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The conversation every Black parent dreads is happening right now in living rooms across America, ignited by a single word echoed in a Texas courtroom: guilty. 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony was convicted of murder in the death of Austin Metcalf and sentenced to 35 years in prison. But while the verdict closed the legal chapter, it opened a painful, urgent dialogue inside Black homes—one centered on a parent’s deepest fear. For many, the verdict has forced an agonizing acceleration of Black childhood, forcing parents to strip away their kid’s innocence in exchange for survival. Popular TikTok Influencer, Just Wayne, spoke about...

A 30-year-old man from Sudan appeared in a Belfast court Wednesday charged with attempted murder over a knife attack that left a victim seriously injured and triggered anti-immigrant violence in several parts of Northern Ireland. Hadi Alodid, 30, was ordered held in jail after an appearance by video in Belfast Magistrates' Court, where he was accused of blinding Stephen Ogilvie in his left eye during the stabbing, prosecutors said. He was also charged with threatening to kill a radiographer on the same day and with possessing a knife. Alodid refused legal representation through an Arabic interpreter and did not enter...

In the fall of 2023, I took my first law school exam, a 13-page extravaganza replete with tortured fact patterns and endlessly subdividing short-answer questions. We had all of three hours to complete it. In a state of sustained panic, I macheted my way through the onslaught of pages, managing—just barely—to finish in the nick of time. The result was a piece of work product that, in any other legal context, would be career-ending: an unedited first draft, blurted out under conditions of extreme haste. Several students I spoke with had failed to complete the exam at all. Other students,...

Spencer Pratt has clapped back after Jimmy Kimmel roasted him for being beaten in the Los Angeles mayor’s race. During his monologue Tuesday night the TV host mocked claims the election was “rigged” and brought up the former reality TV star’s previous comments he would leave the city if he lost. “I know things might be tight right now, especially with the out-of-state donation money running out,” Kimmel said during his monologue. Moving is expensive, so to help you out we rented you a U-Haul. Our staff spent the whole day decorating for you, and everybody will notice you and...

An Arizona jury convicted a Marine combat veteran who threatened to blow away President Donald Trump with an M16 rifle, saying he would do it with “rounds targeting the head, not the ear.” The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona tells Law & Crime that Rene Ortiz, of Casa Grande, was found guilty on Monday of threats against the president following a four-day trial in Phoenix. His sentencing has not been scheduled yet. Ortiz went on trial this week after being arrested in early 2025 for allegedly hurling assassination threats against Trump in November and December 2024 when...

As he nears the end of his storied NBA career, LeBron James continues to stand as arguably the greatest basketball player of all time. James was asked about the inevitable GOAT debate surrounding him and Michael Jordan during a recent interview with Time. "I'm not taking nobody over me," James told Time as part of a wide-ranging profile published Monday. "There's no question." James acknowledged that the NBA's other all-time greats, including Jordan, likely think that they are the GOAT. "But I think Mike will say the same thing," James said. "Rest his soul, Kobe will say the same thing....

@RupertLowe10 Farage throwing around more outright lies about Restore Britain on national television just now - I am entirely uninterested in sliding into the filth through responding. He is attempting to deflect from the fact that two of his senior MPs allowed a brutal third world Sudanese savage into our country. A man was almost beheaded. Neck slashed apart. Eye gouged out. In the middle of the street. He was saved from having his head sawn off by brave bystanders. He was welcomed into our country, handed a visa. By who? Who made the call? Reform's Robert Jenrick as immigration...

Agriculture's Andy Gipson says until recently, Mississippi’s SNAP error rate didn’t cause welfare bureaucrats much concern. But President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Act changed that. Just last week, the GAO estimated that improper welfare payments are costing state and federal taxpayers a staggering $186 billion a year – and as much as $3 trillion overall since 2003. It’s numbers like these that have inspired Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to do everything she can to eliminate fraud from state Food Stamp programs. Thus far, Secretary Rollins’ efforts have led to the removal of millions of ineligible recipients. “A lot of...

Video at link. "President Donald Trump said the U.S. would hit Iran “very hard” today."

FIFA has left hotels across the US in the lurch after mass booking rooms in host cities before cancelling the majority of them.One host city hit particularly hard by Fifa’s movements ahead of the World Cup has been Kansas City, Missouri.Per the Kansas City Star, Fifa reserved up to 5000 rooms per night for many of the evenings that its officials and business partners would be in town.That means that Fifa will have reserved tens of thousands of rooms across the month-long tournament in the city alone.But as soccer’s greatest international tournament drew closer, the governing body canceled the majority...

President Donald Trump told the media on Wednesday, “I love the inflation” report that came out earlier in the morning, showing inflation had risen above 4% for the first time in three years. “Are you concerned, Mr. President, about the latest inflation number, which came out this morning? Could that be a–” a reporter asked Trump during an Oval Office Q&A. Trump cut in and answered, “No, I love it. The numbers were great. You know what I really love? I love the inflation.” “You know why? Because as soon as this war is over, you know, I can say...

I'm 70 years old and I am trying to understand reality. I don't know if what I am perceiving is real but here are some of my delusional observations. 1. The democratic partyy thinks there are 62 genders and that the definition of a man or woman cannot be determined. 2. Felons and child molesters should be defended and elected to office 3. A mayor should be reelected if she is in Ghana while her city burns from lack of water due to the protection of rare fish 4. A candidate should get 72% of the democratic vote if he...

ERIC Overview Member states securely submit voter registration and motor vehicle department data to ERIC. ERIC is also certified to use official death data from the Social Security Administration and subscribes to change of address data from the United States Postal Service. Utilizing these four data sources, ERIC provides its members with reports that identify inaccurate or out-of-date voter registration records, deceased voters, individuals who appear to be eligible to vote but who are not yet registered, and possible cases of illegal voting. In compliance with federal and state laws, members use these reports to contact voters for the purposes...

Failed Senate candidate and US Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) reacted to the Karmelo Anthony verdict on Tuesday, suggesting that Anthony was justified in murdering Austin Metcalf and that she would have done the same.

A stunned Court TV panelist was left shell-shocked after hearing Texas teenager Karmelo Anthony had been found guilty of murder. Sunny Slaughter, a legal analyst, appeared slack-jawed as she gave her reaction to the verdict, saying she was 'not expecting' that the 19-year-old would face a murder conviction over the death of Austin Metcalf last year. The case sharply divided the nation as Anthony claimed he stabbed Metcalf, 17, in the heart in self-defense, with debates over race and Texas's Stand Your Ground laws fueling controversy ahead of the trial. After a jury found Anthony guilty of first-degree murder on...

EXCERPT: SINGLETON: “You have this guy who‘s saying he‘s going to make a speech to make a con -- or draw a contrast against himself and Susan Collins. He stands up for women, she does not because she voted for Brett Kavanaugh. Yet we just had, not more than a week ago, very serious allegations against this very same guy who‘s now the defender of women? So to me, it seems like maybe a defender of women for my Democratic friends when it‘s convenient for them. But now that there‘s a political electoral opportunity to maintain their majority in the...

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California on Tuesday raised the stakes of the midterm elections and the landscape for 2028 by issuing an implied threat of incarceration to President Donald Trump. “Trump says voter fraud should land people in prison,” Newsom wrote on the social media platform X. “Agreed,” the governor added. “And let’s start with the politicians spreading election lies with the goal of illegally interfering with counting ballots.”

VIDEOIt's not corruption. It's TRADITION! As the host of "Meet The Press" Kristen Welker explains, "That's how they count the votes in California."

When Hugo Parra was arrested last year on felony charges, his pleas of innocence fell on deaf ears. San Diego police had a description of the Alfa Romeo car he was riding in and a witness who identified him during a curbside lineup as the man who brandished a handgun in Golden Hill. They had also checked the city’s automatic license plate camera system, run by the private company Flock, and got a “hit,” substantiating the claim. The problem, says attorney Alex Coolman, was that Parra was five miles away from Golden Hill at the time of the crime, and...

In this episode, John and I got to do a real deep-dive with Elon. We discuss the economics of orbital data centers, the difficulties of scaling power on Earth, what it would take to manufacture humanoids at high-volume in America, xAI’s business and alignment plans, DOGE, and much more. Elon Musk -- "In 36 months, the cheapest place to put AI will be space" | 2:49:45 Dwarkesh Patel and Stripe | 1,628,229 views | February 5, 2026