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WASHINGTON – A Virginia nurse was sentenced today to more than seven years in prison for distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) through an encrypted messaging platform. According to the Justice Department, Lucas Fussell, 43, formerly of Onley, Virginia, was sentenced to 87 months in prison, followed by ten years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay a $20,000 fine. Court records show that Fussell used the Session encrypted messaging application to exchange videos and images of prepubescent boys being sexually abused. Investigators said Fussell also discussed several of his male patients, including children, and bragged about the measures he used to avoid law enforcement detection. In June 2024, Fussell sent an undercover officer nine videos depicting the e...

Former President Donald J. Trump announced on Truth Social that all American flags throughout the United States are to be lowered to half-staff until Sunday at 6 p.m. in honor of Charlie Kirk. Kirk, a conservative activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated during a campus event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. He was struck in the neck by gunfire from a distance of about 200 yards while addressing students shortly after noon. He was transported to a hospital in critical condition but later died. University officials evacuated the campus and canceled classes following the shooting. The FBI and ATF are assisting in the investigation. Trump called Kirk “a truly Great American Patriot” in his statement announcing the half-staff order.