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  • Checkers employee allegedly shot and killed customer over missing packet of mayo

    05/26/2025 7:55:14 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 56 replies
    Nypost ^ | May 26th, 2025 | Zoe Hussain
    A Florida Checkers employee allegedly shot and killed a customer in a fight over missing mayonnaise, according to authorities. Fast food server Elijah Mackey, 23, allegedly shot 40-year-old customer Wesley Robertson late Wednesday after Robertson complained about his order at the drive-thru window in a branch in Kissimmee, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said. A witness told deputies the incident was sparked by missing packets of mayo, according to his arrest warrant. Mackey allegedly climbed out of the drive-thru window, called Robertson a slew of insults, then pulled out a gun and shot him in the chest, the warrant said.
  • Kayaker attacked and killed by alligator at Florida state park: officials

    05/07/2025 11:15:18 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 60 replies
    NY Post VIA Fox ^ | 05/07/2025 | Andrew Wulfeck, FOX Weather
    A kayaker was attacked and killed by an alligator Tuesday afternoon at Lake Kissimmee State Park in Central Florida, according to authorities. Authorities were alerted to the incident just before 4 p.m. when a witness reported an encounter with the reptile. Video from the scene showed law enforcement officers using both boats and helicopters to respond to the scene and potentially search for the animal. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission released a statement that read, “Preliminary information indicates that a woman was canoeing when she encountered an alligator and went into the water. The woman was later recovered...
  • Pioneering Death Metal Guitarist Brian Montana Killed in Police Shootout

    05/06/2025 8:42:02 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 33 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/06/2023 | AWR Hawkins
    A former guitarist for the San Francisco death metal band Possessed was shot and killed by South San Francisco police last week after shooting at a neighbor and then shooting at responding officers. The San Francisco Chronicle noted that 60-year-old Brian Montana “became enraged over tree debris spilling over from a neighbor’s yard.” An argument with the neighbor ensued and soon escalated into shots being fired. The Los Angeles Times reported that Montana armed himself with various guns as officers arrived on scene and fired at police. A press release from the South San Francisco Police Department says: “The armed...
  • 88-year-old man and dog killed in bear attacks in Florida: Officials

    05/05/2025 5:12:39 PM PDT · by McGruff · 36 replies
    ABC News ^ | May 5, 2025 | Meredith Deliso
    An 88-year-old man and a dog were killed in apparently separate bear attacks near the victim's home in Florida, officials said. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office said it received a call shortly after 7 a.m. Monday involving a "bear encounter." The attacks occurred "some time apart" on Monday, and the man and the dog were found within a couple of hundred yards of the area, according to FWC spokesperson George Reynaud. His daughter saw a bear attack the dog and then went looking for her father, who is believed to have been attacked earlier on Monday, Reynaud said.
  • Study Says One Wolf Can Cost Ranchers More Than $160,000 In Losses

    04/25/2025 4:39:37 PM PDT · by george76 · 45 replies
    Cowboy State Daily. ^ | April 25, 2025 | Mark Heinz
    Wolves in California are costing ranchers millions of dollars far beyond just the price of cattle killed, .. A Wyoming rancher says the secondary costs of predation are well-known here. ... As California’s wolf population expands, the predators there are costing ranchers millions — not just in value of the cattle killed, but through collateral effects as well ... one wolf can cause $69,000 to $162,000 in “direct and indirect losses from lower pregnancy rates in cows and decreased weight gain in calves,” .. Those results should come as no surprise to Wyoming ranchers, Jim Magagna, executive vice president of...
  • Diver believed to have been killed in shark attack filmed by helpless beachgoers: ‘They’re biting me!’

    04/23/2025 1:00:55 PM PDT · by george76 · 59 replies
    New York Post ^ | April 22, 2025, | Patrick Reilly
    Terrifying video shows a diver being attacked by a shark as horrified beachgoers watched on helplessly. The unidentified diver is assumed dead after the attack at a beach in Israel that has been drawing tourists to see the sharks — with one video showing one swimming right up to a child standing in the water. The attacked diver was heard screaming, “They’re biting me!” before being dragged further out to sea off the city of Hadera on Monday ... They’re eating him, eating the man!” .... “Wow, wow, he’s with the shark, he’s fighting him,” ... “I was in the...
  • Texas Republican county official stabbed, husband killed in home attack (grandson)

    04/22/2025 1:32:06 AM PDT · by Libloather · 33 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4/21/25 | Adam Sabes
    A Texas politician was stabbed and her husband was killed after their grandson allegedly attacked them at their Lewisville home early Monday morning. Republican Denton County Commissioner Bobbie Mitchell, 76, and her husband were stabbed early Monday morning by their grandson, according to police. Fred Mitchell, Bobbie Mitchell's husband, was pronounced dead just after 5 a.m. Bobbie Mitchell was taken to a local hospital and is expected to survive her injuries. The Lewisville Police Department said on Facebook that the double stabbing happened on Monday at 3:53 a.m. Mitchell Blake Reinacher, the couple's 23-year-old grandson, was arrested at the house...
  • Senior Islamic State leader killed in Iraq, Trump says his 'miserable life was terminated'

    03/15/2025 2:48:41 AM PDT · by Libloather · 13 replies
    Fox News ^ | 3/14/25 | Landon Mion
    The leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed, Iraq's prime minister announced on Friday. Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or "Abu Khadija," was killed in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement. The prime minister described al-Rifai as "one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world." U.S. President Donald Trump reacted to the news on his social media platform Truth Social, saying al-Rifai's "miserable life was terminated." "Today the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq...
  • Rep. Joyce Beatty Deletes Message Claiming Trayvon Martin Was ‘Killed in an Act of Police Brutality’

    02/27/2025 6:54:41 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 51 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/27/2025 | Simon Kent
    Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) used social media on Thursday morning to make the entirely false claim that Trayvon Martin was “killed in an act of police brutality.” Taking to X – formerly known as Twitter – she further added to her false claim by alleging his death was somehow attributed to “racially motivated violence that plagues our country.” No sooner was posted it posted than it disappeared, however Breitbart News captured the moment. See below:
  • 2 Virginia police officers fatally shot during traffic stop

    02/25/2025 1:37:28 PM PST · by Mark · 31 replies
    The Virginian-Pilot ^ | 2/25/2025 | Natalie Anderson
    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Officers Cameron Girvin and Christopher Reese were working the midnight traffic patrol shift late Friday night when they noticed a car with an expired inspection sticker and attempted to pull it over. After the driver of the blue Hyundai Sonata failed to stop, the officers continued to follow the vehicle into a townhouse complex near the intersection of Lynnhaven Parkway and Wendfield Drive, in the Green Run area, according to Virginia Beach Police Chief Paul Neudigate . Both officers approached the car after it stopped and asked the driver to get out, Neudigate said. The man,...
  • Female driver killed, passenger injured as Tesla flips, bursts into flames on NYC’s FDR Drive

    02/04/2025 7:42:36 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 26 replies
    NY Post ^ | 02/04/2025 | Emily Crane
    A female driver was killed and her passenger seriously injured after they were tossed from a Tesla that flipped and then burst into flames on the FDR Drive in Manhattan early Tuesday, cops said. The Tesla struck a guardrail and flipped on the FDR near 70th Street on the Upper East Side just after 2:30 a.m., the NYPD said — with photos showing huge chunks of the electric vehicle scattered across the road. Both the woman and her 26-year-old passenger were ejected from the car, which burst into flames
  • Pro-Russian Ukrainian Leader Killed in Moscow Bombing, Says Kremlin

    02/03/2025 6:19:59 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 6 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01/03/2025 | Breitbart London
    Associated Press — An explosion rocked an upscale residential block in Moscow early Monday, killing two people – including the founder of a battalion that battled Kyiv´s forces in eastern Ukraine — and injuring three others, Russian authorities and news reports said. Footage released by Russia’s Investigative Committee showed a building lobby with shattered glass doors and a damaged ceiling. It didn’t say what caused the blast, but the state news agency Tass cited an unidentified law enforcement source as saying a bomb was planted in the building. The Investigative Committee said it opened a criminal inquiry on charges of...
  • Murderer who killed two female bank workers makes entitled demand days after Biden commuted his execution (Brandon wants out)

    12/30/2024 11:32:14 AM PST · by Libloather · 54 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 12/30/24 | Noa Halff
    A murderer who ruthlessly gunned down two innocent female bank workers has now demanded to be let out of prison - just days after President Biden saved him from death row. Brandon Council, 38, who was sentenced to death for the cold-blooded murders of bank employees Donna Major and Katie Skeen, filed the bold request for 'compassionate release' on Friday. Council murdered the two women during a horrific bank raid in Conway, South Carolina, in 2017. After a three-week trial, he was convicted in September 2019, with judges handing down the death sentence the following month. But in a controversial...
  • Congress just put Ashli Babbitt’s killer on notice… he’s got 1 week…

    11/26/2024 1:48:04 PM PST · by george76 · 65 replies
    Revolver News ^ | November 26, 2024
    Is the jig finally up for dirtbag Michael Byrd, the Capitol Police Captain who many believe murdered unarmed Ashli Babbit in cold blood on January 6? ... Support our investigative work… pound for pound, the most impactful journalism in the country… Check out the new merch! — Donate… Sign up for our email list… stay on the bleeding edge… Is the jig finally up for dirtbag Michael Byrd, the Capitol Police Captain who many believe murdered unarmed Ashli Babbit in cold blood on January 6? ... This dirty cop, who has a history of disciplinary issues, including weapons infractions, was...
  • Hamas kills dozens of Palestinians suspected of stealing aid

    11/18/2024 2:28:55 PM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 22 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 18/11/24 | Dalit Halevy
    fficials in the Gaza Interior Ministry, controlled by Hamas, reported that more than 20 local residents were killed in a crime prevention operation carried out by Palestinian security forces in cooperation with tribal committees. According to the report, the victims were members of gangs that took control of aid trucks entering the Gaza Strip. "Today's security operation will not be the last," these officials told Hamas's Al-Aqsa channel. "This is the beginning of a large-scale security operation that has been planned for some time and it will expand to include everyone involved in the theft from the aid trucks." They...
  • Canadian hunter killed, made a meal of a goose that students were tracking for school project: ‘It tasted good’

    10/18/2024 4:13:09 AM PDT · by Libloather · 31 replies
    NY Post ^ | 10/17/24 | Anna Young
    He committed a fowl. A hunter in the Canadian Arctic ruffled the feathers of a group of student “goose detectives” after he killed and ate one of the birds the youngsters were tracking from more than 3,500 miles away. Devon Manik, an Inuit hunter, made a meal of the goose after shooting it dead, unaware that students in Dungarvan, Ireland had tagged about 100 brent geese for a school project to monitor the species’ flight path as it migrated between Ireland and the polar region, according to The Irish Times. Manik said the waterfowl trek to the area in June...
  • IDF: Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar May Have Been Killed in Gaza

    10/17/2024 7:54:09 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 17 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 10/17/2024 | Joel B. Pollak
    The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Thursday that it may have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, after a body was discovered that closely resembled him in the aftermath of a battle in the Gaza Strip. Sinwar was the architect of the October, 7, 2023, terror attack, and became the overall leader of Hamas when Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran, Iran, in late July. In a statement, the IDF said: Initial report – During IDF operations in the Gaza Strip, three terrorists were eliminated. The IDF and ISA are checking the possibility that one of the terrorists was Yahya Sinwar....
  • Westbrook’sFour Seasons San Francisco at Embarcadero faces foreclosure155-room hotel heads to the auction block after $73M loan default

    09/27/2024 11:32:59 AM PDT · by Vendome · 16 replies
    The Real Real ^ | Sep 25, 2024 | By TRD Staff
    Westbrook Partners is poised to lose the Four Seasons San Francisco at Embarcadero hotel at a foreclosure auction. The auction comes six months after the Florida-based investor led by Paul Kazilionis defaulted on a $72.5 million loan tied to the 155-room luxury hotel at 222 Sansome Street, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Late last week, the landlord of the 345 California complex affiliated with Chicago-based Metropolis Investment Holdings, sued Westbrook for allegedly failing to pay nearly $400,000 in rent and fees. Westbrook declined to comment on the complaint. The investment firm is still negotiating with its lender to try to...
  • Dead mall walking: Inside the reeling San Francisco Centre, store owners pray for a turnaround

    09/26/2024 12:03:46 PM PDT · by Vendome · 51 replies
    The San Francisco Standard ^ | Jan. 24, 2024 | Kevin V. Nguyen
    the San Francisco mall’s most prominent anchor tenant, Nordstrom, announced it would close its doors in August, leaving more than 300,000 square feet vacant across five floors. Shortly thereafter, the mall’s owners, Westfield and Brookfield Properties, said they were handing the property back to lenders ....stripped of the Westfield name and the brand’s distinctive red lettering, the 1.5-million-square-foot San Francisco Centre has become synonymous with the challenges of Downtown San Francisco: a hollowed-out business district, vacancy rates hovering at historic highs, widespread public safety concerns and business owners like the Politrons trying to find a way to surviveOn their way...
  • US ‘deeply disturbed’ after American activist killed in West Bank

    09/06/2024 12:57:53 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 23 replies
    The Hill ^ | 09/06/2024 | Ellen Mitchell
    The White House said Friday that the U.S. is “deeply disturbed” by the death of 26-year-old American activist Aysenur Eygi in the Israel-occupied West Bank, calling for Israel to investigate the killing. Eygi, who was born in Turkey, was shot in the head during an antisettlement protest near Nablus, The Associated Press reported. “We are deeply disturbed by the tragic death of an American citizen, Aysenur Egzi Eygi, today in the West Bank and our hearts go out to her family and loved ones,” White House National Security Council spokesperson Sean Savett said in a statement. “We have reached out...