N.J. sex offender picked up by ICE days after being released from prison

A convicted sex offender from India who recently spent more than six years in state prison in New Jersey has been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Vodela Y. Kottapalli was released from the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in the Avenel section of Woodbridge on Feb. 6, a day after his 29th birthday, according to state department of corrections records.

ICE said on X (formerly Twitter) Monday night that Kottapalli has “pending criminal charges” for sexual assault of a child under 13, shoplifting and public disorder. ICE did not clarify whether the sex assault charge is new or the same offense for which he was convicted.

The federal agency added that he will be held in custody pending removal from the U.S.

Court records state Kottapalli sexually assaulted a child under 13 in Edison on Nov. 15, 2015. He had been held at the treatment center since Oct. 4, 2019 after being convicted. Click here to read more.

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Whitmer pitches $800M of new taxes in final budget plan

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently pitched five tax hikes aimed at raising $800 million by taxing smokers and vapers, gamblers, and online advertisers in her 2027 budget proposal, her last as governor. Whitmer also wants to pull $400 million from the state’s rainy day fund to combat the state government’s higher Medicaid.

“Michigan is open for business and on the move, and this budget will deliver on the kitchen-table issues that make a real difference in people’s lives,” Whitmer said in a Feb. 11 press release. “My balanced budget proposal will build on our strong record of bipartisan success. It doubles down on shared, long-term priorities to create good-paying jobs, fix roads, save Michiganders money, and ensure every child can read, eat, and succeed.”

The governor said that her recommendation would provide targeted relief to seniors via an expanded tax credit. Families, she said, would benefit from a back-to-school sales tax holiday. Click here to read more.

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Illegal immigrant allegedly kills Georgia school teacher in car crash while fleeing ICE agents

A public school teacher was killed when an illegal immigrant fleeing ICE agents in Georgia crashed into her vehicle on Monday, according to authorities.

Oscar Vasquez Lopez, of Guatemala, has been charged with vehicular homicide in connection with the crash that unfolded shortly before 7:45 a.m. in Savannah, according to the Chatham Police Department.

ICE agents tried to apprehend Lopez, who was issued a final order of removal by a federal judge in 2024, during a traffic stop after seeing him enter a vehicle, the Department of Homeland Security said Lopez “initially complied” with agents but then allegedly fled the scene, made a “reckless U-turn,” and ran a red light — colliding into the vehicle of Dr. Linda Davis, a teacher at Herman W. Hesse K-8 School, according to the DHS and local school officials. Click here to read more.

 

First photos revealed of transgender mass shooter’s ex-wife — who cited ‘gender reassignment surgery’ as reason for divorce

The ex-wife gunned down by the crazed transgender father of her kids at a high school hockey game in Rhode Island had divorced him years earlier because of his “narcissistic + personality disorder traits,” court documents reveal.

Robert Dorgan’s ex, Rhonda Dorgan, filed for divorce back in 2020, citing his unhinged personality and his “gender reassignment surgery,” according to filings obtained by WPRI.

She later amended the reasoning for their split, which was finalized in 2021, blaming it on “irreconcilable differences which have caused the immediate breakdown of the marriage.”

Police haven’t yet released the victims’ names.

But the family confirmed in a GoFundMe page that the shooter’s ex-wife and the couple’s son, Aidan Dorgan, were those killed when he opened fire at the Pawtucket ice rink on Monday afternoon. Click here to read more.

 

Some States Preventing Schools from Leading Anti-ICE Walkout Protests

States are preventing teachers and school administrators from encouraging anti-ICE walkouts amid rising violence by emotional and uninformed children.

Just over a week ago, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott warned Texas school kids that there will be consequences if they skip school to attend anti-ICE riots.

Now, to follow up on that, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that three independent school districts are being investigated for “facilitating student protests against lawful immigration enforcement.”

“I will not allow Texas schools to become breeding grounds for the radical Left’s open borders agenda,” Paxton, who is running for the U.S. Senate from Texas, wrote in a post on X on Monday. Click here to read more.

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N.J. sex offender picked up by ICE days after being released from prison

A convicted sex offender from India who recently spent more than six years in state prison in New Jersey has been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Vodela Y. Kottapalli was released from the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in the Avenel section of Woodbridge on Feb. 6, a day after his 29th birthday, according to state department of corrections records.

ICE said on X (formerly Twitter) Monday night that Kottapalli has “pending criminal charges” for sexual assault of a child under 13, shoplifting and public disorder. ICE did not clarify whether the sex assault charge is new or the same offense for which he was convicted.

The federal agency added that he will be held in custody pending removal from the U.S.

Court records state Kottapalli sexually assaulted a child under 13 in Edison on Nov. 15, 2015. He had been held at the treatment center since Oct. 4, 2019 after being convicted. Click here to read more.

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Whitmer pitches $800M of new taxes in final budget plan

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently pitched five tax hikes aimed at raising $800 million by taxing smokers and vapers, gamblers, and online advertisers in her 2027 budget proposal, her last as governor. Whitmer also wants to pull $400 million from the state’s rainy day fund to combat the state government’s higher Medicaid.

“Michigan is open for business and on the move, and this budget will deliver on the kitchen-table issues that make a real difference in people’s lives,” Whitmer said in a Feb. 11 press release. “My balanced budget proposal will build on our strong record of bipartisan success. It doubles down on shared, long-term priorities to create good-paying jobs, fix roads, save Michiganders money, and ensure every child can read, eat, and succeed.”

The governor said that her recommendation would provide targeted relief to seniors via an expanded tax credit. Families, she said, would benefit from a back-to-school sales tax holiday. Click here to read more.

 

Illegal immigrant allegedly kills Georgia school teacher in car crash while fleeing ICE agents

A public school teacher was killed when an illegal immigrant fleeing ICE agents in Georgia crashed into her vehicle on Monday, according to authorities.

Oscar Vasquez Lopez, of Guatemala, has been charged with vehicular homicide in connection with the crash that unfolded shortly before 7:45 a.m. in Savannah, according to the Chatham Police Department.

ICE agents tried to apprehend Lopez, who was issued a final order of removal by a federal judge in 2024, during a traffic stop after seeing him enter a vehicle, the Department of Homeland Security said Lopez “initially complied” with agents but then allegedly fled the scene, made a “reckless U-turn,” and ran a red light — colliding into the vehicle of Dr. Linda Davis, a teacher at Herman W. Hesse K-8 School, according to the DHS and local school officials. Click here to read more.

 

First photos revealed of transgender mass shooter’s ex-wife — who cited ‘gender reassignment surgery’ as reason for divorce

The ex-wife gunned down by the crazed transgender father of her kids at a high school hockey game in Rhode Island had divorced him years earlier because of his “narcissistic + personality disorder traits,” court documents reveal.

Robert Dorgan’s ex, Rhonda Dorgan, filed for divorce back in 2020, citing his unhinged personality and his “gender reassignment surgery,” according to filings obtained by WPRI.

She later amended the reasoning for their split, which was finalized in 2021, blaming it on “irreconcilable differences which have caused the immediate breakdown of the marriage.”

Police haven’t yet released the victims’ names.

But the family confirmed in a GoFundMe page that the shooter’s ex-wife and the couple’s son, Aidan Dorgan, were those killed when he opened fire at the Pawtucket ice rink on Monday afternoon. Click here to read more.

 

Some States Preventing Schools from Leading Anti-ICE Walkout Protests

States are preventing teachers and school administrators from encouraging anti-ICE walkouts amid rising violence by emotional and uninformed children.

Just over a week ago, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott warned Texas school kids that there will be consequences if they skip school to attend anti-ICE riots.

Now, to follow up on that, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that three independent school districts are being investigated for “facilitating student protests against lawful immigration enforcement.”

“I will not allow Texas schools to become breeding grounds for the radical Left’s open borders agenda,” Paxton, who is running for the U.S. Senate from Texas, wrote in a post on X on Monday. Click here to read more.

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Kansas governor vetoes anti-trans bathroom bill, citing ‘numerous and significant consequences’

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a controversial bill that forces transgender people to use bathrooms that match their biological sex at birth, saying the poorly drafted legislation would have far-reaching consequences.

The Democratic governor now hands House Substitute for Senate Bill 244 back to a Legislature that has enough Republican votes to override her veto and put the bill into law.

The bill requires government entities to police bathrooms and other private spaces in their buildings, and levies fines against the governing body for failing to comply. It also sets up escalating penalties for individuals who use a bathroom that doesn’t match their sex at birth.

In a statement Friday, Kelly cited multiple situations that would be affected by HB 244.

Kelly said she vetoed the bill because of those “numerous and significant consequences.” Click here to read more.https://kansasreflector.com/2026/02/13/kansas-governor-vetoes-anti-trans-bathroom-bill-citing-numerous-and-significant-consequences/

 

Neighbors claim they haven’t seen missing Enterprise girl for weeks

ENTERPRISE, Ala. (WTVY) -There is a growing mystery surrounding a 3-year-old Enterprise girl who was reported missing early this morning.

Neighbors said they have not seen Genises Nova Reid for several weeks, and, according to multiple sources, police are leery that the child disappeared mysteriously from her bedroom as her mother claimed.

Neighbors who gathered to witness a massive law enforcement search for the girl in the Apache Drive are told News4’s Jacklynn Lambert they did not recall seeing Genises since early January.

Enterprise police posted a flyer saying a parent discovered her missing and a door to the home was open. Click here to read more.

 

Voters can lower their own property taxes under Michigan rules

Michigan lawmakers want to do something about high property taxes. They should note that voters already get to decide whether property taxes are worth it when they vote on new local millages. But the deck is often stacked against taxpayers, and legislators should give them a fairer shot.

The Headlee Amendment in the state Constitution subjects property taxes to voter approval. This ensures that taxes have direct popular support. People can reject new millages and let old authorizations expire to lower their property taxes.

This requirement shouldn’t have been necessary, but it was. Elected officials are supposed to represent the interest of local residents, so the taxes they propose ought to be supported by voters. Click here to read more.

 

Waste of the Day: Principal Bought Lobster with School Funds

Most New York public school lunches consist of room temperature chicken nuggets or reheated pizza. But at Wyandanch Memorial High School on Long Island, principal Paul Sibblies dined on steak and lobster at taxpayers’ expense.

Sibblies reimbursed himself a total of $35,519 from 2021 to 2024 using cash meant for a school club, without approval or supervision from anyone besides his own secretary, according to an audit obtained by Newsday.

Key facts: Sibblies paid himself 41 times using money from the high school’s Kappa League club, a leadership program affiliated with the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.

The most concerning was the steak and lobster Sibblies and an unidentified person ate at a restaurant in Delaware. Sibblies reimbursed himself $126 for the bill, which also included alcohol. He logged the transaction as “EOY Academic Success.”

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Is Legacy Media Becoming Irrelevant?

The American people’s confidence in mass media appears to be continuing its spiral downward, according to the results of a new Pew Research Center survey. The poll found that 57% of the public has little or no confidence “in journalists to act in the best interests of the public.”

Some conservatives are pointing to dwindling public trust and legacy media layoffs as the last gasp of a dying empire, but analysts say, “Not so fast.”

The Pew poll results, released Wednesday, revealed that just 6% of Americans have “a great deal of confidence” that journalists have the public’s best interest in mind, with 37% having “a fair amount of confidence” (the total of 43% who say they have confidence in journalism is down from 47% in last year’s Pew survey). Click here to read more.

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CCP Gotion refuses to repay $23.6 million owed to taxpayers, lashes out at ‘anti-CCP rhetoric’

Gotion doesn’t want to repay $23.6 million taxpayers spent on land for the company’s failed bid to build an EV battery component plant near Big Rapids, citing “unfounded accusations, and anti-China sentiment.”

In a letter to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel obtained by WZZM, Gotion argued the state’s decision in October to pull taxpayer-funded subsidies for the project stemmed from “internal attacks and bowing to the anti-CCP [Chinese Communist Party] rhetoric that animated Green Charter Township’s opposition.”

“It is no secret that the ‘No Gotion’ campaign, spurred on by politically motivated actors, actively engaged in efforts to block this Project, and once Green Charter Township’s Board was removed and replaced with representatives who did not support the Project and, in fact, openly breached the Development Agreement between Gotion and Green Charter Township, Gotion was subjected to an onslaught of attacks, threats, unfounded accusations, and anti-China sentiment,” according to the letter, which offered to sell the land to Green Charter Township or hand over the deed to the state. Click here to read more.

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Sen. Rand Paul unveils bill to end nationwide liability protections for vaccine manufacturers

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., introduced legislation this week that would eliminate federal liability protections for vaccine manufacturers, which is a legal shield that has been in place for four decades.

The bill, cosponsored by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

If passed, the bill will make changes to the federal law to abolish the liability shield provided to vaccine manufacturers under the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, which largely protects vaccine manufacturers from product liability lawsuits and requires most injury claims to be directed to a federal compensation program.

Vaccine safety monitoring data maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that there have been millions of adverse event reports filed. Click here to read more.

 

School-Led Anti-ICE Protests Grow Increasingly Violent, Putting Children in Danger

Students across America are increasingly being injured, arrested, and seen engaging in violence as teachers and school administrators continue to encourage children to walk out of class to mount marches off school grounds to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Click here to read more.

 

Student helps 99-year-old veteran return to site where he lost his hand in World War II

BERKS COUNTY, Pa. - A 99-year-old World War II veteran recently returned to Germany to the site where he lost his hand decades ago.

The trip was all thanks to a Pennsylvania college student with a passion for history.

“Given this time that we have with them, this small pocket of time, I think it’s important that we tell their stories,” Tyler Boland said.

Boland, a 22-year-old from Reading, said he has been traveling the country for about five years interviewing World War II veterans for, what he described as, a “passion project.”

“My great-grandfather was a Marine in World War II. He died before I was born, so in honor of him, I said I’m going to interview as many World War II vets as I can,” Boland said. “I’m just inspired because they are living, walking heroes, and I get to meet them every day.” Click here to read more.

 

ICE ramps up deportation push with 92,600 new beds in $38.3B expansion

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to boost migrant detention capacity to 92,600 beds as part of a nationwide deportation push, according to an internal agency memo.

The memo, dated Feb. 13, 2026, lays out a sweeping overhaul designed to support what ICE describes as the ability to “effectuate mass deportations,” including eight mega-centers capable of housing up to 10,000 detainees each and slated to be fully operational by Nov. 30, 2026. The memo states that the initiative will be funded through congressional allocations under the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” Click here to read more.