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Vice President JD Vance was blasted online for showing off his Halloween costume with his son Alec, the newest addition to their family, in a clip posted on social media. Vance, 41, uploaded a video of himself dressed as Harry Potter franchise headmaster Albus Dumbledore, fitted with a long grey-haired wig and robe, as he held Alec in his arms. 'Hey guys, Vice President Dumbledore here with little Dobby the Elf,' Vance told the camera. 'Wishing you a Happy Halloween. Have fun, be safe, eat a lot of candy.' Alec, who was born in July, was seen in a knitted...

A mother in Indiana faces 18 years behind bars after allegedly leaving her three children and dogs home alone to fester in deplorable conditions. Ashley Rogers, 42, was arrested on three counts of neglect of a dependent after officers searched her home and found her three children and dogs had been living in squalor. Fort Wayne Police officers arrived to Rogers home at around 12.20pm on April 30 following reports of a minor threatening to harm themselves and discovered the property covered in black mold, animal feces and filled with piles of trash. ogers's boyfriend, Antione Burnett, was at the...

A 15-foot crescent moon that was created by students to commemorate Ramadan was destroyed on top of an Arizona mountain. The City of Tempe announced Tuesday that the symbol atop A Mountain, where other religious symbols have been displayed, was found 'completely destroyed' after being reinstalled just years ago. 'A student group designed and built a 15-foot-tall crescent moon to shine a light on the holiday [of Ramadan] for the entire community,' read a statement from the city posted on X. 'It stood on A Mountain, just like religious symbols of other faiths have done in the past. It was...

The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been fired by the Trump administration hours after an FBI purge saw agents who investigated the President 'escorted out.' Rohit Chopra acknowledged in a letter to have 'concluded' his term, according to a person familiar with his ousting, just hours after the President fired a cohort of FBI agents who worked on the Mar-a-Lago and January 6 investigations. 'I swore an oath to a five-year term, and I will keep serving that until I can pass the baton to someone else,' Chopra said in an interview this week, the New York...

A Kentucky homeowner was forced out of his house after his 'friends' moved into his garage while they fixed their broken-down car and then they refused to leave. 'I was just trying to be kind', said homeowner Daniel Toma after he allowed a friend, Amy Davis, and her boyfriend, Tyler Sencuk, into his home in Louisville, Kentucky. The pair were visiting him during the summer when their car broke down. He offered his garage as a place for them to stay while they worked on it. 'Working on the car for days in the driveway, I didn't want to throw...