[MassDailyNews] The Boston Globe named her Bostonian of the Year. Boston Magazine called her the city's "best social justice advocate." A federal judge just called her tab: $224,063.
Monica Cannon-Grant, the former community organizer who rose to fame leading a massive 2020 Black Lives Matter march through Boston, was ordered Monday by U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley to forfeit every dollar she made from her crimes — from diverting donations from her own nonprofit, collecting fraudulent pandemic unemployment benefits, and pocketing rental assistance she wasn't entitled to.
The forfeiture amount includes roughly $181,000 in diverted donations from Violence in Boston Inc., the nonprofit she founded, more than $33,000 in fraudulent pandemic unemployment benefits, and about $12,600 in rental assistance benefits, according to a copy of the court order.
That's on top of the $106,000 in restitution Kelley already ordered at Cannon-Grant's sentencing in January, when the judge gave her four years of probation, six months of home detention, and 100 hours of community service; no prison time, despite prosecutors requesting 18 months behind bars.
[TrekCore] It seems that class will be dismissed on Star Trek: Starfleet Academy after the show's sophomore year, as Variety reports today in an exclusive that the newest live-action Star Trek series has officially concluded production.
The second season of Academy already filmed and in post-production for a 2027 release will be another ten-episode outing, but that will be it for the beleaguered series after months of challenges in both viewership ratings and over-the-top negative outcry from some corners of online commentary. Get your last fix of Gay Klingons in Dresses™!
From what I understand, everyone emotionally mature hates Star Trek:90210 because it is junior high glee slop, including the gay community which views it as a stereotype just a step down from the prep up commercials..and they'd be right.
And say what you will about Acolyte, when it was obvious that show was for the simpshills and the call went out, das hollywood lrgabergt+ community (which this show is too much JH/JS grooming) showed for a minute. Here, that didn't even happen, and the only ones up in defense are the simpshills who live off of page hits like it is peptide cake with mint frosting.
Flames ripped through a historic courthouse in Rome, Georgia as the structure’s clock tower collapsed on Monday. Floyd County said all employees were safely evacuated and that the cause of the fire is under investigation. pic.twitter.com/UoF1E1BdQi
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Hundreds of people across the western US reported seeing a mysterious green flash ripple across the sky this week.
According to NASA Space Alerts, the meteor was first spotted over Chowchilla on Sunday night, traveling at about 35,000 mph.
The agency said the fireball streaked 58 miles through the upper atmosphere before disintegrating roughly 29 miles above Calflax.
More than 300 people across California, Nevada and Arizona reported seeing the bright green meteor to the American Meteor Society, which collects public sightings of fireball events.
One witness, Gregory E, who spotted the fireball from Lake Nacimiento in San Luis Obispo County around 8.20pm local time, said it was 'like nothing I've ever seen before.'
'I've seen plenty of satellites, SpaceX launches (and explosions), and meteor showers,' he wrote in his sighting report.
'We thought it was a missile at first, it was kinda terrifying. By the end, it looked more like a firework, but it was far too bright.'
Another witness, Aelin G of Morro Bay, wrote: 'It was a streak and then looked like it broke into pieces that were on fire. It started as a circle, then shattered.'
Locals also reported hearing a loud boom as the fireball appeared in the sky, triggered by the meteor creating a shockwave as it compressed air in front.
The fireball was at least the third to be seen shooting through the US skies in the last week.
On March 17, another object was spotted making turns that seemed to defy the laws of physics over Texas.
Videos capturing the object over Red Oak flooded social media, revealing an orange fireball that did not move in a straight line like a shooting star crossing the horizon.
Instead, the object was seen zig-zagging through the sky, appearing to move closer to the ground before turning upwards and changing direction.
While officials have not yet identified the object, described by some as a UFO, orb, or meteor, witnesses reported it emitted a bright orange tail resembling a rocket engine or the fiery trail of a space rock entering the atmosphere.
Residents across Pennsylvania and Ohio were startled that same morning when a meteor was widely seen crashing to Earth.
Witnesses in Pittsburgh reported seeing what appeared to be a burning object streaking through the sky, describing it as 'a rocket or something like a meteor.'
One local wrote online: '911 calls in the city. I have relatives who heard the boom from Hinckley, Ohio, all the way to Sandusky.'
'Totally reminded me of the sonic booms produced by the fighter-jet test pilots in the early 1960s,' another person shared.
The National Weather Service (NWS) later said the fiery object was likely a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere.
The meteor was spotted by space satellites around 9am ET and seen by human eyes about one hour later.
As of January 2026, the Meteoritical Bulletin Database has recorded 1,270 officially confirmed 'observed falls,' meteorites that were seen falling to Earth and later recovered.
Scientists estimate around 17,000 meteorites strike the planet each year, but most land in oceans or remote areas, meaning only about 1.8 percent of meteorites have actually been witnessed.
[JTN] The now-infamous scenes of far-left activists descending upon Cuba in recent days were preceded by high-level meetings between leaders within the Singham Network and the strongman head of Communist Cuba earlier this month.
Earlier in March, in the lead up to this past weekend’s events, the leaders of the Singham-linked People’s Forum, Tricontential: Institute for Social Research, Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition, the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), and the International Peoples’ Assembly all traveled to Havana for a warm “solidarity” meeting with Miguel Díaz-Canel, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba.
The so-called “humanitarian” trips to Cuba over the weekend — which continue to unfold this week — were in large part organized by groups within the activist network tied to and funded by wealthy Marxist and China-based businessman Neville Roy Singham, as well as by the far-left Progressive International (which counts the leftist anti-war group Code Pink, which is personally and financially tied to Singham, as one of its member organizations).
BERLIN, March 25 (Reuters) - The German army is working to accelerate wartime decision-making through artificial intelligence tools capable of analysing battlefield data more rapidly than humans, drawing lessons from Ukrainian and other forces, its commander told Reuters.
Lieutenant General Christian Freuding, who became army chief last October after years of overseeing Germany's arms supplies to Kyiv, shared his insights from visits to Ukrainian command posts where drones and modern sensors have drastically increased the volume of battlefield data.
"The Ukrainians exploit data which they have collected over four years of war. Based on this data, the AI can deduce how the enemy has acted in similar situations in the past - and recommend countermeasures," he said.
He noted that tasks now requiring hundreds of personnel and days to complete could be sped up significantly through AI, adding that conventional methods alone would never be enough to "break the adversary's decision-making cycle".
Freuding suggested utilising data from Ukraine and from German military exercises when training analytical tools, ensuring alignment with Germany's operational principles.
A 3,000-ton Korean naval submarine will travel across the Pacific for the first time to take part in joint drills with Canada in June, aimed at bolstering maritime security and arms industry cooperation, the Navy said Wednesday.
The planned 14,000-kilometer journey by the ROKS Dosan Ahn Chang-ho comes as a Korean consortium is vying with Germany's Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems to win a landmark contract to supply 12 naval submarines to the Canadian navy.
The submarine is set to travel from Jinhae to Victoria in western Canada to participate in the combined drills scheduled for June, according to the Navy. It will make stops in Guam and Hawaii for replenishment, with two Canadian submariners set to join Korean crew members for the final leg of the trip from Hawaii to Victoria.
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[Regnum] Archaeologists have discovered a previously unknown section of the late antique period in a Roman necropolis along the historic Via Ostia road, which experts have dubbed a "vampire cemetery." This was reported by the Arkeonews portal.
Archaeologists found metal nails driven between the ribs and into the eye sockets of the buried bodies. It was determined that the nails were driven into the bodies after death. Some graves contained lead tablets with curses. Scientists have suggested that beliefs about vampires were widespread in Rome.
Similar burials have previously been found in Poland, Bulgaria and Croatia.
National Geographic magazine previously compiled a ranking of the most unique artifacts. A gold rush-era ghost ship topped the list, with explorers finding forgotten boots on the deck of the sunken vessel and scattered kitchen utensils in the kitchen. Also on the list were the largest Anglo-Saxon hoard (gold jewelry, precious stones, and ornate weapons); ancient teeth with gemstones; the tomb of the ancient "King of Jewels" in Peru; and a vampire skull found in Italy.
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[Regnum] NASA, together with the US Department of Energy, is preparing the technological foundation for expeditions to Mars and the outer solar system. This was stated in a statement published on the department's website on March 24.
According to the publication, the agencies are currently working to ensure the necessary capabilities for sustainable space exploration beyond the Moon.
NASA also added that, as part of this plan, the Space Reactor-1 Freedom spacecraft is scheduled to arrive on Mars by the end of 2028 to deploy the necessary infrastructure there, as well as Ingenuity-class drones for further exploration of the planet and the rest of the solar system.
Last March, American entrepreneur Elon Musk claimed that the Starship spacecraft would fly to Mars with the humanoid robot Optimus in late 2026. However, since early 2025, several Starship test flights have failed. Specifically, in June, SpaceX's Starship launch vehicle prototype exploded during a routine test in Texas.
This major policy shift is outlined in NASA's new roadmap, which describes a multi-phase approach to establishing a sustained human presence on the moon. The plan relies on international and commercial partnerships, advanced technologies and a $20 billion investment. NASA also aims to fulfill the ambitious space goals set by President Donald Trump.
"NASA is committed to achieving the near‑impossible once again, to return to the Moon before the end of President Trump's term, build a Moon base, establish an enduring presence, and do the other things needed to ensure American leadership in space," NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said Tuesday.
As part of this shift, NASA will pause its Gateway project, which had aimed to build a small lunar-orbiting space station by 2027. Some of Gateway’s hardware will be repurposed for the new moon base initiative.
NASA’s plan will unfold in phases. The first phase focuses on repeatable missions deploying rovers, scientific instruments, and power generation equipment to the moon. The second phase introduces semi-habitable infrastructure and regular logistics in partnership with international collaborators. Heavier infrastructure to support a continuous human foothold will follow, marking the transition from periodic expeditions to a permanent base.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
