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That Kevin Show: January 10, 2026

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When will the US respond?

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6 killed in Mississippi rampage; suspect charged with murder

A 24-year-old Mississippi man killed six people — his father, brother, uncle, 7-year-old cousin, a church pastor and the pastor’s brother — at three locations during a Friday night rampage in a rural area, authorities said. Daricka M. Moore was arrested at a police roadblock in Cedarbluff just before midnight after dozens of local, state and federal officers flooded the northeast Mississippi area. Moore was being held without bail Saturday at the Clay County jail in West Point on murder charges and ahead of an expected initial appearance Monday before a judge. Clay County District Attorney Scott Colom, who said he expects to pursue the death penalty, told The Associated Press that Moore would likely be appointed a public defender at that time. If charges are upgraded to capital murder before then, Moore will be ineligible for bail under state law. Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott said at a Saturday news conference that evidence and witnesses indicate that Moore was the only shooter and no other injuries have been reported. Investigators were continuing to interview Moore but do not currently know what may have motivated him, he added. “A situation like this, you’ve got a family member attacking their own family,” Scott said. “Whatever the reason is, we’re hoping that we’ll find out.” The shootings unfolded in an area of fields, woods and mostly modest homes about 125 miles (200 kilometers) northeast of Jackson. Investigators believe Moore first killed his father, 67-year-old Glenn Moore, his brother, 33-year-old Quinton Moore and his uncle, 55-year-old Willie Ed Guines, at the family’s mobile home on a dirt road in western Clay County. The sheriff said Moore then stole his brother’s truck and drove a few miles to a cousin’s house, where he forced his way in and attempted to commit sexual battery. Scott said Moore than put a gun to the head of a 7-year-old girl, whom he declined to identify, and fatally shot her. “I don’t know what kind of motive you could have to kill a 7-year-old,” he said. Scott said that according to witnesses, Moore then placed a gun against a younger child’s head, but she was not shot. It was not clear whether he did not pull the trigger or the gun misfired. “That’s how violent it was,” Scott said. The mother and a third child were also present, the sheriff said. Moore then allegedly drove to a small white frame church, the Apostolic Church of The Lord Jesus. There, Scott said, he broke into a residence, killed the pastor and his brother and stole one of their vehicles. Scott said the last two victims, the Rev. Barry Bradley and Samuel Bradley, lived most of the time in nearby Columbus but spent weekends on church grounds. Some Moore family members attend the church, Scott said. Moore was caught at a roadblock at 11:24 p.m. near where the second shooting occurred, Scott said, four-and-a-half hours after the first call came in. Colom said Moore had a rifle and a handgun. Scott said officers are investigating where Moore obtained the guns. The state medical examiner is performing autopsies on the victims. Scott said Moore’s surviving relatives are overwhelmed with grief. “It was really hard to have conversations other than prayers with everybody out there,” he said, adding, “this has really shaken our community.” Colom, a Democrat who is seeking his party’s nomination this year to run against Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde Smith, said he is confident that his office has the resources to prosecute Moore and pursuing the death penalty is the right thing to do. “Six people, one night, several different scenes, it’s about as bad as it gets,” Colom said.

Trump admin revokes over 100,000 visas

The U.S. State Department said on Monday it has revoked more than 100,000 visas since President Donald Trump took office last year, setting what it said was a new record as his administration pursues its hardline immigration policy. The extent of the revocations reflects the broad immigration crackdown initiated when Trump returned to the White House last year, deporting an unprecedented number of migrants including some who held valid visas. The administration has also adopted a stricter policy on granting visas, with tightened social media vetting and expanded screening. “The State Department has now revoked over 100,000 visas, including some 8,000 student visas and 2,500 specialized visas for individuals who had encounters with U.S. law enforcement for criminal activity. We will continue to deport these thugs to keep America safe,” the department said in a post on X. The four leading causes for revocations were overstays, driving under the influence, assault and theft, State Department deputy spokesperson Tommy Pigott said. The revocations marked a 150% increase from 2024, he added. The State Department has also launched a Continuous Vetting Center aimed at ensuring “all foreign nationals on American soil comply with our laws — and that the visas of those who pose a threat to American citizens are swiftly revoked,” Pigott said. In November, the State Department said it had revoked around 80,000 non-immigrant visas since Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025, for offenses ranging from driving under the influence to assault and theft. Directives from the State Department this year have ordered U.S. diplomats abroad to be vigilant against any applicants whom Washington may see as hostile to the U.S. and who have a history of political activism. Trump administration officials have said that student visa holders and lawful permanent residents with “green cards” are subject to deportation over their support for Palestinians and criticism of Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza, calling their actions a threat to U.S. foreign policy and accusing them of being pro-Hamas.

Mexico's President Calls U.S. Intervention Against Cartels 'Unnecessary'

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said she had “a very good conversation” with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday and that their two governments will continue working together on security issues without the need for U.S. intervention against drug cartels. The approximately 15-minute call came after Sheinbaum said Friday she had requested dialogue with the Trump administration at the end of a week in which he had said he was ready to confront drug cartels on the ground and repeated the accusation that cartels were running Mexico. Trump has repeatedly offered to send the U.S. military after the cartels and Sheinbaum has always declined, but after the U.S. removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Trump’s comments about Mexico, Cuba and Greenland carried new weight. “He (Trump) asked me my opinion about what they had done in Venezuela and I told him very clearly that our constitution is very clear, that we do not agree with interventions and that was it,” Sheinbaum said. Trump “still insisted that if we ask for it, they could help” with military forces, which Sheinbaum said she again rejected. “We told him, so far it’s going very well, it’s not necessary, and furthermore there is Mexico’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and he understood.” In an interview with Fox News aired last Thursday, Trump said, “We’ve knocked out 97% of the drugs coming in by water and we are going to start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico. It’s very sad to watch.” Sheinbaum said Monday the two leaders agreed to continue working together. Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente spoke Sunday with his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Rubio asked for “tangible results” and more cooperation to dismantle the cartels, according to a statement from the U.S. State Department. Sheinbaum said Mexico shared those results, including a significant drop in homicides, falling U.S. fentanyl seizures and fentanyl overdose deaths. Experts still see U.S. intervention in Mexico as unlikely because Mexico is doing what the U.S. asks and is a critical economic partner, but expect Trump to continue using such rhetoric to maintain pressure on Mexico to do more. Sheinbaum said the two leaders did not speak about Cuba, which Trump threatened Sunday. Mexico is an important ally of the island nation, including selling it oil that it will need even more desperately now that the Trump administration says it will not allow any more oil shipments from Venezuela to Cuba.

Minnesota & Twin Cities Sue Federal Gov't Over Immigration Crackdown

The state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are suing the federal government to stop an enforcement surge by Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE officer. The state and cities filed a lawsuit in federal court on Monday, along with a request for a temporary restraining order to halt the enforcement action or limit the operation. The Department of Homeland Security says it’s surging more than 2,000 immigration officers into Minnesota, and that it has made more than 2,000 arrests in the city since the push began last month.

Judge Says She'll Hold Hearing On Seizure Of Luigi Mangione’s Backpack

A federal judge on Monday said she will hold a short hearing in the next two weeks on procedures that police said allowed them to seize and look through Luigi Mangione’s backpack when he was arrested in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett said the hearing in the death penalty case will be limited to just one witness: an officer from the police department in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where Mangione was arrested in December 2024. The officer, she said, must have “sufficient authority and experience to testify about the established or standardized procedures in use” at the time of Mangione’s arrest “for securing, safeguarding, and, if applicable, inventorying the personal property of a person arrested in a public place.” She ordered prosecutors to confer with Mangione’s lawyers on a suitable hearing date, putting him back in court sooner than a scheduled Jan. 30 conference. Because the hearing will focus on procedures, the officer being called as a witness “need not have had any personal involvement” in Mangione’s arrest, Garnett said. Mangione has pleaded not guilty to federal and state murder charges, which carry the possibility of life in prison. Mangione’s lawyers want Garnett to bar prosecutors from using certain items found in the backpack, including a gun police said matched the one used to kill Thompson and a notebook in which Mangione purportedly described his intent to “wack” a health insurance executive. Echoing their arguments at a recent state court hearing, they contend the search was illegal because police had not yet obtained a warrant. Officers began searching the backpack at the McDonald's restaurant where Mangione was arrested while eating breakfast on Dec. 9, 2024, five days after Thompson was killed as he walked to a Manhattan hotel for UnitedHealth Group’s annual investor conference. Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting him from behind. Altoona is about 230 miles (about 370 kilometers) west of Manhattan. Prosecutors say officers searched the bag legally because Altoona police protocols require promptly searching a suspect’s property at the time of arrest for dangerous items and police later obtained a warrant. Among the items found at the McDonald's, according to officer testimony at a recent court hearing, was a loaded gun magazine. Officers continued searching the bag at a police station and found the gun and silencer. They performed what’s known as an inventory search and found the notebook and other notes, including what appeared to be to-do lists and possible getaway plans, according to testimony. That search, which involves cataloging every piece of a suspect’s seized property, is also required under Altoona police policy, prosecutors said. Laws concerning how police obtain search warrants are complex and often disputed in criminal cases. As part of her inquiry, Garnett ordered federal prosecutors to provide her with a copy of the affidavit submitted to obtain a federal search warrant in the matter. Mangione’s lawyers contend that searching the backpack before getting a warrant may have influenced how the affidavit was written, but prosecutors say no specific details about items, such as the notebook writings, were mentioned in the document.

Trump says Iran seeks negotiations after US military threat

President Trump says Iran reached out to the U.S. about proposed negotiations. The president said his administration was in talks to set up a meeting with Iranian officials after he threatened action in response to a crackdown on protesters in Iran. Donald Trump said “Iran wants to negotiate.” He also said the U.S. military is looking at “some very strong options.” He promised to hit Iran hard if they killed protesters. And activists say the death toll has reached several hundred.

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Nearly 15K Picket In Largest NYC Nurse Strike In History

Nurses with the New York State Nurses Association picketed outside NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's Columbia campus on Monday (January 12), calling for safer staffing levels, improved working conditions and a fair contract. The action marked what union leaders described as the largest nurses' strike in New York City history, with nearly 15,000 nurses walking off the job across multiple hospitals. "We are participating in the historic largest nurses strike in New York City today," said registered nurse Stephanie Miceli. "We're advocating for our patients for better care and safety while they're in the hospital." Nurses said chronic understaffing has left them stretched thin, limiting the time they can spend with patients and raising safety concerns. "There's too many patients, there's not enough nurses," said AJ K., a registered nurse at the hospital. "I want to be able to be at bedside, but I can't because I'm running from room to room." Miceli, who works in the intensive care unit, said the pace of care can be relentless. "We are constantly running to the point where sometimes we don't even get to take a break," she said. Union officials said the strike followed months of bargaining in which hospital management failed to make progress on what nurses described as core issues, including staffing levels, healthcare benefits and workplace safety. Nurses carried signs reading "Patients Over Profits" and "Safe Nurses = Safe Patients," while supporters waved from a skybridge as ambulances passed. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined the nurses and urged a return to negotiations. "They are not asking for a multi-million dollar salary," Mamdani said. "They are asking for the pay and health benefits that they deserve." He called on hospital management and the union to "bargain in good faith" and reach an agreement that allows nurses "who work in this city to live in this city."

Iran Has Reached Its Breaking Point

Truck Speeds Through Iran Demonstration In L.A.

A man accused of driving a U-Haul truck into a crowd demonstrating in support of the Iranian people in Los Angeles over the weekend was in police custody and potentially facing assault charges, authorities said Monday. The driver has not been identified and was in the process of being arrested and booked early Monday, said Officer Charles Miller, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department. “Right now it’s an open traffic investigation,” LAPD Capt. Richard Gabaldon had said earlier. “We’re looking at possible assault with a deadly weapon, the deadly weapon being the vehicle being used.” Gabaldon said one man was treated at the scene for minor injuries. Two people were evaluated by paramedics and both declined treatment, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. Police and Mayor Karen Bass have declined to address other questions. The episode unfolded Sunday afternoon in Westwood, a neighborhood home to the largest Iranian community outside of the country. The U-Haul truck forced demonstrators to scramble out of the way, then pursue it as they tried to reach the driver. The truck had its window and side mirrors shattered and was stopped several blocks away and surrounded by police cars. ABC7 helicopter footage showed officers keeping the crowd back as demonstrators swarmed the truck, throwing punches at the driver and thrusting flagpoles through the driver's side window. Police did not give an update on whether the alleged driver was injured in the confrontation. A banner attached to the truck said “No Shah. No Regime. USA: Don’t Repeat 1953. No Mullah,” an apparent reference to a U.S.-backed coup in that year which toppled then-Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, who had nationalized the country's oil industry. The coup cemented the power of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and lit the fuse for the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which saw Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini usher in the theocracy that still governs the country. A huge crowd of demonstrators, some waving the flag of Iran before the Islamic Revolution, had gathered Sunday afternoon along Veteran Avenue to protest against the Iranian government. Police eventually issued a dispersal order, and by 5 p.m. only about a hundred protesters were still in the area, ABC7 reported. Activists say a crackdown on nationwide protests in Iran has killed more than 530 people. Protesters flooded the streets in Iran's capital of Tehran and its second-largest city again Sunday. The demonstrations began Dec. 28 over the collapse of the Iranian currency, as the country’s economy is squeezed by international sanctions in part levied over its nuclear program. The protests intensified and grew into calls directly challenging Iran’s theocracy.

FBI: MS Synagogue Fire Suspect Admits To Targeting 'Jewish Ties'

With just a few hundred people in the community, it was never particularly easy being Jewish in Mississippi's capital city, but members of Beth Israel Congregation took a special pride in keeping their traditions alive in the heart of the Deep South. An arson fire over the weekend that badly damaged the historic synagogue's library and administrative offices made it much harder and harkened back to an era more than a half-century earlier when the Ku Klux Klan bombed the Jackson, Mississippi, synagogue because of its rabbi's support for civil rights. Authorities early Monday hadn't publicly named a suspect, who was in custody, but the FBI promised to release more information later in the day. Yellow police tape on Monday blocked off the entrances to the synagogue building, which was surrounded by broken glass and soot. Bouquets of flowers were laid on the ground at the building's entrance — including one with a note that said, “I'm so very sorry.” The congregation's president, Zach Shemper, vowed to rebuild the synagogue and said several churches had offered their spaces for worship during the rebuilding process. “As Jackson’s only synagogue, Beth Israel is a beloved institution, and it is the fellowship of our neighbors and extended community that will see us through,” Shemper said. With the exception of the cemetery, every aspect of Jewish life in Jackson was under Beth Israel's roof. The midcentury modern building not only housed the congregation but also the Jewish Federation, a nonprofit provider of social services and philanthropy that is the hub of Jewish institutional life in most U.S. cities. The building also was home to the Institute of Southern Jewish Life, which provides resources to Jewish communities in 13 southern states. A Holocaust memorial was outdoors behind the synagogue building. The congregation was so committed to maintaining Jewish life in Jackson that, when its fulltime rabbi departed recently, congregants decided to pay for the multiyear rabbinic schooling of its cantorial soloist, Benjamin Russell, so that Beth Israel could maintain a fulltime, seminary-trained religious leader. Because of the tiny size of Jackson's Jewish community, many congregants had interfaith marriages but still regularly attended Friday night services with their spouses in a commitment to their faith. Beth Israel as a congregation was founded in 1860 and acquired its first property where it built Mississippi's first synagogue after the Civil War. In 1967, the synagogue moved to its current location where it was bombed by local Ku Klux Klan members not long after relocating. Two months after that, the home of the synagogue's leader, Rabbi Perry Nussbaum, was bombed because of his outspoken opposition to segregation and racism. This weekend's fire ripped through the Beth Israel Congregation shortly after 3 a.m. on Saturday, authorities said. No congregants or firefighters were injured in the blaze. Firefighters arrived to find flames billowing out of windows and all doors to the synagogue locked, according to the fire department. One Torah that survived the Holocaust was behind glass and was not damaged in the fire, according to the congregation. Five Torahs — the sacred scrolls with the text of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible — located inside the sanctuary were being assessed for smoke damage. Two Torahs inside the library, where the most severe damage was done, were destroyed, according to a synagogue representative.

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Trump Tells Cuba To Make A Deal Before It Is Too Late

U.S. President Donald Trump issues a stark warning to Cuba, urging the island nation to “make a deal” or face escalating consequences. Trump says the long-standing flow of oil and financial support from Venezuela will now come to an end, cutting off a vital lifeline for Havana. Cuba has relied for years on Venezuelan crude, receiving tens of thousands of barrels a day in exchange for political and security cooperation. The warning follows a dramatic shift in U.S. policy after American forces seized Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a January operation in Caracas. Since then, Washington has stepped up enforcement by seizing oil tankers carrying sanctioned Venezuelan fuel, worsening Cuba’s fuel and electricity shortages. Posting on Truth Social, Trump says there will be “no more oil or money” going to Cuba, adding that the country should act before it is too late. Cuba’s foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez rejects the warning, insisting Cuba has the sovereign right to import fuel without U.S. interference while the country’s president Miguel Díaz-Canel, stresses that no outside power dictates Cuba’s decisions.