Still Winning: U.S. Bomb from WW2 Explodes at Japanese Airport, Disrupting Flights

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Still Winning: U.S. Bomb from WW2 Explodes at Japanese Airport, Disrupting Flights

(Headline USA) An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no injuries, Japanese officials said.

Land and Transport Ministry officials said there were no aircraft nearby when the bomb exploded at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan.

Officials said an investigation by the Self-Defense Forces and police confirmed that the explosion was caused by a 500-pound U.S. bomb and there was no further danger. They were determining what caused its sudden detonation.

A video recorded by a nearby aviation school showed the blast spewing pieces of asphalt into the air like a fountain. Videos broadcast on Japanese television showed a crater in the taxiway reportedly about 7 yards in diameter and 3 feet deep.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said more than 80 flights had been canceled at the airport, which hopes to resume operations on Thursday morning.

Miyazaki Airport was built in 1943 as a former Imperial Japanese Navy flight training field from which some kamikaze pilots took off on suicide attack missions.

A number of unexploded bombs dropped by the U.S. military during World War II have been unearthed in the area, Defense Ministry officials said.

Hundreds of tons of unexploded bombs from the war remain buried around Japan and are sometimes dug up at construction sites.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Diddy Accused of Sexually Abusing 120 People, Including 9-Yr.-Old Boy

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Diddy Accused of Sexually Abusing 120 People, Including 9-Yr.-Old Boy

(Headline USA) An attorney said Tuesday he is representing 120 accusers who have come forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs, the hip-hop mogul who is awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

Houston attorney Tony Buzbee said he expects lawsuits to be filed within the next month, with most expected to be filed in New York and Los Angeles.

Buzbee described the victims as 60 males and 60 females, and that 25 were minors at the time of the alleged misconduct. One individual alleged he was 9 years old when he was abused, Buzbee said. The allegations cover a period from 1991 to this year.

“This type of sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation should never happen in the United States or anywhere else,” Buzbee said at a news conference.

“This should have never been allowed to go on for so long,” he continued. “This conduct has created a mass of individuals who are injured, scared and scarred.”

Following the announcement of the accusations in Texas, an attorney for Combs said the performer “cannot address every meritless allegation in what has become a reckless media circus.”

“That said, Mr. Combs emphatically and categorically denies as false and defamatory any claim that he sexually abused anyone, including minors,” attorney Erica Wolff said in a statement. “He looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court, where the truth will be established based on evidence, not speculation.”

Buzbee said more than 3,280 individuals contacted his firm and alleged they were victimized by Combs and that after vetting the allegations, his firm decided to represent 120 people. Other cases are still being reviewed. He said some of his clients have spoken with the FBI.

The individuals that Buzbee’s firm is representing are from more than 25 states, with the majority from California, New York, Georgia and Florida.

The abuse that’s being alleged took place mostly at parties held in New York, California and Florida where individuals were given drinks that were laced with drugs, Buzbee said.

Some of the alleged conduct took place at auditions where “many times, especially young people, people wanting to break into the industry were coerced into this type of conduct in the promise of being made a star,” Buzbee said.

Combs, 54, has been locked up at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since pleading not guilty Sept. 17 to federal charges that he used his “power and prestige” to induce female victims into drugged-up, elaborately produced sexual performances with male sex workers in events dubbed “Freak Offs.”

Other alleged victims have already filed lawsuits against Combs that include allegations of sexual assault.

Combs has pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. His attorney said he is innocent and will fight to clear his name.

Combs is one of the best-known music executives, producers and performers across hip-hop, having won three Grammys and worked with artists such as Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, Usher, Lil Kim, Faith Evans and 112.

He founded Bad Boy Records in 1993, the influential fashion line Sean John, a vodka brand and the Revolt TV network. He sold off his stake in the latter company in June of this year.

Buzbee has also represented women who accused NFL quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual assault and misconduct.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

New Mexico Lawsuit Details Allegations of ‘Rampant’ Sextortion of Minors on Snapchat

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New Mexico Lawsuit Details Allegations of ‘Rampant’ Sextortion of Minors on Snapchat

(Headline USA) Snapchat failed to act on “rampant” reports of child grooming, sextortion and other dangers to minors on its platform, according to a newly unredacted complaint against the company filed by New Mexico’s attorney general.

Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed the original complaint on Sept. 4, but internal messages and other details were heavily redacted.

Tuesday’s filing unveils internal messages among Snap Inc. employees and executives that provide “further confirmation that Snapchat’s harmful design features create an environment that fosters sextortion, sexual abuse and unwanted contact from adults to minors,” Torrez said in a news release.

For instance, former trust and safety employees complained there was “pushback” from management when they tried to add safety mechanisms, according to the lawsuit.

Employees also noted that user reports on grooming and sextortion—persuading a person to send explicit photos online and then threatening to make the images public unless the victim pays money or engages in sexual favors—were falling through the cracks. At one point, an account remained active despite 75 reports against it over mentions of “nudes, minors and extortion.”

Snap claimed the platform was designed “with built-in safety guardrails” and that it made “deliberate design choices to make it difficult for strangers to discover minors on our service,” the company said in a statement posted on its website.

“We continue to evolve our safety mechanisms and policies, from leveraging advanced technology to detect and block certain activity, to prohibiting friending from suspicious accounts, to working alongside law enforcement and government agencies, among so much more,” the statement said.

According to the lawsuit, Snap was well aware, but failed to warn parents, young users and the public that “sextortion was a rampant, ‘massive,’ and ‘incredibly concerning issue’ on Snapchat.”

A November 2022 internal email from a trust and safety employee says Snapchat was getting “around 10,000” user reports of sextortion each month.

“If this is correct, we have an incredibly concerning issue on our hands, in my humble opinion,” the email continues.

Another employee replied that it was worth noting that the number likely represented a “small fraction of this abuse,” since users may be embarrassed and because sextortion was “not easy to categorize” when trying to report it on the site.

Torrez filed the lawsuit against Santa Monica, California-based Snap Inc. in state court in Santa Fe.

In addition to sexual abuse, the lawsuit claims the company also openly promotes child trafficking and the sale of illicit drugs and guns.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Union Boss Threatens to Bring U.S. Economy to Its Knees in Dockworker Strike

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Union Boss Threatens to Bring U.S. Economy to Its Knees in Dockworker Strike

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) The International Longshoremen’s Association’s chief negotiator Harold Daggett recently stated that the recent strike by dock workers would “cripple” the United States.

“These people today don’t know what a strike is. When my men hit the streets, from Maine to Texas, every single port will lock down,” he said, adding that the country would collapse without dock workers. “Everything in the United States comes on a ship.”

Daggett then said that American government officials would be unable to stop the strike because, ultimately, the union and workers would win.

“Who’s gonna win here in the long run?” he asked rhetorically. “In today’s world, I’ll cripple you. I will cripple you, and you have no idea what that means. Nobody does.”

People quickly responded to the video clip of Daggett’s statement, criticizing him in every possible way.

“Must watch! This is disgusting rhetoric from the head of the longshoreman’s union. They want to inflict as much pain as they can on the American people to get what they want,” Congressman Eric Burlison, R-Mo., wrote.

Other people agreed, putting their frustrations in a more vulgar form.

“Kinda seems like an a**hole, [I don’t know],” an award-winning cartoonist George Alexopoulous wrote.

Some people also pointed out that Daggett sounds like a mafia boss.

“Why does this guy sound so [f***ing] proud he’s f***ing America over? Drop the mafia bulls**t union boss. Put your strike aside and help our country survive,” @MidLifeVirus wrote.

Other people on Twitter noted that it is very “fishy” that Daggett is “gleefully threatening the entire country.”

However, some Americans tried to see the bright side, saying that this could benefit the America First ideology.

“Best possible argument for America First out there. Why do most of our goods come on ships from China,” another anonymous person wrote.

The strike, which became the October surprise Americans have been speculating about for a long time, would negatively affect the economy. As a result, this would also negatively affect the Biden–Harris administration and Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign.

Before the strike, Headline USA reported about two potential October surprises. The first one was a race war inspired by what happened in 2020 after the Democrats used a career criminal, George Floyd, to divide people based on their race, and the second one was the bird flu, an attempt to recreate the coronavirus from 2020.

Taylor Lorenz Leaves WaPo after Anti-Biden Comments

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Taylor Lorenz Leaves WaPo after Anti-Biden Comments

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) An infamous Taylor Lorenz recently left the place where she used to work, the Washington Post, to become an independent journalist and continue spreading leftist narratives with the financial support of her subscribers.

Lorenz posted a video on her YouTube channel titled “Why I’m leaving legacy media,” explaining why she decided to leave the Post.

“I’m excited to announce that I’m leaving legacy media to launch my new independent publication, User Magazine, on Substack, under which I will pursue the type of reporting on the internet that has become increasingly difficult to do in corporate media,” she wrote in the video’s description.

She also announced the news on her Twitter account.

“I AM NOW FULL-TIME INDEPENDENT. Subscribe to User Mag to support my work!” she wrote in one of her posts.

In her other social media posts, she also explained that she didn’t leave the Post because of her former co-workers.

“I cannot speak more highly about my colleagues at WaPo. I would DIE for those people. I love them so much. I will have their backs always. WaPo does phenomenal work, and I’m excited to force all of my former colleagues to come on my podcast,” Lorenz wrote.

She also praised the publication in another of her social media posts.

“I am so grateful to the Washington Post for my wonderful time at the company and will remain a huge cheerleader for the essential reporting the talented journalists at the Post produce,” Lorenz wrote.

“We are grateful for the work Taylor has produced at the Washington Post. She has resigned to pursue a career in independent journalism, and we wish her the best,” the newspaper’s spokesperson told Headline USA.

Lorenz then explained why she decided to leave the Post: she couldn’t do the job she wanted.

“I’m going independent because the legacy media is not the right fit for the type of work [I] personally want to do. I wrote more about that here. Subscribe today!” she wrote.

However, conservatives on Twitter noted that she is just lying about her leaving the newspaper, stating that she was fired by the Post.

“Taylor Lorenz claims she’s casually leaving the Washington Post to start a substack… WaPo had to have canned her because her reporting was worthless… her career had devolved into riding the @libsoftiktok wave for what little attention she could get,” comedian Tim Young wrote.

Others believed she left the Post to become an independent journalist, adding that it happened only because she didn’t want to get fired and nobody would pay for her independent content.

Headline USA’s Luis Cornelio contributed to this report.

Whites Starve as Walz-Run State Allows Racist Food Pantry

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(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) It was recently revealed that a state-sponsored food pantry prohibited white people from taking food while saying that non-white people should be able to feed themselves and their loved ones.

Alpha News reported that Mykela “Keiko” Jackson used Minnesota’s Paths to Black Health Grant to launch the Food Trap Project Bodega, a free food pantry on the property of Sanctuary Covenant Church that discriminated against white people.

“The resources found in here are intended for black & Indigenous Folx. Please refrain from taking anything if you’re not,” a sign posted on the pantry stated, according to Alpha News.

Howard Dotson, a chaplain and caretaker of an apartment building in Minneapolis, learned about this example of anti-white racism when one of his tenants was refused help at the pantry because he was white.

“This is not building community. It’s destroying it,” he told Alpha News, adding that Jackson herself turned him away.

“I went over there and confronted her. I told her that I saw the sign, and I asked if she really thought she could take grant money from the state and discriminate against poor white people.”

Jackson responded to Alpha News by denying the claims and dismissing Dotson’s complaint.

“The community needs it and wants it and is willing to go to bat for this cause,” she told the news source.

After receiving the backlash, Sanctuary Covenant Church responded to Alpha News by providing a statement in which the church claimed that it didn’t know about Jackson’s hatred of white people.

“This does not align with the vision and mission of the Sanctuary. When we discovered her signage and social media posts, we asked her to abide by her original proposal. Ms. Jackson was unable to do so and decided to move her Food Trap elsewhere,” the church told the news source.

People on social media responded to the recent news by criticizing Jackson, the leftist state and the Democrats.

“Minneapolis Food Pantry bans White People. For the life of me, I cannot understand white people voting for Harris/Walz. [They] advocate against white people every second they get. They stoke the fires [of] racism and then encourage violence when the fire burns red hot. Why do white people vote for this?” @DocNetyoutube wrote.

JD Vance Stuns in Debate, Shakes ‘Knucklehead’ Walz and Leftist Moderators

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JD Vance Stuns in Debate, Shakes ‘Knucklehead’ Walz and Leftist Moderators

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Sen. JD Vance delivered a sharp and blunt performance during the Tuesday vice presidential debate where he skillfully lectured Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and two leftist CBS News moderators.

Throughout the debate, Vance and Walz engaged in a substantive policy discussion, covering topics from inflation and immigration to climate change.

From the start, it was clear that Vance was far more prepared than Walz, who repeatedly stumbled over his words. 

Moderators Margaret Brennan and Norah O’Donnell confronted Walz over his false claim of being in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square protests. Walz deflected the question, speaking about his upbringing. 

“I’m a knucklehead at times,” he said before dramatically declaring before being pressed by the anchor to answer the question.

Flustered, Walz responded, “All I said was that I got there that summer and misspoke on this. So, I’d just— that’s what I said. So, I was in Hong Kong and China during the democracy protest and from that, I learned a lot.” 

Later in the debate, Walz again left many scratching their heads by boasting about becoming “friends with school shooters.” 

Brennan and O’Donnell oddly began the debate with questions about the Middle East, giving Vance an opening to highlight the stark contrast between the Trump-Vance foreign policy and the current record of Vice President Kamala Harris. 

When the debate turned to immigration, Vance criticized Harris for her role as border czar during the unprecedented surge of illegal immigration. Walz responded by shifting the conversation to Springfield, Ohio. 

Vance condemned the presence of foreign nationals in the city, labeling them “illegal aliens,” which prompted Brennan to attempt a fact-check, arguing that these individuals were legally in the U.S. on visas. 

Vance swiftly countered, explaining that these individuals are flown directly from foreign countries using a questionable app called CBP One. His forceful response caused the moderators to mute his microphone. 

During the debate, both men occasionally gave credit to each other, at times appearing as if they were old acquaintances. 

Watch Vance’s closing remarks below.

Celebrity Jeweler Goes Viral Tossing Cash After Selling Anti-Trump Chain

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Celebrity Jeweler Goes Viral Tossing Cash After Selling Anti-Trump Chain

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A popular celebrity jeweler went viral for endorsing President Donald Trump in an unconventional way: selling his anti-Trump gold pendant and dramatically tossing the cash into the air in Times Square. 

Maksud Agadjani, owner of TraxNYC, had previously collaborated with actor George Lopez on the creation of the pendant, which depicted Trump as a donkey being ridden by Lopez. 

Agadjani admitted that he was never comfortable with the project in a viral video posted on Instagram and re-shared on X on Monday, 

The clip has garnered millions of views on social media, with over 72,000 likes on the original Instagram post, where Agadjani boasts of over 2.5 million followers. 

As seen in the clip, Dozens of bystanders, including Mickey Mouse mascots, rushed to grab the cash as it dropped to the ground. 

The video began with Agadjani explaining his reasoning for the viral act. “It’s time for me to set things right,” the jeweler said, as he drilled into Lopez’s gold-plated head on the pendant.  

 

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He said the pendant was part of a business deal with Lopez, an anti-Trump actor who came under fire for jokingly threatening to kill the former president. 

The video showed Agadjani melting the pendant and cashing it for over $6,500.  

“The move is to take the little brick of gold and cash it in—drill it, test it, cash it,” Agadjani explained, before walking into Times Square with a bag supposedly filled with $1, $5 and $10 bills. 

In the video, Agadjani stood in front of a cardboard cutout of Trump before he declared, “Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion, but if you want your money to come a little easier—this is who you’re going to vote for. I to put my money where my mouth.” 

Journalist Ian Miles Cheong shared the clip on X, where it has gained over 8 million times. 

Agadjani has created jewelry for big names like YouTuber Mr. Beast, pro-Trump rapper Kodak Black, Cardi B and Snoop Dogg. 

Some of his pieces are priced at up to $500,000. 

CNN Bills Readers for Leftist Coverage Available for Free on DNC

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CNN Bills Readers for Leftist Coverage Available for Free on DNC

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Liberals wanting to read CNN will soon find themselves forced to pay fees as the leftist network plans to enforce paywalls for visitors. 

The news organization announced Tuesday that it is “laying the first bricks” on a $3.99 paywall to help foot the bill. 

This follows CNN’s embarrassing launch of CNN+, a streaming service and online platform that crumbled within a month of its high-profile debut. 

CNN’s paywall initiative is being led by executive Alex MacCallum, who ironically implemented CNN+ before briefly leaving the company and rejoining earlier this year. 

She claimed that users within the United States will be asked to “pay a small recurring fee for unlimited access to CNN.com’s world-class articles.” 

Mirroring the marketing behind CNN+, MacCallum stated that paying users will have “unlimited access to CNN.com’s articles.”

She noted that subscribers will benefit from “exclusive election features, original documentaries, a curated daily selection of our most distinctive journalism, and fewer digital ads.”

Neither MacCallum nor CNN communications executive Shani George immediately responded to Headline USA’s request for comment on whether the outlet is recycling content from CNN+ for its website.

MacCallum claimed that the paywall will first appear after users consume a certain number of free articles. 

CNN’s enforcement of a paywall comes as the channel struggles with declining viewership, just months after it fired roughly 100 employees. 

According to Adweek, CNN has faced double-digit declines in week-to-week viewership since the ABC News debate between President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris on Sept. 10. 

For the week of Sept. 16, CNN experienced the “biggest” decline compared to competitors MSNBC and Fox News, with a 43 percent drop in primetime audience and a 54 percent drop in viewers aged 25 to 54. 

“Over on the charts, CNN placed fifth among primetime total viewers and eighth in the primetime demo after ranking at No. 4 and No. 3 last week,” Adweek wrote. “It fell from third to fourth place in total day total viewers and from fourth to sixth in the total day demo.” 

Byron Donalds Shuts Down Notorious Pro-Kamala Radio Show, Brings the Receipts

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Byron Donalds Shuts Down Notorious Pro-Kamala Radio Show, Brings the Receipts

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., slammed two media networks on separate occasions after leftist hosts attempted to run cover for the high inflation and crime under the Biden-Harris administration.

During a Tuesday interview on iHeartRadio’s The Breakfast Club, Donalds asserted that inflation was “brought to us by Kamala Harris,” triggering interruptions from co-hosts Angel Rye and Charlamagne tha God. Both leftist hosts downplayed Harris’s influence in driving up inflation, but this defense did not convince Donalds. 

“By Kamala?” Charlamagne questioned. 

“Yes,” Donalds replied, to which Charlamagne countered, “She’s the vice president.” 

“Charlamagne, listen man—when Joe Biden wanted to do his American Rescue Plan, Kamala Harris was a tiebreaking vote in the United States Senate she broke the tide and started this inflation that has hurt so many people in our country everybody,” Donalds affirmed decisively. 

Rye, appearing virtually, jumped in with a false claim: “That’s not true.” 

“It’s not true?” Donalds asked as Rye’s response became inaudible. “You sure you want to go there? … Okay let’s go there.” 

Donalds reached into his pocket and took out what appeared to be a printout of a news report about Harris’s tie-breaking vote for the controversial American Rescue Plan of 2021. 

“He got notes, Ang. He got notes, Angela Rye,” Charlamagne joked. Rye remained notably silent after that, choosing to change the subject on Donalds’s record instead.  

This isn’t Donalds’s first time putting leftist commentators to task. He lectured CNN host Abby Phillip and strategist Keith Boykin after they claimed crime rates weren’t rising. 

“Crime is not massively up, that’s a lie!” Boykin shouted, as transcribed by the Daily Caller. “You’re lying! You’re lying! The FBI just released data this week that crime is going down! Oh my Go—Abby, why do you let this man lie?” 

Remaining poised and calm, Donalds pointed to CNN’s own chart which demonstrated that crime remains historically high compared to pre-pandemic levels. 

“Well, I’m looking at your chart right now, 2021 is when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris came into office, look at that spike up in violent crime,” Donalds explained. 

“I’m not even twisting the facts,” the Republican lawmaker pointed, highlighting CNN’s chart. “You put up a chart. I just looked at the chart myself. The bottom line was from 2021. Well, what happened in 2021? Joe Biden and Kamala Harris came into office. This is when Democrat politicians were all the rage for defund the police.”

Donalds’s comments come as Democrats attempt to save face about the crime in the U.S. While the FBI showed that violent crime is down 2.8 percent, it remains disproportionately high compared to when President Donald Trump was in office. 

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