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For what was one of the most dangerous cities in America, a summer without a homicide is a major achievement. Major—doubtless; but unexpected? Perhaps not. Camden, New Jersey hasn’t experienced a summer without a homicide in 5 decades, but thanks to a new approach to policing and a new police department in general, sunny summers […] The post Camden, NJ Hasn’t Seen a Homicide All Summer–New Police Department Celebrates appeared first on Good News Network.

News We Bury the Dead We Bury the Dead Trailer Sees Daisy Ridley Face a Dark Future (and Zombies) Sorry about your zombie problem, Tasmania. By Molly Templeton | Published on October 3, 2025 Screenshot: Vertical Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: Vertical Everyone has their own take on what makes zombies extra scary. Maybe they go fast; maybe they seem clever. Maybe there are just so goddamn many of them. But the premise of We Bury the Dead somehow tweaks me more than a lot of other zombie tales: You put a whole bunch of military whatnot among the dead, and I get doubly tense. Soldiers and zombies? How fast can I run the other direction? The synopsis released with the trailer for the film says very little, but an early Variety review notes that this zombie catastrophe begins after “the United States accidentally deploys an experimental weapon of mass destruction off Australia’s southern coast. The large-scale EMP has caused up to half a million people to drop dead by shutting down their brains — only for reasons unknown, some of them come ‘back online,’ devoid of any personality, but with their base instincts intact.” Terrifying concept? Terrifying concept. (Also, by “southern coast,” they apparently mean Tasmania, which I really thought would be relatively safe after the end of the world. Oopsie.) In the trailer, you can see a woman insisting that those who have come back online are no threat. You can also see that she’s absolutely lying. Daisy Ridley (The Force Awakens) stars as a woman searching for her missing husband—and hoping to find him alive. She finds a lot of other things in the course of this trailer, and none of them are nice. I don’t exactly expect a happy ending here, but I hope she gets some closure. We Bury the Dead is written and directed by Zak Hilditch, whose previous films include the Netflix movies Rattlesnake and 1922. Along with Ridley, it stars Brenton Thwaites (Titans’ Dick Grayson) and Mark Coles Smith (Apple Cider Vinegar). It’s in theaters January 6, 2026.[end-mark] The post <i>We Bury the Dead</i> Trailer Sees Daisy Ridley Face a Dark Future (and Zombies) appeared first on Reactor.

Movies & TV Peacemaker Peacemaker Creates New Villains in “Like a Keith in the Night” Making the Nazi universe a gag is… maybe not the best decision? By Emmet Asher-Perrin | Published on October 3, 2025 Image: Jessica Miglio/HBO Max Comment 0 Share New Share Image: Jessica Miglio/HBO Max Is anyone really surprised that the snacks in a Nazi dimension suck? Recap Image: Jessica Miglio/HBO Max Harcourt points out that not only is there a swastika on the flag here, but a copy of Mein Kampf on every desk, and a big old mural of Hitler on the wall. When Emilia comes in and demands Harcourt’s arrest, Chris and Harcourt begin to fight their way out of A.R.G.U.S. Adrian learns from his alt-self that they have to find Adebayo immediately; in this reality, people of color are put in labor camps. Abebayo is running from an angry mob and jumps into a pool. On the other side, she finds Judomaster, who helps her out before electrifying the pool and killing everyone in it. Keith goes home on his dad’s orders and find Economos tied to a chair, while August tries to explain that they have to round up everyone who came with this man, or their quantum door will be discovered. Judomaster brings Adebayo to a house where the people are on vacation, and tells her what he’s learned about this reality. They decide to hole up until nightfall when they can head back to the Smith house and escape, and begin a game of Scrobble. They wind up talking about dreams and how Adebayo maybe ignored her wife’s for her own. Adebayo also defends Chris to him, and points out that he’s cheesy, but a good guy. Chris and Harcourt are escaping in the Peacecycle and have a moment of contentment before they’re surrounded by cops. August and Keith arrive and murder all of them, taking them back to the house. Back in their reality, Flag and Bordeaux get Sydney Happersen (Stephen Blackehart) at Luthor’s direction, and ask him to find the dimension door, which he does in short order. It’s in Washington and much more stable than anything that Luthorcorp had access to. At the Smith house, Chris tries to explain why he came to this reality and what happened to their Chris. Keith is furious about his brother’s murder, but August tells him to calm down. There’s a knock at the door and alt-Larry Fitzgibbon (Lochlyn Munro) asks if he can search the house. August refuses to allow it until they’ve got a warrant. The cops back away to a half distance. Adebayo and Rip are scoping the place out when both Vigilantes show up, and they decide to try and sneak in, despite all the guys wanting to kill the cops. August tells Chris and Harcourt and Economos to gather their friends and leave; he’ll change the door code once they leave. Keith can’t believe his father would let them go without vengeance, but August believes Chris. Harcourt calls him a Nazi, and he insists that he isn’t one, and that he fights what he can. Alt-Vigilante breaks in and stabs August in the neck repeatedly, killing him. The disturbance gives the cops probable cause to enter and there’s a firefight. Chris is stunned that his dad is maybe not a Nazi here, but his friends are desperately trying to get him through the door. Keith goes after them and tries to kill Chris, but his friends come to his aid. The sight of everyone trying to murder his brother makes Chris scream and beg them all to stop; he holds Keith and thinks of all the people who’ve died because of him, apologizing to Keith and insisting that he is what’s wrong and evil. Adebayo insists that they leave, and the group makes to escape. Harcourt plans to kill Keith so he can’t follow, but they’re stopped by the cops. Keith gets medical attention, still alive. In their universe, A.R.G.U.S. has a crew waiting outside Adrian’s home. The group exit and Chris gives Flag the quantum door device, telling him that the group convinced him to do this. They’re all shocked, and watch as Chris is arrested and driven away. Commentary Image: Jessica Miglio/HBO Max Here’s the issue. The whole reveal of August Smith being a halfway decent guy who has to calm Keith out of taking revenge until his own death feels like it’s there for “twist” purposes in order to give Chris the maximum amount of emotional trauma. I understand the purpose in it,  but I do think it could have been set up better, and am kind of resenting how rote the whole turn is as an origin story for Keith as a villain. Because you know he’s coming back, whether it’s in the final episode or a later season, should they get one. Additionally, they’ve bowled over all this great work they’ve built up because of the traumatic experience, and then brushed off what the trauma itself was initially about! It’s no longer relevant that Chris’ friends came to get him because he’s busy thinking about the murder of his alt-universe not-a-Nazi dad and the near-murder of his brother. But even more importantly, his scream of “What the fuck is wrong with all of us?” after the people dearest to him attempt to kill Keith is immediately written off as his problem; now Chris has got it in his head that he’s the one who brings death everywhere he goes. And that’s a shame because the premise of him calling everyone out for being as violence-oriented as him is one of the most effective moments this season has pulled off. The white supremacist universe thing has effectively become a gag by the end of the episode when it could have been a far more astute and thoughtful read on how easy it is for privileged classes to ignore heinous things when the environment favors them. Instead we’ve got the insistence that the Nazis won World War II without a remotely realistic setup on that end: This is not how the world would look if that had happened! There’s a reason that I was hoping we’d avoid the worldbuilding on that. Creating alternate universes is not a simple exercise when you follow a major historical change through to its conclusions. More importantly, allowing this all to exist in a cut-and-dry Nazi-verse ignores the very real and pressing white supremacist attitudes that exist in our own reality (and the prime DCU one, too), which are not all plain Nazism at their root. Making white supremacy a fluffy little joke isn’t the move in our current environment, when all is said and done. It pulled all the breath out of a season that could have really honed in on its satirical premise. The relative goodness of August Smith in this is also incredibly screwy when you’re effectively giving him the “hero in dark times” speech for the purpose of making Chris sad without acknowledging that the man is still standing by while horrific things are done to others. He claims not to be a Nazi, and it’s fine for him to say that he doesn’t agree with the ideology, but he’s not actually doing anything to combat it, as far as we’ve seen. And refusing to point that out unfortunately undercuts some of the very cool parallel work that’s happening here—specifically the fact that alt-Adrian manages to murder him, something that our own Adrian attempted last season and couldn’t pull off. And then there’s Keith. Who we don’t know well enough to understand in this descent into hatred and potential obsession. I’m not saying I need to empathize with all his Nazi feelings, but I’m bothered by the fact that I have no idea what he’s objecting to in all of this. Did he truly love his brother? If so, it would’ve been nice to see it. Is he tired of always having to be the level-headed son? You might try bringing that up. Is the fact that his dad isn’t really down with Nazism a surprise to him? Because all of that seems important! There are bright spots in the episode, however. Judomaster electrocuting the angry mob coming after Adebayo in the pool was gorgeous (particularly when you consider the racist history the U.S. has around Black people and swimming pools). Their bonding over Scrobble was adorable, as was Adebayo’s defense of Chris. It would have been nice to get a little more background in reverse, though. The other strong moment is Chris and Harcourt hightailing it away from A.R.G.U.S. on the Peacecycle, which might be the most effective long-arc of the season—going from Harcourt letting herself get beat up in bars alone to fighting alongside someone who cares about her, and finding a moment of comfort in fleeing together. It’s not the usual shades of romance you’re expecting, and that’s why it works. Keeping the Peace (Thoughts and Asides) Image: Jessica Miglio/HBO Max The fact that August Smith’s primary concern is preventing anyone from finding out about the quantum door is actually the greatest indication of his character. He just wants to protect what’s his and leave everything else to the wolves. There is a subtly clever bit of background here when compared to the comics: Once Peacemaker was acquired by DC, one of the main changes to his background was finding out that his father was an actual Nazi. Look, at some point they need to explain to us where Adrian got those moves. It’s fun to watch him do flippy complex stuff, but where did it come from? It’s not like Chris taught him that. My assumption is that Eagly brought Economos string because he assumes that being tied up was the man’s pathetic attempt at making a nest, and he’s trying to help. And next week, the season comes to an end…[end-mark] The post <i>Peacemaker</i> Creates New Villains in “Like a Keith in the Night” appeared first on Reactor.

News What to Watch What to Watch and Read This Weekend: Halo on Netflix, Because Some Sci-Fi Deserves a Second Chance Plus publishing secrets and paperback trains. By Molly Templeton | Published on October 3, 2025 Screenshot: Paramount+ Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: Paramount+ Is October spooky season? The midpoint of literary awards season? New York Comic Con season? (Really sorry to those of you who have to make the Javits trek day after day.) Is it kicking leaves and splashing in puddles season? Switching to chai season? So many possibilities. Also so many reasons to stay indoors, if you like. Here are few ways to spend your weekend (first, call your reps while it’s still Friday!). Halo: I Never Played the Game, So Ignore Me If You Want Game Accuracy, Sorry So listen. I’m not going to try to tell you that Halo was a great show. But I saw that it had recently made its way to Netflix and I have to admit: I got a little nostalgic for the cast. Pablo Schrieber is a very good Large Man Dealing With Some Shit (as he was in American Gods, though with less dealing). His soldier team is uniformly appealing, especially Kate Kennedy and Natasha Culzac. There are a lot of morally complex women in power in this series and I would watch any show that any of them starred in, including Natascha McElhone as Dr. Halsey and Shabana Azmi as Admiral Margaret Parangosky. Olive Gray, as Miranda Keyes, has some truly horrifying moments doing science. Bokeem Woodbine is in this show! A very evil vampire from The Originals is in this show! It is an absolute wonderland of character actors. And one of the most compelling among them, Yerin Ha, is about to level up with a starring role in the next season of Bridgerton. At least give Halo a try so you can say you liked her when. Like I said. It’s not great, exactly. But I was disappointed when it ended anyway (even though the second season is even messier than the first, and boy did they make some capital-C Choices). The Naming Song, Now In More Portable Format I don’t always notice when books I love come out in paperback, but when I do, I might feel compelled to tell you about them. Such is the case with Jedediah Berry’s The Naming Song, which I read earlier this year, and which is still haunting me. (And not just because it has a truly wonderful cat. The word “cat” never appears in the book. But you’ll know.) The Naming Song is a novel about a world in which language was lost, and people have been trying to find it. It’s about a courier who delivers words, and it’s about flawed systems, and it’s also about really cool trains and the different ways you can tell important stories even when you don’t quite have the words. Also, if you read it, and then you want more post-apocalyptic theater, there’s been kind of a bit of that lately. And it’s all great.  (But really I want that train. You’ll see.) What Is Sales Track? Glad You Asked I gather that some people just want to read books, and prefer not to think about how the sausage gets made. But if you’re the other kind of reader—or if you’re a writer, or you work in or around publishing, or if you just have a burning need to know things—then it’s worth your time to read Tajja Isen’s latest piece at The Walrus: “The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem.” It’s an attention-grabbing title, in part probably because her topic takes some explanation. She’s exploring sales track, which is to say: the way the success or failure of an author’s previous book(s) can determine their future. Isen explains a complex, insider-y topic clearly and with examples; she talks to authors and editors about different experiences and different ways sales track shapes their work; she details just how much of publishing is, in a way, spinning stories about the stories authors have written. It’s a sweeping piece yet also personal and detailed. I would like to read a piece like this about a different part of publishing every month, honestly. Bravo. The Peripheral: Sometimes You Only Get One Season But It’s Better Than No Seasons? Thinking about Halo made me think about another adaptation that was gone too soon, which was also not perfect and yet I think about it all the time: The Peripheral. I got a little obsessed. I hadn’t read the book until the show came along, so I was watching it with very “Oh no oh no what are you DOING there” eyes—in some parts. (Why would you cast T’Nia Miller in such a flatly villainous role and then not do something interesting with her??) But as is the case with good adaptations, it also made things about the book its own, and did a lot of things right. (I was so happy to see Katie Leung.) There are cool visuals, there’s a solid relationship between Flynne Fisher (Chloë Grace Moretz), and her brother Burton (Jack Reynor), and… yeah, there are some mysteries we’ll never get to see solved. But there is one season (on Prime) and for whatever reason, it has fall vibes to me. The near-future that is one of the story’s timelines has a lot of gold in it. The far-future … not so much. More cold. More creepy.[end-mark] The post What to Watch and Read This Weekend: <i>Halo</i> on Netflix, Because Some Sci-Fi Deserves a Second Chance appeared first on Reactor.

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a candidate for the Lone Star State’s attorney general, sent a letter to Texas Christian University demanding answers after the university reportedly blocked a Turning Point USA event featuring transgender “detransitioner” Chloe Cole. “University policies—especially for a university with Christ’s holy name in its very name and which was founded on Christian theology and principles—should reflect that heritage by not just allowing but welcoming speakers who share a viewpoint reflecting a Christ-centered view, however controversial it is deemed,” Roy wrote in the letter, first obtained by The Daily Signal. “It has come to my attention that constraints placed on conservative or Christian points of view are often overly stringent, and administrative hurdles are excessive,” the congressman added. “Such policies and decisions, if accurate, would certainly violate the principles that Texas parents and students expect their institutions to uphold, eroding public confidence in higher education’s commitment to inquiry over conformity.” Roy’s letter says that Texas Christian University, a private school in Fort Worth, had denied the school’s Turning Point USA chapter’s request to host an on-campus event featuring Cole. The Event Denial Cole is a young woman who began “transitioning” to identify herself as male at age 12, taking “cross-sex hormones” and getting a double mastectomy at age 15. But she “detransitioned” at 16 and now is a vocal advocate who opposes the medical interventions euphemistically referred to as “gender-affirming care.” She wrote on X Tuesday that the university had been making the Turning Point USA chapter jump through “arbitrary hoops” for “a while” before ultimately denying the request for an available room to host her talk. They’ve been making them jump through arbitrary hoops for awhile and finally denied it outright yesterday. Tentatively we will still hold it at Birchman Baptist Church but it won’t be happening on campus bc the school denied us— Chloe Cole ?? (@ChoooCole) October 1, 2025 The school previously told The Daily Signal, however, that the event hadn’t been canceled, but rather it had not been officially booked to begin with. “On Sept. 18, TCU [Texas Christian University] successfully hosted a TPUSA [Turning Point USA] event to honor the life of Charlie Kirk, who had previously spoken on TCU’s campus to students and the community,” a spokesperson said. “Separate from this event, an outside party, not affiliated with TCU, invited an external speaker to appear on our campus on Oct. 7. The student chapter of TPUSA then requested that TCU host the Oct. 7 event for 700 to 1,000 people. The requested space was already booked with another student event.” “We explored options and notified the group on Sept. 25 that a secure space was not available, given the short notice, but we offered to find another date or space for the event,” the spokesperson added. “TCU never canceled this event, as it was never booked.” Roy’s Questions Roy’s letter notes Cole’s concerns and mentions that while Texas Christian University is private, it still receives “substantial support through federal student aid, research grants, and state educational programs, which are sustained in part by federal taxpayer dollars.” “That support comes with a clear obligation: to resist turning campus facilities and administrative barriers into tools of leftist ideology and gatekeeping,” the congressman added. “The effective denial—by way of burden—of student groups’ access to campus facilities is certainly as serious as a full and outright denial and would raise serious questions about TCU’s commitment to diverse discourse.” Roy’s letter asks the university to provide a list of all criteria governing whether a student organization may host outside speakers on campus, a specific rationale for the denial of this specific request, and a commitment to “ensuring future student-sponsored events will not be denied, limited, restricted, or otherwise made more difficult on the basis of a Christian or conservative viewpoint.” The post EXCLUSIVE: Chip Roy Demands Answers From Christian University After Aborted Turning Point USA Event appeared first on The Daily Signal.

With less than five weeks before Virginia’s statewide elections, a new poll finds the Republican gubernatorial nominee, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, trending upward and closing the gap with her opponent, Democrat Abigail Spanberger. The poll conducted by A2 Insights found Earle-Sears trailing Spanberger, a former three-term member of Congress, by 3.1 points—marking the closest margin Virginians have seen in the race to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. When asked who they would vote for if the election were held today, 44.6% said Earle-Sears, while 47.7% said Spanberger. Some 6.4% said they were undecided, and 1.3% said they would vote for another candidate. A2 Insights, a nonpartisan public opinion polling firm, surveyed 771 likely voters through an online panel between Sept. 26 and Sept. 28.  It didn’t give a margin of error. Polls continue to show Earle-Sears gaining ground. In less than a month, she has gained 9 points. In early September, the Wason Center for Civic Leadership at Christopher Newport University found Earle-Sears trailing Spanberger by 12 points. The Wason Center surveyed 808 likely Virginia voters and had a margin of error of 3.9%. Spanberger led with 52%, Earle-Sears at 40%, and 8% undecided. A week later, the polling firm Co/Efficient found Earle-Sears just 6 points behind Spanberger. That survey of 1,024 likely voters had a margin of error of 3.05% with Spanberger at 49%, Earle-Sears at 43%, and 7% undecided. With more than 147,000 federal workers living in Virginia, it’s unclear how the current Democrat-led federal government shutdown could affect the election. The offices of Virginia lieutenant governor and state attorney general will also be up for grabs in the off-year elections on Nov. 4. Early voting has already begun. The post Poll Shows Earle-Sears Closing Gap with Spanberger in Virginia appeared first on The Daily Signal.

President Donald Trump is using the government shutdown to cut another blue-state project that the administration says is not aligned with its priorities. The Department of Transportation sent letters to the Chicago Transit Authority to inform them that two projects—the CTA Red Line Extension and the CTA Red and Purple Modernization Program—are under administrative review to determine if unconstitutional practices are occurring. The projects receive a total of $2.1 billion in federal funding. $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects–specifically the Red Line Extension and the Red and Purple Modernization Project–have been put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting. More info to come soon from @USDOT.— Russ Vought (@russvought) October 3, 2025 On Monday, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought cut “$8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda” in 16 dark-blue states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. He also froze $18 million for two infrastructure projects in New York City “to ensure funding is not flowing based on unconstitutional [diversity, equity, and inclusion] principles.” “Illinois, like New York, is well-known to promote race- and sex-based contracting and other racial preferences as a public policy,” the Department of Transportation press release says. The DOT cited a news article saying, “The CTA has regularly touted its [Disadvantaged Business Enterprise] goals as a key part of its equity mission. Agency staff said that through the end of September, 21% of its spending on the Red-Purple Modernization has so far gone to DBE firms—some 119 companies in total.” The reviews will ensure no additional federal dollars go toward discriminatory, illegal, and wasteful contracting practices, the DOT says. On Thursday, Trump met with Vought to decide which left-wing projects and personnel to cut during the shutdown. “The American people don’t care what race or gender construction workers, pipefitters, or electricians are,” the press release says. “They just want these massive projects finally built, quickly and efficiently.” The Transportation Department also urged Democrats in Congress to reopen the government by voting to pass the clean continuing resolution. “[Transportation Secretary Sean] Duffy and USDOT are committed to conducting these reviews as fast as possible so reimbursements can move forward,” the release says. “Unfortunately, [congressional Democrat leaders] Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries’ decision to shut down the government has negatively affected the Department’s staffing resources for carrying out this important analysis. “Benefits for illegal immigrants are not worth potential impacts to important investments in our nation’s transportation infrastructure,” the release said. The post Trump Hits Illinois Democrats With $2.1 Billion in Cuts to Chicago Infrastructure Projects appeared first on The Daily Signal.