Frank Mooney
In the US, turning 62 is a big deal for many people because it’s the age at which they can start getting Social Security retirement payments. People born between 1960 and 1970 have either already crossed that line or are about to do so. This means that they could now apply for this monthly benefit. … Read more
It turned out that June’s Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payment came earlier than planned. The rules of the program say that the deposit is made on the last work day before June 1, since June 1 is a Sunday. So, on May 30, 2025, the money for June was sent. That month, the recipients got … Read more
A number of drivers have already been sued for breaking the law more than once. Five drivers are being sued because they didn’t pay their fines for different traffic crimes. One driver from Maryland and four drivers from Virginia are being held responsible for what police say was dangerous and illegal behavior. CW affiliate WDCW … Read more
A 64-year-old grandmother who is in the U.S. illegally could be sent back to her home country because she took the wrong exit on her way home from work. Family members of Ana Camero say she is being held at the Otay Mesa Detention Centre more than a month after taking a wrong turn and … Read more
In September 2024, former Letcher County, Kentucky Sheriff Shawn “Mickey” Stines shot District Judge Kevin Mullins in his offices, killing him without warning. Stines had known Mullins for decades. CCTV video caught the shooting, which shook the small town of Whitesburg in eastern Kentucky and has since captivated the true crime world. A civil suit … Read more
Bill Scott, a veteran police officer, was named head of Metro’s new in-house police service. Scott quit as chief of police in San Francisco on Wednesday morning, after eight years on the job. He had been a police officer for 27 years in Los Angeles and was a candidate for LAPD chief in 2018. After … Read more
In Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park, A Florida visitor to Yellowstone National Park was grazed by a bison. It was the first violent meeting of 2025 and only a few weeks into the busy summer season. Officials from the park told people over and over again not to get too close to animals. A park statement … Read more
Lawyers say that the person who was killed by a shooting squad in South Carolina’s second execution last month was aware and probably in a lot of pain for up to a minute after the bullets missed their target. A forensic pathologist hired by Mikal Mahdi’s lawyers, Dr. Jonathan Arden, said that the execution on … Read more
COLUMBIA, SC — According to a pathologist hired by the man’s lawyers, the man who was killed by a firing squad in South Carolina last month was awake and probably in terrible pain for up to a minute after the shots meant to stop his heart quickly hit him lower than planned. Lawyers said it … Read more
On a canoe trip in Florida, a woman and her husband accidentally pushed over an alligator, which tipped them both over and into the water, where they were killed. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the event took place on Tuesday afternoon near the start of Tiger Creek at Lake Kissimmee. At a … Read more