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HOUSTON, Texas — The Harris County District Attorney’s Office announced that the substance found in the van following an ICE officer-involved shooting was not drugs. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas previously stated that bags containing a “white crystal-like substance” were found in the van and were being tested in a possible narcotics trafficking and drug offenses investigation. According to the Texas Tribune, Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare’s office said it would not be commenting on test results that reportedly came back negative. The office then stated it has “been notified that the lab testing of…
On Saturday, 12-year-old Jacob Freytes, the son of a retired NYPD sergeant, jumped on his bike and set out for a local store to purchase a ball, something that happens thousands of times a day for children across the country. But in Mamdani’s New York, a simple right of passage turned tragic. Freytes, who was struck by a stray bullet during the senseless shootout in a gang-infested area of The Bronx. He was rushed to an area hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Per The New York Post: The 12-year-old son of a cop was fatally gunned down by…
MOSCOW (AP) – A U.S.-Russian space crew landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sunday after an eight-month stint on the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Russian crewmates Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev touched down in their Soyuz MS-28 that landed smoothly by parachute in a designated area southeast of Dzhezkazgan. Their 241-day stint on the orbiting outpost was the first space mission for Williams and Mikaev and the second for Kud-Sverchkov. The crew will be flown by helicopter to Karaganda, where Williams will board a plane to return to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston,…
On this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” Democratic Socialists of America co-chair Megan Romer defended their proposals to abolish Senate, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and prisons. Partial transcript as follows: SHANNON BREAM: We’re going to put up on the screen a few of the things that are part of your platform. And I want to ask you, just give me sort of a true or false on these. Abolish the Senate? ROMER: True. BREAM: OK, replace the presidency and Supreme Court as we now know them? ROMER: Yep BREAM: Abolish ICE? ROMER: Absolutely. BREAM: Abolish borders and give…
Washington’s deal with Riyadh could lay the foundations for the region’s next atomic state The US and Saudi Arabia have signed a cooperation agreement on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, which creates a legal basis for the participation of American companies in the development of the Saudi nuclear program. The document, known as a Section 123 Agreement, was signed by US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman. The parties also signed an accompanying bilateral safeguards agreement, ensuring that the transferred technologies and materials will be used exclusively for peaceful purposes.Although the…
Senator Ron Johnson was on “Sunday Morning Futures” with host Maria Bartiromo to discuss topics including passing a budget. He blasted Democrats for their continued obstructionist tactics. Bartiromo and Johnson also discussed anti-Semitism. They also talked about Dr. Anthony Fauci’s upcoming testimony this week in front of the US Senate regarding his handling of Covid. Senator Johnson replaced the late Senator Lindsey Graham as the new Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. “You have a lot on your shoulders right now as Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, and I want to get to all of that in just a…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – World War II’s D-Day landing beaches in northern France and the iconic Mount Olympus in Greece were among the sites added to the World Heritage List on Sunday at a U.N. committee meeting in South Korea reviewing dozens of nominations. The UNESCO committee, which meets in Busan through Wednesday, also inscribed the ancient Japanese capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara and South Sudan´s Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape, host to one of the world´s largest land mammal migrations and the country’s first addition to the World Heritage List. The French designation covers the five Normandy landing beaches –…
Biotech entrepreneur John Wilson has donated $29 million in rental assistance for immigrant families after the federal crackdown on illegals in Minnesota. Wilson and others stepped in after Operation Metro Surge saw many illegals detained and deported, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported Sunday. The outlet said some immigrant households were struggling to pay their bills since the people they depended on to bring in money were gone: Wilson’s company, Wilson Wolf Manufacturing, is a leader in cell and gene therapy and is valued at nearly $1 billion. In 2023, Wilson sold a nearly 20% stake in the company for $257…
BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania — Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ closing midterm pitch can be boiled down to a single word: “Affordability.” “When you work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to live a middle-class life, a comfortable life, an affordable life, live a good life,” Jeffries said at a Sunday speech. “You know what that looks like: a good-paying job, good housing, good health care, a good education for your children, and when it’s all said and done, a good retirement.” “That’s the American dream,” he said. The slogan “fighting for an affordable American” was plastered throughout a…
A woman was fatally beaten at a communal bathroom at an assisted living facility for the mentally ill in Santa Monica, California, on Saturday night. Officers were called to The Manor on Saturday evening and discovered a woman suffering from severe injuries. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim has not been identified. Neighbors said she moved into the facility located on Pico Boulevard two weeks ago. An unidentified suspect has been taken into custody. KTLA reported: More details are beginning to emerge surrounding the death of a woman in Santa Monica. The woman was found in an…