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In an effort to address a barrage of noise complaints, Milan is preparing to ban late-night snacks. This war on ice cream isn’t new, and does not sit well with many... The Italian city of Milan is proposing a new law to ban ice cream after midnight, in an effort to protect the "peace and health" of residents. A legislative starting paper has been filed by the city's local government. If passed, the new law could come into effect next month and last until November – something which local vendors will not be best pleased about, considering they are accustomed...

Massive fire at Copenhagen's stock exchange building.

JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, CA —About a mile north of the U.S.-Mexico border, a makeshift collection of multicolored blankets and tarps blooms in the desert. The people waiting there are migrants from around the world, most of whom snuck through a gap where an 18-foot steel wall meets a rocky hill outside this desert town []. The camp has a name, hand-painted on a plywood sign and lit with a solar-powered light for people arriving at night: Campo de Asilo, or Asylum Camp. Run by an aid group, it’s a destination for migrants planning to turn themselves in to U.S. border...

As crimes by illegals skyrockets across the country the New York Police Dept. (NYPD) has begun posting notices to citizens to be aware of migrant pick pocket gangs roaming the Big Apple. A recent post by Viral News NYC showed video of an NYPD electronic billboard truck warning residents to be aware of their surroundings and belongings. “Times Square NYC,” the account wrote, “A NYPD billboard truck saying ‘BEWARE KF PICKPOCKETS,’ for the past year and a half, there has been an uptick of pickpocketing in the midtown Manhattan area. Migrants have set up multiple pickpocketing crews throughout the city,...

Leprosy is on the rise again in the United States, particularly in Florida.. The U.S. is experiencing cases creep upwards, with the number of infections across the country more than doubling over the past decade.. there were 159 new cases of leprosy in the U.S. in 2020, around a fifth of which were in Florida. Of the Florida cases, 81 percent were found in central Florida. Cases in the southeastern states have nearly doubled over the last decade ... Leprosy—also known as Hansen's disease—is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis, and is one of the oldest recorded...

California is facing a steep rise in tuberculosis cases. In 2023, the number of tuberculosis cases increased by 271, or 15%, from 2022, according to California Department of Public Health data released in February. The rate of TB in the Golden State has increased each year since 2020, with it now holding the highest number and one of the highest rates of TB cases in the country. And deaths are also mounting.

Tens of thousands of children are at risk of being groomed and coerced into crime by organised gangs, according to a leading child-protection expert. Prof Alexis Jay, who revealed the extent of sexual exploitation in Rotherham, told BBC News there was an "urgent and preventable crisis". She said there was no national plan to deal with criminal exploitation of children, calling for new legislation. The Home Office said it was investing up to £5m, to support victims. Prof Jay, who previously chaired the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, took evidence from 70 people and organisations as part of her...

Alabama Sen. Katie Britt spawned headlines this month for telling a flagrantly misleading anecdote about sex trafficking during the GOP response to President Biden’s State of the Union address. The way she politicized and misrepresented the context and timeline of the story presented was immoral, exploitative and wrong. But the hard truth is that kidnapping, violence and sexual exploitation remain a reality at the border — and in reality, Britt is among a legion of conservative voices whose anti-asylum policy stances would make the situation far worse. While the media has focused on her factual distortions, they haven’t yet fully...

America on verge of measles MAYHEM: Hundreds feared to be infected in California and Arizona outbreaks as US suffers year's worth of cases in two months - as doctors say antivaxxers and Biden's open border policy are allowing virus to spread

Officials in Chicago have been struck with a third case of measles found in the child of an illegal alien staying in one of the Windy City’s shelters, and now, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has responded after several more cases elsewhere in the city were discovered, bringing the total to eight. A team of CDC experts has been dispatched to Chicago after the Chicago Department of Public Health found yet another migrant with the communicable disease, CNN reported. On Wednesday, the city reported its third case of measles and the second among children in the same migrant shelter...

Haiti’s most notorious gang leader, Jimmy Chérizier, also known as “Barbecue,” now appears to be the most powerful man in the country. Cherizier apparently got the nickname due to his penchant for burning people alive and eating their body parts. Barbecue is spearheading the violence that has caused Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, to descend into anarchy, with his ‘G9 and Family’ gang calling for the resignation of the beleaguered Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who has not been able to return to Haiti since traveling to Guyana on February 25. The deteriorating political situation in Haiti has led to a notable increase...

A surge of Mexican nationals seeking asylum has led Canada to bring back visa requirements that were lifted nearly eight years ago. Immigration Minister Marc Miller said on Thursday that more than half of the asylum applications to the country are either abandoned or rejected. Ottawa removed the requirements in 2016 to improve relations with Mexico. Since then, an influx of immigrants has put strain on the government of Quebec and pushed it to a "breaking point".Asylum claims from Mexican nationals to Canada rose from 260 to 23,995 between 2016 and 2023, an increase of more than 9,000%, according to...

British police have failed to solve a solitary burglary in almost half of the neighbourhoods in England and Wales over the past three years, an analysis of policing data has found. Despite a much-heralded and historic pledge signed by all 43 police constables in England and Wales in 2022 to have officers personally visit the scene of all home burglaries, there has been a decline in the overall solve rate and 48 per cent of all neighbourhoods have seen zero burglaries solved over the previous three years, the Daily Telegraph reports. According to Home Office data, the charge rate for...

The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department said eight people were arrested Saturday during a 10-hour "protest and standoff" that stemmed from an Eritrean "cultural event." Clashes erupted between rival groups of Eritreans, and police confirmed that officers trying to disperse the unlawful crowds were attacked by people wielding sticks, rocks and other items. Crowds also set a tractor on fire in North Carolina's largest city, and police seized a total of two firearms over the course of several hours. Fox News Digital reached out to the department Sunday seeking the identities and more information about those eight arrested. The incident first...

A violent riot erupted on the streets of the Hague last night, as 'migrants' attacked cops with bricks and torched police cars. Dozens of rioters were filmed surrounding the Opera conference hall along Fruitweg in the Netherlands, as multiple police vans drove to the scene. Another clip also showed the aftermath. The building had several smashed windows and parked vehicles were on fire, with the street left looking like a warzone. A fight broke out between two groups of Eritreans. 'It got seriously out of hand,' The Hague Municipality spokesman Robin Middel said last night. Middel said a group loyal...

St. Patrick's Cathedral "only knew that family and friends were requesting a funeral Mass for a Catholic, and had no idea our welcome and prayer would be degraded in such a sacrilegious and deceptive way." The Archdiocese of New York which operates the St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City said that it shares the "outrage over the scandalous behavior at a funeral" earlier in the week for a trans activist and offered "an appropriate Mass of Reparation" to reconsecrate the cathedral. The funeral proceedings celebrated blasphemy, whoredom, and had prayers for access to sex changes. According to the statement,...

They did the Norm MacDonald meme. After a group of migrants gang-raped a 13-year-old girl in Italy, CNN responded by expressing concern about how it might help the “far-right.” Yes, really. The girl was raped in front of her boyfriend in a public park in the Sicilian city of Catania. The seven suspects are all Egyptian migrants and three were under the age of 18. In reporting the story, CNN’s main focus was to worry about how the incident, which is just “the latest in a string of shocking sexual attacks in the country,” might increase political support for the...

An Oregon resident has been infected with the state’s first case of bubonic plague since 2015, health officials said last week. The resident was likely infected with plague by their symptomatic pet cat, Deschutes County Health Services said in a news release on Wednesday. "All close contacts of the resident and their pet have been contacted and provided medication to prevent illness," Dr. Richard Fawcett, the Deschutes County health officer, said in the release without identifying the infected resident. Officials said there was little risk to the community since the case was identified and treated in the earlier stages of...

This is the shocking moment a man attacks several women while waiting for a tube in Barcelona. The orgy of violence ends with him punching an innocent commuter to the ground. The man can be seen walking down the platform and lashing out at different women before running up and brutally punching an unsuspecting young woman as she listened to music on headphones and looked at her mobile phone. He hit his last victim so hard that he lost his balance and fell to the ground as she hit the floor. The last commuter that the man targeted is said...

A 15-year-old from Venezuela who arrived in New York City less than six months ago is wanted and considered “armed and dangerous” over a shooting at a Times Square sporting goods store that left a tourist injured, NYPD officials said Friday.Jesus Alejandro Rivas-Figueroa is being sought as a person of interest in connection to the chaotic Thursday night incident, Chief of Patrol John Chell told reporters.