Author: Lucas Bennett

A notorious ‘party mom’ in California finally admitted shame for letting children party at her mansion as she’s sentenced to over three decades behind bars.  Shannon O’Connor, 52, was nicknamed the Los Gatos ‘Party Mom’ after she allowed dozens of high school freshmen to secretly party at least six times in her mansion from 2020 to 2021.  But the parties, attended by minors aged 13 to 15 years old, were fueled by booze and saw the sexual assault of several girls, prosecutors alleged, according to KRON 4.  Vodka, Fireball whiskey, beer and hard seltzers were among O’Connor’s offerings to the children at the deeply…

Two brothers whose violent arrest at Manchester Airport went viral when bystanders filmed the aftermath on mobile phones will not face a third trial for assaulting an armed policeman. There was outrage at scenes of PC Zachary Marsden kicking a prone Asian man in the head in July 2024. Protesters took to the streets holding ‘Black Lives Matter’ placards and calling for the police to be ‘defunded’. But days later there was a fierce backlash when leaked CCTV showed the violence to which PC Marsden and two female colleagues had been subjected just seconds earlier. It took 150 days for prosecutors to announce that PC Marsden would…

China has built a network of several launch pads near its nuclear missile silos as it ensures no American first strike could knock out Beijing’s ability to hit back. Satellite images have revealed Beijing is building a sprawling web of launch pads, bunkers and communications nodes near the isolated nuclear silos that hold the Chinese military’s longest-range missiles.  More than 80 launch pads and three octagon-shaped installations have been built in its remote northwest, near the Hami nuclear silo field. The images also show facilities that may be used to deploy mobile air-defense missiles, electronic warfare nodes or satellite communications and command…

An American woman who claims to be missing British toddler Katrice Lee will arrive in the UK next week to ‘prove’ her identity. Heather McCord is due to land at London Gatwick Airport on Thursday – and says she plans to take a DNA test. Katrice vanished on her second birthday from an armed forces supermarket in Paderborn, West Germany, in 1981. Her family has denounced McCord as a hoaxer who wants to gain attention and money out of their tragedy. McCord, from New York, previously started a GoFundMe page to raise money for travel to the UK before it was closed down…

Doritos is asking fans to show off their ‘red, white and bold’ patriotism with a cheesy new challenge celebrating the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. The snack brand’s ‘build the bold’ contest is challenging Americans to recreate some of the nation’s most iconic landmarks using as many Doritos as they can, with a jaw-dropping $250,000 prize awaiting the most creative crunch-loving contestant. Participants can choose from 14 iconic American landmarks, ranging from the towering natural wonders of Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon, to architectural marvels like the Lincoln Memorial and the US Capitol Building. Other choices span America’s breathtaking national…

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said it targeted an American air base in the region, after fresh US strikes on southern Iran overnight. Kuwait, which hosts a US base, said it had intercepted “hostile missile and drone threats”, but did not confirm the target. The Iranian missile launch came after the US shot down Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz and struck a military site in Bandar Abbas, a strategic port city in southern Iran. It is the second time in three days that the US has attacked targets in Iran – saying they were conducted in…

Inside the firm, staff describe rock‑bottom morale, intrusive AI tracking and deep scepticism that the Meta layoffs are really over. Meta’s latest round of layoffs hit staff across the world on Wednesday, with around 8,000 employees told they were losing their jobs in a restructuring that Mark Zuckerberg has tied directly to the company’s huge artificial intelligence spending. In an email sent to roughly 78,000 inboxes, the chief executive promised there would be no further company‑wide Meta layoffs this year and, in a rare admission, accepted that leadership had handled the run‑up badly. Meta Layoffs And Quiet Job Reassignments The scale…

Flustered and frightened, Britney Spears picked up the phone while police questioned her on the side of the road during her arrest for DUI. But instead of dialing the number for a family member or her longtime friend and manager, the pop star turned to a man perhaps the public is not yet familiar with. ‘Thomas?’ Spears could be heard saying to the individual, per the dashcam video from March 4, obtained by the Daily Mail. Quietly speaking into her cell phone, she then mumbled to the person that the Los Angeles cops were accusing her of consuming alcohol, which she denied. A source has told…

New Jersey Democratic congressional hopeful Adam Hamawy is facing outrage over his past work tied to the terror group Al-Qaeda.  Hamawy’s past relationship with Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, a late mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing known as the ‘blind sheikh,’ has been thrust into the limelight after a recent report from Jewish Insider. Hamawy served as the sheikh’s translator during a press conference in which the terrorist mastermind denied involvement with the 1993 World Trade Center attack. He also translated for the sheikh during his 1995 trial, and even served as a defense witness during proceedings. Abdel-Rahman was ultimately convicted of…

Kitchen tin foil, or aluminium foil, could help during these conditions, say experts. Scorching sunshine has been heating much of Britain this weekend, and the Met Office is now predicting temperatures could reach as high as 34C on bank holiday Monday. The sweltering conditions have already met heatwave criteria across numerous parts of the country, with the mercury steadily climbing throughout the week before reaching its peak on today and Tuesday, meteorologists say. Meanwhile, the UKHSA (the UK Health Security Agency) has issued yellow heat health alerts, encouraging people to take steps to stay cool. This means many of us…