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OSLO, Norway (AP) – Norway is introducing temporary border checks on its frontiers with other Western European nations after the domestic security agency raised the terror threat level, police said Saturday. The checks will apply until Oct. 22, according to a police statement. It cited “a challenging threat picture” and the Oct. 8 announcement by the security agency, PST, that it was increasing Norway’s threat level from “moderate” to “high,” the second-highest level on a five-tier scale. PST pointed to an increased threat to Jewish and Israeli targets in particular. Norway isn’t a member of the European Union, but the…

Stories about internal polling must be taken with a grain of salt. Those kinds of leaks are generally self-serving and aimed at potential donors. So when news began leaking about how former President Trump’s swing state polling showed him in better shape than the public polling, I didn’t pay much attention. But now, we know these stories were true. In fact, there’s no question now that last week’s internal polling said Kamala Harris was already in trouble. And how do we know that…? Because the Harris campaign launched a media blitz this week. Yes, the campaign actually took the risk…

Police in Toronto, Canada, are opening a hate crime investigation after shots were fired overnight into the window of a Jewish girls’ elementary school – the second time this year the school was targeted by gunfire, officials said.The incident occurred around 4 a.m. Saturday at the Bais Chaya Mushka Girls Elementary School on Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement and the holiest day of the year in Judaism, Toronto Police Service Inspector Paul Krawczyk said at a news conference.No arrests have been made and police are not releasing information about suspects at this time, Krawczyk said. The investigation into…

A group helping to lay the groundwork for a future Donald Trump administration said its computer systems were breached, marking the second known instance that people supporting the former president have been the target of a cyberattack.The America First Policy Institute discovered the breach last week. It would not say what materials were compromised.“As the leading policy group in the America First movement, it is not surprising that hostile foreign actors would attempt to infiltrate our IT,” Marc Lotter, the organization’s chief communications officer, said in a statement. “The tactics, techniques, and procedures of the threat actor are similar to…

Two people were killed in a shooting in Graham in Alamance County Friday night, police said.Graham police officers responded to a report of a shooting around 10:30 p.m. Friday in the 400 block of E. Hill Street. The found two people who had been hit by gunfire — Jamal Isaiah Thorpe, 28, of Graham; and Kenneth Uriah Francis, 29, of Burlington.Thorpe was declared dead at the scene. Francis was air-lifted to a local trauma center, where he died Saturday, police said.Police arrested Derrick Ramont Spencer, 52, of Graham in connection with the shootings. He was initially charged with one count…

A giant of Scottish politics, Salmond was the driving force behind the nation’s 2014 independence referendum Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has passed away aged 69, according to reports from British media outlets and officials. Salmond organized Scotland’s 2014 independence referendum, hosted a show on RT, and broke with the Scottish National Party (SNP) to form his own pro-independence faction in 2021.Salmond died on Saturday after giving a speech in North Macedonia, Sky News reported. A slew of statements from British politicians confirmed his death, with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar describing his passing as “a shock to all…

Authored by Michael Wang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),It appears that planet Earth has assumed babysitting duties for a minor space object that came too close to our world and chose to stay for a few weeks. The traveling object fell into Earth’s orbit in September and will remain there until late November. Rocky in disposition and roughly the size of a school bus, the object is an asteroid, yet scientists are calling it a “second moon.”An illustration by The Epoch Times shows an asteroid orbiting the Earth. Shutterstock/ buradaki/ Rawhi302/ Mikael DamkierHow the Earth Came to Have Two…

Police in the city of Portland, Oregon are getting ready for potential violence and rioting on election night, no matter who wins. It’s almost like rioting over politics has become a cherished tradition in the far left city. People in the city even rioted in 2020. It’s sad that this kind of behavior has been allowed to become normal. From the Post Millennial: Portland police prepare crowd control team to deal with potential election night violence The Portland Police Bureau is preparing a Rapid Response Team to manage crowd control leading up to the election. The move comes amid growing…

LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 15: Artur Beterbiev and Dmitrill Bivol face off during a press conference … [+] ahead of their WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO Light Heavyweight fight at Outernet London on April 15, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images)Getty Images There hasn’t been an undisputed light heavyweight champion since Roy Jones held the three recognized belts at the end of the last century. Barring a draw on Saturday, either Artur Beterbiev or Dmitry Bivol will hold all four titles after the two face off in Saudi Arabia. And it could be the best fight of…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided restaurants, bars and a concert hall in Kyiv, checking military registration documents and detaining men who were not in compliance, local media reported Saturday. Officers reportedly descended on Kyiv’s Palace of Sports venue after a concert Friday night by Ukrainian rock band Okean Elzy. Video footage aired by local media outlets appears to show officers stationed outside the doors of the concert hall intercepting men as they exit. In the footage, officers appear to be forcibly detaining some men. Checks were also conducted at Goodwine, an upscale shopping center, and Avalon,…