A violent encounter on Chicago’s West Side early Saturday morning left one person critically injured and involved a shootout between police and a gunman.
French authorities have dismantled a massive international child pornography network, arresting 95 individuals as part of an investigation led by the National Gendarmerie.
Sheriff Curtis Landers of Oregon’s Lincoln County has expressed growing concern over a letter circulating in his rural, coastal community that encourages residents to write down the license plate numbers of vehicles suspected to belong to undocumented immigrants. In response to the increasingly troubling nature of the letters, Landers has contacted the FBI and issued a statement condemning the divisive and harmful content of the message.
Ingrid Lewis-Martin, New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s chief adviser, was indicted on corruption charges on Thursday, marking the latest legal issue surrounding the mayor's administration. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the charges, accusing Lewis-Martin of providing special treatment to real estate developers in exchange for over $100,000. The indictment also claims that the developers helped Lewis-Martin’s son set up a Chick-fil-A franchise.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) center in Los Angeles, calling for a “sanctuary ordinance in every city.”
New York City Mayor Eric Adams suggested his indictment by a federal grand jury may be politically motivated due to his criticism of the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
Members of Congress are “still in the dark” about the growing number of drone sightings across the Garden State and surrounding areas, according to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who is demanding answers from the government. Greene expressed concern over the unidentified drones flying over the Northeast, stating that the American public deserves transparency. Despite numerous requests for a classified briefing, she revealed that members of Congress remain uninformed. She criticized the Biden administration for downplaying the issue, claiming officials are offering vague explanations, such as attributing the sightings to airplanes, helicopters, or stars. “No one is buying it,” Greene declared, urging the government to “come clean.”
The holiday season in Philadelphia was disrupted by a devastating wave of gun violence over the weekend, with 11 separate shootings leaving 24 people injured, four of them fatally.
