Marimar Martinez shooting: Bodycam video shows moments before Chicago Border Patrol agent opened fire; texts reveal ‘5 shots, 7 holes’ message

[ad_1] Marimar Martinez, a Chicago woman who was shot by a Border Patrol agent last year, sits with her attorneys during a press conference in Chicago, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley) Body camera video released on Tuesday showed the moments leading up to and after the shooting of Marimar Martinez in 2025 in […]

Marimar Martinez shooting: Judge orders release of Border Patrol agent’s texts who shot Chicago woman five times

[ad_1] A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for Chicago woman Marimar Martinez to publicly release critical evidence from her case, including text messages from the Border Patrol agent who shot her, body camera footage, photos, and FBI reports. US District Judge Georgia Alexakis said the materials reveal not only the agent’s mindset but […]

Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump sending ‘friendly’ texts to each other, claims report; subject unknown

[ad_1] When New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was ‘briefed’ about US military’s capture of Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela, critics laughed off and advised Mamdani to get down from the ‘high horse’ as he is just the NYC mayor. But as it turns out, Mamdani and President Donald Trump have been texting each […]

‘It’s an op, dude’: Bombshell texts reveal how Bannon secretly helped Epstein rehab his image

[ad_1] A lot of names have been released in the Jeffrey Epstein case, and one of them is “Steve Bannon,” a former White House chief strategist. The new document revealed text messages between Bannon and Epstein. Texts released by the House oversight committee on Wednesday show that from June 2018 through mid-2019, Steve Bannon, a […]

Who is Paul Ingrassia? Donald Trump’s nominee to lead Special Counsel office withdraws over racist texts flap

[ad_1] After the “racist and pro Nazi” chats leaked, US President Donald Trump’s pick to lead a federal watchdog agency withdrew from consideration Tuesday evening. Paul Ingrassia had been scheduled to attend his confirmation hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) during the week. However, on Monday, Politico reported a […]

‘Embarrassed and ashamed’: Virginia AG nominee Jay Jones apologises over texts for Todd Gilbert; message reads ‘two bullets to head’

[ad_1] Virginia’s Democratic nominee for attorney general, Jay Jones, faced bipartisan backlash on Friday night after text messages from 2022 surfaced in which he suggested that the state’s top Republican in the House of Delegates, Todd Gilbert, “gets two bullets to the head.” The messages, sent by Jones who did not hold elected office at […]

‘I’m gonna blow you up’: Woman arrested for bomb threat call to University of Central Florida; spammed professor with texts and selfies

[ad_1] AI Image used for representative purpose A Florida woman was arrested after drunkenly phoning the University of Central Florida just after the summer term ended, and dropped the bomb threat. Kristin Galli, 29, allegedly called UCF’s Student Care Services on May 22, blurting out, “I’m gonna f–king blow you guys up” before hanging up […]

$216k theft: California man charged for stealing rare Chinese texts from UCLA library; used aliases, returned fakes

[ad_1] A California library user has been charged for stealing rare Chinese manuscripts valued at $216,000, US officials announced on Thursday, reports AFP. The suspect, identified as Jeffrey Ying, 38, reportedly used multiple aliases to access centuries-old works, some of them dating back over 600 years, at the University of California, Los Angeles library, then […]

‘If a hot girl texts you … ‘: Elon Musk mocks crypto scams in viral X post

[ad_1] Tech billionaire Elon Musk issued a light-hearted yet pointed warning about cryptocurrency scams in a post on X, sharing an image that quickly went viral.The image, credited to an online persona named Poseidon, read: “There’s an old saying – If a hot girl texts you about crypto, block him.”The meme-style post plays on common […]