A heated feud between Pastor Tony Spell and his neighbors turned violent as the pastor sought to defend his family and congregation.
Spell, who is the pastor at Life Tabernacle Church in Central, Louisiana, was arrested for second-degree battery against his neighbor’s son, Scott Sherwin, after an altercation outside his church. Spell has been released on a $25,000 bond, according to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office.
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Louisiana pastor beats up a man who allegedly threatened to r*pe and kill his wife and grandchildren.
Pastor Tony Spell of Life Tabernacle Church says he was working on a church bus when the neighbor&#8217;s son started shouting at him.
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The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/25/us-news/louisiana-pastor-allegedly-assaulted-neighbor-who-threatened-to-rape-and-kill-wife/">reported</a> that Spell gave Sherwin a total of 35 punches. Sherwin’s father said his son had to receive five stitches to his chin after the incident. Released footage of the incident appears to show Spell confronting the younger man. 
Speaking at a news conference about the altercation, Spell claimed that Sherwin threatened to sexually assault and kill his family, WAFB <a href="https://www.wafb.com/2026/06/25/centrals-police-chief-denies-pastor-spells-claims-that-law-enforcement-failed-keep-peace/">reported</a>.  
“While this individual is walking up and down the shoulder of the road, he&#8217;s shouting vulgarities, profanities, and very nasty words towards my person, or myself,” Spell <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&amp;v=1341020884663588">recalled</a>. “And while I&#8217;m working on this particular bus, he said, Tony, I&#8217;m quoting him. He said, &#8216;Tony, I&#8217;m gonna rape your wife. I&#8217;m gonna rape all of your grandchildren.’ And he said, ‘The next time you go out of town, I&#8217;m going to kill them. And what the f*ck are you going to do about it?&#8217;” 
“Number one, I’m a husband, number two, I’m a father, and number three, I’m a pastor who shepherds his flock,” he added. “I will not allow a man to murder my children when I’m gone.”
Spell also <a href="https://www.wafb.com/2026/06/24/family-releases-new-video-fight-involving-pastor-tony-spell/">claimed</a> that the Sherwin family has thrown vulgarities at his congregation, which is racially diverse and made up of vulnerable individuals, including people recovering from addiction.
“[My congregation is] constantly stalked by these individuals across the street. They are constantly intimidated with threats of bodily harm,” Spell said. “There&#8217;s not a person that&#8217;s come to this church that&#8217;s standing behind me in this meeting today who hasn&#8217;t been called the racial slur of the N word. Their children have been screamed at and shouted at with vulgarities.” 
Spell appeared to make light of his actions to his congregation during a sermon by referencing Mark 16:18 from the Bible, <a href="https://www.wafb.com/2026/06/24/i-fulfilled-scripture-i-laid-hands-sick-pastor-tony-spell-confessed-his-congregation/">WAFB reported</a>.
“‘In my name, they shall lay hands on the sick. And they shall recover,’” he said. “So today, I fulfilled the Scripture. I laid hands on the sick. I don’t know how much recovery they’re going to have, but I laid hands on the sick.”
Spell’s lawyer, Jeff Wittenbrink, criticized the local police for negligence, stating that Spell had reported harassment multiple times previously and was ignored by the local authorities.
“There’s certainly a failure of laws and enforcers to keep the peace,” Wittenbrink said.
Corcoran disputed the claim that police failed to act on the Spells&#8217; complaints. “Our records reflect only 5 incidents involving Pastor or Mrs. Spell in the past 4 years, and only one of those involved a complaint against their neighbors,” Corcoran said in a statement. 
Corcoran has offered to investigate any failure by his department to respond to a complaint if Spell can provide the dates and times of the alleged unaddressed complaints.
Bad blood has reportedly existed between Spell and the Sherwin family for half a decade. Spell was ticketed for holding church services in person in violation of COVID-19 restrictions, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/11/19/louisiana-pastor-charged-for-coronavirus-violation-seeks-relief/">reported</a>. 
The Sherwin family allegedly set up surveillance cameras to monitor Spell and his violations of COVID protocol, prompting the pastor to sue the family.

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President Donald Trump’s granddaughter, Kai Trump, recently took her followers on a tour of the White House, describing the famous landmark with nonchalance and a hint of sarcasm.
The Gen-Z internet personality showed off the White House in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxxV0P0602M">video</a> posted on Wednesday and gave some more behind-the-scenes perspective of the White House UFC fight.
As she entered the White House, which she called &#8220;my house,&#8221; she gestured towards a portrait of George Washington, saying, “We got my best friend, George Washington. We’re real tight.” 

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Kai also described the newly-installed statues of Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin in the Rose Garden as if they were old friends.
“This is my friend Alexander Hamilton. What a chiller,” Kai said. “Over here we have Benjamin Franklin, who’s also my dear friend. Old Boy Benji. We call him Benji. What a nice guy.”
As she walked through a hallway adorned by paintings, glass lamps, and an old grandfather clock, Trump&#8217;s granddaughter commented that she &#8220;used to play soccer in these halls.&#8221;
After dodging aides who were moving furniture on the second floor, Kai found a podium.
“I’m about to do a speech in front of everyone. Look, look at my crowd,” she joked to the few people filming her.
She continued showing other rooms in the White House, commenting with her deadpan sense of humor.
“This is the Red Room. As you can tell, it’s red and that’s why it&#8217;s called the Red Room.” Kai joked. “This is the Blue Room. As you can tell, it’s also blue.”
To conclude her White House tour, Kai went into the Oval Office, showing off the Declaration of Independence on the wall, the portraits, Trump’s Sharpies, and the various articles of gold in the office.
“All right guys. We’re in the Oval Office right now,” she said. “So everything is gold because my grandpa hates gold so he actually decided to add a lot of gold to the Oval Office. That’s a joke. He loves gold. It’s like his favorite thing on the planet if you guys haven’t noticed.&#8221;
“He has a very good attention to detail, so everything that he thought should be gold, he made gold,” Kai added. 
Kai has over three million followers on Instagram and 1.5 million subscribers on YouTube. She is attending the University of Miami this fall, where she is <a href="https://miamihurricanes.com/roster/kai-trump/">joining</a> Miami&#8217;s golf team.

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Marxist political commentator Hasan Piker celebrated his favorite New York socialist candidates defeating moderate Democrats in the New York primary elections, held on Tuesday.
“It feels like were painting the town red tonight, ladies and gentlemen,” Piker <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2803627514">said</a> to his Twitch audience, celebrating wins from Darializa Chevalier, Claire Valdez, and Conrad Blackburn in “tonight’s unbelievable primary race.”
“I&#8217;m so happy to be able to share this incredible experience with all of you, here in the f*cking Commie Corridor — the tip of the spear of the American Socialist Movement — an absolute f*cking blowout,” Piker said.
Piker disowned and hurled expletives at some of the more moderate members of the Democratic Party, accusing them of selling out to big business and Israel.
Piker took aim at Brooklyn borough president Antonio Reynoso, calling him a “wonderful person&#8221; before pivoting to label him a “byproduct of the machine.” He then argued that Reynoso had come to his <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/03/pro-palestinian-pal-pac-endorses-claire-valdez-congress/412325/">anti-Israel position</a> — claiming that Israel was committing &#8220;genocide&#8221; in Gaza and calling for the United States to end all arms sales to the Jewish state — too late, and should be ousted from office because of it.
“And why do I say this?” Hasan added. “Becaasue Israel committed a genocide for two and a half years. And it took Reynoso to recognize that only after he was campaigning against the Commie Corridor. To me, a lot of people can smell the inauthenticity there.”
Piker also reserved harsh judgment for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), saying, “That b*tch right there — read it and f*cking weep, Hakeem!”
Piker also bragged about his own influence in the New York elections, saying that the phone bank he helped with for Chevalier had called some 90,000 people, allegedly swinging the election in the socialist candidate’s favor.
“After tonight, my price went up,” Piker said after learning the news. “You have to be a Democratic Socialist if you want some of this f*cking shine.”
Piker stated that the socialist victories in New York are ushering in “a decade of socialism” that is “coming to a neighborhood near you.”
“When I said we were going to let a thousand Zohrans bloom, this is what I meant,” Piker said. “And that’s because the American people are tired of the same old business as usual politics — the corruption, the ineptitude, the feckless nature of the Democrats that don’t want to fight back against the growth of fascism in this country. This is Americans fighting back. It’s only the beginning.” 
Piker later said that “hopefully we [The Democratic Socialists of America] won’t stop until we can elect socialists in every state and in every district.”
Not all of Piker’s New York endorsements won. Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), one of Congress’s most outspoken supporters of Israel, easily <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/outspoken-zionist-dem-defeats-hasan-piker-backed-primary-challenger?row=0&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;rowType=Web+Search+Overlay">defeated</a> a Left-wing primary challenger Michael Blake, drawing an angry response from the streamer.
Piker has become known for his radical, violent rhetoric, such as saying that “America <a href="https://x.com/EYakoby/status/2048814928874655931">deserved</a> 9/11,” and <a href="https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2048217117221065201">calling on</a> his followers to “let the streets soak in their f*cking red capitalist blood.” He routinely praises and makes excuses for designated terrorist organizations — like Hamas and Hezbollah — while criticizing the United States and its allies.
He has also faced backlash over a lavish lifestyle that is in clear conflict with his anti-capitalist screeds. For instance, Piker received pushback from his fans and critics for wearing a $1,000 <a href="https://dexerto.com/entertainment/hasan-responds-to-backlash-over-his-1000-coachella-outfit-1807194/">Gucci shirt</a> at the 2022 Coachella music festival. 
He has also recently has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/flashback-hasan-piker-admitted-to-colluding-with-cuban-regime-a-year-before-feds-investigated?row=0&amp;elementPosition=14&amp;rowType=Web+Search">subpoenaed</a> by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control for his alleged collusion with the Cuban communist government.
Piker has also received some pushback for his radical positions. Piker was slated to speak at SXSW London when the British Home Office suddenly revoked his visa, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-dont-need-open-borders-for-bad-ideas-actually?row=0&amp;elementPosition=8&amp;rowType=Web+Search">stating</a> it would “not be conducive to the public good” for him to enter the country. Piker has also been barred from three Denver-area venues for his planned leftist rallies.

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A giraffe is on the loose in Texas after escaping from a breeding facility a week and a half ago.
Gracie, a 4-year-old reticulated giraffe with rounded ears, fled Cedar Hollow Ranch in Real County, Texas, the facility&#8217;s manager Vick Jones <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/missing-giraffe-texas-gracie-rcna351474">told</a> NBC News. Cedar Hollow Ranch is a private exotic animal breeding facility that is home to hundreds of animals, including Nubian ibexes, antelope, impalas, and other animals native to Africa and the Middle East.
The giraffe reportedly vanished after feeding on an isolated hillside and finding an unfenced area opposite an 8-foot-tall gate. Jones <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/us/gracie-giraffe-texas-missing.html">said</a> the giraffe would walk around the ranch &#8220;like none of the others did,&#8221; adding that Gracie would go to secluded areas and “eat on the tree limbs.&#8221;
The last official sighting of the giraffe was taken on a hunting camera west of Leakey, Texas, which sits about 100 miles northwest of San Antonio.
Jones stated that the animal is likely in the “rough terrain” that surrounds the southern Texas area, and that she most likely is still safe and healthy.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of food out there for her to eat. There&#8217;s plenty of water,&#8221; Jones said.  
Reticulated giraffes around Gracie’s age are about 14-16 feet tall and can run up to 35 mph in short bursts, according to the <a href="https://www.denverzoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Reticulated-giraffe.pdf">Denver Zoo</a>. The species of giraffe is <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88420717/88420720">listed</a> as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources’ Red List.
The disappearance of the giraffe made waves on the internet, with many users creating fake AI-generated videos of sightings of Gracie, My San Antonio News <a href="https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/gracie-giraffe-not-found-texas-22318572.php">reported</a>. 
In one AI-generated photo, a giraffe is seen surrounded by police while trying to cross a Texas highway at dusk.
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&#8220;No, she has not been found. That&#8217;s just people having fun with the internet, getting their little one minute of fame,&#8221; Jones said as of Wednesday morning. Jones added that the giraffe is still missing, with no new clues on her location.
Gracie’s owner is offering a $5,000 reward for tips leading to the giraffe’s capture and safe return, Real County officials <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122120771115249453&amp;set=a.122103704295249453">said</a>. People who see the giraffe are asked to report it to the sheriff’s office at 830-232-5201.

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To celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, two marathon runners have assembled a team to unite the country in a marathon relay from sea to shining sea. 
The idea started when marathon runners Joe Nail and Wyatt Moss met and became friends while trying to complete 50 marathons in each of the 50 US states. 
“As America&#8217;s 250th birthday came into view, Joe had an idea: do something epic to bring the country back together,” the Relay for America website <a href="https://www.relayforamerica.org/about">said</a>. “A coast-to-coast relay, carrying the American flag from one ocean to the capital. He asked Wyatt to partner — and Wyatt pushed it further. Don&#8217;t make it a private feat. Open it to everyone and build the first mass-participation flag relay across the country.”
The idea for Relay for America was born – a marathon relay where more than 250 runners will carry the flag from California to the nation’s capital. Nail and Moss planned a route consisting of 3,016 miles, with each mile <a href="https://www.relayforamerica.org/honor">dedicated</a> to one of America’s veterans. 
The website mentions that the idea started with “a ragtag group of young people on a shoestring budget, with about two weeks to plan something most would spend years and hundreds of thousands of dollars on.” However, the founders of this movement mention that the spirit of American exceptionalism has kept the team going. 
“We think that America is still an exceptional place,” Nail said during a Fox News interview. “There’s this narrative — people like to talk about all the things that are wrong with America, and really the spirit of this relay is showing all the things that are right with America.”
The run began Sunday on Rodeo Beach in San Francisco when a group of about 15 people and the runner  touched the waters of the Pacific Ocean and started running east, as Moss <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZkz1TAveZa/">told</a> his audience on Instagram.
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The <a href="https://www.relayforamerica.org/">home page</a> of the Relay for America has a map where viewers can see the flag’s current location and calculate the time the flag is expected to reach their state. 
The relay will be expected to take around 20 days, ending in Washington D.C. on the evening of July 2. The runners are currently averaging about 161 miles per day, running through all hours of the day. As of Friday, the flag had been carried all the way to Utah.
The <a href="https://www.relayforamerica.org/crew">website</a> offers opportunities for volunteers to work for management, media, comms, operations, press, and bookkeeping to make sure that the flag reaches the nation’s capital on July 4.

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Meme lovers throughout the Trump administration just posted a series of artificial intelligence remixes based on Grand Theft Auto VI, drawing on the viral internet craze behind the game. 
After months of radio silence from Rockstar Games, the makers of the GTA series, the long-anticipated cover art for the new game finally <a href="https://rockstarintel.com/new-gta-6-cover-art-wallpapers-logo-released/">dropped</a> on Thursday — immediately taking the internet by storm. 
The White House, the Department of Labor, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection quickly capitalized on the craze, posting some of their own takes on the cover art. The Department of Health even came out with a short video.
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We really saved America before GTA 6 <a href="https://t.co/W0ZRsLsVCj">pic.twitter.com/W0ZRsLsVCj</a>
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We flipped the food pyramid before we got GTA 6. <a href="https://t.co/UT1bSASfCk">pic.twitter.com/UT1bSASfCk</a>
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We really secured the border before GTA 6.
Read more here: <a href="https://t.co/vrNPsYfD0X">https://t.co/vrNPsYfD0X</a> <a href="https://t.co/prUvONQiLV">pic.twitter.com/prUvONQiLV</a>
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Grand Theft Auto is the fifth best-selling video game series of all time, even outselling Minecraft, according to the <a href="https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/Best-selling_game_franchises">Video Game Sales</a>. GTA V has sold a staggering 230 million copies, the WorldoMeter&#8217;s population review <a href="https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by-country/">states</a>, which is more than one copy for each person in Japan, the UK, and Poland combined. 
Since GTA VI has been in development for 12 to 13 years, the internet’s favorite running joke is to track new inventions and events by saying, “We got this before GTA VI.” The posts from the administration play on the meme with comments such as “We really saved America before GTA 6.”
But not everyone is thrilled. Some critics have pointed out that the Grand Theft Auto series glorifies violence and sexual promiscuity — a far cry from “conservative family values.” Additionally, the main antagonist of the series is the Federal Investigation Bureau, which those on the Left have compared to ICE. Some have also said that government entities should not be allowed to have fair use of private IPs for “propaganda.”

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The Vietnamese police have saved over 400 cats from being trafficked and slaughtered in Southeast Asia’s underground cat meat trade. This comprises one of the biggest feline rescue operations in Vietnam’s history.
Along with the 400 living felines, the Ho Chi Minh City police found 80 cat carcasses frozen in coolers. Nine people have been arrested for alleged involvement in a &#8220;criminal group specialising in stealing and collecting cats,” <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20yzm58vk3o">said</a> BBC News, citing the official newspaper of the city’s police department.
The cats were reported to be emaciated, traumatized, and stuffed into cages. An unknown number of the animals died after being rescued because of the poor conditions they were in. A few of the cats were pregnant and have since given birth in police custody.
“The sad truth about this trade is that thousands of cats every month are being stolen, trafficked and slaughtered for meat across the country, and the fate of most is to end up at a slaughterhouse or restaurant to be killed and eaten,” <a href="https://www.humaneworld.org/en/news/hundreds-cats-seized-ho-chi-minh-city-police-largest-cat-meat-bust-vietnam">said</a> Phuong Tham, the Humane World for Animals Viet Nam country director. “Thankfully these survivors escaped that fate but this large seizure and the swift actions of the police are a welcome step in the crackdown that is badly needed on this trade.&#8221;
The cat meat trade is not illegal in Vietnam, but distributors are required to gain permits proving a cat’s origins. However, many black market sellers see this permit process as a nuisance and resort to stealing cats on the streets from owners, and trafficking them across borders to Laos, Cambodia, and China.
Additionally, one kilogram of cat meat sells for about $2.70, which according to statistics from the agrifood market data website Selina Wamucii, is costlier than a kilogram of <a href="https://www.selinawamucii.com/insights/prices/vietnam/chicken-meat/">chicken</a> ($1.80) but much cheaper than a kilo of <a href="https://www.selinawamucii.com/insights/prices/vietnam/beef/">beef</a> ($8.11). This gives black market sellers an opportunity to provide a relatively cheap and accessible meat to consumers with a moderate profit margin.
The animal rights organization Humane World <a href="https://www.humaneworld.org/en/campaign/ending-viet-nams-dog-cat-meat-trades">estimates</a> that over one million cats are “stolen, trafficked and brutally slaughtered for their meat” every year in Vietnam. 
The arrest has coincided with a rising support among younger generations and pet owners to end the cat meat trade entirely, with Humane World reporting 71% approval for the banning of cat meat consumption and trade. 
The Vietnamese government is planning on instituting more legal protections for cats and cat owners.
Cats are eaten most commonly in Vietnam during the Lunar Month for good luck, as animal rights organization Four Paws USA <a href="https://www.fourpawsusa.org/campaigns-topics/campaigns/end-the-dog-and-cat-meat-trade/the-truth/where-the-cruelty-happens">reports</a>.

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Hany Farid has declared that artificial intelligence image generation has reached a point where it can fool even the world’s greatest experts, including himself.
Farid is a professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information and the senior faculty adviser for the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity. He is widely considered to be the world’s leader in digital forensics and image analysis. But according to a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/us/ai-deepfake-hany-farid.html">report</a> from The New York Times, Farid is struggling to pick up on some AI-generated content.  
Farid has noticed that AI has improved dramatically at mimicking real shadows, projectile trajectories, plant life, human faces, and sound, removing many of the clues that digital forensics experts relied on to detect deepfakes.
“I don’t trust anything. Every image I see, I’m drawing lines for shadows and doing geometry in my head, trying to figure out what I’m looking at. It’s over,” Farid said. “Within a year or two, our whole visual system will be utterly useless.”
Farid has collaborated with Microsoft to <a href="https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2020/hany-farid-leads-microsoft-project-detect-child-sex-predators">create</a> PhotoDNA, software used by many major tech firms to detect child sexual abuse material. Additionally, Farid worked with the U.S. military to create scanning software to detect deepfake videos before the 2020 election, according to an article originally published in The Los Angeles Times.
Farid told The New York Times that he is frustrated with how Big Tech is rapidly developing AI with no concern for the repercussions and hopes to retire from the scene and move to a farm in Vermont. 

“I can’t stand this place anymore,” Farid said. “These major tech giants will burn everything to the ground as long as they’re making a profit. They’re not interested in anything that’s going to slow them down.”
According to cybersecurity firm DeepStrike, deepfake files have <a href="https://deepstrike.io/blog/deepfake-statistics-2025">increased</a> dramatically from 500,000 in 2023 to 8 million in 2025, coinciding with a 3,000% increase in fraud attempts worldwide. 

Now that human detection systems are failing, experts are fighting fire with fire by using AI to combat AI deepfakes, such as the AI-powered <a href="https://zinc.cse.buffalo.edu/ubmdfl/deep-o-meter/">Deepfake-O-Meter</a> and Farid’s own company, <a href="https://www.getrealsecurity.com/teams/labs/pr-hany-farid">GetReal Security</a>.
Additionally, experts are advocating for new standards for digital photography to make it easier to determine a photo’s authenticity. 
For example, the Content Credentials movement is <a href="https://contentcredentials.org/">advocating</a> for a pin to accompany digital photos that will allow viewers to “determine the method of creation” for a photo “and see a record of editing history.”
Copyleaks, an AI content-detection platform, has <a href="https://copyleaks.com/blog/5-most-common-types-of-video-deepfake-scams">detailed</a> five major emerging deepfake scams potentially jeopardizing Americans&#8217; well-being.
Celebrity scams utilize deepfakes of famous people to promote products, while catfishing scams involve deepfaking a beautiful person to manipulate lovers into giving money or personal information. 
Fake security footage is being used to prosecute innocent people, and scammers are using AI voice changers to make people believe a loved one has an emergency and is asking for help. 
In the political realm, scammers are making fake videos of political candidates making controversial claims they never actually made.

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A recent study suggests that ultra-processed foods could be responsible for declines in attention and cognitive function.
The <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260608040017.htm">study</a>, which was published in Alzheimer&#8217;s &amp; Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment &amp; Disease Monitoring last week, analyzed over 2,100 individuals and found that ultra-processed food consumption was linked to worse attention and mental processing. Ultra-processed foods <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10260459/">add</a> artificial ingredients such as high-fructose corn syrup, whey protein, flavor enhancers, and chemical-based preservatives. 
The study showed that even modest increases in ultra-processed foods, as much as the equivalent of one bag of chips daily, had negative cognitive effects. 
&#8220;For every 10 percent increase in ultra-processed food a person consumed, we saw a distinct and measurable drop in a person&#8217;s ability to focus,&#8221; the study states. &#8220;In clinical terms, this translated to consistently lower scores on standardized cognitive tests measuring visual attention and processing speed.&#8221;
The study was led by Dr. Barbara Cardoso from Monash University, one of the top 40 research universities worldwide, in partnership with researchers at the University of São Paulo and Deakin University.
Other studies from <a href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/cutting-back-on-ultra-processed-foods-linked-with-lower-dementia-risk">Harvard University</a>, the <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39863327/">Framingham Heart Study</a>, and one from <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9857155/">Brazil</a> have shown that ultra-processed foods increase dementia and Alzheimer’s risk and overall cognitive decline. However, these studies analyzed people from general population cohorts, which include people with unhealthy diets. The new study from Monash University shows that even those with a healthy Mediterranean diet also suffer from the cognitive side effects of consuming ultra-processed foods.
&#8220;Food ultra-processing often destroys the natural structure of food and introduces potentially harmful substances like artificial additives or processing chemicals,&#8221; Dr. Cardoso said.
&#8220;These additives suggest the link between diet and cognitive function extends beyond just missing out on foods known as healthy, pointing to mechanisms linked to the degree of food processing itself,&#8221; she added.  

Ultra-processed foods make up large proportions of the diets of developed countries, consisting of the majority of the total dietary energy for the average person in America, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Most foods go through some sort of system of processing, whether that be for drying, crushing, freezing, bottling, refining, or pressing, and these processes are mostly benign as they do not add any extra sugars, oils, or fats, according to a study published in Public Health Nutrition, a Cambridge University Press journal. 
Ultra-processed foods, however, &#8220;are typically high-energy-dense products, high in sugar, unhealthy fats and salt, and low in dietary fibre, protein, vitamins and minerals,” the study adds. Ultra-processed foods often include fast food, soft drinks, salty snacks, frozen meals, and plant-based milks found in vegan products.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made the fight against ultra-processed foods a central part of his MAHA movement. In a &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHO-TrjKJtI">60 Minutes</a>&#8220; interview earlier this year, he called ultra-processed foods “poison” and stated they were the cause of America’s obesity. Kennedy has also instructed the HHS and the FDA to phase out artificial dyes, a major component in ultra-processed foods.

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Jerome Winston Parker, a black supporter of convicted killer Karmelo Anthony who recently went viral for taunting a white Austin Metcalf supporter outside the Collin County Courthouse, was arrested this week on an outstanding warrant for unlawful carrying of a weapon, according to records obtained by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/man-viral-karmelo-anthony-courthouse-confrontation-arrested-murder-trial">Fox News</a>.
Parker became a widely discussed figure during the murder trial after videos circulated online showing him confronting supporters of Metcalf, the 17-year-old whom Anthony was convicted of killing.
One of the most highly circulated clips showed Parker arguing with an older white man outside the courthouse. During the confrontation, Parker <a href="https://theshaderoom.com/jerome-parker-winston-weapon-karmelo-anthony-protest-viral-video-shade-room/">accused</a> the man of harassing a black woman and being homophobic while repeatedly challenging him and attempting to provoke a response. 
In one widely shared <a href="https://x.com/JLRINVESTIGATES/status/2064684087139279245">video,</a> Parker is seen shouting, dancing, and taunting the man from inches away. 
 
“You ain’t gonna do sh*t, I’m dancing! You ain’t gonna do sh*t, I’m dancing!” Parker repeated while the man remained largely unmoved.
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This was CRAZY! I filmed this yesterday outside the Karmelo Anthony trial. What do you think? <a href="https://t.co/ESHpU3T9Mq">pic.twitter.com/ESHpU3T9Mq</a>
— JLR© (@JLRINVESTIGATES) <a href="https://x.com/JLRINVESTIGATES/status/2064684087139279245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 10, 2026</a></blockquote>
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According to Fox News, Parker was first investigated on June 6 after an alleged unlawful carrying of a weapon incident in the courthouse parking lot during activities related to the trial proceedings. He was arrested on June 9 on the outstanding warrant. His bond was set at $1,000.  

Parker was not the only person arrested outside the courthouse during the highly publicized proceedings. 
Sholdon Daniels, who was a Republican nominee for Texas’ 30th Congressional District before he lost in the May 26 primary, was also arrested on a charge of public intoxication. Daniels, who is black, argued with several Anthony supporters, saying Anthony &#8220;murdered that kid.&#8221;
Video from <a href="https://www.fox4news.com/news/karmelo-anthony-trial-collin-county-courthouse-arrests-sholdon-daniels">Fox News 4</a> showed Daniels being detained after a confrontation in the courthouse parking lot. During the incident, Daniels appeared to argue with members of the crowd before officers placed him in handcuffs.
Daniels later addressed the arrest on X, <a href="https://x.com/SholdonDaniels/status/2064968608044757122">criticizing</a> delays in the jail release process after bond has been posted.
“One lesson I’ve learned from our criminal justice system: posting bond and actually getting released are often two very different things,” Daniels wrote. “People routinely spend hours in jail after bond has already been approved because agencies are still relying on manual processes, duplicate paperwork, and outdated technology.”
“Texas should establish a statewide digital release system that electronically verifies bonds, notifies the jail instantly, and tracks release times.”
Anthony, 19, was convicted of murdering Metcalf and sentenced to 35 years in prison. He has appealed the case.

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The Trump administration, in partnership with Amtrak, unveiled a plan earlier this week to renovate the world-renowned Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. 
Penn Station, located in Trump’s hometown of New York City, is the busiest transportation center in the Western Hemisphere. It takes in roughly 600,000 commuters every workday, which is more than the amount of daily traffic at John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark Liberty airports combined, according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/new-york-penn-station-trump-reconstruction-7b2eb6ca8f1f32ad591b52066edc59a8">Associated Press.</a> 
But in recent years, Penn Station has become a home for the homeless and violent criminals. The congested transit hub has been in the news recently for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/homeless-mans-penn-station-stabbing-rampage-wasnt-his-first-attack">stabbings</a>, confirming New Yorkers&#8217; sentiments that the station is no longer safe. 

“It’s a sh*thole,” one law enforcement source <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/08/24/penn-station-shooting-just-latest-in-crime-spike-at-the-terminal/">lamented</a> to The New York Post in 2021. “It’s drugs. They come from all over … Some are just homeless. Now that [Madison Square Garden] is open you’re going to see scalpers, hustlers, and the residual [violence].”
Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-NY) spoke for many New Yorkers when he <a href="https://abc7ny.com/post/penn-station-lirr-tom-suozzi-crime/11403363/">declared</a> in 2021 that Penn Station has become &#8220;a dangerous dungeon,&#8221; adding, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been coming here for decades. It&#8217;s never been this bad.&#8221; 
President Donald Trump wants to change that.
“The Golden Age of Transportation is coming thanks to President Trump,” <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/historic-again-president-trumps-transportation-secretary-sean-p-duffy-amtrak-and-penn">said</a> U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. “He had a vision to transform this dirty, falling-apart station in the middle of his hometown into a state-of-the-art transit hub that millions can enjoy for generations to come. American families deserve a safe, efficient, and clean commute to their homes, jobs, and churches.”
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LOOK at what is coming to New York City 🚨👀<a href="https://x.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> is transforming Penn Station into the world-class masterpiece it was always meant to be
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The winning design for the remodeled Penn Station was submitted by Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU), whose founder Vishaan Chakrabarti has <a href="https://pau.studio/who/">worked</a> on American landmarks such as Columbia University, the East River waterfront, and the street grid surrounding the World Trade Center. 
 
PAU <a href="http://pau.studio/work/pennsylvania-station-renewed/">lamented</a> in a statement that the original Pennsylvania Station was a “Beaux-Arts masterpiece designed by McKim, Mead &amp; White” that was destroyed “in an act of extraordinary civic vandalism,” leading to the creation of a modern “subterranean station that has long been unsafe, undignified and unable to meet the demands of a growing city and region.” PAU seeks to fix the ailing station with their new design.
“For PAU, the project represents an ‘architecture of memory’—one that draws from historical precedent without replicating it,” the PAU statement said. “The proposal seeks to unite sustainability, durability, public utility, and civic grandeur in a station designed to serve future generations, while addressing the errors of the past.”
Justin Davidson, New York Magazine’s architecture critic, has stated that the architecture will also make Penn Station more navigable and accessible. 
“What the plan does accomplish is it clears away columns from the congested platforms and adds escalators, so commuters don’t have to stand in line to exit or rush to board in the few minutes between the platform announcement and departure,” Davidson <a href="https://www.curbed.com/article/trump-penn-station-redesign-pau-hok-art-deco.html">observed</a>. 
“An orderly grid of wide, high-ceilinged concourses, all on one level, replaces the multilevel ant farm of today, making the station safer and less stressful for its 650,000 daily passengers. The 18-wheelers serving Madison Square Garden, which now trundle in, back out, and cause gridlock on the street, will move through the building’s innards and stay out of sight.”
The designs will also include a presidential seal featuring Trump’s name. 
The project is projected to cost between $7 to $8 billion, mostly financed through federal grants to Amtrak, together with some private financing, federal loans, and potentially some funds from New York City. They plan to break ground at the end of 2027. In the meantime, the Department of Transportation is open to hearing public feedback on the proposed designs.
The Trump administration unveiled its Penn Station design after other renovation successes, including restoring the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/see-it-trump-trolls-libs-with-ai-pic-of-him-lounging-in-lincoln-memorial-reflection-pool">Lincoln Reflecting Pool</a> and cleaning up <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-administration-to-fix-d-c-s-troubled-union-station">Union Station</a> in Washington, D.C.

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The Canadian Parliament is poised to pass a bill that would ramp up restrictions on so-called hate speech and remove religious protections in a move that concerns conservatives and Christians whose worldview stands in opposition to the LGBT ideology. 
Canada&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/45-1/bill/C-9/third-reading">Combatting Hate Act</a>,&#8221; or Bill C-9, targets so-called hate crimes such as the public display of the Nazi swastika and other terrorist symbols, and it also increases the punishment for “intimidation” around places of worship and safe places. But also buried inside the bill is a controversial section that removes Canada&#8217;s religious exemption for so-called hate speech. Some worry that the bill could be used to silence Christian expression that opposes gay marriage.
The bill passed the country&#8217;s House of Commons in March and was adopted by the Senate last week. It was then sent back to the House of Commons to resolve amendments made in the Senate, and it is expected to be accepted without opposition and be signed into law by the governor general.
Canada&#8217;s Liberal government made an <a href="https://www.cccb.ca/media-release/proposed-restrictions-on-religious-freedom-bill-c-9/">agreement</a> with the secular Bloc Quebecois, a party devoted to Quebecois nationalism, to include in the bill a section that removes the religious exemption clause to hate speech that is currently in Canadian law code. With the removal of the religious exemption, people can be prosecuted for hate speech even if “the person expressed or attempted to establish by an argument an opinion on a religious subject or an opinion based on a belief in a religious text.” 

Josh Dehaas from the Canadian Constitution Foundation <a href="https://theccf.ca/bill-c-9-has-passed-heres-what-you-need-to-know/">warned</a> that the bill could even target the reading of certain scripture passages due to the removal of this religious protection. 
“It is unlikely passages from religious texts read on their own will lead to criminal charges,” Dehaas stated. “The Crown would need to believe that the intention of reading the text was to incite hatred, promote hatred or promote antisemitism.”
&#8220;However, with the defence now removed, certain passages from religious texts could now lead to charges depending on the context including when they are read, where they are read, and what other words are used when they are read,&#8221; he added. 
The Canadian Supreme Court has made a test for hate speech by looking for &#8220;hallmarks of hatred.&#8221; The &#8220;hallmarks&#8221; include calling a specific group a “powerful menace,” accusing “a group of carrying out secret conspiracies to gain global control or that they are plotting to destroy western civilization,” calling a group “liars, cheats, criminals and thugs,” labeling a people group “subhuman,” or blaming a group for the problems of society. 

The bill does include at least one protection against abuse, requiring the approval of the provincial attorneys, so the charge cannot be weaponized by local police.
Hillsdale assistant professor Dr. John Petrakis, an expert in comparative political systems and Canadian and American law, told The Daily Wire that the Canadian Supreme Court would likely defend bill if it becomes law, following its decision in Saskatchewan (Human Rights Commission) v. Whatcott, in which the court upheld a penalty for a man who spread anti-gay pamphlets.
&#8220;It is difficult to predict exactly how these legal changes will operate in practice, and whether people might be able to challenge them on constitutional grounds (freedom of speech and freedom of religion,)&#8221; Petrakis declared. &#8220;I will say that the Court&#8217;s Whatcott decision should make one pessimistic. The courts are likely to dismiss constitutional challenges by saying that the laws and their application to specific cases are &#8216;reasonable&#8217; limitations to constitutional rights.&#8221; 

Petrakis said that with the advent of this new legislation, Canada will likely emulate countries such as Great Britain in their crackdown on reported hate speech.
&#8220;My overall take is that Canadian free speech law and culture is much less robust than the U.S., though more robust than Western Europe, but that this new law will reinforce our trend away from American-style speech culture towards the European version,&#8221; Petrakis said.
The Senate sponsor of the bill, the Honorable Kristopher Wells, <a href="https://theprogressives.ca/in-the-senate/speeches/third-reading-of-bill-c-9-an-act-to-amend-the-criminal-code-hate-propaganda-hate-crime-and-access-to-religious-or-cultural-places/">described</a> his experience working with the “Jewish, Muslim, Asian, black, indigenous and 2SLGBTQI+ communities,” stating that their universal plea to the government is that “they do not feel safe, do not feel seen and do not feel the law is there to help them at their time of greatest need.” 

“Bill C-9 is our answer to those responses,” Wells stated. “It is an opportunity for Parliament to say, with unwavering moral clarity and with the strength of criminal law, that our country sees you, Canada will stand with you and hate will not be tolerated in this country.”
One section of the bill creates a separate hate crime offense for an “offense &#8230; motivated by hatred based on race, national or ethnic origin, language, color, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.” Previously, the charge of a hate crime could only be used to extend the sentence for a crime, but this bill creates it as a separate, punishable offense.
Wells argued that Canada needs a separate hate crime offense after claiming to witness a rise in so-called hate crimes against the LGBT community. 
“Drag storytimes are protested; pride flags are burned or removed from municipalities and schools; and 25% of adolescents in Canada have experienced at least one form of cyberbullying, with trans and non-binary adolescents almost twice as likely to be targeted,&#8221; Wells said. 
“Bill C-9 corrects this by creating a dedicated hate crime offence, ensuring that when someone wilfully commits a criminal act motivated by hatred against an identifiable group, that motivation is recognized as the very essence of the wrongdoing,” he added.
The bill also prohibits the public display of a symbol that “is principally used by, or principally associated with, a listed entity.&#8221; This bans hosting the flags for <a href="https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/ntnl-scrt/cntr-trrrsm/lstd-ntts/crrnt-lstd-ntts-en.aspx#2025-02-20-7">designated</a> terror organizations, such as the Palestine Liberation Front, the Taliban, and Al Qaida, and gangs such as La Mara Salvatrucha, along with far-Right groups such as the Proud Boys.
The bill seeks to prevent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-hamas-protesters-chant-allahu-akbar-as-they-tear-down-and-burn-american-flags-hamas-is-coming">terrorist demonstrations</a> like the pro-Hamas demonstrations in the United States, where Left-wing rioters shouted “Allahu Akbar&#8221; and burned the American flag in response to a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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