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Five people were killed in a Michigan shooting spree on Friday, sparking a massive manhunt that ended when the suspected gunman was found dead. The bloodshed was first discovered at a home in Missaukee County, where police found three dead people shortly before noon, Up North Live reported, citing state police. Two more slain victims were later found – one in the woods near Whitlock Lake and another in a separate home, according to the report. Another person was left in critical condition. The carnage prompted a frantic search for the 39-year-old suspect, Chad Hickman, who police said was considered...

A taxpayer-funded swimming pool in Germany promoted an event “exclusively” for black people on Friday — sparking a torrent of outrage that forced it to be scrapped at the last minute by unapologetic organizers. The newly opened $346,000 public pool Volksbad — German for “people’s bath” — was due to host the divisive summer event organized by the anti-discrimination charity Each One Teach One, the German outlet Bild reported. Swimmers were told the pool “doesn’t open to the general public until 6:00 p.m [Friday]; before that, it is open exclusively to black communities.” It sparked widespread disgust, but was only...

“The left are incompetent biotrash who purge everyone too attractive, too capable or too intelligent to uncritically accept their retarded worldview.” —Aimee Terese on “X” And so, all of a sudden, having failed to subvert or assassinate the president they abhor, and foil his attempt to repair our country, the combined forces of the Democratic Party, the seditious news media, and a traitorous government bureaucracy resort to communist jihad in their crusade to wreck the USA. That’s a great combo, all right: history’s worst system for managing human affairs paired with a cult of bloodthirsty conquest. They’d decapitate the Beach...

Sky News host James Macpherson says an LGBTQ cruise to Turkey got a “lesson” about the intolerance for homosexuality in Islamic culture. Mr Macpherson said Turkish authorities refused permission for the ship to dock. “They seem to genuinely believe they're oppressed in the West and are genuinely surprised that Islamic nations don't want a floating Pride parade docking in their harbour.”

California Post on Google Beverly Hills diners hoping to chow down on expensive filet mignon were treated to a different kind of beef at Steak 48. The messy melee exploded between two women at the pricey Beverly Hills steakhouse, captured on video obtained by TMZ. As forks clinked and calming music played, the two women brutally yanked each other’s hair as confused employees tried to stop them and entertained diners watched. "Oh my god, I love this,” one woman could be heard saying in the video. Both brawlers sported fancy dresses without undergarments as they attacked each other. They rolled...

A skyrocketing number of California residents have developed an incurable lung disease linked to kitchen quartz countertops — with many needing lung transplants, according to a terrifying new state study. One of those victims is Enrique Gonzalez, a San Fernando Valley stone worker who has been unable to work for the past two years after developing silicosis from years of working in granite and stone manufacturing. Gonzalez’s family says the disease has made it impossible for him to continue working as his condition has progressed, leaving the family struggling to cover medical expenses and everyday costs. The number of Californians...

A Chinese paranormal influencer has died aged 24 following a tragic car crash, around a year after she filmed herself destroying a religious statue in a viral video designed to test whether she would suffer supernatural punishment. Known online as Jiang Xiaorou, the creator had reportedly built a following of around 1.3 million people on Douyin, where she posted videos exploring abandoned buildings, investigating alleged paranormal activity and challenging traditional beliefs surrounding the supernatural. In August 2025, Jiang attracted controversy after recording herself smashing a statue of Guanyin, a revered Buddhist figure commonly associated with compassion and mercy. The stunt...

Former “Good Morning America Weekend” anchor Janai Norman has been blasting ABC News and some of its biggest stars just months after her ouster — raising eyebrows among her former colleagues at the Disney-owned network, according to a report. Norman has unleashed a string of blistering social media critiques of her old employer, including accusing it and other news organizations of becoming “complicit in upholding white supremacy” in a video that took aim at “GMA” host Michael Strahan’s interview with the parents of a dead Mississippi teen. The unusually public broadsides have irked staffers at ABC News, according to the...

Dazzling new images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope show an astronomical object known for its striking resemblance to a lion’s face. NGC 2392, more commonly called the Lion Nebula, received its nickname from its hazy dust “mane” and the dying star at its center, which resembles a “button nose,” according to NASA. The images were taken by Webb, using its Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) The agency previously captured images of the feline-themed planetary nebula in 2000 using the Hubble Space Telescope. Webb’s higher-resolution images show that...

President Trump said Friday that he plans to declare the Strait of Hormuz “a territory of the United States” after the Iran war. “After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated — pretty soon I’ll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States,” Trump said during a Long Island rally for Republican candidates in the gubernatorial and congressional elections. Trump’s preliminary peace deal with Iran — signed June 17 — fell apart last month after Iran attempted to assert control over the strait, including by opening fire on commercial ships that used a sea...

Nigel Farage won Clacton by-election with 22,239 votes to Count Binface's 9,455. Farage triggered the by-election by resigning amid financial scrutiny; major parties boycotted the vote. Farage returns to WestminsterNigel Farage regained his parliamentary seat in Clacton-on-Sea after a by-election he triggered by resigning his post last month, besting Count Binface in a race boycotted by the United Kingdom’s main political parties. Farage received 22,239 votes compared with 9,455 for Binface, who wears a rubbish can on his head and calls himself an “intergalactic space warrior,” in results announced after polls closed at 10 p.m. local time. The contest was...

The son of former Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent a rage-filled letter to U.S. President Donald Trump claiming that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Deputy SOS Christopher Landau had acted in a Hitlerian manner by revoking his tourist visa as part of a political witch hunt aimed at targeting his father and Mexico’s ruling party MORENA. The letter by Andres Manuel Lopez Beltran, AMLO’s son, adds him to a list of more than 50 Mexican political figures, most from the MORENA party, who have had their visas revoked by the U.S. government. The U.S. government has not...

Behind the march: Jake Lang, Pastor Lorenzo Sewell call for ‘stop to Islamification’DEARBORN, Mich. – Dearborn is preparing for a heightened police presence at Tuesday’s city council meeting after social media posts about a planned pro-Christian protest began circulating online.Conservative activist Jake Lang and Detroit Pastor Lorenzo Sewell are listed as organizers behind what is being called a “Christian Crusader March on Dearborn.”City, police coordinate for safety Sewell claims as many as 50,000 people could show up to the protest. In response, the Dearborn Police Department says it is working with local, state, and federal partners.“We have an operations plan...

A New Jersey thief who bilked investors out of more than $650 million has been named one of the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters — the first Garden State resident to make the dubious list. Fugitive Rey E. Grabato II is accused of participating in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded some 2,000 investors, hundreds of whom were located in New Jersey, out of more than $650 million between February 2018 and January 2022, according to the FBI. The agency is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information that leads to Grabato’s arrest and conviction. Federal authorities issued an arrest...

The organization of the 87th Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta Jogos Santa Casa deeply regrets to announce the death of British cyclist Finlay Tarling, from NSN Development Team, following a serious accident that occurred during the 8th stage of the race, between Melgaço and Fafe. At this time of profound grief, the organization of the Volta a Portugal and the Portuguese Cycling Federation extend their deepest condolences to Finlay Tarling’s family, his teammates, NSN Development Team, and all his friends and loved ones. In light of this tragic event, the race will be neutralized until the finish in Fafe and,...

The leadership of the “Student Intifada,” the National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP), has escalated its war against normalcy and decency in academia. Its incrementalist approach to taking over every campus (as it has haughtily claimed is inevitable) began with targeting students, moved on to targeting faculty, and has now put university presidents and trustees in its cross hairs. The following cases represent only a subset of their recent activities. Cornell University President Targeted The post-October 7 attacks against Jewish students are well-known and widely-documented. So too are efforts to isolate and stigmatize Jewish and Zionist faculty members. Only...

Benjamin Netanyahu has labelled the UK the 'Islamic Republic of Britain' in an explosive interview. Speaking to Avi Harush, a former military officer whose son died fighting Hamas in Gaza, on his podcast, the Israeli leader also reflected on meeting Winston Churchill's grandson. He said Churchill's grandson, whose name is also Winston, was a 'nice man' and a 'lover of Israel' who saw the Six-Day War – the 1967 conflict that saw the country capture and occupy the West Bank – as a 'positive'. Mr Netanyahu said: 'Just try to find that kind of attitude in Britain now – or...

I swear Rod Liddle was smiling down on me last week, as I found myself tussling with an editor. I’d written a sentence containing the word “Chinamen.” She wanted me to remove it, because, she said, “Chinaman” is widely acknowledged to be a racial slur. In my view, words have no single intrinsic meaning. Within limits, they can mean a variety of things, differing according to context – not least the tone of voice in which they’re delivered. Even “Yes” can mean “No,” when said by an Englishman trained in the subtle art of oblique speech. Sure, “Chinaman,” given a...

[Catholic Caucus] Leo XIV Backs Liturgical Program after 'Traditionis Custodes' Leo XIV has sent a message to Cardinal Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship. The occasion is a meeting at Mount Angel Abbey in Oregon devoted to liturgical formation. Dated June 29, the brief message was published today in the Vatican bulletin. The text appears to reinforce Cardinal Roche’s recent statement that Leo XIV does not intend to abolish Traditionis Custodes. Leo XIV calls for respect for “the rites promulgated by Pope Saint Paul VI and Pope Saint John Paul II.” He adds that this respect must...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis visited the Port of Pensacola on Wednesday to award $9 million from the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund to the City of Pensacola, supporting the establishment of Birdon America Inc.’s Southeastern headquarters and creating 2,000 new jobs. The grant funding will aid in public infrastructure enhancements and capacity building to support the construction of two shipbuilding facilities totaling approximately 400,000 square feet of manufacturing space at the Port of Pensacola. The new facilities will expand Florida’s maritime manufacturing capacity, allowing the port to produce complex Navy ship modules for submarines and surface vessels up to 400...