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Out celebrating national Independent Bookstore Day with my son Jack — one of the most voracious readers I know.

"In light of this evening's events, I ask that all Americans recommit with their hearts in resolving our differences peacefully." - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸

Thankful for the swift law enforcement action to protect everyone from gunfire at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Praying for the safety of those who may remain in harm’s way. The violence and chaos in America must end.

The shooter at the White House Correspondent's Dinner has been identified as 31-y-old Cole Allen from Torrance, California. He works as a teacher and was recently given the award of “Teacher of Month in Los Angeles County”

Thankful for the swift law enforcement action to protect everyone from gunfire at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Praying for the safety of those who may remain in harm’s way. The violence and chaos in America must end.

NYC is proving that shoplifting is a simple repeat-offender problem. And an easily solvable one. Shoplifting increased 64% from 2019 to 2023. It was the same 300 people committing a third of the shoplifting in the city. But only a small portion of retail complaints led to arrests, so retailers stopped calling police and just put their deodorant behind plexiglass, or have you press a button and wait four minutes to buy toothpaste. It's been stupid. Now the city and state are going after those repeat offenders with a few key tactics: 1) The state now lets prosecutors aggregate thefts across incidents, so five $200 shoplifts from the same Rite Aid becomes a serious felony, not misdemeanor slaps. 2) NYPD started banning serial shoplifters from stores with trespass affidavits so they prosecutors can stack charges when they came back 3) NYPD used data to put foot patrols in commercial corridors and officers at subway stops shoplifters used as escape routes. 4) NYPD encouraged retailers to call them about the thieves who show up everyday to steal small stuff, and then they followed through with arrests. Thanks to these measures, retail theft is down 20% in the first quarter of 2026, with double-digit declines in every borough. And the recidivism rate dropped from 20% to 13%. The NYC economy was hemorrhaging $4.4 billion a year to shoplifting. They're now reversing it pretty cheaply, just by tracking repeat offenders, arresting them, and upgrading their charges to make it easier for prosecutors to punish them.

BREAKING: Justice Department announces it's readopting the firing squad as a means of execution -FOX