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Thomas John Pizzitola suffered a traumatic brain injury during an altercation near Pattie's First Avenue Lounge in Scottsdale at around 2am on October 11. Police arrested five suspects on October 22, including Drew Meneses, who faces a second-degree murder charge after he allegedly threw the fatal sucker punch.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The former CEO of Evolve Bank sought sex from someone he thought was a 15-year-old boy whom he met on Grindr, according to court documents submitted by an FBI agent. The FBI agent said that they signed onto Grindr on October 19, 2025, and pretended to be a 15-year-old boy. They said they received a message from someone on Grindr going by the name "Tomm." That user asked the agent, pretending to be a 15-year-old boy, "Hey any chance u would hu with an older and chill guy?" according to the agent. Authorities later identified "Tomm" as...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A man suspected of stealing packages from Mobile and Mississippi porches has been arrested, according to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office. According to an MCSO news release, deputies saw a black Ford Escape driving at a high rate of speed around 1 a.m. Friday near Boe Road extension and Spanish Trail. When they stopped the driver, identified as Todd Anthony Bond, they reportedly found several packages in the car that matched the description of packages recently taken from someone else’s property. Bond, a 46-year-old Jackson, Mississippi, resident, was arrested and charged with first-degree theft of...

An explosion rocked a Harvard Medical School building early Saturday morning, authorities said. The unknown device exploded on the fourth floor of the Goldenson building on the Harvard Longwood Campus’s main quad shortly before 3 a.m., The Harvard Crimson reported citing authorities. Two individuals were witnessed running out of the building at the time of the detonation, the outlet said, citing the Harvard University Police Department.

An early morning blast shook the Goldenson Building on Harvard University’s Longwood Medical School campus in Boston, drawing immediate scrutiny from law enforcement. Authorities now classify the incident as deliberate, with two masked individuals spotted fleeing the scene. The event unfolded just after 2:45 a.m. on Saturday, when a Harvard University Police Department officer arrived at 220 Longwood Avenue following a fire alarm. As the officer approached, two people bolted from the building. Efforts to halt them failed, and inside on the fourth floor, signs of an explosion emerged. Boston Fire Department’s arson investigators determined a single device caused the...

He went by many names — Brother Wang, Mr Haha, Mr T, even Nelson Mandela. But to American agents, Zhi Dong Zhang was one thing only: the face of the world's fentanyl empire. The 38-year-old Chinese national, wanted by both the US and Mexico, was snared in Cuba after one of the biggest manhunts in modern narcotics history. Zhang, who stands just over five foot seven, small and wiry with an unkempt look, has been accused of flooding the world with synthetic poison — and of laundering millions through a web of ghost companies, secret accounts and offshore havens. Investigators...

NEW: Liberal podcaster Jennifer Welch suggests the Dem establishment needs to get on board with wanting conservatives dead or else far-leftists will come “after you in the same way that we come after MAGA.” Welch: *Plays video of protester celebrating Kirk's murder." Welch: "Listen up, Democratic establishment. You can either jump on board with this, or we're coming after you in the same way that we come after MAGA. Period."

Ian Miles Cheong @stillgray The assailant in the mass stabbing that occurred in Britain earlier today has been identified as a 22 year old asylum seeker from Afghanistan who snuck into the country on a truck. He killed a man walking his dog and also stabbed a teen and another victim.

A local LGBTQ+ activist in Prattville was arrested on Tuesday for chemical endangerment of a child after a naked toddler was found wandering alone in downtown Prattville. Adam Hunt, the president and co-founder of Prattville Pride, was one of three people arrested by police on Tuesday. According to a press release by Prattville Police, a “citizen was traveling down East Main St. at the intersection of Adell St. in Prattville when he noticed an unattended, unclothed, male toddler, walking in close proximity and in the direction of Main St. Main St. is one of the busiest streets in Prattville, which...

Jeremy Fair, the senior pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Tulsa, OK was arrested late last week in a prostitution sting after being nabbed allegedly meeting up with a prostitute for sex. A member of the Hills and Plains Presbytery, the married father of four was caught up in a sting staged by police, who also nabbed a firefighter who was set to be married the next day and a business owner who drove in from out of state. He was released on a $1000 bond. According to law firm Cannon & Associates “A conviction for prostitution in Oklahoma can...

Lindsey Whiteside, 26, is the former youth minister at Getwell Church in Hernando, Mississippi. In 2024, she was arrested and charged with “sexual battery of a minor child by a person of trust or authority” after she groomed and had sex with a 14-year-old girl over a period of several months. While prosecutors demanded 30 years, she only received three years of house arrest and seven years of probation, causing an uproar in the community over the light sentence. This also prompted district attorney Matthew Marton to rebuke the judge in the case while declaring: “She used the gospel of...

Jonathan Alpert says protesters are craving community validation in era where therapy speak dominates culture. At last weekend’s "No Kings" protest in Washington, D.C., inflatable chickens bobbed above a crowd that, according to demographic research, was made up mostly of educated White women in their 40s. Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert said that the "No Kings" protests are a snapshot of an era when emotional catharsis and civic activism have begun to blur. "What we’re seeing is a kind of group therapy playing out in the streets," he told Fox News Digital. According to researchers at American University who track protest movements,...

The entitled son of top lawyer has been arrested after he tried to evade police by mowing down two officers with his white Mercedes G-Wagen in Pennsylvania. Dalton Janiczek, 21, was charged with attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer and was arraigned on Saturday. The drama unfolded on October 24, when a sergeant attempted to stop Janiczek's car - but the vehicle sped away, driving erratically at a high speed while crossing over a concrete median, police said. Police tracked the car down to a parking lot near the...

The Gateway Pundit reported that students manning a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) table at Illinois State University (ISU) watched as an angry man flipped their table over and tore down flags ahead of an event featuring Alex Stein. WATCH: A teacher assistant at Illinois State University flipped over a @tpusastudents table and tore down flyers promoting an upcoming @alexstein99 event.🎥 @jessburback @tpusastudents pic.twitter.com/ydhIfcEa24— FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) October 17, 2025The hater of free speech, 27-year-old graduate student Derek Lopez, was identified as a teaching assistant(TA) at the university. Following the incident, Lopez was arrested on charges of Disorderly Conduct and Criminal...

A joy-riding Houston housewife was showing off her new $150,000 Porsche when she drunkenly mowed down a man on a date, one of her passengers revealed. Arllette Reyes told jurors at the manslaughter trial against Kristina Chambers that she met up with Chambers at a bar before getting in the car with her for a terrifying ride that ended with the death of Joe McMullen on April 20, 2023. Chambers blames her Christian Louboutin heels for the crash, claiming they slipped and caused her to accelerate into McMullen, who was leaving a donut shop on a first date. At Lola’s...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY – A St. Lucie County woman was arrested and charged with robbery by sudden snatching without a firearm or weapon at a weekend 'No Kings' protest near Vero Beach. Deputies said the 73-year-old approached a pro-Trump protester and attempted to grab a “Trump Won” flag he was holding at the 'No Kings' protest on State Road 60 just outside of Vero Veach city limits, one of six held across the Treasure Coast Oct. 18. Organizers said these protests focused on President Donald Trump's “crackdowns on First Amendment rights,” which attracted over 7 million people throughout 2,700 communities,...

A man dressed in a Donald Trump costume was allegedly assaulted by another man during a "No Kings" rally in Swampscott, Massachusetts. In cellphone video of the incident, the suspect, Michael Curll, kicks Jonathan Silveira from behind. He knocked him off balance and grabbed him by his neck. According to police, Curll then ran at Silveira from behind and grabbed him around his waist and used his leg to hook around his legs, causing him to fall over. Curll claimed that Silveira hit him with a flagpole and bruised his eye, but Silveira is denying that ever happened. “I guess...

Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears was defiant Monday after her latest brush with racism while she campaigns for governor on the GOP line, after a fan at a James Madison football game yelled at her to "go back" to a Black-majority country she does not hail from. The incident occurred Saturday during JMU’s 63-27 blowout win over Old Dominion in Harrisonburg. It’s the latest episode in which Earle-Sears has been targeted with racist invective; a protester recently confronted her with a sign suggesting she use a segregated water fountain. "I thought Democrats were supposed to love everyone -- and just...

A serial harasser of women who was sentenced in 2023 to 5½ years in jail and prison for following, grabbing, groping and chasing his victims has apparently been released — and was seen approaching several women in San Francisco on Monday. From about 2 to 3 p.m., a Chronicle reporter observed Bill Gene Hobbs, 37, approaching women in Dolores Park as well as areas of the Castro and Duboce Triangle — sliding up next to them on the grass or at cafe tables or crossing the street to talk to them. At other times, he sat on the street curb,...

Tipping culture in the US appears to have become so extreme that some staff now think that customers who do not leave a gratuity are breaking the law. At least, that's what some restaurant workers seem to think, judging by a viral video this week that shows a dramatic confrontation between employees and a customer. The clip has reignited a broader debate over whether tipping in America has spiraled out of control, raising questions about 'tipflation,' social pressure, and the expectations placed on diners. It shows the tense aftermath after a man allegedly left a restaurant without tipping his wait...