The chief financial officer of Tyson Foods, who is also the son of the company’s chairman, has been arrested in Arkansas over the weekend after he entered a random woman’s home while he was intoxicated and fell asleep in her bed, authorities said. Continue reading Tyson Foods CFO arrested after entering wrong home, falling asleep
A Northern California home burst into flames and burned to the ground after a meteor — which witnesses saw flash across the sky — apparently fell from space and slammed into the structure, according to reports. Dustin Procita, a rancher in Nevada County, wasn’t sure what had hit his home Friday until after firefighters extinguished the blaze. “I heard a big bang. I started to … Continue reading California man believes meteor may have destroyed his home
The Powerball lottery jackpot is expected to grow to $1.9 billion for Monday’s drawing, according to the California Lottery, making it the largest lotto prize ever offered – just as its organizers intended when they changed the odds in 2015. There were no winning tickets sold for Saturday’s drawing of an estimated $1.6 billion, already the highest lotto prize offered. The last Powerball jackpot was … Continue reading Today’s Powerball jackpot is expected to hit a record $1.9 billion
Iowa authorities say an 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who pleaded guilty to killing a man she said raped her escaped from a women’s center where she was serving her probation sentence. Pieper Lewis was seen walking out of the building at the Fresh Start Women’s Center in Des Moines shortly after 6:15 a.m. Friday, and at some point that day her GPS monitor was cut … Continue reading Iowa teen who killed rapist escapes from probation center, authorities say
Subtropical Storm Nicole has prompted hurricane, tropical storm and storm surge watches as a a prolonged period of coastal flooding, beach erosion, strong winds, high surf, rip currents, and heavy rain is expected in Florida and parts of the Southeast this week. Nicole became the 14th storm of the Atlantic season early Monday morning and is centered several hundred miles east of the Bahamas. A … Continue reading Hurricane watch issued for Florida’s east coast as Subtropical Storm Nicole projected to strengthen
Thirty-eight people were injured during a Manhattan apartment building fire that happened on Saturday morning, with authorities determining that a lithium-ion battery connected to a micro mobility decide is the cause for the blaze. Continue reading 38 people injured in fire on 20th floor of New York City apartment building
Just before 11p.m. Saturday evening, nine peopler were shot outside a bar in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood, police reported. The shooting took place in the area of Kensington and Allegheny Avenues. Continue reading 9 shot outside bar in Kensington: Philadelphia police
Two people have died and multiple others are missing after several deadly tornadoes hit the states of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas late Friday evening. The storms left several homes damaged and knocked out power for thousands as officials start search and rescue efforts. Continue reading At least 2 dead, multiple people missing in Oklahoma after more than a dozen tornadoes hit 3 states
The FBI have launched an investigation after a gunman shot into the North Carolina home of relatives of a Republican running for Congress – with the bullet landing just feet away from where the candidate’s children had been sleeping. The shooting transpired on October 18 in Hickory at a home belonging to Republican Pat Harrigan’s parents, as he fights for an open seat in the famously … Continue reading Shots fired at candidate’s NC home
The White House warned on Tuesday that a nuclear weapons test could come “at any time.” “It’s difficult to predict with any degree of certainty what the triggering event might be for Kim Jong Un to conduct any number of provocations that he has in recent weeks or he might in future weeks,” John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, told reporters. “So … Continue reading North Korea Missile Strikes Escalate Tensions Amid Fears of Looming Nuclear Test
DONALD Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort was swarmed by cops today to deal with a trespasser. Palm Beach Police were scrambled to the former president’s club and residence shortly after 8am as the scare unfolded. Officers said they were called to a complaint of a trespasser after a man refused to leave the property. The Secret Service is later said to have conducted an urgent sweep of … Continue reading Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort swarmed by cops and Secret Service agents over trespasser’
Parkland school shooter sentenced to life in prison without parole A judge in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday formally sentenced Nikolas Cruz to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing 17 people in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Cruz sat silently as Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer formally handed down the life sentence. The 24-year-old will be transferred … Continue reading Parkland school shooter sentenced to life in prison without parole
Accused Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape could be deported after release from custody, DHS says The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s house and attacking her husband with a hammer could be deported from the U.S. after he is released from custody, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, lodged an “immigration detainer” on 42-year-old … Continue reading Accused Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape could be deported after release from custody, DHS says
Facebook has created a designated portal through which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can directly report claims 0f “disinformation” to the company. Despite shuttering its widely unpopular “Disinformation Governance Board” in early 2022, the DHS has continued its underlying plans, documents obtained by The Intercept revealed. Among the topics which the DHS has prioritized to target include “the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and … Continue reading Leaked Documents Reveal DHS Collaborated with Facebook to Target ‘Disinformation’
Two police officers were shot Tuesday in Newark. Both officers were rushed to University Hospital, where they are in stable condition. Police identified the suspect as 30-year-old Kendall Howard, of East Orange. He was taken into custody late Wednesday morning. The officers initially didn’t find Howard but encountered him as they were leaving the building and shots were fired, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka told reporters. One … Continue reading Suspect in shooting of 2 Newark police officers in custody
The Powerball jackpot reached an estimated $1.2 billion ahead of the Wednesday drawing. The jackpot rolled after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Halloween night. If someone wins the Wednesday jackpot — a cash value of $596.7 million — it will be the second-largest jackpot in Powerball history and Powerball’s largest prize in more than six years. The Powerball jackpot was last hit on … Continue reading Powerball fever grows as jackpot hits an estimated $1.2 billion, second-highest ever
More than 1,000 earthquakes have now been recorded as part of an ongoing swarm at Yellowstone volcano since January. So far, the swarm was most active between late August and mid-September. In the month of September alone, for example, the swarm, which is located around 12 miles south-south-west of Mammoth Hot Springs near Grizzly Lake, produced more than 500 earthquakes. In the month of October, … Continue reading Yellowstone Volcano Hit by over 1,000 Earthquakes in Ongoing Swarm
A former heavyweight boxer from Montenegro was charged by the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday with trafficking in 22 tons of cocaine worth over $1 billion, most of which was part of one of the largest cocaine seizures in American history. Goran Gogic, 43, was arrested on Sunday night while trying to board a flight to Zurich from Miami International Airport, after being indicted … Continue reading Former heavyweight boxer charged with trafficking 22 tons of cocaine worth $1B through U.S. ports
At least 14 people – including three children – were shot in a drive-by shooting Monday night at a busy corner in Chicago where people had gathered for a vigil, and investigators are trying to find the shooters, police said. Two people traveling in a dark SUV opened fire on Halloween night at people on the corner of California Avenue and Polk Street around 9:30 … Continue reading 14 shot, including 3 children, in drive-by shooting in Chicago, police say
U.S. Treasury thwarted hack by Russians The U.S. Treasury last month repelled cyber attacks by a pro-Russian hacker group, preventing disruption and confirming the effectiveness of the department’s stronger approach to financial system cybersecurity, a U.S. Treasury official said on Tuesday. The Treasury has attributed the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks to Killnet, the Russian hacker group that claimed responsibility for disrupting the websites … Continue reading U.S. Treasury thwarted hack by Russians
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