The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is set to tackle a surprising and alarming spike in attacks on bus drivers and other transit employees that have arisen over the past few weeks. “Everyone deserves a safe workplace, including and especially the front line transit workers who keep our nation moving,” U.S. …
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The parents of Madeleine McCann, a British girl abducted during a family vacation in Portugal more than 16 years ago, issued a new statement on New Year’s Day expressing their belief that the investigation into her disappearance “will eventually yield results.” Kate and Gerry McCann, along with their three children …
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A New York man and two of his sons have been indicted in a broad daylight brawl with their own cousins, involving wooden sticks, a flipped vehicle and blocked traffic, and most of it was caught on video. The beef began on Dec. 17 when Patrick J. O’Connor, 38, allegedly …
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A Tennessee man has been charged with the death of his 23-month-old son who died in October from a fentanyl-related fatal overdose, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) has announced. Kelvin Blaylock Jr., 22, was issued with criminal homicide and aggravated child neglect warrants on Thursday by youth services detectives …
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A Florida nurse has been arrested for animal cruelty after she allegedly poisoned her neighbors’ two pet cats and a Chihuahua pregnant with eight puppies, Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) said. Tamesha Knighten, 51, was arrested Wednesday for the pet deaths that occurred on Aug. 16, 2023. Authorities were alerted …
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A progressive councilmember in the nation’s capital is facing a recall effort from residents fed up with the city’s surging violence, as French bulldogs become thieves’ latest targets. A recall effort was launched against Washington, D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen in December over his criminal justice reform policies amid a crime …
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Despite his legal team’s best attempts to halt the process, an Alabama judge ruled that Kenneth Eugene Smith will be the first human being to be put to death via nitrogen hypoxia later this month. Smith, now 58, was sentenced to death in 2022 for the 1988 contract killing of …
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NEWARK, N.J. – Prosecutors in the corruption case against Sen. Bob Menendez have asked a judge to hold a hearing to determine whether some evidence should be withheld or restricted due to possible national security concerns. The Justice Department filed the notice Thursday with U.S. District Judge William Walls in …
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NEW YORK – A New York appeals court says the public can’t see the testimony a grand jury heard before declining to indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man. A state Supreme Court Appellate Division panel ruled Wednesday. A lower-court judge declined in …
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EDISON, N.J. – A convicted leader of a New Jersey crime family long believed to be the model for “The Sopranos” has died. He was 90. Corsentino Home for Funerals says John M. Riggi died Monday at his home in Edison. A cause of death wasn’t disclosed. Riggi was the …
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