A $2 million settlement — and pending lawsuits — after a tourist was murdered during a carjacking in a rental community is a warning shot to the short-term rental industry, the victim’s mother and lawyer said. Jeremiah Brown was 22 in July 2022, when he, his girlfriend and her children took a celebratory vacation from California to Central Florida, where …
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A former University of New Mexico football player has been convicted of robbing a U.S. postal carrier and is facing up to 10 years in prison, authorities said Monday. Prosecutors said 28-year-old Rayshawn Boyce, of Albuquerque, also was found guilty by a federal jury of stealing a key belonging to the U.S. Postal Service and being a prohibited person in …
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A man plunged nearly six stories to his death after shots were fired in a room at a South Carolina beachfront hotel, Myrtle Beach police said. SC PRISON SUPERVISOR ACCUSED OF TAKING OVER $200K IN BRIBES, GETTING 173 CELLPHONES FOR INMATES No one was injured in the gunfire early Sunday at sixth-floor room at Hotel Blue, investigators said. A man …
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An illegal immigrant from Brazil charged with child rape was recently arrested after a Massachusetts District Court ignored a detainer request from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and let him back into the community. Per Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston, Border Patrol Arizona arrested the Brazilian illegal immigrant in July 2021 then released him into custody. ICE Boston arrests …
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As hundreds of anti-Israel agitators stopped traffic in California along the Golden Gate Bridge and in Oakland, several other large protests have surfaced across the country. “The worst tactics, the worst cause, the worst people,” Guy Benson wrote in response on X. In New York City, nearly 300 protesters gathered outside the New York Stock Exchange on Monday morning. Protesters …
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A passenger who repeatedly groped a woman seated beside him on a flight has been banned from Alaska Airlines and faces prison time. Desmond D. Bostick, 25, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit a felony on April 11, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington wrote in a news release. He admitted to repeatedly touching …
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A 13-year-old girl was fatally shot in a rural area of Iowa, and a 12-year-old boy was taken into custody. IOWA LAWMAKERS PASS TEACHER RETENTION BONUS FOR DISTRICT HIT BY JANUARY SHOOTING The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation said someone called 911 just before 5:30 a.m. Sunday about the shooting in the town of Eldora, about 80 miles northeast of …
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A U.S. judge has tossed out a series of civil lawsuits against a Libyan military commander who used to live in Virginia and was accused of killing innocent civilians in that country’s civil war. At a court hearing Friday, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said she had no jurisdiction to preside over a case alleging war crimes committed in Libya, …
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The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, a federal source confirmed to Fox News. The probe, first reported by the Washington Post, centers on the 985-foot container ship, the Dali, looking at any violations of federal maritime law, with a focus on whether ship personnel may have been aware of any …
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An endangered Bornean orangutan baby has been welcomed into the world at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Florida. WORLD’S OLDEST KNOWN GORILLA TURNS 67 AT BERLIN ZOO The baby orangutan was delivered by cesarean section on Saturday, weighing just over three pounds, park officials said. The mother, Luna, is recuperating from surgery and will be reunited with the baby once …
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