TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. – Eight prisoners have been injured in stabbings at a prison in northwest Tennessee amid tensions between gangs and a shortage of correctional officers. The Tennessean reports (http://tnne.ws/1LFyEJ7) the stabbings occurred Friday at Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville. The Tennessee Department of Correction-run prison has been put on …
Read More »Biden administration to erase medical debt records from credit reports, affecting millions of Americans
The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to remove medical bills from Americans’ credit reports in a push to end what it called coercive debt collection tactics that affect millions of consumers. GOV. KATHY HOCHUL HAS MESSAGE FOR MIGRANTS LOOKING TO COME TO NEW YORK: ‘GO SOMEWHERE ELSE’ Vice President …
Read More »Montana residents discover their missing horses fatally shot, dumped in a hay field
LODGE GRASS, Mont. – State livestock officials are among several agencies investigating after up to two dozen horses were shot dead and dumped in a hay field about a mile west of Lodge Grass on the Crow Indian Reservation. Residents looking for their missing horses recently found the dead animals, …
Read More »Defense Secretary Hegseth considers reversing Army ban on aggressive 'shark attack' training
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering reversing a ban on the “shark attack,” the time-honored aggressive practice used by drill sergeants to train U.S. Army recruits in basic training. The practice was usually employed at the beginning of training by having several drill sergeants swarming trainees and yelling in their …
Read More »Gov. Pritzker says Trump trying to 'manufacture a crisis' as admin plans National Guard deployment to Chicago
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, said there is no emergency and President Donald Trump is “attempting to manufacture a crisis” after reports that the federal government may deploy the National Guard to Chicago to address crime in the city. “The State of Illinois at this time has received no …
Read More »Mystery swirls as hiker goes missing from California national park trail
Authorities in California are searching for a missing hiker who was last seen on Wednesday at Kings Canyon National Park. The Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks posted on Facebook that 65-year-old Paul Benson intended to go on a day hike in the Ranger Lake area of the park and …
Read More »Illegal immigrant bites off police sergeant's finger after DUI bust: sources
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT A 28-year-old man allegedly slammed into an NYPD squad car and three other vehicles before his arrest on a slew of charges Wednesday – then bit off a piece of a police sergeant’s finger while in a holding cell. The suspect is an illegal immigrant and emotionally …
Read More »Self-driving vehicle runs over, pins woman in San Francisco; operator claims human hit her first
A woman in San Francisco was found with life-threatening injuries late Monday after being run over and trapped under a self-driving car, authorities said. First responders arrived at 5th and Market Streets just after 9:30 p.m. and found the woman underneath the left rear axle of a stopped Cruise autonomous …
Read More »Oklahoma woman shoots daughter dead while aiming for stray dog
An Oklahoma woman pleaded guilty this week to accidentally shooting and killing her teen daughter while trying to shoot a stray dog. Amanda Myrene Fields Moffett, 43, a Cherokee citizen of Nowata, was convicted in an Indian County federal court for the 2018 killing, the Justice Department said. She pleaded …
Read More »Novavax ships millions of updated COVID-19 vaccine doses after FDA clearance
Vaccine maker Novavax Inc on Monday said it has shipped millions of doses its updated COVID-19 shots to distributors after receiving the go-ahead from U.S. regulators. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the updated vaccine last week for emergency use in individuals aged 12 years and older, but batches …
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