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An employee was attacked recently when he tried to stop two alleged shoplifters at a store in a Bronx neighborhood. The worker at the Allerton Foodtown has since returned to work. According to News 12, he confronted a man and woman, who tried to exit the store carrying food they did not purchase, the outlet reported Thursday. The pair is accused of punching the man, knocking him to the floor.

Jane Fonda caused national outrage after she suggested that one way to deal with pro-lifers was to murder them. Fonda delivered that stunning statement on The View saying she’s “thought of murder” when asked how she recommends to fight for abortion rights beyond “marching and protesting.”

A Florida man is facing multiple charges after police say he opened fire on his roommates after one was naked in his teenage daughter’s room. Dayne Victor Miller, 44, was arrested at his home early Wednesday after he called police and admitted to shooting at his two adult roommates through a closed bedroom door, the Cape Coral police said in a statement. According to the official report, Miller told dispatchers that he fired at the pair after learning one of them was naked in his teenage daughter’s room.

If you looked at the performance of the financial sector over the past week or two you’d be excused for feeling a bit of panic. The deterioration in share prices slowly accelerated into a crushing run on two banks in two days. Given the way markets have been fluctuating over the past 18 months and the pressure the Fed has been putting on the market, we can understand how some people might jump to conclusions and think the financial system is finally cracking under the pressure of rate hikes and inflation. We’re going to dive into this deeper, but lets...

The collapse of a small bank in California on Friday set off a wave of concern over the health of the banking sector, amplifying fears for the broader economy and sending global stock markets lower. Silicon Valley Bank, a prominent bank for start-ups in Santa Clara, Calif., was put under the control of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation early Friday. The decision to close the bank followed whipsaw trading on Thursday that continued into Friday, after SVB said that it needed to take immediate steps to shore up its finances amid a darkening environment for start-ups and other tech companies.

Rep. Jim Banks said Biden administration 'wants to purge conservative service members from the military'Thousands of military service members could still be discharged because they didn't apply for a COVID-19 vaccination exemption — even though the U.S. Department of Defense rescinded its mandate in January. Members of the House Armed Services Committee blasted the DOD's handling of its mandate as 69,000 out of 2 million active service members never received a vaccine, according to data sent to Congress members last week. Located in Arlington, Va., just across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., the Pentagon has served as the epicenter...

Six suspects between the ages of 11 and 14 are now in custody in connection with the brutal beating of a woman on a Philadelphia street that left the victim unconscious late last month, police told WPVI-TV. Police told the station five of the six suspects in custody surrendered, while the sixth suspect — a 14-year-old female — was arrested at her home. There are eight suspects total. Investigators added to WPVI that there's a warrant for another 14-year-old female and authorities are still working to identify a juvenile male suspect. What's the background? The department said several people in...

An excerpt from a notorious “Access Hollywood” tape in which former President Donald Trump seems to brag about sexually assaulting women will be allowed into evidence at his upcoming trial in the alleged rape of writer E. Jean Carroll. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan said Trump’s statements on the 2005 recording — in which he described moving on a woman “like a b–ch” — could lead a jury to infer that Trump has assaulted or attempted to assault women in the past. “In this case, a jury reasonably could find, even from the Access Hollywood tape alone, that...

SNIP How common are murder-suicides? Though shocking, murder-suicides are far from rare: some 1,200 Americans die in such incidents each year, according to research by the nonprofit Violence Policy Center. Although there is no agency comprehensively tracking the toll of murder-suicides in the U.S., what data there is indicates that they are on the rise. According to the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), 2022 saw the highest number of murder-suicides using firearms on record. Some 670 occurred last year, up from 594 in 2021 and 570 the year before. As of March 9, there have have been 134 murder-suicide incidents involving...

The Savannah Economic Development Authority announced Monday night that Erin Fraser has died. She was named the executive director of the Savannah Regional Film Commission on Dec. 13, 2022.The Savannah Economic Development Authority has announced the Executive Director of the Savannah Regional Film Commission, Erin Fraser, has died. The announcement came Monday night. Fraser died unexpectedly on March 3. She was named SRFC executive director on Dec. 13, 2022. According to the Savannah Economic Development Authority, during her time as executive director, she made a tremendous impact on the office and the entertainment production community. “Erin was a veteran in...

The United States accused Russia on Friday of seeking to destabilize Moldova and said it would help the Eastern European country fight off such attempts by sharing information and providing other assistance, the White House said. The United States agrees with Moldovan President Maia Sandu's view that there is no imminent military threat from Russia but shares her concern that Moscow is trying to destabilize her country to install a more pro-Russian government, John Kirby, the White House's national security spokesperson, said in a briefing. "As Moldova continues to integrate with Europe, we believe Russia is pursuing options to weaken...

“It’s so inspiring to me, and I hope it is inspiring to every American, particularly those in positions to make decisions,” Clinton responded. “Because we have to continue, and I would even argue increase, the military support that we give to the Ukrainians sooner.”

There’s a price to be paid when you go against the left-wing narrative. Many of you faced the ire of friends, family members, and the medical community when you voiced skepticism about the origins of the Covid-19 virus, the lockdowns, the jabs, and the anti-science masking rules. You’ve been called conspiracy theorists and told you were (literally!) killing people when you did your own research and decided what was best for you and your family. Some of you lost your jobs because you refused to take the unproven vaccine. You’ve been censored on social media or banned from platforms outright....

Theoretically yes, but it's unlikelyThe television series "The Last of Usopens in a new tab or window" describes a human pandemic with a mind controlling cordyceps fungus. When asked whether a COVID-19 pandemic with a pathogenic fungus is possible, my answer has generally been some variation of "yes, but it's unlikely." Cordyceps fungi turn ants into zombiesopens in a new tab or window, establishing the precedent that this group of organisms can be pathogenic to animals. However, ants and humans are very different animals. Ants are ectothermic or cold-blooded, while humans are endothermic or warm-blooded. This matters because temperature provides...

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8 News Now obtained what appears to be audio of a teacher claiming he’d like to inflict physical harm on a student. The teacher is also recorded saying he’d like to poison the student’s food. The student, who is listed as John Doe on the federal lawsuit, is suing the Clark County School District and a special education teacher at Desert Oasis High School.Lagomarsino Law represents the 14-year-old student and they identify the teacher in the recordings as Courtney Billups. “I’d love to get him in the room. I know I’d love to get him in the room and just...

PHOENIX - Some heated exchanges took place at the site of a Phoenix area school board meeting on Mar. 9, after two duelling rallies took place outside the building where the meeting took place. The meeting involved members of the Washington Elementary School District. The district decided in February to no longer renew an agreement they have had involving student-teachers from a Christian university, because of their supposed biblical values. Both groups got very heated, and extra security was on hand. One of the groups fought for the board members' rights, as well as supporting the decision to get rid...

Hollywood icon and far-left activist Jane Fonda suggested abortion-seeking women shouldn’t abide by laws and could even resort to "murder" in order to have control of their bodies on Friday during a wild appearance on "The View." "We have experienced many decades now of having agency over our body, of being able to determine when and how many children to have. We know what that feels like, we know what that’s done for our lives," Fonda said. "We’re not going back, I don’t care what the laws are. We're not going back."

Regulators closed down one of Silicon Valley’s most important banks on Friday, marking the largest bank failure since the Great Recession and the second-biggest in U.S. history. Earlier in the day, Silicon Valley Bank suspended trading of its plummeting shares and depositors rushed to withdraw their money. As one of the main institutions where start-ups deposited their venture-backed investments, SVB’s failure sent shock waves through the industry. The turmoil comes as the tech companies retrench and shed workers, while rising interest rates spark signs of broader financial distress.

A Concord, New Hampshire, father who was banned from occupying an elementary school’s property dressed up as Julius Caesar at a recent school board meeting on Monday to drive his claims that a public school district is “facilitating gender confusion.” “I am Caesar. Julius Caesar of Rome, the emperor. I am also a female,” Michael Guglielmo said. “Does anybody here believe that? That I am Julius Caesar? Anybody believe that? No, of course not. It’s ridiculous.”