[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Brianna Longoria, 32, claimed she was wrongfully pulled over and arrested in Arizona because officers were fearful of getting 'kicked off [the] squad' if they did not make a DUI arrest, according to the federal court filing obtained by the Daily Mail.
Longoria, who lives in California, was in Phoenix for her wedding when police accused her of running through a red light on December 29, 2024.
Body camera footage made available through the court filing showed that the light was green when Longoria crossed the intersection, and the red light violation against Longoria was later voided.
However, a Phoenix police officer, identified in the lawsuit as Mary Metheny, pulled Longoria over and submitted her to several DUI tests.
Once the test was administered, Metheny said, 'Triple zeros. Just like I thought.'
Despite allegedly showing no signs of being impaired, the lawsuit said that Longoria was arrested.
At the police station, body camera footage captured Metheny and another officer, identified as Annette Hannah, discussing the need to get DUI arrests.
'They're going to kick me off squad if I don't get a DUI,' Hannah said.
[DM] Agricultural drones are built for precision and designed to disperse large amounts of liquid over targeted areas using programmed GPS routes.
That same capability has troubled counterterrorism officials since the post-9/11 years, when fears centered on crop-duster planes flown by a lone pilot. Experts told The Hide Side that there could be 'ridiculously bad' consequences and 'a potential nightmare scenario' if terrorists get their hands on the machines.
Steve Lazarus, a retired FBI agent, told The High Side: 'The bureau is freaked out for a good reason. These aren't hobby drones with cameras.
'They're industrial sprayers designed to carry and disperse significant amounts of liquid quickly and with precision.'
He added that agricultural drones are capable of treating wide areas in a matter of minutes using pre-programmed GPS routes, a feature designed for efficient farming but one that could be dangerous if misused.
When asked about the reported theft of the drones, an FBI spokesperson told the Daily Mail: 'We don't have a comment.'
[FoxNews] Baton Rouge police say 5 suspects are in custody, searching for others
Local and federal law enforcement agencies responded to the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge, Thursday, after gunfire broke out inside the shopping center's food court, killing at least one person and wounding several more.
The Baton Rouge Police Department confirmed the death and said five others were wounded, according to Baton Rouge Police Chief Thomas Morse.
All the victims were taken to city hospitals, according to Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said five suspects are in custody, and authorities are searching for others.
Morse said the shooting unfolded after two people got into an argument in the courtyard of the food court and started shooting at each other, and innocent bystanders were caught in the middle.
However, Murrill later said no bystanders were shot.
FBI New Orleans and Louisiana State Police confirmed to Fox News Digital they are responding to assist.
The Mall of Louisiana is the largest mall in the state and the sole regional mall in Baton Rouge.
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Do I have to click on the link to see perps pics?
Actually, you don't. Because there are no pictures of the perps. Just a lot of B-roll shots of cop cars in the street. Even the "five suspects are in custody" link goes to a page of misc crimes.
Like the man said, "Absence of evidence is sometimes a really good clue"
[FOX] A veteran Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer and former head of a D.C. police union has been arrested in what authorities described as a "disturbing" child exploitation case, MPD told Fox News Digital.
Lt. Matthew Mahl, 47, who previously made history as the first openly gay chairman of the police union, allegedly exchanged text messages with an undercover Maryland detective posing as a 15-year-old boy, according to charging documents.
The allegations mark a stunning fall for the longtime law enforcement officer, a 23-year veteran who had held a prominent leadership role within the department’s labor ranks and oversaw security for major events across D.C., including presidential escort details.
[Townhall] Multi-convicted fraudster Jonathan Dupiton has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for using stolen identities to obtain millions of dollars in unemployment insurance benefits.
According to U.S. Attorney Hertzberg and court documents, in 2020, while completing a federal sentence at a halfway house for a previous fraud conviction that targeted the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Jonathan Dupiton, a podcaster, organized a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that targeted California’s Unemployment Insurance benefits program. The scheme began at least by July 2020 and continued into early 2021.
"During the pandemic, while citizens were struggling with job loss and trying to make ends meet, Dupiton stole unemployment benefits by submitting false applications using hundreds of stolen identities," said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. "His sentence underscores that anyone who seeks to exploit taxpayer-funded programs will be aggressively prosecuted and face substantial prison time."
The UI program was a joint state and federal program that provided temporary financial assistance to lawful workers who were unemployed through no fault of their own.
Beginning in or about March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, several federal programs expanded UI eligibility and increased UI benefits, including the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program, Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation, and the Lost Wages Assistance Program. In California, the Employment Development Department, based in Sacramento, California, administered the UI program.
In the end he’ll have lots of money, a bad castration, and the US Supreme Court will at some point rule that all convicts must be housed in prisons that match their biological s3x.
[FoxBusiness] Zera Zola Zombie, convicted of beating a girlfriend to death in 2014, claimed repeated sexual assaults by cellmates
A convicted killer who transitioned from male to female while in prison was awarded a large settlement with the Oregon Department of Corrections after a lawsuit claiming abuse by staff while housed in a male prison.
Zera Lola Zombie, a biological male who has been housed in the women's Coffee Creek Correctional Facility since April 2025, won the $295,000 settlement stemming from the 2021 lawsuit, according to The Oregonian.
Zombie, whose birth name was Daniel Lee Smith, was convicted of first-degree manslaughter after pleading guilty to beating a girlfriend, Samantha Lee Brown, to death in 2014. Zombie received 20 years in prison for the killing and 15 more years for a first-degree assault after a violent attack on a fellow inmate. Zombie won't be released from prison until 2049.
The Oregonian reported that Zombie came out as transgender in 2020, and began taking sex change hormones. In 2022, Zombie began the process of seeking a sex change surgery in prison.
According to the report, Zombie will receive $95,000 from the settlement, while Zombie's attorneys will receive $200,000 to cover their fees.
Zombie claimed repeated sexual assaults by a cellmate at the Oregon State Penitentiary, and further sexual assaults at the hands of a different cellmate at Two Rivers Correctional Facility, according to court documents.
The claim said Zombie was discriminated against based on gender, that officials broke the law by housing a female in a male prison, said they failed to "follow both federal and Oregon rules and laws concerning the designation and protection of plaintiff as a Vulnerable Adult-In-Custody ... at high risk for both physical and sexual assault," housed an inmate with a known sexual predator, refused to provide legally-mandated counseling and failed to report the sexual assaults per Oregon and federal law.
In 2023, a judge designated Zombie as a vulnerable person, forcing the prison to allow Zombie to live in a single-person cell.
"On this record, it is not at all clear that, without the Court’s intervention, defendants will refrain from placing plaintiff in a cell with an inmate known to be a sex offender, or that defendants will designate plaintiff as a vulnerable inmate," said an order written by United States District Court Judge Ann Aiken. "Plaintiff need not await another assault before obtaining preventative relief."
This video is staged.
The woman portraying the Judge is Ebony Merkerson from EbonyWorldofDrama and can be seen in other staged skits on various social media platforms.
[FoxBusiness] President Donald Trump has doubled down on the idea of a taxpayer-funded takeover of Spirit Airlines rather than a traditional bailout, an approach critics previously described as highly problematic.
Trump reaffirmed his interest in offering the airline a financial lifeline during a meeting at the Oval Office on Thursday, adding that the plan would involve reselling the carrier once oil prices decline.
"We're thinking about doing it, helping them out and meaning bailing them out or buying it. I think we just buy it," he said.
"We'd be getting it virtually debt free. They have some good aircraft, some good assets, and when the price of oil goes down, we'll sell it for a profit."
[FoxBusiness] Harley-Davidson is recalling nearly 17,000 motorcycles over a potential brake failure issue that could heighten the risk of a crash, according to federal regulators.
The recalled motorcycles include 2025 and 2026 models.
Affected motorcycles include the Harley-Davidson FXLRS with a production date from Dec. 5, 2024, to March 16, 2026; Harley-Davidson FXLRST with a production date from Oct. 3, 2024, to March 16, 2026; Harley-Davidson FXBB with a production date from Oct. 3. 2024, to March 16, 2026; and Harley-Davidson FLHC with a production date from Oct. 3, 2024, to March 12, 2026.
The company was first flagged in March regarding a claim of inoperable brakes on a 2025 FXLRST model motorcycle, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a report. Who hasn't rerouted their HD brakelines.
The town was already without power at the time, which prevented the sirens from sounding as the tornado entered town, officials said.
Good thing we have radios and life experience...oh, wait what's this here, a cell phone? Weather alert aps?
Afternoon storms, and predicted for a couple days now. Picturesque, but very localized damage. "Houses Completely LEVELED!" = garage flipped over and trees still upright.
Will the DC Swamp come to their aid the American Red Cross said it is providing disaster assistance
Article: Why We Need Haitians to Help Rebuild After Global Warming Causes Deadly Tornado Outbreaks
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] At least nine scientists have mysteriously died in China as speculation grows over the deaths and disappearances of 11 American scientists.
In many of the Chinese cases, the causes of death are recorded as accidents, sickness, or unexplained incidents.
And while these explanations appear straightforward individually, taken together they are drawing increased scrutiny.
One of the most puzzling cases is that of Feng Yanghe, a 38-year-old defence technology professor who died in July 2023.
He had reportedly been working on simulations related to a potential Taiwan invasion before his death in a late-night car crash in Beijing, Newsweek reports.
Official accounts state that Feng had been leaving a work meeting when the crash occurred at around 2.35 am.
But speculation grew after his obituary described the scientist as having been 'sacrificed while performing official duties,' wording that some observers found unusual for what was described as a traffic accident.
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[Regnum] The first strong M-level flare occurred on the Sun in two weeks; it will not affect Earth. This was reported on April 23 by the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Scientists noted that, according to simultaneous X-ray flux measurements, the Sun experienced its first M-class flare in two weeks, with an M1.65 magnitude. The last event of this class was observed on April 9.
The laboratory clarified that the increasing solar activity, "as they say, is visible without a microscope." Experts called the powerful explosion that occurred this morning very spectacular. It appeared in space telescope images around 8:00 AM Moscow time. The event occurred on the left edge of the Sun. For Earth, it is considered neutral.
"The flash appears to have been a double one. With careful observation, a synchronized explosion can be discerned in the bright region to the left, separated from the first by about a million kilometers," the experts added.
On March 13, the Sun experienced its first strong solar flare in three weeks, lasting approximately 20 minutes. The event was classified as M1.2, where M denotes a moderate-power flare, as opposed to C (weak) and X (extreme) classes. Maximum emission was reached at 12:55 PM Moscow time.
NSA joins the @NCSC and others in releasing joint guidance detailing multiple China-nexus threat actors who are using dynamic, external covert networks of botnets to facilitate malicious cyber activity strategically at scale. Read the report today!https://t.co/IbHwKD1XEtpic.twitter.com/NAn30DMAcT
Retail giant Nike has announced a fresh wave of job cuts, slashing around 1,400 roles on Thursday in a move set to send shockwaves through its workforce.
The latest layoffs - which are understood to fall heavily on its technology division - come as the sportswear behemoth pushes ahead with a major overhaul aimed at sharpening its competitive edge.
Bosses insist the cuts form part of its aggressive 'Win Now' strategy, designed to streamline operations and position the company for future growth in an increasingly challenging retail landscape.
But the move will raise fresh concerns for staff, coming just months after Nike axed a further 775 roles back in January - bringing the total number of jobs lost this year to more than 2,000.
In a stark internal memo, Nike laid bare the scale of its sweeping shake-up, as senior executives moved to reassure staff amid a fresh round of brutal cuts.
Nike shares hit an 11-year low on April 13, capping a brutal stretch that has seen the company lose around 75 percent of its value since shares peaked in 2021.
It is now worth about $70 billion - a third of the value of TJ Maxx.
Its stock has slightly recovered in recent days, and jumped in after hours trading on news of the job cuts - which Wall Street sees as a cost cutting measure to boost profits.
Writing to employees, Chief Operating Officer Venkatesh Alagirisamy said the layoffs form part of the company's wider 'Win Now' turnaround strategy.
This refers to a radical overhaul that will see its technology team reshaped, elements of its Air manufacturing modernized, parts of its Converse footwear operations relocated and its materials supply chain folded into broader footwear and apparel divisions.
'Collectively, these changes will result in a reduction of approximately 1,400 roles in global operations, with the majority in technology,' Alagirisamy wrote. 'These reductions are very hard for the teammates directly affected and for the teams around them, too.'
A spokesperson for Nike insisted the cuts are aimed at sharpening the firm's ability to keep pace with the fast-moving sports market while accelerating future growth, according to CNBC.
The layoffs will hit staff across North America, Asia and Europe, though the company stressed they account for less than 2 per cent of its global workforce.
So not a doomsday after all.
This is not a new direction,' Alagirisamy wrote. 'It is the next phase of the work already underway.'
after Nike allied itself with Colin Kaepernick in 2016, it increased in value for several year
for much of 2021, Nike had a market cap of over $200B
personally I thought Nike should have hired Fang Fang as a spokeswoman, "whenever I need to bang a new Congress perv, I first take a run in my Nike shoes to relax"
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Suffolk County sheriff’s deputies are testing out high-tech guns that will be mounted on police car bumpers to fire GPS darts onto suspects’ vehicles’ during high-speed chases.
The new technology, known as StarChase, already led to the tracking and arrest of a drunk driver who refused to pull over, authorities announced Thursday.
The program was launched several weeks ago and is being piloted by the department’s DWI enforcement unit — the first agency in the county with access to the tech, according to officials.
Once a driver makes it clear they have no intentions of pulling over, police are authorized to shoot the adhesive GPS tag onto the back of the fleeing vehicle, authorities said. It isn’t clear what the dart guns’ maximum range is.
The dart then latches onto the car, giving officers and dispatch the ability to monitor the target’s real-time location, speed and direction without having to chase them through the streets.
Once the driver believes they got away and comes to a stop, the tracking officers are then able to swoop in and make the surprise arrest.
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[Regnum] Vietnam plans to purchase Russian Su-57 fighter jets in the early 2030s, according to the American magazine Military Watch Magazine (MWM), citing local sources.
According to these data, the republic intends to purchase up to 24 aircraft from Russia, which will replace the Su-27 and Su-22 fighters.
The authors of the article emphasized that the Su-57's range, powerful sensors, and compatibility with Vietnam's existing weapons systems make it the optimal choice. Furthermore, Hanoi may receive an upgraded version of the fighter, the Su-57M1, in the early 2030s.
On April 14, Rosoboronexport announced that the list of foreign buyers for Russia's latest fifth-generation multirole fighter, the Su-57E, is gradually expanding. The aircraft is stealthy, boasts supersonic cruising speed, high maneuverability, and a powerful arsenal of precision-guided weapons.
In January, MWM magazine observers noted that the Su-57 had demonstrated its effectiveness in combat in the Northern Military District, and not only in airstrikes against ground targets. The aircraft were also used to disable Ukrainian air defense systems and participated in aerial combat.
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.
