Mets’ return to mediocrity is killing their playoff hopes
The Mets’ season continued to stagnate through late May. What followed was a six-week surge that boosted their postseason dreams. Now the glamour has given way to mediocrity, or worse, that threatens to bury the Mets, who travel next week to face the Padres and Diamondbacks, who lead the National League wild-card race. Pete Alonso […]
Philadelphia man pleads guilty to killing neighbor after snoring dispute
A Philadelphia man has pleaded guilty to stabbing his neighbor to death after the neighbor threatened him for his loud snoring. Christopher Casey, 56, of Upper Moreland, was sentenced Aug. 7 in Montgomery County Court to 11.5 to 23 months in county jail, followed by three years of probation, after pleading guilty to manslaughter and […]
NYPD nabs suspect for killing of sports YouTuber
The New York City Police Department announced this week that a gunman has been arrested after allegedly shooting and killing a sports YouTuber in Harlem last month before targeting another person. Mohammed Sawaneh, 21, was arrested Tuesday morning on a murder charge stemming from the drive-by shooting death of 37-year-old Jeremy Cummings in July. “I […]
Florida man drives semi-truck into strip club, Emperors Gentleman Club, killing 1 patron
A man was killed and two others injured when a large truck crashed into a Florida strip club early Tuesday after the man was chased out of the club, police said. The incident happened just before 4:30 a.m. in the parking lot of Emperor’s Gentlemen’s Club in Tampa. The cab of the tractor-trailer crashed into […]
Top Euro Paper Blasts EU’s Bid to Save Freedom by Killing Freedom
A “primal fear” among Europe’s left-wing dissidents leads them to believe that Elon Musk and Mr. X pose a greater threat to democracy than “totalitarian censorship” carried out in the name of freedom, a senior reporter for a major European newspaper has written. The European Union has developed a penchant for the contradiction of trying […]
Missouri man made ex watch him dig her grave before killing her: cops
A Missouri man suspected of domestic violence is accused of killing his ex-wife after tying her to a wheelchair and forcing her to watch him and his new lover dig her grave, investigators said. Washington County Prosecutor John Jones announced last week that Tony Charbonneau, 36, has been charged with the murder of his ex-girlfriend, […]
Jury selection begins Monday for former Las Vegas-area politician accused of killing investigative journalist
Jury selection begins Monday for a former Las Vegas-area politician accused of killing an investigative journalist who wrote a story critical of his office. Former Clark County Democratic property manager Robert Tellez has remained jailed since his arrest in September 2022. Just days before that, Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German was found slashed and […]
Pilot, 35, identified from Brazil plane that spiraled out of sky and crashed, killing 62
The pilot of the plane that crashed, killing all 62 people on board, has been identified as the investigation into the South American plane crash continues. Dario Pacheco, mayor of the city of Vinhedo in Sao Paulo state, said Captain Danilo Santos Romano, 35, was the first victim identified in Friday’s fiery crash in Brazil. […]
Sonya Massey’s killing demands better policing, not less police
Trust continues to decline between America’s most vulnerable communities – those most in need of adequate police protection – and the police officers who serve them. Last month in Springfield, Illinois, Sonia Massey called 911 for help, only to be shot and killed in her kitchen. Corresponding DeputyThese types of shootings often result in, at […]
Passenger plane crashes in Brazil, killing all 61 people on board
A plane operated by Brazilian airline Vaupas crashed in the country’s Sao Paulo state on Friday, killing all 61 people on board, the company announced on Friday. According to the Associated Press, the plane involved in the fire in a residential area of the city of Vinhedo had 57 passengers and four crew members on […]