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Jean, an Indiana mother, was allegedly m*rdered by John Ford during an attempted robbery at a Facebook Marketplace meetup. Jean was trying to protect her son when she was fatally shot in the head.

Taipei showcased its new American missile launchers through numerous live-fire salvos in a drill this week that Taiwanese troops claimed demonstrated the system’s mobility and long-range strike capabilities.The Republic of China Army fired its recently procured M142 High Mobility Rocket Artillery Systems (HIMARS) on Wednesday as the main highlight of a series of drills designed to validate the island’s precision strike capabilities, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said in a news release. The Lockheed Martin-made missile systems rehearsed firing missions and rapid redeployment, with the HIMARS relocating to new firing positions within three minutes of launching, according to the ministry.State...

Eight crew members are dead in a B-52 bomber crash shortly after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base, northeast of Los Angeles, on Monday morning, the base said. The B-52 Stratofortress was on a routine test mission that took off at 11:20 a.m. local time at the remote air base, officials said. It is now considered a recovery operation. “It was tragic and unsurvivable,” Colonel James Hayes said at a news conference. Emergency crews responded immediately to the crash involving the bomber, which left a towering black plume in its wake, the base said. Teams are working to notify families...

More than 80 years after Ukraine’s Dormition Cathedral was razed to its foundation during World War II, the reconstructed holy site was again engulfed in flames on Monday. The cathedral, a popular Christian pilgrimage destination, was struck when a wave of Russian attacks across multiple cities killed 11 people and injured dozens more, the Ukrainian government said. Two drones also struck the historic monastic complex in Kyiv that is home to the cathedral, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said in a post on social media. Videos verified by The New York Times show fire crew members on tall cranes, spraying...

When President Trump gave thanks to those who had helped him reach an initial cease-fire agreement with Iran, he praised two world leaders he has called his friends — Xi Jinping of China and Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. The leaders, he said, had aided the Americans in sealing the deal with the Iranians, or at least had helped set the conditions by not sending oil and gas tankers or other commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz to compromise a U.S blockade aimed at pressuring Iran. “He was a total gentleman,” the American president said of Mr. Xi in...

WASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee formally requested Friday that Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz testify about his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein, marking the latest step in the panel’s widening investigation into Epstein and his associates. In a letter to Dershowitz, Rep. James R. Comer (R-Ky.), who chairs the committee, asked him to appear on July 9 for an in-person, videotaped transcribed interview in Washington, D.C. The committee wrote that it believes Dershowitz has information that would assist its investigation because of his role as Epstein’s attorney, public reporting, documents released by the Department...

The New York primary is a week from Tuesday. Early voting has already started in the city and continues through Sunday, and while Mayor Zohran Mamdani is not on the ballot, he could be a deciding factor in several key congressional races. There are some years when barely 10% of New York's registered voters cast their ballots in the city's primaries. For the candidates, raising awareness is half the battle. "We need people to vote! Right now, with early voting, we're seeing extremely low turnout," said District 7 Congressional candidate Julie Won. The City Council member is one of several...

SpaceX (SPCX) extended its post-IPO climb on Monday, trading near $178 and lifting its two-day gain to roughly 32% above the $135 price set last week. SPCX began trading on June 12 raising about $75 billion in the largest initial public offering on record. The deal, led by Goldman Sachs, drew roughly $250 billion in orders and closed about three and a half times oversubscribed before pricing. It overshot the prior record, Saudi Aramco's $29.4 billion listing in 2019, by about two and a half times. The stock jumped roughly 19% on Friday to close at $160.95, then climbed to...

A baby born at just 23 weeks gestation is in the hospital indefinitely after the infant’s grandfather allegedly slipped his teenage daughter an abortion pill that sickened her and resulted in an emergency caesarean section. The alleged perpetrator, 39 year-old Jamelle Kelly, faces two felony charges, attempted first-degree feticide and domestic abuse/battery of a pregnant victim, after the Carencro Police Department determined he poisoned his 17 year-old with abortion pills that sent her to the hospital. Louisiana prohibits both surgical and chemical abortions and classifies mifepristone, the most popular abortion pill on the market, as a controlled dangerous substance. The...

U.S. - Leading scholars believe that the angel who saved Daniel in the lion's den used a red laser pointer to distract the vicious cats. The hungry lions could not help but chase the uncatchable red dot, distracting them throughout the night until Daniel was freed. "Though the angel could have used a flaming sword to terrify them, the laser pointer was much more entertaining," explained Bible scholar Jonas Marks. "No kitty can resist the allure of the red laser dot, not even a vicious lion. It was both humane and delightful." The angel reportedly also brought an oversized ball...

A new study published in Nature Communications challenges the assumption that only people with symptoms can spread mpox. The study found that many men who have sex with men (MSM) tested positive for mpox even though they had no symptoms. Researchers then confirmed that these men likely passed on mpox to partners without ever knowing they had the virus. ... Most experts believed that mpox was primarily spread by people who had active symptoms like sores. However, contact tracers who tried to track outbreaks from one diagnosed patient to another had trouble finding connections between cases. This new study may...

Keir Starmer has vowed to “choke off” Russian revenue with further sanctions and to provide hundreds of millions of pounds worth of energy support for Ukraine, as he met world leaders in France for the G7. After a torrid political week at home, the British prime minister sought to put himself on the front foot on the international stage at the meeting of the group of seven, which kicked off on Monday in the French spa town of Évian-les-Bains, on the shore of Lake Geneva. Starmer is expected to meet the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the prime minister of...

Controversial comment widely debated online. During his post-fight victory interview, UFC fighter Josh Hokit told the audience at Sunday night’s UFC Freedom 250 at the White House that “Michelle Obama is a man,” causing triggered leftists to lose their minds.Democrat political commentator Harry Sisson shared footage of the remarks, writing, “One of Trump’s UFC fighters just screamed ‘Michelle Obama is a man’ at the White House. Just incredibly gross. Fuck Trump and this corrupt event. And, the fact that it’s taking place at the White House, the people’s house, is even worse. It’s a desecration of the building.” Sisson also...

Elon Musk is now nearly $1 trillion ahead of the second-richest person in the world.

Newly reported details are shedding light on the disappearance of retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland, whose case has drawn national attention because of his military background and alleged connection to classified government programs involving unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP. McCasland, 68, disappeared from his Albuquerque home on Feb. 27. His case quickly became the subject of online speculation because of his long military career, including work connected to highly sensitive defense programs. Some have suggested his disappearance could be linked to his knowledge of UAP-related information. But newly surfaced records reported by Los Angeles Magazine and highlighted...

Observing Consciousness@holonabove Look at the symbolism... it's becoming so obvious... the sequence is the signal...As Iran moves toward containment, Trump turns the lens inward...Hillary’s State Department sat inside the Uranium One approval architecture... Obama sent Iran $1.7 billion, including $400 million delivered in foreign cash... and now a former senior DEA financial official from that same era stands indicted for allegedly helping CJNG launder cartel money, move cocaine, and pursue weapons...Then Trump posts the Obama Library as a towering trash can...Iran... Hillary... Obama...Separate timelines converging into one accountability frame as the foreign board stabilizes and the operation turns toward the...

Donald Trump has shocked the world by banning the use of the most advanced AI by foreigners, including Britons, over national security fears. The Trump administration has ordered that Anthropic's latest systems, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, be cut off from non-Americans, including those based in the US. The AI systems are theoretically capable of conducting large-scale hacking attacks and developing bioweapons. Anthropic said the only way to comply with the ban was to universally block access to its most advanced models, including for US citizens. Its popular Claude AI remains available. Tom Tugendhat, the former Conservative security minister, warned...

HARRISBURG — Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, states have become the primary battlegrounds for fights over expanding or restricting access to abortion. This November, Pennsylvania voters will choose between candidates for governor who have radically different positions on what the commonwealth should do. Pregnancies can be ended in Pennsylvania up to 24 weeks gestation, a deadline tied to the concept of viability that was introduced in Roe. Abortions can be performed after that cutoff if a pregnant person’s life or health is in danger. Incumbent Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro is a vocal supporter of...

Points leader Tyler Reddick will enter the In-Season Challenge as the No. 1 seed, with Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott and Ty Gibbs clinching the top five seeds in the bracket. Alex Bowman and Cole Custer were tied for the 32nd and final spot in the tournament after Pocono, but Bowman earned the tiebreaker based on highest finish in 2026 (third at Talladega).

This video describes the military situation in Ukraine on the 15th of June 2026 0:00 — 🎬 Introduction 0:19 — 🎯 Biggest Russian advances since beginning of 2026 0:35 — 🚀 681 air vehicles: Iskanders, Kh-101, Zircons, NEW Bander cruise missiles 1:47 — 💥 Kyiv strikes: Nova Poshta terminal, Flamingo drone factory destroyed 2:40 — ⚔️ Northern Sumy: Russians advance on Basivka, Tovstodubove 3:41 — 📍 Sumy direction: Forest advances near Pysarivka 4:25 — 🔥 Kharkiv: Kazachi Lopan 10% Russian-controlled, infiltration toward Riznykivka 5:52 — 🏴 Kupiansk: Dozens of flags along Oskil River — major map adjustments 7:10 — 🔥...