Jason Arday, ex-Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism, found dead in UK week after investigation launched
Embattled Cambridge University professor Jason Arday was found dead Friday after quitting his job at the school over allegations that he plagiarized and lied about past jobs, according to a report.
Arday, 41 — the youngest ever black professor at the lauded university— was found “unresponsive” in south London and later pronounced dead at the scene, according to the UK Telegraph.
“Sadly, a 41-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His next-of-kin have been informed and are being supported by officers,” a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police told the paper.
“At this time his death is being treated as unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious. The case is being investigated by officers from the Met’s Central South Command Unit. A file will be prepared for the coroner.”
He cited an “unrelenting level of public scrutiny” as his reason for resigning.
The sociology professor, who became a posterboy for diversity, resigned from the job on Aug. 5 as the school launched an investigation into accusations that he plagiarized parts of his Ph.D dissertation and lied about positions he held at other schools.
“[It’s] simply the decision of someone who has reached the limits of what any person should reasonably be expected to endure,” he said at the time.
Arday had faced allegations that he lifted more than 100 passages in his dissertation from another academic, Brunel University student Paula Zwozdiak-Myers.
Nathan Cofnas, a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University in Belgium, published a Substack article last month detailing several examples in which Arday’s doctoral dissertation appeared to be plagiarized.
An analysis later showed more than 100 passages in his thesis reportedly appeared to be similar to or lifted from the thesis of Zwozdiak-Myers…
WHO HID THE RUSSIA HOAX RECORDS?
A new demand for an investigation into the Russia Collusion Hoax is putting former intelligence leaders John Brennan, James Comey and James Clapper back under scrutiny.
Southeastern Legal Foundation President Kimberly Hermann tells OAN’s Angel Russell why her group wants answers about records connected to the Steele dossier.
Video: IMPD: 2 officers shot on Indy’s west side; suspect in custody
Two Indianapolis metro police officers are recovering after being shot, resulting in a police shooting on the city’s west side Friday afternoon.
Officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responded around 2:30 p.m. to the 300 block of N. Fleming Street near W. Vermont Street in response to a reported shooting.
The location is across the street from the Thatcher Golf Course and just south of Speedway.
IMPD has confirmed that two officers have sustained gunshot wounds and that they are currently in stable condition after being transported to an area hospital.
The suspect in the shooting has been taken into custody.
In a post on X around 3:01 p.m., IMPD initially urged residents in the area to shelter in place and avoid the area as “active shots” were being fired.
Now that the suspect has been taken into custody, IMPD said officers do not believe there is a public safety threat any longer in the area.
FOX59/CBS4 is working to learn more about the incident. No additional details have been provided as of this article’s publication.
This is a developing story. Check back here for updates.
CALI CRISIS: Gavin Newsom’s California is becoming UNRECOGNIZABLE
California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton joins Stuart Varney to discuss far-left activists, sanctuary state policies, and the growing homeless crisis in Malibu and other parts of California.
Video: Drone technology is advancing rapidly, Marine says
A recent military exercise involving the U.S. and Ukraine highlighted how unprepared America may be for rapid advancements in drone warfare technology.
Garrett Exner, a former Marine Corps special operations officer, and Justin Fulcher, former senior adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, join NewsNation’s Katie Pavlich to discuss what this alarming realization could mean amid reports that Iranian military drones are arriving in Cuba.
MouthPad lets your tongue control a computer
Computer mice have taken plenty of unusual forms over the years. Now, one of the most interesting alternatives skips your hands altogether.
San Francisco-based Augmental Technologies has developed the MouthPad, a custom-fit touchpad that sits inside your mouth and lets you control a computer, smartphone or tablet using your tongue or head.
The company describes it as the world’s first hands-free touchpad.
It looks a little like a slim dental retainer. However, tucked inside is technology designed to turn subtle movements into cursor control. The concept has an important purpose.
Augmental developed MouthPad to give people with limited mobility another way to interact with everyday technology.
The company says it worked with hundreds of users with different abilities while developing the device.
So how do you actually control a computer with your mouth, and what is it like to use? Here’s how MouthPad works….
WWII Memorial vandalism suspect in custody, charged with two felonies, Pirro says
The suspect accused of vandalizing the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., has been charged with two federal offenses for injuring/depredating U.S. property and the destruction of a veterans’ memorial, according to court documents.
The DOJ is accusing Kentucky woman Melissa L. Farris of an act of vandalism which occurred Thursday.
The words “Clean hands, dirty money,” were spray-painted on the memorial in bright pink paint along with dumping bubble soap into the fountain at the center of the memorial, according to authorities.
Federal prosecutors allege that cleanup and restoration costs already exceeded $1,000.
Fox News Digital scanned Farris’ social media pages, which were cited in the court documents, and found she posted to Facebook Friday morning in a video.
“It’s me. I am going to turn myself in … I’m outside district federal court,” she said in a Facebook live.
“I am just trying to do the right thing … I was trying to get people to listen… I tried to reach the media, I tried to fight back. I tried to ignore it,” she said in tears.
Farris claimed she lived in a paper-thin camper that she “boarded up with cardboard in the winter to feel a little bit warmer.”
Fox News Digital reached out to U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for comment.
“Vandalizing our World War II Memorial is a despicable attack on a sacred monument honoring the Americans who fought and died for our freedom. Those Americans include my father and grandfather. This morning, we are filing two felony charges, Depredation Against Property of the United States and Destruction of Veterans’ Memorials, in Federal District Court against Melissa L. Farris, offenses that carry penalties of up to ten years in prison. She is now in custody,” United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced earlier Friday morning…
Carrier reportedly deployed to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln
The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln has been deployed for nearly nine months, raising concerns among lawmakers about the crew’s well-being.
Amid the concerns, the Pentagon is reportedly set to replace the aircraft currently deployed in the Middle East.
NewsNation’s Cory Smith reports the latest from the White House.
Massachusetts mayor charged with wire fraud in $1.5M COVID relief scheme
The mayor of a Boston suburb is facing federal wire fraud and money laundering charges for allegedly using more than $1.5 million in pandemic-era small business loans to pad his campaign account, pay personal taxes, and settle high-interest real estate debts.
Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena, 61, was arrested Friday morning following an investigation into his alleged misuse of Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) — a program administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the CARES Act to assist struggling businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
DePena was elected mayor of Lawrence in November 2021 and won reelection in November 2025. He previously served on the Lawrence City Council from 2016 to 2021.
“Mayor DePena was elected to be a leader for the City of Lawrence,” said U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley. “He was looked up to and trusted by his constituents, but he betrayed that trust through his alleged corruption and lies. Today’s arrest is just another example of our determination to root out fraud by anyone, even public officials, and hold elected officials accountable.”
In May 2020, DePena applied for an EIDL on behalf of his business, Tenares Tire Service Inc., an auto service and tire shop in Lawrence. The EIDL funds, which carried a 3.75% interest rate, were only to be used to alleviate pandemic-related financial struggles for businesses.
The SBA initially approved a $150,000 loan for Tenares Tire in June 2020.
However, DePena sought additional funding months later upon facing cash flow issues. In April 2021, he applied for an increase and was approved for a $350,000 modification.
A second loan modification followed in October 2021 that brought the total to $1.1 million.
Upon the second loan modification, DePena was unable to access the funds for a month, resulting in panic, officials said.
“Brother, call me, I’m in trouble. I don’t want to pressure you, but I don’t have time to wait for this loan. I’m in your hands,” DePena allegedly wrote in a translated Spanish text message to a financial advisor assisting with the loan application.
“I know I’m bothering you a lot, but I have no other option,” he added. “Only you can give me what I need.”
Upon receiving the funds, prosecutors claim DePena began diverting them.
Between August and October 2021, he allegedly transferred nearly $90,000 from his business accounts to personal accounts, subsequently writing checks totaling over $42,000 directly to “The Committee to Elect Brian DePena”.
In addition, officials said he used the taxpayer funds to pay off personal debts, including $85,000 paid to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to settle personal back taxes and another $883,293 to pay off high-interest mortgages on personal properties he owned in Lawrence….
California ‘has failed its people’ with desalination efforts: Rep. Hagema
Rep Harriet Hageman joins “Katie Pavlich Tonight” to discuss her belief that California is refusing to expand its desalination efforts.
“Katie Pavlich Tonight” offers a conservative take on the day’s events while welcoming all viewpoints. The goal: cutting through left-right bias in pursuit of plain facts and honest analysis
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Heads to Court to Face Youth Social Media Addiction Claims from 29 States
ABC News reports that the trial will take place in federal court in Oakland, California. It stems from a lawsuit filed in October 2023 in the Northern District of California by a bipartisan coalition of 29 state attorneys general.
Four states, California, Colorado, New Jersey and Kentucky, are arguing the case in federal court.
The lawsuit alleges Meta, the company behind Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook, has “harnessed powerful and unprecedented technologies to entice, engage, and ultimately ensnare youth and teens.”
It cites features such as infinite scrolling and push notifications, alleging the apps were designed to keep young users on the platforms as long as possible.
The suit also alleges Meta violated a federal online privacy law by “unlawfully collecting the personal data of its youngest users without their parents’ permission.”
Beyond financial penalties, the states are seeking changes to Meta’s apps for users under 18, including the removal of infinite scrolling, video auto-play and “like” counts.
Opening arguments are scheduled to start Tuesday, August 18. The trial is expected to last seven weeks. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram head Adam Mosseri could be called to testify, though no schedule has been set.
In a statement Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who spearheaded the initial 2023 filing, said in part, “One of my most important jobs as Attorney General is to protect our children from harm. Meta designed a dangerous product for young users, knew it to be dangerous, and then lied to children, families, and the community about how dangerous it was.”…
Middle School Students Tackle, Subdue Knife-Wielding Attacker
WJHL reported that the alleged attack occurred Thursday morning and involved a “cutlery knife.”
The student who allegedly carried out the attack said he got “the knife from the school’s kitchen,” the sheriff said.
The alleged attacker was subdued by a group of fellow students.
ABC News quoted Lee County Sheriff Gary Parsons saying, “Several students came in and tackled the kid, got him down and controlled him.”
Sheriff Parsons noted, “The student’s been charged with aggravated malicious wounding and assault, and he’s been taken into juvenile detention. Of course. And there’ll be a court appearance at a later date.”
The teacher’s injuries were not life-threatening.
No details on what led up to the attack were released.
Report: Details Revealed Of DOJ Probe of Groups Thought to Drive Violent ICE Protests in Minnesota
While legacy media such as the New York Times and ABC News are portraying the revelations as what one critic labeled a “creeping police state,” DOJ authorities described the results of the effort as a “win for law and order” resulting in the arrest of 15 alleged violent agitators earlier this year.
The controversy surrounds the extensive effort by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Border Patrol authorities in the winter to round up criminal illegal aliens in Minneapolis.
Four days after a 37-year-old government nurse was shot and killed while allegedly interfering with a Border Patrol arrest, the investigation was launched, the Times reported.
According to the Times coverage of the court documents:
The target was not the Border Patrol agents who had killed Mr. Pretti, a 37-year-old government nurse, in late January. Instead, it was several left-leaning political organizations — labor unions, a climate change group, socialist collectives — that investigators believed had provided help and money to what they described as the “violent opportunists and agitators” on the street, according to newly released government documents.
In one instance, officials used administrative subpoenas to obtain more than three years of financial records from the Sunrise Movement, an environmental action group, and a labor union, the Communications Workers of America. That time frame went well beyond the civil unrest in Minnesota, which was prompted by the deployment of thousands of immigration agents to the state during the winter.
The documents were filed in connection with the prosecution case of 15 defendants associated with the Direct Action Minnesota (DAMN) who have been charged with a variety of federal crimes.
Those offenses include “conspiracy to impede a federal officer, multiple counts of interstate stalking, interstate threats, solicitation to commit a crime of violence, multiple counts of assault on a federal officer, and destruction of government property,” according to a detailed DOJ statement earlier this year.
“As alleged, these defendants, which included members of Antifa groups, engaged in an unrelenting campaign of harassment and violence targeting federal and local law enforcement,” said then Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche when the indictment was filed in June.
Blanche continued, “Their actions created a dangerous environment that threatened not only their intended targets, but the community as a whole. These arrests demonstrate the Department’s commitment to law and order and stopping organized political violence in Minneapolis and beyond.”
Kevin Riach, a defense attorney in the case, apparently doesn’t see it that way.
The documents were released in connection with a motion he filed requesting the government to disclose “more materials collected during the investigation,” ABC reported.
Glenn Is DONE With Weak GOP Leadership Refusing To Pass The SAVE America Act
REMEMBER THE ALAMO: Don’t Sharia My Texas with Chris Burgard | Going Rogue w Lara Logan | Episode 94
A longtime border filmmaker, Burgard recounts encountering jihadis trafficked by cartels in remote West and South Texas, then confronting Muslim Brotherhood operatives after they infiltrated his California church’s “diversity” program.
Burgard argues Texas is the decisive front in the Brotherhood’s stated 100-year plan to undermine America from within.
The film confronts Sharia as an incompatible parallel legal system, featuring primary documents, imams in their own words, and testimony from persecuted Nigerian Christians.
He and Logan describe a “red-green” alliance of Islamists and Marxists advancing demographic, political, and cultural pressure while critics are branded extremists.
The goal is peaceful resistance: force the truth into the open, reject Sharia’s advance, and defend the Constitution before the conflict turns kinetic. The film is available at rememberthealamomovie.com
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