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Cara Northington, mother of victim Xana Kernodle wipes a tear at the sentencing hearing of Bryan Kohberger at the Ada County Courthouse, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Boise, Idaho, for brutally stabbing four University of Idaho students to death nearly three years ago. (AP Photo/Kyle Green, Pool)

Idaho murder victim's mother forgives killer in stunning courtroom speech

"Jesus has allowed me to forgive you for murdering my daughter without even being sorry." These emotional words were almost impossible to process, as Cara Kernodle, the mother of murdered University of Idaho student Xana Kernodle, stood before her daughter's killer in a crowded courtroom and showed radical love, mercy, kindness and strength.

A couple walks on a pier under cloudy skies as Tropical Storm Erika approaches the island in Naguabo, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. Illegal migration is also a serious problem in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), where many illegal drugs – and immigrants – begin their entry into the states. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

On the need for border security in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Ask any American what security concerns President Trump's executive order "Protecting the American People Against Invasion" is addressing successfully, and the person is sure to mention our border with Mexico.

FILE - This image made from a May 24, 2016 video by KWTV-KOTV, shows a funnel cloud moving across the field near Dodge City in Ford County, Kan. (KWTV-KOTV via AP, File)

Twisting the truth: Extreme weather and the climate narrative

As America braces for another storm season, only the media storms are more predictable than upcoming hurricanes and tornadoes. Even before the dust settles after natural disasters, headlines often warn that gusts of wind and funnel clouds are proof the Earth is boiling.

A stuffed Cookie Monster is seated in a control room at the Arizona PBS offices at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Katie Oyan)

Taxpayers will no longer underwrite NPR's battle with the truth

"Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?" The show's theme song has been asking that for more than 50 years, and the fact that the answer will soon be "By turning to Netflix" significantly undercuts the left's doom-and-gloom campaign over President Trump's recent order to pull federal funding from PBS and NPR.