Federal agents in Chicago on Monday arrested a suspected Latin Kings leader accused of offering cash bounties to capture and kill a senior immigration officer working with “Operation Midway Blitz.” The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois unsealed a criminal complaint Monday charging 37-year-old Chicago resident Juan …
Read More »DHS: ICE agents ‘boxed in by 10 cars’ near Chicago as protests grow; 5 more arrests made
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced additional special operations personnel will be deployed to Illinois after federal agents were rammed and boxed in by 10 cars Saturday near Broadview, where anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crowds have been gathering for days and nearly a dozen people …
Read More »Apparent road rage incident sparks deadly Texas shooting spree across 2 cities, leaving 4 dead
What began as a roadside confrontation in Sugar Land spiraled into a deadly shooting rampage across Houston, leaving four people dead, including the suspected gunman, who police say took his own life. The alleged shooter, who authorities have not yet identified, was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according …
Read More »Former detective says string of Houston deaths may be linked to alleged ‘Smiley Face’ killer network
Bodies keep surfacing — and so do questions. There’s a dark current in Houston’s bayous this year, with 16 bodies recovered, five of them in the same week last month. City leaders are downplaying speculation about a potential serial killer, but retired NYPD Sgt. Kevin Gannon, who has long espoused …
Read More »Portland police chief touts 'crowd support' approach as ICE facility faces ongoing violence
Portland Police Chief Bob Day defended his department’s reforms and “crowd support” policing even as federal agents faced violent anti-ICE protesters without help, after city leaders ordered police not to respond. Last week, Cammila Wamsley, director of Portland’s ICE office, said the facility has endured more than 100 straight nights …
Read More »Teacher's 23-stab-wound death ruled suicide again despite expert claims of homicide
A long-awaited review of the death of Philadelphia teacher Ellen Greenberg, controversially ruled a suicide by 23 stab wounds in 2011, has reaffirmed the finding — but experts still say the evidence tells a different story. Dr. Lindsay Simon, the city’s chief medical examiner, was tasked with reviewing the work …
Read More »Organized crime rings drive street takeovers by using kids to steal cars for wild stunts: expert
Authorities are racing to pump the brakes on a startling trend involving organized criminals using stolen vehicles to terrorize communities, with videos of chaotic street takeovers wreaking havoc from Boston to Los Angeles garnering millions of views online. The takeovers – which are typically organized on social media – often …
Read More »US chess grandmaster’s mom speaks out as questions remain over death, Russian rival faces probe
The mother of Daniel Naroditsky, the former grandmaster chess player who died earlier this week, has broken her silence on her son’s death and said that he had been tormented by online accusations that he and others were using computer “chess engines” to cheat. Naroditsky, who was considered one of …
Read More »Man linked to Hamas attack on Israel indicted in Louisiana for conspiring to support terrorist group
A suspect in Hamas’ October 2023 terror attack against Israel that sparked a two-year war between the two sides has been formally charged in federal court. Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub al-Muhtadi, who has been living in Louisiana, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Lafayette for conspiring to support a …
Read More »Jones and Miyares clash over murder texts as Dem repeatedly invokes Trump at heated, high-stakes debate
RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones defended himself from questions about controversial texts envisioning the murder of the Old Dominion’s then-Republican House Speaker. And Attorney General Jason Miyares questioned Jones’ ability to govern while Jones repeatedly invoked President Donald Trump and salivated over seeing him in …
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