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Following the Revolutionary War, many soldiers received land in Ohio as compensation for their service, according to historians. It’s estimated that about 7,000 of these veterans are buried in the state and surrounding areas. In an effort to honor these early American heroes, Ohio’s State Historic Preservation Office has launched an initiative to locate their final resting places.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – As the nation gears up to celebrate its 250th anniversary, Ohio is embarking on a mission to identify and honor the Revolutionary War soldiers who settled in the state.
Historical accounts suggest that nearly 7,000 soldiers from the Revolutionary War found their final resting places across Ohio. Following the war, these soldiers were often compensated with land, much of which was located in what we now recognize as Ohio.
Thousands of veterans moved west in search of new opportunities, many choosing to settle in Ohio, a state that offered vast expanses of land at the time.
“These veterans were among the first to settle in Ohio,” explained Krista Horrocks, a project manager, historian, and cemetery preservationist with the Ohio History Connection. Horrocks is spearheading the state’s Revolutionary War Veterans Graves Project in collaboration with America250-Ohio.
BEHIND THE SCENES: MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE
Ohio’s State Preservation Office searches for Revolutionary War heroes through an app. (Chelsea Torres)
The project is seeking help from Ohio residents to locate the grave sites of Revolutionary War heroes.
“These guys, they survived, and they moved on, and they moved on and settled here in Ohio with their families,” Horrocks said.
To date, the public has documented over 4,100 soldiers throughout the state of Ohio. The deadline is Memorial Day.
Horrocks knows they will not hit the 7,000 mark “because some of them do have missing grave sites,” but the app Survey123 can help get as close to that goal as possible.
Survey123 lists the surveys related to the project and allows users to search in local cemeteries, according to Horrocks. The app can be downloaded on any mobile device.
HONORING FALLEN VETERANS: MEMORIAL DAY
America250-Ohio and Ohio’s State Preservation Office begin project to identify Revolutionary War heroes.(Chelsea Torres)
When locating veterans’ graves, people can also look up cemeteries with documented Revolutionary War heroes. Once an undocumented grave is located in the app, users can answer a slew of questions related to the cemetery. This includes name, date of birth, date of death and pictures.
Several cemeteries around the state are also doing their part.
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“We’ve had various lists submitted to us over the years of, ‘this may be a list of Revolutionary War veterans, or this may be a list’,” said Randy Rogers, Executive Director of Green Lawn Cemetery, which he added is the second-largest cemetery in the state of Ohio.
While Green Lawn was established in 1848 – well after the Revolutionary War – Rogers says many families brought their relatives over from other cemeteries. He said other cemeteries closed in the city as the city of Columbus grew.
Groups are looking for undocumented Revolutionary War heroes(Chelsea Torres)
As the Memorial Day deadline approaches, Rogers said they have documented nine Revolutionary War heroes on the app for the state project. Though he has identified thirteen, he said the hunt for these veterans can get complicated.
“You know, families take a lot of pride in their veteran and their patriot ancestors,” Rogers said. “They may have a marker on the family lot, even though they’re buried somewhere else, and they have a headstone somewhere else, but they just have a marker here.”
The group plans to compile a list of the found Revolutionary War veteran graves and post it for the public. Horrocks hopes the end result will mean restored or new historical markers, or gravestones for these heroes that were once forgotten.
“The whole point of the project is to get really good, accurate data to the public so they can do the best for the veterans in their community,” Horrocks told Fox News.
Chelsea Torres joined Fox News in 2023 as a Multimedia Reporter based in Charlotte.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce enjoyed yet another night out on the town this past Friday.
The engaged pair, both 36, were seen hand-in-hand as they made their way to the Italian eatery Sartiano’s, nestled within the Mercer Hotel in New York City’s trendy SoHo district.
Taylor dazzled in a chic black minidress by Stella McCartney, featuring a crewneck and peaked sleeves, originally priced at $1,290, now available for $645. She completed her ensemble with a pair of Dior heels adorned with a charming bow at the front.
Adding a touch of glamour to her second little black dress appearance this month, Swift accessorized with elegant hoop earrings and a sparkling bracelet.
On the other hand, the Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end opted for a vibrant look, sporting a floral print shirt with pink tassels from Valentino, marked down from $1,490 to $894.
The NFL player finished his look with brown slacks, dark leather loafers, a gold watch and a chain bracelet.
The couple’s last outing comes one week after they attended a dinner party at Honey’s cocktail bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. And one day before that, they enjoyed a casual date night at Or’esh restaurant.
Friday’s date night also comes hours after a report claimed one of their wedding guests balked at an “awkward” request on the event’s invitation.
“My invite did not let me bring a plus-one,” an unnamed guest claimed to the Daily Mail.
“I mean, what am I supposed to do? Go alone? That is so awkward. I don’t think I am going to attend because I don’t want to go by myself and I am not sure I will know too many people there. I mean, sorry, I am not friends with Gigi and Bella Hadid!”
The reported guest also complained that other guests appeared to have been allowed to bring a plus-one to the celebration, which is happening on July 3 in New York City.
“I know Selena Gomez is bringing her husband Benny Blanco, so she has a plus-one, but I am not allowed to have a plus-one because I am a single woman,” the guest added.
“I get it, the venue can probably allow for only so many people, but it’s not the best feeling.”
The alleged invitation request was so offensive to the guest, she said she was mulling over ditching the high-profile nuptials.
“It’s the wedding of the year, but I may sit this one out because I am shy,” the guest said of the upcoming event — which will take place at a venue only known to guests that morning.
Swift and Kelce got engaged last August after two years of dating.
Guests expected to attend the upcoming nuptials include Chiefs coach Andy Reid, Gomez and Gigi — who are part of the bridal party — Zoë Kravitz and Graham Norton.
Spencer Pratt’s mother made a decisive move in response to an alleged complaint from Jimmy Kimmel’s sister-in-law regarding a bakery’s support for the reality TV star turned political candidate.
At the center of the controversy is Carly Kimmel, 49, who reportedly objected to Pratt-themed cookies sold at Vicente Foods, a well-known grocery store in the upscale Brentwood area, nestled between Santa Monica and Beverly Hills.
Danielle Romano, the store’s baker, shared with the Daily Mail that she crafted the cookies to back Pratt’s mayoral bid, particularly resonating with his criticism of the handling of the Palisades fire.
“I lost everything in the fires, so I decided to sell the cookies as a gesture of gratitude for his efforts,” Romano explained.
The Daily Mail captured exclusive images of Pratt’s mother, Janet, among the patrons at the LA grocery store on Friday. She purchased two dozen cookies, spending a total of $150.
A limited number of 700 cookies sold out on Friday as people lined up to support Pratt, a registered Republican, in the Democratic enclave. Each cookie sold individually for $6.50.
Romano said she supported Pratt because of how he ‘stepped up for the community when we needed him.’
‘At first the store was supportive of me selling the cookies,’ she said. ‘But I was just told we had to take them down after a complaint… we were told to make them not visible anymore.’
Spencer Pratt’s mom, Janet, was among those who bought cookies supporting the reality star turned LA mayoral hopeful at the Vicente Foods grocery store in Brentwood
Each individual Pratt cookie costs $6.50. Pratt’s mother picked up a box of two dozen cookies for a price of $150
A limited number of 700 cookies sold out on Friday as locals lined up to support Pratt, a registered Republican
The source of the complaint regarding the Pratt cookies was Carly, according to an unnamed source cited by celebrity LA fashion boutique Kitson.
She is married to Jimmy Kimmel’s brother Jonathan Kimmel, who has worked on his show for years.
Pratt accused Carly of ‘trying to stop somebody from support their family’ and urged the Kimmels to ‘go support a fire victim that lost everything.’
‘Maybe make amends and buy some of these cookies,’ Pratt told the California Post. ‘I think that would be a good apology.’
‘I couldn’t be happier to help sell cookies now while also saving the city,’ Pratt added.
He added: ‘We’re doing a lot of things, but I’ll always have time to support people that are trying to build back from nothing and that are being attacked by people that obviously don’t understand that my message is common sense.’
Pratt cracked that ‘the people that are buying the cookies whose brains are functioning,’ as he railed against LA’s problems with rampant homelessness and open air drug use.
‘I hear you can just eat them all day long and you don’t even gain weight,’ he told the outlet. ‘I hear they’re actually healthy cookies, they’re delicious.’
The store baker Danielle Romano previously explained that she baked the cookies as a sign of support for Pratt, as she related to how his lost his home in last year’s LA wildfires
Carly Kimmel, the sister-in-law of Jimmy Kimmel, allegedly targeted the small grocery store’s bakery because it sold cookies supporting mayoral hopeful Spencer Pratt
Janet Pratt was among the customers who lined up to pick up cookies at the LA grocer on Friday
Allegations that Carly Kimmel had berated the grocery store picked up steam on social media and caused the 49-year-old to make her Instagram account private, seemingly to avoid backlash.
As the baker’s claims about the Pratt cookies went viral, many commenters showed their support for the bakery and the mayoral hopeful.
‘I encourage everyone to go buy something from the bakery to show your support for this small business owner!’ one user posted.
Another added: ‘Vicente Foods has been my go to store for 40 years. I even bought those awesome cookies weeks ago when they first came out.’
Los Angeles will go to the polls on June 2 to vote for mayor, choosing between Pratt, Bass and Nithya Raman. If neither candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote next month, the mayoral election will be decided in a run–off on November 3.
Pratt’s run for office picked up steam as he targeted incumbent LA mayor Karen Bass for how she managed the Palisades Fire last year.
He and his wife Heidi Montag were among those who lost their home in the blazes, which decimated more than 6,800 structures across Southern California.
The Pratt–themed cookies are being sold at Vicente Foods in Brentwood, a high-end neighborhood located between Santa Monica and Beverly Hills in LA
Spencer Pratt is pictured with wife Heidi Montag. Pratt accused Carly of ‘trying to stop somebody from support their family’ and urged the Kimmels to ‘go support a fire victim that lost everything’
Romano said she had been told to take down the cookies and ‘make them not visible anymore’ after receiving a complaint, allegedly by Kimmel’s sister-in-law
Pratt’s mom smiled inside the Brentwood store as she bought a box of two dozen cookies with messages supportive of her son’s mayoral run
Pratt has recurrently highlighted the high levels of drug use and rampant homelessness in LA during his campaign, promising a three–week ‘grace period’ to warn criminals, drug users and homeless people to leave the west coast city.
The former TV star, best known for his role on The Hills, has also promoted AI–generated videos, including content depicting himself as a superhero taking on California politicians and the Hollywood elite.
In one of the AI–made videos recently shared by Pratt, he was portrayed as a seemingly Batman–inspired vigilante taking on Bass, as well as other Democratic figures like California Governor Gavin Newsom and former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Pratt throws tomatoes at the politicians before an end credits screen reads, ‘LA is worth saving.’
A poll published by Emerson College last Wednesday suggested that Pratt was gaining ground on Bass, though she appeared to remain in the lead in the LA mayor’s race.
The incumbent mayor received 30 percent support in the survey, as Pratt placed second at 22 percent and Raman trailed behind at 19 percent.
This marked a 12 percentage point boost for Pratt since March, according to Emerson’s polling.
Romano said she supported Pratt because of how he ‘stepped up for the community when we needed him.’
Online commenters rushed to the defense of the baker after the alleged complaint regarding the Pratt-themed cookies
Pratt is a registered Republican but the LA mayoral election is nonpartisan, meaning that party labels do not appear on the ballot.
However, a Republican has not been elected as LA mayor since Richard Riordan in 1997.
Pratt’s aggressive campaigning has won praise in recent weeks, with actors, executives, musicians, podcasters, reality stars and political figures backing his run to unseat Bass.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Carly Kimmel for comment.
WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice has recently taken down news releases from its website concerning criminal cases tied to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The department described the removed content, which detailed various prosecutions, as “partisan propaganda.”
This removal marks a new effort by the Trump administration to significantly alter the narrative surrounding the events of that day. On January 6, hundreds of supporters of former President Donald Trump breached the Capitol building in an attempt to disrupt the certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
Upon resuming office in January 2025, Trump swiftly pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 1,500 individuals charged in connection with the Capitol breach. This included those who had been found guilty of assaulting law enforcement officers using flagpoles, a hockey stick, and even a crutch as weapons.
In a move that has sparked bipartisan outrage, the Justice Department unveiled a $1.776 billion fund on Monday. This fund is intended to compensate Trump supporters who believe they were wrongfully investigated or prosecuted. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has not excluded the possibility of compensating rioters convicted of violent acts, adding to the controversy.
The department’s actions came under public scrutiny after a journalist noted on the social media platform X that the Justice Department was surreptitiously deleting news releases associated with the January 6 incident. This included information about a Texas man who pleaded guilty to assault and faced unrelated state charges of soliciting a minor. The department’s “rapid response” account retorted that there was nothing covert about the process.
“We are proud to reverse the DOJ’s weaponization under the Biden administration. We will do everything in our power to make whole those who were persecuted for political purposes,” the post said. “This includes stripping DOJ’s website of partisan propaganda.”
Among the releases removed from the site were those concerning seditious conspiracy cases against members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, far-right extremist groups. The Justice Department, in an unopposed motion last month, asked a federal appeals court to vacate those seditious conspiracy convictions, a request that was granted Thursday. The department on Friday moved to dismiss the cases against the group members.
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BEIJING — A devastating gas explosion rocked a coal mine in northern Shanxi province, China, claiming at least 90 lives, as reported by state media on Saturday. This incident marks the most lethal mining disaster in the nation in recent years.
The tragedy struck the Liushenyu coal mine in Changzhi city on Friday evening, according to the official news agency Xinhua. At the time of the explosion, approximately 247 miners were working underground.
As of Saturday afternoon, nine miners remained missing, Xinhua revealed, while over 120 individuals were receiving medical treatment in hospitals.
The investigation into the explosion’s cause is ongoing, Xinhua noted, with rescue operations in full swing. Hundreds of rescuers and medical staff have been deployed to the site. State media outlet CCTV reported that many of the injured suffered from exposure to toxic gas.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged for maximum efforts to locate the missing workers, according to Xinhua.
Xi also called for the “proper handling of the aftermath of the accident and urged a thorough investigation into its cause, with accountability pursued in accordance with the law,” the news agency said.
Xinhua later reported that the “persons responsible for the company involved in the mine accident have been placed under control,” citing the local emergency management bureau.
The coal mine, operated by the Shanxi Tongzhou Coal & Coke Group with an annual production capacity of 1.2 million tons, was placed on a national list of disaster-prone coal mines by China’s National Mine Safety Administration in 2024 for having “high gas content.”
Shanxi province is known as China’s main coal mining province. With a size larger than Greece and a population of around 34 million, the province’s hundreds of thousands of miners dug 1.3 billion tons of coal last year, or almost a third of China’s total.
In February 2023, 53 people were killed after a collapse at an open-pit mine in northern China’s Inner Mongolia region. In November 2009, an explosion at a mine in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province killed 108, according to state media.
Australia is experiencing its worst diphtheria outbreak on record.
Some of the misinformation circulating online about the outbreak has falsely linked it to migration.
Once considered one of the most dreaded childhood diseases in Australia, diphtheria claimed the lives of countless children until vaccination programs, introduced in the 1930s, virtually eradicated the infection for many years.
The disease became so infrequent that numerous doctors never witnessed a single case throughout their careers.
However, Australia is currently grappling with its most significant diphtheria outbreak since national records began, with over 230 cases reported in 2026, predominantly in the Northern Territory.
Other states, including Queensland, Western Australia, and South Australia, have also reported cases. Unfortunately, there has been one reported death in the Northern Territory suspected to be linked to the disease.
As authorities strive to manage the outbreak, health experts warn that misinformation circulating online may obscure the actual factors contributing to the spread of the disease.
Health Minister Mark Butler says there has been a global decline in vaccination rates since the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside growing vaccine hesitancy fuelled in part by misinformation online.
“There is a lingering legacy of vaccine hesitancy that flows from COVID-19 and frankly also from some of the misinformation and disinformation you see online,” he told reporters on Thursday.
But Butler also warned it was too early to blame any single cause for the outbreak.
“There are a whole range of social determinants in remote communities that sometimes drive some of these infectious disease outbreaks as well, but I think we need to examine that closely in time,” he said.
As diphtheria spreads, misinformation follows
As the outbreak has grown, false claims about the disease have also begun circulating online.
Some of the misinformation circulating online about the outbreak has falsely linked it to migration.
Associate professor Paul Griffin, director of infectious diseases at the University of Queensland, told SBS News that there is no evidence migrants are responsible for the outbreak, with many cases concentrated in remote Aboriginal communities.
Other posts have questioned the safety and effectiveness of vaccines.
Some posts have suggested the vaccines are more dangerous than the disease itself.
University of Sydney professor Julie Leask, a member of the Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute, told SBS News outbreaks like this often create fertile ground for misinformation, driven by a fear of infectious diseases and xenophobia.
She said social media often allows people to share deeply held beliefs without accountability, particularly in anonymous online spaces.
“When these things come together, people can forensically use infectious diseases as a way of blaming people that they have prejudice against,” she said.
“And you even see politicians using this for their political purposes to further division and drive fear around something that can readily be weaponised.”
Griffin described the claims as “clearly false” and said the long-term success of the vaccine in controlling diphtheria over decades may have led some people to underestimate the importance of immunisation.
Experts also say misinformation surrounding COVID-19 vaccines appears to have contributed to broader distrust toward routine vaccinations.
Leask warned that misinformation risks distracting attention away from the underlying causes of the outbreak and can undermine public trust in health advice during disease emergencies.
Griffin said social media platforms and AI-driven algorithms can amplify misinformation, making it easier for misleading claims about infectious diseases to spread online, which he described as “concerning”.
A disease once thought consigned to history
Diphtheria is a highly contagious bacterial infection spread through respiratory droplets released while talking, coughing or sneezing, as well as direct contact with infected wounds or skin sores.
Symptoms can include fever, sore throat, loss of appetite, difficulty swallowing, breathing difficulties and neck swelling.
“The sources of the outbreak include people not up to date with their boosters, lower vaccination rates for the initial vaccines that children get in their first year, more crowded living conditions in remote Aboriginal communities and less access to healthcare and immunisation services,” Leask said.
Griffin called diphtheria a “very serious disease” and noted that it was historically associated with very high mortality rates and severe illness, particularly in children.
Vaccination programs dramatically reduced the disease in Australia over the past century, although immunity can fade over time.
Adults are recommended to receive booster shots if they have not had a diphtheria vaccine within the last ten years.
Experts say diphtheria remains rare in Australia but still occurs more commonly overseas, and spreads more easily in communities where vaccination rates are lower.
What is actually driving the outbreak?
Griffin said several factors appear to be contributing to the current outbreak.
A key driver is believed to be declining vaccination coverage.
National coverage of fully vaccinated children at 24 months fell below 90 per cent in 2024 for the first time since 2016.
Health authorities say lower vaccination rates can make communities more vulnerable to outbreaks, particularly because diphtheria spreads easily in areas where immunity is low.
While Griffin said there was ‘no question’ declining vaccination rates were a contributing factor, he said this alone does not explain the spread.
Housing overcrowding and healthcare access have also been pinpointed as issues for authorities to examine, particularly in remote Aboriginal communities where many cases have been recorded.
Skin infections such as scabies can create entry points for diphtheria bacteria through broken skin.
Diphtheria spreads more easily in overcrowded housing.
According to the latest available data, 54 per cent of houses in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory were considered overcrowded.
On Thursday, when announcing a $7.2 million response package aimed at containing the outbreak and increasing vaccination rates, Butler said social determinants were likely playing a role in the outbreak and confirmed that authorities were focused on increasing vaccination rates in affected communities.
“It’s important we control it, but it’s also important that people get vaccines into their arms in affected areas as quickly as possible because at the end of the day, that is the most effective way to protect yourself and those around you,” he said.
He added that childhood vaccination programs were likely limiting the severity of infections among younger children.
Health Minister Mark Butler has announced a $7.2 million response package aimed at containing the outbreak Source: AAP / Lukas Coch
“The success of childhood vaccination for diphtheria is, I’m told, really the reason why this outbreak is not causing serious issues for very young members of those communities.”
Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy said the outbreak was a serious concern and said authorities were focused on ensuring communities received clear and reliable health information.
She said the government was moving quickly to respond to the outbreak, while also working to ensure communities have access to accurate information amid concerns about misinformation online.
Impact of COVID-era vaccine distrust
Leask and Griffin emphasised that the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way many Australians engage with vaccines and public health advice.
During the pandemic, vaccine misinformation spread widely online, contributing to growing distrust toward health institutions in some parts of the community.
Griffin said challenges associated with COVID vaccines made it difficult to maintain an adequate level of vaccine uptake.
“There are a lot of people wanting someone to blame, a lot of conspiracy theories about it being deliberately released … these are clearly not founded in any evidence but continue to circulate, and all of the background noise of misinformation gets in the way of us being able to communicate the information we need people to know to keep themselves safe,” he said.
Griffin said a broader decline in vaccine confidence may now be affecting routine childhood immunisations as well.
Leask urged people to take information from quality sources, including Aboriginal community-controlled services, spokespeople and those who work within the impacted communities.
“When you see things that are trying to blame other people for our problems or boil them down to simple stereotypes, use the critical thinking that you already have,” she said.
Mike Lindell seen on day 2 of the CPAC Conference at Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, TX on March 26, 2026. (Photo by Lev Radin/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images).
Facing significant personal financial challenges, with a reported net worth of “negative $18.7 million,” prominent election conspiracy advocate Mike Lindell plans to argue that his company, MyPillow, should receive a portion of a $1.776 billion fund allegedly set aside by the Trump administration to counteract perceived government overreach.
In a conversation on Thursday with Law&Crime, Lindell was asked if he has filed, or intends to file, a claim for some of this funding, what amount he might request, and whether these funds could potentially address his financial difficulties.
The future of this so-called “anti-weaponization” fund remains uncertain. Several lawsuits have been initiated to prevent the Trump administration from disbursing any funds. Amid debates over plaintiffs’ legal standing, some Republican senators have expressed their disapproval of compensating individuals involved in the January 6 Capitol riot, which was incited by former President Trump’s election fraud claims.
Without Congressional intervention to halt the fund through legislative action or other means, and if no legal barriers are enforced, what implications might this have for Lindell or MyPillow?
Addressing our inquiry, Lindell stated, “I’m going to be turning it in sooner than later,” indicating that he plans to submit a claim on behalf of MyPillow, which he described as “the most attacked company ever by our government.”
“I’m just one of the stockholders,” he said. “It’s an employee-owned company, and they’ve lost — some of them have lost everything they’ve worked hard for, for 15, 20 years. They’ve lost everything.”
“My employees, I have Democrats, liberals, conservatives, all walks of life. They had nothing to do with me standing up for our elections and trying to get rid of voting machines,” he added.
As to the potential compensation claim, Law&Crime asked Lindell about a $400 million MyPillow loss estimate that appeared in a CNN report and was attributed to him.
Lindell explained that an SF-95 form and tort claim were filed with the Trump administration in the fall. He said auditors concluded the collective damage caused by boycotts and the “debanking” of MyPillow was estimated at $350 million to $600 million.
“That’s brand damage too, but it’s in the hundreds of millions, just directly lost in income of sales,” Lindell claimed.
Then he said something that caught our attention. Lindell traced MyPillow’s losses to Arctic Frost, the DOJ probe of funding behind Jan. 6, which led to special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation.
“Remember when they took my phone in a Hardee’s restaurant?” he asked. “That was part of Arctic Frost.”
A recent court filing shed more light on what Lindell meant by that and what it may mean for MyPillow, should the new slush fund stand.
FedEx has been trying to collect more than $2 million from Lindell personally in New York, as part of an attempt to enforce a default judgment in Tennessee that a year earlier went against both Lindell and MyPillow — to the tune of nearly $9 million — in an unpaid shipping-debts dispute.
The company alleged that Lindell made false promises to pay the debt so MyPillow would be allowed to continue “shipping on credit.”
Pushing back in court, Lindell denied knowingly making false statements and claimed to have discovered that MyPillow’s at-one-time “inexplicable financial reversals” were “triggered as a result of Operation Arctic Frost, which had targeted My Pillow.”
“Lindell understands that FedEx alleges that Lindell knew he was making false statements about various potential financial options when Lindell mentioned them to FedEx. That is not true. At the time Lindell made various statements to FedEx, Lindell in good faith believed them to be true,” court documents said. “Furthermore, Arctic Frost, Lindell now knows, precluded My Pillow or Lindell from obtaining loans or accessing other financial opportunities, including those Lindell discussed with FedEx.”
“Lindell further contends that Arctic Frost may well have destroyed any possibility of obtaining loans relied on by FedEx as well as other future events on which FedEx bases its fraud claim,” the filing went on.
Lindell argued the entire FedEx collection action hinged on the “presumed validity” of the Volunteer State default judgment — a case he “never read” and claims he was never properly served.
The filing recounted an episode from nearly one year ago, when Lindell said he was served unknown papers while fighting former Dominion Voting Systems employee Eric Coomer’s federal lawsuit in Colorado. Lindell was found liable for defaming Coomer, falsely accusing him of playing a role in flipping the 2020 election from Trump to Joe Biden.
Lindell claims he was so focused on that case that he has no idea what happened to documents he was handed, but which he “never read.”
“In June of 2025, someone handed Lindell what FedEx claims was its First Amended Complaint in this case. At that time, Lindell was in Colorado in the midst of a contentious federal jury trial. When the person approached Lindell, Lindell was out in the courthouse hallway during a several minute break. Lindell was one of the defendants in that trial and the plaintiff was seeking millions of dollars from another defendant and Lindell. Lindell was focused solely on that ongoing federal jury trial. Lindell barely registered that someone had handed him documents,” the filing said. “Lindell believed that the encounter was either related to the Colorado trial or a maneuver by the media personnel, who were closely following the jury trial. Lindell does not know what happened to the documents, which Lindell never read because he was in the midst of the trial and he immediately returned to the courtroom and continued to focus on those proceedings.”
Coomer, whom Lindell labeled a “traitor” and a “criminal,” testified that death threats “upended” his life and derailed his career.
At the end of the call, Law&Crime asked Lindell to also send a written response to our questions. Although he reluctantly agreed to do so during the conversation, he ultimately did not send the response. Nor did he send us a “weaponization” timeline of events.
The FedEx case docket showed numerous exhibits, however, that fit the description of what he spoke about: an Arctic Frost “Q&A” with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and records compiled by Senate Judiciary staffers showing that MyPillow, Inc.’s bank was subpoenaed, along with a who’s who in the Stop the Steal universe and Trumpworld.
Late Friday night, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Hawaii’s Big Island, as confirmed by the U.S. Geological Survey. The tremor was felt just before 10 p.m. local time, adding to the island’s ongoing geological activity.
The earthquake occurred approximately seven miles south of Hōnaunau-Nāpōʻopoʻo, a coastal town on the island’s southwest. This region has been under close observation due to the looming threat from Kilauea, an active volcano that experts anticipate will erupt again soon, following a series of eruptions earlier in May.
In their statement, the USGS explained that the seismic activity was likely the result of stress induced by the bending of the oceanic plate. This phenomenon is attributed to the immense weight of the Hawaiian island chain pressing down on the plate.
The island’s residents and authorities remain vigilant as they brace for potential volcanic activity, while the recent earthquake serves as a stark reminder of the dynamic forces shaping the Hawaiian landscape.
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People watch as Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano erupts for the 21st time on May 11, 2025, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.(Gary Miller/Getty Images)
Strong to very strong shaking was reported on the west side of the Island of Hawaii and the earthquake resulted in several aftershocks. Over 2,500 residents submitted felt reports to USGS indicating they felt the strong shaking from the event.
A USGS map shows where Hawaii residents felt the May 22, 2026, earthquake.(United States Geological Survey)
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While the USGS said the earthquake was unrelated to Kilauea’s eruptions, the agency continues to monitor the volcano, which it expects to erupt again between May 24 and May 27.
People watched as Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted for the 21st time on May 11, 2025.(Gary Miller/Unknown)
No tsunami warning has been issued in connection with the earthquake, according to the USGS.
Prince William has expressed his immense pride in his wife, Catherine, the Princess of Wales, following her recent visit to Italy. This marks a significant milestone for the 44-year-old royal, as it was her first international engagement since being diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer in 2024.
Last week, Catherine embarked on a two-day visit to Reggio Emilia, marking her return to the global stage and royal duties. William shared his heartfelt sentiments during an interview on the Heart radio breakfast show, where he was asked about his wife’s journey and her recent trip.
Prince William was delighted to see his wife Catherine, Princess of Wales make a successful visit to Italy
“I’m very, very proud of her,” William said, beaming with admiration. “She’s been simply amazing. Over the past couple of years, she’s faced numerous challenges. She had been eagerly anticipating the Italian trip, and I’m thrilled to see it went so well.”
His words underscore the strength and resilience Catherine has demonstrated, not just in overcoming personal hurdles but also in continuing to fulfill her royal responsibilities with grace and dedication.
“She’s been through so much in the last couple of years, particularly. She’d been looking forward to the Italian trip a lot, and so I’m really glad it went really well.”
William, 43, also gave an insight into the painstaking preparation that Catherine had put in to the trip, where the princess continued her work for the Centre for Early Childhood – the foundation she set up in 2021.
The prince – who has children Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, seven, with Catherine – explained: “She wanted to go and do lots of research. She spends God knows how much time now looking through all the paperwork. She’s a proper pro on early years and so most evenings I’m fighting to get past in the bedroom what paperwork that she’s got lined up ready to read.”
Catherine – who announced that she was in remission from cancer in January 2025 – received a rapturous reception in Italy but William explained that the couple are taking a steady approach as she returns to royal duties around the globe.
He said: “It’s kind of just sort of edging herself back into doing more and more of those trips.
“Away trips like that take a lot out of you because you’re on sort of permanent receive and send the whole time. And so, we have to balance that – make sure she’s okay and rested. But, yeah, she’s in good form.”
William has been delighted to see his wife get a sense of normality back in her life following her cancer battle.
The royal said: “She’s an amazing mum, an amazing wife, and literally our family couldn’t cope without her. She’s been absolutely stunning. Really has.”
In a digitally altered video, President Trump takes a jab at his longtime critic, Stephen Colbert, in a rather literal fashion.
The 22-second video depicts Trump making an entrance onto the set of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” during the introduction of what is portrayed as the host’s final episode.
This AI-generated version of Trump doesn’t hold back, as he firmly grips Colbert by the suit jacket, shaking him three times with apparent gusto.
The Truth Social post showed an AI-generated version of the president on “The Late Show.” X/realdonaldtrump
Subsequently, Trump is shown disposing of Colbert into a green trash bin, much to the amusement of the audience. He then closes the lid and breaks into his renowned dance routine to the tune of “Y.M.C.A.”
The video surfaced online late Friday, just a day after the actual series finale of “The Late Show” was broadcast.
Shortly after the finale aired, Trump slammed Colbert on Truth Social, writing that he had “no talent, no ratings, no life.”
“He was like a dead person. You could take any person off of the street and they would be better than this total jerk. Thank goodness he’s finally gone!”
Trump’s posts came hours after Colbert hosted his final show on CBS, drawing 6.7 million viewers, according to Nielsen ratings. His final show included appearances by Paul McCartney, Bryan Cranston, and Ryan Reynolds.
Trump is seen tossing Colbert into the garbage during his final episode. X/realdonaldtrump
Colbert, who hosted the show for 11 years, held back from tearing into Trump in his finale but not his last week on air.
As the clock ran out on his network platform, Colbert criticized the president for a $1.8 million Justice Department fund to pay people who claim they were victimized by government weaponization, calling it an “all-you-can-fraud buffet,” and dubbed Trump “Blob the builder” for his litany of construction projects.
The comedy man just couldn’t stay away from TV after his sign-off.
He appeared on a public access TV show “Only in Monroe” on Monroe Community Media, cracking jokes about his former employer in a low-budget taping of a program he says he visited back in 2015.
The bit featured rocker Jack White; rapper Eminem and actors Jeff Daniels and Steve Buscemi.
