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U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. ruled on October 11, 2024, that New York’s ban on concealed carry on private property open to the public is unconstitutional. The case is Christian v. James and the plaintiffs are the Firearms Policy Coalition, the Second Amendment Foundation, and private citizen Brett Christian. Sinatra noted that the New York law makes it “a felony for a concealed carry license holder to possess a firearm on all private property, unless the relevant property holders actually permit such possession.” He then pointed to Heller (2008), McDonald (2010), and Bruen (2022), noting the certainty of the Second…
The Zawiya of Sidi Ahmed al-Tijani complex can be found within the old medina quarter of Fez, one of Morocco’s imperial cities. Photograph by Francesco Riccardo, AWL ImagesThis article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK).Few countries can claim to be as multifaceted as Morocco. Staunchly Islamic and overtly spiritual, this land of minarets crowning Africa is also a heartland for Amazigh (Berber) mountain people and has been fought over for millennia. The vast, colonnaded ruins of Volubilis stand as testament to Morocco’s strategic importance to the Romans, but it was the country’s medieval Arab rulers who set the scene…
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he does not expect to see “anything like” the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — but reiterated doubts over the election results in 2020 and said he expects “cheating” in the 2024 election. “I don’t think we’ll see anything like that. I certainly pray and hope that’s true,” Johnson said in an interview with Margaret Brennan on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” when asked if he expects violence like in 2021. “There’s a lot of great work that’s been done at the federal, state and local level to prevent the chaos that…
LSU’s Kyren Lacy secures the game-winning catch against Ole Miss on Saturday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)Garrett Nussmeier hit Kyren Lacy down the right sideline for a 25-yard touchdown pass on LSU’s first play of overtime to give the No. 13 Tigers a thrilling 29–26 win over No. 9 Ole Miss.The game-winner came after Ole Miss kicker Caden Davis kicked a 57-yard field goal for the Rebels on their opening possession of overtime. The offense was pushed back to the LSU 40-yard line after a holding penalty and false start, both on offensive lineman Reese McIntyre, and Davis…
It’s a fact of life: Kitchens and standing go hand in hand. But it takes a toll: Remaining upright on hard floors for even just an hour can put a lot of stress on your body. It’s a dreary equation, indeed: Time spent prepping + cooking + washing + cleaning = time spent with aching feet + legs + hips + back. But there is an easy, affordable solution. Amazon’s top-selling Mattitude Anti-Fatigue Kitchen Mats are on sale — a two-pack is currently $21. And fans say: “Standing on these squishy rugs makes doing dishes less tiring.” We’re listening…AmazonTreat your…
Kiev won’t need more money if Trump wins and ends the war, Mike Johnson has said Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson is increasingly against additional funding for Kiev and hopes it won’t be necessary if Donald Trump wins the presidential election, Punchbowl News, a Washington-focused media outlet reported on Friday.Since February 2022, the US Congress has approved more than $174 billion to prop up Ukraine in its ongoing military conflict with Russia. The latest tranche of $61 billion was held up for several months amid a battle between Johnson and the White House.”I don’t have an…
Ukraine’s cross-border Kursk incursion, which has resulted in dozens of towns and settlements being occupied in the Russian southern border region, has entered a third month.It started on August 6th and appeared a shock to both Kremlin leadership and even many Western leaders. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a hawkish think tank in Washington, DC, says that based on its mapping analysis the Ukrainian army has managed to hold on to about 300 square miles of territory at this point.Russian Defense MinistryThe border region was by all accounts very poorly defended, and it took a significant amount of…
Following Kamala Harris’ recent bizarre appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” UFC CEO Dana White said Harris’ inability to “put a sentence together” should “scare the sh** out of” everyone. During her appearance, Colbert asked Harris if she would do anything differently than President Biden, and she delivered another of her word salads in response. Harris responded, in one of her many different accents, “Well, I mean, I’m obviously not Joe Biden. I know.” “And so that would be one change in terms of… But also, I think it’s important to say with, you know, 28 Days to…
By Charles Hugh Smith That most of us live in a low-value, low-trust economy of shoddy goods and services hidden beneath high-tech frictionless, faceless transactions is not recognized. Social trust manifests in all sorts of ways, and it’s often amorphous and difficult to measure. We sense its presence or absence, but exactly what is it? Is it our trust in strangers, or our trust in institutions, or a warm and fuzzy feeling that our society isn’t falling apart? In several critical ways, social trust isn’t warm and fuzzy, it’s all about the money, honey. In high-trust societies, transactions are frictionless…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman urged international organizations Sunday to respond to a claim that several Ukrainian prisoners of war were executed in Russia’s Kursk region, where Kyiv had launched an incursion in August. DeepState, a Ukrainian battlefield analysis site close to Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, said Russian troops shot and killed nine Ukrainian “drone operators and contractors” on Oct. 10 after they had surrendered. Dmytro Lubinets said on Telegram that he sent letters to the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding the claim, calling it “another crime committed by the Russians.” Earlier…