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Dozens of furious Donald Trump supporters gathered around Mar-a-Lago on Monday to protest the FBI raid on the former president's Florida home. The demonstrators gathered in two groups, right outside Mar-a-Lago and by a bridge leading into Palm Beach, where the luxury resort is located. Other Trump supporters drove around the area in vehicles decked out with patriotic regalia. A video , posted from the scene by Jayne Zirkle, a reporter for Steve Bannon 's War Room , shows one truck with a large Trump/Pence banner attached, but with "Pence" crossed out, reflecting Trump supporters' anger the former vice president didn't refuse to certify the 2020 election result. Pro-Trump protesters waved flags emblazed with slogans such as "Florida For Trump," "Trump 2024" and "Biden Is Not My President." Another demonstrator held up a large placard with the slogan, "Fake News is CNN ." The gathering was peaceful, though police did have to intervene after a counter-protester … [Read more...] about Flag-waving Trump supporters protest outside Mar-a-Lago after FBI raid

Intense rain and heavy flooding caused at least 12 Russian workers to fall into a sewer where they were swept away on Sunday, reports said. According to several reports, workers in Moscow were cleaning the sewers, when water levels began to rise as heavy rain fell. At least 12 of the workers were swept away in the sewer. "Unfortunately, three workers have died, rescue workers have brought their bodies to the surface," the Russian Civil Defense reportedly said to the Interfax news agency on Sunday. Russian reports state that five of the workers managed to climb out of the sewer on their own, and four were rescued by emergency personnel and received medical attention. A video of one of the rescues was posted on Telegram by Mash, a Russian news outlet. The bodies of the three missing workers were found later on Sunday. "First, the body of one victim was found, then two," Lyudmila Nefedova, head of the press service of the Moscow prosecutor's office, told RIA Novosti. Law … [Read more...] about Russian workers fall into sewer, are swept away by heavy rain

The Fed has raised its benchmark interest rate again by a whopping 0.75%. The Reserve Bank of India has also been forced to raise interest rates further but also take other steps. These decisions in the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting are based on what the members of the MPC see as the likely course of the economy in the months ahead. But, the trajectory of the world economy, and its likely impact on the Indian economy, is imponderable. So, Indian policymakers would face two crucial problems. First, the main uncertainty is due to Russia’s war on Ukraine and the resultant economic sanctions on Russia, as well as the zero-COVID-19 policy in China that repeatedly implements lockdowns leading to global supply bottlenecks. Second, policy has to base itself on data. If it is deficient, it introduces additional uncertainty, making projections for the future difficult and causing policies to fail. This will compound the problem that results from the global uncertainty. … [Read more...] about Macrovariable projections in uncertain times

A progressive Christian campaigner has savaged Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 's call for conservatives to embrace being called "Christian nationalists". Writing for The Daily Beast the Rev. Nathan Empsall branded Christian nationalism "unchristian and unpatriotic," adding the movement's leaders are "America's false prophets" that "Jesus warned us about." Empsall's website says that his ministry is focused on "social, environmental, economic, and racial justice." It comes after Greene said in July that the Christian nationalist label is "actually a good thing ," during an appearance before the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida. The Georgia politician doubled down on her argument in a subsequent radio interview, when she said: "We need to be the party of nationalism. I'm a Christian, and I say it proudly—we should be Christian nationalists." Empsall is Executive Director of Faithful America, a group founded in 2004, which says it is … [Read more...] about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Christian nationalism criticized by faith leader

A four-year-old girl has died after a house was destroyed in a gas explosion this morning. Six fire engines and around 40 firefighters raced to a terraced property in Thornton Heath, Croydon just after 7am today. Four people were rescued and three were taken to hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries, it is understood. The London Fire Brigade said a child was pronounced dead at the scene in Galpin's Road, before police confirmed the harrowing news that the body of a girl, believed to be four-years-old, was found. A statement from the Metropolitan Police said: "Police were called shortly after 7am on Monday, 8 August following reports of a fire and explosion at a residential property in Galpin's Road, Mitcham. "London Fire Brigade attended and the body of a child, believed to be a four-year-old girl, was recovered from a building. Were you near the explosion? email [email protected] Debris scattered over a wide area following a gas … [Read more...] about Thornton Heath fire: Body of child found in rubble of house destroyed in gas explosion

The annual Perseids meteor shower , which began in mid-July and will continue until late August, is expected to peak during the predawn hours of August 11 to 13. During a regular year, at the peak of the Perseids, stargazers will have a chance to spot up to 60 to 100 meteors per hour. However, because the 2022 peak coincides with a supermoon , visibility during the peak times could be limited. The shower of shooting stars, so-called because they appear to be coming from the constellation of Perseus, is caused by the Earth passing through the trail of dust and debris left behind in the orbit of the comet Swift-Tuttle . The comet last passed by Earth in 1992 and orbits the sun once every 133 years. As it warms up in the sun's heat, the comet leaves a trail of dust, which the Earth passes through in its orbit of the sun during July and August. As the dust particles, most measuring only one-fifth of an inch, enter the Earth's atmosphere, they burn up and cause the spectacular … [Read more...] about Watch Perseid meteor shower 2022 tonight before supermoon ruins the show

A parent who feels like he's been "conned" after agreeing to have his dad build a computer for his teenage son has received a wave of support on Mumsnet, the U.K.-based online forum. According to a post on Mumsnet's Am I Being Unreasonable (AIBU) forum , user Glassback83 was planning to buy his 16-year-old son a PC for his birthday. But the user's father (who has been building computers "for years") said he could build one for "cheaper" than it would be to buy one from a store. So they agreed to have him do it and have the PC be a gift from the user and the child's grandparents. While global PC sales rose during the height of the pandemic , with more people working from home, the latest Mumsnet post follows a record drop in PC shipments worldwide, which saw its sharpest decline in nine years in the second quarter of 2022, according to a July 2022 report by the research firm Gartner. The decline was attributed to ongoing "geopolitical instability" following the … [Read more...] about Grandad who ‘built’ PC for teen slammed over wanting $600 from his parents

One of Love Island lothario Adam Collard 's exes has a warning for the latest lady to catch his eye, Paige Thorne . The Welsh paramedic and the comeback star locked lips during a recent episode of the ITV2 show, following Jacques O'Neill bidding farewell to the Villa and leaving Paige single and free to mingle. But Adam's ex Rosie Williams - one of the four women he coupled up with during his original Love Island stint - has some words of warning for Paige. The reality TV star and Adam's union in the 2018 caused one of the most dramatic Love Island narratives of all time - with Women's Aid even issuing a statement at the time regarding the Geordie star's alleged emotional abuse and gaslighting of Rosie. Adam Collard and Paige Thorne's romance has been heating up over recent days ( Image: ITV) After arriving as a bombshell during series four, lothario Adam enjoyed unions with Rosie , Zara McDermott , Darylle Sargeant and Kendall Rae-Knight … [Read more...] about Adam Collard’s Love Island ex warns Paige ‘not to fall deep’ after kissing clip

By ZEKE MILLER, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI’s unprecedented search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence ricocheted around government, politics and a polarized country Tuesday along with questions as to why the Justice Department — notably cautious under Attorney General Merrick Garland — decided to take such a drastic step. Answers weren’t quickly forthcoming. Agents on Monday searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, which is also a private club, as part of a federal investigation into whether the former president took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence, people familiar with the matter said. It marked a a dramatic escalation of law enforcement scrutiny of Trump, who faces an array of inquiries tied to his conduct in the waning days of his administration. From echoes of Watergate to the more immediate House probe of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, Washington, a city used to sleepy Augusts, reeled from … [Read more...] about FBI’s search of Trump’s Florida estate: Why now?