A Texas police sergeant confessed to sexually abusing children and implicated two co-workers in the crimes, during a dramatic standoff with investigators and a SWAT team that ended in his suicide, authorities said on Friday. Deputy Robert Johnson, an eight-year veteran of Harris County Precinct One in Houston, shot himself in the head Wednesday, after … Read more
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has not spoken with China’s top military officials since taking office in January — despite the Pentagon’s best efforts, according to a new report. “The military relationship is strained, no question about that. It’s hard to know how much this is reflective of that strain as much as it is … Read more
The legal battle over the Biden administration’s plan to halt all deportations during the president’s first 100 days in office came to an end this week when the state of Texas agreed to drop a lawsuit challenging the planned freeze. The Department of Homeland Security quietly issued a statement May 6 confirming that the 100-day … Read more
Newly-obtained bodycam video of the fatal arrest of Ronald Greene — and his long-suppressed autopsy report — revealed more troubling details of the unarmed black Louisiana driver’s 2019 death. The shocking footage, obtained by the Associated Press on Friday, shows State Troopers ordering Greene to lie on his stomach and remain face down after the … Read more
The Air Force inspector general will look into the removal of a Space Force commander who wrote a book and appeared on a recent podcast to argue that Marxism is infiltrating the military. Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek confirmed Thursday that the investigation into whether Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier’s actions constituted “prohibited partisan political activity” … Read more
It’s a round of shots for South Korea. President Biden announced Friday that the US will be providing enough coronavirus vaccine doses to inoculate 550,000 of Seoul’s servicemembers. “We’ll provide full vaccinations for all 550,000 of those Korean forces engaging with American forces on a regular basis, both for their sake as well as the … Read more
The two corrections officers tasked with guarding pedophile Jeffrey Epstein the night of his suicide in a Manhattan jail have admitted to falsifying records — but will skirt time behind bars under a deal with prosecutors. Tova Noel and Michael Thomas admitted that they “willfully and knowingly” lied on forms stating that they’d made the … Read more
A former girlfriend of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) will cooperate with federal investigators who are looking into whether the congressman paid minors and escorts or offered them gifts in exchange for sex, according to a report on Friday. The woman, who wasn’t named, is a former Capitol Hill staffer whose relationship with Gaetz could go … Read more
An elderly Mexican man suspected of being a serial killer has confessed to the murders of seven women, telling a court he ate some of their body parts — and skinned his last victim’s face because she was “pretty,” according to a report. Andrés Mendoza, 72, made the revolting revelation during a hearing on Thursday, … Read more
A mass grave filled with dozens of female corpses — believed to be victims of a violent sex and murder ring — was found in an ex-cop’s backyard in El Salvador, reports said Friday. Police made the grisly discovery this week while investigating former police officer Hugo Ernesto Osorio Chavez for the double homicide of … Read more