Diesel hit a record price in the U.S. on Friday, soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time ... read more
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) skipped a scheduled meeting with paralyzed veterans from his home state, but had time to appear on Fox News instead, The Wall Street Journal said in a report detailing his aversion to work. read more
Germany's right-wing populist Alternative fr Deutschland (AfD) thanked billionaire Elon Musk for his support Sunday after scoring a historic election victory, taking the moment to call for future "cooperation." The AfD stormed to first place in Saxony-Anhalt with 43.8% of the vote, more than doubling its support from five years ago and leaving Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union a distant second on 17.2%. The result nevertheless left the AfD just short of the absolute majority it had sought. Final returns gave the party 39 lawmakers in the 83-seat state parliament, three seats shy of governing alone.
A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump told residents of Jackson, Mississippi on Friday they have no right to water untainted by lead, according to a new report. Kurt Engelhardt, a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals judge, affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against their city, accused of knowingly allowing residents drink the contaminated water for six months in 2015, Mother Jones reported Saturday. read more
There are "multiple patients" after a cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday, according to local fire officials. It's not clear whether anyone was killed in the incident. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said there are "multiple patients" and that firefighters were working to extinguish the fire, calling it an active scene with over 60 MDFR units responding. The Miami-Dade Aviation Department said in a statement that the plane overran the diagonal runway and is disabled at the northwest end of the airport. "All runways and taxiways at MIA are currently closed as of 3:00 p.m.," the department said. The FAA on Sunday issued a ground stop on planes until 3 p.m. that was later extended until 5:30 p.m. Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy said the ground stop was ordered so that first responders could assess the scene and warned travelers of "significant delays and potential cancellations."
The AfD also wants to expand Russian language instruction in schools and specifically recruit native Russian speakers for this purpose.
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CSAMRUNT, are you going to teach the nazis how to speak fluent orc?