A Jewish advocacy group said Chicago police indicated during a Monday meeting with the group that the suspect in the Saturday morning shooting of an Orthodox Jewish man shouted "Allahu Akbar" during a later shoot-out with cops, WMAQ-TV reported.The station noted that the group — the Jewish United Fund — said police who met with its members indicated that 22-year-old suspect Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi shouted the well-known Muslim declaration while firing at officers, which led to a concern that hate played a role in the incident.'What will it take for you to acknowledge the Jewish community?'However, WMAQ said police haven't confirmed those details to the station.Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling on Tuesday said there wasn't enough evidence to charge Abdallahi with a hate crime due to the suspect still being in the hospital in the wake of the shoot-out, the station said."We do investigations [that are] based on facts that we gather into evidence in order to present charges," Snelling said, according to WMAQ. "Until we have those facts, we will not announce charges. It's about what we can prove at the time based on the facts."What's the background?Chicago police said Abdallahi was identified as the offender who shot the 39-year-old male victim in the 2600 block of West Farwell Avenue around 9:30 a.m. NBC News reported that the victim is Jewish and was wearing the Jewish skullcap while on his way to services on the Jewish Sabbath.The suspect shot the victim "in the shoulder without saying a word," Snelling said at a Monday news conference, according to NBC News, which added that the victim was treated in a hospital and discharged Saturday afternoon.Police said about 30 minutes after the first shooting, Abdallahi fired at responding officers and paramedics multiple times from various locations. Police said officers returned fire, striking the offender, who was placed into custody, taken to an area hospital, and charged. Police said a weapon was recovered at the scene. Police said no officers or fire department members were injured. The suspect was in critical condition, investigators told WGN-TV.You can view video here apparently showing part of the suspect's second wave of gunfire, and he hollers something at the 43-second mark after firing a shot. While that same moment is included in WLS-TV's video report at the 13-second mark, the station cuts the audio just before the suspect's outburst.Abdallahi was charged with six counts of first-degree attempted murder, seven counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm upon a police officer/firefighter, and one count of aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm, all of which are felonies, police said. Abdallahi's detention hearing was scheduled for Tuesday, police added. City Alderman Debra Silverstein — who attends the same synagogue as the Jewish man who was shot — said at the same news conference Monday that there's increased fear among local Jews, NBC News noted."A man wearing the kippah as he walked to synagogue was shot, and this has just escalated our anxieties," she said, according to the news network, which added that Silverstein in a later message to constituents wrote that she's "very disappointed" that hate crime charges had not been filed despite "evidence that seems to suggest an anti-Semitic motive for the shooting."Silverstein told CBS News she visited the victim Saturday night after his hospital release and noted that he's doing "OK."Rabbi Shlomo Soroka of Agudath Israel of Illinois told WMAQ-TV in regard to the lack of hate crime charges that "there’s no question that from an emotional standpoint, it’s disappointing. But I think it’s equally important to understand that whether or not there is a hate crime charge, that’s a technicality. That doesn’t change the reality of our experience.”Soroka added to WFLD-TV that the victim — described as an Orthodox Jew — took his "little girls with him" to synagogue "every single week." But for some reason, not this past Saturday."And this week, this particular week, he decided to go by himself, and his little girls weren’t with him," Soroka observed. "Can you imagine what would have happened if those little girls were with him?"Abraham Trachtman told WBBM-TV that there's a large Orthodox Jewish community in the area and that he also was headed to a local synagogue when he was told of the shooting: "A Jewish guy walking to synagogue, Saturday morning, Sabbath morning, it just, it doesn't make sense."Local Jewish leaders also noted to WFLD that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson hadn't acknowledged the shooting or their pain. However, Johnson's office on Tuesday issued the following statement:On behalf of the City of Chicago, our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the victim and his loved ones from this weekend’s shooting incident that took place in Rogers Park. This tragic event should have never happened, and we recognize the dedication of our first responders who put their lives on the line during this shooting. The Mayor’s Office is in close communication with the Chicago Police Department as the investigation continues. All Chicagoans deserve to feel safe and protected across the city. There is more work to be done, and we are committed to diligently improving community safety in every neighborhood.However, the Jewish United Fund told Johnson in response, "You failed to identify that the victim was a Jewish man, in a densely populated Jewish neighborhood, going to synagogue for Shabbat morning prayers. What will it take for you to acknowledge the Jewish community?"This story has been updated.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The Democratic Party's corporate media allies spent the past few days condemning a comedian for a joke he made at former President Donald Trump's campaign rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.By Wednesday morning, many of those same media outlets were still focusing on that story while largely overlooking an insult by the current sitting president against Trump's supporters, which echoed the language used in the comedian's joke.The liberal media outlets vehemently criticized Tony Hinchcliffe, a roast comedian, for his joke calling Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage." 'Will the networks that obsessively covered a joke from a comedian ... cover the fact that the Kamala Harris campaign is insulting half of the country?'On Tuesday, President Joe Biden made an appearance on CNN where he addressed Hinchcliffe's comedy at Trump's rally. Biden stated, "The only garbage I see floating out there is his [Trump's] supporters."Instead of reacting with the same outrage over Biden's incendiary language, the media fell in line with the White House's attempt to reinterpret the president's comments.The White House transcript of Biden's statement included an apostrophe on "supporter's," suggesting that the president had referred to Hinchcliffe specifically.In a statement, Biden said, "Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump's supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage—which is the only word I can think of to describe it. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable. That's all I meant to say. The comments at that rally don't reflect who we are as a nation."Many of the same media outlets gave the president a pass for his remark.Politico entirely misrepresented Biden's comments, claiming the president "said 'the only garbage' was the 'hatred' of Trump supporters who said such things about American citizens."The outlet released the full quote from Biden but included the misleading apostrophe.Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance stated, "Will the networks that obsessively covered a joke from a comedian at a Trump rally cover the fact that the Kamala Harris campaign is insulting half of the country? Will they even report honestly on this disgusting behavior from our present leadership?"Podcaster Tim Pool also reacted to the media's reporting.Pool wrote on X, "Its funny because Tony Hinchcliffe made a joke, Biden was serious.""Also spare me your apostrophe bullshit***, that was a complete sentence," he added.U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) also was not buying the White House's spin on Biden's comment.Donalds told CNN, "The first statement from Joe Biden, is the one that he truly believes. He does not think that people who disagree with him or his party, who support President Trump, are Americans. He thinks that they're garbage."He compared Biden's Tuesday comments to remarks he made a few years ago."It was Joe Biden that went on the 'Breakfast Club', and he famously said that if you couldn't vote for him, then you weren't black. It's the same Joe Biden making the same type of statement four years ago. So, this is consistent with who he is," Donalds added.Reporter Savanah Hernandez reacted to Biden's comment, writing on X, "Thank God Joe Biden called us all garbage, now I don't have to listen to the faux outrage over Tony Hinchcliffe's joke anymore AND he stole all of the momentum from Kamala's rally tonight.""Biden out here single-handedly winning Trump the election. What a patriot," she said.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The director of athletics at the University of Nevada has denied shocking allegations that she told female athletes at her school that a man was actually the athlete with a disadvantage when playing against women.After the Nevada women's volleyball team made a very public forfeit against San Jose State University — the fifth team to do so — the group of women held a press conference to explain their decision.The primary reason: SJSU has a 6'1" male — Blaire Fleming, born Brayden — on its roster. 'We were told we weren't educated enough.'During their press conference, the Nevada players were led by captain Sia Liilii, who claimed that when the team spoke to school administrators, the officials refused to even listen to their statements: "We were told we weren't educated enough, and we didn't understand the science," Liilii said.Furthermore, Liilii told OutKick that Nevada athletic director Stephanie Rempe told the girls that it was actually Fleming who is "at a disadvantage" when competing against women due to being on testosterone blockers and estrogen supplements."She told us that it's harder for [Fleming] to play against [women] than it is for [women] to play against a male athlete," the team captain continued."[Rempe] went on to say that we would be liable for a lawsuit because we would be taking an opportunity away from San Jose State to play a game," Liilii added. "But, before [Rempe] said that, [Rempe said], 'I don't mean this as a threat or anything.'"In an email to Blaze News, Rempe firmly denied the accusations made against her and said her interactions with her volleyball team lasted less than a total of 10 minutes:The deputy athletics director and I met with the volleyball team and coaching staff on October 7, where every member of the team had an opportunity to share their feelings about the situation, ask questions, give their input on next steps and we provided the opportunity for resources.I did not tell, and am unaware of any member of the athletics administrative team telling, members of our women’s volleyball team that they 'weren't educated enough,' that they 'didn't understand the science,' that they should reconsider their position or that they should 'stay quiet' regarding their participation in an Oct. 26 match that was scheduled against San Jose State University.On October 14 and October 22, I spoke with the team for less than five minutes each time and those gatherings were operational in nature. At all three meetings, I shared our genuine apology for not sharing the statement released on October 3 in advance of their match against UNLV. As has been stated on multiple occasions, we continue to support the rights of the volleyball players who choose and choose not to participate.The focus of our athletic department has always been on the well-being and success of our student-athletes, including their ability to learn and grow from their personal and competitive experiences at our University. This remains our overriding priority regarding all the members of our women’s volleyball team.Blaze News also asked Rempe whether or not she believes that men or "transgender women" should be able to compete in the female category of NCAA athletics.This article will be updated should be there be an applicable response from the university. — (@) Fleming's inclusion in women's volleyball has caused so much controversy in the Mountain West Conference that Boise State, Utah State, Wyoming, and now Nevada have forfeited matches. Southern Utah, which is in the Western Athletic Conference, also forfeited.Fleming's teammate Brooke Slusser spoke to Blaze News about the unfair advantage the male athlete has and the reason teams are forfeiting against SJSU."I think we all know the reason the games are canceled," Slusser said.At the same time, Nevada's Liilii has stated that while her team allegedly felt pressure to play against the male, they couldn't hold their true feelings inside."You could feel the fake energy because we were all trying to band together and ... just put this on the shelf and not think about it for a week," she recalled. "But honestly, as a woman, I don't know how to shut anything down." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Megyn Kelly was recently invited on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” and let’s just say, their exchange was tense. Not all that surprising when you consider both their personalities and their political stances. Dave Rubin, although he disagrees with many of Maher’s arguments, says that there’s one area where the television host deserves some credit: “He was willing to [have Megyn on the show] right before the election.” However, the rest of the credit goes to Kelly for “completely dismantling Bill's argument that Trump is a fascist.” When Maher brought up “the things [Trump] has been saying and all the people in his administration who said he's a fascist, he wants to be a fascist, he talks like a fascist,” Kelly annihilated his argument with ease. - YouTube www.youtube.com “I don’t care about all that,” she retorted. “They've been saying that about Trump for years; they've been saying that about Republican candidates for years.” “If you are at all center or center right, you are used to having your candidate of choice completely demonized, whether it’s the f-word, the r-word, the misogynist word,” she continued, pointing to the way Mitt Romney was deemed “a raging sexist” and John McCain “a raging racist” by the left. “We no longer are listening to them. Trump has incendiary rhetoric — there's no question — but we have four years to judge him by, and the country was going pretty well when Trump was in there, unlike the four years we've had under these two,” she explained. When Maher brought up the economy that “Trump inherited” from Barack Obama, Kelly fired back, “So Trump has Obama to thank for his economy, but Biden can’t thank Trump for anything?” “Let’s get off this because it’s not really what I want to get to,” Maher responded. “Bill, with all due respect, there’s probably a reason you don’t want to get to it,” says Dave. “She dismantled it” and “showed the hypocrisy.” “Lefties generally don't want to have any level of debate with people on the right anymore because ... the arguments on the right, generally speaking, are much more cogent and obvious,” he adds. To hear Kelly obliterate Maher’s argument on the border and illegal immigration, watch the clip above. Want more from Dave Rubin?To enjoy more honest conversations, free speech, and big ideas with Dave Rubin, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

It’s astonishing to think that Hearts of Iron 4 is now more than eight years old - indeed, it’s lasted longer than the very conflict it’s based on. But Paradox’s defining World War II grand strategy game is only getting bigger as it prepares to launch the next HoI 4 DLC, Götterdämmerung. This next expansion pack is focused on expanding the German and Austrian focus trees, alongside new options for Hungary and Belgium, and the developer explains how the latter of these is being brought to the forefront. Continue reading Upcoming Hearts of Iron 4 DLC gives lots of love to a WW2 underdog MORE FROM PCGAMESN: The best Hearts of Iron 4 mods, Hearts of Iron 4 DLC guide, The best grand strategy games on PC

What are the best Fortnite Halloween map codes? With so many talented creators showcasing their skills within Unreal Editor for Fortnite, there are plenty of spooky offerings for Fortnite fans to stick their teeth into during the frightful season. There are almost as many Halloween-inspired creative mode games as there are Fortnite skins, and with so many to pick from, it can be difficult to know which ones are worth your time in the battle royale game. Fortnite creative mode offers a range of unique experiences, and we’ve rounded up ten of the best Halloween-themed games that are worth trying. Continue reading Fortnite Halloween map codes 2024 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Fortnite map, Fortnite skins, Fortnite weapons

Quirky tech manufacturer Ayaneo has just released a teaser for a new device, which it modestly says is set to “redefine” the experience of handheld gaming. According to the teaser video, the new Ayaneo 3 is codenamed Revo, which is short for “revolution.” We’re then given a few glimpses of the device, although we have to say, none of it looks particularly revolutionary at the moment. The manufacturer has form for innovation in the portable gaming market, though, with the Ayaneo Slide featuring a physical keyboard under the screen, for example, and the Ayaneo AG01 Graphics Starship upgrading your laptop to an external AMD Radeon GPU, while looking like a retro toy spaceship. Maybe there’s something we’re not seeing in the teaser that will help the new Ayaneo device take the fight to the Steam Deck in the battle to make the best gaming handheld. Continue reading A new Steam Deck competitor is coming, promises to “redefine handheld gaming” MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming

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Keeper's Toll is a dark fantasy action roguelite from publishers Stingbot Games and Doyoyo Games that is available on Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam. The game blends ARPG progression with horde style combat as you attempt various runs with different strategies to conquer The Keeper.