'Lawless city?' Worry after Portland police don't stop chaos

A crowd of 100 people wreaked havoc in downtown Portland, Oregon, this week – smashing storefront windows, lighting dumpsters on fire and causing at least $500,000 in damage – but police officers didn't stop them. Portland Police Bureau officials say that's because of legislation passed by Oregon lawmakers this year, which restricts the tools they can use to confront people vandalizing buildings and causing mayhem. “The reason that we did not intervene goes back to what we talked about last month with House Bill 2928 and the restrictions placed on us in a crowd control environment,” KOIN reports that Portland Police Lt. Jake Jensen said in a neighborhood meeting Thursday.

Kim Jong Un applauds as North Korean soldiers' hands smashed and bodies beaten

Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, applauded his nation's soldiers as they performed a series of extreme martial arts. Kim and the hermit nation's leaders applauded the "Self-Defense 2021" exhibition that saw soldiers getting their hands smashed with sledgehammers, jumping and head-butting through what appeared to be Sheetrock, being beaten, and jumping over cars, footage of the event showed. The event was broadcast on state-run TV, according to a report.

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  Shirtless North Korean soldiers break bricks with their heads, lay on glass and nails for Kim Jong-un

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  North Korea's Kim Jong-un faces 'paradise on Earth' lawsuit

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Some Hooters servers on TikTok are saying new shorts are too short

A change to the Hooters uniform at some locations has prompted a handful of the restaurant chain's servers to share their concerns on TikTok. In the videos, which have racked up millions of views since popping up on the platform last week, Hooters servers hold up the new black shorts while sharing their thoughts. The videos have reignited criticisms of Hooters for fostering an outdated concept centered around sexualizing servers' bodies.

Matthew Mindler, Former Child Star, Died By Suicide With $15 Amazon Product

Mindler bought the product for $15. The Lancaster County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that he died from suicide by sodium nitrate toxicity. Sodium nitrate is used to preserve foods and kills by causing low blood pressure and limiting the flow of oxygen to the body.

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  ‘Our Idiot Brother’ child actor Matthew Mindler’s suicide was a result of sodium nitrate overdose

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  Former Child Actor Matthew Mindler's Cause of Death at 19 Revealed as Sodium Nitrate Toxicity

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This couple retired 2 years ago on about $27,000 a year. Here’s how that’s going

This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. In May 2019, Joan and Steve Reid left their part-time day jobs — Joan at the public library and Steve at a florist — and relocated from the affluent New York City suburb of Pearl River, N.Y., to the oceanfront community of Vero Beach, Fla. The aim for the couple, both 67 at the time, was to retire, slash their spending and live off an income of less than $30,000. Back then, Next Avenue wrote about the Reids and their plans in what became one of its most popular stories, “Retiring on a Shoestring.”

SUV of Ohio mom, 2 kids missing since 2002 found in river

Search crews pulled from the Ohio River in Indiana an SUV that belonged to an Ohio mother missing since 2002 along with her two young children, authorities said Friday. Side sonar scan technology led divers to the 1997 Nissan Pathfinder Thursday near Aurora in southeastern Indiana, Indiana State Police said Friday in a news release. The vehicle was registered to Stephanie Van Nguyen, who in 2002 disappeared with her 4-year-old daughter, Kristina, and 3-year-old son, John.

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  Crews find car linked to 2002 missing family

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  SUV pulled from the Ohio River could help solve 20-year-old mystery

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Lazy crane operators making $250,000 a year exacerbating port crisis, truckers say

In an aerial view, container ships and shipping containers are seen at the Port of Los Angeles on September 20, 2021 near Los Angeles, California. LONG BEACH, California — Crane operators who belong to a powerful union and earn up to $250,000 a year transferring containers from ships to trucks are worsening the supply chain crisis that threatens Christmas by goofing off on the job, frustrated truckers told the Washington Examiner. The finger-pointing at the busy Los Angeles County ports comes as scores of container ships are anchored off the California coast, waiting in some cases for weeks to unload their freight.

Decorated NYPD officer charged with murder after fatally shooting ex-GF’s new lover

A New York Police Department (NYPD) officer caught in a deadly love triangle has been charged with murder after allegedly killing her ex-girlfriend's new lover on Wednesday. What happened: Yvonne Wu, 31, who works at the 72nd Precinct in Sunset Park, allegedly broke into the Bensonhurst home of her ex-girlfriend, Jenny Li, before shooting her and her new lover, Jamie Liang. Li, 23, reportedly arrived home with Liang, 24, around 5 p.m. Wu, who was off-duty at the time, allegedly broke into the residence at 19th Avenue and 79th Street through an unlocked back door.

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  Female Cop Accused of Shooting Ex-Girlfriend, Killing Ex's New Lover

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  NYPD officer charged with murder in love-triangle shooting

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'I was naive’: Mia Khalifa on life after adult films and reclaiming her power with OnlyFans

Now Khalifa is speaking out about her experience in the adult film industry and the path that led her there. The influencer and content creator is vocal about the exploitation she experienced and hopes her story can shield other women from going through the same. What I can take away from this is protecting other women and being a cautionary tale,” says Khalifa.

'After leaving my abuser, I’d assumed that the worst was behind me – I was wrong’

Three years later, we were married and I was living in the UK on a spousal visa. Shortly after I arrived in the UK, the emotional and psychological abuse began. Although I earned more than twice his monthly income, he barred me from opening my own bank account.

This Woman On TikTok Poisoned Herself By Eating Too Much Cinnamon — Here's Why It Happened

In 2015, 27-year-old Bridgette Garb had a seemingly harmless obsession with cinnamon. About a year into her excess use of the popular spice, Bridgette started to notice a decline in her overall health. Bridgette's dad — who happens to be a doctor — had taken note of her hankering for cinnamon and had some suspicions about it possibly being tied to her ailments.

From condiments to condoms: new California laws bring change

California Gov. Gavin Newsom spent the summer campaigning to keep his job and, with a landslide victory in hand, he's continued pushing progressive California further left. In the four weeks after beating back a recall attempt, the Democrat signed laws that require gender-neutral displays of children's toys and toothbrushes in large department stores, made it illegal to remove a condom without consent during intercourse and cleared the way for a nation's first ban on the sale of new gas-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers. California is among the deepest blue states in the country — Democrats control all statewide offices and have super majorities in the Legislature, which nowadays often acts as a laboratory for liberal policies that would not get to a vote in many other states.

Pete Buttigieg snipes back after Tucker Carlson mocks him over paternity leave

Pete Buttigieg defended his absence from duties as transportation secretary while on paternity leave as supply chain issues worsened. During a media blitz Friday, Buttigieg said Tucker Carlson “doesn't understand the concept of bottle feeding, let alone the concept of paternity leave," after the Fox News host wondered if he was “trying to figure out how to breastfeed” while on leave. After Carlson made waves by mocking Buttigieg being on paternity leave Thursday evening, the secretary appeared on multiple news outlets Friday to show his presence and promote President Joe Biden's agenda during the supply chain problems leaving ports congested and shelves empty.

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  Tucker Carlson mocks Pete Buttigieg's paternity leave as 'learning how to breastfeed'

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  Tucker Carlson Torched For Homophobic Comment About Pete Buttigieg's Paternity Leave

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Puerto Rico ponders race amid surprising census results

The number of people in Puerto Rico who identified as “white” in the most recent census plummeted almost 80%, sparking a conversation about identity on an island breaking away from a past where race was not tracked and seldom debated in public. The drastic drop surprised many, and theories abound as the U.S. territory's 3.3 million people begin to reckon with racial identity. “Puerto Ricans themselves are understanding their whiteness comes with an asterisk,” said Yarimar Bonilla, a political anthropologist and director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College in New York.

Gay Couple Brutally Beaten Outside Gay Nightclub, Police Unresponsive

Two gay men were viciously assaulted by a group of men yelling homophobic slurs outside a nightclub in England over the weekend. And despite at least five calls to Essex police in the immediate aftermath of the attack, the couple didn't hear back from authorities until the following day. Dan Wilson told Echo News he and his boyfriend Rob Morris were walking home Sunday morning after leaving the Colors nightclub in Basildon when they were set upon by the group of men.

2022's Social Security Raise Could Come With This Sneaky Surprise

For those who are single, a provisional income under $25,000 means Social Security won't be taxed. But singles with a provisional income range of $25,000 to $34,000 risk taxes on up to 50% of their benefits. And those with a provisional income above $34,000 risk taxes on up to 85% of their benefits.

Senator Sinema rejects vote on big Biden package before infrastructure -source

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a key moderate, told fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives this week that she will not vote for a multitrillion-dollar package that is a top priority for President Joe Biden before Congress approves a $1 trillion infrastructure bill, according to a source briefed on the meeting. Aides for Sinema, who has the power to stop legislation from advancing in the 50-50 Senate, did not respond to a request for comment. In a previously unreported online meeting on Wednesday, Sinema and fellow moderate Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said they would not abide by any deadlines adopted by leadership to force votes on the package.

The Workers Won’t Be Coming Back, Covid or Not. Here Are Theories on Where They Went.

More people are choosing not to work, confounding employers and economists and leading to worrisome labor shortages and supply chain problems. The September jobs report showed the slowest pace of hiring all year, a surprise decline in labor-force participation and a rise in wages. Whatever the explanation for the worsening labor shortage, it goes beyond temporary factors associated with the pandemic.

Vietnamese woman dragged and physically forced to take COVID-19 test by authorities to sue

A Vietnamese woman will file a lawsuit against the Vietnamese government after she was physically forced by authorities to take a COVID-19 test. What happened: On Sept. 28 in the city of Thuan An, police broke into the woman's house and forced her to take a COVID-19 test, reported Radio Free Asia. Authorities cut the lock on the door of Hoang Thi Phuong Lan's apartment and dragged her to a testing site outside of the building.

US to restore full pension of FBI official fired under Trump

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has won back his full pension as part of a settlement of his lawsuit arising from his firing during the Trump administration more than three years ago, his lawyers announced Thursday. McCabe, a frequent target of then-President Donald Trump's ire, was fired in March 2018 after the Justice Department's inspector general concluded he had authorized the release of information to a newspaper reporter and then misled internal investigators about his role in the leak. The termination by Jeff Sessions, the attorney general at the time, came hours before McCabe was due to retire, denying the FBI official his pension.

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  Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe still has concerns after lawsuit settlement: 'I don't feel free'

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  Deputy FBI chief fired by Trump wins retirement benefits in settlement

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How much money YouTubers with 1 million subscribers make

Creators with 1 million subscribers shared how much money they make on YouTube. Surpassing the 1 million subscriber mark on YouTube is a huge milestone, and, in practical terms, it often means a creator can earn a full-time living from the platform. YouTube creators earn money a number of ways, but money from the ads that play in their videos usually constitutes a big chunk of their income.

Putin Says American Reporter Is Too ‘Beautiful’ to Understand His Very Clever Point

President Vladimir Putin appeared to be channeling the stereotype of Russia's uneducated working classes this week when he mocked and patronized an experienced American business journalist. The exchange took place Wednesday at a Russian Energy Week panel in Moscow moderated by CNBC journalist Hadley Gamble. The reporter had pressed Putin on reports of Russia withholding gas supplies to Europe to drive up prices, and after the Russian leader dismissed the claim, she asked how Moscow could convince its European partners that it's a reliable gas supplier in light of such reports.

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  Putin suggested to a US journalist she was too 'beautiful' to understand a point he made about Russian gas supply

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  Putin criticized for misogynist remark at anchor

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