NBC Chicago reports the first of the weekend’s fatalities was a double murder that occurred in a shooting around 4 pm Friday. The fatality occurred Sunday evening, when a 41-year-old man was shot twice and killed on South Crilly. Earlier Sunday a 46-year-old woman was shot and killed while “driving southbound in the 5100 block […]
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Law Enforcement Thwarted Three Mass Shootings Last Week in Three States…
Police thwarted three potential mass shootings in the span of three days late last week, just two weeks after the US saw two devastating massacres that left 29 dead in 13 hours. Cops arrested three men in separate incidents in Connecticut, Florida, and Ohio after receiving tips from the public. The would-be shooters, ages 20 […]
Pre-Crime Nation: College Student Arrested, Stripped of Firearms for Posting Social Media Meme…
22-year-old Connecticut resident Brandon Wagshol was arrested on Friday for posting a meme on social media that authorities claim indicated he showed an interest in committing a mass shooting – “Brandon Wagshol was just arraigned in Norwalk Superior Court. His bond was kept at $250,000, and the judge ruled he can only post it at […]
Border Apprehensions Drop for 2nd Straight Month: CBP Says It’s ‘Absolute Proof’ Deal with Mexico Is Working…
Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner Robert Perez said Thursday that the drop in border apprehensions for a second straight month is proof that the deal with Mexico to stem the flow of migrants is working. “It’s absolute proof. Unquestionably, an agreement with the government of Mexico that was literally unprecedented by way of the […]
Story of 20-Ton Cocaine Seizure on Container Ship Breaks Down…
“It didn’t pass the ‘hippie in a pop-top VW camper at the border’ smell test.” When the container ship MSC Gayane was busted in Philadelphia ten days ago carrying what ballooned into almost 20 tons of cocaine, it marked the fourth time an MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company vessel has been involved in a major drug […]
The 4-Second Catastrophe: How Boeing Doomed the 737 MAX…
Almost as soon as the wheels of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 spun free from the runway March 10, the instruments in front of Capt. Yared Getachew went haywire. The digital displays for altitude, airspeed and other basic information showed dramatically different readings from those in front of his co-pilot. The controls in Capt. Getachew’s hands […]
Philadelphia Police Shooting Suspect Has ‘Extensive’ Criminal History…
The man accused of opening fire on Philadelphia police officers, wounding six and triggering an hourslong standoff that stretched into the night, has been arrested at least a dozen times since turning 18 — a rap sheet the city’s top cop described as an “extensive” criminal history. With his hands in the air and a […]
Mexican Authorities Find 146 Central American Migrants Hiding in the Back of a Truck During Routine Traffic Stops…
Mexican authorities rescued more than 100 Central American migrants who were hidden inside a trailer in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz on Sunday. Cops patrolling a stretch of the Coatzacoalcos-Villahermosa highway in the municipality of Agua Dulce noticed erratic movements from the tractor trailer and pulled it over before making the shocking discovery. One […]
U.S. Attorney in Philly Issues a Scathing Attack on District Attorney Larry Krasner After Shooting of Six Officers…
What I witnessed last night was true heroism by the Philadelphia police. But the crisis was precipitated by a stunning disrespect for law enforcement – a disrespect so flagrant and so reckless that the suspect immediately opened fire on every single officer within shooting distance. Only by the grace of God did they survive. Where […]
Probe Clears Pro-Trump Pentagon Analyst, Report Withheld from Defense Team…
A confidential counterintelligence investigation cleared suspended Pentagon analyst Adam S. Lovinger on allegations of leaking data to the news media, but officials never told his defense team. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) examined Mr. Lovinger’s use of classified computer networks. In a 2018 report, the NCIS said its review “did not reveal any potential […]
Arming the Cartels: The Inside Story of a Texas Gun-Smuggling Ring…
A FEW YEARS AGO, a retired police officer named Mike Fox found himself badly in need of money. The Vietnam veteran, overweight and ailing, was nearly 70 years old, and his wife, Diane, wasn’t much younger, but they had recently taken custody of their grandsons, a pair of rambunctious two-year-old twins. “We found out our […]
12 U.S. Marines Suspected of Smuggling Illegal Immigrants Face Charges…
A dozen marines have charges pending against them after being accused of involvement in smuggling migrants that have crossed the US border, Marine Corps officials have said. The marines are said to have driven migrants through a heavily-armed US border zone near San Diego after they had entered the country illegally, according to AP. Two […]
Six Philadelphia Police Officers Gunned Down After Attempting to Serve a Warrant…
Six Philadelphia police officers were shot on Wednesday during a drug raid on a home where a shooter is holed up and continues to fire from the residential building. Philadelphia Police said the officers did not have life-threatening injuries. A seventh officer was injured in a car accident on his way to the scene. Six […]
Federal Jail Where Epstein Died Has Record of Security Blunders…
Months after the Metropolitan Correctional Center was celebrated for keeping hold of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán — the drug lord who famously broke out twice from maximum-security prisons in Mexico — Jeffrey Epstein’s reported suicide there embroils a criminal probe that implicates some of the most powerful men in the world in child sex trafficking. […]
Research into Deadly Viruses and Biological Weapons at U.S. Army Lab Shut Down Over Fears They Could Escape…
America’s main biological warfare lab has been ordered to stop all research into the deadliest viruses and pathogens over fears contaminated waste could leak out of the facility. Fort Detrick, in Maryland, has been the epicentre of the US Army’s bioweapons research since the beginning of the Cold War. But last month the Centers for […]
Trump Ending Welfare-Dependent Immigration, Saving Taxpayers Billions…
President Trump is set to save American taxpayers billions of dollars as his administration announces a new rule on Monday that will essentially ban welfare-dependent legal immigrants from permanently resettling in the United States. A new regulation set to be published by the Trump administration will ensure that legal immigrants would be less likely to […]
4 Dead In Southern California Stabbing Spree…
A 33-year-old man was arrested Wednesday and charged with allegedly stabbing four people to death during a crime spree outside Los Angeles. The spree reportedly began shortly before 4:30 p.m. with a burglary at an apartment building in Garden Grove, California. The suspect was arrested hours later outside of a 7-Eleven, where he had fatally […]
Armed Off-Duty Firefighters Halt Armed Suspect at Walmart Store in Missouri…
An armed man reportedly wearing body armor and pushing a shopping cart at a Walmart store in Missouri on Thursday led a store manager to pull the fire alarm and sent customers fleeing — but an armed off-duty firefighter was able to detain the man until police officers arrived, Springfield police said. The 20-year-old suspect […]
Illegal Immigration Across U.S.-Mexico Border Slows as Mexico Steps Up…
Illegal immigration across the southwestern border has been cut dramatically over the past two months, officials revealed Thursday, pointing to President Trump’s deal with Mexico to step up that country’s enforcement as the chief reason. The Border Patrol nabbed about 72,000 people who sneaked across the border in July — a reduction of almost half […]
Former FBI Asst. Director of Counter Intelligence Floats Conspiracy of President Trump Using Childlike Code Words To Trigger Nazis…
If you ever wondered why the FBI would ignore warnings from Russia about the Boston Marathon bombers; or if you ever wondered how the FBI could overlook the warnings from local residents about the San Bernardino terrorists; or if you ever wondered how and why the FBI would ignore reports from the Florida sheriff about […]