A weed shop in Seattle, Washington suffered an overnight crash-and-grab of around $15,000 worth of merchandise, and it’s not the first time in recent memory it’s been robbed. The burglary is the second time the store, Cannazone Seattle, has been the victim of crime in the past six months. Early Tuesday morning, between the hours of 3 and 4 a.m., …
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Parents of Michigan shooting victims call for school accountability after shooter's parents found guilty
The parents of four students who were murdered in the 2021 Oxford High School shooting are now calling for the school to be held accountable for its actions — or lack thereof — before, during and after the massacre. The push for school accountability comes after two Michigan juries found Jennifer and James Crumbley, parents of school shooter Ethan Crumbley, …
Read More »Couple vacationing in Florida arrested after being found passed out on beach, children gone
A Georgia couple was arrested after being found asleep on a Florida beach, with their children nowhere to be found, authorities said. An anonymous caller in Daytona Beach reported the couple to 911 on Saturday, and it took a Volusia Sheriffs Office deputy multiple attempts to wake the two up, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital. …
Read More »Former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy gets 20 years for torturing 2 Black men
A former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy was sentenced Tuesday to about 20 years in prison for his part in torturing two Black men last year. Hunter Elward was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Tom Lee, who is also due to sentence five other former law enforcement officers who admitted to subjecting Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker to numerous acts …
Read More »NYC homeowner arrested after standoff with squatters she says illegally took over her $1 million property
A property owner in New York City was arrested after a standoff with a group of squatters who allegedly took over the woman’s property following her parents’ deaths. “It’s enraging,” Adele Andaloro told ABC 7. “It’s not fair that I, as the homeowner, have to be going through this.” Andaloro was recently arrested on her property in Flushing, Queens, after …
Read More »California, Colorado men plead guilty to federal charges for killing wild burros in Mojave desert
Two men who used high-powered rifles to kill three wild burros in Southern California’s Mojave Desert more than two years ago pleaded guilty on Monday to federal charges related to the shootings, prosecutors said. The men wore tactical gear including night vision goggles as they targeted the burros in a remote area northeast of Barstow on Nov. 6, 2021, the …
Read More »Forced labor profits, including sexual exploitation, reach 'obscene' $236 billion annually, UN report says
Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have risen to the “obscene” amount of $236 billion per year, the U.N. labor agency reported Tuesday, with sexual exploitation to blame for three-fourths of the take from a business that deprives migrants of money they can send home, swipes jobs from legal workers, and allows the criminals behind it to dodge taxes. The …
Read More »Ex-girlfriend of actor Jonathan Majors files civil suit accusing him of escalating abuse, defamation
Jonathan Majors‘ former girlfriend sued him Tuesday on civil allegations including assault, battery, defamation and infliction of emotional distress, three months after the actor was convicted in a criminal trial of assaulting her in New York City. Grace Jabbari, a 31-year-old British dancer, filed the action in federal court in Manhattan, claiming Majors subjected her to escalating incidents of physical …
Read More »Haiti, US Embassy entrance area plunge into darkness as vandals attack power plant and substations
Parts of Haiti – including an area outside the U.S. embassy – have now plunged into darkness following attacks by vandals on a power plant and four power substations in Port-au-Prince, the country’s national utility says. Électricité D’Haïti (EDH) said in a statement on X that “several of the company’s premises were sabotaged,” numerous materials were damaged and documents were …
Read More »Iraq's former defense minister arrested in Swedish airport for alleged benefits fraud
Iraq’s former defense minister, who holds dual Iraqi-Swedish citizenship, has been arrested in Sweden, authorities said Tuesday. He is suspected of illegally receiving benefits in the Scandinavian country. Prosecutor Jens Nilsson told Swedish broadcaster SVT that Najah al-Shammari has been wanted for almost a year and a half. The prosecutor told broadcaster TV4 that al-Shammari was arrested on Monday at …
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