A UPS driver jumped into action when he spotted an elderly woman injured on the ground, and he is now giving God all the glory. Sadly, because this world is lost and fallen, and sin has and does corrupt everything it encounters, we all experience storms and deep, dark valleys in life. No one is safe from these often painful, heartbreaking situations. However, despite hardships and trials, God is still in control and remains on the throne. UPS Driver Takes A Shortcut And Is In The Right Place To Save A Life Even when bad things happen, God can often be seen loving, protecting and comforting. That was precisely the case when Raheem Cooper, a 30-year-old UPS driver, spotted 78-year-old Marie Coble, who had fallen on the sidewalk, bleeding with grocery bags scattered around her, on one blisteringly hot Valdosta, Georgia, afternoon. RELATED: Parent Rescue Made By Heroic 9-Year-Old Son During Tornado According to the EPOCH Times, it was around 2 p.m. on Aug. 12 when Raheem turned down the road and saw a car door open, with Marie down and injured on the sidewalk. But Raheem should not have even seen Marie. He just took a shortcut that day, which he typically does not do. Raheem told the outlet he heard something tell him to take that alternative route. "It was just God, honestly," Raheem said. "He's got to get all the glory for that. … I was just taking a shortcut, and something just told me to go on her street." Raheem Immediately Dials 911 And Starts Administering Aid Well, after spotting Marie, Raheem immediately rushed to her. In addition to bleeding, Marie was immobile, unable to get up off the sidewalk. Raheem dialed 911, started applying water on Marie and put the grocery bags underneath her to keep her cool and protect her from the hot sidewalk. RELATED: Heroic Mom Gives Her Life To Save 4-Year-Old Son From Rough Waves But Raheem wasn't the only person who rushed to Marie's aid. The Lord put another person in the right place at the right time. According to USA Today, an unnamed young woman stopped, helped Raheem lift Marie off the hot sidewalk, and placed her against her car until paramedics arrived. First responders soon arrived, put Marie in the ambulance, and rushed her to the hospital. Marie, after a few days in the hospital, was rushed into emergency surgery for bleeding on the brain. She came out of the procedure well and is recovering. Marie’s Father Grateful For Raheem’s Life-Saving, Heroic Actions Kayla Cochran, Marie's granddaughter, is eternally grateful for his love, kindness, and quick-thinking actions. According to The EPOCH Times, she has called Raheem their family's "rock" and "guardian angel" throughout the situation. According to a post on Facebook, she added that if not for Raheem, “she would have died that day.” RELATED: Rescuers Worked Tirelessly And Finally Saved A Toddler Who Fell Into A Well But Raheem did not simply wait for the ambulance and go on his way, forgetting about the woman's life he helped save. Raheem and Marie have developed a bond, becoming like family. He came to see her in the hospital, even bringing his daughter on several occasions. Raheem has been recognized with local and national awards for his heroic, life-saving actions. However, he is quick to deflect praise, placing it where he says it rightfully belongs. Raheem Gives Gold All The Glory "I personally feel like God led me there at the right time and right place," he said. "It wasn't nothing but God." Raheem adds that he simply did what "any decent person would do for somebody." YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Rescuer Works to Earn the Trust of an Emaciated Shelter Do and the Transformation Is Amazing "Not looking everyone to his private good but keeping in mind the things of others." Philippians 2:4 LISTEN: 2 Baristas Heroically Fight Off Robbers, Then the Starbucks Employee Gets Fired h/t: The EPOCH Times, USA Today and Facebook.com/St. Luke’s Methodist Church Featured Image Credit: Facebook.com/St. Luke’s Methodist Church The post UPS Driver Jumps into Action As He Spots Elderly Woman on the Ground & Says It Was All God appeared first on GodUpdates.

China and India have reached an agreement to de-escalate tensions at their disputed border region and end a four-year military standoff. According to BBC, the disputed Himalayan border has witnessed violent clashes in recent years. However, the two Asian nations seek to normalize relations as the BRICS Summit in Russia approaches this week. India and China agree to de-escalate border tensions https://t.co/D3UWE6EPTu — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 21, 2024 Per BBC: Vikram Misri said on Monday the two sides have agreed on “disengagement and resolution of issues in these [border] areas that had arisen in 2020”. He was referring to the Galwan Valley clashes – the first fatal confrontation between the two sides since 1975, in which both sides suffered casualties. Relations between the neighbours have been strained since then. “An agreement has been arrived at on patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the India-China border areas, leading to disengagement and a resolution of the issues that had arisen in these areas in 2020,” Mr Misri said. Mr Misri, however, did not give any details about the disengagement process and whether it would cover all points of conflict along the disputed border. The Indian foreign secretary’s statement comes just a day before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi travels to Russia for a meeting of Brics nations which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Mr Misri didn’t confirm if a bilateral meeting between Mr Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping was on the agenda. The BRICS Summit will take place in Kazan, Russia, from October 22 to 24. The event will include the five namesake countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) and the first meeting for new members: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates. Breaking! China and India have reached an agreement to de-escalate along the border just ahead of BRICS summit. Border patrols will pull back and disengage to avoid clashes pic.twitter.com/Fb1O63lKi6 — Carl Zha (@CarlZha) October 21, 2024 From The New York Times: BRICS now includes countries representing almost half the world’s population and more than 35 percent of global economic output, adjusted by purchasing power. The conference is intended to present a hefty showcase of economic might but also entice new countries into a coalition Russia hopes to build that would form a new world order not dominated by the West. “This summit is about Putin punching back,” said Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin. Mr. Putin presents his country’s war in Ukraine as “the spearhead of destroying the old world order and helping to build a new one,” Mr. Gabuev said. “And BRICs is the most potent and representative structure of this new world order,” he added. That was a message Mr. Putin emphasized at a meeting of officials and businessmen last week in Moscow ahead of the summit. WATCH: What to expect from the #BRICS2024 Summit in Kazan, Russia The 16th BRICS summit will take place in Kazan, Russia on October 22-24, marking a significant expansion for the bloc. Key Highlights: Expansion: The summit will be the first with the newly admitted… pic.twitter.com/ERLmSjTktm — John Metzner (@JohnRMetzner) October 21, 2024 BREAKING India and China officially ended the 4-year conflict on the Himalayan border Peace was achieved on the eve of the BRICS Summit, clearing the path for Modi and Xi Jinping to hold the first bilateral meeting since 2020 pic.twitter.com/HLijFlltRA — What the media hides. (@narrative_hole) October 21, 2024 Reuters reports: Relations between the world’s two most populous nations – both nuclear powers – have been strained since clashes between their troops on the largely undemarcated frontier in the western Himalayas left 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers dead in 2020. The two sides had since stopped patrolling several points along the border in the Ladakh region to avoid new confrontations, while moving tens of thousands of new troops and military equipment closer to the freezing highlands. “We reached an agreement on patrolling, and with that we have gone back to where the situation was in 2020 and we can say … the disengagement process with China has been completed,” Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said at a NDTV media conclave. The “understanding was reached only today,” he said, adding: “We always said that if you disturb the peace and tranquillity how can the rest of the relationship go forward?” To avoid clashes, the two militaries will patrol contested points along the border according to an agreed schedule, a senior Indian military officer aware of the details told Reuters.

Paul Di'Anno's former bandmate reveals he had been speaking to the singer in recent weeks. Di'Anno's death at the age of 66 was announced today

The Supreme Court has dismissed ex-lawyer Michael Cohen’s appeal to revive a lawsuit against 45th President Donald Trump on Monday, shutting down Cohen’s claims for the final time. 

Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of Daniel Penny, who put a homeless man threatening New York City subway passengers in a fatal chokehold last year. Penny, a 25-year-old Marine Corps veteran, is charged with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely, who was allegedly threatening passengers on the subway in May 2023. Defense attorney and former prosecutor Jason Goldman told the New York Post that the defense would likely put jurors in Penny’s shoes at the time of Neely’s death. “Penny’s defense team will put jurors in that train car and challenge them with what the safest response would be in the face of Neely’s chaos,” Goldman told the outlet. Court documents from the incident indicate fellow passengers were afraid of Neely and feared for their lives, The Daily Wire reported. MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ COMING TO DAILYWIRE+ OCT. 28 “I want to hurt people, I want to go to Rikers. I want to go to prison,” one woman said Neely was yelling that day on the subway. That woman, who was with her son, said she hid behind his stroller as Neely allegedly charged at other passengers. The court documents also say that a high school student prayed after Neely yelled, “Someone is going to die today.” Another woman described Neely’s actions that day as “sickening” and “satanic.” She also said she believed she “was going to die” when Neely approached her. She called the experience “absolutely traumatizing.” Another passenger, who has used the subway for more than 30 years, said nothing had “put fear into me” like Neely had. Penny himself said he was “scared” of Neely. “But I looked around, I saw women and children. He was yelling in their faces, saying these threats. I couldn’t just sit still,” he said, The Daily Wire previously reported. Penny’s attorneys, Thomas Kenniff and Steven Raiser, have argued that, because of Neely’s threatening behavior, Penny’s chokehold was justified. The defense is also expected to question whether Penny’s chokehold caused Neely’s death, as the medical examiner never provided specific evidence to support the claim that Neely died of asphyxiation from the chokehold, the Post reported. Penny has disputed claims that he held Neely in a chokehold for 15 minutes. “Some people say I was trying to choke him to death, which is also not true. I was trying to restrain him,” Penny said. “You can see in the video there’s a clear rise and fall of his chest, indicating that he’s breathing. I’m trying to restrain him from being able to carry out the threats.” The defense will also try to admit evidence of Neely’s abuse of the drug K2, which was found in his system when he died, though the medical examiner’s report didn’t say how much of the drug was found. Penny’s defense has attempted to dismiss the case based on this information but has been denied. Prosecutors from left-wing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office have argued that Penny, a veteran, should have known that his chokehold could result in Neely’s death. The DA’s office has cited testimony from a Marine trainer, who told a grand jury that Marines are taught that the chokehold could result in death, even though it’s meant to be non-lethal. Penny has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.

Vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) said on Monday that Chinese communist dictator Xi Jinping’s mindset is much closer to Nazi Germany than the former Soviet Union. Vance made the comparison during an interview with Hugh Hewitt while discussing what policies a second Trump administration would have when it comes to confronting an increasingly aggressive China. Vance said that it was obvious that China wants to take over Taiwan, but it was not clear just how badly they desire the island. “I think part of American policy over the next few years has to be to make it as costly as possible for them to seize it by force,” he said. “This is why it’s important to give the Taiwanese the defensive weapon systems they need … because if we make it harder for Xi to take Taiwan, that’s going to change his calculus as much as possible.” He noted that war game simulations have shown that it would be “extremely difficult” to repel a Chinese invasion if the Chinese managed to establish a foothold on the island. He said that the Biden-Harris administration has failed to deliver the weapons that Taiwan needs in a timely fashion to establish deterrence. MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ COMING TO DAILYWIRE+ OCT. 28 When asked what he knows about Xi, Vance responded that the dictator was “certainly ruthless.” “I don’t know that he is a Leninist as much as a sort of ultra-Chinese nationalist in some ways,” he said. “I think that the Nazis in the 30s and 40s are sort of a better mental frame for Xi than maybe the Soviets of the 50s and 60s.” He said that the Chinese believe that they are destined to rule the world and that Western civilization is nothing more than a “blip in the historical radar.” “And so I think that we have to recognize they have extremely ambitious plans, and we have to have our own ambitious plans to counter it,” he said. WATCH: .@JDVance: Chinese dictator Xi Jinping is a “ruthless” “ultra-Chinese nationalist” who is like “the Nazis in the 30s and 40s” pic.twitter.com/CW46NMVtja — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) October 21, 2024

A leftist dark money group appears to have identified a loophole that allows it to funnel cash from foreign billionaires into U.S. elections, spending tens of millions of dollars to drive turnout in key states. The Sixteen Thirty Fund, a nonprofit that has funneled more than $1 billion dollars in dark money to liberal causes, has spent more than $21 million this election cycle on state ballot initiatives covering everything from abortion to election reform, according to a report from Americans for Public Trust provided exclusively to The Daily Wire. Because the ballot initiatives tend to be on liberal issues, the voters they draw to the polls are also likely to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris while they’re at it. Some of the donors to the dark money group include Democrat megadonor George Soros, eBay founder and billionaire Pierre Omidyar, and Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss, who said he has “never felt the need to become an American” but wants to “(re)interpret the American Constitution in the light of progressive politics,” according to a biography written by his sister. Wyss has given $243 million to Sixteen Thirty Fund. As a foreign national, Wyss is prohibited from donating to American political candidates or influencing the country’s elections, but he is not prohibited from funding state ballot initiative campaigns. This election cycle, the Sixteen Thirty Fund is funding ballot initiatives in several swing states or states with a close Senate election, Americans for Public Trust found. In Arizona, the group gave $1.25 million to support a ballot initiative that will enshrine a right to abortion in the state constitution if it passes. Nevada has a similar abortion initiative on the ballot this November, and the Sixteen Thirty Fund has given $500,000 to that effort. Democrats hope that putting abortion on the ballot will boost Democratic voter turnout in these states. The Sixteen Thirty Fund is also funding ballot initiatives in Ohio, Florida, Nebraska, Montana, Missouri, and Alaska. Since 2014, the Sixteen Thirty Fund has spent more than $112 million on ballot initiatives in 25 states — including $34 million in Michigan, $21 million in Ohio, $11 million in Colorado, $10 million in Missouri, $7 million in Nevada, about $3.5 million each in Florida and North Carolina, and $1 million in Arizona. Americans for Public Trust called on Congress and state legislatures to close this “foreign influence loophole.” “It’s unconscionable that foreign money is currently influencing our politics through a loophole most mainstream media and politicians are either ignoring or don’t know about,” Americans for Public Trust Executive Director Caitlin Sutherland told The Daily Wire. “Activists like the ones running Sixteen Thirty Fund are targeting competitive states — not just to usher in left-wing legislative changes via these ballot measures, but also to give a boost to the liberals at the top of the ticket, which folks have openly admitted that’s their goal,” Sutherland said. Sutherland pointed out that in Montana, Democrat Senator Jon Tester’s campaign is struggling, and Montana “not so coincidentally” has an abortion initiative on the ballot. “I can’t imagine Montanans would be okay knowing foreign dark money is targeting their state to give a boost to the Left’s preferred candidate,” she said. Missouri was the “top target” for the Sixteen Thirty Fund this cycle, Sutherland said. “At least $8 million came into their state from this foreign-backed group to fund two ballot issue campaigns — one on abortion and one on minimum wage/paid sick leave. I don’t think the people of Missouri would be thrilled to know a foreign billionaire is helping push policy that would never pass in a million years if they weren’t sidestepping the legislature,” she said. She suggested looking to Ohio, which earlier this year became the first state to ban both direct and indirect foreign funding of state ballot issues — although not before the Sixteen Thirty Fund pumped millions of dollars into a ballot initiative there.

You don’t have to live where hurricanes hit to know that this year’s hurricane season has been particularly rough. Between Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, millions of folks have found themselves without a place to live. But the struggle of living in areas affected by hurricanes is nothing new. That’s why folks are trying to come up with solutions to make dealing with these dangerous storms easier. One way is with hurricane-proof houses, as impossible as this may sound. In fact, there are already two communities in Florida that are proving it to be quite a success. There is Babcock Ranch near Fort Myers and Hunters Point in Cortez. Both are solar-powered and made to withstand powerful winds, including those often found in hurricanes. Learn more in the video below. @weatherchannel Amid widespread damage from Hurricane Milton, two Florida communities escaped with minimal impact. #TheWeatherChannel #fyp #weathertok #weatherchannel  #hurricane #tropicalstorm #forecast #weather #storm #rain #safety #hurricaneseason #hurricaneaftermath #HurricaneMilton #HurricaneHelene ♬ original sound – The Weather Channel Is it Possible to Create a Hurricane-Proof House? These Two Communities in Florida Prove the Answer is “Yes!” As you might imagine, a lot of thought goes into creating a hurricane-proof house. Both strong winds and flooding have to be taken into account. Luckily, with power transmission lines underground and wetlands to collect water, these communities were in good shape for Helene and Milton. In fact, both made it out with little to no damage! Needless to say, there are lots of folks who are interested in these communities. But a common sentiment shared by those in the comment section is the need for these types of homes to become more common, and accessible, for others. “Make this a new law when it comes to new construction in places like this,” someone in the comments suggests, with another taking note that, “It’s a beautiful community.” You can find the source of this story’s featured image here! The post What Happened To The New “Storm Proof” Homes During Hurricane Milton? appeared first on InspireMore.