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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Assault rifles at the ready, police in a speedboat scan the coastline as they slice through the slate-gray water, aware that the rocky shorelines and fishing villages that line parts of southern Jamaica are not always very sleepy these days. Seizures of South American cocaine in Jamaica have doubled since last […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man accused of opening fire at Los Angeles International Airport, shooting employees and terrorizing travelers, accomplished two of his goals, according to authorities: killing a Transportation Security Administration officer and showing how easy it is to get a gun into an airport. The deadly rampage left investigators to piece together […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay over $2.2 billion to resolve criminal and civil allegations that the company promoted powerful psychiatric drugs for unapproved uses in children, seniors and disabled patients, the Department of Justice announced on Monday. The agreement is the third-largest settlement with a drugmaker in U.S. history, and […]
MIAMI (AP) — A 23-year-old man was convicted of second-degree murder Monday in the 2007 slaying of Washington Washington Football Team star Sean Taylor during what witnesses say was a botched burglary. The jury deliberated about 16 hours over four days before returning the verdict in the trial of Eric Rivera Jr., who admitted in […]
Rachel Poole, 31, was talking to her husband Justin Poole, a U.S. soldier stationed overseas, via FaceTime chat when a home intruder stabbed her multiple…
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A six-term congressman and former paper mill worker hoping to unseat Maine Gov. Paul LePage next year announced that he’s gay — a response to what he called a “whisper campaign” by political opponents hoping to weaken his gubernatorial bid. U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, 58, wrote in an op-ed provided to […]
Eman Moss and Tiffany Moss (pictured above) of Gwinnett County, Ga. have both been charged with felony murder and cruelty to children in the first degree…
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Nicknamed “Fat Leonard,” the gregarious Malaysian businessman is well known by U.S. Navy commanders in the Pacific, where his company has serviced warships for 25 years. But prosecutors in court papers say Leonard Francis worked his connections to obtain military secrets by lining up prostitutes, Lady Gaga tickets and other bribes […]
Kevin Hart is more than just a comedian turned hilarious actor. The Philadelphia born and bred funnyman decided to help out the struggling Philadelphia school…
Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who started his 30-month sentence on Oct. 29, has a projected release date of Dec. 31, 2015, according to the federal Bureau of Prisons website. That date makes the assumption Jackson will have almost two months shaved from his sentence for good behavior. Jackson is serving his time in a […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Fire officials say a 19-year-old New York University student may have been trapped between two buildings for as long as two days. The victim, Asher Vongtau, was rescued at 6:25 p.m. Sunday. A fire department spokesman says he’s in serious condition at Bellevue Hospital. It’s unclear how Vongtau got stuck between […]
In “Wait….Say What?” news, California Police have arrested 39-year-old Pete Jacob Lara for according to WVUE New Orleans, “picking through the mouths of the dead to steal…
