Border Patrol commander praises agents who killed Alex Pretti and offers surprising theory

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Weeks after the killing on Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, which triggered national outrage and demonstrations, 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti was also killed during an anti-ICE protest on January 24.

As well as with the agent involved in the shooting of Good, who the officials claimed acted in self-defence, President Donald Trump defended Pretti’s shooter too, describing Pretti’s firearm – allegedly pulled from his waistband – as “a very dangerous and unpredictable gun…a gun that goes off when people don’t know it.”

Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Trump said, “I don’t like any shooting. I don’t like it.

“But I don’t like it when somebody goes into a protest and he’s got a very powerful, fully loaded gun with two magazines loaded up with bullets also. That doesn’t play good either.”

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A footage of the tragic incident showed the 37-year-old Pretti trying to assist a woman who had been shoved into the snow by an agent, before he was pepper-sprayed, taken to the ground, and shot several times. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to reports, Pretti was carrying a firearm legally, though accounts indicate that he was disarmed by agents before being shot.

His father released an emotional statement, firmly rejecting claims that his son had engaged in any violent actions.

“He cared about people deeply,” he said. “He was very upset with what was happening in Minneapolis and throughout the United States with ICE, as millions of other people are upset.

The father added: “He thought it was terrible, you know, kidnapping children, just grabbing people off the street.”

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US Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino blamed the victims, saying, “The suspect put himself in that situation. The victims are the Border Patrol agents there.”

He continued: “I believe that the fantastic training of that our law enforcement partners has prevented any specific shootings of law enforcement. So good job for our law enforcement in taking him down before he was able to do that.”

Asked about the footage that shows Pretti being disarmed before he was killed, Bovino told CNN‘s Dana Bash, “Dana, you don’t know that he was unarmed. I don’t know that he was unarmed. That is freeze frame adjudication of a crime scene via a photo. That is why we have investigators, that is why we have investigation that is going to answer these questions.”

He added: “We don’t know that agent was taking his gun away. The facts are going to come to light. That is why we investigate.”

Bash then noted that his remarks appeared to prejudge the incident, to what Bovino replied, “Well, with respect you say that’s why we investigate, but you’re also drawing other conclusions that sort of fly in the face of waiting for an investigation.”

Bovino’s comments sparked a strong backlash on social media, as critics argued he was shielding the agents despite footage from several angles that appears to show Pretti no longer posed a threat when he was shot.

The controversy even prompted a measured response from President Donald Trump, who told the Wall Street Journal, “We’re looking, we’re reviewing everything and will come out with a determination. I don’t like any shooting. I don’t like it. But I don’t like it when somebody goes into a protest and he’s got a very powerful, fully loaded gun with two magazines loaded up with bullets also. That doesn’t play good either.”

According to The Independent, the public outrage forced officials to remove Bovino from his duties in Minnesota. Trump said he would replace him with his border czar, Tom Homan.

“Tom is tough but fair, and will report directly to me,” the president posted on Truth Social.

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Pick a chair and see who forever sits by your side

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People come and go. During our lifetime, we meet plenty of people, but not all of them are meant to remain part of our life. Some friendships and relationships crumble, and new ones form, and that’s perfectly fine since that’s how life works.

The short quiz below will tell you who truly is there to stay by your side.

Chair 1 – The One Who Never Walks Away

Chair number one, or the rocking chair, represents someone who knew you from the beginning, even before you evolved and changed into the person you are today. They know all of your flaws and virtues and accept you for who you truly are. This person never walks away from you, despite any difficulties that stand on the way of your relationship. This someone could be a childhood friend or a close family member.

Chair 2 – The One Who Carries Life With You

The second chair represent that one person in your life who always takes your side and never fails you, no matter what. In fact, they’d choose you over and over again and are your biggest support.

They love you at your best and at your worst, so make sure you keep them close and never fail their trust.

This person could be your life partner, and someone who built a life and family with you.

Chair 3 – The One Who Never Leaves Because It Is You

Sometimes, the relationship we have with ourselves is the most sacred of all. If you chose chair number three it means you chose yourself and you are that one person who’d never let you down.

After some relationships fail, you actually realize that no one can understand you better than you, and no one can protect you better than yourself.

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My husband suddenly insisted on church every Sunday — When I learned why, I filed for divorce

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During the ten years I was married to Brian, he never expressed any interest in going to church and attending service. And honestly, neither did I. We were simply not raised in religious families and our Sundays were always predictable. It was either cartoons, some movies with our daughter Kiara, 9, or errands if we were up to getting out of the house.

However, that changed out of the blue. My husband insisted on church every Sunday. At first, I thought he was just joking, but no, he was dead serious. When I asked why he expressed such desire all of a sudden, he said he was stressed at work and just needed the calmness the church could offer. Being the wife I was, I agreed.

So, we started attending church. Every Sunday, we would sit in the same pew and exchange polite smiles with the same familiar faces.

It was peaceful, and somehow, it suited me.

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But then, one Sunday, Brian told me and Kiara to wait for him in the car because he needed to use the bathroom. However, more than ten minutes passed by and I started feeling a bit anxious. You know that gut feeling that tells you something could not be right? That’s exactly what I felt at that moment, and because of some reason, I asked a churchgoer to keep an eye on Kiara while I went to check on Brian.

And that’s when I learned the truth about his sudden urge to become this religious person he never actually was.

Brian was nowhere near the bathroom, so I walked back down the hallway and spotted him in the garden through the partially open window. He was talking to a woman whom I spotted attending service during the past weeks. And then I heard him say, “Do you understand what I did? I brought my family here… so that I could show you what you lost when you left me.”

I froze. What was he talking about and who was that woman?

“We could’ve had it all,” he continued. “A family, a real life, more kids. You and me. If you wanted the perfect picture, the house, the church… I’m ready now. I’ll do anything. Anything.”

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The woman took a step back. It somehow felt to me like she wasn’t comfortable listening to Brian’s words.

“I feel sorry for your wife,” she said. “And your daughter. Because they have you for a husband and father.”

She then spoke of his obsession with her, and that she considered requesting a restraining order if he tried talking to her again.

At that moment, I felt too weak to confront him, so I just went back to Kiara.

And that’s when Brian returned and apologized for keeping us waiting.

It didn’t take long before I learned who that woman was. It turned out Brian was in love with her from the time they attended high school together. I got her number and asked her to meet me. She agreed and told me about the messages Brian was sending her over the years. He was telling her how much he loved her and how willing he was to leave me and our daughter for her.

That’s when I knew that my picture-perfect marriage was fake from the beginning and that there was nothing worth saving. My lawyer handed Brian divorce papers the following week.

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This is the appliance in your home that doubles your electricity bill

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With times getting tougher and tougher with each passing year, a number of people strive to cut down on electricity bills. However, what many homeowners aren’t aware of is that certain appliances are to be blamed for the increased energy costs, and one of them, which drains your electricity, isn’t your TV or your refrigerator but the electric clothes dryer.

In fact, an electric dryer can burn through as much electricity in a few short minutes as other household appliances use over several hours. The reason for this is rather straightforward when you think about it: heat.

The US Department of Energy explains that electric dryers dry clothes by pumping out intense heat and holding it there until the moisture is gone. That process isn’t gentle on your power meter. Even short drying cycles need a steady stream of energy to keep temperatures high.

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When an electric dryer is running, it’s pulling a lot of power, usually somewhere between 2,000 and 5,000 watts, and most household appliances don’t come anywhere near that.

A fridge, a laptop, even a TV use relatively little electricity, which is why a short dryer cycle can end up costing as much as several hours of those smaller devices running in the background.

The tricky thing is how harmless dryer use feels. One load doesn’t seem worth worrying about, but those quick cycles stack up fast. The US Department of Energy also points out that dryers use more energy than most people realize, particularly when they’re constantly drying heavy things like jeans, towels, or blankets. In a busy household, that daily dryer habit can add to the electricity bill before anyone even thinks to question it.

Small habits can make that impact even worse. Energy Star points out that things like overloading the dryer, forgetting to clean the lint filter, using high heat, or relying on older machines all make the dryer run longer than it should. Poor venting doesn’t help either. On the contrary, it traps moisture inside, slows everything down, and quietly bumps energy use up minute by minute.

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Electric dryers also cost more to run than gas ones. As the Natural Resources Defense Council notes, gas dryers use electricity only for movement and controls, while the heat comes from natural gas, which is usually cheaper. That difference becomes especially noticeable during colder months, when laundry tends to pile up.

The upside is that cutting dryer costs doesn’t require major changes. The Department of Energy says air-drying now and then can help cut energy use. Dryers tend to fly under the radar since they don’t run constantly, but when they’re on, they hit your power use hard. If your bill looks higher than expected, your dryer could be the quiet culprit.

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Angelyne was the “Billboard Queen” for decades– now her true identity has been uncovered

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If you want to make a name for yourself and turn into a celebrity, then Los Angeles is the place to be. There, even the wildest dreams come true and people become famous for being famous. At least such was the case with the mysterious blonde woman known as Angelyne who appeared on an L.A. billboard and caused a stir. Even today, there are plenty of speculations about who she really is, and no one knows the real truth about this woman.

It was in February 1984 when a billboard of an attractive blonde woman, wearing pink and pouting while staring out across Sunset Boulevard emerged. People kept wondering who she was.

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Angelyne, whose real name is believed to be Renee Tami Goldberg, shared plenty of different stories about her background.

She once revealed that she was from the Midwest, and other times, she claimed she was from Idaho. “I didn’t feel they were competent as parents, and this is where I relate to Marilyn (Monroe),” she said. “She got tossed around as a child too.”

It was in 2017 that Gary Baum of The Hollywood Reported went into details about Angelyne’s life, but no one is certain that what was revealed is the real truth.

Baum wrote that the “Billboard Queen” was born in Poland on October 2, 1950, as the daughter of Polish Jews who escaped the Chmielnik Ghetto during World War II, and emigrated to Israel.

Eventually, her family moved to New York and later to Los Angeles. When Angelyne turned 14, her mother passed away and she and her father settled in Panorama City in the San Fernando Valley where she attended high school.

The magazine provided documents which showed she changed her birth name to Angelyne Llyne, but according to one of her friends, Scott Hening, this wasn’t true.

“This stuff comes up every few years — it seems to get more and more ridiculous,” he told The Hollywood Reporter.

“My favorite one of all was this 300-pound black woman who claimed to be her mother. ‘I’m your long-lost brother,’ ‘your twin sister.’ Chalk it up to life in Hollywood. I’ve never heard of ‘Renee Goldberg.’ It’s laughable, it’s outrageous.

“I’m not saying the paperwork [from the name change] isn’t legitimate,” he added. “I’m saying it ain’t her. Look, I get emails from another Scott Hennig, a karate expert in Texas. People think that’s me. There are a lot of girls out there named Angelyne. I don’t know what to tell you. And who knows how legitimate this old stuff is, going back to World War II?”

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In a 1995 interview, the “Billboard Queen” said: “People got interested – not in the band, but in me.

“They wanted me. They started interviewing me. That’s how it happened. It’s my thing. I’m the Billboard Queen.”

Earlier in May, she opened up with The Guardian about how the billboard fame affected her life: “It was like BOOM! But to me, being huge is normal. I do well big. I do well at 100ft. Wherever I came from, whatever is core to me, I was born with that.”

She then added: “I’m married to a sheikh. Maybe I am a man. My husband paid for everything. A gay guy died and left me all his money. There is a new Angelyne every two years. I’m a prostitute. I was a mystery.”

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Some 11 years after her first billboard appeared in the heart of L.A., Angelyne had more than 200 billboards all over the city.

“It’s so much fun being famous for nothing,” she said in a 1987 interview.

“I had to say nothing then because people wouldn’t understand. I’m not famous for nothing – I’m famous for my essence. I’m sitting on top of a pink cloud, sending inspiration to the world. The difference between me and other famous people is that I’m only attached to Angelyne. I don’t do endorsements. I want my image to be clean – clean, clean for Angelyne.”

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Los Angeles Times wrote that this blonde beauty used to sell postcards of herself for $5, $10 if autographed, large posters for $25, and $35 with a signature. For $45, you could get a large poster signed and adorned with an “authentic lip print.”

A mini-series about the “Billboard Queen” was released earlier this year starring Emmy Rossum as the titular character. The series shows the “famous-for-being-famous influencer culture,” which Angelyne started. Angelyne, however, wasn’t happy with the series and said she was working on a movie about her life herself.

According to Celebitiry Net Worth, Angelyne has a net worth of $500,000.

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Earlier this year, Peacock debuted the miniseries Angelyne, with Emmy Rossum portraying the iconic ‘Billboard Queen’.

However, Angelyne wasn’t a fan of the series. Instead, she wants to share her story in her own words. She has since revealed that she’s developing her own film, Angelyne: Billboard Queen, which will delve into her childhood and her journey to success in Los Angeles.

“I was planning a film, but I wasn’t in a mad rush. I have a lot of footage, 100,000 pictures. You are gonna love my film! It’s gonna transform you. It’s The Godfather of films,” Angelyne told The Guardian.

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I installed 26 hidden cameras to catch my nanny — I discovered the real threat was my own family

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My wife’s passing days after she gave birth to our twin boys shattered my world into a million pieces. I thought I had everything, a loving wife, a multimillion home, our boys on the way, but her death changed everything.

Seraphina was an internationally acclaimed cellist and a woman every man would like to have by his side. She was perfectly healthy, and her passing was a result of what doctors called a “postpartum complication.”

I was left to take care of our boys, Leo and Noah, in a $50-million glass mansion in Seattle, and with a grief nothing could ever erase.

Noah was strong and healthy. Leo wasn’t. He needed more help than I could ever provide for him, so I hired a nanny to be around the twins most of the time.

My sister-in-law, Beatrice, accused me of not doing enough for Leo, that it was my fault he wasn’t as strong as his brother. He claimed I was emotionally distant and that the boys needed a “proper family environment.” The truth was that all she ever wanted was for me to sign over guardianship so she could control the Thorne Trust. And that was something I would never allow, no matter how hard things were.

Beatrice despised the twins’ nanny, Elena, and wouldn’t stop saying that she wasn’t good enough to take care of the boys, that she was too young, and not interested in giving them what they needed.

“She’s lazy,” Beatrice murmured one evening at dinner. “I saw her sitting in the dark for hours doing nothing. Who knows—maybe she’s stealing Seraphina’s jewelry while you’re gone. You should keep an eye on her.”

I don’t know why, but I started questioning Elena’s competencies, too. Maybe it was the grief, or maybe I just wanted to do what Beatrice wanted me to so I wouldn’t listen her complain again. So, I spent $100,000 on the most advanced infrared surveillance system money could buy.

Weeks passed, and I forgot to check the footage and see what the nanny was really doing while I wasn’t home. What I saw turned my life upside down.

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I opened the encrypted feed on my tablet, and honestly, expected Elena to be asleep, but instead, she was sat on the floor at the nursery room and was cradling the cribs. I could hear her sing a song Seraphina made up for when the twins would be born. No one else knew that song, no one.

Then the nursery door slowly creaked open.

Beatrice stepped inside, and she wasn’t there to check on her nephews. She had a small silver dropped in her hand and started moving straight to Noah’s crib, the healthy twin, and began squeezing a clear liquid into his bottle.

Elena rose to her feet and yelled at Beatrice.

“Stop, Beatrice. I switched the bottles already. You’re giving him water. The sedative you’ve been using on Leo to make him appear ‘ill’? I found the vial in your vanity yesterday.”

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I sat there motionless and couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

“You’re just a maid,” Beatrice yelled back. “No one will believe you. Alistair thinks Leo is deteriorating because of ‘bad genes.’ Once he’s declared unfit, the boys and the estate are mine—and you’ll be back where you belong.”

“I’m not just a maid,” Elena replied. “I was the student nurse on duty the night Seraphina died. I was the one she told the truth to before her heart gave out.”

“She told me you tampered with her IV,” Elena said. “She knew you wanted the Thorne name. Before she died, she made me promise to find her sons. I spent a lot of time just to get into this house and protect them from you.”

I didn’t hesitate and was down the hall in seconds, bursting into the nursery as Beatrice raised her hand on Elena.

“The cameras are recording,” I said. “And the police are already on their way.”

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Once Beatrice was taken away, I spoke to Elena. She explained that Seraphina was aware of her sister’s jealousy and knew she would try to hurt her children.

I started crying. My wife was gone but she still found a way to protect her children, and that’s when I knew that mother’s love never dies, even if she does.

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At a New Jersey show, Springsteen delivers strong message on ICE actions

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Music legend Bruce Springsteen, who’s a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, performed at the 2026 Light of Day Winterfest, held at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey and delivered strong message on the killing of Renee Nicole Good, the 37-year-old mother of three shot by an ICE agent.

During his unannounced performance, Springsteen performed his huge 1978 hit song The Promised Land, but before he started singing, he addressed the crowd saying, “I wrote this song as an ode to American possibility.

“Right now we are living through incredibly critical times. The United States, the ideals and the values for which it stood for the past 250 years, is being tested like it has never been in modern times. Those values and those ideals have never been as endangered as they are right now.”

He continued: “If you believe in the power of law and that no one stands above it, if you stand against heavily-armed masked federal troops invading an American city, using gestapo tactics against our fellow citizens, if you believe you don’t deserve to be murdered for exercising your American right to protest, then send a message to this president, as the mayor of the city said: ICE should get the f—k out of Minneapolis. This song is for you and the memory of the mother of three and an American citizen, Renee Good.”

The audience broke in applause and cheers.

Springsteen isn’t the sole celebrity who spoke against ICE following Good’s tragic killing. Billie Eilish, Dave Matthews and Duran Duran also criticized the latest incident.

Springsteen has expressed strong feelings against Donald Trump and his administration before.

In a June 2025 interview with The New York Times, the singer-songwriter spoke critically about the former president’s leadership and how his policies affected the nation’s social cohesion.

“It’s an American tragedy,” he said. “I think that it was the combination of the deindustrialization of the country and then the incredible increase in wealth disparity that left so many people behind. It was ripe for a demagogue. And while I can’t believe it was this moron that came along, he fit the bill for some people.”

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Latest research answers the age-old question about size

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A new study from the University of Western Australia has offered fresh insight into the long-debated question of whether penis size influences female attraction and male perception of rivalry.

The research involved more than 800 participants, including over 600 men and 200 women.

Participants were shown anatomically accurate, computer-generated male figures that varied in height, shoulder-to-hip ratio, and flaccid penis length. Women were asked to rate sexual attractiveness, while men assessed how physically threatening and sexually competitive the figures appeared to them. Some viewed life-sized projections in a laboratory, while others completed an online survey using scaled images.

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The findings, published in PLOS Biology, showed that women generally preferred taller men with broader shoulders and a more V-shaped body, with penis size increasing attractiveness only up to a point. Women’s interest decreased beyond around four inches flaccid length, but men kept viewing larger sizes as more threatening.

Dr Upama Aich explained: “Females rated male figures that were taller, had a higher shoulder-to-hip ratio – indicating a more V-shaped body – and a larger penis as being more attractive. However, beyond a certain point, further increases in penis size, height and shoulder breadth had diminishing benefits.”

She added: “Males also rated taller figures that had a more V-shaped body and a larger penis as being more intimidating as sexual rivals and fighting opponents. But, in contrast to female participants, they consistently ranked males with more exaggerated traits as more of a sexual threat, suggesting that males tend to overestimate the importance of these characteristics for attracting females.”

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The study also found that height and body shape played a stronger role than penis size in how men judged rivals, although penis size still influenced perceptions of competition.

Individual traits mattered too, with taller women placing more emphasis on male height and older men giving greater weight to penis size when evaluating rivals.

Reflecting on evolutionary implications, Dr Aich noted: “Relative to body size, the human penis is larger than that of other primates, a fact that has puzzled evolutionary biologists. Before the invention of clothing, the penis would have been a prominent feature that might influence potential mates and competitors.”

Co-author Professor Michael Jennions added: “While the human penis functions primarily to transfer sperm, our result suggests its unusually large size evolved as a sexual ornament to attract females rather than purely as a badge of status to scare males, although it does both.”

Overall, the research provides the first experimental evidence that penis size plays a role in both mate selection and male rivalry, while also highlighting a key mismatch: men tend to place more importance on extreme physical traits than women actually do.

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