The Daily Populous

Sunday November 9th, 2025 night edition

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The Brief A Johnson County jury sentenced 19-year-old Luke Garrett Resecker to 65 years in prison for a 2023 head-on crash.

The crash, which occurred near Cleburne, killed six members of a visiting Georgia family traveling in a minivan.

Nearly two years after a devastating head-on crash that killed six members of a visiting Georgia family, a Johnson County jury has sentenced 19-year-old Luke Garrett Resecker to 65 years in prison.

Those killed were 28-year-old Rushil Barri, 39-year-old Naveena Potabathula, 64-year-old Nageswararao Ponnada, 60-year-old Sitamahalakshmi Ponnada, 10-year-old Kruthik Potabathula and 9-year-old Nishidha Potabathula.

The lone survivor from the minivan, Lokesh Potabathula, lost his wife, two children, cousin and in-laws in the crash.

Potabathula’s family had recently moved from Plano to Alpharetta, Georgia, returning to North Texas to visit friends over the holidays.

The jury ultimately sentenced Resecker to 65 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. »

World’s longest-married couple reveals key to a lasting relationship: ‘We love each other’

Authored by theguardian.com

Meanwhile, 108-year-old Lyle Gittens’s reply to that question was: “I love my wife.”.

A 4 November news article from LongeviQuest said the Gittenses assumed that title after the death in October of Brazil’s Manoel Angelim Dino.

Dino, 106, and his wife of 85 years – Maria de Sousa Dino, 102 – had been LongeviQuest’s longest-married couple in the world since February. »

Anti-Israel activists, lawmakers ignore Muslim Brotherhood, Iran links to Sudan’s SAF

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Anti-Israel activists, lawmakers ignore Muslim Brotherhood, Iran links to Sudan’s SAF.

On the other side, Iran, Russia, Egypt and Turkey have provided support to the SAF, according to conflict monitors and reporting by Bloomberg and The Washington Post.

“It’s important to note that this presence is also why Iran is such a strong supporter of the Burhan [head of SAF] government.”. »

DHS head reportedly authorized purchase of 10 engineless Spirit Airlines planes that airline didn’t own

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The secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Kristi Noem, reportedly authorized the purchase of Spirit Airlines jets before discovering the airline didn’t actually own the planes – and that the aircraft lacked engines.

People familiar with the situation told the paper that the two intended to use the jets to expand deportation flights – and for personal travel.

A DHS spokesperson told the Journal that parts of its reporting about the plane purchases were inaccurate but declined to provide additional clarification. »