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An unsuspecting Maryland high school allowed a MS-13 gang member at the center of a murder investigation to enroll after authorities failed to alert the administration of the gang member’s suspect status. Walter Martinez, an MS-13 gang member who at 16-years-old was the primary suspect in the July 2022 murder of Kayla Hamilton, enrolled in and attended Edgewood High School in Harford County, Maryland, without the district being informed of his status as a suspect in the case, according to a report from Baltimore's Fox 45. "When I start from the very beginning and get to the very end, they’re...

(Note: With some help from Google Translate, I've translated this article from the original German into English).The Zurich GLP politician Sanija Ameti is resigning from the party leadership of the GLP Canton of Zurich after a tasteless Instagram post. The incident is having more and more consequences. The 32-year-old now needs police protection. Sanija Ameti's (32) provocation has consequences: The GLP Switzerland wants to exclude the Zurich woman from the party. In the view of the party leadership, Ameti's continued stay with the Green Liberals will damage the party's reputation. In order to avert further damage, the parent party is...

Animal sacrifices are surging in Queens, with chickens, pigs and rats being tortured, mutilated or killed in “twisted” religious rituals in parkland surrounding Jamaica Bay, The Post has learned. In a little over a month, at least nine wounded animals or carcasses have been discovered in the federally-managed Spring Creek Park in Howard Beach and the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Broad Channel — including five live pigs with partially severed ears. Creatures recovered from the revolting scene also include a near-dead baby rat tied up in a bag with chicken bones; a freshly-decapitated chicken head; a live hen in...

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man after he allegedly began to fire multiple weapons and killed roughly 80 animals during an approximate three-hour period. The sheriff's office said that they booked Vicente Joseph Arroyo, 39, of Salinas, into the Monterey County Jail on suspicion of discharging a gun with gross negligence, illegally possessing an assault weapon, animal cruelty, vandalism, making threats. His bail was set at $50,000. Efforts to speak to Arroyo or determine if he had an attorney were not immediately successful on Wednesday. As the sheriff's office explained it, they began getting several calls on...

A Georgia school has been placed on lockdown following reports of an active shooter. Apalachee High School in Winder in Barrow County, 25 miles west of Athens, was put on hard lockdown Wednesday morning, Fox 5 Atlanta reported. The news outlet said it has received multiple calls about a shooting, which remains unconfirmed. Images from the scene show dozens of ambulances and police vehicles outside the school. At least one person was loaded into a medic helicopter on a stretcher, as reported by Atlanta News First.

After eight decades of dormancy, the US Marines have restored a historic World War II airstrip on Peleliu, a small island that is part of the Pacific nation Palau. This strategic move, completed after months of repairs by US naval engineers, saw the landing of a KC-130J long-range tanker aircraft on June 22. The move comes amid escalating tensions between China on one side, and Taiwan and the US on the other. The Peleliu airstrip is one of several bases the Americans are eyeing or have already prepared in the context of growing tensions in the South China Sea and...

An autonomous surveillance robot has taken the leading charge of assuring safety in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward. That area had been home to various violent crimes over the past seven months, specifically the Boulevard Street area. The Boulevard street had almost become a focal point for public safety in the neighborhood. Natives staying in the area revealed that they see bullets all across the street at frequent intervals. Incidents like these leave them scared since they see and hear everything. The Atlanta Police Department has shared that 34 crimes have been reported in that area in the past seven months....

A grand Pran Pratishtha ceremony was held in Texas, on Sunday, August 18, where a 90-foot-tall Hanuman statue was inaugurated. A grand Pran Pratishtha ceremony was held in Houston, Texas, on Sunday, August 18, where a 90-foot-tall Hanuman statue was inaugurated. This is the third tallest statue The statue was named ‘Statue of Union,’ and it commemorates Lord Hanuman’s role in reuniting Sri Rama and Sita. The temple has been built at the Sri Ashtalakshmi Temple in Sugar Land, Texas. The visionary behind the project happens to be His Holiness Sri Chinnajeeyar Swamiji. The website of Statue of Union says...

Trying to explain Buc-ee's to someone who has never visited a Buc-ee's is like trying to explain to a fish what it's like to fly a helicopter: It's difficult to even know where to begin because you know that the person you're talking to has no frame of reference for such a thing even existing. The problem, though, is that the fish thinks it knows what's going on, because occasionally it jumps a couple of feet out of the water. All you can do is shake your head sadly and say, "No. I mean, I get that you think you...

A now-arrested Arizona man was plotting a racially motivated mass shooting in Georgia to incite a race war ahead of the upcoming election, the federal authorities say. The Department of Justice says 58-year-old Mark Prieto was planning a mass shooting and wanted to recruit others with racist beliefs. Court records allege Prieto revealed his plan to FBI informants, which involved shooting up a rap concert in Atlanta, Georgia because he believed there would be more Black people there. Prieto wanted to carry out his plan sometime before the election. He's charged with firearms trafficking for use in a hate crime,...

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who was convicted on federal bribery, money laundering and other corruption charges in 2014, has completed his 10-year sentence and is asking a federal judge to restore his rights to carry a gun and vote. But prosecutors said Thursday that the New Orleans-based judge has no authority to restore Nagin‘s federal firearms rights, and that it’s up to the state of Texas, where he now lives, to decide on his voting privileges. Nagin, 67, recently filed a court motion in New Orleans, noting that his federal prison time and supervision were officially over on...

A special agent for the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) was indicted in Tucson, Arizona, Wednesday by a federal grand jury on one count of Involuntary Manslaughter of an Officer of the United States. Larry Edward Brown, Jr., 42, of Peoria, is the agent who was charged, according to a press release from the U.S. States Attorney's Office, District of Arizona. It is based on an incident that allegedly occurred on August 17, 2023, at a firearm range at the Federal Correctional Institution – Phoenix that is used for standard pistol qualifications and classroom training. Brown, a special agent...

Shocking video captured the moment a 3-year-old Florida girl shot herself with a handgun — while a relative celebrated a football touchdown on TV. The chilling footage posted by WPLG shows Serenity picking up the pistol at her home in Miami Dade on Saturday after Orlando Young, 23, jumped up during the game. A bang is immediately heard in the footage and the toddler is hurt. “It looks as if she is getting ready to pick up the gun, the gun went off and I guess the bullet went through her finger,” Serenity’s grandmother, Robin Fuller, told the outlet. “The...

Well, West Point had an good run, didn’t it? Once a beacon of prestige and elite training, this institution produced some of America’s most outstanding leaders. But times have changed. Today, West Point is just another woke joke, churning out young Marxists with contempt for the very nation they’re supposedly preparing to defend. West Point has reached the point of no return, particularly after the exposure of their latest “woke” agenda. Believe it or not, but they’re now offering degrees in “Equity and Diversity.” And no, unfortunately, this isn’t a joke. Here’s the information about the woke course from West...

A special agent with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is dead after being accidentally shot by another IRS agent during a training exercise Thursday at a federal gun range in Phoenix, officials confirmed. A spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirms that an incident occurred Thursday at their gun range, which multiple federal agencies were utilizing at the time through an interagency agreement. The spokesperson said no Federal Bureau of Prisons employees were injured in the incident. Charlotte M. Dennis with the Phoenix Field Office of the IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) division replied to Arizona’s Family on Thursday afternoon,...

On the same day that AmmoLand News reported on President Joe Biden’s attempt to shut down private sales of guns and websites that help people sell their firearms, YouTube shut down the Armslist YouTube Channel. YouTube told AmmoLand News directly that it shut down the channel for “facilitating” gun sales, violating the YouTube terms of service (TOS). The TOS prohibits selling guns or linking to ads for gun sales. “YouTube routinely reviews content to ensure it complies with community guidelines, and we terminated the channel in question for violating our policies that prohibit facilitating the direct sale of firearms on...

The U.S. Marine Corps has removed the last of its .45 caliber M45A1 Close Quarters Battle Pistols from service. The M45A1s, which are heavily upgraded variants of the venerable Colt M1911, have now been replaced by 9x19mm M18 pistols. The Marines had been the last major American military user of M1911-series pistols, though other versions remain in increasingly limited service in the U.S. special operations community. Marine Corps Systems Command (MARCORSYSCOM) confirmed to The War Zone that the replacement of the M45A1s with new M18s began last year and was completed by October 2022. M45A1s had previously been issued primarily...

A new, multi-million dollar program was announced Monday in Harris County that looks to help bridge economic inequality and reduce poverty. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Commissioner Rodney Ellis introduced the $20.5 million investment program called Uplift Harris. The program will be proposed during Tuesday's Commissioner's Court meeting Tuesday. As the first of its kind for the city, a pilot program would launch later this year, if approved, where families living below 200% of the federal poverty line - approximately $40,000 for a family of four - will receive $500 a month to support household needs. However, Commissioner Ellis...

Officials with FBI Houston are advising residents about an upcoming training exercise that’s taking place next week. According to officials, a large-scale, multi-agency nuclear incident training exercise will take place from May 1 through May 5 in southeast Houston and Harris County. Officials said the training exercise will not pose risks to area residents, and please do not be alarmed by training-related activity.

It’s impossible to understand the current moment in history without understanding the ongoing spike in violence across America. And — due to local city politics & broken incentives in documenting crime — the only legitimate national measure of violence is found in Murder data. It’s just not that easy to hide a body. You’ve surely heard a lot about crime since May 25, 2020. But it can all be summarized with just one number. This is a comprehensive review on the demographics of murderers and their victims; published here with the goal of educating the public on an under reported...