A Utah worker is lucky to be alive after he was buried up to his chin when a trench 10 feet deep collapsed on him while digging in a backyard on Tuesday, officials said. Firefighters responded around 1:10 p.m. to a trench collapse at a Cedar Hills residence where three contract laborers were doing sewer work for a homeowner, American …
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Former heads of Massachusetts veterans home where 76 died in COVID pandemic avoid jail time
Two former officials of a veterans home in Massachusetts where at least 76 people died in one of the nation’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks in a long-term care facility settled their criminal case Tuesday without having to go to jail. Bennett Walsh, the former superintendent of the Veterans’ Home in Holyoke, and Dr. David Clinton, the home’s former medical director, were …
Read More »Georgia men seek to overturn their hate crime convictions in 2020 murder of unarmed Black man
Attorneys are asking a U.S. appeals court to throw out the hate crime convictions of three white men who used pickup trucks to chase Ahmaud Arbery through the streets of a Georgia subdivision before one of them killed the running Black man with a shotgun. A panel of judges from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta was …
Read More »Fuel theory emerges in bridge collapse, Mega Millions ticket wins $1.13B jackpot and more top headlines
‘VESSEL WENT DEAD’ – Fuel theory emerges as key focus in deadly Baltimore bridge collapse. Continue reading … VITAMIN SEA – Whale of a lawsuit threatens to swallow up Biden green energy agenda. Continue reading … TERMINATED – NBC News ends short-lived relationship with ex-RNC chair after on-air host meltdowns. Continue reading … RED ALERT – Illegal thieves cross border …
Read More »Baltimore bridge collapse: Details emerge about 6 presumed dead as harrowing audio is released
A search for the six construction workers who are presumed dead following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore resumed Wednesday morning as details are emerging about their identities and the families they leave behind. One of the missing Brawner Builders employees has been identified by Telemundo Washington D.C. as 49-year-old Miguel Luna of El Salvador, whose …
Read More »Over one-third of US adults would move to foreign country if able: poll
A poll from Monmouth University has found the number of adult U.S. citizens who would choose to live in another country if possible has tripled. The latest national Monmouth University Poll, released on Wednesday, noted the skyrocketing desire to leave the U.S. among adults. Approximately 34% of respondents to the poll said they “would like to settle in another country” …
Read More »Baltimore bridge collapse: 2 bodies recovered, others still missing as effort switches to salvage operation
Maryland authorities on Wednesday said divers recovered two bodies during a search for the workers who plunged into the water after a cargo ship slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday. Divers found a red pickup truck submerged under approximately 25 feet of water in the middle span of the bridge and found the two bodies trapped inside. …
Read More »Baltimore bridge collapse draws comparisons to Obama-produced film about cargo ship cyberattack
Images from the shocking bridge collapse in Baltimore have drawn comparisons online to a recent film produced by Barack and Michelle Obama about a cargo ship under cyberattack.The White House has said the incident involving the cargo ship that plowed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was not believed to have had nefarious intent and showed no signs of terrorism …
Read More »Suspected smuggler knew of blizzard conditions before Indian family froze to death on Canada, US border
A man accused of helping smuggle people across the U.S.-Canadian border had been warned of blizzard conditions before he arranged for four members of an Indian family to cross in 2022, prosecutors allege. The parents and two young children froze to death. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 28, who prosecutors say went by the alias “Dirty Harry,” is due in federal court …
Read More »Police in Fort Lauderdale report surge of spring breakers amid Miami Beach crackdown
Police in Fort Lauderdale have made more than double the number of spring break-related arrests this March as they did last year. From March 1-25, there were 18 arrests in the city, compared to eight all of last year, according to police, which coincided with an influx of people who migrated up the Florida coast after Miami Beach’s “breakup” and …
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