The Department of Homeland Security announced on Thursday that migrants paroled in the U.S. would face a new $1,000 immigration fee “to institute accountability and prevent rampant fraud of the parole system.” The fee seeks to “strengthen oversight of the immigration parole system and deter its misuse,” the agency said …
Read More »National Guard intervenes as suspect swings foot-long kitchen knife in violent DC street brawl
Members of the National Guard helped break up a violent street brawl in Southeast Washington, D.C., Wednesday night after a woman allegedly stabbed a man with a 12-inch kitchen knife. Tiana Robinson, 31, of Southeast, D.C., was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, according to the Metropolitan Police Department …
Read More »Teen murder suspect allegedly swatted victim's home weeks before deadly hit-and-run: lawyer
The 17-year-old accused of killing two teen girls in a hit-and-run murder is accused in two “swatting” incidents at one of the victim’s homes in the weeks before she was killed. Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas were killed on Monday, Sept. 29, while riding an electric bike when an unnamed …
Read More »Missouri man executed for killing state trooper, marking state's first execution of the year
A Missouri man who was convicted of fatally shooting a state trooper 20 years ago was executed Tuesday. Lance Shockley, 48, died by lethal injection shortly after 6 p.m. at the state prison in Bonne Terre. Shockley, who long maintained his innocence, was convicted of killing Missouri State Highway Patrol …
Read More »Shooting at Oklahoma State University residence hall leaves multiple victims
A shooting at an Oklahoma State University (OSU) residence hall left multiple victims hospitalized on Sunday, authorities said. Officers responded around 3:40 a.m. to reports of a shooting at Carreker East residential hall, OSU Police Department said in a statement. OSU Police Chief Michael Beckner said there were multiple victims, …
Read More »Florida thieves ambush couple at gunpoint after tracking them with AirTag, police say
Authorities revealed footage of a home invasion in Florida that saw armed thieves holding a couple at gunpoint after tracking them down with an Apple AirTag this week. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said the incident occurred on Aug. 19. Suspects Luis Charles, 26, and Odardy Maldonado-Rodriguez, 32, are accused …
Read More »Security video captures moment former mayor stabbed multiple times outside his blue state business
New video shows the moment a former mayor in Massachusetts was stabbed on Monday afternoon outside a cannabis dispensary he owns. Former Democratic Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan, 45, was stabbed multiple times outside Cosmopolitan Dispensary on Monday at around 5 p.m., according to police. Officials said Flanagan suffered “significant …
Read More »Palisades Fire suspect has courtroom outburst while pleading not guilty at arraignment
The suspect accused of starting what prosecutors have described as “one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history” reportedly had an outburst in federal court as he pleaded not guilty. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, of Melbourne, Florida, entered a not guilty plea Thursday to counts of destruction of property …
Read More »Fired Trump prosecutors launch new Washington firm they say will battle government corruption
Two federal prosecutors fired by President Donald Trump after working on special counsel Jack Smith’s legal team investigating the commander in chief have founded a new law firm to battle corruption. Molly Gaston and J.P. Cooney have formed a boutique firm in Washington, D.C., to do much of what they …
Read More »Former New York state trooper sentenced to 6 months in prison after faking his own shooting: 'disgraceful'
A former New York state trooper was sentenced on Wednesday to six months behind bars after he shot himself in the leg and falsely claimed that he was wounded by an unknown gunman. Thomas Mascia pleaded guilty in May to falsely reporting an incident, tampering with physical evidence and official …
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