Two mass highway shootings in Seattle and Kentucky this month –the latter of which sparked a manhunt –highlight the uptick of such attacks and the dangers drivers face on the roads. Joseph Couch, 32, allegedly wounded five people while opening fire on Interstate 75 in Kentucky on Sept. 7. On Sept. 2, 44-year-old California resident Eric Perkins allegedly opened fire …
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A staffer for New York City Mayor Eric Adams was fired Thursday after a Brooklyn bar owner claimed the staffer tried to extort money from him by leaning on former NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban’s twin brother. The news comes amid a growing federal probe of Adams’ inner circle. Ray Martin, an operations manager in the city’s community affairs unit, was …
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Skeletal remains found last weekend in Wisconsin were those of a missing 3-year-old boy who vanished in February, police said Friday. The Two Rivers Police Department confirmed the remains were those of Elijah Vue, who was the subject of an Amber Alert when he went missing. “The family’s devastated. We’re devastated. Our community is devastated,” said Two Rivers Police Chief …
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An oncoming freight train smashed into a semi-truck carrying what appeared to be an M109 Paladin Howitzer mobile artillery vehicle and damaged the street crossing Thursday afternoon in Goose Creek, South Carolina. CALIFORNIA MAN CHOKED, ATTACKED FRONTIER AIRLINES FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AFTER WEEKEND AT DISNEYLAND, DOJ SAYS Jennifer Clinton and her son captured the crash on video while they were in …
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Court documents detail the cause of death of two Kansas moms whose bodies were found after disappearing on a road trip to Oklahoma to pick up their kids. In April, the Office of the Oklahoma Chief Medical Examiner positively identified the two deceased persons from Texas County as 39-year-old Jilian Kelley, and 27-year-old Veronica Butler. Butler and Kelley were last …
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A Las Vegas, Nevada woman has been arrested after she was allegedly seen on surveillance video breaking into a funeral home and stealing a casket occupied by a corpse, before leaving both items in front of the business, according to police. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department arrested 47-year-old Patricia Sierra at about 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 29 and charged …
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A violent transnational gang from Venezuela allegedly first gained a “stranglehold” on an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado, late last year, according to a local report. Tren de Aragua gang memberstook over the Whispering Pines Apartments in 2023, engaging in violent assaults, murder threats, extortion, child prostitution and strongarm tactics, Denver law firm Perkins Coie wrote to city leaders in …
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A 14-year-old student opened fire inside a north central Georgia high school on Wednesday, sending shock waves of terror through the hallways along with confusion about whether the incident was real or just a drill. Students and teachers inside the school learned the events turned out to be real, as four people – two teachers and two students – were …
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Officers with the Macomb Police Department in Illinois were shot and critically injured Wednesday while serving an arrest warrant near Western Illinois University. The department said two officers were in the process of serving a warrant in the 300 block of North Normal Street when the shots rang out. Police said the shooting occurred in the 300 block of North …
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A Virginia state trooper is recovering after an impaired driver hit her patrol vehicle while she was stopped with another motorist for allegedly driving under the influence. Virginia State Police said Trooper C. Aziz responded to a sedan stopped in the northbound lane of Interstate 495 in Fairfax County at around 3 a.m. on Tuesday. The driver of the sedan …
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