In the relentless digital fog of war, few things spread faster than the sharp, chilling dart of fear, and this week, that dart was aimed directly at the hearts of Ukrainians. Across millions of Telegram screens, a terrifying rumor took flight: Iran, enraged by a hypothetical American strike, was preparing to unleash a volley of missiles upon the iconic cities of Kyiv, Lviv, and Odesa. The “proof” was a haunting visual—a screenshot allegedly captured from an Iranian state television broadcast, showcasing a map of Europe where those three specific Ukrainian municipalities were ominously highlighted, presumably as targets. The threat felt…

The afternoon sun fell across a town where the political map had been redrawn in a single night, and Mount Pleasant Supervisor Carl Fulgenzi, a Republican who had spent decades at the center of local power, did not pretend otherwise. In a reflective interview with The Examiner, Fulgenzi all but conceded his re-election defeat, speaking not with anger but with the weary acceptance of a man who had seen the wave coming and still could not quite believe it had swallowed him. With most votes counted, Democrat Tom Abinanti, a former assemblyman with years of experience in Westchester politics, held…