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A Hong Kong court on Friday sentenced three activists who organized peaceful candlelight vigils in memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre with prison sentences of up to seven years. The three activists — Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung, and Albert Ho — were the leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, a pro-democracy organization that held yearly candlelight vigils to remember victims of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square massacre. The peaceful practice was maintained for decades until the Chinese communist regime banned the activity in 2020, using the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic as an excuse. The…

Restaurant chain Steak ‘n Shake issued an endorsement of Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH), highlighting how Husted “champions” the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. In a post on X, the restaurant chain pointed out that Husted’s opponent, former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) “has a record of supporting the extreme federal spending that fueled the inflation crisis,” among other things. “Steak ‘n Shake is proud to announce its endorsement of Senator @JonHusted for U.S. Senate!” Steak ‘n Shake wrote. “We stand with Husted because he champions the #MAHA movement to clean up the American food supply chain and lower the cost…

Gone but never forgotten. Twenty-five years since the Twin Towers disappeared from New York’s skyline in a terrorist attack they returned Wednesday night, brought back into the public consciousness courtesy of a drone-delivered light show. A total of 2,977 airborne lights rose into the night sky symbolising each one of the people killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks orchestrated by al-Qaeda terrorists. They then moved together into formation, tracing the outlines of the fallen but still vividly remembered towers that made the World Trade Center at their full architectural majesty. Videos shared on social media show the drones rebuilding the familiar-but-lost…

CBS host Gayle King exhibited dismay upon learning that a black man was the lone holdout juror who did not vote to acquit in the Lindsay Clancy case, saying he needed a moment to come to terms with the revelation.  Clancy killed her three children, and admitted to the crime, but the defense argues she is not guilty by reason of insanity. A mistrial was declared last week after one male juror held the line. During a Friday CBS interview with juror Paula Devlin, King wanted to know exactly who the holdout juror was, likely thinking he was a heartless…

Anthropic disclosed Thursday that it had shut down several attempts this year by scientists to use its artificial intelligence models for research that could contribute to biological weapons development. Anthropic published a report detailing misuses of its AI systems over the past eight months, describing cases in which state-linked actors and researchers tried to exploit its technology. Anthropic said it could not always tell whether the biological research in question was legitimate science or something more dangerous, but it banned the accounts involved regardless. In some cases, according to the report, scientists got around Anthropic’s controls that block access from…

The $5,000 “Trump dividend” proposal is a “reward for people” for putting up with Biden’s poor economic policies, President Donald Trump told reporters following his appearances at the GOP’s midterm convention. Trump pitched the dividend checks during both of his speeches at the midterm convention. “If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of them, because of our… tremendous economic success, like in history we’ve never had anything like what’s happening, but because of our tremendous strength and success economically, I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of…

Wednesday, during an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) applauded to Sens. Dave McCormick (R-PA) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO) for their speeches at the Republican National Convention underway in Dallas. According to the Ohio Republican lawmaker, for the GOP to be successful in the November midterm elections, they needed to highlight the accomplishments of the Trump administration while also reminding voters how “radical” the Democratic Party had become. “[N]ow there’s signs, because we’ve deported, and others have left voluntarily, about 3 million people,” host Laura Ingraham said. “Rents are stabilizing. There’s more housing available.…

House lawmakers are set to vote on the sweeping Russia sanctions bill that senators overwhelmingly voted to approve in August, but now faces a tough test in the House where Democrats fear the bill will give President Donald Trump too much tariff power.The Senate-passed and White House-backed measure is finally getting consideration from the House, after GOP leaders omitted it from their agenda when lawmakers returned from August recess. Many House Democrats — including Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — have voiced opposition for fear that it would give Trump expansive and risky new tariff authorities.House GOP enthusiasm for the measure…

The BRICS Summit puts India’s strategic autonomy to the test as New Delhi balances close ties with Russia against its Western partnerships By Sergey Strokan, columnist and political analystThe 18th BRICS Summit, opening in New Delhi on Friday, will test not only the geopolitical resilience of the largest grouping in the non-Western world, but also the maturity of Indian diplomacy.India has set itself an extraordinarily difficult task of trying to pour the oil of reconciliation onto the increasingly stormy waters of world politics.The theme of its 2026 BRICS presidency, “Building for Sustainability, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainable Development,” might sound hopelessly optimistic…

Darklanlan, Wikimedia Commons A teacher guide in Fairfax County, Virginia, is being blasted for its tone-deaf approach to discussing the 9/11 terrorist attacks with students. The six-page instructional guide, “25th Anniversary and Commemoration of 9/11,” was distributed to teachers and focuses more on shielding students from ‘anti-Muslim racism’ than covering the history of the murder of almost 3,000 people on American soil by Islamists. It is especially galling as the district sits just miles from where a hijacked plane crashed into the Pentagon. Per Fox News: A digital content analysis reveals that about half of the 1,740-word document is devoted…