Category: Regional & State News

The Cult Religion of Transgenderism: Part II

Commentary Continued from Part I After hearing three expert witnesses agree that transgenderism is a religious cult, I decided to pursue this idea further by researching three of the most famous cult religions and comparing them to the characteristics in transgenderism to see if they match up. First of all, let us define a cult….


One Dead, Toddler Wounded in Granada Hills Shooting

Police are continuing an investigation on July 20 into the circumstances surrounding a late-night shooting that killed a man in his 30s and wounded a 2-year toddler at the Granada Hills Recreation Center. Los Angeles Police Department officers were called at 11:20 p.m. on July 19 to the recreation center at Petit Avenue and Chatsworth…


Judge Orders More Than 50 Residents of Illegal RV Encampment to Vacate Sylmar Property

LOS ANGELES—A judge on July 19 ordered a Sylmar homeowner and the more than 50 people residing in RVs illegally parked on the owner’s property to vacate within four days. According to reports, the homeowner, identified as Cruz Florian Godoy, allowed roughly 20 RVs onto the property, charging each RV owner about $500 a month…


Alabama to Carry Out First Lethal Injection After Review of Execution Procedures

ATMORE, Ala.—Alabama plans to execute an inmate on Thursday for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state seeks to carry out its first lethal injection after a pause in executions following a string of problems with inserting the IVs. James Barber, 64, is scheduled to be put to death Thursday evening at…


Oklahoma Executes a Man for the 1995 Butcher Knife Slaying of a Tulsa Woman

McALESTER, Okla.—Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for stabbing a Tulsa woman to death with a butcher knife in 1995 after his escape from a prison work center. Jemaine Cannon, 51, received a lethal injection at 10:01 a.m. and was pronounced dead 12 minutes later at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. It was the second…


80 Million Americans to Face 105 Degree Heat This Weekend: National Weather Service

The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning about more scorching heat across the United States in the coming days—with around 80 million Americans set to experience 100-degree-plus temperatures this weekend. “An extremely dangerous and record-breakingly long heat wave will continue over the Southwest well into the next week,” the NWS said in a July 20…


Florida Renters Unlikely to See Relief in Housing Market Despite ‘Cooldown’ Across the US

Rental markets across the United States are reportedly beginning to cool, but Florida is likely to remain an exception thanks to the combination of enduring high demand and an inflated cost of living. A recent survey shows nationwide renter’s markets are down more than 33 percent compared with last year. Florida’s median rent for June was…


Police Cast Doubt on Carlee Russell’s Kidnapping Claim After Reporting Toddler on an Alabama Highway

Authorities in Alabama cast doubt Wednesday on the story of a woman who set off a frantic search when she disappeared for two days after calling 911 to report a toddler wandering on the highway. Carlee Russell told investigators she was abducted and forced into a car Thursday, but they have been unable to verify…


Wife of Alleged Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Rex Heuermann Files for Divorce

The wife of the suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann has filed for divorce, according to court documents. Asa Ellerup, 59, the wife of Manhattan architect Mr. Heuerman—who police have confirmed is the suspected serial killer in the case—filed for divorce in Suffolk County Supreme Court against her husband of more than 20 years…


Duo of Matilda Castren, Kelly Tan Takes Lead at Dow Great Lakes

Finland’s Matilda Castren and Malaysian Kelly Tan combined to shoot a 6–under 64 on Wednesday to jump into the lead after one round of action at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational in Midland, Mich. The duo turned in a bogey-free card while tallying six birdies to edge three other groups by one stroke. Castren…