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The New Jersey teen driver accused of intentionally ramming into two 17-year-old girls revealed a dark obsession with one of the victims and her family in a recorded livestream leading up to the fatal crash. Vincent Battiloro said on a Sept. 23 YouTube video viewed by The Post he had a “vengeance” against Maria Niotis and ordered a pizza to her house to prank her, claiming she leveled accusations against him that got him in trouble at school. He also appeared to admit on the same video he lurked outside her house a previous time.

We wuz everybody, apparently. Vikings, Samurai, Native Americans, Shakespeare — all of it. The greatest identity theft in history, presented as scholarship, swallowed by people with the IQ of a shoe. This is the “Collect Them All Edition” of WeWuzzery, where Erik the Red turns into Erik the Black, the Bard of Avon becomes the Bard of Abuja, and the Olmec heads get drafted into the Congo.

The "Great Replacement" theory is a conspiracy theory that envisions a scheme to replace white, Christian populations in Western nations with nonwhite immigrants. It was once confined to the fringes of the far-Right. Now, the theory seems to have taken root in the mainstream of the GOP.

World renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died of natural causes at the age of 91 during her tour of the US. The legendary conservationist is widely known for her ground-breaking work with Chimpanzees, which she began when she travelled to the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanazania in 1960. Seventeen years later she founded the Jane Goodall Institute to support research in the Gombe park. The Jane Goodall Institute posted the tragic news on its Facebook page earlier this evening. 'The Jane Goodall Institute learned this morning, Wednesday 1 October 2025, that Dr Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace...

The president of Florida A&M University on Saturday said the historically Black college ("HBCU") was taking “immediate steps to ensure accountability” after its band announcer commented on the weight of Alabama State University’s Honey Beez dancers. During half-time of the game between the two schools, Florida A&M band announcer Joe Bullard called the dance team that performs with Alabama State’s Mighty Marching Hornets as “the new face of Ozempic,” HBCU Gameday reported. Dr. Quinton Ross, the president of Alabama State University, called the remark “distasteful” and “short-sighted.” “To have their artistry disrespected after such a performance is absolutely unacceptable,” Ross...

Democracy Dies in Darkness with DemocratsNew data shows historic gains made by the president among this racial demographic.After the presidential election in November, exit polls suggested that Donald Trump could credit his victory to support from young adults, voters lacking a college degree, and Hispanic and Black men. His improvement among Black voters was noteworthy at the time, but new data — based on voters whose participation is confirmed in state election records — confirms that his share was historic. Trump is the first Republican presidential nominee in nearly half a century to win at least 15 percent of this...

An active shooter situation has been reported in Southport, North Carolina, according to social media posts. Local residents are being advised to steer clear of the area as law enforcement investigates. Claims on Facebook suggest that multiple individuals have been injured, with one post reporting the sighting of six ambulances and a significant police presence. The city of Southport disclosed on Facebook that there were reports of an active shooter at the Southport Yacht Basin. "There is an unknown number of injuries. Avoid the area and remain in your homes. Please report any suspicious activity immediately to 911," the post...

After decades of dead ends, Austin, Texas, police on Friday named deceased serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers as the suspect in the city’s infamous yogurt shop murders. The announcement follows decades without answers in the December 1991 killings of four teenage girls—Amy Ayers, Eliza Thomas, and sisters Sarah and Jennifer Harbison—at the “I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt!” shop in Austin. The girls, aged 13, 15, and 17, were bound, gagged, and shot, before the shop was set on fire. The breakthrough comes with notable advancements in forensic DNA testing and renewed attention from an HBO docuseries about the case. Not...

SAN RAMON, Calif. (KGO) - Several people have been arrested following an armed robbery at a shopping center in Northern California. Police say nearly 25 people were involved in the brazen robbery, where they stole about $1 million worth of merchandise. San Ramon Police Department Lt. Mike Pistello said the robbery happened at Heller Jewelers at City Center Bishop Ranch on Monday afternoon. “They used crowbars and pick axes and basically took whatever jewelry was available,” Pistello said.

DAVENPORT, Iowa — Five people face charges after a "riot" in a Davenport grocery store parking lot that involved at least 14 people and included gunfire and a 110 mph vehicle chase, according to arrest records. The complaints state Davenport police were dispatched around 1:07 a.m. Monday, Sept. 15, to Hilltop Groceries & Spirits at 1312 Harrison St., for a reported disturbance. Investigators said they later learned the altercation was a planned fight. During the incident, several people were assaulted, one person was knocked unconscious and two people discharged a firearm, the complaints say. Davenport police said no one suffered...

Isaiah 46:4 (King James Version) And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. Are you women paying attention to which group in America is being raped and murdered in America? It is young white women in massive numbers since the Democrat Communist Party has convinced you that it is virtuous to allow criminals to run free and rape and murder you. You have voted in massive numbers to eliminate the police and jailing of criminals...

Today is relatively calm. There are no riots, no burning cars or buildings, no streets shut down. But there ought to be. It's time for a come to Jesus meeting with judges and DA's. Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who fled to the United States in 2022 to escape the war in Ukraine, was fatally stabbed on a Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) Blue Line light rail train on August 22, 2025, around 9:45 p.m. The attack took place on a train en route to the East/West Boulevard Station in Charlotte’s South End. Zarutska was pronounced dead at the...

An alleged serial killer who met his victims on dating apps before savagely robbing and killing them had a lengthy California crime history that included wearing a white-face mask to hide his black identity, authorities revealed.Prosecutors charged 34-year-old Rockim Prowell on Monday for robbing and killing two men he met on dating apps in 2021 and 2023. He allegedly also attacked a third victim in February of this year, tying him up, beating him with a baseball bat, and stealing his wallet. Cops found the mask after pulling Prowell over in a car linked to the crimes. It is unclear...

You know and I know that there are certain things you are not allowed to say in these United States. Especially about World War II and the Holocaust. Because the Narrative. Right now, I’d say we are trending towards a Narrative that you are not allowed to doubt the genocide in Gaza. Why? Because genocide. Back in March 2024, Willis Eschenbach, a noted “climate denier,” came up with an analysis of “genocide.” The word was invented by Rafael Lemkin in 1944, he says, when “Lemkin was employed by the US War Department to write a book on Nazi atrocities called...

The black community’s disengagement from ordinary acts of civic responsibility is harming America as a whole, but mostly, it’s harming blacks. To save their communities, blacks need to reengage with what was once normative polite conduct across American society. To appreciate this point, consider the tales told by abandoned shopping carts and litter. Shopping carts were invented in Oklahoma in 1937 and changed the face of retailing. No longer were customers limited to what they could carry around the store, they could now leisurely stroll the store not having to worry about how much they could fit in their cloth...

An Auburn University professor emerita was killed during the theft of her Ford F-150, according to newly released court documents. Harold Rashad Dabney II, 28, is charged with two counts of capital murder in the weekend slaying of 59-year-old Dr. Julie Gard Schnuelle.Dabney is charged with capital murder during a kidnapping and capital murder during a theft, according to warrants made public Monday.Though police initially said Dabney was from Montgomery, court records list an Auburn address for the suspect.The warrants do not provide any additional details about Schnuelle’s murder, and a first court appearance for Dabney is not yet listed.State...

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Party nominee for mayor of New York, says that he will direct the city to dump its Israel bonds, because — he claims — they implicate the city in “violations of international law.” Mamdani, a democratic socialist and Muslim, has a long history of anti-Israel activism, among his other radical views. […] Mamdani did not cite which law Israel had violated (and would likely have been unable to do so). The only known violations of international law have been by Hamas, which launched the war with its terror attack on Israel on October 7, 2023; and...

President Trump on Monday responded to the horrific and senseless murder of a Ukrainian refugee by a career criminal. As The Gateway Pundit reported, 34–year-old Decarlos Brown Jr. murdered Iryna Zarutska last month by stabbing her multiple times on the Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail as bystanders did nothing. Decarlos Brown Jr. criminal rap sheet, with arrests dating back to 2007. He was later arrested at least six more times on charges, including felony larceny, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and communicating threats, according to the Daily Mail. Most of the charges were dropped. Other reports and social media posts...

with two counts of capital murder in connection with Schnuelle's slaying. Warrants have not yet been released, but Dabney's charges likely include murder during a robbery and murder during a kidnapping, according to WRBL. Capital murder is defined as an intentional killing with 'aggravating factors' and is the most severe type of murder in Alabama. The crime is a Class A felony and can result in a sentence of death or life imprisonment without parole.