A massive and fast-moving brush fire in Malibu, California, has caused officials to issue mandatory evacuation orders as firefighters look to put out the blaze. 

Black Harris staffers are accusing the campaign leadership of mistreatment and “outright racial discrimination” in a “damning” new article outlining numerous allegations against the now-defunct campaign. The New York Times published a “damning” story Sunday titled “How Alarmed Harris Staffers Went Rogue to Reach Black and Latino Voters.” The rogues went around canvassing on their […] The post Black Staffers: Outright Racial Discrimination by Harris Campaign appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Pop star Taylor Swift closed out her Eras Tour this past weekend, setting a record for highest ticket sales ever, closing with just north of $2 billion in sales that were double the gross ticket sales of any other concert tour in history, per The New York Times. Previously, the highest-earning tour was Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres World Tour, which started in 2022 and is ongoing. That has earned just over $1 billion so far. In third place is Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour (2018-2023), which earned $939 million. Swift’s first stop on the Eras Tour was in Glendale, Arizona, in March 2023. She closed out the tour in Vancouver, Canada, at the BC Place Stadium on Sunday, telling fans, “We have toured the entire world. We have had so many adventures. It has been the most exciting, powerful, electrifying, intense, most challenging thing I’ve ever done in my entire life.” Right before playing her last song, “Karma,” and leaving the stage, the 14-time Grammy Award winner said to the crowd, “I want to thank every single one of you for being a part of the most thrilling chapter of my entire life to date — my beloved Eras Tour.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE According to a report from People, Swift gave out $197 million worth of bonuses to her tour crew, which included truck drivers, caterers, instrument techs, the merch team, lighting and sound, production staff and assistants, carpenters, dancers, a band, security, choreographers, pyrotechnics, riggers, hair, makeup, wardrobe, physical therapists, and the video team. The singer, who now has a personal net worth of more than $1 billion, didn’t just earn money from the tour and merchandising. Swift was also the top streamed artist of 2024 on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music, the outlet noted. Her newest album, The Tortured Poets Department, was also the most streamed album of the last year. She also released a self-published book called The Eras Tour Book over Thanksgiving weekend. The book included photos and text about the tour and reportedly sold 814,000 copies in two days.  Fans headed to TikTok to point out multiple typos and photo layout errors in the book, which they nicknamed “The Errors Tour Book.” Those complaints were not enough to stop the tidal wave of sales ahead of the holidays.

The man suspected of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is set to be extradited to New York where he was charged with murder on Monday after being arrested at an Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald’s fast food restaurant on firearms charges. Luigi Mangione, 26, was nabbed by Altoona police on Monday afternoon after a McDonald’s employee tipped off law enforcement while the suspect was eating. Mangione was charged with possession of a loaded firearm, possession of a forged instrument, and criminal possession of a weapon, ABC News reported. The suspect remains in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. When Altoona police asked him if he had been to New York City recently, Mangione started shaking, according to the charging document. Mangione’s mug shot was released by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections on Monday night. Booking photo of Luigi Mangione (QQ7787): https://t.co/5VIC4r4s0T pic.twitter.com/XKmJhxTl9V — PA Department of Corrections (@CorrectionsPA) December 10, 2024 According to law enforcement sources, Mangione was traveling through Altoona on a Greyhound bus when he went to eat at McDonald’s, ABC News reported. A customer who recognized Mangione from photos circulated by the NYPD alerted an employee at the fast food chain, who then reported Mangione to the police. When Altoona police arrived to question Mangione, they found multiple fake IDs on him and what appeared to be a homemade firearm and suppressor, according to authorities. Mangione also had a written manifesto on him that mentioned “United,” a law enforcement source told CNN. A senior law enforcement official told The New York Times that Mangione accuses UnitedHealthcare of prioritizing profit over patients. “To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn’t working with anyone,” Mangione allegedly wrote. Mangione also faces multiple charges in Pennsylvania, including carrying a gun without a license, forgery, falsely identifying himself to authorities, and possessing “instruments of crime.” The 26-year-old suspect is originally from Maryland and earned a degree in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania. Authorities believe Mangione has ties to San Francisco and most recently lived in Honolulu. Fox News reported that Mangione’s family released a statement on Monday, saying, “We only know what we have read in the media. Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest. We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved. We are devastated by this news.” The statement was released by Mangione’s cousin, Nino Mangione, a Maryland state delegate. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Thompson, 50, was gunned down on a Midtown Manhattan street last Wednesday morning as he was making his way to the Hilton hotel for his company’s Investor’s Conference. The CEO was approached from behind by a masked assassin dressed in black who shot Thompson in the back, causing him to stumble to the ground, before firing more shots at him. The assassin used what appeared to be a handgun with a suppressor. Thompson was declared dead a short time later at the hospital. The CEO is survived by his wife, Paulette, and their two children.