Frank Mooney
The guy accused of shooting and injuring two police officers has been detained, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. According to our news partner WBNS, Daevonte Dixon shot himself in the moments preceding his arrest and was rushed to the hospital for treatment. Bodycam footage captured the moment a man opened fire on two … Read more
A former prison guard in upstate New York pleaded guilty on Friday to his role in what prosecutors described as a cover-up of an inmate’s brutal death by fellow guards. Joshua Bartlett pleaded guilty to obstructing prosecution and falsifying records, both felonies, in connection with Messiah Nantwi’s March 1 death at the Mid-State Correctional Facility … Read more
Latavious Johnson, an Arkansas death row convict, died of unexplained circumstances on Friday afternoon at the Varner SuperMax prison, according to the state department of prisons. He was in his forties. The Arkansas Department of Corrections did not reveal Johnson’s cause of death and declined to speak further. Johnson received a life sentence for the … Read more
An Indiana 19-year-old was detained and charged on Thursday after investigators uncovered homemade explosive devices in Monster Energy drinks that she intended to detonate at her former high school, according to police. An Evansville police officer was transporting Ahnna Tipton to a hospital for examination on Thursday when officials discovered a suspicious object in Tipton’s … Read more
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) saved more than $5 million per year after discovering that some agencies had paid for far more software than they were utilizing. For example, the IRS paid for 3,000 software licenses but used only 25. When DOGE found the waste, it cancelled the remaining 99% of the licences. “Agencies … Read more
A salmonella outbreak linked to a Florida-based cucumber producer has spread to 45 persons reporting sickness in 18 states, according to the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday. Target has joined a growing list of merchants that have sold recalled cucumbers or ready-to-eat goods containing the fruit, and it is advising customers to throw … Read more
Police in a Chicago suburb are looking for a man suspected of stabbing a lady and a small girl, whom local media have identified as his sisters. The Streamwood Police Department named Jalonie Jenkins, 25, as the suspect in the killings of a 21-year-old lady and a 10-year-old kid on Wednesday evening, May 28. According … Read more
There was a buzz in the air Friday in northeastern Washington state as over 250 million honeybees fled a commercial vehicle that flipped. The truck transporting an estimated 70,000 pounds of honeybee hives overturned around 4 a.m. near the Canadian border near Lynden, according to Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office social media posts. According to county … Read more
Text fraudsters are looking for entities to hide behind, first with toll highways and now DMVs. The most recent wave of text message scams poses as essential communications from state Departments of Motor Vehicles, or DMVs. As of Friday, May 30, the messages have been reported in multiple states, including Illinois, Pennsylvania, Florida, New Jersey, … Read more
PORTLAND, ME — James Talbot, a former Catholic priest convicted of sexually molesting adolescents in Maine and Massachusetts after being uncovered by the investigation shown in the film “Spotlight,” died. He was 87. Talbot, a former Jesuit, was named on a list compiled by the religious order of northeastern Jesuits who faced credible claims of … Read more