Top Threats

Every week, you’ll receive an expanded Top Threats feature that highlights the most important and impactful threats to our freedoms. If you want a deeper dive into some of the issues that influence American freedoms today, these articles are for you.

In Top Threats, we’ll tackle ongoing threats to personal freedoms. We will also share information about regulations that tie our hands and prevent us from living and working freely. Together, we’ll defend and preserve the American rights we hold dear.

2-Year-Old Found Dead in Booster Seat Covered in Vomit and Feces

Last Thursday, Rebecca Louise Gussage-Johnston, 24, from Florida, was charged with first-degree murder while engaged in aggravated child abuse. This was in connection to her unlawfully restraining her two-year-old son in a booster seat overnight and for around fifteen hours as punishment for “acting out”, as reported by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. The criminal information filed on June 6 stated that Gussage-Johnston had “willfully tortured, maliciously punished, or willfully and unlawfully caged or did …

Two Kids Killed After Running onto Busy Freeway to Retrieve Luggage

On Sunday evening, two children were killed after being struck by a vehicle on State Route 78 in Vista, as confirmed by the California Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 6:10 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of SR-78 east of Mar Vista. According to the Vista Fire Department, the children’s mother pulled over after luggage fell from the car. The children reportedly got out of the car to retrieve the bags when they were hit …

Teen Riding Jet Ski Tragically Dies

On Monday morning, the body of a 17-year-old from Florida was recovered from Lake Clinch in Frostproof, Florida. It is believed that the teen drowned following an incident involving a Jet Ski. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, two teenagers, the 17-year-old and a 15-year-old, had been riding on the same jet ski when the older one made an abrupt turn that caused them to both be thrown off into the water. The 15-year-old …

Missing tourist submarine in Atlantic Ocean

The US Coast Guard in Boston and Canadian rescue teams have initiated the search for a submarine carrying five people which was heading towards the wreckage site of the Titanic and went missing on Sunday night, 435 miles south of St. John’s, Newfoundland. Rear Admiral John Mauger, commander of the First Coast Guard District, reported that two aircrafts coming from both the US and Canada are searching the area, along with a commercial ship. The …

Mass Shooting at High School Graduation

On Tuesday, tragedy struck Richmond, Virginia at the Huguenot High School graduation ceremony when two people were killed and five were injured in a shooting. At around 5:15 p.m. outside of the Altria Theater, where the ceremony was being held, shots rang out, sending the graduates and families into a frenzy. Interim Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards announced that a 19-year-old has been apprehended and will be charged with second-degree murder. The deceased were an …

280 Killed in Deadliest Train Crash in Decades

On Saturday, rescuers toiled away to search through the wreckage and ruins caused by two derailed passenger trains in India. The accident, which occurred approximately 137 miles southwest of Kolkata on Friday night, resulted in a tragic loss of life with more than 280 killed and around 900 injured. It was one of the most devastating train collisions in the nation in decades. Desperate to save lives, rescuers used cutting torches to open doors and …

Mass Shooting on Hollywood Beach Boardwalk

On Memorial Day, a mass shooting incident took place on the boardwalk of Hollywood Beach, Florida, where nine people were injured. Eyewitnesses reported that before the sound of gunshots, they saw people who were partaking in the festivities. Deanna Bettineschi, a spokesperson for the Hollywood Police Department, claimed that the shooting was believed to be caused by a disagreement between two groups. When the police arrived at the beach, they found nine people with gunshot …

Woman fatally struck boyfriend with car after argument

Police in Case Grande, Arizona, report that a fatal incident occurred between a woman and her boyfriend after they got into an altercation. Shelly Shears, 51, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and was taken to the Pinal County Adult Detention Center. Officers responded to a car-on-person collision on Saturday at 8:38 a.m. in the 600 block of West Saguaro Street and found Billy Stephens, 59, badly injured. First responders noted that Stephens had …

Mother Killed Her 6-Year-Old and Tried the Same to Her 8-Year-Old: Deputies

Jamie Michele Bradley-Brun, 37, is charged with murder and attempted murder after deputies out of Beaufort County, South Carolina responded to an address on Sam Doyle Driver in Saint Helena Island. Upon their arrival, they discovered Mackaya Bradley-Brun, 6, dead. It is believed that Jamie Michele Bradley-Brun drowned her 6-year-old daughter and attempted to do the same to an 8-year-old child, but the survivor’s plea for help alerted others in the residence, allowing them to …

Missing Woman Found Dead After 10 Days

The remains of a 20-year-old Texas woman named Madeline Pantoja were discovered in Midland City following her disappearance 10 days prior. It was reported that Pantoja was last seen on May 10, with witnesses claiming to have heard arguing coming from her apartment. Considering this, her ex-boyfriend, Mario Juan Chacon, 24, is being eyed as a possible suspect. Midland Police arrested Chacon on Saturday, after Pantoja’s remains were found roughly 15 minutes away from her …