An in depth tip on Reddit helped lead investigators to the gunman behind the lethal Brown University taking pictures. Whether the one that posted it can ever obtain the $50,000 reward is unclear — partly due to the way the FBI worded the offer.
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Endorsement of JD Vance receives combined reactions at Turning Point USA convention
This weekend’s gathering of younger Republicans and conservative influencers in Arizona provided a glimpse into the divisions already fraying President Donald Trump’s MAGA coalition even earlier than he’s out of workplace. Speaking Sunday at Turning Point USA’s annual convention, Vice President JD Vance not solely addressed the friction, however he additionally inspired attendees to embrace it. “Would you rather lead a movement of free thinkers who sometimes disagree than a bunch of drones who take their orders from George Soros?” Vance mentioned. At the four-day summit — the primary since Turning Point’s co-founder Charlie Kirk was killed — audio system bad-mouthed each other on stage, clashed over whether or not to have interaction with conspiracy theorists and argued over who belongs within the GOP and America.
As Turning Point’s convention wrapped with Kirk’s widow Erika endorsing JD Vance, a brand new NCS ballot discovered that about half of Americans say they’ve already given the 2028 presidential election some thought — though most don’t have a specific candidate in thoughts. Those with a candidate in thoughts had no clear consolidation behind a single identify. Among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, 22% named Vance, 4% named Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a pair of% named Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Another 3% say they’d like President Trump to make one other run, though he’s barred by the Constitution. California Gov. Gavin Newsom got here in at 11% amongst Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, adopted by former Vice President Kamala Harris at 5%.
The US is pursuing another oil tanker in worldwide waters close to Venezuela after making an attempt to intercept it, a US official mentioned. The ship, which was crusing towards Venezuela to choose up oil, is underneath US sanctions for hyperlinks to Iranian oil. When US Coast Guard personnel tried to board the tanker, nevertheless, the vessel saved crusing, the official mentioned, main to the pursuit. It was the second such operation carried out over the weekend. The interceptions mark an escalation in Washington’s efforts to squeeze Venezuelan chief Nicolas Maduro, who President Trump has accused of flooding the US with illicit medicine and migrants.
CBS News’ “60 Minutes” is dealing with a credibility disaster after it abruptly shelved a segment that includes the accounts of Venezuelan males deported by the Trump administration to a infamous maximum-security jail in El Salvador. The correspondent who reported the story, Sharyn Alfonsi, mentioned in an inside memo that “the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship.” According to Alfonsi and two CBS sources who spoke with NCS on situation of anonymity, the story had been totally fact-checked and legally vetted by the point the community publicized it on Friday. But CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss weighed in with questions on Saturday morning, the sources mentioned, and Alfonsi mentioned Weiss “spiked the story.”
A Russian normal has been killed in a car bombing in Moscow, with officers pointing the finger at Ukraine for the most recent obvious assassination of a senior navy officer. Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, who ran the armed forces operational coaching division, died after an explosive gadget put in underneath the chassis of a car exploded earlier at present, Russia’s investigative committee mentioned in an announcement. Several distinguished Russians have been killed by explosives or shot lifeless in Moscow in assaults blamed on the Ukrainian safety companies because the begin of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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Coldplay’s Chris Martin surprises wedding ceremony visitors
Coldplay’s Chris Martin shocked a pair at their wedding ceremony after the groom’s mom reached out to Martin for a video message. Instead, the musician confirmed up in individual and carried out for their first dance.
The bride and groom had requested Chris Martin to report a tune, however the Coldplay frontman did one better and performed at their wedding ceremony — to the shock of all their visitors.