A New Mexico State Police officer was fatally shot on a highway Thursday and authorities chased the attacker, killing him in a shootout, officials said. The officer who was killed has been identified as 28-year-old Darian Jarrott, reported KVIA-TV El Paso. Authorities also released the name of the attacker who was killed, 39-year-old Omar Felix […]
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Economy Adds Measly 49,000 Jobs In January
The U.S. added 49,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent, a 0.4 percentage point drop, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. The uptick in jobs shows the recovery from the coronavirus recession resumed last month after December job losses, but the report underscored the deep damage yet […]
Poll: 61% Approve Of Biden’s Actions While In Office So Far
Sixty-one percent of Americans said in a new poll that they approve of the job President Biden is doing two weeks after being sworn in, and a majority believes he’s up to the task of tackling an array of crises. According to The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey released Thursday, 35 percent […]
Portland Police Exiting The Force En Masse
The Portland Police Bureau now has the “lowest number of sworn employees” in more than 25 years, prompting the department to reassign certain personnel as a way to decrease overtime costs, officials announced. On Thursday, Portland police reassigned sergeants and officers from three precincts “in an effort to reduce overtime costs” – just one day […]
Virginia Set To Abolish Death Penalty
Virginia legislators appear poised to abolish the death penalty in the coming days, a step that would make it the first Southern state to end the practice of capital punishment. A bill to end capital punishment passed the state Senate on Wednesday by a 21-17 margin. The state House of Delegates is set to take […]
Oklahoma Man Kills 5 Kids And His Brother
A man has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of six people, including five small children, in Oklahoma earlier this week as new details emerge in the case, according to officials and reports. Police have arrested Jarron Deajon Pridgeon, 25, on the charge of first-degree murder for allegedly gunning down the six victims, […]
Murdered Officer Brian Sicknick To Lie In State
Lawmakers and others held another memorial service Wednesday for Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick in the Capitol Rotunda, where he has been lying in honor since Tuesday evening after dying last month from injuries suffered during the Jan. 6 riot at the building that he helped defend. There will be a send-off ceremony outside the […]
Child Pornographer Kills Two FBI Agents Serving Warrant
Two FBI agents were killed Tuesday morning and three others were wounded while trying to serve a search warrant at a home in Sunrise, Fla., in a child pornography case, the FBI confirmed to Fox News. The suspect is also dead. The incident unfolded around 6 a.m. in the vicinity of 10100 Reflections Boulevard, Sunrise, […]
Poll: Half Of America Thinks Trump Should be Convicted
Half of Americans believe the Senate should convict former President Trump of inciting an insurrection, according to a Marist poll released Monday. With Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate drawing closer, 50 percent of Americans believe that the Senate should find the now-former president guilty for his role in stoking the Jan. 6 riot at […]
GOP Leaders At Odds With Each Other
The gulf between the two top Republicans on Capitol Hill grew even wider this week after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took the unusual step of plunging into a pair of controversies that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is struggling to contain in the lower chamber. In the span of an hour, McConnell […]
Idaho Man Wins Lottery For 6th Time
t’s nice work if you can get it. Bryan Moss, who owns Newko Sport and Nutrition health store in Meridian, Idaho, won $250,000–his largest haul– from a crossword scratch game on Thursday, according to a news release from the Idaho Lottery. It was the sixth time Moss won a major prize and the first time […]
Officer Suspended For Pepper Spraying 9 Year Old Girl
An unknown number of police officers in Rochester, New York, were suspended Monday, one day after the release of a video showing authorities pepper spraying a 9-year-old girl while responding to a report of “family trouble,” officials said. In a statement, a spokesman for Mayor Lovely Warren said the suspensions, which were immediate, were ordered […]