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Grammy-award winning rapper Cardi B came under fire for criticizing the verdict for Karmelo Anthony’s murder trial hours after he was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Tuesday. Anthony, 19, was found guilty in the murder of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, a high school athlete he fatally stabbed at a track and field meet in Frisco, Texas in April 2025. Cardi B blasted the verdict in a viral post on X. “Wow! Just freakin wow! DISGUSTING… This is not justice, this is trying to make an example!!!” she wrote. Lame-duck Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) also offered her reaction to the...

A mass shooting that left 12 people wounded Saturday afternoon at a summer festival in Ohio stemmed from “a dispute involving two rival groups,” according to police. Shots rang out from two gunmen, one from each group, just after 5:30 p.m. near the Old West End Festival in Toledo. A dozen people were hurt, with the oldest victim being 61 and the youngest 14, police Lt. Dan Gerken said Saturday, noting most were in their early 20s. Toledo Police Chief Michael Troendle said Tuesday that a dispute between rival groups led to “a foot chase” and a physical altercation in...

As an Oregon man is set to be arraigned on domestic terrorism charges, KATU has learned more about the alleged motive behind the fires. Ethan Noble Burlingame emailed a "declaration of war" against the U.S. and expressed an intent to "cause suffering, destruction and terror" and "burn down the empire," according to prosecutors. According to the arrest warrant filed by Wheeler County District Attorney Gretchen Ladd, Burlingame emailed his intent to a Florida resident under the username Rottenheart in the early morning hours of June 1. Later that morning, a fire destroyed an unoccupied building in Fossil, near Burlingame's home...

A newly-discovered video shows YouTube star Jesse Ridgway performing a disgusting impression of a person with Down syndrome. The video comes as he and his wife face intense criticism for aborting their baby just because he or she may have had Down syndrome. According to TMZ, the nearly nine-year-old video showing Ridgway performing a mocking impression of a person with Down syndrome has resurfaced as he and his wife defend their decision to abort their unborn baby. In the clip from Ridgway’s “The Devil Inside” series, his character snaps and takes on different personalities. Near the end of the 45-minute...

I very rarely post here, it seems I am not PC enough in the particular flavor of this site. But I don't know of a better venue to make this observation. Large companies have crafted "Systems" that they no longer have control over. They are utterly unable to do what should be simple and routine task as "The system" will NOT ALLOW them. I am going to be specific to the case I have been fighting for what is now months. But I am sure that it is not unique, corporate business tend to adopt similar models and technology. Several...

Jurors have reached a verdict in the murder trial of Karmelo Anthony, the Texas teenager accused of fatally stabbing fellow student Austin Metcalf during a high school track meet in Frisco last year, as per KTVT. As attention turns to the outcome of the closely watched case, many are also looking at Anthony's defense team, including attorney Mike Howard, who helped lead the argument that Anthony acted in self-defense. Mike Howard is a Dallas-Fort Worth-based criminal defense attorney who has spent his career representing people charged with offenses in state and federal court. According to his law firm's website, Howard...

TAMPA, Fla. – U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces completed additional self-defense strikes against multiple targets in Iran, June 10, at the Commander in Chief’s direction. CENTCOM forces launched strikes on Iranian military surveillance capabilities, communication systems, and air defense sites across Iran. U.S. Marine Corps, Air Force, and Navy assets fired precision munitions on Iranian targets that posed a threat to U.S. forces and international commercial ships transiting regional waters. The strikes are in response to Iran’s unwarranted and continued aggression. U.S. forces remain vigilant, lethal, and ready.

Speaking on the eve of the tournament opener between co-hosts Mexico and South Africa, Fifa president Gianni Infantino tells football fans to 'chill and relax' over concerns surrounding Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who was barred from entering the US this week despite having a valid visa. 'We have to respect that we are not kings of the world, who can rule over governments and police forces. We are a sports organisation that does as much as we can. It’s important sometimes to chill, relax. We work on everything. Sometimes screaming and shouting does not find a solution,' he says.

Jennifer Combs says she never set out to become the face of a fight over free speech, dirty water and small-town power. She says she was simply trying to help people in Trinidad, Texas, report problems with their water. Some residents had complained about discoloration, sediment, odors and health concerns. So Combs used her Southern Belle Watch Facebook page to collect reports and send them to the state. Then, according to Combs, the situation took a turn that still sounds hard to believe. She says police came to her home and arrested her on a felony warrant over a Facebook...

A Washington high school wrestler and her mother have filed a federal lawsuit after Pierce County prosecutors declined to file charges against a transgender competitor accused of assaulting the student during a girls' wrestling match. The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma, seeks damages and policy changes related to transgender participation in girls' sports, reporting of sexual assault allegations, and parental notification requirements. Defendants include the Puyallup School District, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), state education officials, and others, facing allegations that officials failed to respond appropriately after the reported assault. The complaint stems from a...

[Catholic Caucus] The Sacred Heart and Vatican II: Why Catholics Must Resist the Revolution Against the MassThe Sacred Heart of Jesus calls Catholics to make reparation for the outrages committed against Him in the Blessed Sacrament. But what if some of the gravest offenses came not from outside the Church, but from within? Drawing on the warnings of Cardinal Ottaviani, Archbishop Lefebvre, Michael Davies, and Fr. Raymond Dulac, this article examines the Vatican II revolution and its devastating impact on faith in the Eucharist.“Could He Who willed to give men the treasure of His Body and Blood have failed at...

President Trump signed S. 2, the Secure America Act, into law on June 10, 2026. The headline result is simple. ICE, CBP, and border enforcement funding are now locked in through Fiscal Year 2029. That is the rest of President Trump’s term. Democrats spent months trying to choke off or condition the money. President Trump now has the law-enforcement funding to keep the pressure on. A White House X post put the total at $70 billion to fully fund ICE and CBP. Fox News reported the package breaks down to $38 billion for ICE, $26 billion for Border Patrol, and...

but after Tuesday's guilty verdict, the family was flooded with dozens of hateful messages across social media and text messages to their personal phones. TMZ has also learned that people are threatening to show up to Metcalf family homes, taunting them by saying they're soiling Austin's grave.

Mahender Makhijani, 44, a lawful permanent resident from India residing in the upscale enclave of Corona del Mar, was arrested this morning on a federal criminal complaint charging him with bank fraud. Makhijani controlled Cantor Group V LLC, a Newport Beach-based outfit that had a lending deal with a federally insured bank. Under the agreement, the bank advanced nearly $100 million so Cantor could originate or purchase real estate loans, but only first-lien loans where Cantor held the top position on the collateral. Instead of playing straight, Makhijani and a subordinate spent months from September 2024 through April 2025 systematically...

June 11 (Reuters) - Iran's top ​joint military ‌command announced the closure ​of ​the Strait of ⁠Hormuz ​on Thursday, ​including oil tankers and commercial ​ships, ​saying any vessel ‌that ⁠will attempt passage will ​be ​shot ⁠at.

The Los Angeles mayoral race just got a little more interesting. It’s already been a wild ride, where wildfire victim Spencer Pratt seemed to be a shoo-in for the second spot the night the polls closed, only to see his lead slowly erode over the days as mail-in ballots continue to be counted in an excruciatingly slow fashion. Somehow, LA Councilwoman Nithya Raman, who tanked in the May debate and was a consistent third in the polls, is now seemingly destined to take the number two position and head to the November general election to face the failed incumbent, Karen...

1:07 VIDEO AT LINK................. $270 MILLION DOLLARS for it's departmental budget for TWO EMPLOYEES! NY City Council member asks a straight question, Where is the money going? gets a word salad for an answer...............

SALT LAKE CITY — Two former Logan Justice Court employees are facing federal charges for allegedly helping an immigrant sought by Immigration and Customs Enforcement evade authorities and sneak out of the court facility. "This case is about some state court clerks who abused their position of trust and took the law into their own hands by helping an illegal alien evade a lawful arrest by ICE," read court documents in the two cases. Federal officials filed charges against Lauren Kelsey Morrow, 26, and Jennifer Joma, 27, in U.S. District Court on June 3 and they were unsealed Tuesday. Both...

Who broke Britain? Someone—or something—must have. The past 18 years, enough time for a whole lost generation to be born and brought up, have yielded nothing but stagnation and mass disillusionment. In 2007, before the global financial crisis, Britain was at its postimperial zenith. Median household income had just surpassed that of Germany. A pound was worth more than $2, and London was arguably displacing New York as the center of international banking. But since then, Britain has been left behind. The country’s output per person is now only just above that of Mississippi, America’s poorest state—and that slight lead...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Can You See Me Now?” Sgt. Trevor Nicholas Tate, 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, provides roadside security during exercise Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Alaska 23-02 in the Yukon Training Area, Alaska. (Army photo/John Pennell) Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. This is how you handle terrorists! Students with the Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program from Tolleson High School, Arizona,...