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Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) is currently in El Salvador out of concern for an illegal immigrant MS-13 gang member and human trafficker, for whom he “won’t stop fighting until he’s home.” The criminal illegal immigrant is already home — he’s a Salvadoran citizen. Where was the Maryland senator’s concern when one of his own constituents, Rachel Morin — an innocent mother of five — was brutally murdered by an illegal immigrant? Van Hollen didn’t even bother to contact her family. Where was his concern when an accused killer was allowed to roam free due to the so-called “sanctuary” policies...

I have been provided with several rations’ worth of bitter amusement over the last few years , when reading various news stories, especially those concerning incidents of murder, rape, mayhem and property crime – most of which can be laid at the door of a certain violently dysfunctional urban demographic – and then comparing the sympathetic manner in which that specific demographic is presented in pop entertainment. Yes, just as the sun rises in the east, one can absolutely count on black urban youth being cast as hapless, misunderstood yet endearing rascals, automatically the prime suspect in a murder actually...

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told a committee full of skeptical senators Tuesday that escalating trade tensions won’t “be resolved overnight,” but insisted the US economy is strong enough to withstand President Trump’s duty regime. “Our trade deficit, driven by these nonreciprocal conditions, is a manifestation [of] the loss of the nation’s ability to make, to grow, to build, and the president recognizes the urgency of the moment,” Greer told the Senate Finance Committee. “Our large and persistent trade deficit has been over 30 years in the making, and it will not be resolved overnight, but all of this is...

A 62-year-old grandmother was killed while having an overnight "conjugal visit" with her convicted murderer husband at a California prison, according to reports. David Brinson, 54, was found guilty of killing four men in 1993 and was sentenced to life in prison without parole, court records show. In November, Brinson had an unsupervised visit with wife Stephanie Dowells, 62, at Mule Creek State Prison in Northern California, FOX 40 reported. Brinson claimed to prison officials she had passed out, but the Amador County Coroner said this week her death was a homicide and determined she had been strangled. No one...

A 16-year-old boy was stabbed steps from a Bronx high school in a violent clash Wednesday morning – one day after a 17-year-old was busted inside his school with a loaded gun, cops and sources said. The younger teen was knifed once in the stomach – apparently by another teen who jumped him around 8:45 a.m. across from John F. Kennedy High School on Terrace View Avenue in Marble Hill, police said. The young assailant ran off, and the injured teen was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition. In an unrelated incident around 10:15...

Allstate CEO Tom Wilson received a measure of backlash after he insisted that Americans must respond to the New Orleans terror attack by accepting people’s “imperfections and differences.” Wilson made the comments after ISIS supporter Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove into crowds in the early hours of New Year’s Day, killing 14 and injuring at least 35. Jabbar posted a video online professing his support for Islamic State shortly before going on the rampage, according to authorities. In remarks coinciding with the start of the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, the corporation’s CEO suggested the attack was a reminder of the...

A garbageman allegedly knifed two people during a dispute on tony Forest Hills’ Austin Street, then fled in his sanitation truck, police said. The two men, ages 35 and 34, were in an argument with the worker around 4:30 a.m. on Austin Street near 71st Avenue when the sanit man pulled out a knife, stabbing one in the chest and the other in the abdomen, police said. The garbageman, who worked for a private carting company, then hopped in his truck and took off while the victims took themselves to Long Island Jewish Hospital, where they were in stable condition....

This is the news I see happening tonight in our former great nation of the U.S. FOX Baltimore @FOXBaltimore Three people are dead and one person is injured after four men were shot Friday night in Northwest Baltimore, according to police. --- As of January 13th, there have been 11 homicides in the city of LA, the same YTD as 2023. Shooting victims are up 23.5% with 42 victims compared to 34 last year. Robberies are up 5.2% with 285 robberies compared to 271 last year. ---- FOX 5 Atlanta @FOX5Atlanta Milwaukee pizza delivery homicide; 3 teens charged with felony...

[Make sure to read Robert Spencer’s contributions in Jamie Glazov’s new book: Barack Obama’s True Legacy: How He Transformed America.]Many people are seeing the war between Israel and Hamas as an apocalyptic showdown between good and evil, and there is good reason to see it that way. And as has so often been the case, Donald Trump enunciated what many others were thinking but didn’t dare to say.Trump: “The fight between Israel and Hamas is between civilization and savagery, between good and evil. There is no comparison between a group that worships death and a group that cherishes life. Every...

A raging motorcyclist stomped on the back windshield of a car carrying a mother, her girlfriend and her two kids on a Philadelphia street Sunday, according to footage of the confrontation.The shocking moment, recorded by a tourist, shows the unidentified man riding a two-wheeler with a bunch of other motorcyclists, dirt bikers and ATV riders before he got off his bike and jumped on the car Sunday night near Philadelphia City Hall.

CHICAGO — At least four more DePaul University students were robbed on the school’s Lincoln Park campus last night. It’s the latest in a string of violent crimes on the campus. In the first incident, an 18-year-old woman, an 18-year-old man, and a 16-year-old girl were robbed while seated in the school’s quad on the 2300 block of North Seminary, according to Chicago police. Two men approached them around 10:10 p.m. Saturday and one robber demanded property from the older victims. Another robber battered and robbed the 16-year-old, CPD said.Both robbers fled in a silver sedan, a Chicago police spokesperson...

[snip] It’s the story of a murder that took place in Portland. Her name was Rachael Abraham. She’d dated a man named Mohamed Osman Adan. Adan was violent. "The beatings escalated after Rachael and Mo split. He would break in after midnight, the girls sleeping through his punching Rachael, choking her, telling her she was going to die. One night, he put a gun to her head. She was still shaking when the Portland, Oregon, police got there and told her she could request a no-contact order. “When I told him I was leaving him, he told me that he...

CHICAGO — A mass shooting left five people injured, four critically, near Lincoln Park Zoo overnight, according to initial information from the scene. The shooting occurred in the 1900 block of North Stockton occurred around 4:40 a.m. “A group of people were gathered outside … when a verbal altercation ensued,” Chicago police said in a media statement. “Unknown offender(s) then opened fired [sic], striking five victims. No one is in custody and Area Three Detectives are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident.” Police officers said found a 23-year-old man at the scene with gunshot wounds throughout his body. He...

Two were arrested in Greater Manchester after a dog attacked and killed Jonathan Hogg, a 37-year-old father, on Thursday. Police seized 15 dogs, as well as a £37,500, reportedly "the result of criminal proceeds." The dog mauled Hogg in the throat, and though he was taken to a local hospital, he died from his injuries. Hogg leaves behind a son who is only 4-months-old while his daughter has just turned two. One of those arrested is a 24-year-old man who is in custody and faces further questioning, The Daily Mail reports. He faces charges of being in possession in a...

A Connecticut artist had her nose bitten off by her boyfriend’s pit bull mix rescue when the pooch got spooked by her teeth-whitening device. Olivia Quast, 30, from Thomaston, suffered horrific injuries to her face and arm during the Feb. 3 incident involving her boyfriend Graeme Stasyshyn’s 6-year-old dog, Bentley, which he’s had for four years. Quast speculated that Bentley, who was abused as a puppy, might have been startled and provoked by her teeth-whitening mouth guard equipped with a UV light.

One of the five Memphis officers charged with the murder of Tyre Nichols was the president of the Mississippi branch of a scandal-ridden fraternity. Tadarrius Bean, 24, who was fired over his role in Nichols' brutal beating, served as the head of the Omega Psi Phi's Eta Zeta chapter at the University of Mississippi, according to his LinkedIn. Although the fraternity boasts its more than 100 year history as a haven for black college students, it has been at the center of several hazing incidents in recent years. One chapter in Virginia was suspended after members were found beaten and...

German youth in migrant-heavy neighborhoods once again turned Berlin and other German cities into war zones on New Year’s Day, but this year, news reports indicate that attacks were especially brutal and targeted rescue services, including ambulance workers.In Berlin, police and firefighters responded to 3,943 incidents, with 15 firefighters and 18 police officers injured. According to Bild newspaper, there were “particularly bad attacks in the hotspot neighborhoods of Kreuzberg and Neukölln with a high proportion of migrants.”“There were dozens of attacks,” says Interior Senator Iris Spranger, of the Social Democrats (SPD).In Kreuzberg, for example, after young men set fire to...

So, advice, my son want’s to do the 50 by 50 where he visits all 50 states before he’s 50. Eastern Oregon is okay, right? Secondly, the Lovely Mrs. End Times Sentinel and I HAVE to spend one night in Seattle this September. Now, understand she’s a life long South Philadelphian, I’ve been here 30 years, we KNOW how to sense danger in the urban environments better than 95% of folks (military/LEO/First responder backgrounds)...Exactly how bad is Seattle, for folks in the area? I won’t be able to bring my EDC.Thanks in advance,

A New Jersey house has been hit by cars two weekends in a row — starting just hours after its new first-time owners bought it, according to authorities and an online fundraiser. The first incident occurred on Jan. 15 when a car lost control, went right through the Ocean Township home and ended up in Deal Lake, the Wanamassa Fire Company said.

Criminal suspects released on multiple felony bonds in Texas' most populous county have killed 156 people since 2018, according to victim advocates, who have criticized bail reform efforts that have seen some people charged with violent crimes and released back onto the streets only to violently re-offend. In Harris County, home to Houston, the largest city in the state, there are 113 defendants charged with capital murder that been granted bond, Rania Mankarious, CEO of Crime Stoppers of Houston, told Fox News. The group has been tracking statistics in the midst of a change in bond policies.