Police said that two teenagers were shot and are dead after they forced their way into a home in East Hartford. The two teens entered the home and were shot in the living room, according to officials, and just after midnight, the police were called to the home. They have been identified by police as Isaiah Jose Lopez and Isaiah Miguel Nevarez, one of them was a 16-year-old from Hartford and the other was a 15-year-old from Meriden. Both teens were rushed to nearby hospitals where they were pronounced dead, the police said. Police said that the two teens physically…
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You may think that your Social Security checks will be whatever they will be and that you can’t control how big they are. If you do think that, you are being wrong, as there are plenty of ways you can beef up those benefits, especially if retirement is not around the corner. Related video about annual adjustment not keeping up with inflation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PxiWYclMbU Once you set up a “my Social Security” account, for example, you might check out the record of your earnings that the Social Security Administration has. Make sure that data is correct, as it is used to…
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and the founder of SpaceX, said in a meeting with Twitter employees should expect layoffs once he now owns the social media network. Musk said, “It depends. The company does need to get healthy,” and added, “Right now, the costs exceed revenue.” He did clarify, though, that there must be a rational headcount of employees at Twitter in order for the company to develop. In an earlier meeting, current CEO Parag Agrawal told employees that no layoffs were planned. Musk went on to comment on the layoff situation “anyone who is a signification contributor…
Texas police shot and killed an armed man who was firing shots at a gymnasium hosting a summer-camp like event that had about 150 children inside, according to authorities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koKHRSGKlsk This took place in the Duncanville section of Texas and no children, staff, or police were injured during the incident that took place at about 8:45 in the morning on Monday. USA Today reports that “The man entered the field house lobby with a handgun and fired a shot at a staff member during a discussion, Duncanville Assistant Police Chief Matthew Stogner said. The gunman then tried to enter a…
President Joe Biden continues to state that he wasn’t aware of an infant formula shortage until April, despite the fact that baby formula producers said they had warned shops two months prior to it. “We knew from the very beginning that this would be a very serious event,” said a senior vice president of Reckitt, Robert Cleveland. Reckitt is a producer of baby formula. Biden and executives from five baby formula producers met virtually at the White House to discuss the administration’s attempts to increase formula manufacturing to address the shortage. The event that started the crisis was the one…
One of Elon Musk’s conditions that had to be met by Twitter’s Boards of Directors was that the social media platform reveals the number of bot accounts. As it seems, the Board is going to comply with this Musk’s demand since he threatened to cancel his $44 billion purchase of Twitter. “The information could be provided as soon as this week,” The Washington Post reported. “Currently, some two dozen companies pay for access to the trove, which comprises not only a real-time record of tweets but the devices they tweet from, as well as information about the accounts that tweet.”…
Police said that a Texas woman shot and killed her suspected stalker after he kicked in her front door, in Harris County. The shooting took place at the Gateway at Ellington apartment complex, and the Houston Police responded to the apartments and found a male with a gunshot wound to the chest. Some reports suggest the man may have been her ex-boyfriend. WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdHQlZ2F564 There was nothing much to do at the scene, but to pronounce the suspected male dead. Police said, after the man kicked the front door of the unidentified woman, she shot the suspected stalker. She had…
An illegal immigrant, Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate, was sentenced to the seven years he has already spent behind bars, after pleading guilty to federal weapons charges earlier this year, as he was acquitted of murder in the 2015 shooting death of Kate Steinle. This means he is likely to spend no further time in jail, but faces other charges that could have a different result. Watch him be found not guilty as a reminder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXRpD1oaQN8 To face charges for failing to report his location to immigration officials in a separate case, the 51-year-old Mexican national will now be transported to Texas.…
Nearly 90 people were arrested by Authorities in Stockton, California, while also seizing dozens of guns in a massive multi-agency gang take-down targeting violent street gangs and a recent increase in firearm-related activities in the area. WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U01SeWWW30o The district attorney of San Joaquin County, Tori Verber Salazar, touted the mission, dubbed “Operation Hybrid Havoc,” as the most successful crime operation that has ever been conducted in the county. For the past year, this investigation had been going on and picked up steam in the fall. Agents executed 24 search warrants and 19 arrest warrants, over its course, and it…
At the electric carmaker, better known as Tesla, there will be pausing hiring worldwide, while also job cuts are coming, says the CEO of the company and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk. According to an email to executives seen by Reuters, Musk says that he has a “super bad feeling” about the economy and wants to cut about 10% of jobs at his company. In premarket trading, shares of Tesla fell down by 3%. This latest job cut news is coming just two days after the world’s richest man told employees to return to the workplace or leave the…
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, has told executive staff at the company that unless they work at least 40 hours a week in the office they face being fired. Musk wrote in a leaked email sent to workers with the miss-spelled subject line “remote work is no longer acceptble,” that any executive staff who wish to work remotely must be in the office for a minimum of 40 hours per week “or depart Tesla.” The requirement for executive staff to work at least 40 hours in the office is “less than we ask of factory workers,” Musk added. “If…
During the week of May 16, Fox News Channel became the most viewed basic cable channel overall and the third-most-viewed in primetime. For the 45th week in a row, the television news powerhouse had more total primetime viewership than CNN and MSNBC combined. As according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, Fox News had 2.29 million total watchers in primetime this past week, ranking third behind TNT and ESPN, who were broadcasting the NBA and NHL playoffs, and up 3% from the previous week (May 9). In primetime, Fox News averaged 350,000 people 25-54, up 6% from the previous week and third behind playoff-carrying TNT…
Police officers were urged by frustrated onlookers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman’s rampage killed 19 children and two teachers, witnesses said. Cops are facing major scrutiny now that more details are emerging. WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O0LnePCAGM Nearby women shouted at the officers soon after the attack began: “Go in there! Go in there!” said Juan Carranza, 24, who saw the scene from outside his house, across the street from Robb Elementary School in the close-knit town of Uvalde. But the officers did not go in, said Carranza. One of the parents, Javier Cazares, whose fourth-grade daughter, Jacklyn…
The San Francisco School District (SFUSD) stated Wednesday that the term “chief” will be removed from job titles owing to its relationship with Native Americans. “At SFUSD we are eliminating the word ‘chief’ in people’s job titles and we’re still finalizing what the alternative title will be for people formerly called ‘chief,'” an SFUSD spokesman told the Daily Caller. “While there are many opinions on the matter, our leadership team agreed that, given that Native American members of our community have expressed concerns over the use of the title, we are no longer going to use it,” district spokesperson Gentle Blythe…
According to a photo, the Border Patrol agent who killed the gunman that was shooting at a school in Texas had a close call with a bullet. “This is the hat the elite, veteran BORTAC Border Patrol agent was wearing when he breached the classroom with a tactical team and engaged/killed the Uvalde school shooter, a CBP source tells me,” Fox News’ Bill Melugin tweeted. Related video: Security around Robb Elementary tightens after horrific incident. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy-_sUzFx-4 “Graze wound to head. Many BP agents in Uvalde have kids at the school,” Melugin added. A hole in the mesh of the hat…
Tucker Carlson, the host of Fox News Channel, has led his network to another week as one of the most-watched cable news networks, making it 65 weeks in a row. With an average audience of 461,000 people for the whole week ending May 15th, Tucker Carlson Tonight won primetime television ratings amongst viewers 25-54, the key demo most coveted by advertisers. Related video: CNN ratings get bad news: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPNhu3a2JaE With a total average viewership of 2.224 million in primetime, Fox News outperformed competitor networks MSNBC and CNN. CNN had its lowest-rated prime-time week ever, both in terms of overall viewers and…
Tattoos that reach infinity & beyond, at least to the neckline will be permitted for Space Force recruits. According to an Air Force directive released on the famous Air Force amn/nco/snco FB page, prospective guardians will have a different tattoo policy than airmen. While all recruits in the Air and Space Forces will be permitted to have tats that do not occupy more than 25% of the hand’s area, only guardians will be permitted to have neck tattoos. “Applicants with neck tattoos are not authorized to ‘dual track’ with the USAF or list any USAF specific AFSC in the job preference…
An off-duty United States Customs and Border Protection agent received a frightening text from his wife, a teacher at Robb Elementary School, and rushed to the building not knowing he would later become a hero. He was in he middle of getting a haircut and borrowed his barber’s shotgun, got to the school as quickly as possible while there was a school shooting going on, and ended up saving his wife and dozens of children in the process, as reported. “Help,” she wrote, “I love you.” Jacob Albarado was getting a haircut at the time. He borrowed a shotgun from…
CNN began cutting off affected personnel today, a little over a month after Warner Bros. Discovery said it was canceling CNN+, according to various sources. It’s unknown how many workers are affected in total, but according to a source, around 23 employees at CNN’s Hudson Yards offices were told recently that their jobs were being cut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0LeocZSIoI Another source verified that layoffs had occurred, but said that the corporation is still looking for ways to re-hire those impacted CNN+ employees at CNN and Warner Bros. Discovery. “All CNN+ employees will continue to be paid and receive benefits for the next…
Elon Musk went on Twitter to deny charges in a media story that he allegedly harassed a flight attendant on a VIP plane in 2016, daring his critics to prove any of the allegations are true, calling them part of a well-timed ‘politically motivated hit piece.’ Related Video: Elon Musk receives support from Gwynne Shotwell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ikLlGvrZsk Musk’s SpaceX paid $250,000 in 2018 to resolve a sexual assault allegation from an anonymous private jet crew who alleged Musk of exposing himself to her, according to Business Insider. Per the post, an anonymous report says to be a buddy of the flight staff.…
In a tweet about two years after the Minneapolis Black man’s murder, the Washington Post falsely stated George Floyd was shot & murdered while in police custody. “On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was shot and killed in police custody. His death sparked outrage, wide scale protests and calls to change policing. Two years later, what has—or hasn’t changed,” The tweet from the Washington Post on Monday included a link for readers to share their comments. WATCH video about the error: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UsC8ULTscY The post was quickly deleted and replaced with a fresh tweet asking, “Tell the Post: How have things…
A 69-year-old woman took out a home intruder this week in Florida and stated that she would easily do it again to protect herself and loved ones, but that she also asks God for forgiveness in taking a man’s life. WATCH the video: The Orange County woman told her story about the terrible experience of shooting the home intruder who busted into her residence. Her name is Virginia Morrison and she’s 69-years-old and shouldn’t have to deal with home intruders, but this one clearly picked the wrong home to target, as Morrison wasn’t messing around when she took him out…
Elon Musk says he can’t go ahead with his $44 billion buyout of Twitter unless he knows how many profiles are fake. WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaZ-VhIb8xk In a report earlier this month, Twitter claimed that in the first quarter, just under 5% of its monetizable daily users (mDAUs) were fake or spam profiles. Musk, on the other hand, estimates that about 20% of Twitter profiles are fake or spam, and he fears that the number may be much higher, as reported. “My offer was based on Twitter’s SEC filings being accurate,” Musk posted early Tuesday morning. “Yesterday, Twitter’s CEO publicly refused to…
A hardline stance was taken by a new corporate culture memo from Netflix, on attempts to silence artistic expression by warning those who are offended by the streaming service’s content that they may want to go find a job somewhere else. WATCH Geeks and Gamers discuss it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iap53HYuGRE Due to the backlash the streaming service faced from woke employees last year over its Dave Chappelle special, which the employees claimed was transphobic, the change in Netflix’s company culture appears to be in large part. “Artistic Expression” is a new section in the updated Netflix Culture memo, that states that it…
Army Times has learned that a retired Louisiana National Guard captain was permitted to resign after a general court-martial found him guilty of “motorboating” a subordinate soldier at an informal promotion ceremony while stationed in Jordan in May 2021. No one thought this would happen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH3FyjvjYIs According to court documents obtained by Army Times, Capt. Billy Joe Crosby Jr., a logistic commander who was deployed abroad with 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, was originally prosecuted with violent sexual contact & behavior becoming an officer. Crosby was the commanding officer at a Jordanian outpost. Crosby’s “behavior is not in line with…