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Greetings from Tyler, The atmosphere we find ourselves in is more than unsettling. It’s a whirlwind of unacceptable realities that we can scarcely believe. We’ve all seen the blocking of freeways and bridges, whether we wanted to or not. Now there can be no official statements from anyone denouncing what happened on October 7. The videos…
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SIESTA KEY, Fla. − Hurricane Milton howled across the Florida Peninsula on Thursday, tearing a path of destruction from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic, killing at least 11 people and knocking out power to millions yet averting the “worst-case scenario” meteorologists, officials and residents had feared. Milton did not go quietly, though, flooding…
Quad FMs, wary of China’s might, push Indo-Pacific options
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North Korea’s trash balloons fall near South’s presidential office
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Iran’s clerical Assembly of Experts tapped Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader amid ongoing conflict, even as the war sent global oil prices soaring past $100 a barrel. FAST FACTS Iran named Ayotollah Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of the country’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the…


