[Daily Caller] ABC News reporter Matt Gutman said on Tuesday that the text messages between Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin and his transgender boyfriend were "touching."
Utah County Attorney Jeffrey Gray announced the charges against the assassin, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, and outlined several pieces of crucial evidence against the suspect, including his text messages with his trans-identifying boyfriend, Lance Twiggs. Following the announcement, Gutman appeared to be deeply touched by the text messages that showed Robinson telling Twiggs that he wanted to protect him.
[PJM] An urban youth — as perpetrators of violent crime are often referred to in polite liberal media to avoid getting too specific with descriptors — experiencing a “mental health episode” “randomly” stabbed two women in a Tallahassee Park last week.
While fleeing the scene, he dove into a pond and immediately drowned.
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The Leon County Sheriff’s dive team recovered his body. He was pronounced dead on scene
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[Regnum] A Thai man killed his own young daughter, broadcasting the crime live on social media, and then committed suicide. This was reported on September 16 by The Mirror.
The murder took place in an abandoned hotel in Phuket. The broadcast was conducted via Facebook (owned by Meta, a company recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation). The recording of the crime was available for viewing during the day, and only then the platform apologized and removed the content.
Local television also showed footage of the murdered girl's mother crying over her daughter's body. She said her husband was constantly aggressive and had already spent two years in prison. The woman also said she did not blame the social network or those who distributed the video.
"I'm not angry at those who shared this video. I understand that people shared it because they were outraged by what happened," she said.
[PJ] They held the Emmy Awards ceremony on Sunday night as Hollywood gathered to pat itself on the back and pretend that anyone, anywhere cares about what they think of national and international issues.
The Los Angeles Times informs us that a failed late-night talk show host who lost almost half his audience before being canned received a long, "heartfelt" standing ovation from the crowd, most of whom were grateful it wasn't them.
Stephen Colbert's nightly anti-Trump rants were at least partially responsible for the supposed comic losing more than a million viewers in 2024. He said that his show was about "loss."
"And that’s related to love, because sometimes you only truly know how much you love something when you get a sense that you might be losing it," Colbert said. "And in September of 2025, my friends, I have never loved my country more desperately. God bless America. Stay strong, be brave."
Colbert's love of country is directly proportional to how much he can tear it down.
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The Emmys were awarded and I heard nothing about it. Good. Social isolation works.
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I heard zero about the Emmys, too. Sometimes you hear about such rubbish without even looking. I didn't even hear about them at all (except here on the Burg).
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[Regnum] American scientists have discovered the wreckage of a cargo "ghost schooner" that sank off the coast of Wisconsin during a severe storm 140 years ago. This was reported by the New York Post, citing the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association.
The wreckage was found after decades of exploring the depths of Lake Michigan near the village of Baileys Harbor, said researcher Brandon Baillod, who led the search.
The three-masted cargo schooner F.J. King was built in 1867 in Toledo. The ship was en route from Escanaba to Chicago with a cargo of iron ore on September 15, 1886, when a severe storm hit. Waves up to ten feet high actually tore the hull apart, and at 2 a.m. she sank, despite the efforts of Captain William Griffin and his men to pump out the water.
Another passing vessel rescued the crew of the FJ King, who were taken to a nearby village.
Because of discrepancies in the reports of the schooner's whereabouts, researchers have long been unable to locate the wreck. Wreck hunters have been searching the area for the vessel since the 1970s, giving the FJ King the nickname "the phantom schooner."
This time, the team concentrated their search in a specific square based on the lighthouse keeper's report, and as a result, they discovered a strange object using side-scanning radar, which turned out to be a schooner. However, the ship's hull was almost intact, which surprised the scientists, who expected it to be destroyed by the weight of the iron ore it was carrying.
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[Regnum] A new magnetic storm was recorded on Earth after a short break. This was reported on September 16 by the solar astronomy laboratory of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The phenomenon was recorded on the night of September 16. The magnetic storm level reached G1 (weak). Scientists noted that the impact was associated with a large coronal hole on the Sun. Because of this, geomagnetic disturbances have been lasting for the second day.
“If new circumstances do not intervene, this is exactly what the geomagnetic situation will be like for the next 2-3 days, until the Earth leaves the disturbed region of outer space,” the laboratory clarified.
On September 15, the Earth recorded the strongest magnetic storm in the last three months. According to scientists, the magnetic storm was predicted several days ago, but its strength turned out to be much higher than expected. The last time such a disturbance of the Earth's magnetosphere was observed was in early June, more than three months ago.
[WFSB] In memory of those that actually place themselves in harms way to save others.
Master Firefighter Preston Fant, a father of five.
Who was with DeKalb County Fire Rescue for 21+ years and literally had saved 100's of lives over his career.
Has died in the line of duty.
He died after becoming trapped in a burning warehouse, while he was trying to rescue a fellow firefighter also trapped.
Yes, there is a GoFundMe to help the family with the expenses.
The fire happened inside a warehouse owned by an Indie/Horror film production company called Digital Thunderdome.
The cause of the blaze, remains under investigation. But there are already some indications, of serious fines and/or charges being brought.
Typical of some Companies, Digital Thunderdome has the gall to also ask for GoFundme $$$$$ to help rebuild itself, and not to help the Firefighter's family, that died trying to save their property.
British pharmaceutical firm GSK has pledged to invest $30bn (£22bn) in research and manufacturing in the US over the next five years.
Announced at the start of US President Donald Trump ...The Hero of Butler, Pennsylvania... 's visit to the UK, the money will fund the development of next-generation factories, artificial intelligence (AI) and research labs in the US, said GSK.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the investment was a "powerful example" of collaboration between the countries and would create new jobs and boost drug development.
The move comes as drugmakers face pressure from the Trump administration to move production to the US.
GSK said in a statement that $1.2bn would be allocated to build a new factory in Pennsylvania to develop medicines for respiratory diseases and cancer. Construction is planned to start next year.
The money will also fund new AI and digital technology tools across GSK's five American manufacturing sites, including those in North Carolina and Maryland.
The rest of the $30bn investment will support GSK's supply chain and drug research efforts, the company said.
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[REGNUM] Astana, September 16, 2025, 17:07 — IA Regnum. Bride kidnappers in Kazakhstan can get up to 10 years in prison. The relevant changes in the legislation came into force on September 16, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic reported.
A new article 125-1 "Forcing into marriage" has appeared in the Kazakh Criminal Code. Bride kidnapping is recognized as a criminal offense.
Violation of this article is punishable by a fine, correctional or community service, restriction or imprisonment.
Penalties depend on the circumstances of the crime - from a fine of up to 2,000 monthly calculation indices and imprisonment for up to two years to imprisonment for five to 10 years. More severe punishment is provided for the case if the actions of the offender negligently entailed serious consequences.
“A more severe punishment is imposed in cases where coercion is accompanied by violence, is committed against minors, using addiction, by a group of people, or using official position,” the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported.
The agency explained that the innovations are aimed at preventing forced marriages and protecting vulnerable categories of citizens, primarily women and teenagers.
In addition, the law "On Amendments and Supplements to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Optimization of Criminal Legislation" came into force in Kazakhstan. If previously a person who voluntarily released a kidnapped person could expect to be released from criminal liability, now this possibility is excluded. Even if the kidnapped person is voluntarily released, the perpetrator will still be held liable in accordance with the law.
In early September, in the Almaty region of Kazakhstan, two women born in 1996 kidnapped a 16-year-old girl and tortured her. The teenager was forced to kiss the kidnappers' hands and feet, and all of this was filmed on video. The suspects were detained and placed in a pretrial detention center.
[BBC] Celebrated children's writer Robert Munsch has been approved for medically assisted dying in Canada.
Munsch, whose 85 published books include The Paper Bag Princess and Love You Forever, was diagnosed with dementia in 2021 and also has Parkinson's disease.
An unhappy combination…
The 80-year-old author told the New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... Magazine that he had not decided a date for his death, but said he would go "when I start having real trouble talking and communicating. Then I'll know."
Canada first legalised euthanasia in 2016 for people with terminal illnesses. In 2021, the law was changed to include those with serious and chronic physical conditions, even in non-life threatening circumstances.
Munsch has sold more than 80 million copies of his books in North America alone and they have been translated into at least 20 language - including Arabic, Spanish and Anishinaabemowin, an indigenous North American language.
In 1999, Munsch was made a member of the Order of Canada. A decade later, he received a star of Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto.
In the interview with the New York Times Magazine, Munsch said his decision was influenced by watching his brother die from Lou Gehrig's disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - the most common form of motor neurone disease (MND).
Munsch said: "They kept him alive through all these interventions. I thought, let him die."
In Canada, people over 18 must meet several requirements to be eligible for assisted dying.
They include having a "serious and incurable illness", making a "voluntary request that is not the result of external pressure" and be in an "advanced state of irreversible decline in capability".
Two independent doctors or nurse practitioners must then assess the patient to confirm that all of the eligibility requirements are met.
#Myanmar (#Burma) 🇲🇲: "People's Defense Forces" (#PDF) Drone-bombed Junta soldiers in Ye-U Township, #Sagaing Region.
Fighters used Drones armed with Improvised High-explosive PVC Bombs. Allegedly 6 soldiers, including a Junta General, killed by PDF. pic.twitter.com/xUPG3L0z9X
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.
[WFSB] In memory of those that actually place themselves in harms way to save others.
...The Hero of Butler, Pennsylvania...
Astana, September 16, 2025, 17:07 — IA Regnum. Bride kidnappers in Kazakhstan can get up to 10 years in prison. The relevant changes in the legislation came into force on September 16, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic reported.
