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RFK Jr says he is being investigated over story that he decapitated beached whale

RFK Jr says he is being investigated over story that he decapitated beached whale

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Saturday he is being investigated over a decades-old story that he decapitated a dead whale and transported its skull across state lines. Kennedy made the admission during a campaign event for former President Trump, saying he had received a letter last week. The report comes weeks after a left-wing environmental group resurfaced the whale story and called for an investigation. “I received a letter from the National Marine Fisheries Institute saying that they were investigating me for collecting a whale specimen 20 years ago,” Kennedy said Saturday. “This is all about the weaponization of our government against political opponents,” he added. KENNEDY FAMILY CHOOSES POLITICS OVER FAMILY WITH ENDORSEMENT IN 2024 PRESIDENTIAL RACE Kennedy did not offer details about the incident, but it first became public thanks to a 2012 interview with Kennedy’s daughter, Kick Kennedy, with Town and Country Magazine. In the interview, Kick describes her father cutting the head off of a dead whale and strapping it to the roof of their vehicle, before driving from a beach in Massachusetts to Mount Kisco, New York. ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR. LAMBASTS ‘DNC-ALIGNED MAINSTREAM MEDIA,’ ACCUSES THEM OF ENGINEERING HARRIS’ RISE The left-wing group, the Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund, had argued the dead animal was protected by the Marine Mammal Protection and Endangered Species, making it illegal to possess any part of it. They further claimed that it was likely a felony violation of the 1900 Lacey Act, “which prohibits the transportation of any wildlife, dead or alive, that was reduced to possession in violation of any state, federal or international regulation or law.” TRUMP THANKS RFK JR FOR ENDORSEMENT AFTER THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATE SUSPENDS HIS CAMPAIGN: ‘THAT’S BIG’ “Every time we accelerated on the highway, whale juice would pour into the windows of the car, and it was the rankest thing on the planet,” Kick told the magazine, saying the incident happened sometime around 1994. “We all had plastic bags over our heads with mouth holes cut out, and people on the highway were giving us the finger, but that was just normal day-to-day stuff for us,” she added. The Center for Biological Diversity resurfaced the story just days after Kennedy withdrew from the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Trump. The whale incident is not the only recent controversy involving Kennedy and dead animals. He also admitted to dumping the body of a dead bear in New York City’s Central Park over a decade ago.

Mother of young girl killed by illegal migrants blasts Cruz challenger’s policies: ‘Took my daughter’s life’

Mother of young girl killed by illegal migrants blasts Cruz challenger’s policies: ‘Took my daughter’s life’

FIRST ON FOX: The mother of Jocelyn Nungaray, a 12-year-old girl allegedly murdered by illegal immigrants, is weighing in on the Texas Senate race as she blames Democratic policies for the loss of her daughter. Jocelyn Nungaray from Texas was strangled and thrown off a bridge by two illegal immigrants in June, according to authorities. Two Venezuelans have since been charged with capital murder in connection with Nungaray’s death. In a new campaign ad, shared first with Fox News Digital, Alexis Nungaray details the tragic killing of her young daughter by Venezuelan nationals who illegally crossed the southern border. Nungaray said that her “heart would break again” if Democratic Texas Senate candidate Rep. Colin Allred, who is running against Sen. Ted Cruz, wins the election in November. JOCELYN NUNGARAY MURDER: HOUSTON PROSECUTORS SEEK ICE, CBP RECORDS ON ILLEGAL ACCUSED OF CHILD KILLING According to police, Jocelyn Nungaray was strangled and thrown off a bridge by two illegal immigrants in June.  BIDEN-HARRIS OPEN BORDER POLICY FREED ILLEGAL 3 WEEKS BEFORE JOCELYN NUNGARAY MURDER, MOTHER SAYS “Jocelyn was murdered by two illegal migrants, each released on the same days they were detained. Not even 30 days later, she was found down there in the bayou. She had no pants on. They bounded her feet, and they just left her, like nothing. All because of that policy, catch and release,” she said in the new campaign ad, which was released by the Win It Back PAC, a Club for Growth-affiliated fundraising group. Nungaray pointed to Allred’s policies for the implications of the ongoing migrant crisis. “And Colin Allred pushing that policy ultimately took my daughter’s life. Her going away from her graduation, her having kids. If Colin Allred is elected, my heart would break again. It really would. Allred didn’t kill my daughter, but his policies are why she’s dead.” Allred previously addressed Nungaray’s murder by calling it a “tragedy” and then attempted to deflect blame by accusing Cruz of using the murder as a “political attack.” Nungaray testified before the House Judiciary Committee earlier this month regarding her daughter’s death where she slammed the Biden-Harris administration’s border policy.  “Because of the Biden-Harris administration open border policies, catch and release, they were enrolled in the Alternatives to Detention program,” Nungaray told lawmakers. “This meant that they were released into the United States. It was not even a full three weeks later that they would take my daughter Jocelyn Nungaray’s life.” “They saw a young girl, my daughter Jocelyn, and placed a target on her without her even knowing,” she said, referring to the murder suspects. “They were seen on video at 12:57 a.m. on June 17th, walking across the street down by the bayou under the bridge, at 3:04, for only the two illegal immigrants emerged. They were down there for two whole hours. I can’t even fathom what was going through Jocelyn’s mind, the amount of fear she was feeling in the last moments of her life.

Philippine Coast Guard ship in standoff with China returns to port

Philippine Coast Guard ship in standoff with China returns to port

Manila says new vessel will ‘immediately take over’ after the BRP Teresa Magbanua left disputed area in South China Sea. A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel that spent months anchored at a disputed reef in the South China Sea has left the area, but a new vessel is being deployed “immediately” to replace it, Philippine officials announced, in a move that is likely to irk China. BRP Teresa Magbanua had been anchored inside Sabina Shoal since April to assert the Philippine claims to the area within its exclusive economic zone, and to prevent China from seizing it. “After more than five months at sea, where she carried out her sentinel duties against overwhelming odds, BRP Teresa Magbanua is now sailing back to her homeport with her mission accomplished,” Lucas Bersamin, executive secretary and chairman of the National Maritime Council, said in a statement on Sunday. Bersamin said the vessel’s return was necessary to the medical needs of its crew and to undergo repairs. NMC spokesperson Alexander Lopez later said “another will immediately take over”, citing a PCG order. “Definitely, we will keep our presence there,” Lopez added, without sharing which vessel would take over. ‘Indisputable sovereignty’ In a brief statement, China Coast Guard (CCG) spokesperson Liu Dejun said Beijing “has indisputable sovereignty over … Xianbin Jiao and its adjacent waters”, using the Chinese name for Sabina Shoal. China asserts sovereignty over nearly all of the South China Sea, including areas claimed by the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Brunei. A 2016 international tribunal ruling said Beijing’s assertion has no legal basis. Philippine and Chinese vessels have collided at least three times recently near Sabina Shoal, located 140km (86 miles) from the western Philippine island of Palawan and 1,200km (746 miles) from China’s nearest major landmass, Hainan Island. The Teresa Magbanua’s bridge wing and freeboard were damaged in one of the collisions in August. In a statement posted on X, PCG spokesman Commodore Jay Tarriela said the “structural damage to the ship”, which he blamed on the “deliberate ramming by the China Coast Guard”, further complicated the vessel’s integrity. Last month, Chinese vessels blocked a resupply mission for the Filipino sailors on board the ship, leaving them running critically low on food and other provisions. Images published by the GMA TV network showed the vessel crew members being transported in stretchers due to reported dehydration resulting from the blockade. Earlier this week, officials from the Philippines and China held high-level talks on their maritime issues, wherein Beijing reiterated its demand for the withdrawal of the Philippine vessel. The latest situation has echoes of 2012, when Beijing took control of Scarborough Shoal, another strategic feature about 240km (149 miles) west of the main Philippine island of Luzon. Then, Manila pulled its ships back after a tense two-month maritime standoff. In recent years, the Philippines has accused China of repeated harassment of Philippine vessels in the South China Sea. Adblock test (Why?)

Four dead as torrential rains batter Central and Eastern Europe

Four dead as torrential rains batter Central and Eastern Europe

At least five people have been found dead in eastern Romania after torrential storms dumped unprecedented rain, leaving hundreds stranded in flooded areas, emergency authorities said on Saturday. Rescue services scrambled to save people in the hard-hit eastern counties of Galati and Vaslui. The bodies of three older women and one man were found in four localities, the Department for Emergency Situations said. Emergency authorities released video footage showing teams of rescuers evacuating people using small lifeboats through muddy waters and carrying some older people to safety. Some of the most significant flood damage was concentrated in Galati, where 5,000 households were affected. A Black Hawk helicopter was also deployed there to help with the search and rescue efforts. The storms battered 19 localities in eight counties in Romania, with strong winds downing dozens of trees that damaged cars and blocked roads and traffic. Authorities sent text message alerts to residents to warn them of adverse weather as emergency services rushed to remove floodwater from homes. The rising floodwater in the Romanian village of Slobozia Conachi [Daniel Mihailescu/AFP] Romanian Environment Minister Mircea Fechet told The Associated Press news agency that in some of the badly flooded areas, more than 160 litres (42 gallons) of rain fell per square metre (about 10.7 square feet), which he said is a rare occurrence. The stormy weather comes as several Central European nations – the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, and Hungary – anticipate severe flooding over the weekend. In the Czech Republic, river waters reached dangerously high levels in many areas, prompting the authorities to evacuate hundreds of people, including from a hospital in the second-largest city of Brno, to escape raging floods. By Saturday evening, Czech authorities had declared the highest flood warnings in more than 70 areas across the country and said thousands more people should be prepared to be evacuated as the rains continued to slam down. The Bela River flows past a church during floods in Mikulovice, Czech Republic [Petr David Josek/AP Photo] In neighbouring Austria, authorities declared 24 villages in the northeast Lower Austria province “disaster zones” on Saturday afternoon and began evacuating residents from those areas. The torrential downpours have also caused a sharp rise in water levels in the Danube River in the Austrian capital, Vienna, where special flood relief channels were built in the 1970s and 80s and are likely to be tested over the weekend. The Kamp River, a tributary of the Danube, is also swelling because of the unprecedented weather event. Heavy rain also hit Moldova on Saturday, where emergency workers pumped floodwater from dozens of houses in several localities, and 13 localities in three districts suffered partial electricity outages, authorities said. In Poland, many people were evacuated as a precautionary measure on Saturday from two villages near the town of Nysa, in the Nysa River basin, after meteorologists warned of unprecedented rainfall. Some farms were flooded. Adblock test (Why?)

‘Canelo’ Alvarez pummels Berlanga to retain super middleweight boxing belts

‘Canelo’ Alvarez pummels Berlanga to retain super middleweight boxing belts

Undisputed super middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez outpoints challenger Edgar Berlanga. Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has retained his unified super middleweight world title with a punishing unanimous decision over Edgar Berlanga in Las Vegas. Alvarez knocked down the previously unbeaten Berlanga in the third and was relentless throughout the 12 rounds on Saturday night. The champion rocked Berlanga with a big right in the waning seconds of the ninth round and Berlanga’s cornerman could be heard asking his fighter: “Are you awake?”, as he sat on his stool before the 10th. Berlanga, who was warned for an intentional head butt, remained defiant, taunting Alvarez as they came out for the 12th. But the Puerto Rican-American, who launched his pro career with 16 straight first-round knockouts, could not find the stoppage he had brashly predicted. The vastly experienced Alvarez put him under pressure early, Berlanga looking tentative in the opening two rounds as he was backed repeatedly into the corner. He tried gamely to respond in the third after Alvarez landed a right to the head, but a devastating left hook from Alvarez sent him down. Berlanga banged his gloves together as he sat on the canvas and hopped up quickly. Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, left, receives a right jab from John Ryder [Henry Romero Berlanga had no answer as Alvarez went after him with debilitating body blows round after round. “I did good,” said Alvarez, who was awarded the fight by a score of 118-109 by two judges and by 117-110 from the third. “Now what are they going to say? I fight younger fighters? Before they say I fought older fighters. Now what are they going to say? They always talk. “I’m the best fighter in the world,” added Alvarez, who improved to 62-2-2 (39 KOs) and retained his World Boxing Association, World Boxing Council and World Boxing Organization belts. Alvarez bounces back Alvarez was stripped of his International Boxing Federation belt in July when he opted to take on Berlanga rather than IBF mandatory challenger William Scull. That was immaterial to the partisan crowd of more than 20,000 at T-Mobile Arena, where Alvarez claimed another victory on Mexican Independence Day weekend – a holiday he made his own along with Cinco de Mayo. “It means a lot,” Alvarez said. “It’s an honor for me to represent my country on this day. I feel proud about it.” Berlanga, 27, fell to 22-1. As the final bell sounded, the fighters embraced in an extended hug. “I was telling him that he’s my idol,” Berlanga said. “Since I was a kid, I looked up to him.” John Ryder is knocked down by Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez Reuters [Henry Romero/Reuters] It was the fifth straight points victory for Alvarez, whose last win inside the distance was an 11th-round knockout of Caleb Plant in November 2021. But it was the fourth consecutive fight in which Alvarez scored a knockdown. The four-division champion, who has been accused of ducking rising star David Benavidez, said he would take some time to ponder what is next for him. “I’m going to rest with my family now and then I’m going to decide,” he said. On the undercard, Erislandy Lara retained his WBA middleweight world title with a ninth-round stoppage of Danny Garcia. The slow pace of the bout drew boos from the crowd, but 41-year-old Cuban-born southpaw Erislandy connected with a straight left that dropped Garcia to a knee late in the ninth. When the round ended, Garcia’s father and coach Angel called for the bout to be halted. “I took him to school,” said Lara, who improved to 31-3-3 with 19 knockouts. Garcia, fighting for the first time since July 2022, fell to 37-4 with 21 wins inside the distance. Adblock test (Why?)