Texas daycare accused of running ‘child fight club’ after teacher allegedly attacked 4-yo

 A Texas daycare is accused of allowing a classroom to become a “child fight club” when a teacher allegedly encouraged her own son to attack a 4-year-old boy, according to a lawsuit.

Heather and Richard Harris claim Arka Montessori Academy of Risinger in Fort Worth failed to protect their son, identified in court papers as UH, during the April 27 incident in which teacher Chynia Johnson allegedly grabbed, shook and dragged him before causing him to crash onto a hardwood floor.

The parents allege Johnson, whose son had been fighting with UH, repeatedly manhandled the 4-year-old and tried to force the children back into a confrontation while another teacher stood by and failed to intervene.

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CCTV footage cited in the lawsuit allegedly shows teacher Chynia Johnson grabbing 4-year-old UH during the April 27 incident at Arka Montessori Academy of Risinger.Credit: WFAA/YouTube

“This place looked like a child fight club. It felt like one,” family attorney Russell Button told WFAA-TV.

“This kid was thrown around like a human rag doll by somebody that was supposed to protect him.”

Video footage cited in the Sept. 4 lawsuit filed in Tarrant County district court allegedly shows Johnson grabbing and shaking UH, shoving him away and later dragging him toward her son as the boy struggled to escape.

The suit alleges Johnson then swiped at UH’s leg while holding his wrist, causing both of his feet to leave the ground before he crashed onto the floor.

UH suffered bruises and scratches to his arms, headaches and pain to his backside, according to the complaint. His parents also claim he has since become anxious, clingy and prone to emotional outbursts, and ultimately stopped attending daycare.

Heather Harris told WFAA-TV that when she arrived at the daycare that day, she immediately sensed something was wrong.

“I knew from his cry and the look on his face that something had happened, and from that point on I said, ‘I need to see the cameras,'” she said.

Richard Harris told the station he was “mortified” after seeing the footage.

“The trust that I put in this daycare, they failed us,” he said.

The confrontation began after another child — Johnson’s son — hit UH in the back while teacher Jacqueline De Luna had her back turned, according to the suit.

After the boys stopped fighting, Johnson entered the classroom to relieve De Luna for a bathroom break, the complaint alleges.

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Heather and Richard Harris are pictured. The family is suing Arka Montessori Academy of Risinger daycare in Fort Worth, Texas, claiming their 4-year-old son had to endure involvement in what they describe as a “fight club.”Credit: WFAA/YouTube

Johnson’s son then pushed UH in the chest, and when UH raised his hands, Johnson lunged at him and grabbed his arm, according to the filing.

The lawsuit says De Luna later told state investigators that Johnson instructed her son to kick UH and tried to make him hit the child.

Johnson also allegedly had a history of yelling at and aggressively handling children before the April incident, according to statements from employees cited in the complaint.

Arka administrator Joyner Calvin allegedly told investigators she had heard Johnson yelling at children and said the issue had been addressed with her “a couple of times,” according to the lawsuit.

Another employee, Emma Rogers, allegedly told investigators she had seen Johnson grab children by their upper arms and roughly sit them in chairs, and said Johnson would “snap and start yelling at the children and handling them in an aggressive manner.”\Texas’ Health and Human Services Commission later cited the daycare over the April incident for improper discipline, prohibited punishment and failures involving employee judgment and intervention, according to the suit.

An employee at the daycare told WFAA-TV “no comment” when the station sought a response to the lawsuit and directed the reporter to email the daycare’s director.

The Post has sought comment from Johnson and the daycare center.

https://nypost.com/2026/09/12/us-news/texas-daycare-accused-of-running-child-fight-club-after-teacher-allegedly-attacked-4-year-old/

2 NJ Dems demand direct reparations to all black residents— even if they aren’t descendants of slaves

 Two woke New Jersey Democrats are pushing the state to adopt radical new policy changes — including direct reparations payments to all its black residents — even for those who are not direct descendants of slaves.

“The Truth, Reconciliation, and Repair Act of New Jersey” is cosponsored by Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson and state Sen. Angela McKnight, and is seeking to radically transform the state government to compensate for wealth disparities stemming from slavery — which ended in New Jersey 160 years ago.

The bill, first introduced on June 15 which has not yet had a hearing, is informed by a 2025 report from the New Jersey Reparations Council.

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A radical new bill aims at getting New Jersey to re-apologize for slavery while relying on a radical report that endorses reparations and a laundry list of loony left-wing ideas.Getty Images

“The recent report of the New Jersey Reparations Council tells the often overlooked and largely unknown story of slavery in New Jersey and outlines a clear, compelling, and courageous path forward: the development of meaningful policies that address the racial wealth gap; invest in Black communities; and confrontation of the systemic inequities that still exist in this State,” the proposed bill reads.

That report, entitled “The Nowness of Reparations for Black People in New Jersey” outlines dozens of potential policy changes that the far-left group wants seeded in the Garden State.

The group claimed in the report that New Jersey was “profoundly shaped by its original sin of slavery” and that the report’s conclusions will lead to “bold and transformative policy.”

“These recommendations are designed to help create a new New Jersey where Black people are empowered to finally be free, to be whole and to flourish,” the preface of the report claimed.

The report calls for reparations for all black New Jersey residents, including for those who are not descendants of enslaved black people via “direct payments” aimed and closed an alleged $642,800 household “racial wealth gap.”

The report is filled with even more hairbrained policy prescriptions.

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State Sen. Angela McKnight (D-Hudson).

Some of the dozens of “remedies” include creating a Reparations Bureau; restoring the right to vote to incarcerated people; expanding access to free healthcare to adults, children, and “all immigrants regardless of status;” ending cooperation with federal deportations; and establishing a guaranteed income for all residents in the state.

The bill, soon to be debated in New Jersey, fully endorsed the report which is presented as the basis for the legislation.

The bill also demands the state formally apologize for slavery — something which the state government already did in 2008. 

“New Jersey’s 2008 symbolic apology was an important start. New Jersey now moves from symbolism to an apology that leads to accountability. From history to repair,” the bill read.

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Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D) represents District 15.

The bill does not outline which of the policy proposals from “The Nowness of Reparations for Black People in New Jersey” it would adopt — and seemingly leaves the door open for any number of policy changes.

It demands New Jersey commit to “rectifying the lingering consequences of the wrongs committed against Black people under slavery and Jim Crow and other ongoing harms; stopping the occurrence of human rights violations in the future; and building a new State of New Jersey where Black people can flourish.”

New Jersey was the last northern state to end slavery, ratifying the Thirteenth Amendment in 1866, the year after it was added to the US Constitution.

State Sen. McKnight, who represents Hudson County, previously introduced a bill that would require New Jersey hospitals to ask new parents their newborn’s preferred pronouns and sexual orientation.

The New Jersey Reparations Council, a private research initiative, was founded by non-profit organizations the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice and progressive Princeton-based Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which has a $13 billion endowment.

State Sen. McKnight and Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson did not respond to request for comment.

https://nypost.com/2026/09/12/us-news/two-nj-democrats-demanding-state-re-apologize-for-slavery-and-push-for-reparations-to-all-black-people/

‘Market of Sweethearts’ sex strip in Queens getting worse under Mamdani: community leaders

 Queens activists are claiming the city’s boldest open-air market for sex has gotten even worse since soft-on-crime socialist Zohran Mamdani became mayor in January — and they’re demanding he address the longtime human trafficking and prostitution problem along the Roosevelt Avenue corridor.

“The street activity is really off the charts,” ripped former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate, who was among two dozen community leaders rallying in Jackson Heights on Saturday along the notorious “Market of Sweethearts” strip that also stretches into Corona and other surrounding neighborhoods.

“We had some solution or some betterment of the quality of life and public safety under our prior administration [of ex-Mayor Eric Adams], where we had Operation Restore Roosevelt [a multi-agency law enforcement and quality-of-life initiative], when the governor sent state troopers here, but right now, they have abandoned Roosevelt Avenue, and the crime is all coming back.”

Monserrate, now a local Democratic district leader, and other activists rallied outside some of the dozens of known brothels along the seedy stretch. They called on both Mamdani — who was a passionate supporter of decriminalizing prostitution before being elected mayor — and Gov. Kathy Hochul to enforce prostitution and nuisance-abatement laws and crack down on rogue landlords who rent to pimps.

“We are tired of seeing these activities happen,” said Rosa Sanchez of the group Restore Roosevelt Avenue.

“We have had enough, and it’s not appropriate. We have families and children. [The prostitutes] are out here, 24 hours around the clock. It has gotten worse, and we are asking that Mayor Mamdani, with Kathy Hochul … to come down these streets. We don’t want this in our community. And we’re not going to accept it.”

Over the past few years The Post has exposed the seediness, crime, drug-peddling and illegal vending along the Roosevelt Avenue corridor. 

During Saturday’s rally, activists gathered in front of an alleged brothel at 76-09 Roosevelt Avenue, rapidly ringing large bells and chanting “Shut it down!” and “Stop Prostitution!” before doing the same at similar locations along the corridor.

Other neighborhood residents told The Post the problem has indeed gotten worse this past year, including one woman who claimed she routinely sees female sex workers servicing men between parked cars.

Reps for Mamdani and Hochul did not return messages, and the NYPD could not immediately provide arrest data for the corridor when asked Saturday.

https://nypost.com/2026/09/12/us-news/notorious-market-of-sweethearts-sex-strip-in-queens-worse-under-mamdani-community-leaders/

Left puts out another smear campaign against Trump — spreading hate on 9/11 anniversary

by Michael Goodwin 

They can’t help themselves.

Even on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the leftist media mob reached into its bags of dirty tricks to smear New York and the White House.

In a day that reeked of fact-free coverage, politicians with press passes discovered rampant hate and prejudice against Muslims in Gotham.

They also accused President Trump of using the day of infamy as a flimsy excuse for the war against Iran.

My only surprise is that I am still surprised by the shoddy tricks.

Long before the latest dive into the sewer, it was clear that facts don’t matter when left-wing outfits have a narrative to sell.

Naturally, the culprits peddling these lies are led by The New York Times.

In a special section of Friday’s edition supposedly devoted to the 25th anniversary of the deadliest day in American history, the wizards running the outlet thought it was a good time to announce a long story under a single word: “Islamophobia.”

The bizarre concoction involves two writers twisting reality beyond recognition to reach a blatantly false conclusion.

Namely, that despite the election of the city’s first Muslim mayor last year, Zohran Mamdani, “anti Muslim prejudice endures, echoing the Islamophobia that arose in the earliest days after Sept. 11.”

The claim is so far off the mark that it should be flagged as fiction.

There was no wave of Islamophobia after Sept. 11th, nor is there one now.

Yet the story insists that, without facts or statistics, that the Sept. 11 attacks “left many Muslims scarred by heavy-handed law enforcement tactics and the suspicion if not outright hostility of classmates, co-workers, elected officials and cable news commentators.”

Ignoring facts

In other words, New York is chock-full of bigots.

The broadside recalls Hillary Clinton’s smear about the nation brimming with “deplorables.”

It’s all wishful thinking by the Democratic Party and race-baiters who have destroyed the credibility of the once-great Times.

Here are the key numbers the story ignores.

Jews, who make up about 9 percent of % of the city’s population, were targeted in 181 hate crimes in the first half of 2026, or about 56% of all such crimes reported by the NYPD.

Although Muslims make up about 12 percent% of people in the five boroughs, they were the reported targets in just 17 hate crimes during the first half of this year, according to the NYPD, or less than 1 percent%.

The choice to ignore inconvenient facts illustrates how the Times shapes the news to fit its opinions. Its turn against Israel was apparent in the false charges that the Jewish state was committing genocide and starving children during the war in Gaza — a war started by Hamas.

And the paper, in defending an indefensible Nicholas Kristof column, embraced the nutty idea that Israel trained dogs to rape Palestinian prisoners.

Scientific researchers scoffed, but the paper doesn’t trust science when it undercuts the preferred narrative that Muslims are perpetual victims.

Then again, perhaps somebody in the chain of command was embarrassed by the Friday travesty.

That’s because Saturday’s edition carried an article that, without saying so directly, neutered the claim of rampant Islamophobia.

The Saturday headline declared that “As Antisemitism Rises, Jewish Institutions Strengthen Security.”

It recounts how Jewish institutions have spent “millions on additional security protections in recent years amid a rise in antisemitic incidents.”

It quotes NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch saying “antisemitic hate crimes are up 9 percent so far this year,” and adds that “more than half of confirmed hate crimes this year have targeted Jewish New Yorkers.”

It cites no numbers or examples of anti-Muslim hate crimes.

It does however acknowledge two recent examples of antisemitic crimes: One in August when a man was charged after he barged into services at Central Synagogue in midtown and hit two people before he was arrested.

The second crime involved “a handful of synagogues and Jewish community centers in Forest Hills, Queens, [that] were vandalized with antisemitic graffiti.”

Violence vs. suspicion

The article makes no mention of the supposed wave of Islamophobia after 9/11 or now, as if the accusations in Friday’s paper didn’t exist — or no longer mattered.

Additionally, it’s noteworthy that the Times employed a double standard of reporting in its contrasting articles.

The anti-Jewish acts involved actual violence and vandalism.

On the other hand, the supposed flood of Islamophobia is centered on the feelings and suspicions of Muslims but not criminal incidents.

If it weren’t for double standards, the Gray Lady wouldn’t have any standards at all.

Another media concocted charge that surfaced over the 25th anniversary involves the assertion that Trump and his team are falsely linking the war in Iran to the 9/11 attacks.

This one is the brainchild of the Democratic shills at Politico, The Washington Post, The Hill and others.

As Politico put it, Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth “used remarks commemorating the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 to draw a parallel between the terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 Americans and the ongoing U.S. war with Iran.”

After noting that 184 people were killed at the Pentagon on 9/11, it reports that Hegseth said the US “still faces enemies seeking to inflict harm on Americans, and portrayed the Iran war as part of the continued U.S. fight against terrorism.”

Well, he’s right on both cases!

The Hill struck a similarly hostile tone, saying Trump and Hegseth “tied the Iran war to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks . . . suggesting the conflict is a continuation of the war on terror.”

The navel gazers’ insinuation that there is no actual relationship is absurd.

Trump has said since his 2016 campaign that Iran must not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon because it has threatened to use it against America and Israel.

Especially in his second term, he stressed his desire for a negotiated settlement, but reluctantly turned to the military after the mullahs’ negotiators declared they had enough enriched uranium to make 11 weapons.

As Trump envoy Steve Witkoff said publicly, those Iranian officials told him and Jared Kushner that enriching uranium was an international right they would never give up.

Trump clearly was reluctant to go to war but did so as a last resort, making the Iran conflict a clear continuation of the war on terror that started after 9/11.

The only way to explain the media failure to see the connection is that it’s intentional.

The Washington gatekeepers are among the millions of people who don’t like the war, but by injecting their opinion into their coverage, they are distorting that coverage.

And yet they wonder why so few people still trust them.

https://nypost.com/2026/09/12/opinion/the-left-puts-out-another-smear-campaign-against-trump-spreading-hate-on-9-11-anniversary/

Sherrill blasted for ‘sanctuary’ policies after illegal immigrant fleeing ICE crashes into mayor’s wife

 Democratic New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s is getting blasted for her state’s “sanctuary” policies after an illegal immigrant driver fleeing a stop by Immigration and Customs Enforcement crashed into and injured a local mayor’s wife.

“This is just the latest in a long line of traffic incidents and vehicular incidents that wouldn’t occur if New Jersey didn’t have our sanctuary status that got codified as soon as Gov. Sherrill came into office,” Republican Assemblyman Paul Kanitra told Fox News Digital.

“We all fought against it. We told them that this would create chaos, and it seems like Democrats are unable to take accountability for their own actions,” the Point Pleasant Beach lawmaker added.

The broadside came after ICE officers conducted a targeted operation involving the driver of an Acura on Route 130 in North Brunswick on Sept. 2.

ICE said they believed the driver to be an illegal immigrant, and he refused orders to get out of the vehicle before officers attempted to remove him.

He then sped away and ran a red light before colliding with a Tesla driven by Dr. Penelope Cohen, wife of East Brunswick Mayor Brad Cohen, according to local accounts.

Penelope Cohen suffered a leg injury and was taken to the hospital, News 12 New Jersey reported. The Acura driver fled on foot before ICE officers apprehended him shortly afterward.

The driver has not been publicly identified. ICE said he was arrested for violating US immigration law and would remain in custody pending removal proceedings.Kanitra argued that Sherrill and fellow Democrats have failed to recognize a connection between such incidents and the state’s Immigrant Trust Directive.

“Democrats seemingly have an inability to take accountability for their own actions here. They’re unable to even recognize the chaos that they’re creating, and they’re shouting and screaming at everybody else trying to find somebody to blame. It’s somewhat ridiculous,” Kanitra told Fox.

“You kind of reap what you sow,” he added.

Republican state Sen. Mike Testa similarly seized on the crash to attack restrictions on cooperation between local police and federal immigration authorities.

Testa said Cape May and Monmouth counties had fought unsuccessfully for the ability to participate in ICE’s 287(g) interagency cooperation program.

“I think it has only emboldened illegal aliens to engage in illegal behavior,” Testa told Fox.

“This illegal alien was stopped lawfully by federal authorities, ran through a red light, fleeing federal authorities and unfortunately ran into the mayor of East Brunswick’s wife.”

Sherrill, who became governor in January, signed legislation March 25 codifying New Jersey’s Immigrant Trust Directive, which limits voluntary state and local participation in federal civil immigration enforcement.

The policy generally bars New Jersey cops from stopping, questioning, arresting, searching or detaining someone solely on the basis of immigration status and restricts local participation in federal civil immigration operations.

But the directive does not prohibit New Jersey cops from enforcing state criminal laws, complying with valid judicial warrants and court orders or engaging in specified cooperation involving serious offenders.

The Post has sought comment from Sherrill, ICE, Brad Cohen and Dr. Penelope Cohen.

But in a statement to CBS News ICE said: “ICE law enforcement officers conducted a vehicle stop Sept. 2, during a targeted ICE enforcement operation in North Brunswick, New Jersey. The illegal alien refused to exit the vehicle or comply with lawful commands from ICE officers. After repeated verbal warnings and due to officer safety concerns, ICE officers relied on their training and attempted to safely remove the illegal alien. The illegal alien then proceeded to flee at a high rate of speed and collided with other vehicles.”

https://nypost.com/2026/09/12/us-news/gop-lawmakers-blame-sherrills-sanctuary-policies-after-ice-suspect-crashes-into-nj-mayors-wife/

AstraZeneca SERENA-4 miss triggers after-hours plunge in OLMA

 

AstraZeneca SERENA-4 miss triggers 23% after-hours plunge in OLMA

• AZ announced Sep 11 that camizestrant (oral SERD) + palbociclib missed PFS primary endpoint vs AI + palbo in 1L ER+/HER2- advanced breast cancer.
• Numerical PFS improvement seen but not statistically significant; safety profile consistent with no new signals.
• Negative read on oral SERD class directly pressures Olema's palazestrant (CERAN/SERD) in similar OPERA-02 frontline combo trial.
• OLMA closed regular trading Sep 11 at ~$10.22 (down ~4% on light volume), then dropped sharply to ~$8.00 in after-hours.
• Recent Citigroup summit reiterated Q1 2027 OPERA-01 top-line data; no new Olema-specific negative news.
• Sector contagion typical in biotech; analysts largely retain Buy ratings with $39+ average target despite move.

https://finviz.com/stock?t=OLMA&p=d

Xi proposes BRICS cooperation initiatives

 Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed on Sunday a range of new initiatives for greater BRICS cooperation at the organization's summit in New Delhi, India. They included artificial intelligence and technology in general, trade, investment and talent development, among others. He called on member states to ensure supply chain stability and advance market integration.

Xi called on the countries of the Global South to uphold international law and multilateral institutions. He urged them to form a global AI governance framework with a "broad consensus," adding that China will lead an effort to establish an AI open-source zone for BRICS states. China will take over BRICS leadership in 2027.

https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Xi-proposes-BRICS-cooperation-initiatives/67094368

Florida's Attorney General Sues Netflix For Allegedly Harvesting, Selling Children's Data

 Florida's attorney general sued Netflix on Sept. 9 claiming the streaming giant collected data on its youngest viewers and added addictive features to the platform after promising not to.

An aerial view of Netflix studios, with the Hollywood sign in the distance in Los Angeles on Dec. 5, 2025. Mario Tama/Getty Images

Attorney General James Uthmeier is seeking billions in damages from the company and asked the judge to order Netflix to stop its alleged deceptive practices.

"Parents were told kids' profiles were a child's own space - safe, separate, great for kids," Uthmeier said in a news conference Wednesday.

"Families believed them. But behind the brand, Netflix built something different."

In the lawsuit, Jill McLaughlin reporets for The Epoch Times,that Uthmeier claims Netflix offered an ad-free service that promised not to collect or sell data but began to track children and their profiles when it launched an advertising business in 2022.

The streaming service offers an under-12 profile option for children which promotes a non-advertising space, according to the state.

Uthmeier alleges Netflix violated the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act and the state's Digital Bill of Rights, including by selling sensitive personal data collected from known children without prior consent.

He seeks a permanent injunction, an order requiring Netflix to purge any deceptively collected data from Floridians, and an end to addictive designs that keep children watching on the platform, in addition to billions of dollars in civil and other monetary relief, he said.

"Parents, not streaming corporations, need to direct the upbringing of children," Uthmeier said.

In the complaint, Uthmeier stated Netflix's executive officer Reed Hastings told investors during a Jan. 22, 2020, earnings call the company's model was not based on using customer data.

"We don't collect anything, we're really focused on just making our members happy and we're not tied up on all that controversy around advertising," Hastings said.

Hastings also said Netflix wasn't interested in tracking customers' locations or other things they were doing. "We want to be the safer spy where you can explore, you can get stimulated, have fun, enjoy, relax, and have none of the controversy around exploiting users with advertising," Hastings said during the call.

The Netflix executive compared the company to Google, Facebook, and Amazon's advertising models that used consumer data collection and targeting information, saying Netflix was "not controversial that way."

James Uthmeier speaks at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington on Sept. 3, 2025. Dominic Gwinn/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Uthmeier's complaint alleges Hastings' comments represented to customers that buying Netflix subscriptions bought an escape from tech surveillance, but in fact generated years of "lucrative behavioral data" for the company.

Hastings stepped down as Netflix's chairman of the board of directors in June.

Uthmeier claims that, behind the scenes, the company accumulated years of consumer data and surveillance and used it when Netflix deployed its advertising business in November 2022.

The lawsuit alleges the streamer uses dark patterns, or subtle designs, to manipulate users to take actions the company wants them to take. The autoplay feature is one of these designs, the complaint alleges.

An attorney listed for Netflix didn't respond to a request for comment about the lawsuit.

Florida is the second state to sue the streaming giant. Texas filed a lawsuit in May alleging similar violations of the law arising from the collection of users' data without their knowledge or consent.

https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/floridas-attorney-general-sues-netflix-allegedly-harvesting-selling-childrens-data