A wind-driven disasters tore through a us-regions mountain town, leaving much of the downtown in ashes as crews braced for another explosive run of flames in the midst of dangerous weathera>.< and drinks were among many structures gutted in the town, which dates to California’s Gold Rush era and has …
Read More »Top police brass running for higher office in 2021
About a half dozen crime and high-ranking officers of different racial backgrounds are running for elections” target=”_blank”>higher office< in Minneapolis. Those candidates include Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, who leads some 5,000 officers on the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. He announced in June that he would be running in …
Read More »Troops Direct provides gear to service members in need
When Aaron Negherbon sent supplies to his friend in the military” target=”_blank”>armed forces< “I was kind of dumbfounded by that. And I said, ‘Well, don’t you have, you know, trucks following you around everywhere and planes dropping stuff to you whenever you need it?’ And he goes, ‘We have absolutely …
Read More »Georgia ‘gun pipeline’ that ‘flooded’ NYC with illegal firearms shutdown, nine indicted, feds say
A gun pipeline where traffickers flooded new-york-city” target=”_blank”>New York City< has been shut down and nine people are facing federal charges in connection with reselling the guns, some of which appeared in music videos and were used to shoot at police officers, authorities said Wednesday. Those crime” target=”_blank”>arrested< to purchase …
Read More »Appellate judges uphold Maryland beach town's topless ban
A federal appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a Maryland beach town’s right to ban women from topless sunbathing. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond ruled unanimously that Ocean City’s law, which allows men to be topless but not women, is constitutional. Ocean City …
Read More »Girl injured in suspected shark attack in Maryland
A 12-year-old Pennsylvania girl suffered injuries after a suspected shark attack in Maryland that left her with 42 stitches for 20 cuts, family members said. Jordan Prushinski and her family told WBRE-TV that they were on vacation Monday at the beach in Ocean City when Jordan went into knee-deep water. She was …
Read More »USS Bonhomme Richard fire suspect hated Navy, dropped out of SEAL training, documents say
The sailor crime” target=”_blank”>suspected< and had aspired to become a Navy SEAL, according to a search warrant affidavit. Investigators with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) believe Ryan Sawyer Mays, 20, set the blaze on July 12, 2020 that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard while docked in San Diego, an …
Read More »National Parks Service to offer fee-free days in August
In recognition of “Great American Outdoors Day,”a> the Department of the Interior is waiving entrance fees Wednesday at all fee-collecting public lands managed by the department. <, cabin rentals, group day use and use of special areas – would remain in effect. FIREFIGHTER FILMS BEAR DRAGGING DEER ACROSS ROAD IN PENNSYLVANIA …
Read More »New Jersey dad, two daughters and niece were not wearing seat belts in fatal car wreck
The us-regions father, his two daughters and another young relative who were killed in a Saturday night car wreck were not wearing seat belts at the time, a new report said. George Ritter, 34, may have also been speeding in a modified 1987 black Ford Mustang when he struck a …
Read More »Pentagon officer killed in stabbing attack identified as Army veteran who served in Iraq
The defense police officer who was killed after an assailant stabbed him in the neck at a metro hub outside the Department of Defense headquarters was identified Wednesday as George Gonzalez, a native New Yorker who previously served in Iraq. Gonzalez joined the Pentagon Force Protection Agency as a police …
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