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Minneapolis police arrested six juvenile suspects between the ages of 11 and 14 after responding to a series of armed robberies on Tuesday, which led to a frantic police chase and crashes on the interstate. Several of the minor suspects had multiple prior arrests, and police said authorities needed to take "urgent action" to correct their violent patterns, as reported by Fox 9. On Tuesday around 11:30 am, officers responded to the first of three reported robberies in the 5100 block of 41st Ave South. Shortly after responding to the scene, police were alerted to a second robbery on the...

In an effort to prove she could handle an unscripted interview Vice-President Kamala Harris appeared on a Univision town hall this week. In the midst of Kamala's efforts to dodge a voter's concerns that she became the Democrats' nominee without getting any primary votes, the camera swiveled to an angle showing the teleprompter the candidate was reading. Harris/Walz Campaign Chairwoman Jennifer O'Malley Dillon explained "using a teleprompter doesn't mean the interview was scripted. As we all saw, neither the voter nor Kamala had a script in their hands. The teleprompter simply allows the candidate's brain-trust to suggest possible answers for...

Former President Obama is drawing backlash for recent comments calling on Black men to turn out for Vice President Harris in November’s election. At a campaign stump for Harris on Thursday in Pittsburgh, Obama said that despite Harris raising upward of $1 billion, “we have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all quarters of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was running.” That lag in energy, he added, appears “to be more pronounced with the brothers.” “You’re coming up with all kinds of reasons and excuses; I’ve got a problem with that,”...

Two people are dead and at least 35 others were affected after a chemical leak involving hydrogen sulfide occurred at a PEMEX facility in Deer Park, officials said on Thursday. The extent of injuries is unknown due to officials not being able to make entry into the affected unit, officials said. Deer Park Mayor Jerry Mouton gave reassurance to community members that there was not a chemical leak in the surrounding area, despite the smell of hydrogen sulfide seeping out into the air. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the scene remains preliminary and fluid, but noted the "situation seems...

Meghan McCain on Friday threatened to share her late father’s honest thoughts about Kamala Harris — a day after the vice president invoked the memory of John McCain at an Arizona campaign rally. “The View” co-host fumed on X as she claimed that Democrats have “bastardized” her father’s memory for their own political aims. “Now, I know democrats want to reinvent history and turn my Dad into any illusion you guys need him to be depending on the political moment you need to bastardize his memory for,” the 39-year-old pundit wrote on X, “But please don’t make me start sharing...

Mona Gunn, who lost her son Cherone, says, "There is no closure." NORFOLK, Va. — This week marks 24 years since the terrorist attack on USS Cole. The Norfolk-based guided missile destroyer was docked in Yemen on Oct. 12, 2000, for refueling when al-Qaida suicide bombers attacked, killing 17 sailors and 37 injured crew members. It is considered one of the darkest days in U.S. Navy history.

CHICAGO — Chicago police were called to the scene of an apparent train heist at a rail yard on the city’s West Side on Friday afternoon, resulting in at least six arrests. SkyCam 9 was over the scene near Lake Street and Lockwood Avenue in Garfield Park around 4:30 p.m. when several people could be seen pulling items from the freight train’s cars. The group appeared to have gotten several train cars open and were pulling items from within.

A Virginia School Board is paying $575K to settle a lawsuit with a former high school teacher (and devout Anglican) who was wrongly fired for refusing to use a student’s personal pronouns. According to a press release from the Alliance Defending Freedom: ADF attorneys filed the lawsuit against the school board in September 2019. Peter Vlaming taught French in the district for nearly seven years. The West Point School Board fired him after he stated he couldn’t in good conscience comply with the superintendent’s demand that he refer to one of his students using pronouns inconsistent with the student’s sex....

By now, many Americans are familiar with leftists’ unhealthy obsession with forcing transgenderism onto adults and children alike. But as it turns out, these delusions about biological sex are also popping up in a galaxy far, far away. In their latest act of left-wing activism, The Walt Disney Company’s “Star Wars” brand is giving fans a look at its first-ever trans-identifying clone trooper, named “Sister.” According to Breitbart News, the character was originally introduced in a young adult novel two years ago but is now getting his first visual appearance in a new “Star Wars” encyclopedia. SNIP The incident represents...

“...we are facing a catastrophic collapse of governance. With democracy reduced to a tragedy or a farce (probably both things)..."- Ugh Bardi“As the US increasingly resembles ancient Rome, being president is more and more dangerous. Something around 35 emperors met violent deaths, most from people in and around their courts. In other words, members of the Roman Deep State. An ugly situation is brewing in and around Washington DC.” - Doug CaseyDon’t kid yourself: Kamala Harris does not want to be President of the United States. She doesn’t even want the ceremonial stuff, the incessant shuffling from one photo op...

In an Oct. 7, 2024, decision and order, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Paul R. Warren dismissed on its merits the Continental Insurance Company’s adversary proceeding against the Diocese of Rochester for breach of contract and denied the insurer’s application for an administrative expense claim. Warren also ordered further in-person mediation among representatives of Continental, which also is known as CNA; members of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, which represents abuse claimants; the committee’s counsel; and state court attorneys representing multiple abuse clients. In a bench trial before Warren July 29-30, CNA argued that the diocese was legally bound by an...

Nearly 3 million Americans have cast early ballots either in person or by mail with under four weeks to go until Election Day, an election tracking site shows.As of 6:43 p.m. on Oct. 9, 2,877,590 people had cast ballots in states that report early voting data, according to an update from the University of Florida’s Election Lab website. Early Voters By PartyOf that figure, nearly 504,000 people had voted early in person, and more than 2.37 million had voted by mail, the tracking site found.About 47.5 million mail-in ballots have been requested so far. In comparison, more than 92 million...

Out of the world’s top 15 growth hubs, 14 are forecast to be located in Asia, according to the Growth Hub Index 2024 by British real estate service Savills. These cities have been identified as set to develop particularly quickly by 2033, based on indicators measuring rising wealth, expanding economies and the potential for new development and business expansion. As the following chart shows, four Indian cities feature in the top 10, with Bengaluru in the top position. It is followed by Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and India’s Delhi. Several reasons are cited for the anticipated rise in...

A nationally renowned business-turnaround expert hired to help resolve the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans’ contentious and costly bankruptcy – which has ensnared hundreds of clergy molestation survivors – is now facing scrutiny from the FBI after his conduct in a separate case raised ethics-related questions. The Wall Street Journal published reporting on the FBI and Mohsin “Mo” Meghji on Wednesday, the day he was due to complete an assessment on the viability of two competing archdiocesan restructuring plans drafted by the church as well as those to whom it is indebted, among them hundreds of victims of sexually...

The Vatican’s doctrine office has mandated the laicization of an Argentine priest accused of sexually abusing minors, overturning a surprise ruling from the Vatican Secretariat of State that imposed limitations on the priest’s activities. In an Oct. 8 communiqué published via the news service of the Argentine bishops’ conference, Archbishop John Kennedy, head of the disciplinary section of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, said that the information regarding the restrictions placed on a priest specified by the Secretariat of State were “voided” and confirmed previous rulings for his laicization. The case involves former Argentine priest Ariel Alberto...

At least 50 thieves descended on a freight train in Chicago's West Side to ransack whatever items they could get their hands on. The group of wayward opportunists swarmed the Union Pacific train on Friday to steal multiple boxes before officers arrived. The robbery occurred just before 4pm in the 400 block of North Lamon Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood. The massive heist forced the train to suspend its operations. In a statement on X.com, Metra said that 'train service is temporarily suspended due to ongoing police activity near Kedzie.' The statement continued: 'Metra encourages customers to seek alternate...

Nearly 300 victims — or their surviving loved ones — who suffered abuse at Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John’s, N.L., during the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s, or by Archdiocese of St. John’s clergy, will receive the initial disbursement of their long-awaited monetary restitution before the end of this month. On Oct. 8, Justice Garrett Handrigan of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador granted an interim distribution of $20.9 million to claimants whose applications were approved by Global Resolutions, Inc., the Toronto-headquartered dispute mediation company that served as claims officer. A further $1.7 million will be awarded once the...

A priest in California has pleaded no contest to charges of possessing hundreds of images of child sexual abuse material, with his conviction coming just over a year after his arrest. The Ventura County district attorney’s office said that Father Rodolfo Martinez-Guevara “pled no contest to one felony count of possession of child sexual abuse material.” He had been associated with several churches, including Our Lady of Guadalupe in Oxnard, California. As part of that plea, the 39-year-old priest also admitted that he possessed “over 600 images of child sexual abuse material, including images and videos of prepubescent minors under...

ROUGE — A national support group for victims of clergy abuse says the Diocese of Baton Rouge failed to disclose the names of all priests credibly accused of sexual abuse by victims. The Survivors’ Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) identified the three as Henry Groover, who worked in Tickfaw and Hammond; Kevin Tripp, who worked at a Baton Rouge hospital; and Anthony Kiel, who worked at St. Francis Xavier. SNAP says three abusive priests from other dioceses passed through the capital area and should be on the Baton Rouge list. Groover committed suicide after being sued in 2017;...

A new lawsuit has been filed against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette following an alleged victim of the infamous former priest, Father Gilbert Gauthe, coming forward, accusing the dioceses of negligence. “We want to applaud this brave man for once again putting father gross’s name in the limelight. He, too, like these other priests, he too, is still alive and could still be a threat to kids,” said David Clohessy with Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests. (SNAP) The accusations against the diocese state they were or should have been aware of the risk in allowing Father Gauthe...