Good news, everyone: The New York Times has discovered what caused that huge spike in violence that began in 2020 and is only beginning to ease now. Bad news: It's them, along with every other major media outlet. Not that they realize it. Don't expect any Walt Kelly-esque "We have...

https://saferead.org/ONN?1

A driver is extremely lucky to be alive after running into a guardrail off I-384 in Connecticut the day after Christmas. Not only did the driver survive the accident, but they somehow escaped major injury as well. The Manchester Fire Rescue EMS termed the incident "miraculous," and it's hard to...

https://saferead.org/ONO?1

A teenager in New South Wales, Australia, was hospitalized on Dec. 25 after ingesting a Portuguese man o' war while celebrating Christmas on Bondi Beach. Paramedics were called to help the boy at 1:30 p.m., after which he was hospitalized at St. Vincent’s Hospital, local authorities told 7News Australia. “There...

https://saferead.org/ONP?1

The Devil's dark gift is abject freedom. Tragically, on New Year's Day, California will officially become the Devil's playground. In September, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Democratic Senator Scott Wiener’s legislation, Senate Bill 107, to provide refuge for trans kids and their families. BIG NEWS: @GavinNewsom signed into law...

https://saferead.org/ONQ?1

As the effort to peel back the layers of the life of the man named as the suspect in the November murders of four college students in Moscow, Idaho, begins, former friends said his high school years might provide some clues. Bryan Kohberger was arrested Friday at his parents’ Pennsylvania...

https://saferead.org/ONR?1

Russia deployed air defenses in Moscow and provided residents of Belgorod, a city near the border with Ukraine, directions to bomb shelters on Saturday ahead of the New Year celebrations. Approximately 2,000 servicemen will be "on duty at combat posts on New Year's Eve" for Moscow's air defense, the Russian...

https://saferead.org/ONS?1

Although there are gaps in what police know about the day four University of Idaho students were murdered in November, they are confident of one major detail. "We truly believe we have the individual that committed these crimes,” Moscow Police Department Chief James Fry said Friday, according to Fox News,...

https://saferead.org/ONT?1

Professional kickboxer and online celebrity Andrew Tate, his brother Tristan, and two others have been detained by Romanian authorities on charges of human trafficking and rape. A court agreed to detain 36-year-old Tate and his brother in Bucharest for 30 days as prosecutors continue their investigation into the group. The...

https://saferead.org/ONU?1

A classmate of the suspect in Idaho’s quadruple murder is now wondering what took place behind the impassive façade of accused killer Bryan Kohberger as their criminal justice class discussed the killings. Kohberger, 28, was a graduate student majoring in criminology at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, which is...

https://saferead.org/ONV?1

Many households treat their animals like members of the family, and that's especially true around the holidays. There are all sorts of pet-specific presents, stockings, decor and treats for Christmas that fly off the shelves or get delivered to porches ahead of Dec. 25. But one house in Dyer, Tennessee,...

https://saferead.org/ONW?1

Florida has taken the nation's top spot in population growth. The Sunshine State had the fastest-growing population in the United States in 2022, according to Forbes. Florida's population grew by 1.9 percent in 2022, surpassing Idaho at 1.8 percent. The state was on track to end the year with a...

https://saferead.org/ONX?1

This mind-boggling optical illusion may baffle you, even after you learn that you didn't see what you thought you did. Experimental psychologist Akiyoshi Kitaoka often amuses her Twitter followers by sharing images that can make you question your own sanity. One mystifying illusion shows two rotating rings made up of...

https://saferead.org/ONY?1

Two men have shot and killed each other at their shared business in Lakeland, Florida, according to reports. Citing the Polk County Sheriff's Office, Fox News notes that Akeido Bennett, 31, and Xavier Figueroa, 39, business partners, got into a dispute that escalated to a gunfight Thursday. The sheriff's office...

https://saferead.org/ONZ?1

Meet Toco, the Japanese man who tried to turn himself into a giant dog. In May, the Deccan Herald brought us the story of the Twitter user who loved dogs so much that he spent over $15,000 on a giant collie costume. According to the Mirror, he said that he...

https://saferead.org/OOA?1

Two New York police officers have been hospitalized after being attacked in a New Year's Eve assault by an unidentified assailant who was armed with a machete. According to local news outlet WPIX, three officers were patrolling in Times Square about 10 p.m. when the 19-year-old male charged at them...

https://saferead.org/OOB?1

A Massachusetts high school basketball player is facing a criminal charge after allegedly attacking a referee mid-game. The Excel High School player is facing a count of assault and battery after "sucker punching" a referee in a Wednesday game against Cohasset Middle-High School, according to Fox News, citing the Cohasset...

https://saferead.org/OOC?1

New details have emerged regarding the investigation of a suspect arrested in the killing of four Idaho college students. According to KYW-TV in Philadelphia, a team of FBI agents and local police had quietly set in motion Bryan Kohlberger's arrest four days before it took place on Friday by monitoring...

https://saferead.org/OOD?1

With the apparent goal of protecting American wetlands, the Biden administration has revised the legal definition of the term "waters of the United States," or WOTUS, bringing the ire of many congressional Republicans. This move by Biden's Environmental Protection Agency comes while an important case regarding the EPA is being...

https://saferead.org/OOE?1

Many Americans are unaware that buried in the Democrats' 2021 infrastructure bill is a measure to take just a little more of our freedom away from us that liberals have been trying to force on car manufacturers for years. With President Biden's signature on bill in November of 2021, they...

https://saferead.org/OOG?1

An Oregon woman has been charged after an incident in which a 3-year-old child was pushed onto the tracks at a Portland commuter train station. Brianna Lace Workman, 32, who is listed as homeless but living in Portland, faces multiple charges, according to Oregon Live. She faces charges of first-degree...

https://saferead.org/OOH?1

An Alaska police chief has been indicted on multiple charges over a September incident that left a Washington state man injured. A grand jury on Thursday indicted Ketchikan Police Chief Jeffrey Walls on one count of third-degree assault, a felony, three misdemeanor charges of fourth-degree assault, and two misdemeanor counts...

https://saferead.org/OOI?1