FDA Investigation Into Child Deaths and COVID-19 Vaccination: What to Know

Federal officials acknowledged for the first time that COVID-19 vaccines resulted in deaths among children.

The Food and Drug Administration has concluded that at least 10 deaths of children were related to COVID-19 vaccination.

It’s the first time federal officials have determined that COVID-19 vaccines played a role in the deaths of minors.

“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Vinay Prasad said in an internal memorandum sent on Nov. 28 and obtained by The Epoch Times.

Prasad, head of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, was one of the early opponents of keeping COVID-19 vaccines available for younger people. He has has supported COVID-19 vaccination for seniors and younger people with underlying conditions.

The FDA regulates vaccines and drugs, and the new finding means there will be changes moving forward, regulators said.

Here’s what to know.

Large Scale Voter Fraud Rocks Michigan

By Pamela Geller - on December 2, 2025  

Serious questions are mounting in Michigan as state lawmakers raise alarms over what they describe as large-scale voter registration irregularities — including tens of thousands of new registrations flagged with invalid Social Security numbers and a voter roll that reportedly exceeds the state’s adult population by roughly half a million names.

State Sen. Johnson has publicly warned that Michigan’s election system is “wide open for abuse,” pointing directly to the Help America Vote Verification System (HAVV) — the database intended to confirm the accuracy of voter registration information.

According to Johnson, roughly 100,000 people registered to vote in Michigan last year, and 36% of them — about 36,000 applicants — submitted invalid four-digit Social Security number matches, yet were still allowed to complete registration.

“This should never happen,” he said. “If those numbers cannot be verified, the registration should not go through. Period.”

Lenny Wilkens leaves Basketball 'better than than the way he found it' in Hall of Fame life

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/seattle-supersonics-legend-wilkens-dies 

Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, Wilkens was a high school basketball star and a two-time All-American at Providence College, earning induction into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

With deep love and sadness, we announce that Lenny Wilkens passed away peacefully at home on November 9, 2025. Lenny was surrounded by his family. He was 88 years old," the Wilkens family said in a statement."

After being drafted sixth overall by the St. Louis Hawks in 1960, he spent eight seasons with the team before being traded to the Seattle SuperSonics in 1968. Wilkens was a three-time All-Star with the Sonics and spent three seasons as a player-coach in Seattle.  

"Lenny was a dedicated philanthropist, community advocate, and 3-time inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He is survived by his devoted wife Marilyn, his three children and seven grandchildren."

Later in his career, he played for Cleveland and Portland, retiring as a player in 1975. However, his coaching career was just beginning.

Doctors Slapped with Lawsuits Over Child Gender Surgeries

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is now suing at least two doctors who have violated a Texas law (SB 14) that prevents gender transition, and medical interventions such as puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and genital mutilation surgeries for children, Texas Family Project reported late last month.

One of the doctors being sued is Hector Granados, an El Paso doctor. He is being sued for giving children between the ages of 12 and 17 cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers, as well as falsifying records in an attempt to cover up his crimes. The lawsuit names fifteen patients who allegedly received such interventions from Dr. Granados. If found guilty, Granados would lose his medical license as well as face financial punishment....

Chauvin Defense Attorneys Claim Prosecutorial Misconduct

A filing made by the defense attorneys of Derek Chauvin [pictured right] has made allegations that there was prosecutorial misconduct and has gone viral, with many calling for an appeal in the case of Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd.

Over 50 current and former police officers have now countered the testimony of Minnesota Police Department (MPD) Inspector Katie Blackwell made during the trial, who said the restraint used by Chauvin was not standard practice at the MPD. 

The petition, which argues to vacate the conviction or appeal the case, gives the prosecution in Chauvin's case 45 days to respond, alleged that the state attorneys going after Chauvin relied on "video and still frames" to tell "a single story," painting Chauvin as a killer. ...

1980s Retro-Retailer RadioShack Is Coming Back — But Never Really Left Wyoming

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/11/29/radioshack-is-back-and-wyoming-might-give-the-retro-retailer-a-future/

RadioShack is back. Or rather, the electronics store that hit its peak in the 1980s never disappeared altogether.

The niche electronics retailer known for catering to experts and hobbyists disappeared from the American zeitgeist after filing for bankruptcy in 2015. That's why some Wyomingites might be surprised to see RadioShack signs in their communities.

David Nielsen, owner of Nielsen's Furniture and Appliance in Kemmerer, has been an authorized RadioShack reseller for more than 25 years. He still has a RadioShack retail outlet operating out of his business, and it brings people in. 

"We have a lot of customers that come in just to see an actual RadioShack," he said. "I wouldn't say it's a significant part of our business, but it brings people in."

Wyoming might seem like the last place where RadioShack would want to stage a comeback, yet that's precisely what it's attempting. For longtime customers, they're still the best in the business. 

Mississippi 'Miracle' Catapults 4th-grade Reading Scores from Bottom into top 10 by getting back to Phonics

Joseph MacKinnon November 29, 2025

In 2013, Mississippi ranked 49th out of the 50 US States in grade four reading on the National Assessment of Education Progress -- the largest continuing national assessment of American students' knowledge and capability in math, reading, science, and writing.

In what has repeatedly been dubbed a "miracle," the sate made its way up the list-- to 29th in 2019 and then 10 spots higher to ninth place nationally for reading scores last year.

According to the NAEP, black students in Mississippi ranked third nationally last year among their cohort for reading and math scores.  Hispanic students in the state ranked first in the nation for reading and second for math scores.  An poor students in the Magnolia State ranked first for reading and second for math scores nationally. ....

Wyoming Shoshone Dancers Showcase Culture In Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

Six-year-old Shoshone tribal member Ethanial Austin Brown  of the Wind River Indian Reservation performed at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this year as a fancy feather dancer with his grandfather George Abeyta.  [both pictured here]

His performance made the highlight reel for the parade, and his grandfather could not be more proud of “Baby E,” as Brown is known as on the powwow circuit.

He danced hard on the on the asphalt for 2-and-a-half miles,” Abeyta said. “He just stopped and danced his little heart out up to 30 times along the route.” 

The pair had been invited this year by Native Pride Productions to perform in New York City over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Fourteen men have been arrested in connection with a large-scale “porch pirate” operation in Long Island, New York, in which authorities say the group targeted 31 communities over the course of nearly two years. The ring allegedly focused on areas including Brentwood, Central Islip, Shirley, and Deer Park. Investigators tracked the thefts from October 2023 through February 2025 until the operation was dismantled.

Most of the suspects are reportedly from the Bronx. Authorities say they hacked into computer systems to track when phones and electronics were scheduled for delivery to AT&T and Verizon customers. The group then dispatched runners to steal the packages from doorsteps. More than 200 cellphones and tablets were allegedly stolen during the operation.

"They were gaining access to the tracking numbers as well as the deliveries, and through that they could tell which would be an electronic device from AT&T and Verizon," Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said, according to CBS News.

The stolen items were taken to a fencing location and a stash house, where the suspects reportedly recorded videos of hundreds of boxes and bagged phones before selling them to locations worldwide.

One victim, Glenn Bernhard, described the theft as potentially dangerous. “He grabbed the package out of my hand, and took off. He ran into a car. The plate on the car was stolen," Bernhard recalled. "It's a well organized bunch of people to hack into everybody's computer." 

Erica Bernhard added, "The hacker was able to get into my account.”

‘Rental Family’ spotlights real-life Japanese businesses that offer fill-in relatives and friends

‘Rental Family’ spotlights real-life Japanese businesses that offer fill-in relatives and friends

‘Rental Family’ spotlights real-life Japanese businesses that offer fill-in relatives and friends