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Projected top NFL draft pick surrenders to police on sexual assault warrant

Former Texas wide receiver Isaiah Bond, who is projected as a likely second-day pick in this month’s NFL draft, surrendered on a sexual assault warrant Thursday and was released after posting bail, according to published reports. Bond turned himself in Thursday morning on the outstanding warrant, according to the Dallas… Read More

NYC sightseeing helicopter crashes into Hudson River, killing 6

A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, killing six people, including a family of Spanish tourists, in the latest aviation disaster in the U.S., officials said. Mayor Eric Adams said the flight began at a downtown heliport around 3… Read More

Pro-Palestinian college demonstrators charged with felonies

A dozen pro-Palestinian demonstrators who were arrested at Stanford University last year after they occupied and allegedly caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to a campus building are now facing charges. The twelve people, current and former Stanford students, have been charged with felony vandalism and felony conspiracy… Read More

Cabot Creamery butter recalled over fecal bacteria contamination

A Vermont firm has recalled more than 1,700 pounds of butter because it may be contaminated with coliform, a type of bacteria found in fecal matter. Agri-Mark Inc., of Waitsfield, Vermont, recalled 189 cases of Cabot Creamery 8-ounce premium butter made with sea salt, according to a notice from the… Read More

Mexican drug lord convicted of killing DEA agent released

Drug lord Ernesto “Don Neto” Fonseca Carrillo, who was convicted in the 1985 killing of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent, was freed from prison after completing his 40-year sentence, a federal agent confirmed late Wednesday. Fonseca, 94, had been serving the remainder of his sentence under home confinement outside… Read More

Sarah Palin heads back to court in fight against New York Times

Sarah Palin and The New York Times return to court Monday for a retrial in the former Alaska governor’s defamation lawsuit, nearly eight years after the newspaper published an editorial that wrongly linked her to a mass shooting. The case stems from a June 14, 2017, editorial titled “America’s Lethal… Read More

Member of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s security detail arrested

Officials with the State Department said this week they are investigating a security incident that happened with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. According to reports, while on last week’s trip to Europe, a Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) shift supervisor on Rubio’s detail reportedly was arrested and released following an altercation… Read More

IRS acting commissioner suddenly resigns

The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service is resigning over a deal to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S., according to two people familiar with the decision. Melanie Krause, who had served as acting… Read More