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After ravaging countries in Africa, the Middle East, and India, swarms of locust have now made their way to Europe as the Italian region of Sardinia recently saw its worst attack in 70 years. Around 30 000 ha (74 000 acres) of crops have been affected in Nuoro City alone, according to the Italian Journalist Agency (AGI). "When the locusts arrived in mid-May, my cabbages were small, it wasn't harvesting time yet, they were all still in the field. Then the swarm came through, started to devour all the leaves, leaving only the stem," a Sardinian farmer named Giovanni said....

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Thursday that President Trump was thinking about Jeffrey Epstein’s mysterious suicide when he gave well-wishes to Ghislaine Maxwell on Tuesday. Maxwell is jailed on federal charges of helping Epstein traffic and abuse girls, and Trump’s surprising word for her spurred conspiracy theories. But McEnany said Trump was thinking about Epstein’s August 2019 death in custody. “What the president was noting is that the last person who was charged in this case ended up dead in a jail cell and the president wants justice to be served for the victims in this case and...

Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf and Health Department Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine rolled out new coronavirus restrictions on July 15 in an effort to slow what they feared was another surge in new cases. The order was focused, both said, and targeted one area in particular: Hospitality. Bars, restaurants, wineries, and breweries can now only serve alcohol for on-site consumption if it is purchased with a meal. Peanuts, chips, and pretzels do not count. Instead, the food has to be “prepared on the premises, sufficient to constitute breakfast, lunch or dinner,” per state law. The thinking, it seems, suggests that by...

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An Ohio man who was out on parole has been thrown in jail and awaits new felony charges after a photo circulated on social media showing him posing with his knee to the neck of a crying, White 2-year-old boy alongside a message referencing Black Lives Matter.

China is stepping up military preparedness to overtake Taiwan, the island’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said on Wednesday, following a recent spike of Chinese drills near the island which Beijing considers its own. Taiwan has complained that China has stepped up threatening military activities near Taiwan in recent months. Beijing has not renounced the use of force to bring the democratic island under its control. “Looking on the long-term trend, China appears to be gradually stepping up its military preparedness, especially in air or on the waters near Taiwan,” Wu told reporters. “What China is doing now is continuing to...

Police are investigating an act of vandalism at Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf's house. "Defund OPD," "homes 4 all," and "blood on your hands" were all spray-painted on the garage, sidewalk and stone wall outside Mayor Schaaf's Oakland home overnight. Witnesses say 30 to 40 people dressed in black and wearing masks shot projectiles and set off fireworks around 2 a.m. Neighbor Yakov Barton said, "I know there's a lot of unrest and frustration and I sympathize with that, but this was jarring and felt like to another level." Harmeet Dhillon, Republican National Committeewoman, said "I think what it shows is...

Q is the result of the sacrifices and commitment of countless patriots to win back our captured country from the Deep State and achieve the transformation President Trump promised in this campaign video. President Trump has said the awakening of the public is key to this transformation.Q describes this awakening as follows: "The Great Awakening ('Freedom of Thought’), was designed and created not only as a backchannel to the public (away from the longstanding ‘mind’ control of the corrupt & heavily biased media) to endure future events through transparency and regeneration of individual thought (breaking the chains of ‘group-think’), but,...

At least three federal officers could be left permanently blind after they were attacked with lasers by protesters in Portland this week. The officers, part of the Federal Protective Service, were injured during rioting in the city on Monday night as they attempted to keep anti-government demonstrators from gaining entrance to a federal courthouse in the city's downtown area. “When officers responded to put out these fires, glass bottles were thrown and lasers – which can cause permanent blindness – were shined in their eyes,” said Deputy Director of Operations Richard Cline. “We have three officers who currently have eye...

In this week's edition of - 'Is This Gibberish or Just Something Joe Biden Said?' - the former vice president spoke about nurses at a Service Employees International Union SEIU) virtual roundtable on Wednesday, and the question above might not have ever been more applicable. Here's what Biden kind of said: …and I had nurses at Walter Reed Hospital who would bend down and whisper in my ear, go home and get me pillows. They would make sure, they’d actually, probably nothing ever taught in — and you can’t do it in the COVID time — but they’d actually breathe...

After Cuomo quipped that the test “looks like something for middle school,” Lemon stumbled through suggesting Trump took the test because others were worried about a mental decline. “Well, you take that when – Usually – Listen, I'm not a doctor and I’m going to let Dr. Reiner explain it in a little bit. But usually when there's some issue or some concern about, you know, your cognitive ability,” he hinted. (Snip) CUOMO: What were the animal shapes? LEMON: Well, it’s a lion, a hippo, and a camel. CUOMO: Isn’t that a rhino in the middle? LEMON: A rhino or...

I LOVE the new name for the Team Formerly Known as Redskins; it's SO PERFECT for the city they play for: None at all. Just what Congress would call a "continuing resolution." They're just the Washington Football Team. Hail to the THIS PAGE IS BLANK ON PURPOSE! Hail Bureaucracy! Lobbyists on the Warpath! Fight for old D.C.! Run or pass and table—We'll do it when we're able! Beat 'em, Swamp 'em*, Touchdown! -- Let the budgets soar! Gerrymander 'Til you don't have to win! Sons of [==REDACTED==]. Rah!, Rah!, Rah! Hail to the THIS PAGE IS BLANK ON PURPOSE! Hail...

The Trump Administration is releasing a new rule that will further fair housing, while respecting the role of State and local decision-making for their communities. This action will repeal the Obama Administration’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, which took away decision-making from local communities. The new rule eliminates the excessive burden put on local communities and gets rid of the top-down approach that dictated zoning for communities.The rule will help promote housing that is affordable, decent, safe, and free from discrimination.Under the President’s new rule, localities will continue to certify that they will affirmatively further fair housing, as...

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Apple announced this week that it will begin shipping out specially configured Security Research Device iPhones to researchers so that they can probe for vulnerabilities without interference from standard iPhone security walls. The marks the first time Apple has released such research models that grant specialists virtually unlimited operating system permissions to run their own programs, custom commands and code. The iPhones will come with debugging tools and allow access root shell code. Apple first announced plans at last year's Black Hat security conference to release modified iPhones to make it simpler for researchers to probe...

At approximately 4 p.m., Guilderland police received several calls of gunshots fired from inside the mall outside of the Foot Locker shoe store. No injuries were reported and no details of a suspect were released Wednesday evening. According to a statement released by Crossgates Mall, the shooting was an “isolated incident” Mall officials stressed that the shooting was not a random act. Instead, it resulted from an altercation that escalated among “known acquaintances.” The statement also said the suspected shooter “vacated the property.”

The Red Sox manager said players are free to 'express themselves' during MLB games. ---- The Boston Red Sox unveiled a massive Black Lives Matter billboard Wednesday. The 250-foot billboard is adjacent to Fenway Park and faces the Massachusetts Turnpike. The huge sign features the words "Black Lives Matter" in the font of the Red Sox on a black background with the team's logo at the end. The billboard includes the URL to the Red Sox Foundation website for more information. On the site, Red Sox President and CEO Sam Kennedy released a statement titled, "Social Justice, Equity and Inclusion,"...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A cash-strapped single Missouri mother didn’t blink when her 12-year-old daughter suggested the household donate lottery winnings to a Kansas City police officer who was shot recently in the line of duty. Shetara Sims, with only $7 to her name, found a $1 bill, bought a scratch-off ticket and won $100, KMBC reported.

Self-censorship is on the rise according to a new Cato Institute survey that reports nearly two-thirds of Americans are afraid to share their political views. A new CATO Institute/YouGov national survey found 62% of Americans say the political climate today prevents them from saying what they believe. This is up several points from 2017 when 58% of Americans said they were afraid to share their political beliefs. “31% of liberals, 30% of moderates and 34% of conservatives are worried their political views could get them fired or harm their career trajectory,” the CATO survey stated.

A former U.S. Congressman was charged Tuesday in an indictment unsealed today, with conspiring to violate voting rights by fraudulently stuffing the ballot boxes for specific candidates in the 2014, 2015, and 2016 primary elections, bribery of an election official, falsification of records, voting more than once in federal elections, and obstruction of justice.Michael “Ozzie” Myers, 77, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is charged with conspiring with and bribing the former Judge of Elections for the 39th Ward, 36th Division, Domenick J. Demuro.   Demuro, who pleaded guilty previously in federal court in Philadelphia, was responsible for overseeing the entire election process...

Effective immediately, Washington will call itself the "Washington Football Team" pending the adoption of a new name, the franchise announced. This is not a final renaming and rebranding for the team; this is the name it wants to use until the adoption of a new name at some point. The team will continue the process of retiring the former name and hopes to be entirely rid of it on physical and digital spaces in the next 50 days, by the Sept. 13 regular-season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles.