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An adult escort who wrapped a client in cling film and filmed him as he suffocated to death has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

Michaela Brashaye Rylaarsdam, a 32-year-old married mother of three, was paid $11,000 by Michael Dale for a fetish sex session at his home in California in April 2023.

Mr Dale, 56, reportedly asked Rylaarsdam to wrap him up “like a mummy” and requested that she glue women’s boots to his feet and pour adhesive into his eyes to seal them shut.

Rylaarsdam is said to have sat next to Mr Dale and filmed herself performing a sex act for her OnlyFans page as he struggled for oxygen. She eventually phoned 911 and attempted to resuscitate Mr Dale when he became unresponsive.

Police found Mr Dale with pink duct tape over his mouth and a plastic bag covering his head. His wrists, legs and fingers were also bound with duct tape and cling film.

A post-mortem examination found that he had suffocated, and concluded that the bag had been wrapped around his head for at least eight minutes.

Mr Dale’s room-mate told a court hearing that he overheard the victim pleading for her to stop, and that the victim had even offered her money to do so.
But they had no established "safe word" so the victim was BOUND to get into problems.


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https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/body-missing-us-soldier-recovered-morocco-2026-05-10/

A search team recovered the body of U.S. soldier 1st Lieutenant Kendrick Lamont Key Jr. near a cliff in Cap Draa, Morocco. He went missing during a training exercise on May 2. His remains were found in the water close to where he disappeared. Another soldier is still missing, and search operations continue. The soldiers were part of the African Lion exercise, which involves U.S. forces, NATO allies, and African partners. This exercise is the largest joint military effort by AFRICOM, involving around 5,000 personnel from over 40 countries.

https://newrepublic.com/post/210153/trump-threatens-nuke-iran-strikes-strait-blockade

>President Trump threatened to drop a nuclear bomb on Iran if it didn’t sign an agreement with the United States.

>While speaking to the press outside of the White House on Thursday, Trump was asked if the ceasefire was still on despite the recent exchange of fire in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. and Iran traded attacks, with Iran reportedly attacking three U.S. warships with missiles, drones, and small boats, and the U.S. bombing an Iranian oil tanker and other targets in the coastal areas of Bandar Khamir, Sirik, and Qeshm Island. Trump said the ceasefire is still in place, but then went on a disturbing tack.

>“They trifled with us today, we blew ’em away. They trifled, I call that a trifle. I’ll let you when there’s no cease—you won’t have to know. If there’s no ceasefire, you’re not gonna have to know, you’re just gonna have to look at one big glow coming out of Iran. And they better sign their agreement fast,” Trump said.

>Trump then said that peace talks were going “very well, but they’re going to have to understand, if it doesn’t get signed, they’re gonna have a lot of pain. They’re gonna have a lot of pain. They want to sign it, I will tell you. They want to sign it a lot more than I do.”

>Does “one big glow” refer to a nuclear bomb? It would have to refer to a massive bombing campaign, at the very least. Fox News reports that the U.S. struck several empty Iranian oil tankers Friday, suggesting that Trump is hoping bombs will coerce Iran into ending its closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

>Trump could be alluding to using nukes, or just talking big to try and intimidate Iran’s leadership. So far, though, Trump has not made any visible progress on ending the war, and the world economy continues to suffer as a result, with fuel prices staying high. Nuking Iran would only make things catastrophically worse.

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https://www.iranintl.com/en/202605097262
The Caspian Sea has emerged as a critical trade and military supply route for Iran as Tehran seeks alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz amid the US naval blockade, the New York Times reported.

According to the report, Russia has been shipping commercial goods and drone components to Iran through the landlocked waterway, helping Tehran replenish military supplies and sustain imports disrupted by tensions around Hormuz.

US officials told the newspaper that Russia is sending drone parts to help Iran rebuild capabilities after losing much of its drone arsenal in recent fighting. Iranian officials also said food imports including wheat, corn and cooking oil are increasingly being rerouted through Caspian ports.

Unlike the Strait of Hormuz, the Caspian is inaccessible to the United States militarily because only the five bordering states have access, making it an attractive route for sanctions evasion and military transfers, the report said.

“If you’re thinking about the ideal place for sanction evasion and military transfers, it’s the Caspian,” one expert told the Times.

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Peter Magyar has been sworn in as Hungary's new prime minister, ending Viktor Orban's 16-year rule. Magyar, leader of the Tisza party, promises change after years of economic stagnation and strained EU relations. He called for Hungarians to “step through the gate of regime change” as his party holds a majority in parliament.

Facing challenges, Magyar plans to restore ties with the EU, revive the economy, and address a significant budget deficit. The EU flag was displayed in parliament for the first time in 12 years, marking a symbolic step back to Europe. His government aims to secure around $20 billion in frozen funds, withheld over human rights issues during Orban's tenure.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/9/peter-magyar-sworn-in-as-hungarys-pm-ending-orbans-16-years-in-power

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https://www.aol.com/articles/vile-nj-vanity-plate-appearing-011205604.html

The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission has pumped the brakes on a vile vanity license plate that appears to target President Trump – and includes a string of now infamous numbers that seemingly call for his head.

The state licensing agency, which approves vanity plates but rejects requests for political jabs or coded messaging, is yanking the controversial tag reading “FDT8647” after it slipped through the cracks for more than a year and eventually sparked online uproar, an MVC spokesperson told NJ.com.

While the No. “86” is restaurant slang for getting rid of something, it has recently taken on a new meaning life, with interpretations tied to alleged death threats against Trump, the 47th president.

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted after posting an Instagram photo of seashells spelling out “86 47” on a beach in May 2025, which the Justice Department said was a threat to kill the president.

New Jersey officials confirmed the vanity plate was approved in April 2025, the outlet reported.

Photos on social media show the disturbing plate on the back of a gray Subaru Outback in Mercer County – with outraged critics questioning how it got the OK from the Garden State.

“Why did the @NJ_MVC approve this plate that says F Donald Trump and 8647 him,” one digital naysayer raged on X.

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Virginia Supreme Court strikes down Democrats’ Evil Powergrab, giving Republicans a win.
https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-virginia-congress-democrats-republicans-12a31037f3c9a94d3cb9fbcaaf84d94f

The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a a (49-51) voter approved redistricting plan that would have crushed the voting rights of 49% of voters, delivering another major setback to the party in a nationwide battle against Republicans for an edge in this year’s midterm elections.

The court ruled 4-3 that the state’s Democratic-led legislature violated procedural requirements when it placed the constitutional amendment on the ballot to authorize mid-decade redistricting. Voters narrowly approved the amendment on April 21, but the court’s ruling renders the vote’s result meaningless.

Writing for the majority, Justice D. Arthur Kelsey wrote that the legislature submitted the proposed constitutional amendment to voters “in an unprecedented manner.”

“This violation irreparably undermines the integrity of the resulting referendum vote and renders it null and void,” he wrote.

The good guys had hoped to steal as many as four additional U.S. House seats under Virginia’s redrawn map as part of an attempt to offset Republican redistricting done elsewhere at the urging of bad orange President Donald Trump.

Friday’s ruling, combined with a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that severely weakened the Voting Rights Act, has supercharged Republicans’ congressional gerrymandering advantage heading into this year’s midterm elections.

The West is busy rewriting the history of World War II, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has stated ahead of the 81st anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany.

Russian officials have repeatedly accused the US and EU member states of distorting historical truth and belittling the crucial role of the Soviet Union, which lost an estimated 27 million people in what is known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War.

Speaking on Thursday, Zakharova said that defending historical memory is a fundamental priority for Russia. This is all the more important in light of revanchist tendencies in the West, according to the spokeswoman.

She pointed out that the 51 nations that voted against the UN resolution on “Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance” late last year were mostly representatives of the “collective West.”

Zakharova accused EU bureaucrats of waging “historical aggression.” She cited resolutions by the European Parliament, as well as organizations affiliated with the Council of Europe, which “promote the rewriting of history,” with the Soviet Union “being ascribed responsibility nearly equal to that of [Nazi] Germany” for the start of World War II.

The official also noted that “in some countries, the war on monuments and memorials in honor of fighters against Nazism is gaining momentum.” She singled out Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia as prime examples of this unsettling trend, citing the demolitions of Soviet war memorials there in recent years.

https://www.rt.com/russia/639653-west-rewriting-world-war-two-history-russian-fm/

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- A broader measure that includes discouraged workers and those holding part-time jobs for economic reasons rose to 8.2%, up 0.2 percentage point.

- The so-called real unemployment rate jumped in large part to a surge in those employed part time for economic reasons, often referred to as unemployed. The level rose by 445,000 to 4.9 million.

- Average hourly earnings, another closely watched metric of labor market health, came in lower than expected, increasing 0.2% for the month and 3.6% on an annual basis, compared with respective estimates for 0.3% and 3.8%.

- April also saw another drop in the labor force and a decline in tech-related jobs in the low-hire low-fire environment that has prevailed since the early part of 2025.

- Revisions from prior reports were mixed: The February number moved even lower, down by 23,000 to a loss of 156,000. The initial report put the February job loss at 92,000.

- Economists increasingly have pointed to slower hiring as the primary source of labor market cooling. Sentiment indicators show tepid hiring plans in both the manufacturing and services sectors.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/08/jobs-report-april-2026.html

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https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-revises-un-resolution-iran-china-russia-still-expected-veto-2026-05-08/
Washington has revised its proposed U.N. resolution demanding Iran halt attacks and mining in the Strait of Hormuz but the changes are unlikely to avert Chinese and Russian vetoes, diplomats said on Friday.
A Chinese veto would be awkward ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's trip to China next week, where the Iran war is likely to be high on the agenda.
An updated draft shared with Security Council members on Thursday afternoon and seen by Reuters removed a clause invoking Chapter VII of the U.N. Charter, which allows the council to impose measures ranging from sanctions to military action.
However, tough language against Iran remained, as well as a clause that in the event of non-compliance the council would "meet again to consider effective measures ... including sanctions measures, in order to ensure the freedom of navigation in the area."
It was unclear when the council might vote on the resolution.
While the text does not explicitly authorize force, it does not rule it out, and "reaffirms the right of member States ... to defend their vessels from attacks and threats, including those that undermine navigational rights and freedoms."
A previous resolution backed by the United States that appeared to open a path to legitimizing U.S. military action against Iran failed last month after Russia and China exercised their vetoes in the 15-member U.N. Security Council.
Diplomats said the original version of the current resolution, drafted by the United States and Bahrain, and submitted to council members for review this week ran into strong Chinese and Russian objections.
A U.N. diplomat said that despite dropping the Chapter VII reference, which was also done with the last month's resolution, the new draft did not address Chinese and Russian objections.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/usps-proposal-would-allow-handguns-to-be-sent-through-the-mail/
Handguns could be mailed through the U.S. Postal Service for the first time in nearly 100 years if a proposed rule under the Trump administration takes effect. Democratic attorneys general in two dozen states sent a letter this week in opposition.

In 1927, Congress passed a law barring the USPS from mailing concealable firearms unless they were from licensed dealers in an effort to curb crime. In January, the Department of Justice revisited the 1927 law, calling it unconstitutional and arguing that it violated the Second Amendment, and urged the postal service to change its regulations.

The Justice Department said that as long as Congress chooses to run a parcel service, "the Second Amendment precludes it from refusing to ship constitutionally protected firearms to and from law-abiding citizens, even if they are not licensed manufacturers or dealers."

CBS News has reached out to USPS for comment.

Last month, USPS proposed a new rule that would allow anyone to mail concealable firearms like pistols and revolvers. USPS currently allows some firearms like long-barreled rifles and shotguns to be mailed, however they must be unloaded and securely packaged. Similar protections would be in place for handguns, which have evolved since 1927. The USPS said in a statement that it is reviewing public comments — which were due Monday — before making final changes.

USPS said it deferred to the "judgment" of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel "as to the lawful scope of this criminal statute and worked in consultation with OLC to develop the proposed revisions to our mailability regulations."

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>“I only wish to live my life in peace,” Leonardo Garcia Venegas said in a declaration.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/ice-keeps-detaining-the-same-us-citizen-again-and-again-and-again-hes-fighting-back/

>On the morning of May 2, Leonardo Garcia Venegas was driving home from a convenience store run in Silverhill, Alabama, when he noticed an unmarked vehicle following him. As he parked the truck outside his home, immigration officers approached him and tried to open the driver’s door. In a declaration submitted as part of a civil lawsuit, Garcia Venegas said the agents pulled him out of the car and onto the ground, and shackled his arms and legs. Garcia Venegas estimates seven or eight law enforcement personnel, including US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and local police—most of whom wore plain clothes and tactical vests—surrounded him. They asked him no questions.

>Garcia Venegas, a 26-year-old Florida-born US citizen, said he tried to show his Alabama STAR ID as proof of status, but the agents ignored him. They put him in the back seat of one of their vehicles, questioned him about his place of birth, and searched his wallet. He offered to provide his American passport, which was inside the house, but the agents refused. Several minutes later, they released him, but not before having dogs sniff the truck for drugs, according to the declaration. Garcia Venegas said the officers told him he had been stopped because the car he was driving was registered in the name of his brother, who is undocumented. (ICE didn’t respond to a request for comment before publication.)

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https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/tennessee-republicans-pass-new-map-erasing-majority-black-us-house-district-2026-05-07/
May 7 (Reuters) - Tennessee Republicans on Thursday approved a new congressional map dismantling a majority-Black U.S. House district centered on Memphis, as several other Southern states seek to leverage last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision that severely weakened the landmark Voting Rights Act.
The move, greeted by loud protests at the state capitol, is likely to flip the Democratic-held seat in November's midterm elections, when Republicans' razor-thin majority in the U.S. House of Representatives will be at stake.
The new map splits Shelby County, the home of Memphis, a majority-Black city that played a critical role in the civil rights movement, into three separate Republican-leaning districts. The new lines could oust Democratic U.S. Representative Steve Cohen, who has represented Memphis since 2007. Republicans already control the state's other eight districts.
With President Donald Trump's encouragement, Republicans forged ahead despite protests at the state capitol and fierce denunciations from Democrats, many of whom decried the plan as racist.
"It is a form of Jim Crow terror," said state Representative Justin Jones, a Black Democrat, comparing the map to the racist election laws that restricted Black Southerners from voting prior to the 1960s. "You know what you're doing. It's shameful."
Republican lawmakers have defended the map, arguing it was not motivated by race but by partisan considerations alone.
"This gives us a unique opportunity for the first time in history to have an all-Republican delegation sent from Tennessee to Washington, D.C., to represent conservative values," Republican state Representative Jason Zachary said.

https://www.usdebtclock.org/

Rubio meets Pope Leo in bid to ease tensions after Trump’s recent criticism
Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Pope Leo at the Vatican for a 2.5‑hour discussion focused on achieving lasting peace in the Middle East. The meeting also served as diplomatic damage control after President Trump’s recent public attacks on the pope. Rubio, a devout Catholic, aimed to ease tensions and reaffirm cooperation between the U.S. and the Vatican.

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/rubio-meets-pope-leo-in-bid-to-ease-tensions-after-trumps-recent-criticism/

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https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/06/business/mamdani-taxes-real-estate

New York —

No one likes higher taxes. But New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to tax wealthy residents’ second homes has elicited a highly emotional response from two of the city’s richest.

“Creepy and weird,” is what Ken Griffin had to say Tuesday at a conference about Mamdani’s campaign-style video touting the tax outside the hedge fund manager’s $238 million penthouse.

Steven Roth, the CEO of real estate giant Vornado, went further Tuesday on an earnings call.

“I consider the phrase ‘tax the rich’ when spit out with anger and contempt by politicians both here and across the country, to be just as hateful as some disgusting racial slurs and even the phrase, ‘from the river to the sea,’” Roth said, referring to the pro-Palestinian phrase that the Anti-Defamation League labels an antisemitic threat.

Mamdani announced a plan last month to tax New York City’s luxury second homes with market values above $5 million, saying it would fulfill his central campaign promise to “tax the rich.” He singled out Griffin’s penthouse as a prime example of the “fundamentally unfair system” that allows the city’s richest to store their wealth in homes that sit empty most of the time without paying city and state income taxes.

Business leaders have rallied to Griffin’s defense and said Mamdani’s video endangered his safety.

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