Treasure Hunters Find $1 Million in Coins From 1715 Shipwreck

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A shipwreck salvage company has struck gold.

The 1715 Fleet Queens Jewels, LLC—which specializes in salvaging the remains of a 1715 shipwreck off the Florida coastline—said its divers discovered over 1,000 gold and silver coins. And the, well, treasure trove of 18th century items are valued at $1 million.

“This discovery is not only about the treasure itself, but the stories it tells,” the company’s director of operations Sal Guttuso said in a statement. “Each coin is a piece of history, a tangible link to the people who lived, worked, and sailed during the Golden Age of the Spanish Empire.”

He continued, “Finding 1,000 of them in a single recovery is both rare and extraordinary.”

The coins—known as pieces of eight—were minted in Spanish colonies in Mexico, Peru and Bolivia, according to the company. The salvager said visible dates and mint marks are still visible on many of the coins, were being transported to back Spain when it got caught up in a hurricane. (Read more from “Treasure Hunters Find $1 Million in Coins From 1715 Shipwreck” HERE)

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IDF Attack Kills 14th Doctors Without Borders Staffer

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An early‑morning strike on October 2, 2025, claimed the life of Omar Hayek, an occupational therapist working with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF / Doctors Without Borders), and injured at least four others, in the Gaza Strip. The incident marks the 14th MSF colleague killed in Gaza since the outbreak of the current conflict on October 7, 2023.

According to MSF, the attack occurred on a street in Deir al-Balah, where staff were waiting for a bus to take them to a field hospital. All those present were wearing MSF vests, clearly identifying them as medical humanitarian workers.

MSF stated that colleagues hit in the attack included a physiotherapist, an orthopedic surgeon, a supply officer, and a finance assistant; one staffer was reported to be in critical condition with shrapnel wounds.

Less than two weeks earlier, MSF had mourned the death of Hussein Alnajjar, the 13th staffer killed in Gaza, also in Deir al-Balah by Israeli strikes.
Doctors Without Borders. The organization has expressed profound sorrow and outrage, emphasizing that the killings indicate that “nowhere in Gaza is safe” for health professionals.

Omar Hayek was 42 years old. He joined MSF in June 2018 and had served as an occupational therapist at MSF’s clinic in Gaza City.

Due to the intensifying hostilities and mass displacement, Omar left Gaza City on September 13, heading south under assurances of relative safety — assurances that tragically failed. He was the sole provider for his family following the deaths of his father and his younger brother.

Omar’s death is part of a wider and deeply concerning pattern of attacks on health workers and humanitarian staff in Gaza. The United Nations estimates that at least 562 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, including 376 UN personnel.

MSF has long warned that this war is degrading what remains of Gaza’s health infrastructure. Medical teams operate under extreme danger, frequently under bombardment, with limited access to supplies, and with uncertainty about safe passage.

In past statements, MSF has also condemned militarized food distribution schemes in Gaza—labeling certain operations “orchestrated killings”—arguing that the very lines along which aid is provided are being weaponized.

Under international humanitarian law, medical personnel are protected persons. Deliberate targeting of health staff or failure to distinguish between combatants and medical workers may constitute violations of the laws of war.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Sentenced to Only 4 Years in Prison After Salacious Trial Exposed Mogul’s Reign of Terror

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Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to only about four years in prison Friday — a paltry term compared to the more than a decade prosecutors sought after a blockbuster, stomach-churning trial exposed the mogul’s depraved secrets.

The disgraced hip-hop icon, 55, could be a free man in just three years as he has already spent 14 months behind bars while the sex-crimes case wound through Manhattan federal court.

Judge Arun Subramanian, at the end of an emotional, nearly six-hour hearing, admonished Combs for using his vast power to abuse women — but ultimately opted to give the Bad Boy Records founder a chance to reclaim his life.

“You abused the power and control that you had over the lives of women you professed to love dearly,” Subramanian told Combs before heading down the sentence of 50 months, with five years supervised release and a $500,000 fine.

“You abused them physically, emotionally, and psychologically,” he said. “Why did it happen so long? Because you had the power and the resources to keep it going, and because you weren’t caught.

“A meaningful sentence is needed to protect the public from further crimes.” (Read more from “Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Sentenced to Only 4 Years in Prison After Salacious Trial Exposed Mogul’s Reign of Terror” HERE)

Researchers Are Closer Than Ever to Solving Earhart Mystery — And Aerial Photos May Hold the Key

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Newly discovered aerial photos taken in 1938 of a mysterious anomaly on a remote island in the South Pacific provide “very strong” evidence that it may be Amelia Earhart’s missing plane, researchers claim.

Footage of the strange metallic object located underwater in a lagoon on the island of Nikumaroro — captured a year after the pioneer aviator disappeared 88 years ago — bolsters scientists’ belief that the “Taraia Object” is Earhart’s legendary Lockheed 10-E Electra, Purdue University announced.

A 15-person crew — made up of researchers from Purdue and the Archeological Legacy Institute (ALI) — will set off on Nov. 4 for the island, located between Hawaii and Fiji near the center of the Pacific Ocean, to investigate the enigmatic find, believed to be the main body and tail of the missing aircraft.

“Finding Amelia Earhart’s aircraft would be the discovery of a lifetime,” said ALI executive director Dr. Richard Pettigrew, who has long believed that Nikumaroro hides the secret to Earhart’s disappearance.

“Other evidence already collected by the International Group of Historic Aircraft Recovery establishes an extremely persuasive, multifaceted case that the final destination for Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, was on Nikumaroro. Confirming the plane wreckage there would be the smoking-gun proof.” (Read more from “Researchers Are Closer Than Ever to Solving Earhart Mystery — And Aerial Photos May Hold the Key” HERE)

Judge Rules Against Sanctuary Cities, Will Not Stop Trump from Cutting Off Federal Funds

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A federal judge ruled against two sanctuary cities this week, ensuring President Donald Trump can move forward with blocking certain Department of Justice (DOJ) grants to such jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Earlier this year, Trump signed two executive orders, both designed to get sanctuary cities to cooperate with ICE as they enforce federal immigration law — or risk losing certain federal funds.

Soon after Trump signed the executive orders, the sanctuary cities of Chelsea and Somerville, Massachusetts, filed a lawsuit claiming they would suffer irreparable harm if the orders took effect.

On Thursday, Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton sided with the Trump administration and against the sanctuary cities. (Read more from “Judge Rules Against Sanctuary Cities, Will Not Stop Trump from Cutting Off Federal Funds” HERE)

Trump to Give Ukraine Intel for Attacks on Critical Energy Targets Deep Into Russia

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By The War Zone. Reports indicate that the United States has agreed to provide Ukraine with targeting intelligence for its long-range strikes against Russian energy infrastructure. For many months now, Ukraine has been waging a campaign to degrade Russia’s oil and natural gas infrastructure, depriving it of critical resources for its offensive in Ukraine as well as revenue from energy exports.

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, which cites unnamed U.S. administration officials, and another report from Reuters, the new policy is being adopted ahead of a possible transfer of longer-range and harder-hitting weapons that can be used against the same kinds of targets, and potentially others deep in Russia.

The officials who spoke to the WSJ reportedly said that President Donald Trump had recently signed off on the sharing of intelligence for the Ukrainian strikes, although the caveat that only attacks on energy infrastructure are covered is significant. Targeting data will be provided to Kyiv by U.S. intelligence agencies as well as the Pentagon. Meanwhile, U.S. officials are said to be pushing NATO allies to do the same.

This would be the first time, officially at least, that the Trump administration provides Ukraine with this kind of intelligence for its long-range strikes.

In the meantime, Ukraine has been repeatedly using long-range one-way attack drones, and to a lesser degree, cruise missiles of its own design, to hit Russian refineries, pipelines, power stations, and related infrastructure far beyond the front lines. (Read more from “Trump to Give Ukraine Intel for Attacks on Critical Energy Targets Deep Into Russia” HERE)

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‘Impossible to believe’ Russia would attack NATO countries, says Putin

By The Sky News. Next up, Putin is attacking European countries that are “whipping up hysteria”, trying to “recreate the well-known enemy they invented hundreds of years ago: Russia”.

While Putin says that Europe’s “ruling elites” claim that war with Russia is near, he calls this “nonsense” that is “impossible to believe”. It would run counter to Russia’s security interests, he argues.

And European people are sceptical as well, as they “don’t know what is so bad about Russia and why they should tighten their belts to counter Russia”, the president says. (Read more from “‘Impossible to believe’ Russia would attack NATO countries, says Putin” HERE)

After Promising Review Of Deadly Abortion Pill, FDA Greenlights A Copycat Version

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Twenty-five years after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration bypassed safety concerns to approve what has become the most popular abortion method on the market, the agency greenlit a generic version of mifepristone manufactured by a company committed to “normalizing” abortion for all.

The news broke mere weeks after the FDA formally committed to re-examining the factors that could prompt it to limit, if not revoke, permission for mifepristone’s prevalence in the U.S.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed to the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4 that the FDA was evaluating “new data” on mifepristone.

“We know that during the Biden administration, they actually twisted the data to bury one of the safety signals with a very high safety signal, around 11 percent,” Kennedy added.

In a joint letter to 22 Republican attorneys general on Sept. 19, Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary both reiterated that the federal regulators planned their “own review of the evidence, including real-world outcomes and evidence, relating to the safety and efficacy.” (Read more from “After Promising Review Of Deadly Abortion Pill, FDA Greenlights A Copycat Version” HERE)

Hillary Clinton Ripped for Tone-Deaf Remarks About White Men of ‘a Certain Religion’ Damaging the US

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Hillary Clinton has been rapped as tone-deaf after she recently suggested that white men of a “certain religion” were partly to blame for causing “such damage” to the United States.

The former secretary of state was accused of spreading “evil” after she made the remarks on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” last week.

“The idea that you could turn the clock back and try to recreate a world that never was dominated by, you know, let’s say it: white men of a certain persuasion, a certain religion, a certain point of view, a certain ideology, it’s just doing such damage to what we should be aiming for,” Clinton said. . .

The backlash against her was swift, with some on social media blasting her for spreading more hate—— especially in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination in Utah on Sept. 10.

“Two weeks after Charlie Kirk is assassinated, Hillary Clinton reminds everyone that white Christian men are dangerous and doing damage to America. These people have no intention of turning down the temperature. They know they’re encouraging what happened,” one person tweeted. (Read more from “Hillary Clinton Ripped for Tone-Deaf Remarks About White Men of ‘a Certain Religion’ Damaging the US” HERE)

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Harvard Hires Drag Queen ‘LaWhore Vagistan’ as Visiting Professor in Gender and Sexuality Studies

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Harvard University announced the hiring of a new visiting gender and sexuality professor who happens to be a drag queen and goes by the name of “LaWhore Vagistan.”

In a recent press release, Harvard said it has brought on Tufts Professor Kareem Khubchandani as the 2025-26 F.O. Matthiessen Visiting Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies.

Khubchandani appears to have an Instagram handle with the name of @lawhorevagistan, as well as a Linktree with the same name.

A March 2024 article from The Georgetown Independent noted Khubchandani’s performance on campus.

“On February 8, LaWhore Vagistan, the drag alter-ego of professor and researcher Dr. Kareem Khubchandani, graced Georgetown with her presence,” student journalist Micaeli Dym wrote. (Read more from “Harvard Hires Drag Queen ‘LaWhore Vagistan’ as Visiting Professor in Gender and Sexuality Studies” HERE)

Netanyahu Admits Israel Pays U.S. Influencers Over $7,000 Per Post to Shape Opinion on Gaza

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has openly acknowledged that his government is paying U.S. social media influencers up to $7,372 per post in an aggressive digital campaign to sway American public opinion in favor of Israel’s military operations in Gaza. The revelation, based on recent Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) filings and reporting by Responsible Statecraft, has sparked fresh scrutiny over foreign influence in U.S. media and political discourse.

Speaking at a closed-door meeting with American influencers at the Israeli Consulate General in New York, Netanyahu defended the strategy in stark terms. “We have to fight back. How do we fight back? Our influencers,” he said in recorded footage. “We cannot fight with swords anymore, that doesn’t work very well. We have to fight with weapons that apply to the battlefields in which we’re engaged in, and the most important ones are on social media.”

Netanyahu’s remarks underscore what many critics have long suspected: Israel sees social media as a critical front in its ongoing public relations war over its Gaza campaign and broader Palestinian policy.

The payments are part of a larger digital influence operation code-named the “Esther Project,” which runs from June to November 2025. The campaign is managed by Bridge Partners LLC, a Washington D.C.-based firm contracted by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The company bills Israel through Havas Media Group Germany, creating an added layer of operational opacity.

According to Responsible Statecraft, of the $900,000 allocated to the effort, approximately $552,946 has been used for direct payments to influencers between June and September 2025. With 75 to 90 posts made during this period, influencers are being paid between $6,143 and $7,372 per post on platforms such as TikTok and Instagram.

The “Esther Project” bears a curious resemblance in name to the Heritage Foundation’s “Project Esther,” launched in late 2024, which focuses on dismantling pro-Palestinian activism in the U.S. by labeling Israel critics as “terrorist sympathizers.” While no formal connection has been confirmed, the overlap raises concerns about coordination between political, ideological, and state actors.

Bridge Partners, whose co-founders Yair Levi and Uri Steinberg each hold a 50% stake, describes its mission as promoting “cultural interchange” between the U.S. and Israel. The firm has enlisted former Israeli Defense Forces spokesperson Nadav Shtrauchler and the law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, which previously represented the controversial Israeli spyware firm NSO Group.

The influencer campaign is just one element of Israel’s vastly expanded digital propaganda program—often referred to as hasbara. According to Jewish Insider, Israel’s public diplomacy budget has ballooned to $150 million in 2025, over 20 times what it was before the Gaza war escalated in October 2023.

This follows a series of exposed influence operations by the Israeli government, including a $2 million Ministry of Diaspora Affairs effort in 2024 that created hundreds of fake social media accounts targeting U.S. lawmakers—especially Black Democrats—to encourage continued American military aid to Israel, according to The New York Times.

Notably, the Esther Project coincides with the U.S. government’s controversial move to transfer ownership of TikTok’s U.S. operations to a consortium led by Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, a Netanyahu ally and major donor to Israel’s military apparatus. The timing raises additional questions about whether access to U.S. digital platforms is being used to further Israeli strategic interests.

While Israel continues to rely heavily on American military and diplomatic support, the revelation that it is actively funding covert influence operations on U.S. soil—particularly through social media influencers—raises serious questions about transparency, ethics, and foreign interference in the digital age.