Author: Jack Bogart

Authorities in Ohio are investigating the death of a teenager whose body was found days after he went missing. Trentin Isaac, 16, disappeared on Nov. 12, the Mansfield Police Department said in a statement earlier this week.  On Tuesday, Nov. 19, police announced that a body found in Harrison County, about two hours away from Mansfield, was determined to be Isaac’s. His body was taken to the Cuyahoga County coroner’s office due to “suspicious circumstances,” police said in their statement, without specifying further details.  Police also addressed claims about social media posts and videos, allegedly in connection with Trentin’s disappearance,…

Bigstock If you have been monitoring so-called “mainstream” media sources or seen Gallup’s recent headline announcing their latest poll findings on firearms, you would be led to believe that an overwhelming majority of Americans want to ban semi-automatic modern sporting rifles, also known as assault weapons. Gallup’s report on the poll carried the headline, “Majorities Still Back Stricter Gun Laws, Assault Weapons Ban.” And technically, that’s true. However, channeling our inner Paul Harvey, now you’re going to hear the rest of the story. In fact, a better headline would have been, “Support for Assault Weapons Ban Continues To Fall.” Here’s…

A massive check fraud conspiracy resulted in the arrests of three gang members following a yearslong investigation, authorities announced on Tuesday.The alleged crimes victimized 200 people and businesses in Polk County, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Back in June 2022, Polk County Sheriff’s office deputies responded to a call at a gas station resulting in the search for Tyler Jacob, a convicted felon known to be a member of the “Trap Boys” gang.Although Jacob had tried to run away when he was apprehended, he was found with a handgun, ammunition, numerous fraudulent checks, checks that…

President-elect Trump’s FCC chair pick Brendan Carr has a monumental task ahead of him, Dr. Jordan Peterson warned Wednesday, and exposing Big Tech’s algorithmic grip on free speech is a good place to start.”At minimum, he should ensure that we know how the algorithms operate on social media networks and how things are promoted and how things are hidden,” Peterson told Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade in an interview that aired Wednesday on “Fox & Friends.” “Because the real danger, one of the real dangers that confronts us is that our discourse is going to be mediated by intelligence systems whose mechanisms are…

Food prices are soaring in the Gaza Strip after armed men attacked and robbed nearly 100 U.N. aid trucks that crossed over from Israel. Of the 109 trucks that entered central Gaza on Saturday, 97 were “violently looted” and “forced at gunpoint to unload aid,” according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). “Due to critical shortages of flour, all eight U.N.-supported bakeries in Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis have been operating at diminished capacity for weeks. Many have been forced to shut down entirely,” the agency added. “Without immediate intervention, severe food shortages are…

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin defended his efforts to expand diversity in the military during a wide-ranging interview on Wednesday.Austin affirmed to NBC News his belief that having women and increased diversity in the U.S. military “makes us stronger.” “I have spent 41 years in uniform, three long tours in Iraq, one in Afghanistan, and everywhere I went on a battlefield, there were women in our formation,” Austin told NBC. “I would tell you that, you know, our women are the finest troops in the world. Quite frankly, some of the finest in the world.””They do impact readiness. They make us better.…

A 26-year-old man was convicted in the murder of Laken Riley following days of an emotionally charged trial that laid bare details of her gruesome killing.  Riley, 22, was killed on Feb. 22 while she was out on a jog on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Ga. Jose Ibarra was found guilty of murder in her killing by an Athens County judge, whose verdict was livestreamed on Court TV. Ibarra was found guilty on one count of malice murder, three counts of felony murder, and kidnapping, aggravated assault with attempt to rape, aggravated battery, obstructing a 911 call,…

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool) The implications from last week’s election results are reverberating through the halls of Congress quickly. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled How Bump Stocks and Other Conversion Devices are Amplifying the Gun Violence Epidemic, and Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) struck a noticeably different tone than his usual combative anti-Second Amendment style, seeking instead to offer to work together with Republicans in the new Congress when majority control flips sides. “I hope to be able to work with the new incoming chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Chuck Grassley,” said Chairman Durbin. The…

ATHENS, Ga. — Defense attorneys for Jose Ibarra, the suspect accused of murdering Augusta University student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus in February, rested their case Wednesday morning after bringing just two witnesses forward on Tuesday.The Athens-Clarke County court heard from 29 of the prosecution’s witnesses over three days in Ibarra’s murder trial, which began Nov. 15, with prosecutor Sheila Ross highlighting evidence ranging from Ibarra’s DNA on key pieces of evidence to security camera footage and cellphone data placing him at the location of the crime at the time Riley was killed.”Laken Riley herself has given…

A browser is one of the most popular apps we use. It’s the gateway between the internet and its users, translating raw code into something we perceive as a web page and allowing us to interact with the web. It’s safe to say that anyone who uses the internet uses a web browser. But while this tool is extremely useful, it can also be equally dangerous. For example, clicking malicious links can redirect you to harmful websites that either steal personal information or infect your device with malware.If you use a search engine like Google through Chrome, it can collect data…