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President Donald Trump’s administration is taking action in the case of a surrogate mother who refused an alleged request from the baby’s biological parents to abort him once he was diagnosed with a severe heart defect. The case involving surrogate mother McKenna West and the child whom she called baby Gabriel, has drawn a lot of attention, Fox News reported Thursday, noting West has since traveled to Texas where she gave birth on Wednesday. “The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights told Fox News Digital Thursday it is sending a letter to Children’s Medical Center of…
Jason Arday left his position at the prestigious university’s sociology department last week due to the scandal Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor who recently resigned amid allegations of plagiarism and misrepresenting his credentials, was found dead in his home on Friday, police said in a statement cited by the media. The death is not being treated as suspicious.Arday, 41, was recognized as the youngest-ever black professor at the institution when he joined as a professor of sociology of education in 2023. He resigned from that position after he was accused of plagiarizing his 2015 PhD dissertation and questions…
This article originally appeared on WND.com. Guest post by Bob Unruh Human Rights Council asked to intervene in seizure of historic church. Iran’s insistence on obtaining nuclear weapons, it’s advocacy for the annihilation of Israel’s democracy, it’s demands for Sharia law for everyone – those are among the triggers for the current military conflict that has engulfed other Middle Eastern countries, the world’s oil supply, the Strait of Hormuz and the United States’ goal of ending the threats. But there’s another war by Iran, and this one now is getting called out at the United Nations. According to the American…
The map above is so crazy that I don’t even have the words to adequately describe it. It is a real map that comes from WatchDuty.org, and it shows wildfires that are actively burning in this country right now. As you can see, enormous wildfires are raging throughout the western third of the nation. A combination of intense heat, severe drought, high winds and neglected forests have created conditions that are unlike anything the region has ever seen before. Every day more homes are being lost, and the economic damage that we are witnessing is incalculable. As I write this article,…
KONOTOPIE, Poland (AP) – An enormous statue of the Virgin Mary that is believed to be Europe’s tallest was inaugurated on Saturday in a small Polish village, financed by one of Poland’s richest businesspeople. The monument towers 55.6 meters (182 feet) over Konotopie in central Poland, home to fewer than 150 people. Its height includes a crown-shaped 15-meter (49-foot) pedestal. It’s taller – if less dramatically located – than the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which measures some 38 meters (125 feet) including its pedestal. It also surpasses another recent large-scale religious monument in Poland, the…
President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence in Uniondale, New York, on Friday, August 14. Trump will speak to police cadets after Luigi Mangione pled guilty earlier in the day to murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The then-president elect, who had faced multiple assassination attempts himself, called the murder of Thompson “a cold-blooded, horrible killing” in December 2024. Read the full article here
Maine US Senate candidate Troy Jackson Maine’s far-left Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Troy Jackson is facing explosive new allegations of domestic violence just weeks after Democrats scrambled to install him as their candidate against Republican Sen. Susan Collins. Kim McBreairty, an Allagash man who has known Jackson for decades, told The Maine Wire he personally witnessed the progressive logger open-hand slap his longtime partner, Lana Pelletier, outside a pub in neighboring St. Francis years ago. Kim McBreairty said he was approaching the entrance one evening when he saw Jackson standing with Pelletier. “He just open-hand slapped her beside the head,”…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) made it clear during a press conference on Friday that he does not support Rep. Cory Mills’ (R-FL) reelection campaign in Florida’s 7th Congressional District. “So this is a question about the 7th Congressional District Republican primary. I have not endorsed Cory Mills and I do not support Cory Mills,” DeSantis said during the press conference at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. DeSantis’s clear position follows the embattled incumbent Republican’s personal woes involving potential financial misconduct and allegations of abuse. Earlier this year, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) brought forth a resolution to expel Mills from Congress altogether,…
The Israeli PM’s remark comes as the new Labour government weighs taking measures against the Jewish state following months of strained relations Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the UK as the “Islamic Republic of Britain,” as the country’s new Labour government weighs taking measures against Israel.Speaking on an Israeli Army Radio podcast on Friday, Netanyahu criticized the British media’s coverage of Israel, while comparing it to reporting during the 1967 Six-Day War.“Go find that in Britain today, which you could call the Islamic Republic of Britain,” he said, as cited by Israeli media.Netanyahu then echoed a 2024 joke…
Screenshot A Huntsville, Alabama defense company gave an up-close demonstration this week of a powerful new anti-drone laser system designed to knock unmanned aerial threats out of the sky before they can endanger U.S. military personnel or American civilians. KBR and its Huntsville-based subsidiary Kord demonstrated FIREFLY, a mobile high-energy laser weapon designed to detect, track, and destroy unmanned aircraft before they can reach American troops, civilian gatherings, or critical infrastructure. Attendees were required to put on laser-protection goggles before the test began. On a live screen, observers watched as the system’s sensors and AI-assisted targeting technology identified and followed…