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A woman had a close call with a great white shark when she reached off a fishing boat to pet the marine apex, leading the shark to thrash around and lunge. According to Jimmy Armel, the founder of Knot Lucky Fishing, the woman was never in any real danger because the crew had the shark under control the whole time. “One second Jen, one of our veterans, is laying her hand on a wild white shark like it’s the family dog, and the next second that shark whips around and lunges toward her,” the organization said in a Facebook post....

MINNEAPOLIS — A former federal immigration judge says Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who is under investigation, could face both criminal charges and denaturalization. There are two federal probes ongoing into the congresswoman — the first into alleged immigration fraud and the second involving her financial disclosures and a sharp discrepancy reported just one year apart. "If somebody who's a naturalized citizen — which I believe Ilhan Omar is — is convicted of a crime, that doesn't automatically mean that they face denaturalization or anything like that," Nathan Hansen, an attorney of 23 years, told Fox News Digital. "They would be...

Left-wing streaming personality Hasan Piker sued conservative commentator Scott Jennings on Tuesday, seeking at least $72.5 million over accusations that he supported lynching black Americans. The complaint, filed October 27 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, requests at least $27.5 million in compensatory damages and $45 million in punitive damages. Piker also demanded a jury trial. The lawsuit concerns an August 11 broadcast of The Scott Jennings Show and subsequent social media posts. Piker alleges that Jennings used edited livestream footage and added a fabricated quotation to portray sarcastic remarks as support for racial violence. The...

A University of Chicago student has filed an ethics complaint against Sen. Elissa Slotkin for her recent suggestion that college graduates who work for the Trump administration might be prosecuted. “Senator Slotkin, if you thought this was over, you’re wrong,” said student Michael Bicksel in a video he posted on X on Oct. 22 as he held up a copy of an ethics complaint he filed with the U.S. Senate. “The complaint was submitted to the Senate Select Committee on Ethics and argues that Slotkin proposed using congressional investigations and potential prosecutions to frighten young people away from serving in...

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Apple is increasing its support of the digital ID age verification agenda and has released iOS 27.2, bringing a new way for Apple to verify your age: by scanning your face with an “age-estimation model” that will be fed by a selfie. This is one of the ways in which Apple will check the age of its users, and it applies, as the company’s support page states, “Where required by law.” The legal requirements that make this necessary in the US apply in Texas, and elsewhere in the world in Australia, Brazil, Singapore, South Korea, and the UK. The iOS...

The humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is accused of failing to adequately inform the Swiss authorities of the scale of reports of sexual misconduct by MSF staff in Chad. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has now suspended funding of CHF1.25 million ($1.52 million) to MSF. The frozen amount represents one tranche of the CHF6.25 million pledged to MSF for the current year. According to the newspaper NZZ Am Sonntag, an internal investigation by MSF revealed 59 reports of sexual violence and exploitation, particularly involving women and young girls who are refugees from neighbouring Sudan. Eighteen staff...

Daily Readings from the USCCBFeast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles[Jesus] called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. Luke 6:13–16Today we honor two of the Twelve Apostles: Saints Simon and Jude. In Luke’s Gospel, Simon is referred to as a Zealot. Zealots were members of a Jewish sect that sought to overthrow...

There are new signs that the American and Israeli militaries are preparing a potential wave of strikes to muscle Tehran to the negotiating tableDUBAI—The U.S. has told several Gulf Arab countries to be prepared for a short, intense military campaign after the U.S. midterm elections, people briefed on the conversations said. The communications through diplomatic and military channels are among a growing number of indications that the U.S. and Israel are readying to launch a new round of heavy combat operations against Iran, risking a major escalation in hopes of degrading Tehran’s strength and pushing it toward negotiations. The U.S....

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that investigators have identified more than 400 noncitizens illegally registered to vote in Washington state, some of whom have cast ballots in multiple elections dating back decades. Many on the list are green card holders with legal immigration status and permanent residency, according to the U.S. attorney’s offices for the Eastern and Western districts of Washington. "We have identified over 400 noncitizens who are registered to vote and have voted in multiple elections. This is only the tip of the iceberg," Neil Floyd, acting U.S. attorney for the Western District of Washington, said...

Alexis Nungaray, the mother of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, the young girl who was raped and murdered in June 2024, allegedly by two Venezuelan illegal aliens, appeared Tuesday with President Donald Trump in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Online gambling is about to ravage many young men’s futures. An opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times recently compared celebrities promoting online gambling sites to spokespersons for cigarette companies in the past. It’s an apt comparison, considering the tension between online betting’s glamorous persona and its frequent reality of financial debt, addiction, suicide, and devastation to marriages and families. The global sports betting market is worth over $120 billion. Prediction markets, which allow the average citizen to place bets on the outcome of everyday events, are on track to reach an astounding $1 trillion in volume by 2030. Many...

President Volodymyr Zelensky insisted Tuesday, Oct. 27, that European countries must be involved in upcoming peace negotiations, warning that no European partner should be excluded from decisions on ending Russia’s war against Ukraine. His remarks came as preparations continued for US-mediated talks involving Ukrainian, American and Russian representatives in November, following renewed diplomatic contacts between Moscow and European leaders. “We expect a trilateral format in November, with Ukrainian, American, and Russian representatives,” Zelensky said in his evening address. “It is important that Europe also take part in all diplomatic moves. Ukraine has always insisted that Europe must be present and...

The rise of AI has caused the price of PC components to skyrocket, infuriating anybody looking to make a new purchase or upgrade their gear. Graphics cards have become such a hot commodity that they’ve become completely unaffordable — and higher-end one’s, like Nvidia’s sought-after RTX 5090, are hard to even find in stock. One reason for the price and availability issues may be industrial facilities in China buying up the workhorse cards and repurposing them for AI, as Tom’s Hardware reports. A video making the rounds on social media shows the inside of one of these facilities, a major...

𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐀'𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐓 𝐄𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐀 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 — 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 A new viral demonstration shows exactly how it works: California's vote-by-mail return envelope has a small cutout where voters sign. Fold the ballot the way the envelope invites you to, and that cutout can land directly over a filled-in oval — in this demo, a mark for gubernatorial candidate 𝐗𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚. “𝘚𝘰 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘣𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦,” the voter warns in the clip, after holding the folded ballot up to the hole and showing...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

WASHINGTON – Former FBI official Nikki Floris broke down in tears outside a federal courtroom Tuesday during a preliminary hearing on charges that she and another ex-bureau official lied to Congress about burying the Hunter Biden laptop story. Floris was seen weeping in a courthouse hallway during a break in the probable cause hearing in the district court for Washington, DC. She and fellow former FBI official, Bradley Benavides, self-surrendered last week and face up to five years in prison if convicted of lying to the House Judiciary Committee in 2023 about their involvement in discrediting stories about the troubled...

Jim Boyd, former anchor and reporter at WCVB-TV for nearly four decades, has died. Boyd was 84 years old. Boyd began his career in public television in the mailroom of WNET-TV, New York in 1961. He moved on to roles in public affairs and production before joining the staff of WGBH-TV’s "Say Brother." Jim worked his way up from the mailroom to production assistant to producer and eventually landed here at WCVB-TV as a reporter in 1972. He began as a general assignment reporter and eventually moved to anchoring the weekend and EyeOpener newscasts and was co-anchor of the Midday...

TODAY'S NEWS, October 25-26, 2026 Writer: Larry Schweikart Larry Schweikart 1 day ago 4 min read HEADLINES: Hanky-panky in Brazilian election; US Steel & Westinghouse to invest in US; AI companies race for capital The News of Today is the History of Tomorrow

An immigration enforcement operation in Hillcrest on Monday morning resulted in an arrest and left some residents fearful about leaving their homes. Video provided to News 12 appears to show Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Mirror Lake Road around 8 a.m. Witnesses said the presence of federal agents in the neighborhood caused concern among those who live there. Arly, a Spring Valley resident, said neighbors were frightened by what they witnessed. “My neighbors are scared. They don't want to get out,” Arly said. Adding that parents were afraid to put their children on the bus because of the presence....