A 13-year-old Pennsylvania middle school student is accused of launching an unprovoked attack against a classmate this week,Upper Gwynedd Police confirmed to Fox News Digital. The student allegedly came up behind the 12-year-old victim in the cafeteria on Wednesday and started violently hitting her on the head with a Stanley cup, FOX 29 reported. Surveillance video of the incident viewed …
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A decorated Texas surgeon stands accused of depriving his own patients of new livers by manipulating their records on a national organ wait list. Dr. J. Steve Bynon Jr., 64, has practiced since 1981 and performed more than 800 procedures throughout his career, according to his bio on Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center’s website. His survival and surgical outcome rates are …
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Five people were shot in Greenbelt, Maryland, during a high school senior skip day party at a park, police said in a Friday evening press conference. The shooting happened at Hanover Parkway in Prince George’s County. Hundreds of students were gathered for the party before shots rang out around 2:30 p.m., Greenbelt Police Chief Rick Bowers said. “My heart breaks …
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Washington, D.C. law enforcement has begun targeting thieves who steal deliveries from residents, sometimes using sting operations to catch these porch pirates, who may face harsher charges from prosecutors, according to local reports. “The once largely seasonal crime grew during the pandemic, when trips to stores were difficult, and has since become far more common throughout the year in D.C. …
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Police in Connecticut say a third person has died as the result of a fire that also killed an 8-month-old baby and is being investigated as a crime. The blaze was reported at about 6 p.m. Wednesday at a home in Wallingford, about 14 miles north of New Haven. Police and firefighters said they initially found a man with severe …
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A fired Philadelphia police officer pleaded guilty Friday to murder in the shooting of a fleeing 12-year-old boy, who prosecutors have said was on the ground and unarmed when the officer fired the fatal shot. Edsaul Mendoza also pleaded guilty to possession of an instrument of crime as part of a plea deal with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. A …
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Three Northern California law enforcement officers have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a man who was pinned facedown during a 2021 incident that drew comparisons to the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The charges against James Fisher, Cameron Leahy and Eric McKinley were announced Thursday by Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price. The charges were …
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A squatter who commandeered and rented out rooms in a woman’s $1 million house in Queens, New York pleaded not guilty to a slew of charges Thursday about a month after the homeowner was arrested for trying to change the locks to oust the intruders. On Feb. 29, Brian Rodriguez forced his way back into Adele Andaloro’s home after she …
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Federal supervision policies are supposed to help people successfully return to their communities from prison. Unfortunately, in many cases, they erect barriers to successful reintegration. The bipartisan Safer Supervision Act would break down those barriers, reduce recidivism and improve public safety. I’ve experienced the barriers created by onerous federal supervision policies firsthand. In 2019, President Donald Trump personally invited me …
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A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vest near a van carrying Japanese autoworkers in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Friday, police said. They narrowly escaped the attack but three bystanders were wounded. Separately, an Afghan Taliban religious scholar was killed in an attack in the southwest of Pakistan the previous day. The attack on the van happened when it …
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