Author: Fredrick Frost

Fedrick Frost is the Editor-in-Chief of Morning Bullets. He mainly writes about Politics, The Economy and breaking news. With over 35 years in jounralism he has been influential in helping the morning bullets newsletter readers be informed every morning.

Two teenagers are arrested for a street-racing crash that killed three

Earlier this month, a 17-year-old was racing Hamlet Arseni Aghajanyan through Burbank streets. The younger teen was speeding around in a Mercedes while Aghajanyan was driving a Kia.

At the intersection of Glenoaks Boulevard and Andover Drive, they crashed into a Volkswagen, killing 19-year-old Natale Maghaddam, 20-year-old Jaiden Johnson, and comedian Tony Baker’s 21-year-old son, Cerian Baker.

“This tragic and avoidable event was caused by subjects racing vehicles and driving recklessly at very high rates of speed,” officials said.

Yesterday, the suspects were arrested. What happens next?

Three students were hurt in this high school parking lot shooting

What South Carolina officials had originally dubbed a drive-by shooting was no such thing. On Wednesday, a 14-year-old fired at three high school students in the back parking lot. The victims each sustained non-life-threatening wounds, authorities say.

The violence broke out on Wednesday, after the third day of classes at the high school.

Officials said teachers, who had been trained on how to handle active shooters, were able to contain the situation.

“We plan for these things, hoping we never have to use them,” the school superintendent said.

The sheriff added: “Because of their quick actions and different things they did out there at the school today, I believe that [they] saved lives and [kept] other students [from] being injured.”

What do we know about the shooter and the charges he now faces?

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Author Fredrick FrostPosted on August 20, 2021August 20, 2021Categories Daily News, Newsletter

Pentagon chief: U.S. forces can’t help Americans flee to the airport

Yesterday, the Pentagon chief said that the US military cannot transport Americans to the Kabul airport in Afghanistan amid the Taliban takeover.

“I don’t have the capability to go out and extend operations currently into Kabul,” said Lloyd Austin, the defense secretary. “And where do you take that? How far can you extend into Kabul and how long does it take to flow those forces in to be able to do that?”

So Americans living in the country are forced to pray that the Taliban upholds their end of an agreement with the US in order to reach the airport.

“[We are] going to evacuate everybody that we can physically and possibly evacuate and we’ll conduct this process for as long as we possibly can,” he said.

Much like the story above, this offers no reassurance.

How long did Biden just say that American troops will stay in Afghanistan?

In an interview yesterday, Biden said that American troops would stay in Afghanistan beyond the August 31 deadline if that move is necessary in order to ensure Americans are able to evacuate.

Right now there are between 10,000 and 15,000 Americans scrambling to leave the country that was overtaken by the Taliban. Additionally, there are more than 50,000 Afghans who want to escape

“The commitment holds to get everyone out that, in fact, we can get out and everyone who should come out. And that’s the objective. That’s what we’re doing now. That’s the path we’re on. And I think we’ll get there,” he said.

He continued: “It depends on where we are and whether we can get… ramp these numbers up to [5,0000 to] 7,000 a day coming out. If that’s the case, they’ll all be out.”

Biden’s guesswork is not even slightly reassuring right now. At last count, an estimated 2,000 people were able to evacuate within a 24-hour period.

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Author Fredrick FrostPosted on August 18, 2021August 18, 2021Categories Newsletter, Politics

What do the minutes from the most recent Federal Reserve meeting say?

Investors were having a difficult time swallowing the information from the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting minutes, out yesterday afternoon. Each of the major benchmarks suffered losses at closing yesterday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 tied at a 1.1% loss. The Nasdaq fell 0.9%.

So… what did the meeting minutes reveal, exactly?

Apparently, the Federal Reserve could begin reigning in its massive bond-buying program before year’s end.

“Looking ahead, most participants noted that, provided that the economy were to evolve broadly as they anticipated, they judged that it could be appropriate to start reducing the pace of asset purchases this year,” the document read.

Many experts said they believe the central bank will announce its tapering plan as early as September.

Apparently, bankers are happy with reaching its inflation goal, but believe there is still more work to do on a different front before they could even think about raising rates, which comes after tapering goes into effect.

How is the Taliban breaking their commitments to the U.S. right now?

In what is likely a surprise to no one, the Taliban appears to be reneging on their promise not to block Afghan access to the Kabul International Airport, officials say.

“We have seen reports that the Taliban, contrary to their public statements and their commitments to our government, are blocking Afghans who wish to leave the country from reaching the airport,” said Wendy Sherman, who is the deputy secretary of state. “[US military officials are] engaging directly with the Taliban to make clear that we expect them to allow all American citizens, all third-country nationals and all Afghans who wish to leave, to do so safely and without harassment.”

Her message follows an alert form Kabul’s U.S. embassy that officials “cannot ensure safe passage” to the airport.

Within the last 24 hours, about 2,000 people have been evacuated, officials say.

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Author Fredrick FrostPosted on August 18, 2021August 18, 2021Categories Daily News, Newsletter

One person is dead after the Taliban violently disperses a rare protest

One person is dead after a protest in eastern Afghanistan ended violently today. Apparently, the incident occurred in Jalalabad as residents lowered the Taliban flag and flew the national flag instead.

That’s when the Taliban struck attendees with batons, and shot their weapons into the air. A local journalist said he was attacked as he tried to report on what he saw.

So far, six people have been wounded.

This comes after the militant organization claimed that things would be different from the last time they were in power.

Meanwhile, yesterday, Taliban fighters apparently patrolled checkpoints at the Kabul airport, where they attacked Afghans trying to enter.

According to Jake Sullivan, America’s national security adviser, the insurgent group had previously said that they would not block access to Hamid Karzai International Airport in the coming weeks.

But what happens if the Taliban doesn’t make good on their word?

A 21-year-old woman is stabbed to death by someone she met online

It should have been a fairy tale. A 21-year-old American woman met a 22-year-old bachelor across the pond. They decided to meet in person, so she got on a plane and they spent six months together.

They should have lived happily ever after.

Instead, she wound up dead.

In a hearing yesterday, Adam Butt plead guilty to manslaughter, though he wouldn’t go as far as to say he murdered the victim, Mary Wells.

Butt is being held in a psychiatric hospital right now.

Wells, who had been living in Philadelphia prior to her ill-fated meet-up, was scheduled to return home in a couple weeks, but she was stabbed to death before she got the chance. She was killed on January 17.

“Mary was so kind and selfless, she would give someone the shirt off her back. Mary was quiet and didn’t ask for much,” loved ones wrote on a crowd-funding page. “Mary had a tough couple years. She lost her mum due to health problems and lost her grandmother, who took care of her after her mum died two years ago.”

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Author Fredrick FrostPosted on August 18, 2021August 18, 2021Categories Daily News, Newsletter

How a mysterious baked-bean vandal has been terrorizing this small UK town

Residents in a small United Kingdom town want police to “spill the beans” about the mysterious vandal who has been terrorizing their neighborhood as of late.

Cans of baked beans have been spilt across doorsteps, cars, and even stuffed inside mailboxes, residents report.

Just who is the bandit behind all the vandalism?

Authorities have never bean so unsure.

“The victims are understandably distressed by this unacceptable behavior,” an official said on Facebook.

Authorities say they will be on the lookout for suspicious behavior until the vandal has been apprehended.

And this isn’t the first time baked beans have been deployed to terrorize UK residents. When did this happen before?

This man apparently used a samurai sword to murder his roommate… what happened next?

A 43-year-old Massachusetts man faces murder charges after an argument with his tenant became violent. Apparently, police found the victim dead on the sidewalk outside of a Malden residence.

“The officers observed initially his left arm below the elbow was almost completely severed,” one prosecutor said.

When officials encountered the suspect, identified as Joshua Roush, he had a samurai sword on his person, as well as several other weapons in the home.

Roush, who does not have bond, is due back in court next month.

Apparently, this is not his first time assaulting someone. He spent over a decade behind bars for hitting an older adult with a hammer, authorities say.