A Georgia woman was kidnapped, burned and cut by an assailant as she was attempting to leave work, according to her family. The victim’s family told DeKalb County Police the woman, who is in her 60s, wasleaving work at an accounting firm along Montreal Road in Tucker on Wednesday when she was attacked, WXIA reported. The exact time the incident …
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A truck driver was arrested Friday and charged with criminally negligent homicide in connection to a March 22 school bus collision in Texas that left a man and a boy dead. Jerry Hernandez, 42, was arrested without incident at a residence in Bastrop County, said Sgt. Deon Cockrell of the Texas Department of Public Safety, according to The Associated Press. …
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Family, friends, and a sea of blue uniforms gathered for the funeral of slain New York Police Department Officer Jonathan Diller on Saturday. Mourners filled St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church and crowded the areas outside as a funeral Mass was celebrated for the 31-year-old officer. Diller’s widow, Stephanie Diller, received a standing ovation when she approached the church lectern …
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On Aug. 30, 2020, Florence Okpealuk left behind her shoes, socks and a jacket in a miner’s tent. The Alaska woman has not been seen since. Over the years, the Nome Police Department has enlisted the help of several agencies, including the Alaska State Troopers and the FBI. The Nome Volunteer Fire Department Search and Rescue Team and the U.S. …
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New Mexico police officers recently pursued a suspected shoplifter on horseback, bodycam footage shows. The Albuquerque Police Department published video of the March 20 incident on Facebook on Friday. In a post, the department explained that its mounted unit was nearby when its officers heard a commotion about a recent robbery. Suspect Mark Chacon, 30, allegedly stole $230 worth of …
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President Biden said Friday, on the one-year anniversary of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s detention in Russia, that the U.S. government is working every day to secure his release and is “not giving up.” Gershkovich, 32, was arrested on espionage charges for allegedly collecting secret military information while he was on a work trip to the Russian city of …
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Court records show the grandmother of a missing 4-year-old Washington state boy was granted emergency custody of him after telling a judge that his mother was a threat and was not able to care for him, days before he was reported missing and later found dead. On March 25, Maria Garcia, the grandmother of Ariel Garcia, filed for “emergency minor …
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This essay was originally published inDiscourse magazine. On Feb. 5, Mirtza Ocana, an American citizen of Cuban origin, arrived at Tampa International Airport from Havana andwas arrested for attempting to smuggle more than $100,000 into the country. When questioned, Ocana confessed to having carried out 45 similar assignments since May 2023. The smuggling operation involved millions of dollars. Because Cuba …
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A Georgia mother accused of attempting to kill her daughter’s sexual abuser was convicted of murder and other charges after another person was shot and killed in the incident. Danyale Harris, 42, was found guilty of felony murder, aggravated assault, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. On March 31, 2020, …
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After New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul was rebuffed at memorial services for slain NYPD Ofc. Jonathan Diller in Massapequa Park, former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y. and others called out her appearance as disrespectful and self-serving. Images captured outside the funeral home showed Hochul being confronted by mourners, after which time she left the venue. Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, …
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