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Flags of Canada and the United States flying side by side at the Canada–U.S. border

“Visual rape”: A man accused of smuggling $13.2M of cocaine is free

A Canadian judge has set free a man accused of smuggling $13.2 million of cocaine into Canada because, she wrote, strip searches like the one used to arrest him have been “analogized to a ‘visual rape.'” Justice Jennifer Bezaire of the Ontario

July 23, 2026

Crime·North America

The Eldon B. Mahon federal courthouse in Fort Worth, Texas, where pastor Richard Reinaldo Garcia is set to stand trial

A Texas pastor invented Kenya mission trips to run a $3.2 million fraud

Charged with wire fraud, he told investors to call their losses "donations" to his church.

July 22, 2026

Crime·North America·People·Religion·USA

The John H. Wood Jr. Federal Courthouse in San Antonio, seat of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, where the case was prosecuted.

A 19-year-old got 40 years for running an online network that tortured children

Administrator of "8884," tied to the 764 network, recruited victims on Discord, Roblox and Telegram.

July 17, 2026

Crime·Extremism·North America·People·USA

A baby with measles in the Philippines, 2014. CDC Global / Public domain.

Measles: Antivax fake news kills children. RFK Jr. pushed vitamin A as a treatment and it still has ripple effects worldwide.

"The dose makes the poison." In 2025, three Americans died of measles — two of them children. Dozens were hospitalized — some from the disease, some from the government's treatment. In the end, fake news made measles deadly again.

June 23, 2026

Fake News·Health·Latin America·North America·Politics·USA

Dr. Charles Norris, New York City's first chief medical examiner, circa 1920

The U.S. Government Poisoned Its Own Citizens During Prohibition

On Christmas Eve 1926, a man stumbled into the emergency room at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. He was hallucinating that Santa Claus was chasing him with a baseball bat. He died before staff understood how sick he was. Eight people

June 19, 2026

Crime·North America·Politics

Charred sewing machines and debris cover the factory floor of the Triangle Waist Company, 9th floor, Asch Building, after the fire of March 25, 1911

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: 146 Dead, Factory Owners Pocket $60,000

New York, 1911: exit doors locked, 146 dead. Owners acquitted. Insurance profit: $60,000.

June 19, 2026

Crime·North America·People

Jack LaSota, alias Ziz LaSota - Source: Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office

Trans Vegan Cult Accused of Six Murders Across Three States

A transgender vegan cult accused of six murders across the United States. Ziz LaSota accused of leading the extremist group behind violence from 2022 to 2025.

July 6, 2025

Crime·Extremism·North America·Politics