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Four people were injured in a shooting at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday morning, authorities said. The suspect, an 18-year-old student, fled the scene and is now in custody, authorities said. Two of the victims suffered gunshot wounds, police said. Three of the…
Read More 18-Year-Old Texas School Shooting Suspect In Custody, 4 Injured
Ailan Evans Hackers released source code and data detailing the inner workings of popular streaming platform Twitch in a massive data breach Wednesday. “We can confirm a breach has taken place. Our teams are working with urgency to understand the extent of this,” Twitch announced in a…
Read More Hackers Leak Twitch’s Source Code, Company Information In Massive Data Breach
Ailan Evans Google is developing artificial intelligence to optimize traffic signals in an effort to cut down on fuel consumption and traffic delays, the company said Wednesday. The technology is currently deployed in a pilot program at intersections in Israel, where an artificial intelligence analyzes traffic…
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Andrew Trunsky Democrats are pushing to permanently expand monthly child tax credits in their spending package, but a new poll shows that just 35% of Americans support extending the payments beyond July 2022. The expanded payments began in July as a part of President Joe…
Read More Democrats Are Pushing To Make The Child Tax Credit Permanent, But Just A Minority Of Americans Support It
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL. – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office arrested a teenager for his involvement in the murder of a 16-year-old, on October 1, 2021. Through the investigation, detectives identified Jadon Christian Felix Saunders-Rigueur, 17, as the shooter. Deputies were called to the 1800 block…
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Listed on the Florida Highway Patrol’s Most Wanted Fugitive list is Roman Sebastian Saldarriga, wanted for a 2003 DUI Manslaughter crash. According to FHP, Saldarriaga was driving on CR846 when he caused a crash in Collier County Florida. Saldarriaga’s vehicle struck the rear of another vehicle,…
Read More Florida Highway Patrol Most Wanted, Roman Sebastian Saldarriaga
TAMPA, FL. – Rock Riley talks with national TV sports and news videographer George Albright, who started his career in high school and now works from big-time outlets like ESPN, NFL Network, and CNN. How did George make it to this level and how hard…
Read More The Rock Stops Here: TV Sports & News Videographer George Albright
At its October meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved the creation of new regulations for spot and Atlantic croaker in state waters from the Florida-Georgia border through Miami-Dade County. The following changes for the Atlantic coast of Florida will go into…
Read More Florida FWC Approves New Regulations For Spot And Atlantic Croaker
A Florida man pleaded guilty on Monday to assaulting law enforcement with dangerous weapons during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes…
Read More Florida Man Pleads Guilty To Assault On Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 US Capitol Breach
PASCO COUNTY, FL. – Pasco County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying two suspects that went on a car burglary spree in Land O’ Lakes. According to PCSO, on the morning of Oct. 3, two males suspects committed several burglaries from cars…
Read More Land O’ Lakes Car Burglary Suspects Sought By Sheriff