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Benjamin Erickson has been identified as the person authorities detained after the Brown University shooting at Providence, Rhode Island on December 13. (snip) Now, many social media handles have speculated about Erickson's political affiliation and whether he is MAGA and a Donald Trump supporter. To be sure, these are speculations from unverified profiles. Erickson's actual political leanings are not known since his details have not been publicly shared by authorities. He only remains a person of interest, and authorities have clarified that he is not in custody, merely in detention, as a person of interest in the case. Is Benjamin...

A man who survived the Bondi Beach attack has described the moment his best friend died a hero while trying to stop the alleged gunmen. Reuven Morrison, who serves as an assistant at Bondi's Wellington Street synagogue, put himself in harm's way after meeting his friend Vladimir at the Hannukah event at Bondi Beach on Sunday. An emotional Vladimir, who says he would have been caught up in the gunfire if he hadn't needed to find parking, said of the shooting: 'I saw everything and now my best friend is dead. He died in front of me.' Vladimir, who is...

Sen. John Fetterman broke with Democrats on Sunday, siding with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham as he accused members of his party of embracing antisemitic rhetoric after a deadly terror attack during a Hanukkah celebration in Australia over the weekend. Appearing on "Sunday Morning Futures," Fetterman said he agreed "with virtually everything" Graham warned about earlier in the program. Graham had raised concerns about empowering Hamas by moving toward Palestinian statehood. "It’s an absolute betrayal for Israel and for the worldwide Jewish community," said Fetterman. "Whether it's France or Australia or any of these nations, our Western allies now calling for...

A father and son have been identified as the shooters behind the terrorist attack at Bondi Beach that has left at least 16 people dead. Naveed Akram, 24, and Sajid Akram, 50, opened fire on a Jewish Hanukkah event shortly before 7pm on Sunday. The 50-year-old was shot and killed by police, while the 24-year-old was shot before being taken into custody in a critical condition. The death toll on Monday morning has risen to 16, including a girl, 10, and man, 40, who both died in hospital. NSW Police say the dead range in age from 10 to 87...

There’s a quote, attributed to the intellectual Eric Hoffer, that describes much of what happens in Washington and the activist world: “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” Now the Justice Department has given us new evidence that Black Lives Matter, the cause that was so prominent in 2020, in what was sometimes called the great “racial reckoning,” actually began as a racket and went downhill from there.Do you remember when BLM was raising money that it said would be used to post bail for protesters unjustly arrested in demonstrations over...

The person of interest taken into custody Sunday in connection to the deadly mass shooting at Brown University has been identified as Benjamin Erickson, law-enforcement sources told The Post. Erickson, 24, was nabbed at a local hotel room after a gunman opened fire at the Ivy League institution’s Providence, RI, campus during a final-exam study session Saturday. The shooter was armed with a handgun and fired more than 40 .9mm rounds during the chaos, law-enforcement officials said.

Baosberg has planned contempt hearings over the administration's response to his orders, despite the Supreme Court previously shutting down his initial stays. The Department of Justice on Friday asked a federal appeals court to remove U.S. District Judge James Boasberg from an ongoing case over the administrations invocation of the Alien Enemies Act to deport members of Venezuelan gangs. Baosberg has planned contempt hearings over the administration's response to his orders, despite the Supreme Court previously shutting down his initial stays. The DOJ made its request to remove him in a filing to the Court of Appeals for the D.C....

New South Wales Police say 15 people, including a child, were killed in a shooting at Bondi Beach on Saturday - their ages range from 10 to 87 The attack happened while an event was being held to mark the start of Hanukkah - police say they're treating it as a terror incident The two gunmen were father and son, police say. The 50-year-old man also died at the scene while the 24-year-old remains in hospital in critical condition Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calls the attack "an act of pure evil" that "deliberately targeted" the Jewish community One video gives...

What a difference a year makes. After devastating defeats in 2024, Democrats are closing out 2025 with wind in their sails. They won double-digit victories in the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races. And last week they got a stronger-than-expected showing in a Tennessee special election. Republicans and Democrats now talk openly of a likely tsunami of wins for Democrats in the 2026 midterms. If true, Democrats better get a surfboard and make plans to ride that big wave into the 2028 presidential election.That means creating their own version of the Republicans’ Project 2025.They will need Project 2027 for their...

President Herzog and Foreign Minister Saar say government ignored the rise of Islamist extremism and antisemitismAt least 12 dead in Australia, including suspected shooter, after Hanukkah event shooting Yael Eckstein, president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, reacted to the shooting that killed at least 12 people during an attack on a Hanukkah event in Australia. Israeli officials were quick to lay blame for the deadly shooting in Sydney, Australia, at the feet of the nation's government on Sunday, saying it had ignored "countless warning signs" of antisemitism. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu read aloud at a government...

The man arrested in connection to the deadly shooting at Brown University drove from Wisconsin to Rhode Island with a laser-equipped firearm, according to law enforcement. Aged in his 20s, the unidentified gunman killed two Ivy League students and injured several more before FBI agents snared him at the Hampton Inn hotel in Coventry. Sources told CNN he drove from Wisconsin to Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island - a journey which would have taken around 17 hours. The person of interest also had two guns in his possession at the hotel and one of them had laser sight, sources...

U.S. President Donald Trump expressed uncertainty about whether Republicans would keep control of the House of Representatives in next year's midterm elections because some of his economic policies have yet to take full effect, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Trump, in an interview conducted on Friday, told the Journal, "I can’t tell you. I don’t know when all of this money is going to kick in," when asked about the whether Republicans would lose the House in November. The White House did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment. The president has argued that his economic policies,...

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani decried the “vile act of antisemitic terror” that unfolded during a Hanukkah celebration in Bondi Beach, Australia on Sunday and vowed to “keep Jewish New Yorkers safe.” During a Chanukah by the Sea event on the iconic Sydney beach on Sunday, at least two gunmen opened fire, killing 11 people, including children, and wounding at least 29 others. “The attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney today was a vile act of antisemitic terror. I mourn those who were murdered and will be keeping their families, the Jewish community, and the Chabad movement in my prayers,” Mamdani...

One of the survivors of the terror attack at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration said four police officers just “froze” during the 20-minute rampage on Sunday that killed 11. Eyewitness Shmulik Scuri said he was with his family when the two suspects began firing at the crowd of worshippers from a nearby bridge. “For 20 minutes. They shoot, shoot. Change magazines. And just shoot,” the witness told reporters. “Twenty minutes, there was four policemen there. Nobody give fire back. Nothing. Like they froze,” he said of the slow response. “I don’t understand why.”.” When he was asked who the gunmen...

Ahmed al Ahmed, a 43-year-old fruit shop owner, confronted one of the attackers during the Bondi Beach shooting that left 12 dead. The father of two wrested the rifle from the shooter and pointed it back at him, saving lives in the process. The man who heroically tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach attackers has been as Ahmed al Ahmed, a 43 year-old fruit shop owner. Ahmed who can be seen in a video dressed in a white tee-shirt approached one of the shooters who was holding a rifle, tackling him, and grabbing his weapon, an act that...

What exactly would it mean to “globalize the intifada”? What would a globalized intifada even look like? At least twelve people are dead and 29 injured on Australia’s Bondi Beach Sunday, as two Muslims opened fire upon a Hanukkah celebration. And so now the world has yet another example of what looks like when an intifada is globalized. “Intifada” means “shaking off” or “rebellion,” and refers to armed struggle against Israel, including Israeli civilians. The Jerusalem Post noted back in 2021, when there was a good deal of globalization of the intifada that went largely unnoticed, that “during the Second...

The professor said her teaching assistant was leading the review session when a shooter entered a lecture hall and opened fire. The professor herself was not there. Rachel Friedberg, a Brown University economics professor, said Saturday’s mass shooting at the school happened at a review session for the final exam of her Principles of Economics course. Friedberg said she was not present during the shooting. The session was led by her teaching assistants, she said, one of whom alerted her. Friedberg then raced to Rhode Island Hospital, where an Ocean State Media reporter spoke with her. Friedberg said she heard...

For those who understand the basics of attrition warfare, the outcome of the fight in Ukraine was obvious a long time ago. Russia's superior logistical position along with its grinding offensive tactics have worn down Ukraine's defenses and left the country with a desperate manpower shortage. The recent capture of the vital hub of Pokrovsk has now opened the door to an accelerating Russian advance. The Russian offensive is gaining significant ground from Pokrovsk to the north, all the way to Kupiansk. The strategic city of Siversk is now largely under control of Russia according to geo-location mapping. Myrnohrad, also...

In the aftermath of the massive Feeding Our Future scandal and broader allegations of systemic fraud in Minnesota’s social programs, a troubling theme has emerged: accusations of racism repeatedly used to deflect scrutiny, intimidate investigators and stall accountability.

LONDON (AP) — In the past year, tens of thousands hostile to immigrants marched through London, chanting “send them home!” A British lawmaker complained of seeing too many non-white faces on TV. And senior politicians advocated the deportation of longtime U.K. residents born abroad. The overt demonization of immigrants and those with immigrant roots is intensifying in the U.K. — and across Europe — as migration shoots up the political agenda and right-wing parties gain popularity. In several European countries, political parties that favor mass deportations and depict immigration as a threat to national identity come at or near the...