Man whose wife was hit and killed by car sues FBI
A Connecticut man says in a $35 million lawsuit filed against the federal government that an off-duty police officer who struck and killed his wife with a vehicle last year…
North Carolina father of 6 dies in ‘freak accident’ after wave causes him to break his neck, wife says
A North Carolina man died in a “freak accident” after rough waters in the ocean caused him to break his neck, according to his family. Lee Dingle, 37, was playing…
Puerto Rico governor struggles to stay in office amid firestorm over leak of vulgar chat room talk
The embattled governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rossello has announced that he will not seek reelection in November 2020 but will not resign. Interested in Puerto Rico? Add Puerto Rico…
Palm Beach County launches investigation into its monitoring of Jeffrey Epstein on work release
Palm Beach County launched an internal investigation into its sheriff’s deputies monitoring of Jeffrey Epstein, following allegations he had “improper sexual conduct” while on work release from jail. Interested in…
‘Manhole’ becomes ‘maintenance hole’ as Berkeley switches to gender-neutral language
Manholes will now be known as maintenance holes and craftsman will be replaced by artisan, after the Berkeley, California, City Council voted unanimously to revise the city’s municipal code with…
Border protection stored enough fentanyl to kill 794 million, but isn’t doing enough to protect its agents: Watchdog
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has stored enough fentanyl in the past year to kill an estimated 794 million people, and now a government watchdog office is warning that the…
Florida ‘pill mills’ were ‘gas on the fire’ of opioid crisis
Florida survives on tourism, but a decade ago thousands of visitors made frequent trips to the state not to visit its theme parks or beaches. Instead, they came for cheap…
Kathy Zhu, Miss Michigan 2019, stripped of her title over ‘offensive’ social media posts
A Michigan beauty queen was stripped of her title over comments she made on social media about Muslim women and black people, she said. Executives with Miss World America told…
Trump says he’ll ‘personally vouch’ for rapper A$AP Rocky
President Donald Trump said on Twitter he had offered to “personally vouch” for A$AP Rocky’s bail after the rapper was jailed in Sweden following a street fight. “Just had a…
American citizen Ruslan Maratovich Asainov charged with becoming ISIS ’emir’: Authorities
An American citizen who allegedly traveled to Syria and became a sniper and weapons instructor for ISIS has been charged by federal authorities with supporting the terrorist organization, prosecutors said…