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Military going ahead with plan for low-level fighter jets
A proposal to lower the flight ceiling for noisy fighter jets has dragged on for so long that residents can be forgiven if they’ve put it out of their minds. (FOX)- But the Air National Guard is pressing forward with the plan with a goal of submitting a revised environmental impact report this year for […]
Read MoreMexico drug lord told to pay $1M in DEA agent’s 1985 murder
A federal judge has ordered a drug lord convicted in the 1985 killings of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent and a Mexican government pilot to pay relatives of the victims nearly $1 million in compensation, officials said Friday. (FOX)- The Federal Judicial Council announced the 20.8 million peso penalty in a statement without naming […]
Read MoreRemains of US WW II airmen may have been found in the Himalayas
Department of Defense officials may have found the remains of U.S. servicemen missing since their aircraft crashed in the Himalayas during World War II. (FOX)- U.S. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) visited two sites in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh in the search for remains, a DPAA spokesman told FoxNews.com. Aircraft carrying the […]
Read MoreMarshal’s seize deputy’s property to pay off shooting victim
U.S. Marshals seized personal belongings of a Florida sheriff’s deputy to help pay the expenses of a 23-year-old man he shot and paralyzed. (PBP)- Attorney Jack Scarola tells the Palm Beach Post. He got permission from a federal magistrate to take property from Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Sgt. Adams Lin to help pay a $22.4 million […]
Read More2 in custody after shooting at officers in Tampa’s Ybor City
Police say two people are in custody after firing a gun at several officers in Tampa’s Ybor City neighborhood. (FOX)- The shooting happened late Tuesday after reports of a car break-in outside a home. Police tell local news outlets that officers confronted three suspects about a block away. That’s when one of the suspects began […]
Read MoreTeen killed as part of mom’s ‘rape-murder fantasy’ with boyfriend, DA Says
A Pennsylvania mother and her boyfriend acted out a “rape-murder fantasy” when they killed the woman’s 14-year-old daughter in July, prosecutors said Sunday. (FOX)- Sara Packer, 41, and Jacob Sullivan, 44, planned Grace Packer’s murder for more than a year, killed her in July, and then stored the body in the attic of their rented […]
Read MoreMurder suspect in Texas Walmart beating in custody
Tomball, Texas, police say 29-year-old Michael Brandon Jemison was taken into custody without incident around Wednesday in Waller County in connection with a deadly beating at a Walmart.. (FOX)- Jemison has been charged with murder. Jemison allegedly struck a man in the head at the Walmart, and that man later died at the hospital. Police say the […]
Read MoreU.S. Marshals find fugitive hiding in Chesapeake home attic insulation
A man wanted for two recent Norfolk shootings was found in an interesting hiding spot on Thursday. (WTKR)- 29-year-old Donnie Eugene Graham was arrested by Marshals and Norfolk detectives in a Chesapeake residence. Graham was charged with eight felony arrest warrants for two alleged shootings in Norfolk, authorities said. The first shooting took place on […]
Read More910 street-crime homicides in Tijuana during 2016
The border city of Tijuana had its most deadly year in history last year, with a total of 910 homicides prompted mostly by drug dealing-related disputes. (FOX)- The figure, provided by the Baja California Attorney General’s Office, represents a 36 percent increase over 2015. The homicide victims are “people with a very low public profile, they’re […]
Read MoreArmed robbers strike same Waffle House twice in 72 hours
Police near Atlanta are investigating two separate robberies — both within a 72-hour period — of the same Waffle House restaurant. (FOX)- Cobb County police say the first holdup at the Waffle House in Marietta happened shortly before 6 a.m. Sunday. They say two gunmen entered the restaurant and began demanding money from the employees. […]
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