[NYP] The heroic Oklahoma high school principal shot tackling a Columbine-obsessed school shooter was crowned prom king and hailed by students for saving their lives, heartwarming video shows.
Pauls Valley High School students gave Kirk Moore the touching caught-on-camera prom night tribute Friday night — just weeks after he was shot in the leg while fearlessly wrestling down an armed ex-pupil who stormed into the school lobby with two loaded semi-automatic pistols.
The now-viral clip shows the principal high-fiving cheering students while walking through the overjoyed crowd after the DJ declared him "our king" and blasted Nickelback’s "Hero."
[FOX6] DANE COUNTY, Wis. - Hundreds of activists tried to breach the fortified perimeter of Ridglan Farms on Saturday, an attempt to remove thousands of beagles that remain at the breeding farm in western Dane County.
Animal welfare advocates came from across the country — and beyond — to the small Dane County town of Blue Mounds with a singular purpose.
"Power in numbers," said Jenny McQueen, who came from Canada. "It's essential to get those dogs out."
Supplying Purpose Bred Beagles for Biomedical Research for over half a century.
[NYPost] A lawless mob wreaked fiery havoc on a Queens intersection during a late-night car takeover as local lawmakers demand a crackdown on these unhinged meetups.
Shocking video shows reckless drivers whipping around the intersection at 69th Street and Eliot Avenue in Middle Village early Saturday morning. Over 100 vehicles clogged up the roads along the Maspeth-Middle Village border.
A man appeared to wave a Palestinian flag as he burned rubber,
…a Palestinian flag, you say? Someone caught that on video, I expect, giving the FBI someone to add to the data base later…
just narrowly missing those standing around the car while it made donuts.
Flames arose from the street as hordes of brazen participants filmed the dangerous drivers – who sped off as cops arrived.
Councilman Phil Wong (D-Queens) slammed the incident as “disgusting.”
“This kind of reckless behavior is an attack on our quality of life, and it cannot be tolerated,” he wrote in a statement.
He said three people jumped on top of the responding police car and shattered its windshield – but the culprits got away.
At least one of the drivers was issued a citation for reckless driving, and the case is under investigation, said Wong, citing information he was told by cops.
Cops responded to the incident around 1:50 a.m., about two minutes after first being notified, according to the councilman.
Wong has demanded a meeting with cops and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch about the ongoing issue plaguing Queens communities.
“I have to question what the NYPD intel is doing. How do 100 cars come to a sleepy neighborhood like Middle Village? The chaos needs to end,” a Wong rep told The Post.
A dangerous car meetup brought violence to Malba — about nine miles away — in November.
The out-of-control mob did donuts on lawns and sped around the wealthy neighborhood in the middle of the night. At one point they set a car on fire and beat up a couple who tried to get the rowdy bunch off their property.
The NYPD did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
There is no way that any group(s) of New Yorkers are being systematically encouraged to leave NYC in order to make it easier to win future elections -- for the mayor and his fellow travellers.
No way.
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[PEOPLE] An elephant "suddenly emerged and charged at" Gary Freeman as he was walking with a tour group in South Africa on April 9, according to police.
Gary Freeman was leading a walking safari in South Africa when he was fatally attacked by an elephant
An elephant "suddenly emerged and charged at him" as he was walking with a tour group on April 9, according to police
Freeman once said he "would rather be killed by" an elephant than shoot one, a social media tribute claims
A charging elephant killed a longtime safari guide in South Africa who allegedly once declared that he "would rather be killed by" an elephant than shoot one.
Freeman, identified as the owner of the reserve, and the tour group had left a vehicle on foot when the attack occurred, SAPS spokesperson Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba said, according to the outlet.
"As the group were walking, an elephant suddenly emerged and charged at him," Mashaba said. "He tried to scare it off with the revolver he was carrying, but he was ultimately attacked by the elephant."
"There is no evidence that suggests the firearm was used," the police spokesperson added.
The tour group took Freeman to a "safe place" and contacted emergency medical personnel, who pronounced him dead when they arrived, Mashaba said.
A spokesperson for the South African Police Service in Limpopo did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Saturday, April 18.
[News18] In a touching moment, tech billionaire Elon Musk responded to a set of questions from a 15-year-old cancer patient, whose "biggest dream" was to meet him in person, just days after her death.
Conservative commentator Glenn Beck shared the story of Liv Perrotto on X, revealing that she "had a chance to speak" with Musk. However, due to her deteriorating health condition, she felt exhausted at the time and asked the tech mogul to call back later. Unfortunately, she passed away before that could happen, Beck said.
Before her death, the teenager wrote down eight questions for the Tesla CEO in a notebook kept by her bedside. Her mother, Rebecca, later passed the list to Beck, hoping Musk might still see and respond to her daughter’s thoughts.
WHAT TEEN ASKED MUSK
The questions reflected a mix of curiosity and creativity. The teen girl asked about potential plans for a Tesla phone, expansion of the Tesla Diner, and new gaming features in Tesla updates. She also inquired about Musk’s favorite anime, his visits to Japan, whether he was familiar with virtual pop star Hatsune Miku, and if the Grok AI companion "Ani" drew inspiration from the character "Misa" in the manga series "Death Note."
Her final question carried a personal touch—she asked whether "Asteroid," a Shiba Inu zero-gravity indicator plush she had designed for the Polaris Dawn mission, could become SpaceX’s official mascot.
The post quickly gained traction online, drawing widespread attention. Shortly after, Musk responded directly, answering each question. While he ruled out making a phone, he confirmed plans to expand the Tesla Diner and introduce new games. He also shared that his favorite anime is "Your Name" and that he has visited Japan multiple times.
With a simple "OK" and a smiley face, Musk agreed to name her plushie the space company’s official mascot. Reacting to the gesture, Rebecca wrote, "I wish she was here to see this."
The asteroid, named Apophis after the ancient Egyptian God of evil and destruction, is believed to span about 1,230 feet — even longer than the Eiffel Tower’s whopping 1,083-foot height.
Dubbed the “God of chaos,” the asteroid is on track to safely pass by Earth in a once-in-a-lifetime fly-by, lighting up the night sky visible to the naked eye on unlucky Friday, April 13, 2029, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
[ZERO] Fox News reports that Mark Houck, a devout Catholic and pro-life activist, was arrested in 2021 by the FBI and prosecuted for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act.
The charges stemmed from an October 2021 incident that took place outside a Philadelphia, PA abortion clinic where Houck and his young son were accosted by a pro-abortion volunteer who harassed and yelled at the boy until Houck pushed the volunteer away.
A jury acquitted Houck in 2023; he and his wife then filed a lawsuit later that year alleging that the Biden DOJ had engaged in malicious and retaliatory prosecution, abuse of process, false arrest, and assault.
Houck’s lawsuit specifically accused the DOJ of what he called "a faulty investigation" and "excessive force" and the heavy-handed FBI raid on Houck’s home sparked widespread criticism of the Biden administration over accusations of targeting pro-life activists.
In 2023, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) had sharp questions for then-Attorney General Merrick Garland over the FBI’s "unbelievable show of force" in the raid.
[Reuters] A U.S. appeals court on Friday declared unconstitutional a nearly 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling, calling it an unnecessary and improper means for Congress to exercise its power to tax.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled in favor of the nonprofit Hobby Distillers Association and four of its 1,300 members.
They argued that people should be free to distill spirits at home, whether as a hobby or for personal consumption including, in one instance, to create an apple-pie-vodka recipe.
The ban was part of a law passed during Reconstruction in July 1868, in part to thwart liquor tax evasion, and subjected violators to up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Writing for a three-judge panel, Circuit Judge Edith Hollan Jones said the ban actually reduced tax revenue by preventing distilling in the first place, unlike laws that regulated the manufacture and labeling of distilled spirits on which the government could collect taxes.
She also said that under the government's logic, Congress could criminalize virtually any in-home activity that might escape notice from tax collectors, including remote work and home-based businesses.
"Without any limiting principle, the government’s theory would violate this court’s obligation to read the Constitution carefully to avoid creating a general federal authority akin to the police power," Jones wrote.
The U.S. Department of Justice had no immediate comment. Another defendant, the Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
[LI] China's feeling a little butt-hurt right now
As China rails about "provocations" while running its own warships, trawlers, and air drills around its neighbors, Tokyo is signaling that the era of passively absorbing communist bullying in the Western Pacific may be drawing to a close.
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Given the average salary of a U.S. federal employee is approximately $97,456 per year as of 2025.
Does that figure include benefits and office overhead, NN2N1? Off the top of my head, I’d guess that would add another 50% to the spend/savings.
Remember that DOGE, departmental, and Congressional searches for savings has continued quietly in the background all this time' so that the cuts are not just in personnel, but in projects, too. The Department of Education, for instance, will likely be shut down before President Trump leaves office at the rate they’re going, with a few select programs being moved over to Health & Human Services, where they were before President Jimmy Carter started getting bright ideas.
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And even if 10% of the 300000 get private sector jobs they may actually turn their lives around and contribute to the federal tax base instead of taking from.
The average total compensation for federal employees is approximately $143,643, which includes both salary and benefits. The average value of benefits alone is estimated to be around $44,021.
Among the 300,000 are the 75,000 who took President Trump’s early retirement package, which had them off the payroll as of September 2025. No doubt the rest of them now wish they had, too.
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.
[NYPost] A lawless mob wreaked fiery havoc on a Queens intersection during a late-night car takeover as local lawmakers demand a crackdown on these unhinged meetups.
[PEOPLE] An elephant "suddenly emerged and charged at" Gary Freeman as he was walking with a tour group in South Africa on April 9, according to police.
[News18] In a touching moment, tech billionaire Elon Musk responded to a set of questions from a 15-year-old cancer patient, whose "biggest dream" was to meet him in person, just days after her death.
