Several months after the tragic incident, Conor Hanlon, the husband of the late Brooke Hanlon, aged 35, has been seen in Chester, New Jersey by neighbors as he periodically visits the house where the grim discovery was made.

Neighbors report that Conor, 36, typically arrives in Chester for brief visits from Thursday to Friday each week. His familiar white Volvo SUV has been frequently spotted in the driveway.

The sorrowful death of Brooke on June 6 remains under thorough investigation by the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office, which is treating the case as a homicide. As of now, no suspects or persons of interest have been identified.

During his visits, neighbors have witnessed Hanlon doing yard work outside the home on Pottersville Road. Neighbors confirmed to News Media that while his car has been spotted during the day parked outside the home, the white SUV is never parked in the driveway overnight.

On Friday, Hanlon spoke publicly about his wife’s death for the first time, denying any involvement while declining further comment due to the ongoing investigation.

“My heart is totally shattered,” he told the Daily Mail. A reporter asked him if he had any involvement in his wife’s death, to which he said, “Of course not.” He went on to say, “It’s a tragedy.”

Neighbors tell News Media they remain on edge as law enforcement has yet to release any update in the case.

One of them said about three weeks before the young mother was discovered dead inside her home in early June, local police showed up knocking on doors to “check in” with residents on Pottersville Road after they reportedly told them a “911 call was made in the area.”

She confirmed to News Media that the police showed up to her door asking if “everything was OK” between 9:30 and 10 that night.

She lives next door to the Hanlons.

In July, one gun-owning neighbor told News Media he’s ready to defend his family should the time come. He said he has been looking over his shoulder more frequently, knowing a possible killer is still at large.

Conor Hanlon has not been charged with any crime or accused of wrongdoing.

WASHINGTON — In a bold statement, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas described himself as a “walking contradiction” in response to critics who challenge his deviation from expected liberal views associated with black Americans.

The distinguished Justice, known as the second-longest-serving member of the US Supreme Court, detailed his journey of resisting societal pressures throughout his career. He has established himself as a leading figure among black conservatives.

During a conversation on the “Verdict with Ted Cruz” podcast, the 78-year-old Justice reflected on the significant challenges he faced upon arriving in Washington, D.C. “Many believed I should align with a particular mindset,” Thomas shared.

“Some claimed I was ‘confused.’ I knew I wasn’t. It’s they who mistook me for someone easily swayed or subservient,” Thomas continued in the podcast released on Monday.

Thomas further criticized a prevailing belief that one’s skin color dictates their political stance. “There’s this insistence that you should think a certain way based solely on race,” he remarked, challenging the notion of predestined ideological conformity.

Thomas, the second black justice to serve on the Supreme Court, spoke with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) at the senator’s book release for “Going Further: The Incomparable Clarence Thomas” on Tuesday.

Cruz, a former Solicitor General of Texas who argued before the Supreme Court and Thomas in the early 2000s, authored his tome on the justice after conducting roughly nine hours of one-on-one interviews with him. 

During the interview, Thomas praised Cruz for defending him during the attacks he faced several years ago over his wife’s ties to conservative groups and gifts he received from wealthy elites. He called Cruz and Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee “friends” who stood for him and Ginni Thomas.

During the podcast interview, Thomas reflected on how family and religion shaped his conservative beliefs. 

Thomas, who was heavily influenced by his grandfather, recounted clashing with him over the state of America. His grandfather asked him, “What country is better than this country with all its problems?” and he recalled being unable to answer that. 

The justice previously described how his grandfather had no education, was raised by a freed slave, and yet never complained. Recently, he recounted that after his grandparents “died suddenly in 1983, the decision I made was to live the rest of my life as a memorial to theirs.”

During his time in law school, Thomas once bristled at receiving a copy of conservative intellectual Thomas Sowell’s book, “Black Education: Myths and Tragedies,” though he later rediscovered and warmed up to it.

The justice had been a “left-wing radical” during his youth, per Cruz’s description, attending an anti-war demonstration at Harvard Square in April 1970 that devolved into an angry riot. 

At the time, Thomas had been attending the College of the Holy Cross and was disillusioned with the Catholic Church, frustrated with its lack of moral clarity on racism. 

But the country’s senior-most justice explained that the riot was a turning point for him. 

“I think that was the Road to Damascus moment. That’s the moment where you look into the abyss, and it looks back,” Thomas said, adding that he “couldn’t answer why” he was behaving that way at the time.

“[I] walked in front of the chapel because I was exhausted but couldn’t sleep,” Thomas explained about what happened after the riot. “I faced it, the Blessed Sacrament, and I asked God to take hate out of my heart. And I said, ‘If you take a hate out of my heart, I will never hate again.’”

“And that was the moment for me, when I began to move in a more positive direction.”

LOS ANGELES — Get ready to showcase your team spirit with the return of football season just around the corner!

In an exciting collaboration, Disney, the NFL, Champion, and Fanatics have unveiled the Disney | Champion NFL Collection, creatively pairing all 32 NFL teams with beloved Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars characters.

This collection made its initial appearance at the Disney Fan Draft during Fanatics Fest NYC. The event, which saw NFL legends and sports personalities take the stage, kicked off with the unveiling of the first batch of team-character matches. Now, this exciting line of tees, crewnecks, and fleece apparel spans the entire league for all 32 teams. Explore the complete list below.

AFC EAST

The Buffalo Bills are paired with the formidable Beast from Disney.

Miami Dolphins’ Fan pick is Disney’s King Triton

New England Patriots’ Fan pick Marvel’s Captain America

New York Jets’ Fan pick is Disney and Pixar’s Buzz Lightyear

AFC NORTH

A cherished community garden and its beehive became collateral damage in a man’s rampage through local businesses and neighborhoods. Despite persistent calls from residents to the police, it took hours before officers responded—only arriving after the man required medical care.

On August 8, in Aurora, Colorado, 42-year-old Worku Woldemariam allegedly wreaked havoc on an urban garden located on E 16th Avenue. This incident followed accusations of him vandalizing several other venues, including a sheriff’s office, a local market, a Starbucks, and an ice cream shop over multiple days.

Numerous residents reported the actions of Woldemariam, who is known for his extensive criminal record, to the authorities. However, as echoed by Denver7 News, these calls to emergency services seemingly went unanswered for hours.

On the day of the garden’s destruction, residents began alerting law enforcement at about 1 p.m., yet officers did not reach the scene until close to 4 p.m., according to the report.

During the long wait for police, Woldemariam allegedly used rocks to obliterate beehives and tore out crops in the garden, while distressed community members had no choice but to watch the chaos unfold.

‘He was out here with the rock, just breaking the cinder blocks like that for hours,’ volunteer Matthew King told the outlet.

Residents said it was only after Woldemariam passed out in the garden he had allegedly just demolished that several fire trucks and police officers arrived.

He was arrested and taken to the Adams County Jail.

Before he was arrested, a 911 dispatcher could be heard in audio obtained from Broadcastify and cited by the outlet reporting active property damage.

‘We have multiple callers who state that he was damaging property and throwing rocks,’ the dispatcher said.

The lengthy response time prompted Aurora Mayor Pro Tem Alison Coombs to share her concerns.

‘I’m very concerned that active, in-progress threats and property destruction are considered low-acuity calls that don’t merit an immediate response,’ Coombs said.

Woldemariam had been arrested five days earlier on criminal mischief allegations in Douglas County in a separate incident, Denver7 reported.

His alleged vandalism spree began on July 27, when he was accused of ripping down American and Colorado flags outside the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office substation, according to CBS News.

The following day, he was accused of entering Harar Market in Aurora and using a rock to smash artwork inside the shop.

Market owner Wend Wesen told the outlet that he no longer feels safe.

‘I hear like a bump, like a big bump sounding. I’m like, ‘What happened?’ And when I go out, he was dragging this picture right here, and he was dragging all the way outside, and he was hitting with a big stone,’ Wesen said.

‘And I was like, ‘What are you doing, sir?’ He’s like, ‘I don’t like him. I don’t like him,’ and he kept hitting.’

Wesen said the suspect destroyed multiple Jesus posters.

‘It’s not safe anymore,’ Wesen said. ‘That’s why I was upset.’

The shop owner said police did not arrive until the next day, when Woldemariam happened to return to the store and allegedly attempt to destroy more artwork.

Police caught him but did not arrest him. Instead, he was issued a summons for criminal mischief, according to the outlet.

The alleged rampage continued on August 3, when the Aurora Police Department said he threw a rock through the window of a Starbucks.

A warrant was issued for his arrest that day, but he was taken into custody by Douglas County authorities in connection with the flag incident.

However, he was released on bond two days later.

Two days after his release, he allegedly threw rocks through the windows of Nugg’s Ice Cream on Colfax.

The alleged incident ultimately led to his most recent arrest after he was accused of destroying the urban garden.

Woldemariam currently faces three criminal mischief cases in Colorado, according to the outlet.

According to court records, he was found incompetent to stand trial in 2013 on similar charges he faced in Denver. That case was later dismissed, CBS reported.

In a 2014 assault case in Virginia, he was found not guilty by reason of insanity.

According to the outlet, Woldemariam remains in custody.

The criticism from locals comes years after the Aurora Police Department made national headlines in connection with the death of Elijah McClain. 

McClain, a 23-year-old black man, went into cardiac arrest following his run-in with police in Aurora on August 24, 2019, and died in a hospital six days later. 

McClain was walking home from a corner store with an iced tea in his hand on August 24, 2019, when he was stopped by police officers responding to a 911 call about a man in a ski mask who was waving his arms in the air.

McClain’s family said he wore the ski mask because anemia made him unusually susceptible to the cold, and McClain was apparently listening to music on headphones and dancing as he walked – also the reason, he explained to cops, that he did not initially comply with their verbal commands.

When the paramedics arrived, they reportedly injected McClain with ketamine, a hallucinogenic anesthetic, and seven minutes later he went into cardiac arrest.

He died at the hospital six days later.

A subsequent internal investigation by Aurora Police found that the cops had no reasonable grounds to stop him.

Aurora police officer Randy Roedema was convicted of homicide and third degree assault and two other officers, Nathan Woodyard and Jason Rosenblatt, were acquitted.

Two Denver-area paramedics, Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec, were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide. 

Aurora has also been riddled with Tren de Aragua (TdA) gangsters, a problem the city’s police department had previously denied in the past.

Members of TdA, as the South American mob is known to federal authorities, seeped into the US in recent years, hidden among the 1 million Venezuelans who have arrived in the US under the Biden Administration. 

TdA had taken over at least three apartment buildings in Aurora in 2024, exploiting and terrorizing their migrant neighbors. 

The gang has been described as the ‘epitome of evil’ and is best known in their homeland for sex trafficking girls and women and exploiting their fellow countrymen, have now set up strongholds in Denver, New York, Miami, El Paso and Dallas.

Since arriving in the United States, TdA is accused of taking part in shootings, shake-downs of other migrants who had been told to pay rent to the gang instead of the property, beatings, and robberies in Colorado.