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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – With the approach of Tropical Storm Debby and the threat of extreme rainfall, the National Weather Service has issued flood watches and warnings for several areas in Hillsborough County. Flood Watches Issued For: Flood Warnings Issued For: Read: Tropical Storm Debby…
Read More Hillsborough County Faces Flood Threat As Tropical Storm Debby Nears
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis avoided the strategic disadvantage of having to preview her case against former President Donald Trump when two co-defendants accepted last-minute plea deals ahead of their scheduled trial this week, legal experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Attorneys Sidney…
Read More Georgia Prosecutor Offering Plea Deals To Trump Co-Defendants To Bag The ‘Real Target’
Kylie Miller of McVeytown, Pennsylvania, was recently granted a dream from the Sunshine Foundation for a Shopping Spree. Kylie lives with the challenges of Takayasu’s arteritis, is a rare type of vasculitis, or blood vessel inflammation. It affects the biggest arteries in your body. “Thank…
Read More Pennsylvania Child With Special Needs Receives Shopping Spree Dream
A man was killed Tuesday after a construction crane toppled over, crushing him, according to officials. The tragedy happened in Key Largo, according to deputies. Jose Eduardo Reyes Ponce, 29, of Homestead, Florida, was killed in the accident. In the news: Firefighters Offload 100 Gallons…
Read More Man Crushed In Florida When Construction Crane Topples Over
CHICAGO, Ill. – A federal drug trafficking investigation has resulted in charges against 11 individuals for allegedly conspiring to distribute crack cocaine for the La Familia Stones street gang in the Chicago area, primarily in the Albany Park neighborhood on Chicago’s North Side. As part…
Read More 11 Charged With Drug Trafficking For Chicago Street Gang Using Telephone Drug Hotline
A Massachusetts man pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Worcester to his role in a wide-ranging fentanyl, heroin, crack, and cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Jonathan Villot, 31 pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 280 grams or…
Read More Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty In Cocaine Conspiracy Following Fentanyl Death
A Carrollton drug dealer who allegedly capitalized on the arrest of two prominent fentanyl traffickers to entice young buyers has been charged with a federal drug crime, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. Donovan Jude Andrews, 20, was arrested in…
Read More Texas Fentanyl Trafficker Charged For Advertising The Deadly Drug To Kids
Two Kansas men were arrested Thursday on charges related to a years-long scheme to circumvent U.S. export laws, including the illegal export of aviation-related technology to Russia after Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, and the imposition of stricter restrictions on exports…
Read More Two Kansas Men Arrested For Illegally Exporting Technology To Russia
A Kentucky man, charged with the deaths of three law enforcement officers during an ambush in a small Appalachian town, was found dead in his jail cell. Lance Storz, 50, was found dead of an apparent suicide Tuesday morning at the Pike County Detention Center, where he…
Read More Cop Killing Kentucky Man Found Dead In Jail Cell
PHILADELPHIA, PA. – Darnell Jackson, a/k/a “Major Change,” 51, of Philadelphia, PA, was convicted at trial of federal charges of murder-for-hire and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. According to the Department of Justice, the defendant orchestrated a murder-for-hire plot from an ongoing state…
Read More Philadelphia Man “Major Change” Found Guilty In Murder-For-Hire Plot