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A university student died after being repeatedly stabbed by a man armed with a Sikh ceremonial sword, a court heard. Finance student Henry Nowak, 18, was on his way home from a night out when he was allegedly attacked by stranger Vikrum Digwa, 23, with the eight inch 'Shastar' blade. Digwa was caught on camera saying 'I am a bad man' before the fatal attack, jurors were told. He is now on trial accused of murder alongside his mother Kiran Kaur, 53, who is accused of assisting an offender. Prosecutors said she went to the scene before running home with the knife to stash it among an 'arsenal of weapons' there. They both deny the charges. Southampton Crown Court heard Mr Nowak was in his first term studying accountancy and finance at Southampton University when he went for a night out in the city on December 3, 2023 with friends from his football team. The teenager went home at around 11pm and having 'drunk less than the legal limit to drive'. Jurors were told he was speaking to friends on Snapchat when he came across Digwa. After he was stabbed Mr Nowak tried to climb a fence to escape but Digwa was 'aggressively pursuing' him, leaving a trail of blood, the court heard. Police were called to the scene but arrested Mr Nowak after Digwa claimed he had been racially abused. Mr Nowak was then handcuffed before passing out and dying in the street a short time later. more at https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15818111/Sikh-man-stabbed-18-year-old-university-student-death-eight-inch-ceremonial-knife-claiming-hed-racially-abused-court-hears.html

A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted the founder and owner of HealthSplash yesterday for his role in operating a platform that generated false doctors’ orders and prescriptions to defraud Medicare and other federal health care benefit programs out of more than $1 billion. “The Department of Justice crushed one of the most egregious fraud schemes in Florida history,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “This illegitimate operation stole more than $1 billion from American taxpayers — including hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries. This was cold, calculated, industrial-scale theft targeting the sick and elderly, coercing vulnerable people into buying unnecessary medical equipment. We will not rest until every fraudster ripping off the American people is held accountable.” “The defendant orchestrated a massive telemarketing scheme that used foreign call centers and spam mailers to target our country’s senior citizens and defraud government health care benefit programs,” said Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division. “The Fraud Division will continue to aggressively prosecute health care fraud schemes, hold criminals accountable, and protect the integrity of America’s health care system.” more at https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/owner-health-care-software-company-convicted-1-billion-dollar-medicare-fraud-conspiracy

CHILLICOTHE, Mo. — A Chillicothe woman is sharing her story with KMBC 9 Investigates to raise awareness about the struggle to remain in her home. Taylor West, a sergeant for the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, believes Chillicothe city officials gave her all the necessary building permits and a certificate of occupancy to move into her manufactured home last year. But an attorney representing the city has demanded the home’s removal for the past six months, even though he told KMBC on Monday the city’s codes office mistakenly issued a building permit. “The building permit was issued by the Codes office, although it should not have been,” attorney Robert Cowherd said in a written statement to KMBC. Neither Cowherd nor the city’s mayor was available for an interview at a requested time on Wednesday afternoon, although Cowherd answered KMBC’s questions by email. more at https://www.kmbc.com/article/chillicothe-manufactured-home-permit-zoning-dispute/71299166

A Kansas City-area high school teacher was sentenced May 6 to 12 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography. Seth Brummond, a math teacher at Lee’s Summit West High School and an LGBTQ activist, according to an X post by Libs of TikTok, was arrested and charged with child pornography charges in 2024. A cyber tip warned Lee Summit police officers of a user who uploaded 12 videos of child pornography in the Kik Messaging app in September 2024, a press release from the Western District of Missouri U.S. Attorney’s Office reads. Officers later identified the suspect to be Brummond and placed his home under surveillance to serve federal search warrants. He was arrested on his way to work at the school in December 2024. more at https://readlion.com/kansas-city-area-teacher-lgbtq-advocate-pleads-guilty-to-child-porn/

seems like she needs fatter tires so she doesn't tip over.

what a surprise, the virginia supreme court is a threat to democracy...........

the green party is winning the forehead wars............

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) – A Wichita police officer has been arrested for domestic violence over the weekend, the department confirmed on Monday. Spokesman for Wichita Police Department Andrew Ford confirmed that an officer was arrested on Sunday following a domestic violence incident at a home in Bel Aire on Saturday. Ford did not identify the officer by name, however, he was identified by Sedgwick County booking records as Grayson Hoofer. He is accused of domestic violence and battery and was booking into Sedgwick County Jail on Sunday. A source close to the investigation tell KAKE News that the officer had a prior relationship with the alleged victim, but they were not married. The source said the incident occurred at the woman’s home in Bel Aire. According to information that has now been removed from the city's website, Hoofer was part of the police department's Domestic Intervention & Violence Reduction Team. more at https://www.kake.com/home/wichita-police-officer-arrested-for-domestic-violence-in-bel-aire/article_ca0dbf61-38d0-4b71-afb3-b70bf2e1b472.html

if he has twin 300's, i doubt he cares about gas prices.

just wow. unfortunately, one solution the state has to a surplus of men is to start a war.............

i'm just picturing protesting greenpeacers hearing banjos for the first time............

that's something i've never understood about marina gas - it's way higher than gas at a gas station - yet they have no road tax (or should not be charging for road tax)

if that photo was posted around the time it was taken, she was around 21 years old.

OpenAI could have stopped Canadian trans teen’s school shooting — but didn’t because of greed: bombshell lawsuits OpenAI could have stopped a trans teen’s slaughter that killed eight people — but was too greedy to install safeguards to rein in the ChatGPT bot advising the nut, according to bombshell new lawsuits. The inhumane move meant the platform’s chatbot only “deepened” 18-year-old school shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar’s “fixation and pushed them toward the attack” that killed six kids and two adults in Canada on Feb. 10, said victims’ families in seven suits filed in federal court in California on Wednesday morning. The lawsuits accuse ChatGPT’s parent company OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman of “designing a dangerous product, ignoring the warnings of their own safety team … and choosing profit over the lives of the children of Tumbler Ridge,” the court papers claimed. Van Rootselaar’s conversations with the chatbot had grown so concerning that his account was deactivated by ChatGPT’s own safety team in June — seven months before the killings, the court papers said. But there were no safeguards in place to stop Van Rootselaar from setting up a new account and carrying on with the evil plan under a different user name. more at https://nypost.com/2026/04/29/us-news/openai-could-have-stopped-canadian-trans-teens-school-shooting-but-didnt-because-of-greed-bombshell-lawsuits/

this is him and her (facebook) around jul 2021

the camera angle i saw, he was running from left to right. unknown what was on the right side of the screen - always be aware of your backstop.

WAUKESHA COUNTY, Wis. (WISN) - Prosecutors say a Wisconsin woman who allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death told investigators she was “angry” at him because of an argument over dinner. Lukas Rosch, 25, was a lot of things to his family: a loving son and brother, a special uncle and a devoted dog dad. But his life came to a shocking end Friday night at an apartment in the Village of Lac La Belle, where prosecutors say he was stabbed to death by his longtime girlfriend, 27-year-old Mikayla Kloth. Kloth was charged Monday with first-degree intentional homicide. Prosectors say the deadly incident started over an argument about dinner. Kloth allegedly said in an interview with police that she didn’t want Rosch to come over for dinner that night. Rather, she wanted to go out. She told investigators Rosch was “pushing her buttons” when he brought chicken to her apartment, intending to cook it in the air fryer, according to a criminal complaint. more at https://www.ksla.com/2026/04/29/prosecutors-woman-stabbed-boyfriend-death-bringing-dinner-home-instead-taking-her-out/

i was expecting the guy to be named eric, if anyone remembers him.

and this just in - perhaps it's just the tip of the iceberg.

Indiana Democrat arrested after allegedly campaigning in neighborhood while on cocaine An Indiana Democratic State Senate candidate was arrested while allegedly canvassing a neighborhood while high on cocaine, according to police, after officers say his erratic behavior and a brief struggle led to the discovery of drugs in his car. Andrew Dezelan, 38, who is running in the May 5 Democratic primary for Senate District 31, faces one count of possession of cocaine and a misdemeanor count of resisting law enforcement, following his arrest Sunday night, FOX59 Indianapolis reported. Police responded to reports of a man going door-to-door soliciting around 8 p.m. in a neighborhood in Fishers, WRTV reported. Officers located Dezelan sitting in his car at a nearby clubhouse, where he told them he was canvassing. According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by the outlet, officers quickly noticed signs Dezelan might have been impaired, including rapid speech, erratic movements, sweating and constricted pupils. more at https://www.foxnews.com/politics/indiana-democrat-arrested-allegedly-campaigning-neighborhood-cocaine

and another one.......... Army major in Virginia charged with conspiring to aid Cameroon separatist fighters WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Army major employed as a nurse on a military base near Washington, D.C., has been charged with conspiring to provide financial and tactical support to separatist fighters in his native Cameroon, according to court records unsealed earlier this week. Maj. Kenneth Chungag, a nurse who lives and works on Fort Belvoir in Virginia, is accused of using his military training and experience to assist the Ambazonia Defense Forces in Cameroon. Chungag is “greatly dismayed by these charges and looks forward to a timely and just resolution of the matter,” defense attorney Robert Jenkins told The Associated Press in an email Friday. Chungag, a 50-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen, and co-defendant Mercy Akwi Ombaku were arrested Monday on federal conspiracy charges. A magistrate judge ordered their release from custody after initial court appearances in Alexandria, Virginia. Prosecutors didn’t seek their pretrial detention. more at https://wset.com/news/local/army-major-in-virginia-charged-with-conspiring-to-aid-cameroon-separatist-fighters-fort-belvoir-va-washington-dc-ambazonia-defense-forces-april-2026