Two people were killed in a car crash with a Washington State Patrol trooper just west of Seattle, authorities said Saturday evening. The trooper was not seriously injured in the Saturday crash, but was transported to a hospital as a precaution. The Mason County Coroner identified the two killed as Washington residents Charles Ferree, 72, and Deolia Blandford, 49, on …
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Biden admin pledges $6.6B to ensure most advanced microchips are built in US
The Biden administration pledged on Monday to provide up to $6.6 billion so that a Taiwanese semiconductor giant can expand the facilities it is already building in Arizona and better ensure that the most-advanced microchips are produced domestically for the first time. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the funding for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. means the company can expand on …
Read More »John Wayne Gacy's lawyer 'wanted to look evil in the eye,' believes at least 20 more victims
Karen Conti was a fledgling lawyer in the early 1990s when she was asked to defend John Wayne Gacy, but she wanted “to look evil in the eye,” so she took the case. As a fierce opponent of the death penalty, Conti became the only female lawyer on his death row defense team, which led to hours of talks with …
Read More »The trial of an Arizona border rancher charged with killing a migrant has reached the halfway point
PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors in the case of an Arizona rancher charged with fatally shooting a migrant on his property will be allowed to visit the ranch near the border with Mexico as early as this week as the trial enters its second half. Judge Thomas Fink of the Santa Cruz County Superior Court said last week he would allow …
Read More »Woman allegedly went on Florida highway shooting spree ‘directed by God’ in relation to the solar eclipse
Florida police arrested a Georgia woman on Monday after she allegedly went on a shooting spree directed by “God,” during the solar eclipse. The Florida Highway Patrol arrested Taylon Nichelle Celestine, 22, of Georgia, and charged her with attempted murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and improper discharge of a weapon. Police said troopers responded to reports of an …
Read More »Solar eclipse fatality: New York pediatrician killed in Airstream trailer mishap
Shocked motorists witnessed the horrifying moment a Long Island, New York, doctor fell out the door of a moving trailer, clutching the handle before losing her grip while on her way to watch the eclipse, police said. New York state troopers wrote in a press release that the wind caused the door of the 2024 Airstream trailer to fly open …
Read More »Migrant mayhem: NYC shelter guard hurt as 5 illegals attack another in his bed
NYPD officers arrested five men at the Randall’s Island migrant shelter early Monday morning after they allegedly pounced on another man in his bed and injured a security guard during the brawl, according to authorities and local media. Five men, between the ages of 20 and 33, are accused of pummeling another man as he ate food in his bed …
Read More »Texas police say armed man robbed group working out in park before kidnapping, assaulting woman
A Texas man is facing charges after he allegedly robbed a group of people who were working out in a Houston park and then kidnapped and assaulted a woman in the group, according to local reports. Josue Carranza, 42, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon, one count of aggravated …
Read More »Solar eclipse: Researchers warn about increased risk of deadly crashes during spectacle
The increased traffic and spectacle of the total solar eclipse on Monday could imperil motorists, with researchers warning that fatal collisions increased during previous eclipses and law enforcement bracing for the event. There was a 31% increase in fatal traffic accidents during the 2017 total eclipse – and even in the days before and after the astrological event – according …
Read More »South Carolina man vanishes from cruise after getting off at popular port of Cozumel, Mexico
A beloved dad’s family has sifted through false leads and hit dead ends over the last five days after Edmond Bradley Solomon III vanished. The 66-year-old Charleston, South Carolina, family patriarch was last seen on April 3, when a Royal Caribbean cruise ship stopped in the popular tourist hot spot Cozumel, Mexico. Minutes after getting off the ship, he went …
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