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The Florida House passed House Bill 1 Friday, with 76 Yeas and 39 Nays, to increase penalties for crimes committed during a riot or protests. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ drafted the bill in November 2020, that expands the list of “forcible felonies” under Florida’s self-defense…
Read More Florida House Passes Anti-Riot Bill Friday, Lawmakers React
A superseding indictment was returned yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn charging Oscar Flores-Mejia, an associate of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13, a transnational criminal organization, with murder in-aid-of racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder in-aid-of racketeering in connection with the April…
Read More MS-13 Gang Associate Indicted for Murder of 17-Year Old Boy
A Southwest Airlines pilot was caught on a hot mic making an expletive-filled rant against the San Francisco Bay Area. The pilot, who has not been identified, was heard on a radio frequency at Mineta San Jose Airport (SJC) as the flight taxied for departure.…
Read More ‘F*** This Place’, Hot Mic Catches Southwest Pilot’s Expletive-Filled Rant
Seven members of a local drug distribution ring will now face federal charges for the preparation and sale of cocaine base to residents of La Marque and Texas City, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Authorities arrested Smith Henry Jones, 40, and wife Lekisha…
Read More FBI: Seven Men and Woman Arrested In U.S. ‘Crack Ring’
Six people were charged in three criminal complaints in connection with their roles in expansive online fraud schemes targeting individuals in the United States, including romance scams and pandemic unemployment assistance fraud. Osakpamwan Henry Omoruyi, 36, a Nigerian national residing in Canton, Mass.; Osaretin Godspower…
Read More Six From Nigeria and Kenya Charged with Online Scams to Defraud Victims of More Than $4 Million in the U.S.
By Harris Meyer With a challenge to the Affordable Care Act still pending at the Supreme Court, conservatives are continuing to launch legal attacks on the law, including a case in which a Texas federal judge seems open to ending the requirement that most Americans must…
Read More ‘Incredibly Concerning’ Lawsuit Threatens No-Charge Preventive Care for Millions
A 51-year-old Pennsylvania man is charged with stabbing a 12-year-old boy in the neck, with a box cutter at a McDonald’s. Sources say the child, who is white, was waiting in line with three of his family members when Turner approached him from behind and…
Read More “White Satan” 51-Year-Old Man Stabs 12-Year Old In The Neck At McDonald’s
U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Jim Risch (R-ID) introduced the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act. The bill would create a new facility in the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program to provide preferential and patient capital to America’s small manufacturers. The new facility would…
Read More Rubio, Risch Introduce Bill To Support Small Business Innovation and Manufacturing
President Joe Biden took questions from members of the media at the White House on Thursday in what was the first press briefing of his presidency. He addressed questions on issues including his administration’s US-Mexico border response, gun control, and COVID-19. Biden said he would allow…
Read More Biden Addresses Reporters On COVID, Migrants, and Re-Election
A complaint was filed in federal court in Brooklyn Tuesday charging Jegara Igbara, also known as “Jay Mazini,” with wire fraud related to a scheme in which the defendant allegedly induced victims to send him Bitcoin by falsely claiming to have sent wire transfers of…
Read More Instagram Celebrity, NJ Man Known as “Jay Mazini” Charged with Wire Fraud