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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Colorado school shooting suspect expressed neo-Nazi views online, says ADL
There was a school shooting the same day Charlie Kirk was assassinated. This is the vicious idiot who dunnit.
[IsraelTimes] Desmond Holly, 16, who critically injured two students Wednesday in shooting, was active in online forum featuring violent, white supremacist and antisemitic content

A teenager suspected in a shooting attack at a suburban Denver high school that left two students at death's door appeared fascinated with previous mass shootings, including Columbine, and expressed neo-Nazi
...adherents of a philosophy that was seen even at the time as pure evil, which makes them either consciously purely evil, or attention-seeking ratbags. Pick one, or both....
views online, according to experts.

Since December, Desmond Holly, 16, had been active on an online forum where users watch videos of killings and violence, mixed in with content on white supremacism and antisemitism, the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism said in a report.

Holly shot himself following Wednesday’s shooting at Evergreen High School in Jefferson County. He died of his injuries. It is still unclear how he selected his victims. The county was also the scene of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre that killed 14 people.

Holly’s TikTok accounts contained white supremacist symbols, the ADL said, and the name of his most recent account included a reference to a popular white supremacist slogan. The account was unavailable on Friday. TikTok said accounts associated with Holly had been banned.

A few days before Wednesday’s shooting, Holly posted a TikTok video posing in a similar way to how the Wisconsin shooter posed before killing two people in December. He included a photo of the Wisconsin shooter in a post in which Holly wore a black T-shirt with "WRATH" written on the front.

He also posted videos showing how he had made the shirt that was like one worn by a gunman in the Columbine shooting, the ADL said.

"There is a through-line between those attacks," said Oren Segal, the ADL’s senior vice president of counter-extremism and intelligence. "They’re telling us there is a through line because they are referencing each other."

Emails sent to Watch People Die seeking comment weren’t immediately returned.

Holly was also active on TikTok’s "True Crime Community," where it says users have a fascination with mass murderers and serial killers, the ADL said.

Some TikTok posts shared by the ADL show one user encouraging Holly to be a "hero," a term it says white supremacists use to refer to successfully ideologically motivated attackers.

The person also told Holly to get a patch with a Nazi-era symbol that was worn by the men who carried out the 2019 attack on a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the 2022 attack on a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.

Holly posted a photo of two patches that he had, but said the Velcro on the back had fallen off.

"I’m gonna use stronger glue when I fix it," he said.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/14/2025 2025-09-14 02:55 || Comments || Link || [1824 views] Top|| File under:

#1  My question is did he shoot the jewish kids? I am assuming the silverstone kid is of the tribe.

Posted by: Penguin_of_the_Best_Desert || 09/14/2025 18:16 Comments || Top||

#2  I never assume, Penguin, given how many have converted over the centuries or changed their names for various reasons.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/14/2025 18:41 Comments || Top||


House of Prayer church leaders indicted for alleged $22M fraud scheme targeting military vets
[FoxNews] The churches operated near Georgia's Fort Gordon and Fort Stewart, and Fort Hood in Texas

Federal prosecutors have indicted the founder and several leaders of the House of Prayer Christian Churches of America, accusing the Georgia-based ministry of running a decades-long, $22 million fraud scheme that targeted U.S. military members and veterans.

Following the indictment, the FBI on Wednesday conducted a raid near Augusta, Georgia, arresting leaders after years of allegations that the church operated like a cult and preyed on military communities nationwide.

FBI Atlanta public affairs specialist Jenna Sellitto confirmed to Fox News Digital it carried out a raid at a home in Columbia County, Georgia, and made authorized arrests related to the church investigation.

Sellitto said she could not immediately release the identities of those taken into custody.

The charges come after the FBI in June 2022 raided at least three churches associated with the House of Prayer Christian Churches in Georgia and Texas, established just miles from Fort Gordon, Fort Stewart and Fort Hood.

Following the 2022 raid, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a forfeiture motion for almost $150,000 claiming the church and its Bible seminary swindled hundreds of military members out of more than $22 million.

The indictment, filed Thursday in the Southern District of Georgia, charges church founder Rony Denis and church leaders Anthony Oloans, 54, Joseph Fryar, 51, Dennis Nostrand, 55, Gerard Robertson, 57, David Reip, 52, Marcus Labat, 42, and Omar Garcia, 40, with a series of crimes including bank fraud, wire fraud, misuse of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) education benefits and false tax returns.

Denis, whose true identity remains unknown but who obtained U.S. citizenship in 2002, is accused of exercising strict control over members through intimidation, manipulation and forced obedience, according to the indictment.

Leaders allegedly aided in the manipulation by maintaining members’ personal information, controlling their finances and orchestrating divorces and property transfers.

Dating back to at least 2004, prosecutors allege the church orchestrated "straw buyer real estate purchases," using church members’ names to obtain mortgages under false pretenses and then transferring the properties to entities under its control.

Church leaders allegedly collected more than $5.2 million in rental income from 2018 to 2020 while allowing mortgages to default, according to the indictment.

Prosecutors also accuse the leaders of defrauding the VA by falsely certifying students for GI Bill benefits through HOPCC-affiliated Bible seminaries.

Funds intended for veterans’ education were instead diverted to church leaders and affiliated entities, according to the indictment.

In addition to the other crimes, court documents note Denis allegedly aided in filing false joint tax returns in 2018, 2019 and 2020, resulting in claims of hundreds of thousands of fraudulent refunds each year.

In a motion to designate the case as complex and exclude time under the Speedy Trial Act, prosecutors claim they reviewed more than 175 bank accounts, conducted dozens of witness interviews, executed five search warrants across four states, and seized more than 100 electronic devices and 80 boxes of documents.

"The defendants are accused of exploiting trust, faith, and even the service of our nation’s military members to enrich themselves," said Paul Brown, special agent in charge of FBI Atlanta. "This indictment makes clear that using coercion, manipulation, and fraud under the guise of religion will not shield wrongdoers from accountability."

More than 200 grand jury subpoenas were issued in the alleged fraud schemes, which spanned nearly two decades and involved 150 to 200 properties, according to court documents.

Denis is being represented by attorney Steven Sadow, who was lead counsel for President Donald Trump during his Georgia election interference case. Sadow could not immediately be reached for comment.

The Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's requests for additional information about Denis' citizenship status and identity.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/14/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1785 views] Top|| File under:


#2 
Local News here, some how seems to have overlooked the arrests with any serious detailed coverage??????
Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/14/2025 9:12 Comments || Top||


Doctor found in 'compromising position' while patient was under anaesthetic, tribunal told
[GEO.TV] Married Pak Doctor Dr Suhail Anjum had intercourse with a nurse in an operating theatre while a patient was under anaesthetic, a medical tribunal has heard.

Dr Anjum, 44, and the unnamed nurse were caught in a ''compromising position'' by a ''shocked'' colleague at Tameside Hospital who walked in on the pair.

The consultant anaesthetist had asked another nursing colleague to monitor the male patient halfway through the procedure for him to take a comfort break.

Instead, Dr Anjum went to another operating theatre at the hospital in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, where he had sex with "nurse C".

Andrew Molloy, representing the General Medical Council (GMC) said Dr Anjum was the anaesthetist for five cases in theatre five on September 16, 2013 and left the room during the third case.

He said, shortly after, "nurse NT" entered theatre eight and ''encountered Dr Anjum and nurse C in a compromising position''.

Mr Molloy said: ''She described seeing nurse C with her trousers around her knee area with her underwear on display and Dr Anjum was in the process of tying up the cord of his trousers.

''Nurse NT was shocked and quickly walked through the theatre to the exit doors. Dr Anjum returned to theatre five and was gone for about eight minutes before his return.

''It is right to say that no harm came to the patient when Dr Anjum was absent from the theatre and the procedure went on without further incident.''

He said nurse NT went on to report the matter to her line manager.

Before the case was opened by the GMC, Dr Anjum said he did not dispute the facts of the case and admitted engaging in sexual activity with nurse C and that he knew she was ''likely to be nearby'' when he left his patient.

He also admitted his actions had the potential to put his patient at risk.

Dr Anjum told the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) hearing he left Tameside hospital in February 2024 and had since moved back to his native Pakistain.

But he said he wanted to resume his career in the UK and promised there would never be a repeat of a ''one-off error of judgment''.
The BBC adds:
Dr Anjum told the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service he wanted to resume his career in the UK and promised there would never be a repeat of a "one-off error of judgment".

Giving evidence, Dr Anjum said: "It was quite shameful, to say the least. I only have myself to blame."

He said he had let his colleagues and the NHS trust down.

He added: "I offer my sincere apologies to everyone involved and I want the opportunity to put this right."

The doctor added the incident happened after a "stressful time" for his family, when he and his wife were failing "to connect as a couple" following the premature birth of his daughter.
Posted by: Fred || 09/14/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1776 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  "You're going to feel a small prick"
Posted by: Frank G || 09/14/2025 5:06 Comments || Top||

#2  Frank G! Thanks for the laugh
Posted by: Airandee || 09/14/2025 5:41 Comments || Top||


Maniac who killed elderly NYC couple inside their home makes chilling admission
[NYPOST] The maniac who allegedly slaughtered an elderly Queens couple inside their own home coldly admitted to the horrifying crime, while also bizarrely claiming he molested them.

"I’ll admit it. I killed them," repeat criminal Jamel McGriff told police after his Wednesday arrest, according to prosecutors. "I don’t give a fudk. I killed them. I burnt the niggas. I molested them," he said.

McGriff’s chilling admission was captured on bodycam footage when he was finally busted — two days after he allegedly tortured Frank and Maureen Olton inside their Bellerose home and went on a shopping spree on their dime.

Wearing a white painter’s outfit, McGriff, 42, blithely stared ahead as prosecutors recounted the "horrifying and shocking" details of the sickening crime to a packed Queens courtroom Thursday night.


Among the tragic new revelations were that 77-year-old Maureen Olton was still alive when McGriff allegedly set fire to the couple’s home on Monday.

Neighbors told The Post that the older woman was bound to her wheelchair.

Her body was "unrecognizable" from the burns, Assistant District Attorney John Esposito told the court, adding that she suffered thermal burns, a fractured larynx — a possible sign of strangulation — and "soot in her trachea."

Frank Olton, 76, had been tied to a pole in the basement before he was stabbed several times, killing him.

Prosecutors said McGriff set fire to the slain man’s chest before igniting an inferno upstairs.

The sadistic killer — who was inside the home for about five hours — allegedly then went straight to Macy’s and bought $500 worth of clothing on the couple’s credit card, while registering a bonus points card in his own name. He also pawned off two of their cellphones for cash, Esposito said.

McGriff also kicked up his feet at the Regal Union Square movie theater to watch "Light of the World" — a 2-D animated story of Jesus — on the Oltons’ dime, authorities said.

Cops used surveillance footage from the theater to track him down in Times Square and cuff him later that day.

McGriff had already approached several other homes in the area under the guise of needing a phone charger, but had been rejected, authorities said.

Frank, too, rejected McGriff, but the convicted sex offender allegedly followed him through the home’s back door and forcibly entered the home.

"Get the f—k out," Frank could be heard telling the suspect.

The blood-curdling crime has put the otherwise quiet suburban neighborhood on edge, with residents remembering the Oltons as a welcoming and sweet older couple.

''This is a wonderful neighborhood and for everybody here, it's just absolutely horrific, absolutely horrific. He is clearly evil. Evil walks this earth,'' Dianne O'Boyle, a neighbor who picked up trash from outside the Olton's home Friday, said about the suspect.

Dominick Vaccaro, the owner of nearby Viccaro's Pizza, was astounded to learn that McGriff went to see a religious flick after allegedly carrying out the heinous crime.

''How can he go watch a Jesus movie after what he did? I thought he would be watching 'The Conjuring.' That more fits what he did,'' Vaccaro said, referring the horror series chronicling evil spirit possessions.

As for the $500 of clothing McGriff allegedly spent before his arrest, Vaccaro quipped that he'll likely never get the chance to sport it: ''He's going to be wearing orange for the rest of his life.''

The alleged killer has 11 prior convictions, including four for violent mostly peaceful felonies, prosecutors said.

McGriff was on parole following his release from prison in 2023 after serving 17 years of a 20-year sentence for armed robbery and sex crimes.

He was out of prison for more than a year when the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision received word from the NYPD that the career criminal failed to register his address as required on the sex offender registry in 2024, a department front man said.

But instead of being slapped with a parole violation, he continued to walk free until he was busted for the shocking double murder.

McGriff was ordered held without bail on 18 counts, including murder, robbery, burglary, kidnapping, arson and identity theft related to the shocking slayings. He is not facing any sex-crime related charges.

He's due back in court next week.

Posted by: Fred || 09/14/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1819 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Send him to Nigeria.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/14/2025 6:32 Comments || Top||

#2  Sounds like he didn’t get much out of the movie.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/14/2025 8:32 Comments || Top||

#3  New York state frowns upon the death penalty. You get what you tolerate.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/14/2025 9:30 Comments || Top||

#4  Quick! Get a liberal judge to release this poor innocent victim!
Posted by: Rambler || 09/14/2025 9:32 Comments || Top||

#5  He seems nice.
Posted by: Regular joe || 09/14/2025 13:16 Comments || Top||

#6  Nigeria has a mandatory death penalty for murder. So by all means sent him to Nigeria.
Posted by: Secret Master || 09/14/2025 21:08 Comments || Top||


New Jersey family charged with killing man and chopping up his body with a chainsaw: prosecutor
[NYPOST] A twisted New Jersey father shot and killed another man — and then enlisted his wife and son to chop up the victim's body with a chainsaw, according to law enforcement officials.

Everton Thomas, 41; Sherrie Parker, 41; and their son Deshawn Thomas, 22, are each being charged for their part in the killing and grisly butchering of Harold Miller, 48, of Deptford, according to a release from the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.

The family was charged on Sept. 5 in connection to the killing and dismemberment of 48-year-old Harold Miller.

Miller was playing cards at a friend's house in Camden in the early morning hours on June 12. After leaving the home, Miller entered the Thomas residence, according to cell phone tracking data, the release stated.

It's unclear how or if Miller knew the Thomas family and why he went into the home.

Surveillance footage from outside the Baird Boulevard home showed Miller enter the residence at around 11:30 a.m. — shortly before a gunshot rang out from inside the building, prosecutors alleged.

After the alleged shooting, Parker and Deshawn purchased a chainsaw, containers, trash bags, and other cleaning supplies, according to the release.

Additional surveillance video showed Everton and his son hauling heavily loaded trash bags to dumpsters at Tamarack Apartments in Camden, the prosecutor's office said.

A witness who lives at the Thomases' home told detectives Deshawn confessed to him that his dad asked for help to ''chop up'' a body, Patch reported.

For three days after the shooting, Everton prevented the two people living in the home with the family from entering the basement, according to the outlet.

That witness said Parker told him, ''a wife got to do what she's got to do'' and that she was not ''giving up her husband,'' according to court papers reviewed by Patch.

On June 20, Camden police conducted a search of the residence, where they observed bloodstains and found the twisted father was in possession of a loaded gun, cops said.

The following day, Everton attempted to flee to Canada despite not yet being charged. He was arrested on Monday at the Port of Buffalo after crossing the border on a commercial bus.

All three members of the sick family were charged in relation to Miller's murder on September 5, the release stated.

Everton is charged with first-degree murder, second-degree desecration of human remains, and tampering with physical evidence in the fourth degree.

Parker and Deshawn are each charged with second-degree desecration of human remains and fourth-degree tampering with physical evidence, prosecutors said.

Miller's body hasn't been found.
Posted by: Fred || 09/14/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1776 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Some thoughts:
A chainsaw makes a bunch of noise and is not basement safe if it is gas powered.
Indoor chainsaw use with respect to body disposal is not recommended because spraying DNA all over the place is not a good way to hide criminal activity.
If you have never used a chainsaw, the first time should not be for a three shift operation to cut up a murder victim.
Wouldn’t it have been easier to claim that the dude was a home invader or mistaken as a home invader?
The house seems to have a lot of non-traditional activity present so this will be a difficult challenge for a novice realtor.
These are my thoughts.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/14/2025 8:29 Comments || Top||

#2  A business dispute over the distribution of pharmaceuticals.
Posted by: EMS Artifact || 09/14/2025 9:41 Comments || Top||

#3  A business dispute over the distribution of pharmaceuticals.
Posted by: EMS Artifact || 09/14/2025 13:13 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Iconic California city on brink of financial ruin after being crippled by $230 million sex abuse scandal
[DM] A once-thriving California city has declared 'fiscal distress' after paying $230 million to victims of a former police staffer involved in a sexual abuse scandal - an expense now pushing the city to the brink of financial ruin.

The seaside town of Santa Monica - particularly its once-lively downtown shopping district - has been hit hard by years of unnecessary spending, new tariffs, and the lingering effects of the pandemic.

But city officials say the primary factor pushing Santa Monica toward full-blown collapse is the alleged sexual abuse by former police dispatcher Eric Uller.

Uller preyed on children in predominantly Latino neighborhoods of the city, patrolling in either an unmarked police car or a personally owned SUV equipped with police gear, according to court records obtained by The Los Angeles Times.

For decades, Uller also molested dozens of kids while volunteering at the Police Activities League (PAL) - a nonprofit serving underprivileged youth - during the 1980s and 1990s.

It wasn’t until 2018 that he was arrested, but he died by suicide later that year while awaiting trial.

The horrific case sparked a mountain of lawsuits accusing Santa Monica of negligence and even covering up the abuse - claims that have resulted in litigation costs that continue to burden the city.

'The financial situation the city is dealing with is certainly serious,' city manager Oliver Chi said during Tuesday’s City Council meeting, according to the outlet.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/14/2025 08:29 || Comments || Link || [1785 views] Top|| File under:


#2  More inconvenient LGBT truths surfacing regarding the Charlie Kirk shooter.

The name 'Lance Twiggs.' What was your first thought ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/14/2025 8:35 Comments || Top||

#3  Now do the Hollyweird establishment.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/14/2025 9:28 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ Besoeker

my thought also

reminds me of a Seinfeld skit 'if you name your son Jeevs, he's not likely to be a good mafia hit man "pardon sir, I'm afraid I'm going to have to wack you"
Posted by: Lord Garth || 09/14/2025 9:29 Comments || Top||

#5  They're paying for institutionalized sexism [just not the shade of sexism they usually denounce].
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/14/2025 13:39 Comments || Top||


Death toll from Madrid bar gas explosion rises to 25
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The number of victims as a result of a gas explosion in a bar on Manuel Maroto Street in the Madrid district of Vallecas has risen to 25. This was reported on September 13 by ABC.

"Three [victims] are in serious condition. The explosion affected a residential building located directly above the premises," the statement said.

According to these data, firefighters have to manually clear the rubble due to the instability of the building.

Earlier, there were reports of 21 victims. Firefighters, rescuers and law enforcement officers are working at the scene.
Was it the pickled eggs?

Posted by: badanov || 09/14/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1764 views] Top|| File under:


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Astrophysicist Loeb: Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has begun to change its color
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Anomalous evolution was recorded on the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. This was reported by astrophysicist from Harvard University (USA) Avi Loeb.

In August, Loeb pointed out the strange glow of the interstellar object. It does not correspond to the principles of reflection of sunlight by comets, which are known to scientists; the light is scattered more evenly. The researcher did not find an explanation for this phenomenon and admitted that an artificial object was flying towards Earth, emphasizing that this is a hypothesis, not a proven fact.

“The ATLAS team interprets this anomalous evolution as a transition from the scattering of sunlight by dust lifted from the reddened surface to the formation of small optically bright ice particles, which changed the opacity of the plume of materials ejected by 3I/ATLAS,” the astrophysicist wrote in a publication on the Medium platform.
"Or perhaps it's molting. Could be either way"
Earlier, the British newspaper Daily Mail, citing astronomer from the University of Lancashire Mark Norris, reported that new color photographs of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, obtained by the Gemini Observatory in Chile, confirmed that it is a comet, and not an alien ship, as some scientists assumed. Norris noted the presence of a coma and tail on the object, which is evidence of its cometary nature, although the chemical composition differs from ordinary comets in the Solar System. As it approached the Sun, 3I/ATLAS became brighter and formed a more pronounced coma and tail, which is completely consistent with the behavior of comets.

The debate over the nature of 3I/ATLAS has been going on for months. Scientists at Cornell University (USA) said in July that it had a strange flight path that was unlikely for a natural object. Astronomers suggested that it could be a spacecraft that would fly by Earth in late November or early December.

Oxford University astronomer Professor Chris Lintott called this version nonsense and declared that 3I/ATLAS is a comet.

Posted by: badanov || 09/14/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1786 views] Top|| File under:

#1  3I/ATLAS will fly by Mars in early Oct - as close as 30 million km

it will only get as close as 280 million km from earth

so it was sent by aliens, they may have thought Mars had (or would have) a more advanced civilization that earth

Snark O'The Day
Posted by: Lord Garth || 09/14/2025 0:12 Comments || Top||

#2  thought Mars had (or would have) a more advanced civilization that earth

Not an unreasonable evaluation at this point.

Posted by: Warthog || 09/14/2025 8:20 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ Snark O the Day candidate #1
Posted by: Mercutio || 09/14/2025 8:25 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ Let's wait for the competition...
Posted by: alanc || 09/14/2025 8:59 Comments || Top||


Passengers on flight from South Korea to New York quarantined over 'highly infectious' mystery contagion
This makes no sense to me. What did they fear was wrong with the patient, what actually was, and how did they determine the other passengers and crew were fine, or that an infection would be trivial?
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Passengers on a flight from South Korea to New York were put into quarantine over fears of a 'highly infectious' contagion on board.

The plane, from Korean airline Asiana Airlines, was reportedly en route from Seoul to New York when flight radar showed it was diverted to Winnipeg, Canada, at 6:30am local time Wednesday.

After landing, one passenger was removed and sent to St Boniface Hospital and temporarily placed in a social containment unit, a government spokesperson told Canadian media.

The passenger has since been taken out of the unit.

The plane with the rest of the passengers remained parked on the tarmac at Winnipeg Richardson International Airport for nearly four hours before departing for New York.

It landed at John F Kennedy International airport at 2:35pm eastern time.

The spokesperson said the quarantine was a precaution for a 'very contagious' disease, though the contagion has not been revealed.

All necessary precautions were taken and there is no threat to anyone on board the plane, according to the spokesperson.

Officials did not reveal details about the passenger's condition or the contagion they were investigating.

According to the CDC, the US authorizes isolation and quarantine at ports of entry for cholera, diphtheria, active tuberculosis (TB), plague, smallpox, yellow fever, viral hemorrhagic fevers like Ebola and Marburg viruses, severe acute respiratory syndromes (SARS), influenza A and measles.

Passengers bringing viruses aboard US-bound flights for the past several months have mainly carried measles, a respiratory virus and the most infectious disease in the world.

It spreads via airborne droplets released in coughs and sneezes, which can hang in the air for up to two hours after a patient passes.

Symptoms usually begin seven to 21 days after exposure, so many patients don't know they have been infected until they have already exposed dozens, if not hundreds, of others.

And the airborne droplets can spread more easily in the enclosed space and dry air of an airplane cabin.

In the current US measles outbreak, 21 of the 1,454 total cases reported in 2025 are from international visitors traveling to the US.

Ebola is another concern for international travel, especially amid an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that has infected 68 people.

In February of this year, for example, New York City suspected two cases of Ebola in patients who had recently traveled to Uganda, where an outbreak was occurring at the time.

It was later confirmed that they did not have Ebola, but it was not revealed what illness they were suffering from.

Ebola is spread by contact with the blood or body fluids of an infected person, as well as contact with contaminated objects or infected animals such as bats or primates.

Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle pain and weakness, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain and unexplained bleeding or bruising. It has a mortality rate as high as 90 percent without treatment.

In South Korea, where the flight this week originated from, there are higher incidences of illnesses like tuberculosis and hepatitis, which could also trigger a quarantine.

Tuberculosis, the world's deadliest disease, is a respiratory disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Though rare in the US, it kills 1.25million people worldwide every year.

It causes persistent and unexplained cough, coughing up blood, unexplained weight loss, fever and severe breathing issues.

Though deadly, tuberculosis generally only infects those who have spent a significant amount of time exposed to it.

Viral hepatitis, meanwhile, inflames the liver and can be spread through contaminated food or water, sharing needles or contact with another person's bodily fluids, depending on the type.

The CDC estimates there are 3,300, 14,400 and 69,000 infections every year of hepatitis A, B and C, respectively.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/14/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1791 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Source article indicates the flight in question continued on its way to NYC after 4 hours. 4 hours? That's not a 'quarantine' at all.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 09/14/2025 9:05 Comments || Top||

#2  To save fuel/money the airlines recirculate the air within the cabin.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/14/2025 9:32 Comments || Top||


WHO steps up support as new Ebola outbreak hits DR Congo’s Kasai Province
[ShabelleMedia] The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday that it is continuing its efforts to support the Democratic Republic of the Congo
...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material...
(DRC) in halting the spread of the Ebola virus, following the country’s declaration of an outbreak in Kasai Province.

Within 48 hours of the declaration on Sept. 4, the WHO airlifted 12 tonnes of materials, including personal protective equipment, patient isolation materials, water, sanitation, and hygiene supplies to support clinical care and protect frontline health workers. More supplies are being shipped to the country to strengthen the response.

"The affected localities are hard to reach. We are working around the clock to rapidly roll out response measures to ensure robust outbreak control to stop the virus from spreading further and save lives," Mohammed Janabi, WHO regional director for Africa, said in a statement.

On Sunday, teams of frontline responders were vaccinated against Ebola in Kinshasa, the DRC’s capital, ahead of their deployment in the field, thanks to a stockpile of vaccines that had been prepositioned with support from the WHO and partners.

The WHO is working with national authorities in 10 priority countries neighbouring the DRC to initiate readiness assessments and contingency planning, including in Tanzania, where disease surveillance is being enhanced in localities bordering the DRC to swiftly detect any cases and respond promptly to halt any further transmission of the virus. In Angola, the WHO is supporting the national authorities in stepping up preparedness, especially in Lunda Norte Province, which borders Kasai Province.

The latest Ebola outbreak in the DRC marks the country’s 16th since the virus was first identified in 1976. The WHO said the resurgence comes amid multiple health emergencies, including mpox, cholera, and measles, and assessed the overall public health risk as high nationally, moderate regionally, and low globally.

According to the WHO, the epicenter is near Tshikapa, the capital of Kasai Province, about 100 to 200 km from the Angolan border. The outbreak is currently affecting a remote rural district, though frequent population movements, particularly between Bulape and Tshikapa, heighten the risk of wider spread.

Epidemiological investigations are ongoing, with transmission chains and the source of infection yet to be identified. The onset date of the first case remains unclear, and undetected cases cannot be ruled out, the WHO warned.

Uganda, one of the countries bordering the DRC, said last Friday that it is on high alert following the latest outbreak. Henry Kyobe Bosa, incident commander at the Ugandan Ministry of Health, told Xinhua by telephone that authorities are closely monitoring the situation and will conduct a risk assessment before developing measures to prevent possible importation of the virus.

The DRC last declared the end of an Ebola outbreak in September 2022, after one case was confirmed in the eastern province of North Kivu. Testing showed that the case was genetically linked to the 2018-2020 outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, which killed nearly 2,300 people.

Kasai Province previously reported Ebola outbreaks in 2007 and 2008, according to the WHO.

Ebola first occurred in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks: one was of Sudan
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
virus disease in Nzara in what is now South Sudan, and the other was of Ebola virus disease in Yambuku, in what is now the DRC, then known as Zaire. The latter occurred in a village near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its name, according to the WHO.

Ebola is a highly contagious hemorrhagic fever that causes a range of symptoms such as fever, vomiting, diarrhea, generalized pain, or malaise, and in many cases, internal and external bleeding.
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#1  "Never lick a gift bat in the mouth"
-- old African saying
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#2  "[Ick!]ing it in the [south], on the other hand, is not explicitly forbidden by mission schoolteachers."
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Manhunt underway in Georgia after veteran officer is shot in the throat
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A huge manhunt is underway in north Georgia after a veteran police officer was shot in the throat.

Brantley Worley, a captain with the McCaysville Police Department, was shot on Friday at 11:10pm while responding to a 911 call.

The suspect has been identified as 26-year-old Timothy Craig Ramsey, who police say is still on the run. No details about what led to the shooting have been released.

The shooting happened in McCaysville, a small town that borders Tennessee.

Worley was airlifted to a hospital in nearby Chattanooga and is alive but in critical condition as of Saturday morning.

Worley's wife, Jessica, also confirmed her husband's condition, saying on Saturday that she was with him in the ICU. She pledged to stay with him until he comes home.

Multiple local, state and federal agencies are assisting in the search for Ramsey, including the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Fannin County Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations.

Ramsey has been described as a 5'11" white male weighing about 185 pounds. He has long blonde hair and blue eyes.

He was last seen on 1st Street wearing a green top, dark-colored pants and a dark motorcycle helmet.

Ramsey is being considered 'armed and 'extremely dangerous'. The public is urged not to approach him if they see him and rather call 911 if they have any information that will lead to his arrest.

Ramsey has been charged with aggravated assault with intent to murder a police officer. This charge could be upgraded if Worley dies in the hospital.

Chief of Police Otis Earley told WIS10 that Worley has a broken neck and is suffering from brain bleeding. He also has fluid in his lungs.

'Captain Worley is a dedicated officer who has faithfully served this community, and we are asking everyone to keep him, his family, and our department in your thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time,' Earley said in a statement.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp took to social media early Saturday morning to express his sympathy for the wounded officer and his family.

'Marty, the girls, and I are asking all Georgians to join us in praying for this officer who was shot in the line of duty, as well as all law enforcement who face this kind of danger on a regular basis to protect their communities,' Kemp said.

Worley was just promoted to captain on July 21 after 15-year-long career in law enforcement. He is also a certified field training officer and a firearms instruc
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Dead eyes.

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West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) reportedly ambushed Indonesian Army soldiers
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