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Secret Service officers arrested a man near the Capitol building Monday for allegedly impersonating a police officer and carrying a stash of knives, according to the U.S. Capitol Police. The suspect, 37-year-old Max Eli Viner, had been wanted for questioning by Secret Service, according to the press…
Read More Police Impersonator With “Stash Of Knives” Arrested By Secret Service Near U.S. Capitol
Cindy Williams, who played Shirley Feeney on the “Happy Days” spinoff “Laverne & Shirley,” has died. She was 75. Williams’ children Zak and Emily Hudson, released a statement through a family spokeswoman Liza Cranis, that Williams died last Wednesday in Los Angeles following a brief…
Read More ‘Laverne & Shirley’ Star Cindy Williams Has Died At 75
Katie R. Crews, 29, of Jeffersonville, Indiana, was sentenced to two years of probation, 200 hours of community service and a $5,000 fine for violating an individual’s rights by using excessive force while acting as a police officer for the Louisville Metro Police Department. In…
Read More Former Kentucky Cop Sentenced For Using Excessive Force
William A. Quinones, 48, of Mayville, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and sex trafficking of a minor. The charges carry a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years in prison…
Read More New York Man Charged With Sex Trafficking Child, Criminal Sexual Activity
Former President Donald J. Trump visited Columbia, South Carolina, on Saturday to hold a campaign event to announce the initial South Carolina leadership team in front of hundreds of grassroots supporters and elected officials from across the state. President Trump received unprecedented support from South…
Read More Former President Donald J. Trump Announces His South Carolina Leadership Team
The United States is pressuring Ukraine to loosen its hold on the terrain around Bakhmut as both Russia and Ukraine are gearing up for spring offensives, according to experts and media reports. Russian forces are making incremental gains around the eastern city of Bakhmut, and…
Read More US And Ukraine Clash Over Strategy As Russia Makes Gains In The East
The release of San Francisco police body-cam footage of the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, almost raises more questions than it answers. And one of those questions is: Why was NBC reporter Miguel Almaguer punished for apparently…
Read More Cops’ Video Of Paul Pelosi Attack Vindicates NBC Reporter Suspended For Telling The Truth
An Ohio man was arraigned Thursday on criminal charges related to his alleged false statements to U.S. immigration and law enforcement officials about his military service and involvement in a politically and ethnically-motivated attack on civilians in Croatia during the civil war in the former…
Read More Ohio Man Charged With Immigration Fraud For Concealing War Crime Charge In Croatia
Former President Donald Trump is set to kick off his 2024 White House bid on Saturday with visits to a pair of early voting states, his first campaign events since announcing his latest run more than two months ago. Trump will be the keynote speaker at the New…
Read More Trump Kicks Off 2024 Campaign In Pair Of Early Voting States
The city of Memphis has released four body cam videos showing the traffic stop that resulted in the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols earlier this month. The videos contain footage from officer body cameras as well as pole-mounted SkyCop cameras and is very graphic. Memphis…
Read More Full Uncut Video: Memphis Police Release Body Cam Footage Of Tyre Nichols