A Fort Worth man convicted of producing sexually explicit videos of two children was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison by the Northern District of Texas. Keith Plaskonos was given his sentence on Thursday. He pleaded guilty in December of 2025, according to a release made public Friday by United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould. Plankton was indicted on two counts of using a child for the purpose of creating sexually explicit images by Un

Several Texas counties were among the fastest growing in the nation, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates in 2025. Loving County, which is the smallest county in the country based on population, was the fastest-growing in the state, with a population increase of 10.64%. That also makes it the fastest-growing county in the country. It’s population is still tiny, though, having grown from 47 in 2024 to 52 in 2025. Waller County, northwest of Houston, is the second-fastest-

A “new wave of global instability is hitting Myanmar at the worst possible moment,” a UN official in the country warned on Friday, as increases in fuel, food, and fertilizer prices due to the ongoing Middle East conflict push vulnerable families closer to hunger one year after a devastating earthquake. The World Food Program’s (WFP) latest monitoring shows a fragile recovery from the disaster. In the affected regions of Sagaing and Mandalay, one in six households continue t

More than 1,000 protesters surrounded a federal government building in Los Angeles, California. ICE said that the agitators shouted anti-ICE slogans and scuffled with agents. DHS said the agitators were throwing rocks, bottles and cement blocks at police officers, and that two officers were receiving medical treatment after being struck by the debris. Two rioters have been arrested for assaulting federal law enforcement, according to DHS.