Trump and Biden Announce Progress Towards Gaza Ceasefire Agreement Between Israel and Hamas

Donald Trump and Joe Biden both said they are optimistic a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could be agreed within days, pausing the devastating war in Gaza that’s raged for more than 15 months. “We are very close to getting it done,” Trump, who succeeds Biden as U.S. president on Jan. 20, said Monday in an interview with Newsmax. “I understand there’s been a handshake and they’re…

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Big Retailer Shutting Down 27 Locations Across 15 States

Kohl’s announced last Thursday that it would be closing 27 “underperforming” stores in the coming months. The major retail chain also announced that it would be closing its San Bernardino E-commerce Fulfillment Center in California. In a Thursday press release, the company wrote, “Kohl’s announced real estate changes for 2025, including the closure of its San…

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Cybertruck Explosion: Former Girlfriend Claims 2019 Deployment Took a Toll on Man Behind Incident

A former girlfriend of Matthew Livelsberger, the man authorities have blamed for a Tesla Cybertruck explosion at the Trump International on New Year’s Day, said his 2019 deployment to Afghanistan “absolutely broke him.” Livelsberger, 37, a decorated military operations sergeant who served in the U.S. Army as a Green Beret, shot himself in the head, an act that Sheriff Kevin McMahill said was likely simultaneous with…

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Maryland Health Department Faces Lawsuit Over Mentally Ill Criminal Defendants ‘Languishing in Jails’

A disability rights group is suing Maryland’s health secretary and health department in federal court for leaving mentally ill people accused of crimes to languish in jail rather than admitting them to psychiatric hospitals as required by state law. Filed Thursday, the lawsuit by Disability Rights Maryland claims Health Secretary Dr. Laura Herrara Scott and the Maryland…

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Veteran Journalist Mpama Unveils New Tabloid

By Joseph Abasi-Abasi Calabar, Nigeria – Lawrence Mpama, a seasoned journalist, has introduced a new community newspaper called “Cross Atlantic Newspaper” to the Cross River chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). Mpama, the former publisher of Watchman Magazine, on Monday, stated that the community paper aims to foster civic engagement and inform residents…

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Report: Pete Hegseth’s FBI Background Check Unveiled Before Confirmation Hearings

A new report claims that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background check concerning Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. secretary of defense, has been viewed by two senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee and is “unremarkable.” According to Punchbowl News, the only two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee who…

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Minnesota Emergency Rooms Strained by ‘Quad-Demic’ of COVID, Flu, RSV, and Norovirus

Patients are piling up in Minnesota emergency rooms once again, but it’s not just from COVID-19. State health officials say influenza is making a comeback, combining with COVID, norovirus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to put more pressure on Minnesota hospitals than they’ve faced since the end of the pandemic. Thursday’s weekly update of COVID activity only…

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Viral Video: Unauthorized Immigrant with Blowtorch Detained Near California Fire, According to Reports

A suspect with a blowtorch who was “subdued by residents” and arrested by police officers near the Kenneth wildfire in West Hills, California, is reportedly an illegal immigrant from Mexico. A viral video on X, formerly Twitter, shows a man with a blowtorch being confronted and restrained by local California residents until police officers arrive…

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