Adam Putnam, Florida’s agriculture commissioner and a leading candidate for the Republican nomination for the state’s governorship, declared his candidacy on May 10, 2017, from the steps of a courthouse in his hometown outside of Tampa. “People want leadership that’s conservative,” he said at the time. “They’re tired of people misleading them about the scope […]
A thousand illegal immigrant detainees arrived at a federal prison outside of Los Angeles, California, in busloads as part of the Trump administration’s plan to expand the use of detention during its crackdown on illegal immigration, FOX 11 reported. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is overseeing the transfer at the Federal Correction Complex in Victorville […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A reduced prison sentence is appropriate for an Ohio man who tried to help the Islamic State group, a defense attorney argued ahead of a June 7 sentencing, citing the defendant’s youth, his remorse and his mental health struggles. At issue is the case of Aaron Daniels of Columbus, who pleaded guilty […]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The shooting death of a prominent forensic psychiatrist who assisted in high-profile murder cases including serial killings in Phoenix is connected to the killing of two paralegals, said authorities, who were investigating Saturday whether a fourth homicide was also related. Police in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale said the killings Friday of […]
The family of the young Guatemalan woman shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent last week said they want their daughter’s body returned to them and for the man who killed her to be held accountable. Claudia Patricia Gómez González, 19, was killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on Wednesday near the Mexican […]
A Little Caesars employee in Florida took matters into his own hands Saturday night when he shot and killed a scissors-wielding attacker who was wearing a clown mask, police said. Police responded to the pizza shop in Holly Hill around 11:50 p.m. after receiving 911 calls about shots fired at the location. When they arrived, […]
Chelsea Clinton skewered President Donald Trump’s character in a recent interview, accusing him of degrading “what it means to be an American.” Clinton, a philanthropist and the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, tore into Trump when asked about his planned July visit to Britain during an interview […]
A male student was taken into custody after a shooting at an Indiana middle school that left a student and a teacher critically injured on Friday, authorities said. Noblesville Police Department Chief Kevin Jowitt told reporters Friday that a male student was detained following the call of an active shooter at Noblesville West Middle School […]
A US white woman who posed as an African American for years faces charges of welfare fraud, authorities say. Rachel Dolezal, who changed her name to Nkechi Diallo in 2016, illegally received $8,847 (£6,600) in public assistance funds, court documents say. Ms Dolezal claimed her income was less than $500, but deposited $84,000 in her […]
A 1-year-old girl died in East Nashville on Wednesday after she was left in a car seat in a pickup truck all day, the Nashville Police said. The baby’s father “reportedly forgot about the child after dropping off her sibling at daycare,” police said. The pickup truck was parked at the family’s East Nashville home […]
An Oregon high school is being sued for refusing to let a student wear a pro-Trump border wall T-shirt to class. Liberty High School senior Addison Barnes told Fox 12 Oregon he was asked to cover up his “Donald J. Trump Border Wall Construction Co.” shirt or go home. The shirt also features a 2016 […]
An exchange student from Pakistan and a substitute teacher with a “lust for life” were among those killed after a 17-year-old gunman allegedly opened fire at a Texas high school Friday morning, killing 10 people before surrendering, family members and officials said. The victims of Friday’s school shooting are Glenda Perkins, Cynthia Tisdale, Kimberly Vaughan, […]
