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A student has been cuffed and badgered by cops because his school's artificial intelligence (or lack thereof) system told authorities that his bag of Doritos was, in fact, a gun.
In a video, cops actually explain to students at the Baltimore school that the AI blundered, with its report to authorities that the munchies were really a weapon.
The report cited a police officer's body cam, which shows the officers were forced to explain AI made the mistake and that's why they handcuffed an innocent person.
"Thanks for not running away. That would have been a real problem," the report said police explained after they "stormed" Kenwood High.
"Sixteen-year-old Taki Allen was surrounded by officers, ordered to his knees, and handcuffed. The 'gun' was an empty Doritos bag. A human reviewer had already marked the alert as no threat, but the message never reached the school in time. No weapon. No arrest. Now officials are demanding answers. How did a bag of chips nearly cost a teenager his life?"
A report at Not the Bee warned, "Get used to it, Baltimore students."
That was prompted by the school's "non-apology," which claimed, "We understand how upsetting this was for the individual that was searched as well as the other students who witnessed the incident. Our counselors will provide direct support to the students who were involved in this incident and are also available to speak with any student who may need support. Please know that ensuring the safety of our students and school community is one of our highest priorities. We work closely with Baltimore County police to ensure that we can promptly respond to any potential safety concerns, and it is essential that we all work together to maintain a safe and welcoming environment for all Kenwood High School students and staff."
The report noted the corporation whose blunder caused the problem, Omnialert, "refused to make any comments."
The student, Allen, told WBAL, "It was like eight cop cars that came pulling up for us. At first, I didn't know where they were going until they started walking toward me with guns, talking about, 'Get on the ground,' and I was like, 'What?'"
He said, "I was just holding a Doritos bag — it was two hands and one finger out, and they said it looked like a gun."
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that a doctor accused of giving children dangerous chemicals as part of her "gender transition" treatments has surrendered her medical license.
That means May Lau, who was accused of giving children "harmful, irreversible" drugs, no longer can practice medicine in the state.
"Doctors who permanently hurt kids by giving them experimental drugs are nothing more than disturbed left-wing activists who have no business being in the medical field," Paxton said. "May Lau has done untold damage to children, both physically and psychologically, and the surrendering of her Texas medical license is a major victory for our state."
He added, "My case against her for breaking the law will continue, and we will not relent in holding anyone who tries to 'transition' kids accountable."
A report at the Texas Tribune explained Paxton had sued Lau, who was acting as a "Dallas pediatrician."
The state's Senate Bill 14, from 2023, "prohibits physicians and health care providers from prescribing hormones to minors to transition their biological sex," the report said.
Lau was accused of prescribing testosterone to at least 21 patients between the ages of 14 and 17 to transition their biological gender or affirm their gender identity, the report said.
At that time, Paxton pointed out, "Texas passed a law to protect children from these dangerous unscientific medical interventions that have irreversible and damaging effects."
Paxton also accused Lau of "falsifying medical records, prescriptions, and billing records" by inserting a puberty blocker device into a 15-year-old and billing the patient's insurance for an endocrine disorder instead of the patient's gender dysphoria, the report said.
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As if professional sports in America weren't already facing enough headwinds, with "wokism" running amok and such.
Now the FBI has confirmed that onetime University of Colorado basketball player and now Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier are under arrest.
Also former NBA guard and coach Damon Jones, and dozens more.
A report from Fox news explained, "The investigation was tied to a probe into members of the La Cosa Nostra crime families."
FBI chief Kash Patel said, in a statement, "Day in and day out, this FBI is following the money — and today is the result of that outstanding work. This operation involved an expansive effort across 11 states arresting 31 subjects, including multiple NBA players and coaches, who allegedly took advantage of their own positions of power to rig gambling systems for their own benefit — eventually funneling money to La Cosa Nostra, enriching some of the most notorious criminal networks in the world.
"That ends today — and the FBI's efforts to make sure gambling operations of all kinds stay within the law are only beginning. Thank you to the outstanding men and women of the FBI who pursued this case and followed the facts accordingly."
Billups was at his team's game against Minnesota Wednesday, but Rozier didn't play in Maim's game against Orlando.
Billups played 17 years in the league and was five times picked as an all-star.
The report explained Rozier's arrest was tied to NBA gambling while Billups was arrested and was linked to poker.
The investigation, Operation Zhen Diagram, "hunted down a nationwide gambling ring allegedly involving members of the La Cosa Nostra crime families who allegedly defrauded unwitting victims of millions," the report said.
It was a "confidential source" that actually recorded some 3,000 phone calls and meetings with alleged conspirators.
"The source introduced undercover agents to the targets and participated in a rigged poker game.
Officials said the poker games involved cheating devices such as rigged shuffling devices," Fox explained.
The investigation also overlapped with another that looked into fixed NCAA basketball games, a plan that reportedly included current and former NBA players.
The report said Billups specifically was suspected "of having ties to the poker games and ties to La Cosa Nostra."
A law firm released a statement on behalf of Rozier, complaining of the arrest and "perp walk."
"It is unfortunate that instead of allowing him to self surrender they opted for a photo op," the statement said.
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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has delivered a warning to Democrats who boasted they are creating an "ICE tracker" to publicize the locations of federal agents, exposing them to the threat of being assaulted, injured, even killed.
"@RepRobertGarcia and @SenBlumenthal are trying to put ICE agents at risk just for doing their jobs," she explained on social media. "TheJusticeDept has ZERO tolerance for violence against law enforcement – we will prosecute any person who physically assaults our agents."
Her comments followed Garcia and others in a press conference where the boast was made that the "Oversight Committee will be launching on their website a master ICE tracker where we can … essentially [track] every single instance that we can verify that the community will send, be able to send us information on."
One of President Donald Trump's efforts from the White House has been to secure the national borders and deport illegal alien criminals. Already his programs have removed hundreds of thousands of illegals from the nation.
The effort follows years of neglect by Joe Biden and his administration, during which millions of illegals were granted freedom to enter the U.S., illegally.
"The Biden Administration abused America's immigration system and turned parole into a de facto amnesty program, thereby allowing millions of unvetted illegal aliens into the U.S., no questions asked, to the detriment of all Americans," said DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
Garcia claimed that a report from a leftist organization said 170 U.S. citizens have been arrested in the campaign.
He said, "Why? Because they look like me, because they are of Latino origin, or because they are suspected to not be a U.S. citizen, or because they are suspected of crimes that they have not committed," he said.
The actual threat to federal agents has been explicit:
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Cincinnati Police Chief Terri Theetge, who was sued for anti-white bias and blamed social media in the wake of a black mob's horrific beating of whites in the city in July, has now been placed on administrative leave "pending an internal investigation on the effectiveness of her leadership."
City Manager Sheryl Long told WLWT-TV: "The City continues to face serious public safety challenges that underscore the need for stability at the command level. Therefore, I've named Assistant Chief Adam Hennie as Interim Police Chief."
"Our focus remains on maintaining stability within the department and ensuring the highest standards of service to our residents. I have full confidence in Interim Chief Hennie and the department's command staff to continue their dedicated work at this time."
"DEI Police Chiefs have to go!" exclaimed journalist Nick Sortor.
Theetge's attorney held a news conference Tuesday, saying the ousted chief has done nothing wrong to warrant her removal.
"She is being used as a political scapegoat and a political pawn," said attorney Stephen Imm.
Theetge became a lightning rod of controversy after she blamed social media for publicizing the pummeling of the white victims.
"Social media, the posts that we've seen, does not depict the entire incident. That is one version of what occurred. At times, social media and mainstream media and their commentaries are misrepresentations of the circumstances surrounding any given event," Theetge said at the time.
"What that does, that causes us some difficulty in thoroughly investigating the activity and enforcing the law. Because what happens, that social media post and your coverage of it distorts the content of what actually happened and it makes our job more difficult."
"I think by the irresponsibility with social media is it just shows one side of the equation quite frequently without context, without factual context, and then people run with that and then it grows legs and it becomes something bigger that we then have to try to manage as part of the investigation," she continued.
"Social media and mainstream media and their commentaries are misrepresentation of the circumstances surrounding any given event."
As previously reported, four previous members of the Cincinnati Police Department sued Theetge for workplace discrimination against white males on the force.
The lawsuit, brought by Captain Robert Wilson and Lieutenants Patrick Caton, Gerald Hodges, and Andrew Mitchell on May 19, alleges that the city and Theetge partook in "intentional and discriminatory practices" based on sex and gender, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. The officers asserted that they "suffered harm," "damage to [their] professional reputations," and "emotional distress" as a result of the department's alleged favorable treatment toward women and racial minorities.
"The city and Chief Theetge have actively and systemically undertaken efforts to promote, advance, and make promotion and assignment decisions that are preferable to women and minorities, and to the exclusion of White men," the lawsuit reads.
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President Donald Trump has worked hard during his second term to bring about a ceasefire between the terrorists of Hamas in Gaza and Israel.
The war was launched on Oct. 7, 2023, by Hamas when members invaded Israel and slaughtered some 1,200 people, kidnapping hundreds more. And the ceasefire, endorsed by both Israel and Hamas, took effect just days ago.
But immediately, and even as hostages were being returned to Israel, the terrorists lashed out at their political foes inside Gaza, "publicly executing Palestinian civilians" and claiming that they were "criminals and collaborators with Israel."
A report at Fox News said while Trump wants a ceasefire, he's ardently opposed to the terrorism that has been going on.
And his warning, "If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them."
Trump added, "Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
The president's reaction followed online videos showing the executions in Gaza City's main square.
The report noted residents of Gaza also confirmed Hamas terrorists were reappearing in the streets and reasserting control, having issued an ultimatum giving Israeli collaborators until Sunday to surrender and seek amnesty.
WND had reported on the videos of the gruesome agenda.
The horrific clip shows eight beaten and blindfolded men on their knees before they're all shot on the street as a crowd cheers.
Adm. Brad Cooper, at U.S. CENTCOM, also had warned, "We strongly urge Hamas to immediately suspend violence and shooting at innocent Palestinian civilians in Gaza – in both Hamas-held parts of Gaza and those secured by the IDF behind the Yellow Line."
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A Florida judge has been asked to dismiss a complaint by the manager of a condo association that seeks to prevent a church from holding services in the property it owns.
"Because the gravamen of plaintiff's complaint is the enforcement of a discriminatory restriction on defendant's land use for religious worship services in violation of Florida law that declared all such restrictions and covenants to be unlawful, plaintiff cannot state a cause of action. The complaint should be dismissed," explained the motion to dismiss from Liberty Counsel.
The fight involves Coastal Family Church in Flager Beach and Flagler Square-JAX, a condo association that sued to close down the church.
The church purchased part of a strip mall that is organized as a condo association, and a manager for that organization claims he can stop a church from holding services.
Liberty Counsel said it filed a motion in Seventh Judicial Circuit Court on behalf of one of the pastors of the church to dismiss a meritless lawsuit.
In July 2025, Pastor Roderick Palmer purchased a unit in the Flagler Square strip mall to use as a church home. But when services launched, the condominium association that supervises the structure with four units sued Palmer for holding "public assemblies."
The claim was that those services violate the "condominium declaration."
The complaint cited an issue with parking, which Liberty Counsel said would leave some 160 spaces available during services.
The association wants an outright court ban on "assemblies."
Liberty Counsel said that wasn't allowed under state law.
"The Florida legislature has rendered null and void all such discriminatory land use restrictions and covenants … Further, plaintiff's requested prohibition on religious services substantially burdens defendant's religious exercise in violation of the Florida Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act."
The legal team said the city commission approved the church meetings at the strip mall location, and other residents raised "no objections."
Other occupants include "Junque in the Trunk," a Dollar Tree and a police lodge, which, in fact, advertises that it holds public gatherings periodically, and is available for "rent for meetings, parties, and commercial classes."
The team said, "The entire premise of plaintiff's complaint centers on and arises from a discriminatory restriction that has become wholly inoperative, unenforceable, null, and void."
Liberty Counsel said, "Whether the association's proposed restriction is phrased as a ban on public assemblies or an outright prohibition on religious services, it violates Florida's nullification on discriminatory covenants, as well as the church's constitutional rights to religious exercise and so the case must be dismissed."
"Florida law is clear that Pastor Roderick Palmer and Coastal Family Church have the right to hold church services on church property and that restrictive covenants cannot ban religious assembly. Flagler Square – JAX, Inc. cannot target Pastor Palmer or his church while ignoring other tenants' non-religious gatherings. This meritless lawsuit must be dismissed," explained Liberty Counsel founder Mat Staver.
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Pope Leo, head of Catholicism worldwide, has handed over to Muslims a "prayer room" in the Vatican, the heart of the church.
It is in a report at the Independent Sentinel that explains the confirmation came from a "casual remark," not a formal statement or press release as the Vatican often uses.
It was during an interview with La Repubblica just days ago that Giascomo Cardinali, vice-prefect of the Apostolic Library, confirmed, "Of course, some Muslim scholars have asked us for a room with a carpet to pray, and we have given it to them."
Despite the wide-ranging tolerance and cooperative agendas in the contemporary world, Islam and Christianity are fundamentally exclusive.
Islam denies the divinity of Christ, on which the salvation message in Christian churches globally for millennia has been founded.
The teachings also are directly in opposition, with the Christian message of love and compassion throughout the Bible conflicting with the Quran's instructions to "behead" non=Muslims.
The report said, "Pope Leo supports the invasion of millions of Islamists into Western countries although their values and culture are at great variance from that of the West. Now, he is arranging for a prayer room in the Vatican for them. However, we are still waiting for Vatican City to take in migratory Islamists to live."
The pope certainly has gone political in his so-far brief tenure, repeatedly criticizing America's agenda to secure its borders and control the number of migrants entering its boarders.
The report continued, "The priest's calm acknowledgment has since prompted a wave of critical commentary — not only because of what was offered, but because of where it was offered. They put the prayer room in the Vatican Apostolic Library. Some think this is admirable. Others say it's confusion of mission and identity."
The report continued, "It wouldn't bother me if the gesture was reciprocated. It's not. Churches in Europe are being transformed into mosques. Islamists are silencing and killing Christians throughout the world."
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A major milestone was reached Monday in the campaign for peace in the Middle East, specifically between Israel and the terrorists of Hamas who attacked the democratic nation in 2023, slaughtering 1,200 and kidnapping hundreds more.
The last 20 living hostages were released by Hamas.
It came as part of a multi-point plan developed under the administration of President Donald Trump that called for the release of the hostages. Future points will set up a governing organization to make decisions for Gaza, where Hamas has ruled in recent years.
Trump, in addressing Israel's Knesset on the agreement between Israel and Hamas, pointed out that previous American administrations, under Barack Obama and Joe Biden, failed in pursuit of that very goal.
"All of the countries in the Middle East that could have what we're doing now, it could have happened a long time ago, but it was strangled and set back almost irretrievably by the administrations of Barack Obama and then Joe Biden," Trump said, citing the then-"hatred" toward Israel.
"We had a very weak [Biden] administration. Worst president in the history of our country by far, and Barack Obama was not far behind, by the way," Trump said.
The violence, however, may not be gone forever.
Previous peace pauses often have been broken up by violence of the Islamists, and some of those groups issued a warning even as the peace deal was beginning to take effect.
"Factions stressed that they have no intention of laying down their weapons, and that they plan to continue military activity to achieve their objectives," explained a report at the Middle East Media Research Institute.
The statement from various "factions" said, "At this decisive historic moment, we reiterate and emphasize our loyalty to the martyrs, to the prisoners, to the wounded, and to the resistance fighters, and our adherence to our people's rights to their land, homeland, holy sites, and dignity. [We also emphasize] our determination to continue with the resistance in all its forms until our rights are achieved – first and foremost the removal of the occupation, self determination, and the establishment of an independent state with full sovereignty with Jerusalem as its capital."
The statement was identified as coming from Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
They also rejected "foreign guardianship" of the Gaza Strip and demanded to be part of the region's administration.
That means, the report said, Hamas would be rejecting vital components of Trump's peace plan, even though they officially had agreed, and had released hostages as part of the bargain.
"Underlining that the factions' negotiating team was keeping in mind 'our people's demands to stop the war of extermination,' it called this first stage of the ceasefire 'an essential step towards the urgent demand of our people – a final cessation of the criminal war, an end to the aggression against Gaza, the withdrawal of the occupation, and the lifting of the siege,'" the report said.
The factions suggested that international oversight was only for reconstruction and development.
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Nearly 20 people are missing and multiple deaths are feared in an explosion at a Tennessee bomb factory.
Reports revealed that there is a list of 19 names of people missing after the disaster at the Accurate Energetic Systems plant at the Hickman-Humphreys county line west of Nashville.
County emergency responders confirmed 19 people were inside the building that was vaporized, and all remain missing.
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has been called to the scene as there were concerns about subsequent explosions.
People in the area have been asked to avoid the location.
AES calls itself a "leader in the energetics and explosives industry."
Online, the company said, "Whether for military acquisition offices, defense and aerospace primes, or commercial demolition sectors, AES is your partner in achieving superior energetic solutions."
Reports confirmed the facility makes and stores explosives, including bulk explosives, shaped charges, demolition kits, and specialized items for military, defense, aerospace, demolition, mining, and oil industries.