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A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, widely respected for his work in plasma physics and fusion energy, was fatally shot in his home in the Boston suburb of Brookline, Massachusetts, authorities said this week, in a killing that has stunned the academic community and remains under investigation. The professor, Nuno F. G. Loureiro, 47, was found late Monday night at his residence with gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead early Tuesday, according to the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office. No arrests have been announced, and prosecutors said the homicide investigation was ongoing. At the MIT Alumni Forum, Professor Nuno F. G. Loureiro shared groundbreaking research from the @MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center: https://t.co/qa95fCcM37 pic.twitter.com/aaESXlt9F7 — MIT Alumni (@MIT_alumni) December 18, 2024 Law enforcement officials said they had examined whether the killing could be connected to a separate mass shooting at Brown University over the weekend, but a senior official briefed on both cases said there was no indication the incidents were related. The FBI echoed that assessment. Dr. Loureiro, a native of Portugal, joined the MIT faculty in 2016 and rose quickly through the ranks, becoming director of the university’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center in 2024. The center, one of MIT’s largest research laboratories, employs more than 250 scientists, engineers, and students working on the development of fusion energy and related technologies. Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships In a statement, MIT’s president Sally Kornbluth described Dr. Loureiro as an “imaginative scholar, gifted administrator, and enthusiastic mentor,” calling his death a “shocking loss” for the university. “Our hearts go out to his wife and family, and to his many devoted students, friends, and colleagues,” she said. Dr. Loureiro grew up in central Portugal and studied physics in Lisbon before earning a doctorate at Imperial College London. He conducted research at leading fusion laboratories in the United States, Britain, and Portugal before arriving at MIT. His work focused on magnetic reconnection and plasma turbulence, and he published widely in scientific journals. In January 2025, he received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Students and colleagues gathered quietly near his home on Tuesday to pay their respects, local news outlets reported. The U.S. ambassador to Portugal, John J. Arrigo, also issued a statement honoring Dr. Loureiro’s leadership and contributions to science. “It’s not hyperbole to say MIT is where you go to find solutions to humanity’s biggest problems,” Dr. Loureiro said last year when he was named to lead the plasma science center. “Fusion energy will change the course of human history.”

Authorities have arrested a fifth person in connection with a plot to bomb immigration agents on New Year’s Eve. Law enforcement arrested Micah James Legnon in Louisiana on Saturday after messages tied him to alleged members of the radical leftist group Turtle Island Liberation Front, according to the New York Post. Four alleged members of the front, described by authorities as anti-government and anti-capitalist, were arrested last week in connection with a plot to bomb five sites in Los Angeles and Orange County. Legnon participated in chat groups under the monikers “Kateri TheWitch” and “DarkWitch She/Her.” Prosecutors produced messages that they said showed Legnon planned to bomb sites in New Orleans at the same time that bombs were set to go off in California. Legnon “was previously a member of the Marines with training in combat.” A raid on Legnon’s home in Louisiana produced “sniper training manuals, SWAT training manuals, assault rifles, and multiple rounds of ammunition,” the criminal complaint unsealed on Tuesday said. Legnon has been charged with one count of making threats in interstate commerce, according to CBS News. Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Last week, authorities arrested Audrey Illeene Carroll, Zachary Aaron Page, Dante Gaffield, and Tina Lai in Lucerne Valley, California. All are alleged members of the Turtle Island Liberation Front and face charges of conspiracy and possession of a destructive device. The four defendants allegedly plotted to bomb sites in California, in particular targeting Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Two of the group, Page and Carroll, allegedly discussed plans to bomb ICE vehicles during the months of January and February. The foiled terror plot and arrests come as ICE agents have faced an 8,000% increase in death threats since President Donald Trump commenced his crackdown on illegal immigration. The Department of Homeland Security has also reported a roughly 1,100% jump in assaults against ICE agents.

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President Donald Trump announced the escalation of U.S. efforts against the regime in Venezuela after a series of military strikes on alleged narco-terrorist drug boats. The president said he was designating the regime a foreign terrorist organization and ordered a blockade against oil tankers. 'I am ordering A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS going into, and out of, Venezuela.' "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America," he wrote on social media. "It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."He went on to accuse the regime of using stolen oil funds to support murder, drug terrorism, kidnapping, and human trafficking."For the theft of our Assets, and many other reasons, including Terrorism, Drug Smuggling, and Human Trafficking, the Venezuelan Regime has been designated a FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION," he added. "Therefore, today, I am ordering A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS going into, and out of, Venezuela."On Wednesday, the president announced that the military had seized an oil tanker outside of Venezuela. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi released a video of the operation and said the tanker had been warned about transporting sanctioned oil from Iran."We've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela," Trump said to reporters. "Large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized actually."Democrats have accused the administration of acting improperly in the actions against Venezuela. Other critics have accused the president trying to distract Americans from the controversy over the release of the Epstein files. RELATED: Trump crushes 'obnoxious' reporter at media briefing: 'It's always the same thing with you!' Earlier in the month, the president said he had given an ultimatum to Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro to step down from power or face further escalation. Maduro reportedly offered to resign from political office but demanded that he be allowed to retain control of the military. No deal was reached.The administration has also placed a $50 million bounty on Maduro's head.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Click here to view slideshow Some say that journalism is a first rough draft of history. And nothing shows that more clearly than famous newspaper headlines. Some of these headlines broadcast shocking events — like assassinations — without offering a hint about what they'll lead to. Others capture the horror of tragedies, like the 9/11 attacks or the Titanic sinking. And some stories, operating on inaccurate information, get the story wrong. In the gallery above, look through 33 of the most famous newspaper front pages from history, headlines that capture everything from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the election of Barack Obama. Famous Newspaper Headlines Covering Major Historical Events As news of the Titanic sinking spread, many people heard the story from newspapers. It took time, but the magnitude of the tragedy became clear. Public DomainCoverage of the Titanic disaster, which happened in April 1912. It was especially shocking because the world had followed the construction of the Titanic in newspapers from the beginning — many people knew about its size, its luxurious amenities (including a gym), and the details of its maiden voyage. Then, after the ship sank, newspaper audiences read about the Titanic's survivors, its most famous victims, and the iceberg that sank it. By the 1920s, radio had become a popular way to report the news as well, but people around the world continued to rely on newspapers to learn about the day's events. Famous headlines in the 20th century announced the ascension of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany, the 1963 March on Washington — and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech — and the historical resignation of President Richard Nixon. But these first rough drafts of history often only captured the moment. They usually didn't reveal what would come next, or how one event could lead to another. And, indeed, some of these drafts were very "rough." Newspaper Headlines That Got The Story Wrong National Science and Media MuseumEarly reports of the Titanic sinking were upbeat, with some newspapers even reporting that no one had been killed. When the Titanic sank in April 1912, more than 1,500 people died, including the ship's captain, its band, and many of its passengers. But early reports about the Titanic tragedy were upbeat — at first, some newspapers reported that everyone on board the doomed ship had survived. Other famous headlines similarly got things wrong. One of the most well-known came in 1948, when the Chicago Daily Tribune confidently declared: "Dewey Defeats Truman." In fact, President Harry Truman had won an upset victory over his political opponent Thomas Dewey, meaning that Truman would serve another term in office. The photo of Truman triumphantly holding the newspaper is among the most famous in American history. But while most of the famous newspaper headlines in the gallery above are accurate, they often show only a small piece of the history that they're covering. Initial coverage of 9/11, for example, simply expresses the horror of the terrorist attacks, before more specific details about the perpetrators, the victims, and the heroes of the day emerged — and Americans had a better idea of where the attacks would lead their country in the future. Similarly, newspaper headlines about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand certainly couldn't have predicted how the aftermath of the murder would lead to the widespread violence of World War I, or that a "rare cancer" infecting gay men in the early 1980s would balloon into the AIDS epidemic. Indeed, famous headlines are something of a rough draft of history. But they also capture the immediacy of a moment, the thrill or tragedy of a major world event. In the gallery above, look through some of the most famous newspaper headlines from the 20th and 21st centuries. After reading about some of the most famous headlines in history, discover the stories of fascinating historical events that aren't that well known. Or, look through these famous photographs that changed the world forever. The post 33 Of The Most Famous Newspaper Front Pages From History appeared first on All That's Interesting.

FacebookMollie Tibbetts’ murder became a political flashpoint because her killer had entered the United States illegally. In the small, quiet town of Brooklyn, Iowa, 20-year-old University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts went for an evening run on July 18, 2018, something she did regularly. But this time, she never returned. She was soon reported missing, and what followed was one of the largest manhunts in Iowa history. For weeks, investigators and volunteers searched through fields and farms, hoping that she might still be alive somewhere. That hope ended when her body was discovered in a cornfield in Poweshiek County. The man who led authorities to her body, Cristhian Bahena Rivera, told the police a disturbing story about following her while she jogged, fighting with her, and “blacking out” before finding her body in his car trunk. The Sudden Disappearance Of Mollie Tibbetts Mollie Cecilia Tibbetts was born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, to Rob Tibbetts and Laura Calderwood. After her parents separated, she and her siblings all moved to Iowa to live with their mother. Later on, Mollie Tibbetts attended Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom High School. She then enrolled at the University of Iowa to study psychology. Outside of school, she often babysat for local families, and she worked at a children’s day camp with Grinnell Regional Medical Center. Known for her “happy-go-lucky” nature, she participated in choir, theater, and cross country running, and she had hopes of becoming a child psychologist someday. On July 18, 2018, the then-20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts was staying at her boyfriend’s brother’s house in Brooklyn, Iowa. She was dog-sitting for her boyfriend Dalton Jack and his brother Blake Jack, who were both out of town at the time, working on construction sites. That evening, she left the house to go for a run, which was something she did often. At first, nothing about the night seemed unusual. FacebookMollie Tibbetts, pictured during her high school graduation. When she didn’t show up for work the next morning, Dalton Jack received a call from her coworker. Dalton alerted her friends and family members, asking if they had heard from her. Her loved ones all soon realized that something was terribly wrong, and they reported her missing. Tibbetts’ disappearance quickly became national news. Numerous volunteers from all across Iowa joined in the search effort. Her father also flew in from California to Iowa to help during the investigation. Police dogs, drones, and ground teams scoured fields and wooded areas, and posters and billboards with Tibbetts’ face went up all across the Midwest. Meanwhile, authorities examined her Fitbit and cell phone data, hoping to narrow down her location. They eventually determined that Tibbetts had been running at a steady pace on the evening of July 18, 2018, when she suddenly stopped at around 8:28 p.m. Chillingly, her phone then began to move in another direction at a speed of 60 miles per hour. Clearly, she was in some kind of vehicle, and she had likely been abducted. For weeks, her loved ones had no idea where she was or who could’ve taken her. Then, a piece of security footage changed everything. A Shocking Lead In The Case — And The Tragic Discovery Of Mollie Tibbetts’ Body Law&Crime/Logan CollinsA neighbor’s home surveillance cameras captured a black Chevrolet Malibu near Mollie Tibbetts before she vanished. Investigators reviewing home surveillance cameras from a home near Mollie Tibbetts’ jogging route captured a black Chevrolet Malibu driving near her repeatedly on the night she vanished. The car was eventually traced back to a 24-year-old farmworker named Cristhian Bahena Rivera. Rivera, who lived and worked in the rural Poweshiek County, was an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who reportedly entered the United States when he was 17. He was employed at Yarrabee Farms in Poweshiek County under a false name. Though he was seemingly quiet and hardworking, a woman named Brooke Bestell later came forward and said he’d made her uncomfortable when he pursued her romantically: “He would just stare. He wouldn’t really like talk. Something about him was off.” When police brought Rivera in for questioning, he initially denied ever seeing or speaking with Tibbetts. However, his story later changed. Rivera eventually confessed to investigators that he approached Tibbetts because he thought she was attractive. He also said he fought with her after she threatened to call the police on him. Then, Rivera claimed that he “blacked out” and later found her body in the trunk of his car. As Poweshiek County Attorney Bart Klaver later testified: “He admitted that he followed her and he got out of his car. He admitted to jogging to catch up with her, that he wanted to get close to her. He admitted that Mollie didn’t want to have anything to do with him, that she threatened to call the police, and he admitted he became angry at that time.” WQADMollie Tibbetts’ remains were uncovered in a cornfield in Poweshiek County, Iowa. Furthermore, Rivera also led police to a cornfield where he had apparently buried Tibbetts’ body under stalks and other plants. On August 21, 2018, Mollie Tibbetts’ remains were recovered. She had been fatally stabbed, and wounds were found on her head, neck, abdomen, and hands. An autopsy later determined that she’d died of “multiple sharp force injuries.” Rivera was quickly arrested and charged with first-degree murder. The discovery of Tibbetts’ body ended the search, but devastated her family, who had held onto hope until the very end that she was still alive. The story of her horrific murder made national headlines and also became a political flashpoint, especially after it was revealed that Rivera had entered the United States illegally. For some, the case became a rallying cry against illegal immigration. President Donald Trump cited the case as proof of the need for tougher security at the U.S.-Mexico border specifically. Some local Iowa politicians used the case as a talking point for an election that year. However, as Tibbetts’ loved ones grieved, some of her family members publicly asked that her name not be used as a political tool. Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s Murder Trial And The Somber Aftermath Police PhotoCristhian Bahena Rivera was arrested in August 2018, and he was later convicted of murdering Mollie Tibbetts. Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s trial was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it began in May 2021 at the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport, Iowa. Prosecutors presented Rivera’s police interview, surveillance footage of his car, and forensic evidence linking blood in his trunk to Mollie Tibbetts. They argued that he deliberately followed her, fatally attacked her after she rejected him, and tried to cover up the murder by hiding her body. The defense claimed that Rivera was wrongly coerced into a confession and that his interrogation was affected by a language barrier. They argued that he was confused and overwhelmed by the investigators. Rivera himself also took the stand and made a stunning new claim. He testified that two masked men, armed with a knife and a gun, entered his home. Rivera said these two men forced him to drive around in his car and abduct Tibbetts. He claimed the men put her in his trunk, after which he disposed of her body in the cornfield. Rivera insisted that he only kept quiet about these masked men because he feared for his family’s safety. But investigators found no evidence of masked men. The jury also didn’t buy Rivera’s new story. On May 28, 2021, Rivera was found guilty of first-degree murder. He was later sentenced to life in prison without parole, and he’s now serving out his sentence at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison. Iowa Department of CorrectionsThe Iowa State Penitentiary, where Cristhian Bahena Rivera is serving out his sentence. Since Rivera was an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, his murder of Tibbetts had been a heated topic in political debates about immigration ever since his arrest. But some of Tibbetts’ family members urged people not to blame all immigrants — especially Hispanic immigrants — for her death. Mollie Tibbetts’ father, Rob Tibbetts, wrote a column in which he encouraged ongoing debates on immigration, but also declared: “Do not appropriate Mollie’s soul in advancing views she believed were profoundly racist.” Notably, Rob Tibbetts also apologized to any Hispanic people who were “beset by the circumstances of Mollie’s death” and said, “The person who is accused of taking Mollie’s life is no more a reflection of the Hispanic community as white supremacists are of all white people.” Mollie Tibbetts’ aunt Billie Jo Calderwood and second cousin Sam Lucas also pleaded for her case to be left out of the political sphere. “I don’t want Mollie’s memory to get lost amongst politics,” Calderwood said. In the aftermath, the Mollie Tibbetts Memorial Run was created in Brooklyn, Iowa, retracing the route of Tibbetts’ final jog, so that people can remember her while finishing her route that she never got to complete. For her loved ones, a sense of justice has been served with Rivera’s sentencing, but they will continue to live with the absence of a daughter, a sister, and a friend who deserved a future she never got to see. After reading about the murder of Mollie Tibbetts, learn about Ellen Greenberg, the woman whose stabbing death was controversially ruled a suicide. Then, go inside the chilling story of Shelly Knotek, the abusive mother-turned-killer who now walks free. The post The Tragic Murder Of Mollie Tibbetts, The College Student Who Was Fatally Stabbed While On A Run appeared first on All That's Interesting.