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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Less than 24 hours after a 5-year-old was killed and two others were injured in a shooting in northwest Harris County, a suspect has been arrested, the sheriff's office said. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez confirmed on Sunday night that 47-year-old Jeremy Porter was arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with the shooting death of Zah'layah Walter. He was booked into the Harris County Jail. According to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the shooting happened on Grant Road near Jones Road on Saturday around 11:30 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the latest wave of legal turmoil enveloping the nation's capital, cable network CNN sued the Trump administration for allegedly violating its First Amendment rights to fabricate the news. CNN, MSNOW, and Politico expressed outrage after President Donald Trump expelled the outlets from the White House, arguing that his administration was denying them their constitutional rights to make things up and report them as facts. "He has no right to keep us from making things up," said CNN personality Kaitlan Collins. "It is the right — and indeed the duty — of major news outlets in the...

Explanation: When does a nebula look like a comet? In this crowded starfield covering over two degrees within the high-flying constellation of the Swan (Cygnus), the eye is drawn to the Cocoon Nebula. A compact star forming region, the cosmic Cocoon punctuates a nebula bright in emission and reflection on the lower right, with a long trail of interstellar dust clouds to the left, making the entire complex appear a bit like a comet. Cataloged as IC 5146, the central bright head of the nebula spans about 10 light years, while the dark dusty tail spans nearly 100 light years....

Video Transcript SummarySummary of Patricia Leidl’s testimony before the Allison Inquiry (Day Three, 10 September 2026) Patricia Leidl (age 64), a former World Health Organization communications director and researcher, testified about severe health problems she attributes to her second COVID-19 vaccine dose. She previously worked in WHO’s HIV department, for USAID, as an advisor to the UN Population Fund, and wrote the first draft of WHO’s 2002 report The State of the World’s Vaccines. In that report she had written that an effective coronavirus vaccine was unlikely because the virus mutates too quickly, and noted that vaccines typically take 7–15...

ransomnote: I became interested in this content based on the 3 minute video excerpt in an x.com post which I will put in post #1. The content intrigued me so I found the whole video (1 hr 11 min), posted the video page description of it and had GROK summarize the transcript (below).TLDR: The midterm elections are framed as decisive. They will determine whether the United States continues shifting toward sovereignty or remains controlled, trapped, and fighting endless proxy wars. Scott Bessent chasing the money behind the Iran war somewhere nobody expected. Mark Carney walking out on Trump. Europe refusing...

Jennifer Eckhart, a former Fox Business associate producer and podcast host, was found dead Friday at her Martin County, Fla., home, authorities said. She was 36. Eckhart appeared to have died by suicide, Martin County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Christine Christofek said in a statement. Eckhart hosted “REINVENTED,” a podcast that her website described as featuring prominent figures in business, sports and entertainment who had overcome adversity on their path to success. The most recent episode was posted in March and featured former Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg. Eckhart previously worked as an associate producer at Fox Business. In...

Far-left Democrat Governor Maura Healey is pushing a shocking new proposal that would expand state-funded home visits to the house of every single newborn baby born in the state. Under the guise of "maternal healthcare" and mental health support, Healey wants government-appointed healthcare providers to physically enter the homes of parents to conduct "assessments" on families. On Boston Public Radio, after pitching her postpartum package, Healey said this: “Everybody in the state, when you have a baby, you’re going to have a home visit. You’re going to have a home visit within days, weeks, and that will be an opportunity...

Google on Friday disclosed the first known instance of its artificial intelligence software, Gemini, carrying out an undirected computer hack, weeks after similar disclosures by AI firms Anthropic and OpenAI raised security alarms about AI models going beyond the instructions of their human creators. Google said in a statement that in May its AI model gained unauthorized access to three outside systems during a test by either guessing login information or using login credentials it found in a public repository. Heather Adkins, a Google vice president for security engineering, said in the statement that the AI model thought that the...

A Florida couple were hit by lightning while walking hand in hand – and they hailed a quick-thinking group of good Samaritans who helped save their lives. Aaron Walenga, 48, and his wife of 17 years, Clare Walenga, had just dropped their kids off at church and were walking along the West Orange Trail in central Florida when they were struck by the bolt on Sept. 2, WHSV reported. CPR was given to Clare Walenga, 43, after she was struck, while Aaron was hospitalized, but both survived the near-death experience thanks to the actions of four pals on their weekly...

John “TIG” Tiegen@TigTiegen·Sep 20They didn’t lose the First Amendment. They lost a badge.They can still speak. They can still publish. They can still cover him. They just don’t get to do it from inside the White House.Nancy Pelosi doesn’t get to lecture anyone about the Constitution.Her gun record: • In Congress since 1987• NRA grade: F. Scores 0–8% for decades• Brady Campaign: 100%• 1994: voted for the federal assault-weapons ban• 1999: voted against cutting the gun-show wait from 3 days to 1• 2003: voted against letting commercial pilots carry• 2003 and 2005: voted against protecting gun makers and sellers from...

Islamic supremacists are increasingly becoming emboldened in America. As a leading authority on Islamic jurisprudence, the Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA) is the most prominent and influential Islamic legal body in the U.S. and in Canada, and of the most prominent globally outside the Muslim-majority world. This is despite its alleged ties to jihad terror. The Sharia is divine law in Islam, and it covers every aspect of a Muslim’s life. Muslims in the U.S. who support the Sharia generally place the utmost trust in the FCNA. How anyone could deny the threat of Sharia expansion in America or...

Justin Ashley could claim he was sick. Maybe find a doctor’s note. Perhaps there is a way to work the system and put another driver in his Top Fuel dragster Monday at the NHRA Great Lakes Nationals. Ashley isn’t interested. Rain postponed Sunday’s eliminations at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park until Monday, putting race day in conflict with Ashley’s observance of Yom Kippur, the holiest and most solemn day of the year in Judaism. Ashley will sit out. “And any other way of trying to get around that rule, I’m sure there are other ways, whether that’s pretending to be sick...

The federal government just told noncitizens who cast ballots in American elections that prosecutors are coming for them. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday it had charged 16 people in seven states with illegally voting, registering to vote through false citizenship claims, and related fraud, according to a press release from the department’s Office of Public Affairs. Many of the accused are noncitizens alleged to have voted in federal contests. The department paired the filings with a blunt message on social media. “Let this be a warning to ANYONE trying to cheat and undermine our elections,” the DOJ wrote....

A 22-year-old Nebraska volunteer firefighter wants to turn the work he already does into a career. One line on his diploma stopped him before he got the chance. Andrew Coates volunteers with the Cedar Bluffs Fire Department and holds a state EMT license. He applied for a paid firefighter position with the City of Fremont, but WOWT reported that the city rejected his application because his high school diploma came from homeschooling. The disagreement is not simply over whether Fremont can require an accredited education. It is also over what the city told applicants when Coates applied. At the time,...

Pakistan launched airstrikes into Afghanistan overnight, killing three people and injuring four others, the Taliban said Monday in response to a series of deadly attacks Islamabad blames on militants it says are harbored by Kabul.

In what may be a world record for turnaround time, the litigation has already begun over the recent rescission by EPA of its carbon emission standards for fossil-fuel fired power plants. As reported here on September 17, on that date the EPA finalized its rescission of what were called its “Carbon Pollution Standards” for electric power plants. (EPA’s September 17 action did not rescind all of the Carbon Pollution Standards for power plants, but only those for existing power plants and major overhauls of existing plants; the standards for new plants remain in effect for now, although in its rescission...

Good thing, Gov. Hochul is focused on stopping ICE from arresting them. New York’s Gov. Hochul just signed legislation protecting illegal alien criminals. Meanwhile some people keep mysteriously carrying out machete attacks. Here’s one that just happened in Long Island. A man accused of fatally attacking another man with a machete in Uniondale was arraigned Friday in Hempstead. Prosecutors allege that 35-year-old Jorge Alexander Huezo Villatoro struck 40-year-old Tadeo Alvarado-Chavez on the head and body with a machete and continued the attack after the victim collapsed to the ground. Prosecutors said the victim was left in a pool of blood....

A load of copper worth nearly $600,000 was recovered on Sept. 11 after investigators followed a trail from Illinois to Kentucky and Ohio, wrapping up the initial search only about eight hours after the theft was reported, according to Yahoo News. The case began when a shipment scheduled to travel from DeKalb, Illinois, to Rock Hill, South Carolina, never made it toward its intended destination. Authorities believe whoever collected the freight had presented themselves as an established trucking company, using genuine business information to make the pickup appear legitimate. The breakthrough came from location data tied to Schneider National equipment...

pparently, women must now be accompanied by a male guardian to enter at least one retail outlet in Ontario, Canada. If Canadian women want to enter that shop, they must act like they are living under Sharia Law. If you must act like you’re living under Sharia law, you are effectively living under Sharia law.One would think this would send women’s libbers into paroxysms of anger, but this is not the case, because, you know, “Islamophobia.” Gotta be tolerant! Unless you are a Muslim. Also in The Great White North, anything that you say, post, blog, or infer, can —...

Governments that cause more problems than they fix do not deserve to survive. Consider these recent news headlines: (1) “NYC Turns Back to Gas Buses After Finding Out the Hard Way That the Electric Versions Have Big Problems,” (2) “As a Former Head of MI6 it’s Clear That Britain’s Climate Policy is Leaving Us Dangerously Exposed to Our Enemies,” and (3) “Spain: 74% of sex-crime suspects are foreigners in Basque Country.” They come from three different Western nations and involve three dissimilar subjects — public transportation, national security, and violent crime — yet each news story exposes the real-world consequences...