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Many restaurants are catering to online delivery sites likes Grubhub, DoorDash and Uber Eats and not allowing customers to eat in-house NEW YORK (AP) — Frato’s Pizza looks like a typical family restaurant, with its black-and-white checkered floor and red chairs. But in the kitchen, the cooks are whipping up dishes for four other restaurants at the same time. There is, of course, the gourmet pizza that patrons have come to expect from Frato’s when they walk through the door. But there are also spicy chicken gyros for Halal Kitchen, barbecue chicken tenders for Tenderlicious, salmon grilled cheese for Cheesy...

The idea of 2020 hopefuls Joe Biden or Pete Buttigieg facing off against President Trump next November would be a tragedy as the Democratic party continues to forge ahead without a true frontrunner, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said during a Thursday interview with The Intercept’s “Deconstructed” podcast. Omar was asked about the field of 2020 candidates and whether she preferred Biden or Buttigieg. She answered, “None,” before characterizing their hypothetical nominations as “tragic.” Host Mehdi Hasan asked.“But if you had to pick one? If one of them is the candidate for your party, who would you rather it be?” Omar...

Faced with a barrage of damaging headlines for President Donald Trump stemming from impeachment inquiry testimony, congressional Republicans are beginning to coalesce around a strategy aimed at discrediting key witnesses and taking a more confrontational stance against the Democratic-led impeachment process. Republicans on Thursday ramped up their skepticism of the testimony delivered by US diplomat Bill Taylor — which undercut White House claims Ukraine aid wasn't tied to an investigation that could help him politically — and the Senate's No. 2 Republican Sen. John Thune walked back earlier concerns he expressed about Taylor's opening statement. Republicans in the Senate have...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 24, 2019 North Carolina Bloods Gang Members Found Guilty of Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Murders A federal jury convicted four North Carolina members of the United Blood Nation (UBN or Bloods) street gang of charges including Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy involving multiple murders.  In May of 2017, 83 UBN gang members were indicted in the Western District of North Carolina for crimes including RICO conspiracy.  This trial resulted in the convictions of the last four defendants in the active case.Dricko Dashon Huskey, aka Drizzy, 27,...

A doctor in Florida burned to death because the battery in his Tesla burst into flames and the car's futuristic door handles wouldn't allow a police officer to rescue him, according to a legal complaint. Dr Omar Awan died in February after his Tesla hit a palm tree. ...part of the design of the Tesla Model S is to retract the door handles into the car and they then "auto-present" and pop out when the car's key fob is detected nearby. However, the handles malfunctioned and people were not able to open the doors Dr Awan had no broken bones...

As the 2020 election approaches and calls to impeach President Trump intensify, conflict and division continue to escalate in the United States. A new poll confirms what many of us have known for quite some time: tension in the US is increasing, and the likely outcome is civil war. Most Americans agree that we are becoming more divided. Before we look at what the poll (which was conducted by the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service) revealed, here is a bit of background: The Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) Battleground Poll is a national bipartisan...

Another freshman Democrat in the House is under investigation for allegedly sleeping with a staffer, among other possible violations of House ethics rules.

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 24, 2019 North Carolina Gang Leaders Convicted of RICO Charges Two North Carolina men were found guilty today for conspiracy to participate in a pattern of racketeering (RICO), two counts of murder in aid of racketeering, two counts of murder with a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to commit witness tampering.Evidence presented at trial and other public documents established that Demetrice R. Devine, aka “Respect,” 37, of Garner,...

The man who called 911 to report his marijuana plants were being stolen — a call that led to the shooting death of El Dorado County sheriff’s Deputy Brian Ishmael on Wednesday — has been arrested on a charge of involuntary manslaughter, jail records show.

..Raoul Follereau, the French-born pioneer advocate for people afflicted with leprosy, wrote: “I had a dream – a man came to the judgment seat of God. He said, ‘You see, Lord, I have done nothing evil, dishonest or impious. Lord, my hands are clean’. ‘But,’ says the Lord, ‘They are empty’!” Nowhere is this spelled out more clearly than in Matthew’s account of the Last Judgment. Those who are condemned, the goats who take their place on the judge’s left hand, plead their innocence on the grounds that they simply did not advert to the plight of their brothers and...

New Jersey is seeking to revoke the liquor license of President Donald Trump’s Colts Neck golf club after the facility allegedly served an intoxicated customer who later drove drunk and and got into an accident that killed his father, according to a published report. While the two offenses listed in the notice carry a combined penalty of a 25-day suspension, the state Division of Alcohol Beverage Control said it was seeking revocation of the license “due to the aggregating circumstances in this case.” The letter was obtained by the Washington Post, which reported that the customer in question was Andrew...

This week, Universal Pictures released a behind-the-scenes look at "1917," a story about two young soldiers — played by George MacKay ("Captain Fantastic") and Dean-Charles Chapman ("Game of Thrones") — who embark in a race against time through the apocalyptic hellscapes of the Western Front to deliver a message that could save 1,600 lives. To make the Great War as immersive and viewer-relatable as possible, Mendes and the Oscar-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins opted to shoot the entire film as a continuous shot that never departs from the two main characters. "From the very beginning I felt this movie should be...

But Hunt said he was obligated to introduce the bill despite those challenges. In Massachusetts, unlike other states, citizens have what’s known as a “right of free petition” allowing them to file proposed bills directly through their legislators. That’s exactly what happened in this case, Hunt said: A woman in his district came to him this year requesting legislation, and he, in turn, filed it on her behalf. He didn’t think he’d get such a harsh reaction, he said. “It’s funny and ironic that the constitutional provision that allows this constituent a conduit to free speech and proposing her idea...

Watching ABC local news . A fire is burning in Canyon Country. Moving fast. Approx. 850 acres so far.

This month, Simone Biles became the most decorated gymnast of all time when she earned five gold world medals at the World Championship on October 13. Biles’ birth mother struggled with addiction and when Biles was just three years old, she and her siblings were taken from their mother and placed in foster homes. For three years, they bounced from home to home, never feeling as though anyone saw them. Then her grandfather and his wife stepped up to adopt Biles and her sister. “Although I was young when my foster care ordeal began, I remember how it felt to...

Hmmm. Interesting! Steve Forbes being interviewed on CNBC recently was asked about the possibility of President Trump being impeached. He said removal of Trump is “Not going to happen.” But after that he said something very interesting: "The thing to watch for is what Attorney General Barr is gonna be releasing in the next few weeks in terms of his investigations of what was happening with the CIA, the FBI, and certain White House officials leading up to the 2016 election and afterwards. A LOT OF BAD THINGS WERE DONE. . . . "

Pennsylvania’s Republican legislature introduced a ‘heartbeat’ abortion bill that would regulate abortions in line with fetal heartbeats; the Commonwealth was the 19th state to introduce such legislation. Governor Tom Wolf affirmed that he will veto any such bill. The proposed bills, similar to that of other states, would ban abortions have a fetal heartbeat can be detected. The opposition’s argument is that such legislation is a burden to women because a heartbeat can be detected early, even before a woman may know she is pregnant. The proposed heartbeat bill would allow a woman to seek an abortion if her health...

Fairview Heights If the city of Fairview Heights wanted to send the owners of property at 317 Salem Place a copy of the building permit while work was going on the past year, the Land Use and Development Department would have had to send it to a mailbox inside a UPS Store in Dallas. The permit for the work at what would become a state-of-the-art Planned Parenthood Health Center in Fairview Heights would have gone to Raider Ventures LLC, the company name Planned Parenthood used to keep its identity secret. When Planned Parenthood announced it would open a new clinic...

“This legislation simply allows law-abiding citizens to exercise their Second Amendment rights,” said the bill’s sponsor. “Protecting yourself should not be a criminal activity.” (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)A Michigan bill that would drop the need to get a special license or permit to legally carry a concealed firearm passed a key committee vote this week. State House Bill 4770 passed out of the House Military, Veterans and Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday. The measure makes a host of changes to Michigan’s weapon laws, the most polarizing of which is to repeal the requirement to have a license to carry a concealed...

I reckon I should apologize in advance for letting my frustration show so much in my vent and rant. I reckon I really need to get my Sledge on and bang out some live rock and roll before liberals make me as crazy as they are, and too many wishy washy republicans that make me wanna just say, "Why bother?"