Lucia is the fourth character you’ll unlock in Vampire Survivors Operation Guns. To fully unlock Lucia in Vampire Survivors, you need to unlock three characters and unlock their weapons. Here’s how. How to evolve the Spread Shot in Vampire Survivors to unlock Lucia Zero The key to unlocking Lucia in Vampire Survivors is to evolve the Spread Shot into Prototype C. The Spread Shot is Ariana’s base weapon. But it’s a process to unlock Ariana. Here’s the order of what you need to do to unlock Lucia in Vampire Survivors: Unlock Bill Rizer Evolve the Long Gun to unlock Lance Evolve the Short Gun to unlock Ariana Evolve the Spread Shot to unlock Lucia Screenshot: PC Invasion Unlocking Lucia is easier said than done. To make things easier, I highly recommend unlocking Long Gun, Short Gun, and Spread Shot, which you can do by surviving 15 minutes with their base respective characters. That’ll make evolving the weapons much easier. ...

Rocking his blue hair and absolutely refusing to put on a shirt, the iconic Lance Bean is an unlockable character in the Vampire Survivors x Contra crossover DLC. Here’s how to unlock Lance in Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns. How to evolve the Long Gun in Vampire Survivors to unlock Lance Bean In Vampire Survivors: Operation Guns, Lance is unlocked by evolving the Long Gun into Prototype A. Once you’ve unlocked the achievement, Lance becomes purchasable on the character select screen for 900 gold. The Long Gun is the signature weapon of Lance’s buddy, Bill Rizer. You can unlock the weapon for all characters by surviving for fifteen minutes as Bill or use the man himself. This step shouldn’t take long if you have any time in Vampire Survivors. How to evolve the Long Gun in Vampire Survivors Screenshot: PC Invasion To evolve the Long Gun in Vampire Survivors, raise it to Level 8 and pick up a Weapon Power-Up. As always, you’ll need to op...

Vampire Survivors is always generous with content, and the Operation Guns DLC is no exception. There are so many new characters, so let me show you how to unlock Stanley in Vampire Survivors Operation Guns. How to find 21 RapidFires in Vampire Survivors to unlock Stanley Stanley has an unusual unlock requirement, as you need to collect 21 Rapid Fire powerups to get him.  Screenshot: PC Invasion Rapid Fire powerups only appear on the Contra collab stage, Neo Galuga, and you can see what they look like in the picture above. Fortunately, Rapid Fire seems to appear pretty frequently, so it shouldn’t take too long to unlock the character. While exploring the map, I found several Rapid Fire powerups on the ground.  These powerups also drop from the silver item pods that occasionally show up. You need to shoot these to open them, but they don’t take much punishment. Once you’ve collected 21 Rapid Fire powerups, you can play un...

Vampire Survivors feels like it’s starting to become the Fortnite of roguelikes. From Among Us to the newly released Contra crossover with Operation Guns, developers Poncle are sparing no expense on great DLC. With that, we’re going to take a look at one of the brand-new characters and figure out how to unlock Probotector in Vampire Survivors Operation Guns. Vampire Survivors Operation Guns — How to unlock Probotector Screenshot: PC Invasion You can unlock the Probotector by finding 14 Barriers around Neo Galuga. Now if you’re like me, Barriers in Vampire Survivors are not in fact, objects that block your path going forward. Instead, a Barrier is a red robot enemy that looks eerily similar to Probotector. And as the unlock description says, you don’t even need to kill the Barriers, all you have to do is see them in the game. However, Barriers won’t be spawning all the time. You’ll start to see Barriers around the 15-minute mark in Neo ...

Ariana is likely the third character you’ll unlock in Vampire Survivors Operation Guns. You might end up unlocking Probotector first depending on what happens to you, but either way, here is exactly how to unlock Ariana in Vampire Survivors. How to evolve the Short Gun in Vampire Survivors to unlock Ariana The only way to unlock Ariana in Vampire Survivors is by evolving the Short Gun into Prototype B. Evolving weapons works a bit differently in Vampire Survivors Operation Guns. But before we get to that, here is the path you need to take to get access to the Short Gun and Ariana. Unlock Bill Rizer Evolve the Long Gun to unlock Lance Bean Survive 15 minutes with Lance Bean to unlock the Short Gun Evolve the Short Gun into Prototype B to unlock Ariana The reason it’s important to unlock the Short Gun by surviving 15 minutes with Lance Bean is because with the weapon unlocked, you can choose to level it up when you level up. This will make evolving the ...

A spoonful of olive oil a day could help keep dementia at bay, according to a new study. From observations of almost 100,000 adults over 28 years, the researchers found that consuming more than 7 grams (0.25 ounces) of olive oil per day was associated with a 28 percent lower risk of dementia-related death, irrespective of what else people ate.Olive oil is famously an important component of the Mediterranean diet, which has long been touted as beneficial to many aspects of health. It crops up in other lifestyle plans too, like the Mediterranean diet’s northerly cousin, the Atlantic diet, especially since the focus in the nutrition world has shifted away from the low-fat obsession that characterized much of the 20th century.But as well as being good for our bodies, can olive oil be good for our brains?In total, 92,383 participants were included in the study, with a mean age of 56.4 years. All participants were adult medical professionals from the US who had been enrolled in one of two large cohort studies, one launching in 1976 and the other in 1986. The participants were sent periodic questionnaires, but information about olive oil consumption specifically only started to be gathered in 1990.The final dataset contained 60,582 women and 31,801 men, after excluding those with incomplete information and those who already had a history of cardiovascular disease or cancer. Over 28 years of follow-up, 4,751 dementia-related deaths were recorded.The risk of dying from dementia was found to be 28 percent lower in those who had more than 7 grams of olive oil daily – the equivalent of about half a tablespoon – compared with people who rarely or never consumed it. Surprisingly, what people ate the rest of the time didn’t seem to make an enormous difference.“Typically, people who use olive oil for cooking or as a dressing have a better overall diet quality, but interestingly, we found the association to be regardless of this factor,” first author Dr Anne-Julie Tessier told Healthline back when the findings were presented at a conference last year.The study did find that there could be a benefit to swapping out a small portion of margarine or mayonnaise every day with olive oil (though personally, we'd probably stick to mayo for dipping fries). “These findings extend the current dietary recommendations of choosing olive oil and other vegetable oils to the context of cognitive health and related mortality,” the study concludes.      With studies like this, it’s important to understand exactly what the data are showing. “This is an observational study, so it doesn’t show a direct cause and effect,” registered dietician nutritionist Anne Danahy, who was not involved in the research, explained to Medical News Today. In a recent episode of the series Impact Factor for Medscape, Yale’s Dr F. Perry Wilson explained in detail why the study’s results should be interpreted with caution.In short, we can’t say for sure from these data that eating a certain amount of olive oil will directly decrease your risk of dying from dementia, but we can say that the two things appear to be correlated.A balanced diet will include a mix of oils for different purposes, but olive oil is a good all-rounder. As a source of unsaturated fat, many dietetics professionals already recommend it for its links to good heart health, and now this large study suggests those benefits could extend to the brain as well. If you can get your hands on some – and let’s face it, in this economy that’s no joke – there’s probably no harm in eating a little more of it.Just ask any Italians in your life.The study is published in JAMA Network Open.

In 1981, while conducting a redshift survey of the distribution of galaxies, astronomers spotted something (or nothing) that they weren't expecting."[W]e discovered that the redshift distributions in each of the three northern fields showed an identical 6,000 [kilometers per second] gap. Because these fields were separated by angles of ~35°, this suggested the existence of a large void in the galaxy distribution of at least comparable angular diameter," the team wrote in a paper in 1986, adding, "The low density of this region is of high statistical significance and does not appear easily reconcilable with any of the popular models for the growth structure in the universe."Lying in the vicinity of the Boötes constellation, it became known as the Boötes Void, or sometimes the Great Nothing. For a long time, it was the largest known void in the universe, spanning 330 million light-years across. To put that in context, that's about 0.35 percent of the diameter of the entire observable universe.A big span of nothing.Image credit: Powell, Richard., Atlas of the Universe via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5)While it is fair to describe it as a void, there are galaxies within it, just a lot fewer than we would expect. "If we are to use a rough estimate of about one galaxy every 10 million light-years (four times farther than Andromeda)," NASA explains, "there should be approximately 2,000 galaxies in the Boötes Void."In fact, we've found 60. While there is little about the void to suggest our ideas about galaxy formation are incorrect – one explanation is that it formed from smaller voids merging – it is still an odd thought experiment to picture how someone inside the void must see the universe. As astronomer Greg Aldering put it: "If the Milky Way had been in the center of the Boötes void, we wouldn’t have known there were other galaxies until the 1960s.”That was the largest void that we know of. But in 2015, a team found evidence of a much larger void, measuring a whopping 1.8 billion light-years across. The team were looking in the direction of the infamous cold spot of the cosmic microwave background radiation, believing that the cold spot could correspond to a massive void.Sure enough, they found evidence of a void spanning 1.91 percent of the diameter of observable universe, although the void is still not large enough to explain the mysterious CMB cold spot. For that, we may have to look for other explanations.

The “Politics Monday” segment of the PBS NewsHour, as hosted by substitute anchor William Brangham, was spicier than usual. Brangham found “controversy” on Trump’s side (no surprise there) but President Biden eluded blame for his poor polling -- blame a “jaded electorate” instead. Brangham: It's already shaping up to be a busy political week, as Republicans navigate the fallout from controversial remarks made by former President Trump at a fund-raiser over the weekend. Meanwhile, six months out from the election, President Biden continues to deal with a jaded electorate, as he wrestles with the political ramifications of the war in Gaza. He was joined by the usual Monday political duo, Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report and NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith. Brangham huffed: Six months out, as I just mentioned, from this election, this weekend, Donald Trump was at this campaign event and he made these comments where he basically equated the Biden White House with the Nazis, saying that they are running a -- quote – ‘Gestapo administration.’ Now, this is, obviously, Amy, the -- just the latest in a long history of Trump saying things like this. But one of his fellow Republicans, one who's vying to be the number two on the Trump ticket, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, came out and defended Donald Trump. Here's what he had to say. Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND): The majority of Americans feel like the trial that he's in right now is politically motivated. And if it was anybody else, this trial wouldn't even be happening. So I understand that he feels like that he's being unfairly treated. In sarcasm mode, Brangham interjected his own thought. "So feeling like a trial is unfair is equivalent to being part of the Nazi secret police."  As if Democrats haven’t been calling Trump or all the other Republican presidential candidates some form of “fascist” for time immemorial. Walter lamented how Republicans must suck up to Trump to be his vice presidential candidate, as if that’s a novelty. Kamala Harris didn't have to demonstrate loyalty? Walter: What we are seeing as well, as you pointed out, Doug Burgum reportedly on the short list to be a vice-presidential candidate, is that loyalty to Donald Trump is always important. I think, in a Trump 2.0, it will be very, very top priority in picking who is around him. And so, when we talk about, what are the constraints or what are the restraints or the guardrails around a Trump presidency for things that he says or does, who's going to maybe rein him in, stand up and say no in the way that the vice president, Mike Pence, did, these folks are not saying that they would like to… Brangham: They're saying: I won't do that. Don't worry, boss. NPR’s Keith explained a sort of running mate beauty contest in Palm Beach. She mocked it as comparable to the soapy reality show The Bachelor: Tamara Keith: They brought all of these candidates, potential vice-presidential picks in, and then many of them went out on the Sunday shows. And what they had to do was show their loyalty to former President Trump. As Amy said, he does not want another vice president who will be loyal to him only up until when it matters and when the Constitution is on the line. He wants someone who will go out there and prove and tie themselves in knots, like Senator Tim Scott did on Meet the Press, just tie themselves in knots to stick with the reality that is Trump's reality, even if it is not true. Then Brangham ran the infamous clip from NBC’s Meet the Press of host Kristen Welker hassling Republican Sen. Tim Scott, a possible Trump VP choice, asking him SIX times if he would accept as valid the results of a presidential election that hasn’t taken place yet. No panelist admitted their fellow journalist's questioning was hackishly excessive, though both Keith and Walter agreed it went on “for a long time,” and the PBS clip skipped the part when Scott finally said in frustration, “This is why so many Americans believe that NBC is an extension of the Democrat Party.” The panel then turned to Biden’s poor polling. This snotty segment was brought to you in part by BDO. A transcript is available, click “Expand.” PBS NewsHour 5/6/24 7:45:57 p.m. (ET) William Brangham: It's already shaping up to be a busy political week, as Republicans navigate the fallout from controversial remarks made by former President Trump at a fund-raiser over the weekend. Meanwhile, six months out from the election, President Biden continues to deal with a jaded electorate, as he wrestles with the political ramifications of the war in Gaza. Following this all closely is our Politics Monday duo, Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report With Amy Walter and Tamara Keith of NPR. So nice to see you both. Happy Monday. Six months out, as I just mentioned, from this election, this weekend, Donald Trump was at this campaign event and he made these comments where he basically equated the Biden White House with the Nazis, saying that they are running a — quote — "Gestapo administration." Now, this is, obviously, Amy, the — just the latest in a long history of Trump… Amy Walter, The Cook Political Report: Yes. Yes. William Brangham: … saying things like this. But one of his fellow Republicans, one who's vying to be the number two on the Trump ticket, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, came out and defended Donald Trump. Here's what he had to say. Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND): A majority of Americans feel like the trial that he's in right now is politically motivated. And if it was anybody else, this trial wouldn't even be happening. So I understand that he feels like that he's being unfairly treated. William Brangham: So feeling like a trial is unfair is equivalent to being part of the Nazi secret police. Amy Walter: Well, first, let's talk about the majority of Americans, as the governor said right there, feel that this is unfair, which, according to the most recent poll, the NPR/PBS/Marist poll, that is not true; 54 percent in that poll thought that it's fair. Now, 46 percent think it's unfair. So there are a lot of people… William Brangham: Right. Amy Walter: … who think the way the North Dakota governor does. But if we think that this candidate Trump or a Trump 2.0 president is going to look any different than the candidate we have known since 2016 or the person who was president for four years, you're going to be sorely mistaken. This is the reality of — this is just who Donald Trump is, how he's going to operate, how he is going to speak and behave. What we are seeing as well, as you pointed out, Doug Burgum reportedly on the short list to be a vice presidential candidate, is that loyalty to Donald Trump is always important. I think, in a Trump 2.0, it will be very, very top priority in picking who is around him. And so, when we talk about, well, what are the constraints or what are the restraints or the guardrails around a Trump presidency for things that he says or does, who's going to maybe rein him in, stand up and say no in the way that the vice president, Mike Pence, did, these folks are not saying that they would like to… William Brangham: They're saying: I won't do that. Don't worry, boss. Amy Walter: I'm pretty good with — I'm pretty good with the way that Trump is going to operate. Tamara Keith, National Public Radio: Yes. Right now, we are in the audition phase of the vice presidential pick contest… Amy Walter: Yes. Tamara Keith: … or, like, an episode of "The Bachelor" or something. And he — they had this event in Palm Beach. They brought all of these candidates, potential vice presidential picks in, and then many of them went out on the Sunday shows. And what they had to do was show their loyalty to former President Trump. He — as Amy said, he does not want another vice president who will be loyal to him only up until when it matters and when the Constitution is on the line. William Brangham: Right. Tamara Keith: He wants someone who will go out there and prove and tie themselves in knots, like Senator Tim Scott did on "Meet the Press," just tie themselves in knots to stick with the reality that is Trump's reality, even if it is not true. William Brangham: Let's take a look at what Tim Scott had to say, because he was asked about, will you accept the election results, regardless of who wins? Here's what he had to say. Kristen Welker, Moderator, "Meet the Press": Well, Senator, will you commit to accepting the election results of 2024, bottom line? Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC): At the end of the day, the 47th president of the United States will be President Donald Trump. And I'm excited to get back to low inflation, low unemployment, and… (Crosstalk) Kristen Welker: Wait, wait. Senator, yes or no, yes or no, will you accept the election results of 2024, no matter who wins? Sen. Tim Scott: That is my statement. William Brangham: I mean, Kristen Welker went back and forth about this multiple times. Tamara Keith: For a long time. Amy Walter: Yes, for a long time. Tamara Keith: And this is relevant because former President Trump is still denying the results of the last election. He is going to Wisconsin and Michigan and saying, oh, no, I actually won here, when he didn't. So, it's entirely relevant whether you will accept the results of the 2024 election. He has also said in that "TIME" magazine interview that — it came out last week — that he doesn't think that there will be violence or any issues, as long as the election is fair. But, at the same time, he is saying that the last election, which was fair, wasn't. William Brangham: Fair meaning, "I won." Tamara Keith: Generally speaking, yes. (Crosstalk) Amy Walter: Yes. William Brangham: Amy, meanwhile, Biden has got polling that again showing not great news for his campaign. We want to put up this graphic here. A majority of the U.S. adults, 54 percent, disapprove of Biden's performance. That is a 3 percent jump since March. Now, that's within the margin of error. Amy Walter: Yes. William Brangham: But it is his worst rating since 2019. I mean, how panicked should that campaign be? Amy Walter: Well, he is deeply unpopular, but he's not that much more unpopular than Donald Trump is. And the poll that you're citing are — the Marist poll. So, Donald Trump's overall approval rating is 42 percent, the president being at 40 percent. Where we sit right now is really fascinating. It feels like we have been — this campaign has been going on for about 100 years, because it basically has. (Laughter) Amy Walter: We're rerunning 2020. William Brangham: You both look great for 100-year-old people. (Laughter) Amy Walter: Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate that. But the focus right now is on Joe Biden. He's the president now. Obviously, four years ago, it was Donald Trump. If the question is, should we go — which president do you think did a better job in his first term, right now, Trump is winning that argument. And you see in poll after poll when they ask questions about what do you think — who you did a better job on the economy, whose policies do you think have helped you the most, Biden or Trump, Trump is beating Biden on those matters. But if you talk about a campaign, which is about the future, that's the conversation that we haven't really gotten into yet. And that's why you saw even the Tim Scott interview. You hear the surrogates, as well as Donald Trump, talk a lot about, remember back in the days, let's bring us back to those days of four years ago… William Brangham: Right, booming economy. Amy Walter: … when the economy was great and inflation was low. So, remember, remember how great those times were. It's up to the Biden campaign to make the case that — not so much to fight about whether those times were great, but to talk about the next four years and what an administration of Biden's would look like and his policies and compare them to Donald Trump's. Tamara Keith: Which is why the Biden campaign continues to highlight all of the things that Trump says… Amy Walter: Yes. Tamara Keith: … like the Gestapo comments and everything else that he has said, while also really trying to amplify what he is saying he would do… Amy Walter: That's right. Tamara Keith: … and, in particular, on abortion rights, where he is trying not to say what he would do, and on any number of policy matters. In that "TIME" magazine interview, again, where he talked about wanting to round up migrants and… William Brangham: Right, deploy the military inside the U.S. Tamara Keith: Yes. And then he was asked, well, but the military being used on civilians? And he said, oh, no, they're not civilians, which is a pretty significant departure from norms. William Brangham: Right. Amy Walter: Yes. And this — the case hasn't really been prosecuted yet. Tamara Keith: Yes. Amy Walter: Believe it or not, we are still, which feels like either six months, you think, is a long time from now or a very short time from now. I tend to think of it as a short time. I think most normal voters think, well, we're a long way away from the election. William Brangham: So they just haven't dialed in yet. Amy Walter: Yes. And the — and both candidates soon enough will be on the airwaves making their case to voters. Theoretically, there will be debates between these candidates, where the differences between the two will become more of the conversation. William Brangham: Theoretically, on those debates. Amy Walter, Tamara Keith, so nice to see you both. Thank you. Amy Walter: You're welcome. Tamara Keith: Thanks, William.

Last month, Blaze News focused on a dozen disturbing instances when students got brutally violent with teachers. Well, half the physical attacks we highlighted were carried out by females — two of whom were only 15 years old at the time. "It's so evil; how could you do that to a person? You have a mother and a father; how could you just beat a man until you take off half of his skull?" One of the trends Blaze News has been noticing over the last several years is the apparent increase in younger and younger kids getting charged with violent crimes — and arguably an even more surprising stat is how many of them are very young females. We're talking age 14 — and as young as 12. Readers of Blaze News likely recall the shocking story of a 14-year-old girl who was charged as an adult with third-degree murder in connection with the brutal traffic cone beating of a 73-year-old man on a Philadelphia street well after midnight during the summer of 2022. Officials said Gamara Mosley was seen hitting the victim twice with the traffic cone on camera and possibly another time off-camera, WTXF-TV reported. — (@) Sources told WCAU-TV that the victim was walking past a basketball court when he asked a group of teens why they were out so late. "It's so evil; how could you do that to a person?" Elsie Stephens, the victim's older sister asked WCAU before adding, "You have a mother and a father; how could you just beat a man until you take off half of his skull?" Authorities also charged a 14-year-old male as an adult with murder in connection with the attack, but his charges were dismissed, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported in March. Other kids turned themselves into police but ultimately weren't charged. The Inquirer had the following to say in regard to Mosley: In late February, Mosley’s case was decertified and sent to juvenile court, and she was adjudicated delinquent of murder, conspiracy, and possession of an instrument of crime, according to records. Court administrators did not respond to questions about her sentence. Mosley’s lawyer, Susan M. Lin, declined to comment. The following are more examples of very young female teens and preteens accused of carrying out violent acts: Girls, 12 and 13, accused of beating disabled man to death — then walking away in a 'celebratory mood'Three girls — one 12-year-old and two 13-year-olds — were accused of viciously beating a disabled man and leaving him for dead in a Washington, D.C., alley in 2023. The trio allegedly walked away from the "horrific" beatdown in a "celebratory mood." Prosecutors said there is graphic video of the young girls brutally attacking 64-year-old Reggie Brown. An unknown male in his 20s initiated the assault, police said, noting the male reportedly grabbed Brown by the collar and threw him against a brick wall. According to the New York Post, the girls were walking by at the time and one of them asked the male, "Can I fight him?” The male replied, "Yes." The girls allegedly chased Brown down an alley and threw him to the ground, after which they repeatedly kicked and stomped Brown in the head on the concrete, reportedly pulled down Brown's pants, took off his belt, and then beat him with his own belt.8 teen girls charged with beating, stabbing to death 59-year-old man in Toronto — 3 suspects are 13 years oldIn addition to the three 13-year-olds, police said three 14-year-old girls and two 16-year-old suspects were arrested in the December 2022 "swarming" attack. The victim was found on a street suffering from multiple stab wounds and later was pronounced dead at a hospital, ABC News said. Police said a number of weapons were recovered from the suspects, but the names of the suspects — all of whom were charged with murder — were not released due to their ages.Two 12-year-old females charged with aggravated assault in a violent attack that left 55-year-old woman unconscious and in critical conditionPolice said the victim was "assaulted to the point of unconsciousness" on a train platform in Edmonton, Alberta, and was hospitalized with significant head and facial injuries, CBC News said. The two females approached the victim who was sitting on a bench at night waiting for a train in November 2023, police said, adding that officers caught the females nearby after they fled the scene. Gang of thugs beat 33-year-old woman unconscious on Philly street; at least 3 female suspects are 12, 13, and 14 years oldBlaze News noted in March 2023 that six suspects between the ages of 11 and 14 were in custody in connection with a brutal beating of a woman on a Philadelphia street that left her unconscious, police told WPVI-TV. One 14-year-old female was arrested at her home while investigators told the station there was a warrant for another 14-year-old female. According to WTXF-TV, at least three females — ages 12, 13, and 14 — are charged with aggravated assault, robbery, and reckless endangerment. Males were involved, too, and there were eight suspects total. 13-year-old female charged in connection with deadly beating of 52-year-old NYC taxi driverThe 13-year-old female suspect faces gang assault and theft of service charges, WABC-TV reported, adding that authorities said she took part in the attack in Queens that killed 52-year-old Kutin Gyimah on Aug. 13, 2022. The suspects were accused of refusing to pay their fare and knocking Gyimah to the ground where he hit his head, the station said, adding that a 15-year-old girl and a pair of 20-year-old males previously were charged in the attack.4 females — all younger than 15 — accused of violently attacking 20-year-old woman they called a 'white b***h with braids'Police found the mob of teens in April 2022 kicking and punching the 20-year-old victim while she was on the ground near Boston's Downtown Crossing. The victim suffered a head injury and later told officers she was attacked because of her hair. Mass Live, citing a police report, said the woman told officers a group of girls approached her and demeaned her as a "white bitch with braids." She reportedly told the group she identifies as Hispanic and started to walk away, but one of the teens chased her and pulled her down by her hair. Several others then allegedly joined in on the attack.Pair of 14-year-old girls accused in beating of 8-year-old boyTwo 14-year-old females and a 15-year-old female were accused in an April 2023 assault against an 8-year-old boy on a sidewalk in Bay City, WNEM-TV reported. The beating was caught on video, and police said the victim suffered minor injuries and didn't need medical attention. At the time of the report, two of the three suspects had been arrested.13-year-old female arrested, accused of brutally beating girl on school bus in attack that reportedly lasted 15 minutesAfter the November 2023 physical attack caught on video, the 13-year-old victim from Acadian Middle School in Lafayette, Louisiana, was hospitalized with head trauma contusions, a broken nose, a busted lip, and an injured arm, KLFY-TV reported. It stemmed from a thrown piece of candy intended for a little boy at a pep rally that ended up hitting another student. The victim reportedly apologized immediately, but apparently that wasn't sufficient. In addition to the female who was arrested and charged with simple assault, police charged a 12-year-old boy with simple assault as well, the station said.Females, 13 and 14, arrested after girl brutally beaten unconscious in attack at school caught on videoThe April 2022 physical attack against the 13-year-old victim took place in the cafeteria of Gulfstream Academy in Hallandale Beach, Florida, WSVN-TV reported, adding that that victim suffered a broken leg and a head injury. Secret Southerland, 14, appeared before a judge on charges of aggravated battery with serious bodily harm, the station said, adding that Southerland was scheduled to spend at least 21 days in jail on her felony charge. The other teen girl was charged with a misdemeanor. The victim has been scared to go back to school, WSVN said.Pair of 12-year-old females accused of torturing, beating, confining girl at sleepover — even burning her with lightersTwo 12-year-old girls were arrested in connection to an alleged violent assault on another girl in Logansport, Indiana, in late February 2022, WXIN-TV reported. Family members of the victim, a 12-year-old girl, told the station she was invited to what she believed was a sleepover with friends. Renita Contreras, the victim’s aunt, told WXIN her niece instead was "tortured, beaten, confined. Two juvenile females sat on top of her for two hours so she could not breathe, they burned her with cigarette lighters. It goes on and on." The victim also reportedly was cut on her face with a sharp object and had part of her hair shaved, the station said. One of the suspects was charged with the juvenile equivalents of criminal confinement resulting in serious bodily injury, intimidation with a deadly weapon, and battery resulting in serious bodily injury, all felonies, WXIN said.12-year-old female charged with aggravated battery, kidnapping in attack against 13-year-old girlPolice described a “disturbing” March 2023 assault against a 13-year-old girl at Jack and Jill Park in Albuquerque, the Albuquerque Journal reported. Police said the victim and her friend snuck out of a house to go to a party, after which the pair were separated, and the victim was taken to the park and “severely beaten.” The 12-year-old female suspect and two other teens were charged with aggravated battery and kidnapping, the paper said.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Some of the juiciest stories happen in the backyard of “Saturday Night Live.” It’s the Big Apple, and there’s never a dull moment.Consider privileged college students trashing a campus building in between chanting for violence against Jews.It’s a truth-to-power moment for the Not Ready for Prime Time Players! (That’s the name given to the show’s wild and crazy cast in the ‘70s.)Not exactly.“SNL” brewed the weakest comic tea possible out of the Columbia U protests. The show’s latest cold open followed three parents conflicted about the raging pro-Palestinian protests.Show stalwart Kenan Thompson drew a few smiles through sheer force of will. The city’s sizable Jewish population, alas, likely wasn’t amused. Nor was anyone else.Later, during the “Weekend Update” segment, coanchor Michael Che clucked his tongue over the Columbia U violence-a-palooza.Hey, it’s not happening in their studio, right?Add it all together, and it’s the perfect symbol of “SNL” betraying its once-great legacy.Jon Stewart as ... a broken clockJon Stewart told the truth again. He must want an early exit from his “Daily Show” gig.The far-left comedian riffed on President Joe Biden during a Netflix comedy special, and he couldn’t hold back about the aging leader’s, well, age."I'm not saying that Biden can't contribute to society, he just shouldn't be president.”Whenever Stewart steps a toe off the progressive plantation, he gets an earful. Remember the outrage when he said the COVID-19 virus likely came from ... the Wuhan Lab experimenting with viruses?He’ll get more not-so-friendly fire again and likely revert to his “Orange Man Bad” playbook.Kristen Stewart is ... box-office poisonKristen Stewart loves making movies no one wants to see. Her 2020 thriller “Underwater” barely drew a crowd. Neither did “Spencer” (2021) or “Crimes of the Future” (2022). She followed them up with this year’s “Love Lies Bleeding.” The grind-house thriller leaned hard into its lesbian sex scenes, keeping some folks away.Then, she pouted to the press that people were offended by her “racy” lesbian photo spread, even though she seemed like the only person paying attention to it.Voila! The film earned a pathetic $8.3 million earlier this year.Now, she’s vowing to scare away even more fans with her next project. Her directorial debut, “The Chronology of Water,” features “incest and periods and a woman violently repossessing her voice and body,” she told the press.Yes, she admits audiences want to see “Jesus and dogs” on screen, but her inner artist demands more.A few more flops, and she’ll don a chastity belt and beg for a “Twilight” reunion.Michael Rapaport risks 'safety'If Robert De Niro roasts Donald Trump for the 14th time in a week, it makes all the news outlets. Reporters can’t get enough of it, and they’ll share the quotes far and wide.If a Jewish star’s freedom of speech gets squelched? Crickets.Actor-turned-comic Michael Rapaport learned that lesson. The “Beautiful Girls” alum’s stand-up gig got canceled over the proverbial heckler’s veto. Rapaport is both Jewish and a staunch defender of Israel. That makes him a ripe target for today’s “Pro-Palestinian” mobs, who try to silence him at every turn.Shockingly, said mob failed to do so a few weeks ago in Portland. His luck ran out in Madison, Wisconsin.The reason? “Safety concerns.” AKA the “heckler’s veto” on steroids.Rapaport joins a growing list of Jewish artists canceled for their views. Author/actor Brett Gelman of “Stranger Things” fame saw several bookstore appearances canceled this year. Jewish musician Matisyahu faced similar repercussions despite his peaceful mien.If Rapaport wants to draw attention to his plight, he better start teeing off on Trump. Except that may not happen, either. The dedicated Trump critic says he might just vote for him come November thanks to our feckless current leader.The best news of the week? Disney CEO Bob Iger announces we’ll only get two to three woke superhero films a year, down from a brief high of four.