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WASHINGTON CITY, Utah (KUTV) — Mia Bailey said she decided to kill her parents after her mother interfered with a gender transition surgery. According to newly acquired interrogation video from Washington City police in June of 2024, then-28-year-old Bailey detailed what led her to kill both her parents, how she did it, and the flee from police that followed. Bailey cited years of turmoil with her parents. "I told them I was going to kill myself so many times," she said. "Mental health declining, that’s why I needed that surgery." Bailey said she was dealing with an abusive family, was...

For 45 years, research at American universities has been supervised by Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), which are committees that ensure scientific research is conducted ethically. At most universities, faculty, students, and staff must obtain approval from the IRB before engaging in any aspect of scientific research. To protect research participants, the IRB scrutinizes research protocols, stimuli, and even recruitment materials (such as emails and flyers). Researchers may not begin their research until they receive the IRB’s blessing. This, however, does not end the IRB’s supervision. Any change in procedures—even trivial changes to wording in a recruitment flyer or a clarification...

Transcribed and reproduced by: Murtadd to Human. [https://www.murtaddtohuman.org/the-presence-of-jews-on-the-west-bank-has-nothing-to-do-with-prospects-for-peace/] (Jihad. Featured). “The presence of Jews on the West Bank has nothing to do with prospects for peace”. In light of the current open season on the Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria, Murtadd to Human wishes to support these beleaguered communities by sharing with readers Caroline Glick’s powerful address to an Intelligence Squared debate in London ten years ago. Anjuli Pandavar. 04 Mar 2023. “The presence of Jews on the West Bank has nothing to do with prospects for peace”. Ze'ev Jabotinsky, The Iron Wall. By Caroline Glick, Intelligence Squared, YouTube,...

How could the country that is now the foremost persecutor of Christians in the world have emerged from the work of a dedicated Christian missionary? Jonathan Cheng’s history of North Korea, "Korean Messiah," sets out to explain... Samuel Moffett, a Presbyterian missionary who arrived in ‘the Hermit Kingdom’ of Korea in 1890, built a vast mission compound in Pyongyang. His ministry helped spark the great Christian revival of 1907, which led to Pyongyang being called the ‘Jerusalem of the East’ with great churches and crowded Wednesday prayer meetings. Moffett ran a world-class seminary, and his theology carried a message of...

A glamorous lawyer who has amassed a following online for reenacting her gangbanger clients’ cases is suspected of helping out the criminals she defended in court. Viral attorney Gabriela Vieira Serafin’s home in the southern Brazilian city of Florianopolis was raided by drug enforcement agents on Tuesday morning as investigators suspect she may have used her privileged access to inmates to pass messages to and from gangsters on the outside. Serafin was not home at the time and has not yet been charged with a crime — however police discovered and seized two cell phones, SIM cards, USB drives and...

Fairfax County Commonwealth’s attorney Steve Descano testified Thursday that voters are “obtuse” if they expect him to fulfill his campaign promises. Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan got into a heated exchange with Descano after his office removed his immigration policy from his website weeks prior to the hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement. Descano said his campaign promises are not actually his policies. “My policies do not say that we do not prosecute based on immigration status,” Descano said. “Well if it’s not your policy, then why did you change your website?” Jordan asked....

The King’s Speech is the centerpiece of the State Opening of Parliament in the UK, where the monarch reads a speech written by the government.The UK government will take “urgent action to tackle antisemitism and ensure all communities feel safe,” King Charles III pledged during the King’s Speech on Wednesday. The King’s Speech is the centerpiece of the State Opening of Parliament in the UK, where the monarch reads a speech written by the government, outlining its legislative agenda for the upcoming session. During Wednesday’s speech, King Charles presented 37 upcoming bills, including the following: the Tackling State Threats Bill,...

As good, pro-business, pro-prosperity conservatives, we should love a success story like Buc-ee's, and I'm pretty darn sure most of you readers do. I'm a recent convert to Buc-ee's myself, having first experienced this wonderful mega-convenience store/souvenir store/truck stop/fast food joint for myself just last February, on a feral hog hunting jaunt to Texas. It's a great place, a great business model, and they have great barbecue brisket sandwiches. Now, in the next year or two, they will be expanding into at least six new states. At least six states are slated to open their first Buc-ee's locations by the...

Explanation: What are some of the most interesting astronomical objects you can see in the night sky? Armed with a good pair of binoculars or a small telescope, if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, you can look for the very popular objects in the Messier Catalog. Most of them, but not all, are also visible from the southern half of the Earth. The featured image shows all 110 objects in the catalog at uniform scale -- the same magnification. Charles Messier created the catalog in the 18th century. He was interested in comets, and his catalog was a list...

Bordeaux-no! A Michigan woman was arrested and then rushed to the hospital after she stole a bottle of wine and hid it inside a “body cavity,” cops said. The 48-year-old was allegedly caught by shopkeepers drinking a bottle of alcohol in a Traverse City liquor store without paying for it, and returned the next day to nab a bottle of Chardonnay. Employees attempted to stop her, but were unable to find the pilfered tipple. That is, until police arrested her and found it stashed inside an unnamed bodily orifice at the jail, at which point she was brought to Munson...

The Rio Rancho Police Department announced that the driver of a tractor-trailer that struck and killed a sergeant with the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office in February may face charges. In a Wednesday news release, RRPD said investigators have developed probable cause against Miguel Orlando Perez for charges of careless driving and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle after his semi crashed into 52-year-old Sgt. Michael Schlattman. Both charges are misdemeanors, and final charging decisions will be made by the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office, according to a news release from Jayme Gonzales, spokesperson for BCSO. The DA’s Office received...

Do you recall when Patrick Kielty boldly claimed that The Late Late Show guests could speak their minds without restraint? The absurdity of such a notion was highlighted in last Friday’s episode, where it became evident that this freedom didn’t extend to voicing support for the Jewish community. Among the guests was Boy George, and even by the show’s typically cautious standards, the recent controversy surrounding him couldn’t be brushed aside. Coincidentally, Boy George found himself in Golders Green on a day when two Jewish men were randomly attacked near a synagogue. The alleged assailant is a Somali Muslim man...

Climate change now impacts genders? According to State Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego), Climate change impacts gender. And according to Dr. Nancy L. Cohen of the Gender Equity Policy Institute, “Women bear the brunt of climate change.” “Climate emergencies don’t affect everyone equally,” said Senator Padilla.

Authorities reported a bomb at an Alabama dam that posed “an unprecedented threat” during routine repairs on Tuesday. Mobile’s water and sewer agency alerted the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office after discovering a grenade-like improvised explosive device underwater at the federally designated Converse Reservoir dam, according to local media reports. The nearby Daphne Search and Rescue Team and bomb squads from the FBI, Mobile Police Department (MPD) and Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) also handled the situation, while the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was notified of the discovery. The Converse Reservoir is a 3,600-acre lake that “is the source of...

At a time of historically high political violence in the U.S., a substantial number of Americans doubt the legitimacy of recent attempts against President Trump's life. Trump has been the subject of three assassination attempts over the last two years, however, a NewsGuard/YouGov poll released Monday finds that 30% of Americans think at least one of those incidents was staged. The findings come just weeks after a gunman allegedly attempted to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinner, where Trump was in attendance, but was stopped at a security checkpoint by law enforcement before reaching the main ballroom. In the weeks...

Today marks the birthday of Karl Marx, the 19th-century philosopher and economist widely regarded as the founder of communism. His ideas, which were most famously laid out in The Communist Manifesto in 1848, have long been controversial in the United States, where communism has historically been met with deep suspicion and sometimes outright suppression. However, despite its rarity, there are several openly affiliated Communist Party members in public office. Newsweek compiled a list of U.S. politicians who identify as Communists today. Why It Matters For much of the 20th century, communism in the United States was treated not just as...

A federal jury in the Northern District of Illinois has convicted an Illinois woman of unemployment insurance fraud for participating in a scheme that submitted nearly 700 fraudulent claims and caused more than $11 million in fraudulent COVID-19 relief benefits to be dispersed. Hiam Hmaidan, 54, of Orland Park, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and five counts of mail fraud, the Justice Department announced. She is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 2 and faces up to 20 years in prison. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Hmaidan operated the fraud...

Britney Spears reportedly caused a chaotic scene inside a Los Angeles-area restaurant after witnesses claimed the pop star screamed, barked, and behaved erratically. TMZ reported that the pop star attended the Blue Dog Tavern in Sherman Oaks on Wednesday with a man and a woman, and began acting strangely. The outlet reported that shortly after she arrived, Spears sat at a corner table in the venue and began yelling, barking, and behaving loudly. One witness who heard the screams described the scene as “kind of sad,” according to TMZ. A patron in the restaurant claimed they feared Spears might accidentally...

🚨 LMFAO!! Hakeem Jeffries just had a schizophrenic MELTDOWN on camera as his party gets pummeled in redistricting, and can no longer benefit from race-drawn seats "The GHOSTS of the Confederacy has afflicted the United States Supreme Court majority, and is INVADING and HAUNTING the nation right now!" "We know this unprecedented assault on black political representation, the likes of which we have not seen since the Jim Crow era." 😂🤡🤡

The road to working and studying in the United States may soon become much tougher for thousands of skilled professionals and international students. The Trump administration is preparing a fresh set of immigration restrictions that could affect almost every major pathway used by foreign talent, from H-1B work visas to student work permits and even employment-based green cards. While several of the proposed rules are still under review, immigration lawyers, universities, and companies say the impact is already being felt. Employers are becoming more cautious, students are growing anxious and legal experts say visa scrutiny has dramatically increased. For Indian...