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UFO Whistleblower Kept Security Clearance After Psychiatric Detention

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:55:01 GMT

“Non-human” biological material recovered from purported UFO crash sites. A decadeslong secret program to reverse-engineer extraterrestrial aircraft. A government cover-up employing “administrative terrorism” to silence truth-tellers.These are some of the extraordinary claims made to Congress by Maj. David Grusch, a 36-year-old retired Air Force intelligence officer who also served as an adviser to the Pentagon’s Unidentified Aerial Phenomena task force. Last month, the House Oversight Committee opened an investigation after Grusch claimed he was retaliated against for blowing the whistle on the U.S. government’s alleged UAP recovery program.Security clearances of the sort Grusch has held are subject to strict requirements, including regarding psychological episodes and substance issues. Grusch has used his high-level clearance to shore up his credibility, telling the committee: “I was cleared to literally all relevant compartments and in a position of extreme trust in both my milit...

13-year-old Da’vian Kimbrough becomes youngest soccer player to go pro in US

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:55:01 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Da’vian Kimbrough, a 13-year-old forward, signed a contract with the Sacramento Republic of the second-tier League Championship of the United Soccer League, which says he is the youngest athlete in American professional team sports.Kimbrough, who joined the team’s youth academy in 2021, was 13 years, 5 months, 13 days when the deal was announced Tuesday.After playing for North Bay Elite Futbol Club in Solano County and Woodland Soccer Club of Yolo County, Kimbrough scored 27 goals in 31 matches for the Republic’s under-13 team in 2021, when he was 11.He played for the under-14 team last year, also joining the under-15 team for some matches. Kimbrough scored six goals this year as the New York Red Bulls Academy team won the Bassevelde Cup for under-13 teams in Belgium.Kimbrough, born Feb. 18, 2010, is eligible to debut on Saturday against the Birmingham Legion.Maximo Carrizo signed with Major League Soccer’s New York City on his 14th birthday on Feb. 28, 200...

Customer’s vehicle strikes, injures 3 in service area of Los Angeles car dealership, official says

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:55:01 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A vehicle driven by a customer entered the service area of a Los Angeles auto dealership and struck three people Wednesday, leaving one of the injured briefly trapped beneath the vehicle, authorities and witnesses say.The vehicle, driven by a female customer, struck and injured a patron and two workers in the service center before coming to rest in a customer reception area, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Brian Humphrey said.According to witnesses, an adult female customer was briefly trapped under the vehicle before being freed by bystanders, including an off-duty nurse who began CPR on the woman before she was rushed to a trauma center, Humphrey said in a statement.Two men who work at the dealership were taken to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, including a head wound, Humphrey added. The driver had no obvious injury and remained at the scene, speaking with police officers.The dealership is in the Mission Hills neighborhood ab...

Ex-Georgia man sought in alleged misuse of millions of Christian ministry donations

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:55:01 GMT

DUBLIN, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia man is being sought on charges of having misused more than $30 million donated by religious groups and individuals for Christian ministry in China, including an Ohio-based group receiving donations from Amish and Mennonite communities. Jason Gerald Shenk, 45, formerly of Dublin, Georgia, is charged in a recently unsealed federal indictment in Georgia with wire fraud, money laundering and failure to file a report of a foreign bank account.Prosecutors said Shenk got more than $30 million from faith-based charities and individual donors, primarily from religious communities in Ohio and North Carolina, promising to use the money to produce and distribute Bibles and other Christian literature in China.Instead, prosecutors allege, he used a lot of it for his own purposes, such as payments to the company running his family farm, buying diamonds and precious metals, buying life insurance policies in various people’s names, online sports gambling, Ch...

Zimbabwe’s president tells supporters they will go to heaven if they vote for his party this month

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:55:01 GMT

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa urged thousands of his supporters at a rally on Wednesday to deliver a “thunderous victory” in this month’s national election and proclaimed that “no one will stop us from ruling this country.”He said that people who vote for his ruling ZANU-PF party — which has been in power for 43 years —would go to heaven.Mnangwagwa, the 80-year-old leader who assumed power in the southern African nation in a coup in 2017, also warned his supporters against engaging in violence in the buildup to the Aug. 23 vote. That plea came days after an opposition party supporter was killed, allegedly at the hands of ruling party activists, in the first deadly violence of the election buildup.“Perpetrators of violence will be brought to book without fear or favor. So, I say to you don’t ever perpetrate violence, we will deal with you,” Mnangagwa said.But while Mnangagwa has often called on his supporters to act peacefully, it hasn’t ...

NYC museum’s Concorde supersonic jet takes barge ride to Brooklyn for restoration

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:55:01 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The Concorde supersonic jet that has been parked along Manhattan’s west side since retiring from commercial air travel took a slow boat to Brooklyn on Wednesday for a facelift that will take several months.When Concorde service ended in 2003, 75 air museums around the world put in bids for the 13 planes then in use. New York’s Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum got the British Airways Concorde that still holds the record for the fastest transatlantic crossing by a passenger aircraft — 2 hours, 52 minutes and 59 seconds from Heathrow to JFK.After welcoming museum visitors for nearly two decades, the needle-nosed jet will once again be out of commission until the spring of 2024, the Intrepid said in a news release.The only supersonic commercial jet that ever flew, the Concorde cruised at twice the speed of sound. A one-way ticket cost $6,000 in 2003.A crane lifted the Intrepid’s Concorde onto a barge Wednesday for a very subsonic passage to the Broo...

Provo man killed during FBI raid in connection with alleged threats against President Biden

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:55:01 GMT

PROVO, Utah (ABC4) -- One person is dead in Utah County after a shooting involving FBI agents early Wednesday morning in connection with an investigation into alleged threats against President Biden. An FBI spokesperson told ABC4 that the agent-involved shooting happened around 6:15 a.m. Agents at the time were at a Provo residence attempting to serve an arrest and search warrant for a man identified as Craig Deleeuw Robertson. Tooele man saves paralyzed woman from drowning in lake, officials say ABC News confirmed the FBI raid was in connection with threats against President Biden, who is visiting Utah as part of a tour of three western states. Biden is expected to be in Utah on Wednesday afternoon and is scheduled to hold a press conference regarding the PACT Act on Thursday morning. Officials told ABC News the investigation began in April and the U.S. Secret Service was notified by the FBI in June. In addition to allegedly making threatening posts, agents say Robertson suggest...

Man arrested for ‘intersection takeover’ shooting in NW Miami-Dade that injured 3

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:55:01 GMT

A 20-year-old man has been arrested following cell phone video that, police said, showed him firing shots into a crowd during an illegal intersection takeover in Northwest Miami-Dade over the weekend. According to police, Micheal Trillo was arrested days after the video was shared on social media that showed the chaotic scene on Northwest 146th Street and Seventh Avenue, early Sunday morning.In the video, a white Dodge doing donuts in the intersection struck a parked vehicle. That is when Trillo is seen brandishing a firearm and discharging multiple rounds at the Dodge, striking multiple people and causing panic and chaos among the gathered spectators.Police were able to stop the Dodge on Interstate 95 near Northwest 95th Street.Paramedics transported a man and a woman to Ryder Trauma Center. A third victim was taken to Hialeah Hospital by a friend. He was later transferred to Ryder Trauma Center.Investigators said the injured victims range in age from 19 to 20 years old.According t...

Messi’s MLS regular-season debut delayed, likely until Aug. 26

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:55:01 GMT

MLS fans will have to wait a little longer for Lionel Messi’s first regular-season match with Inter Miami CF.Messi’s first MLS match now is expected to be Saturday, Aug. 26 at the New York Red Bulls. Miami and Charlotte have postponed their match initially scheduled for Aug. 20 to an unspecified date.Both clubs have advanced to the Leagues Cup quarterfinals, so one of them will be playing on Aug. 19 in either the finals or third-place match.Miami and Charlotte will still meet in a quarterfinal matchup on Friday night at DRV PNK Stadium.Messi will also compete in the US Open Cup on Aug. 23 when Miami visits MLS-leading FC Cincinnati for a semifinal match.He signed in July for 2 1/2 seasons worth between $50 million and $60 million annually, meaning a total contract value between $125 million and $150 million in cash alone.

2 SB lanes on Turnpike blocked after rollover crash; 1 hospitalized

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:55:01 GMT

A rollover crash involving five vehicles on the Turnpike has blocked several lanes.Fire rescue crews arrived at the scene of the crash on the northbound lanes of the Turnpike in the area of Southwest 288th Street, Wednesday afternoon.According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a red Ferrari, a red Hyundai and a white Chevy SUV were involved in the crash. The Hyundai was overturned due to the crash. After the initial crash, an oncoming blue Toyota sedan attempted to avoid the overturned vehicle but instead collided into a black Hyundai.The driver of the Ferrari was transported to Homestead Hospital for treatment. No other injuries were reported. Due to the crash, two southbound lanes on the Turnpike were blocked. Drivers are urged to take alternate routes. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.