Funding for the Boston Police Department’s investigative unit is stalled after Democrats voted down the roughly $3.4 million in new funding as crime in the city surges. Last week, half of the city’s council members voted against funding the Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC) – opposing the city’s progressive Democrat …
Read More »New military bonus program haunted by old recruiting scandal that gave soldiers false criminal records
More than a dozen states are offering National Guard members bonuses to refer people to the service in an attempt to combat the military recruiting crisis. But critics say the new incentive programs look a lot like one that stuck hundreds of innocent soldiers and veterans with a false arrest …
Read More »NYC Mayor Adams says Hamas must be 'disbanded and destroyed' during Israel vigil
New York City Mayor Eric Adams had harsh words for Hamas as thousands of New Yorkers, interfaith leaders and elected officials gathered Tuesday to support Israel at a Manhattan vigil and rally and to denounce Hamas the terrorist group. Speaking at “The New York Stand with Israel Vigil and Rally” …
Read More »Dentist in Florida fired after caught on camera ripping down posters of kidnapped Israeli children
A Florida dentist is out of a job after he was fired after he was caught on camera ripping posters down of Israeli children who were kidnapped during the Hamas terrorist attack Oct. 7. Blake Warman caught two men ripping down and crumpling up photos of hostages in the Brickell …
Read More »Chicago area man, who threatened to shoot Muslim men, charged with hate crimes
A suburban Chicago man has been charged with two hate crimes for allegedly verbally abusing and threatening to shoot two Muslim men, a prosecutor said Thursday. Larry York, 46, of Lombard, was denied pretrial release during a court hearing Thursday, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said. York confronted the …
Read More »Murder suspect who escaped DC hospital captured after seven weeks on the run
An accused murderer was taken back into custody by police after he escaped while wearing just one shoe and handcuffs clasped to a wrist seven weeks earlier, Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department said Thursday. Christopher Haynes, 30, complained of ankle pain from a previous injury when he was arrested Sept. …
Read More »Trial begins for Highland Park mass shooting suspect's father
The father of a man charged in a deadly Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago will stand trial starting Monday accused of helping his teenage son obtain a gun license even after he had threatened violence. Robert Crimo Jr. is charged with seven counts of reckless conduct — …
Read More »Armed Texas store owner defends self in shootout with would-be robbers, video shows
An armed store owner in Texas fought back against a pair of attempted robbers, trading fire with the suspects in a shootout captured on security footage. Two armed suspects entered a Cash for Gold shop in the 1100 block of N Town EastBlvd in Mesquite just before 7 p.m. on …
Read More »Federal agency seeking bids to keep thousands of rounded-up wild horses on private pastures
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is seeking additional homes for potentially thousands of wild horses rounded up from Western rangelands by asking landowners in a dozen states to submit proposals to rent out pastures for the animals. The federal agency currently has contracts with landowners to …
Read More »Former Virginia governor, wife put house on market as they appeal corruption convictions
RICHMOND, Va. – Former Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife have put their suburban Richmond home on the market following their convictions on corruption charges. The Richmond Times-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/18HOb9O) reported Friday that Bob and Maureen McDonnell are seeking $944,000 for the 5,000-square-foot home. They purchased the home in 2006 for …
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