...

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The International Monetary Fund last week ripped the Biden administration's out of control spending, calling it “out of line with what is needed for long-term fiscal stability.” According to the New York Post, the IMF, an international organization aimed at fighting financial crises across the globe, warned that ever-growing national debt...

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Taylor Swift appeared to toss some pent-up rage in Kim Kardashian’s direction on her new album. The mega-star’s newest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” came out Friday, and it did not take long for Swifty sleuths to note a message in one track in a batch of songs that made...

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