An increasing number of American citizens have been apprehended as they have tried to smuggle illegal drugs into the U.S. since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, an uptick that’s come amid travel restrictions at the border with Mexico. For more than a year, the closure of the southern border[Read More…]

Police in South Florida were hunting for suspects Monday after two people were killed and 21 others were injured in a shooting outside a banquet hall in what authorities called an act of domestic terrorism. County Commissioner Keon Hardemon said at a press conference the shooting, which came 24 hours[Read More…]

A Philadelphia, PA man who spent more than thirty years in prison for a crime he did not commit was released on Friday. A Court of Common Pleas judge vacated Eric Riddick’s conviction after attorneys argued that evidence had not been shared with the defense during the initial trial. Eric[Read More…]

A Texas man was arrested Friday after law enforcement intercepted a message indicating that he was planning to proceed with a mass shooting at a Walmart, police said. “Coleman Thomas Blevins, age 28, of Kerrville, was arrested by the KCSO Special Operations Division in the 1000 block of Junction Highway[Read More…]

The owner of a Nashville hat store is being accused of anti-Semitism after announcing the sale of yellow Star of David badges, similar to the ones Nazis forced Jews to wear during the Holocaust, which read “NOT VACCINATED.” Nashville’s hatWRKS posted a photo on Instagram on Friday announcing the sale[Read More…]

Employers can offer incentives to employees to get vaccinated for Covid-19, according to new guidance from the federal Equal Opportunity Employment Commission. Companies administering vaccines to employees also may offer incentives as long as the incentives are not “coercive,” the EEOC said. In December the EEOC said that companies can[Read More…]

After a second mass shooting in the Miami-area left at least two dead and an estimated 20-25 others wounded, Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo argued Sunday that rising gun violence must be met with serious prison time for those prohibiting “law-abiding Americans” from possessing firearms. “All of us in the[Read More…]

Hours before killing a New York police officer while driving under the influence, Jessica Beauvais posted a 1.5 hour Facebook live stream berating police officers. Throughout the video, Beauvais is seen drinking and smoking while sharing her opinion on the Derek Chauvin trial. She said cops are “signing up for[Read More…]

Prices were up by 3.6 percent in April compared to a year ago, the fastest pace since 2008, continuing a trend of rising inflation. The Bureau of Economic Analysis’ personal consumption expenditure inflation measure climbed 3.6 percent in April from the prior year — the strongest reading in 13 years[Read More…]

At least one person has been injured after gunshots fired near George Floyd Square on the first anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. The person who has been injured suffered non-life-threatening injuries after others reported gunshots near where George Floyd died a year ago, a spokesman for the Minneapolis Police Department[Read More…]