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As a Knick from 2019-24, Julius Randle helped the team rise from terrible to competitive. He could serve a similar role for the Nets.

A host of “successful” students makes administrators look good — why worry about ensuring students actually learn? Such cheating — by school leaders — is longstanding and rampant across the DOE system.

This one at-bat enabled a catatonic offense to ignite.

Caitlin Clark continues to be at the center of everyone's attention.

The assailant knifed the victim from behind on the steps leading to the Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road station in Brownsville around 9:20 p.m., authorities said.

The viral TikTok clip shows the goon mimicking a gun and threatening to “lay a button."

The accused gunman who stormed into a Las Vegas grocery store and fatally shot his ex-wife and her new husband allegedly tucked custody papers under his ex’s arm after killing her, according to Las Vegas police.

SoCal Education Leaders Stole Nearly $20M From Schools; Report

Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness,

A new report has revealed that a pair of Southern California school leaders separately stole nearly $20 million from their schools in order to fund lavish personal lifestyles.

According to The New York Post, the report was co-authored by the State Financial Officers Foundation, a watchdog made up of state treasurers and auditors, and OpenTheBooks, a nonprofit focused on transparency in government spending.

The cases of the two Southern California educators were among the most expensive examples of K-12 education fraud documented nationwide.

"It's for the kids."

Said every educrat, ever.https://t.co/1XWVRTcWZS

— Scott C. Johnston (@SJohnston60) July 9, 2026

Jorge Armando Contreras, the former fiscal services director for the Magnolia Elementary School District in Orange County, was charged with altering school checks over several years to funnel $16.7 million into his personal accounts.

Contreras was spending the money on everything from a luxury home and a BMW to designer clothes and pricey tequila and federal investigators found stacks of cash stuffed into a mini-fridge and luxury designer bags at his home.

He was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison in 2024 and order to pay $16.7 million in restitution to the Magnolia School District in Orange County.

Another case highlighted in the report revealed that Janis Bucknor, the head of the Community Preparatory Academy charter school in Los Angeles, stole more than $3 million in taxpayer funds to cover travel, restaurants, shopping and private school tuition for her children.

Bucknor also pleaded guilty to spending more than $220,600 on Disney cruise line vacations, theme park admissions, and other Disney-related expenses.

According to prosecutors, Bucknor admitted in 2020 to stealing the funds, and was sentenced to three years’ probation and ordered to pay $2.5 million in restitution.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, State Financial Officers Foundation CEO OJ Oleka said:

All fraud is harmful, but defrauding education dollars meant to help kids learn and succeed is especially hideous. The findings in this report should alarm every family, teacher, and civic leader.

The California cases were part of nearly 90 cases identified by a coalition of auditors over the past six years involving embezzlement, phony invoices, inflated enrollment, bid-rigging and kickbacks, among other crimes.

The report follows the Trump administration’s promise to crack down on government waste, with Vice President JD Vance leading a nationwide “War on Fraud” that has raised new questions about oversight of federal education spending.

Tyler Durden Thu, 07/09/2026 - 20:05

Another Drag Race alum joins the ranks of Big Brother.

Will Arthur Fery's Cinderella run continue with a win over Alexander Zverev?

“I think it will be simultaneously exciting, boring and terrifying ... Exciting because you’re living on Mars, boring because you’re stuck inside all the time and terrifying because on the other side of your aluminum skinned building is instant death.”

She was 87.

The East Coast's Fourth of July heat wave drove the Potomac River north of Little Falls, Maryland, to a record temperature, contributing to a large fish kill, officials said.

Two Southern California men are among eight people indicted Thursday over an alleged plot to carry out a terrorist attack at the UFC Freedom 250 event held at the White House last month. Bryan O. Roa, 25, of Calimesa, and Michael A. Thomas, 32, of Pinon Hills, were charged alongside six other men in a...

Six hundred and thirty-nine days. That’s how long it had been since Sean Manaea last stayed in a game for seven innings.

Team Trump’s anti-fraud campaigns are setting their sights on work-visa abuse — and not a moment too soon.

Kevin Warsh called for “regime change” at the Fed last year while he was under consideration by the Trump administration to replace former chair Jerome Powell.

A woman with hardcore road rage viciously slashed a man's tire in a Los Angeles road dispute last month, new stunning viral footage revealed.

Russia Warns NATO Leaders To 'Stop & Think' Before Leading World To Catastrophic Confrontation

Another night has passed, and the usual major Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil and facilities and tankers have occurred, this time impacting at least three Russian regions, authorities said Thursday. Strikes hit oil depots in the Stavropol and Tver regions, as well as an oil pumping station in the republic of Bashkortostan and a marine loading terminal in the Rostov region - along with other reported impacts, Amsterdam-based Moscow Times reports.

During this week's NATO summit, Ukraine's President Zelensky was touting his country's drone capabilities as among the best in the world, and that now, essentially no place is safe in Russia.

Telegram/Moscow Times: Fire at an oil depot in the central Tver region.

This was perhaps on display Monday, when long-range drones apparently set a new distance record in striking a sprawling oil refinery in the city of Omsk in western Siberia

"Today, our long-range sanctions reached the oil refinery in Omsk – nearly 2,500 kilometers from Ukraine," Zelensky had announced in a nightly address soon after the attack.

"Upgraded Fire Point drones have put Siberia within reach of Ukrainian precision. This is a significant blow to Russia’s oil economy and an important achievement for the Armed Forces of Ukraine," Zelensky said.

The messaging from NATO leaders gathered in Ankara had clearly been one of support. For example, President Trump had commented, "It's an escalation but it’s also an escalation that can help lead to an end [of the war]." 

Trump also said, "We have a lot of pressure on President Putin. I don’t think he likes what’s going on." He added: "But I talked to President Putin a lot. He wants to end the war."

Following these developments, the Kremlin is freshly warning Western strategists to 'stop and think' before leading the world to the brink of disaster by confronting nuclear-armed Russia.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated Thursday, "European elites are positioning themselves as leaders in the confrontation between the 'collective West' and our country," Zakharova said.

The Russians obviously knew Trump approved giving Ukraine targeting intel for deep strikes on Ru energy. Russia answered it this year by providing Iran targeting intel on US bases, radars & infrastructure. Iran defeated the US. Quite a brilliant tradeoff.https://t.co/X7vfRaExNO

— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) July 8, 2026

"They likely don't realize that all this entails not only creating threats and problems for Russia, but also a significant depletion of resources and the creation of hotbeds of military tension within Europe itself," she added.

She also underscored how pursuing peace with Russia was glaringly absent NATO proceedings at the Turkey summit. "A constructive agenda remains a low priority for NATO," the Kremlin spokesperson continued.

"It's a shame that if NATO strategists had stopped and reflected, they might not have made such irresponsible decisions that could lead to disaster not only for the alliance, but for the entire world," she said.

According to more of her comments via English-language state publications:

The Russian spokeswoman also took aim at NATO's pledge to provide $80 billion in military aid to Ukraine in 2027, while ignoring mounting socio-economic problems across the continent. She accused the alliance of treating Ukrainians as "expendable material for their geopolitical ambitions.""In fact, the current European elites are positioning themselves for leadership positions in the confrontation with our country," she stated.

Some European officials actually voiced something similar, but they remain in a tiny minority:

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš:

Everyone is talking about war, everyone is talking about rearmament, and yesterday I didn't hear the word "peace" even once. pic.twitter.com/KNfyVDzE6A

— Clash Report (@clashreport) July 8, 2026

Prominent Russian writer and political philosopher Alexander Dugin has also commented, "The summit of NATO is a clear sign of all spectrum escalation. The growth of Russophobia and new phase of war against Iran."

Indeed both the Ukraine and Iran conflict theatres are growing hotter once again, and there's simultaneous escalation. Dugin has also warned that the "MoU is over. The new phase of the war begins. The escalation with Russia is going to grow."

Tyler Durden Thu, 07/09/2026 - 19:40

Like much of the NBA world, Charles Barkley was shocked by the Celtics trading Jaylen Brown to the 76ers for Paul George and four draft picks last week. The NBA legend and “Inside the NBA” analyst made an appearance on “Unfiltered with Ricky Bo and Bill Colarulo” this week and shared his first reaction to...