A Tennessee judge ordered the state Wednesday to preserve all evidence related to the September 30 botched execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike.
Chancellor I’Ashea L. Myles granted the request at a status hearing after Pike&#8217;s attorneys argued that evidence from the failed attempt would be needed to challenge any future effort to execute her.
&#8220;The state has made no promises that Miss Pike will not be subject to our future execution, and the evidence that we are seeking to preserve now is relevant for any future challenge that she makes,&#8221; attorney Luke Ihnen argued.
The order covers medical supplies used during the attempt — syringes, needles, tubing, and drugs — as well as the packaging labels that came with them and any notes from the medical professionals involved. It also includes anything that came with those supplies from the manufacturers, any photos or videos, and any notes taken during the proceedings.
Myles further ordered the state to make every effort to &#8220;claw back&#8221; anything that had already been discarded.
&#8220;The state will have no problem doing this because you all are already doing that,&#8221; Myles stated.
Ihnen also petitioned the court to allow Pike&#8217;s shackles to be removed and to give her access to a tablet or a phone.
Myles took the request regarding the shackles under advisement but has not yet ruled. She did allow Pike access to a phone, her tablet from the jail, and visitation with her attorneys.
Pike received two doses of the lethal injection drug pentobarbital during the September 30 execution attempt. She was taken to a hospital after the second dose failed to kill her and regained consciousness six days later.
Her attorneys said she was confused when she woke up and has since asked what happened.
&#8220;I was not in the room when she woke up, so I don’t want to speculate too much, but from our understanding the first thing she said when she woke up was, ‘Where am I, and who are you?’ &#8230; She has wanted to know what happened. She’s asked about her team, the victim’s family.&#8221;
The state confirmed at Wednesday&#8217;s hearing that there is no pending order for another execution attempt, but has left the possibility on the table.
&#8220;There is no pending execution order for Ms. Pike and there is no allegation that one is coming,&#8221; Tennessee Assistant Attorney General John W. Ayers said.
When Myles asked whether the state would rule out a future execution order, Ayers responded: &#8220;I can’t answer that question.&#8221;

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Bodycam footage released on Tuesday showed a 6-year-old perpetrator swearing at teachers and police officers after shooting Richneck Elementary School teacher Abby Zwerner in Newport News, Virginia, in 2023.
Immediately after the 2023 shooting, Zwerner and 16 other students fled the room while the alleged shooter — identified only as &#8220;J.T.&#8221; — was being restrained by reading specialist Amy Kovac when the police arrived. Zwerner later collapsed in the school office.
The <a href="https://x.com/_Patriot1776Q_/status/2107644446162767999">footage</a> came from the bodycam worn by Officer Brian Torrez, who responded to the scene with several other officers.
&#8220;The gun is there,” Kovac said, pointing across the room. &#8220;He just admitted that he had one … he had one bullet.&#8221;
The investigation revealed that there were additional bullets in the gun at the time.
&#8220;I got a weapon,&#8221; one of the sheriff&#8217;s deputies confirmed.
&#8220;Both y’all want a f*cking piece of me, b*tch?!&#8221; the boy shouted.
&#8220;Stop!&#8221; Kovac told the boy.
“F*ck you, b*tch,” he turned on her.
&#8220;Leave the gun there,&#8221; Torrez said, and a deputy stood by the weapon to keep eyes on it. It was identified later as a 9 mm Taurus handgun.
&#8220;We have the shooter,&#8221; one of the officers confirmed over the radio.
&#8220;I told the (assistant principal) that there was a threat earlier about it,&#8221; Kovac said.
&#8220;That (racial slur) retired last year,&#8221; the student shouted, but he did not say who he was talking about.
&#8220;How old is he?&#8221; one officer asked.
&#8220;He is 6 years old,&#8221; Kovac replied. &#8220;He has been on a modified schedule. His mother is to pick him up at 2:30. This is his first week without his mother coming to school with him.&#8221;
&#8220;1346, myself, and 2347 — and a sheriff’s deputy — are inside Room 11 with the suspect,&#8221; Torrez said, and he put on gloves. &#8220;Gun is secure.&#8221;
Kovac went on to say that she had been down the hall when she heard the shot and had been the one to call 911.
&#8220;We have some small handcuffs?&#8221; one officer asked, and another asked about the gun — which was still on the floor.
&#8220;Do you want me to stay?&#8221; Kovac asked the officers, still holding the student.
&#8220;You can stay for now if you feel comfortable,&#8221; Torrez said, and then asked of the student, &#8220;Um, is he okay?&#8221;
&#8220;He’s fine,&#8221; Kovac said. &#8220;You fine? Turn around. When you shot the gun, did anything hurt you?&#8221;
&#8220;No,&#8221; he replied.
&#8220;Where is the weapon?&#8221; another officer asked.
&#8220;It’s on the floor,&#8221; Kovac answered.
“It’s over there, whore,” the boy said.
&#8220;Stop,&#8221; Kovac said to him. &#8220;That’s not how we speak to each other.&#8221;
“F*ck you,” he said again. “F*ck you. F*ck you, b*tch.”
After determining that the boy did have what appeared to be gun residue on his hands, the officers instructed everyone not to touch his hands.
&#8220;My mom had that,&#8221; the boy said of the handgun, adding, &#8220;I stole that from my mom.&#8221;
Police asked for his name, which he gave. The audio of his name was muted on the released footage.
&#8220;If you want a piece of me, come get it on, b*tch,&#8221; the boy said. &#8220;I don’t care if you call backup. I don’t care if I go to jail, b*tch.”
&#8220;OK, buddy,&#8221; the sergeant said.
Kovac scolded the boy for his language, at which point she alleged that he punched her, knocking off her glasses.
&#8220;Young man,&#8221; the sergeant took the boy from the classroom then, saying, &#8220;Come here. You’re gonna come with me, son.&#8221;
The bodycam footage was <a href="https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/10/06/richneck-classroom-video/">initially sealed</a> due to the presence of a minor, but was later unsealed with the stipulation that the minor&#8217;s face would be blurred.

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A professor at Pennsylvania&#8217;s Haverford College has been arrested for cyberstalking after he allegedly used anonymous X accounts to repeatedly harass and intimidate an unnamed colleague.
The <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28725585/guangtian-ha-indictment.pdf">federal indictment</a>, unsealed on October 6, stated that <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/haverford-college-professor-charged-antisemitic-141457067.html">Guangtian Ha</a>, a religious studies professor whose focus is Islam in China, had often called for the complete extermination of the Jewish people — and had directed his actions toward one particular colleague personally, publishing the colleague&#8217;s home address and threatening his infant child by name.
Ha has been &#8220;charged with one count of cyberstalking pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2261A(2). The statutory maximum for cyberstalking is five years&#8217; imprisonment, three years of supervised release, a $250,000 fine, and a $100 special assessment.&#8221;
According to the unsealed court documents, Ha allegedly used at least four different anonymous accounts to post more than 50 replies to that colleague between October of 2025 and May of 2026, often targeting his Jewish identity specifically.
&#8220;Let there be an October 7 all day every day. Make it 6 million. Exterminate the jews,&#8221; one such reply read, in a clear reference to the Holocaust.
Another read, &#8220;There is nothing wrong to hate the jews. All normal Americans should, and I am glad to see more are waking up to the demonic evil of the jews.&#8221;
Other alleged comments included:
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<li>&#8220;Jew, get the f*ck out of my country.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Jew pig, get the f*ck out of Lower Merion.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;If jews are so special then they should also be placed in special camps and receive special treatments.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;LM jews are going to have it big time, jew. Remember this. You scums have had it too easy. Goyim are taking America back, blood-guzzling demons.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Jew, watch your [minor son&#8217;s name]. There will be a sign.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Your family has no future in the U.S. Give it another 10 years, and you shall see a true holocaust.&#8221;</li>
</ul>
As the harassment escalated, the colleague increased security at home — and according to the DOJ, the children were not permitted to play outside in the yard or wait for the school bus. Twice, the colleague&#8217;s spouse felt compelled to move out of the couple&#8217;s home, taking their three young children as well.
Ha made it clear in the messages that he was aware of the new security measures, posting, &#8220;The goyim have woken up, jew. Run. Flee. Leave. Blurring your home on google map and installing a security camera next to your mailbox won&#8217;t help.&#8221;
Haverford College President Wendy Raymond <a href="https://www.haverford.edu/president/news/message-president-wendy-raymond-0">sent out a letter</a> to the college community following Ha&#8217;s arrest, saying that she was &#8220;deeply distressed&#8221; by the news.
&#8220;Earlier today, Professor Guangtian Ha was arrested and charged with online harassment and intimidation. I am deeply distressed by these allegations and want to state in the plainest of terms that any form of harassment or discrimination based on identity is unacceptable, antithetical to our values, and has no place at Haverford,&#8221; she wrote.
Raymond noted that Ha had been on sabbatical and was not teaching – and that following his arrest, he&#8217;d been placed on administrative leave and barred from campus for the duration of the criminal investigation.
&#8220;I am heartbroken and furious at the possibility that an individual within our community would seek to inflict such pain on another. This disturbing news is made even more harmful for many given its proximity to both the Jewish High Holidays and the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks,&#8221; she added.
Haverford College had just recently settled a lawsuit — in which Ha was named — alleging that the institution had violated anti-discrimination laws by failing to ensure that Jewish students could participate in campus life without fear of ostracism or harassment. The lawsuit alleged that Jewish students were being singled out &#8220;if they express beliefs about Israel that are anything less than eliminationist.&#8221;
As part of the settlement, Haverford was <a href="https://www.haverford.edu/institutional-diversity-equity-and-access/combating-antisemitism">required to implement</a> annual antisemitism awareness training for both students and faculty. Ha referred to campus attempts to root out antisemitism as &#8220;Zionist witch hunts.&#8221;
In the wake of Ha&#8217;s arrest, a planned October 7 &#8220;art campaign in solidarity with Palestine&#8221; was canceled.
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NEW: Haverford College has canceled a planned “art campaign in solidarity with Palestine” after one of its professors was arrested for anonymously cyberstalking a Jewish colleague.
The October 7 event was organized by the college’s YDSA chapter. https://t.co/snts4E3m3g
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) <a href="https://x.com/sfmcguire79/status/2107802797542449348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2026</a></blockquote>
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A message came out from the campus Young Democratic Socialists of America group, which had planned the event, warning students not to go because the college had canceled it.

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Convicted murderer Christa Pike is conscious and speaking nearly a week after Tennessee&#8217;s attempt to execute her by lethal injection failed, her attorneys said Tuesday.
Pike was hospitalized immediately after the September 30 execution attempt, and it was initially unclear whether she would regain consciousness. Her attorneys <a href="https://apnews.com/article/christa-pike-tennessee-execution-85ea61961fc14ce01f78dbd9bdd728cb">issued a statement</a> on Tuesday saying that she was making the first steps in what they expected to be a &#8220;long recovery.&#8221;
&#8220;Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care. Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still handcuffed and shackled to the bed. Her recovery is medically unprecedented. Her prognosis remains unclear but, at a minimum, we expect a long recovery,&#8221; the statement read.
Attorney Stephen Ferrell appeared on Sunday&#8217;s broadcast of CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; calling on Governor Bill Lee (R-TN) to commute Pike&#8217;s death sentence after the botched execution attempt.
&#8220;We don&#8217;t know the prognosis and may not know for several days,&#8221; he said at the time. &#8220;I think at the very least the governor should commute Ms. Pike&#8217;s death sentence to a life sentence. We don&#8217;t know what her physical state will be, but it is clear that she has endured a torturous attempt at executing her.&#8221;
Pike survived <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/governor-pauses-executions-after-notorious-killer-survives-lethal-injection">two lethal doses</a> of pentobarbital, prompting an immediate inquiry into how that could have happened. Injuries documented on Pike&#8217;s arms raised questions about whether the IV lines had been placed properly or her veins had ruptured, potentially allowing the drug to enter surrounding tissue rather than a vein.
In the wake of the botched attempt, Correction Commissioner Frank Strada said he believed the state had followed protocol to the letter but offered his resignation anyway, saying it was &#8220;in the best interest of Tennesseans.&#8221;
Pike&#8217;s <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/christa-pikes-prognosis-still-unknown-as-her-lawyer-calls-for-sentence-to-be-commuted-take-death-off-the-table-081613268.html">attorneys</a> said Strada&#8217;s resignation &#8220;is justified, but it does nothing to help Christa now.&#8221;
Pike was sentenced to death for her prominent role in the 1995 torture and murder of her 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer. Pike, then 18, along with her boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp and friend Marissa Barr, repeatedly beat and cut Slemmer, carving a pentagram into her chest.
In the end, it was Pike who killed Slemmer by dropping a heavy piece of asphalt on her head. She kept a piece of Slemmer&#8217;s skull as a souvenir and was arrested two days later after showing it to others. She was 20 years old when she was sentenced to die — the youngest death row inmate in Tennessee.

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A panel of self-described &#8220;committed Democrats&#8221; told liberal network MSNOW they could not vote for Michigan&#8217;s Democratic Senate candidate, Abdul El-Sayed.
During a group discussion that aired Tuesday on &#8220;Morning Joe,&#8221; several Michigan voters who described themselves as lifelong Democrats said they wanted to support the party&#8217;s candidates in November but could not bring themselves to back El-Sayed.
&#8220;You&#8217;re committed Democrats,&#8221; the moderator said, drawing agreement from several voters. &#8220;You want to vote for the Democratic candidate, but you just can&#8217;t.&#8221;
&#8220;They&#8217;re tying our hands,&#8221; one woman replied.
The moderator asked whether El-Sayed could do anything to win their support, adding, &#8220;But it doesn&#8217;t sound like there&#8217;s really anything — the damage has already been done.&#8221;
&#8220;I just would love for him to make a definitive statement, like just say, &#8216;I would like everyone to know I support Israel. You know, I support the Jewish people — you know, their right to exist without hatred.&#8221;
&#8220;Would you believe it?&#8221; another woman asked. &#8220;How could we?&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; the first woman conceded.
Another <a href="https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/2107480976091947187">similar discussion</a> included several black voters who also said they weren&#8217;t prepared to vote for El-Sayed — in part because they felt like he was taking their support for granted.
&#8220;I think there&#8217;s some missed opportunities for him to help us know who he is, help us understand him,&#8221; one woman said, adding, &#8220;We don&#8217;t know him.&#8221;
&#8220;And I think he&#8217;s taking advantage that we, as black people, are Democratic and he thinks we&#8217;re going to vote for him anyway, and I&#8217;m like no sir, and I&#8217;m going to put &#8216;uncommitted&#8217; down on the little circle, and move on,&#8221; another woman said, prompting others in the room to voice their agreement.
&#8220;Amen to that,&#8221; one said.
&#8220;If you&#8217;re going to Congress to represent me, I need you to talk about what&#8217;s going on in this community,&#8221; the second woman continued.
El-Sayed has spent much of his campaign doing damage control after critics raised concerns about his associations with radical pro-communist streamer Hasan Piker — who has aligned himself with communist dictators like Mao Zedong and claimed that America &#8220;deserved 9/11.&#8221;
Locked in a tight race with former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6131612-el-sayed-challenges-trump-michigan/">El-Sayed</a> attempted to bait President Donald Trump into making a campaign stop in Michigan ahead of the midterms.
&#8220;So, Donald, here is the gauntlet, here’s the challenge. I think you are too afraid to come to Michigan because you know when I beat your candidate and you came, I’m actually beating you. So, Donald, welcome to Michigan. I dare you to come,&#8221; he said, apparently believing he&#8217;d fare better if people felt like he was running against Trump rather than Rogers.
Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-turn-to-obama-to-prop-up-a-controversial-nominee">Barack Obama</a> is already slated to appear at a Michigan rally on El-Sayed&#8217;s behalf in late October.

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Germany&#8217;s former foreign intelligence chief was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of espionage and attempted treason in an alleged scheme involving roughly 2,000 internal intelligence documents.
August Hanning, who led the Federal Intelligence Service, known by its German acronym BND, from 1998 to 2005, allegedly obtained confidential material from a former aide and used it in his private consulting work, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/germany-arrest-espionage-allegation-former-intelligence-chief-47bb15543a3e2404e3f756dbb517d14c">according</a> to The Associated Press.
Hanning sought to sell information from the documents to at least one foreign power, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/10/06/germany-arrests-former-intelligence-chief-espionage-case/">reported</a>, citing German prosecutors.
German officials also arrested the former aide, identified only as Manfred D., who is alleged to have aided Hanning in procuring the classified information in exchange for payment. That man, according to the report, had worked as an office manager and former bureau chief — and had served as Hanning&#8217;s chief of staff for a time as well. He had allegedly made a deal with Hanning to provide information in exchange for money.
&#8220;Both suspects are believed to have agreed in the spring of 2010 to have Manfred D. continuously transmit valuable intelligence from the Federal Intelligence Service to Hanning in exchange for remuneration,&#8221; the federal prosecutor said in a statement. &#8220;Hanning is strongly suspected of treasonous espionage, obtaining state secrets, attempted treason and espionage.&#8221;
Prosecutors said Manfred D. provided Hanning with approximately 2,000 documents, including executive briefings meant for internal BND use only, and that Hanning used the material in his private consulting work and, on at least one occasion, to prepare an analysis for an officer of a foreign intelligence service. Prosecutors did not identify the service, and it is unclear whether the analysis reached its recipient.
Current BND President Martin Jäger said internal investigations began immediately when the suspicions came to light, adding, &#8220;There can be no compromises on internal security.&#8221;
The investigation into Hanning began in 2025, as The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/world/europe/germany-spy-chief-hanning-arrested-espionage.html">reported</a>, with a separate investigation into heiress Christina Block, who&#8217;d allegedly arranged the abduction of her own children from her estranged husband. That investigation led to a search of Hanning&#8217;s home — and the subsequent discovery of classified material there.
Other reports indicated that he&#8217;d been struggling financially in recent years, losing much of his pension in a bank investment that had gone poorly.
While Hanning is the first former agency head to be arrested on espionage allegations, prosecutors arrested a BND manager in 2022 — Carsten Linke — who was alleged to have sold state secrets to Russia. The case against Linke is still ongoing and is expected to conclude in January.

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More than 1,200 aircrew members from nations with no diplomatic ties to Israel have reportedly entered the country over the past year, a disclosure that emerged as Israeli lawmakers examined possible security failures surrounding the attempted hijacking of an Israel-bound Flydubai flight FZ1073.
The Times of Israel <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/some-1240-aircrew-from-countries-that-dont-recognize-israel-reportedly-entered-country-in-past-year/">reported</a> Tuesday that the information was leaked from a closed-door meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. That meeting was called to address any possible security failures that had led up to the attempted hijacking allegedly perpetrated by the Omani co-pilot.
According to the leaked details, some 1,240 individuals have entered. Additional <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/former-airport-worker-air-crew-members-holding-lebanese-syrian-passports-flew-to-israel/">reporting</a> described foreign airline crew members holding dual citizenship, including Lebanese and Syrian citizenship, arriving in Israel.
&#8220;I personally saw air crew — pilots and flight attendants — with Lebanese, Syrian and other passports at the counter. This happened with all airlines, not just with the Emirati [ones],&#8221; a former worker from Israel&#8217;s Ben Gurion Airport told N12 News Israel. &#8220;Even then, we didn’t understand how pilots from hostile countries could fly to Israel.&#8221;
The former worker said some crew members tried to enter Israel but were refused when the screening system flagged their second passports from enemy or hostile states.
Under the aviation agreement governing Flydubai&#8217;s service to Israel, pilots operating flights into the country must hold passports from countries that maintain diplomatic relations with Israel, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-most-troubling-detail-about-the-terror-flight-happened-before-takeoff">according</a> to Israeli officials previously cited by The Daily Wire.
Following the attempted hijacking — which was ultimately stopped by wounded Indian pilot Smit Machchhar and several Israeli passengers — that security rule quickly became one of the focal points of the ensuing investigation.
Because Oman does not have a diplomatic relationship with Israel, Israeli officials questioned how the Omani co-pilot was able to join the crew of a plane destined for a flight bound for Ben Gurion Airport.
Following the narrowly averted disaster, Doron Spielman, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, said that going forward, Israel would seek to know the identity of pilots flying into the country and conduct higher levels of security screening.
“Anywhere that an Israeli is going to be flying into Israel, our job right now is to do our best — even if they’re not on Israeli airlines — to make sure that those security procedures are much higher,” Spielman <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israel-to-ramp-up-pilot-checks-after-flydubai-hijacking-attempt/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.

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President Donald Trump is set to announce a deal on Tuesday that will pump over $6 billion into manufacturing Virginia-class submarines at a soon-to-be built facility in Maryland.
The deal includes a $3.7 billion investment from California-based defense and technology company Anduril Industries — coupled with a $2.9 billion contract given to Anduril by the United States Navy — to build a state-of-the-art shipyard that will be named Arsenal 2.
“This delivers on President Trump’s promise to bolster America’s defense industrial base while revitalizing our manufacturing industry, creating over 13,000 direct and indirect jobs and driving $2 billion in annual economic output,” said White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly.
&#8220;In line with the president’s maritime action plan released earlier this year, the Trump administration is rebuilding US shipbuilding capacity and capabilities, reforming workforce, education and training, protecting our maritime industrial base, and eliminating burdensome industry regulations,&#8221; she added.
Despite his own disagreements with the Trump administration, Governor Wes Moore (D-MD) recognized the deal as a boon to his state and thanked Anduril Industries for choosing Maryland as the home for its new project.
&#8220;This massive new project will deliver the largest private investment, drive billions of dollars in economic activity, and create the most jobs in Maryland in history. That means thousands of Marylanders will have a new pathway to work, wages, and wealth through advanced training and high-skilled maritime manufacturing jobs. We thank Anduril for choosing Maryland, and we&#8217;re ready to build the future of our aerospace and defense economy together,&#8221; he said.
According to a release from Anduril provided to The Daily Wire, the new shipyard will be built at Tradepoint Atlantic in Baltimore County, and will provide an estimated 3,100 direct jobs and 11,000 more indirect jobs. Arsenal 2 will also generate approximately $2 billion annually in economic output, with $312 million of that being paid wages.
Anduril also touted the historical connection between United States maritime operations and Baltimore Harbor: &#8220;Baltimore&#8217;s shipyards produced the first Liberty Ship during World War II, and Sparrows Point was once known as the &#8216;Patriarch of U.S. Tanker Builders.&#8217;; Arsenal-2 will return shipbuilding to a site that once helped define American naval power.&#8221;
Arsenal 2 will produce ship components such as torpedo tubes and eventually other parts, and with two million square feet of operating space, it will be capable of high-volume production at the scale the U.S. Navy demands. The United States currently has 26 Virginia-class submarines in service, and is aiming to build another two per year.
Kerry Doyle, managing director of Tradepoint Atlantic, made it clear that Arsenal 2 would be a welcome addition to the Baltimore Harbor area.
&#8220;Today&#8217;s announcement is about more than welcoming a new tenant—it&#8217;s about restoring one of America&#8217;s most important industrial assets to its historic purpose. For generations, Sparrows Point helped build the ships that defended our nation. Today, that legacy continues as Anduril reactivates this iconic shipyard to support the next generation of American defense capabilities,&#8221; Doyle said. &#8220;Tradepoint Atlantic is uniquely built for this mission. Our strategic East Coast location, deep-water port, robust rail and interstate connections, and access to a world-class workforce make this one of the most capable industrial sites in the country. Together with Anduril, we&#8217;re bringing a legacy industry back to Baltimore, creating thousands of skilled jobs, and helping strengthen America&#8217;s defense industrial base for decades to come.&#8221;
Since Trump&#8217;s return to the White House, the U.S. Navy has taken several steps to ensure an increase in maritime dominance — including the cancellation of a Biden-era plan to overhaul the USS Boise (a Los Angeles-class submarine). The money set aside for the overhaul has since been redirected into production on the Virginia-class submarines.
Construction on the site is set to begin immediately, with initial operations to begin as early as 2030.

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California superintendent candidate Richard Barrera says university professors should help students catch up on basic math rather than exclude them, rejecting a return to SAT requirements even when asked about students who struggle with fractions.
During a Sunday <a href="https://www.nbclosangeles.com/video/news/local/newsconference-how-barrera-would-run-californias-education-system/3951153/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview with NBC LA’s Conan Nolan</a>, Barrera said that he would not support bringing back SAT requirements for schools within the University of California system.
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Nolan asked Barrera why he would not consider bringing back standardized testing, particularly after professors from prominent schools like UC San Diego and UC Berkeley complained that some incoming students lacked basic math skills, including the ability to work with fractions.
&#8220;Absolutely not,&#8221; Barrera was adamant. &#8220;So math teachers at UCLA and Berkeley and every place else, part of your job that you get paid by the taxpayers to do is to teach our kids.&#8221;
&#8220;Teach them fractions when they’re at the preeminent institutions of higher learning in the country?&#8221; Nolan pressed for clarification.
Barrera responded that students who had overcome barriers to attend college needed support to catch up, not exclusion.
&#8220;Listen, we’ve got students who are coming up from incredible experiences, first generation students overcoming so many barriers to be on the campus,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;Those students are capable of learning quickly. What they need is a little support to be caught up. What they don’t need is to be excluded.&#8221;
The University of California system stopped requiring standardized testing — using either the SAT or the ACT — in 2020, largely due to concerns that the testing standards unfairly disadvantaged black, Hispanic, and low-income students.
But even as the professors are reporting higher and higher numbers of students who are wholly unprepared for the academic challenges at the university level, college applicants are reporting GPAs of 4.0 or higher in increased numbers as well — leading to concerns that grades are being inflated at the high school level without concern about how those students might fare later on in their academic careers.
Barrera currently serves as president of the San Diego Unified School Board — and senior policy adviser for special projects at the California Department of Education under State Superintendent Tony Thurmond — and is running against Chino Valley Unified School Board President Sonja Shaw to be Thurmond&#8217;s successor.
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An Israeli passenger who helped stop a terrorist co-pilot from crashing a Flydubai flight said a Bible verse left him shivering when he visited a synagogue days after returning home.
Asaf Rejuwan, an insurance agent aboard Flight FZ1073, described the experience in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1P3aYr1v5w/">Facebook post</a> over the weekend. Noting that he was not particularly religious, he said he went to the synagogue to give thanks for surviving the attack.
&#8220;I had no doubt that after this great miracle, I would stand on Shabbat morning at the synagogue for the Gomel blessing. I&#8217;m not a religious person. I believe in God in my own way, and I generally don&#8217;t look for signs in everything. But today something happened that managed to amaze me,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/ick_galg/status/2106732932496765023?s=46&amp;t=5nB3R1hthzMlYMrXjZyN8Q">Rejuwan wrote</a>.
The Gomel blessing is a Jewish prayer of thanksgiving recited after surviving danger.
At the synagogue, Rejuwan said, he read a verse from Deuteronomy about God riding through the heavens to help His people. The passage, Deuteronomy 33:26, reads: &#8220;There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to help you, and in His majesty rides the skies.&#8221;
&#8220;I read the verse, stopped, and shivered, and together with me, all the other worshippers who knew the story and heard why I am there with them,&#8221; Rejuwan said.
&#8220;After everything that happened on the flight, after the fear, after the rush, and after the realization of how thin the line was between life and death — finding myself right in front of these words, &#8216;a rider in the sky at your service,&#8217; was a moment that was hard for me to explain. I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s providence, coincidence, or just a moment that took on a particularly deep meaning for me.&#8221;
Rejuwan said he and others who helped stop the attack had been asked repeatedly how they succeeded. Reflecting together afterward, he said, they realized how many passengers had taken on different roles during the emergency.
Some helped stabilize the aircraft, assist wounded captain Smit Machchhar, and subdue the attacker. Others shared a mobile hotspot, communicated with Israeli security officials, tracked the aircraft&#8217;s location, recited Psalms, or passed along earphones to bind the terrorist.
He also praised his wife, the parents who cared for their families, and the children who remained composed during the ordeal.
&#8220;I usually don&#8217;t write much online, but today I felt something burning inside me that I need to share with others,&#8221; Rejuwan wrote at the beginning of his post.
&#8220;Thank you. Thank you for life. Thank you for the miracle. And thank you for the opportunity to stand here and tell about it,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;Am Yisrael Chai.&#8221;

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Disgraced former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) has died, a local coroner confirmed. He was 84 years old.
<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dennis-hastert-dies-former-house-speaker-illinois/">Hastert</a>, the longest-serving Republican House Speaker, died at his home over the weekend, Kendall County Coroner Jacquie Purcell said Monday.
Hastert later admitted to sexually abusing boys during his years as a high school wrestling coach. He served prison time for illegally structuring bank withdrawals to pay hush money to one of his victims, becoming the highest-ranking elected U.S. official to serve a prison sentence.
Hastert was born in 1942 and earned degrees from Wheaton College and Northern Illinois University. Before entering politics, he worked as a teacher and wrestling coach at Yorkville High School. In 1976, he was named Illinois Coach of the Year.
After years of teaching and coaching, Hastert was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives. He was elected to Congress in 1986.
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/obituaries/dennis-hastert-dead.html">Hastert</a> served in the U.S. House from 1987-2007. He was mentored closely by then-House Minority Leader Robert H. Michel (R-IL), and rose through the ranks to serve as chief deputy whip. After House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) announced in 1998 that he would step down, Hastert emerged as his successor when Rep. Bob Livingston (R-LA), the party&#8217;s initial choice, withdrew after revelations about his extramarital affairs.
Referred to by some as the &#8220;accidental speaker,&#8221; Hastert led the House from 1999 until January 2007, after Republicans lost their majority in the 2006 elections. He resigned from Congress in November 2007.
He had been out of Congress for nearly a decade — and was working as a lobbyist — when the FBI and the IRS began investigating him over a series of bank transactions. He was indicted in 2015 for intentionally setting up bank transactions in an effort to avoid reporting requirements. He was also indicted for making false statements to the FBI. That charge was dropped under his plea agreement.
Hastert pleaded guilty in October 2015 to violating banking laws. At his sentencing the following April, he admitted the withdrawals were meant to pay a former wrestler who had accused him of sexual abuse during his time as coach at Yorkville High School. Hastert acknowledged sexually abusing other boys during that time as well, some of whom were as young as 14 at the time.
Because the statute of limitations had expired, Hastert was not charged with any crimes related to the sexual abuse — but U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin called him a &#8220;serial child molester&#8221; and ordered him to participate in a sex offender program before sentencing him to 15 months in prison and a $250,000 fine for the financial crimes. Hastert served 13 months and was released from federal prison in 2017.
&#8220;Mr. Hastert&#8217;s legend and legacy are gone, and in its place are a broken, humiliated man,&#8221; Zachary Fardon, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, said at the time. &#8220;That is as it should be.&#8221;

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A New York City public school teacher praised brutal Hamas terrorist Yahya al-Sinwar in a group chat with other members of a member-owned grocery store in Brooklyn.
Damien Neva, 48, posted &#8220;Long live Yahya al-Sinwar&#8221; in the Signal chat group in November of 2024 — just over one year after Hamas terrorists had crossed the border from Gaza into Israel, slaughtering hundreds and raping and kidnapping dozens more. The group chat in which he posted included other anti-Israel members of the Park Slope Food Coop, a member-owned grocery store in Park Slope.
The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/10/05/us-news/nyc-teacher-praised-oct-7-mastermind-in-park-slope-food-coop-group-chat-lawsuit/">reported</a> that Neva&#8217;s message was uncovered as part of a lawsuit, brought by Jewish members of the coop, after the board voted to ban the sale of Israeli goods in the store. Neva, who led the campaign within the coop to impose a boycott on Israeli goods, had also reportedly posted in the same group, &#8220;That lot does not have the votes to block our campaign.&#8221; It was clear that he was referring to Jewish and pro-Israel members of the coop at the time, according to the Post.
The Post also noted that Neva was not a public school teacher by choice. He had previously worked as a photographer, videographer, and social-media director at Next Management — an elite modeling and talent agency that has represented major names like Jessica Alba, Lana Del Rey, Pharrell Williams, and celebrity chef Mario Batali. Neva said in a since-deleted social media post that he&#8217;d only become a teacher in the past year because of what he called an &#8220;enforced career change.&#8221;
Neva&#8217;s social media history, according to the Post&#8217;s report, is also problematic. One post showed a Star of David superimposed over the Statue of Liberty, an apparent suggestion that the United States was under Israel&#8217;s thumb. Another post showed a sticker with Israel on it being shredded.
Jewish civil rights group Stop Antisemitism posted the following after Neva was hired to teach in a public school:
<blockquote>Meet Damien Neva, a newly hired teacher at Brooklyn’s PSK77.
Neva reportedly posted &#8220;Long live Yahya al-Sinwar,&#8221; praising the former Hamas leader and architect of the October 7 massacre. His social media also features a crossed-out image of Israel. Roughly 157,000 Jewish children live in Brooklyn. Imagine being one of them in Neva’s classroom</blockquote>
Dov Hikind, former Brooklyn assemblyman and founder of Americans Against Antisemitism, has called on NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Department of Education to enforce another career change, arguing that someone who supported a brutal terrorist like Sinwar should not be allowed anywhere near a classroom — much less one where Jewish students could be in attendance.
&#8220;Sinwar designed what happened on Oct. 7 — the massacre, the barbarism, the rapes and cruelty,&#8221; Hikind explained. &#8220;The idea that anyone connected to education — who believes Sinwar is a hero — could be teaching in the classroom is incomprehensible. How would we react if a teacher said Adolf Hitler was a great leader? This teacher needs to lose his job. He needs to be fired — period.&#8221;
Neva&#8217;s campaign to ban Israeli goods at the Park Slope Food Coop was initially successful, but it quickly led to a lawsuit as Jewish and pro-Israel members of the coop pushed back. The coop, which focuses on providing organic and locally sourced foods, <a href="https://www.foodcoop.com/mission/">advertises itself</a> as &#8220;committed to diversity and equality&#8221; and promises to &#8220;oppose discrimination in any form.&#8221;
As The Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://freebeacon.com/america/long-live-yahya-al-sinwar-brooklyns-park-slope-food-coop-slapped-with-discrimination-suit-for-rampant-antisemitism-crushing-dissent-over-israel-boycott/">reported</a>, the lawsuit alleges that the coop has repeatedly violated its own mission statement, and has &#8220;repeatedly singled out &#8216;Zionists,&#8217; Jewish Members, and persons with ties to Israel for criticism and exclusion.&#8221;
In one such case, a member who was working in the coop as part of their membership agreement, wore a shirt that read &#8220;Peace, Love, and Israel.&#8221; Another member accused the first of being a &#8220;racist&#8221; and a &#8220;genocide supporter.&#8221; The person wearing the pro-Israel shirt was suspended, but &#8220;the harasser,&#8221; according to the lawsuit, &#8220;was not disciplined.&#8221;
Things continued to escalate until September of 2025, when the coop&#8217;s &#8220;official publication&#8221; included a letter accusing one Jewish member of associating with an &#8220;extremist Zionist faction and IDF [Israel Defense Forces] apologist.&#8221; The Jewish member was also accused of &#8220;intellectual depravity,&#8221; being &#8220;morally abhorrent,&#8221; and &#8220;spiritually disfigured,&#8221; The Free Beacon reported.
The lawsuit states that anti-Israel members of the coop ignored bylaws and regulations in order to force their agenda through.
&#8220;The Boycott was adopted after Defendants disregarded coop&#8217;s Governing Documents, altered voting procedures and thresholds without the required bylaw amendments, suppressed debate, and treated an advisory General Meeting vote as binding,&#8221; it reads.
The lawsuit is still ongoing.

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