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New York Post – by Yaron Steinbuch
John McAfee of antivirus software fame and his entourage were detained for several days in the Dominican Republic after authorities discovered firearms and ammo on his yacht, according to reports.
The eponymous founder of the PC software security giant docked his yacht, Great Mystery, in Puerto Plata, where the stash was seized, Reuters reported. Continue reading “John McAfee jailed in Dominican Republic on gun charges”
Jeffrey Epstein, the millionaire financier who is being held on federal sex trafficking charges, was found injured and in a fetal position in his cell at a New York City jail, sources close to the investigation told NBC News on Wednesday night.
Epstein, 66, was found semi-conscious with marks on his neck in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan some time in the last two days, the sources said. Epstein is on suicide watch, two sources said. Continue reading “Jeffrey Epstein found injured with marks on his neck in New York jail cell, sources say”
STEBBINS, Alaska — When Nimeron Mike applied to be a city police officer here last New Year’s Eve, he didn’t really expect to get the job.
Mike was a registered sex offender and had served six years behind bars in Alaska jails and prisons. He’d been convicted of assault, domestic violence, vehicle theft, groping a woman, hindering prosecution, reckless driving, drunken driving and choking a woman unconscious in an attempted sexual assault. Among other crimes. Continue reading “The Village Where Every Cop Has Been Convicted of Domestic Violence”
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah boy has earned widespread social media attention for his neighborhood soda stand thanks to a sign he holds that reads, “Ice Cold Beer” with “root” above the word beer in tiny print.
Several residents in the northern Utah city called police earlier this week concerned about a young boy selling alcohol in front of a church, said Brigham City Police Lt. Tony Ferderber on Thursday.
Continue reading “Boy advertises ‘Ice Cold Beer’ at root beer stand”
A U.S. Navy warship called the USS Boxer took down an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, President Trump said, adding, “The drone was immediately destroyed.” A senior Iranian official has denied that the country lost a drone.
“The Boxer took defensive action against an Iranian drone,” Trump said, giving details about the encounter at the start of a flag presentation ceremony at the White House. He said the drone had closed to about 1,000 yards from the U.S. ship, “ignoring multiple calls to stand down.” Continue reading “Trump Says Navy Ship Destroyed Iranian Drone Over Strait Of Hormuz”
John Paul Stevens, a moderate Republican and former antitrust lawyer from Chicago who evolved into a savvy and sometimes passionate leader of the Supreme Court’s liberal wing and became the third-longest-serving justice on the court before he retired in 2010, died July 16 at a hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 99.
The cause was complications from a stroke he suffered Monday, according to an announcement from the Supreme Court. The only justices who served longer were William O. Douglas, whom Justice Stevens replaced in 1975, and Stephen J. Field, a nominee of President Abraham Lincoln who served for much of the late 19th century. Continue reading “John Paul Stevens, longtime leader of Supreme Court’s liberal wing, dies at 99”
The remnants of what was once Hurricane Barry brought widespread flooding into southwestern Arkansas overnight Monday and early Tuesday.
Floodwaters rose over the hoods of cars in the parking lot of the Nashville, Arkansas, Police Department. A spokeswoman for the department told weather.com water was also getting into the building. A video showed a steady stream of water flowing by the Nashville City Hall and the road in front of it. Continue reading “Barry Impacts: Flooding Swamps Arkansas Police Station and Animal Shelter; Washes Out Highways”
FLORENCE, Ala. (WAFF/Gray News) – A man has been fighting for his life in the hospital after his wife says a day kayaking with their kids left him with a terrifying infection.
Cassey Rutherford has been by her husband’s bedside at the North Alabama Medical Center in Florence. Ricky Rutherford, 41, is in the intensive care unit. Continue reading “Ala. man contracts flesh-eating bacteria from river”
FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT/Gray News) – One man in Kentucky is recovering after finding a tick in his eyeball.
Chris Prater works for a local electric company. Before he starts each day, he always sprays himself with insect repellent. Continue reading “Kentucky man finds tick in his eye”
LORETTO, Tenn. (WAFF/Gray News) – A drug bust announcement out of Lawrence County, Tennessee came with an atypical warning about the dangers of trying to flush away drug evidence.
The warning stemmed from a drug arrest in Loretto over the weekend. Police say when they went to serve the search warrant, the suspect, Andy Perry, unsuccessfully tried to flush methamphetamine and several items of paraphernalia. Perry was arrested on multiple drug and evidence tampering charges. Continue reading “Police: Flushing drugs could create ‘meth-gators’ in north Alabama”
Thousands of people in Sweden are having futuristic microchips implanted into their skin to carry out everyday activities and replace credit cards and cash.
More than 4,000 people have already had the sci-fi-ish chips, about the size of a grain of rice, inserted into their hands — with the pioneers predicting millions will soon join them as they hope to take it global. Continue reading “Swedes are getting implants in their hands to replace cash, credit cards”
An Oklahoma man was arrested last month after police say a routine traffic stop turned up a gun, a rattlesnake, an open bottle of whiskey and rod of “radioactive” uranium.
Stephen Jennings was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, transporting an open container of liquor and driving with a suspended license after police initially pulled him over on June 26 for having expired tags. Continue reading “Oklahoma man arrested in stolen car with snake, uranium, gun, whiskey: Cops”
The U.S. Coast Guard released video Thursday of service members leaping onto a submarine carrying 17,000 pounds of cocaine as part of a monthslong, $569 million cocaine bust.
A member of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro can be seen in the video yelling at an unidentified aquatic vehicle to stop as it moved alongside the cutter at the surface of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Crew members then jump onto the top of the mostly submerged vessel as it’s moving and bust open the hatch. Continue reading “Dramatic video shows Coast Guard leaping onto submarine carrying 17,000 pounds of cocaine”
30. When I retire, I’m movin’ north.
29. I’ll take Shakespeare for 1000, Alex.
28. Duct tape won’t fix that.
27. Come to think of it, I’ll have a Heineken Continue reading “Things You’ll Probably Never Hear a Southern Boy Say”
A Crawfordville couple preparing for Armageddon faces multiple serious charges after two women, who worked on their farm, escaped and told investigators they were prevented from leaving and were physically and sexually abused for years.
Wakulla County Sheriff’s office detectives raided their residence at 251 Lonnie Raker Lane Friday and arrested Mirko Ceska, 58, and Regina Ceska, 55. Continue reading “Two escape farm of ‘doomsday preppers,’ tell Wakulla detectives they were abused for years”
PHILADELPHIA (Gray News) – If not for heavy traffic, 54-year-old Eric Hood might have gotten away with a carjacking Thursday night.
Around 9 p.m., a mother of three pulled up outside of a Philadelphia pizza shop. She left the car running with her 7-month-old and 1 and 5-year-olds still on the inside while she went to see their father, who works at the restaurant. Continue reading “A man stole a car with kids inside, so the dad and bystanders beat him to death, cops say”
Brooklyn Daily Eagle – by Jeffery Harrell
The NYPD is failing to provide body cam footage in instances of police misconduct, according to a new report from a city watchdog agency.
The report, released by the Citizens Complaint Review Board, found that around 40 percent of its requests for the release of body camera footage were not fulfilled in 2019. Continue reading “Body cam backlog: NYPD lags on making footage public, report finds”
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Almost three dozen cannabis plants have been found growing in the flower beds in front of the Vermont Statehouse, police said Friday.
A visitor to the Statehouse alerted police to what turned out to be 34 plants found by officers this week among the cultivated flowers that line the walkway in front of the building in Montpelier. Continue reading “A Capitol offense? Cannabis found in Statehouse flower beds”
Accused child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein wired a total of $350,000 to a pair of co-conspirators just days after the publication of a newspaper story alleging he sexually abused dozens of underage girls, federal prosecutors said Friday.
The prosecutors said the payments, which were made after the publication of a bombshell Miami Herald story last November, demonstrate Epstein’s willingness to tamper with witnesses. Continue reading “Jeffrey Epstein tampered with witnesses: prosecutors”