Fairfax, VA

Merrifield, VA

Maryland State

The Maryland State Police have issued a statement regarding the car crash that claimed the life of Vikings cornerback Khyree Jackson. Jackson, 24, as a passenger in a Dodge Charger. The other two occupants — Isaiah Hazel, 23, and Anthony Lytton, Jr., 24 — also died. Hazel, who...

Khyree Jackson and two others died in three-car crash in Maryland

Mississippi State

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Gulfport, MS

Mississippi News Group

On June 14, 2024, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 15-year-old Lexi Jade Brown, charging her with attempted murder and first-degree arson. The arrest followed a violent incident in the early morning hours according to a press release from teh Gulfport PD.

15 year old charged with attempted murder and arson after victim wakes up being stabbed

New York City, NY

New York Post

Construction workers are four times more likely to commit suicide than the average American — and more than any other occupation, a top trade group warned.

Hardhats are also a whopping six times more likely to die from suicide than on-the-job injuries, according to leaders of the Building Trade Employers’ Association’s New York chapter, which shared the grim statistics during the group’s SAFEBUILD conference in Midtown Thursday.

More than 6,000 construction workers died of suicide across the country in 2022, according to Center for Disease Control data.

Construction workers can’t believe their eyes after finding items nearly 1,700 years old





Hellish NYC church demolition...

Construction workers more likely to commit suicide than any other occupation

Covington, GA

Salon

General Mills — the multinational manufacturer of several notable cereal brands — has been sued by eight Black employees who say they faced race-based discrimination at the hands of white managers in one of the company’s Georgia-based plants. The class-action complaint was filed in the U.S. District...

General Mills sued by its Black workers over race-based discrimination from “white supremacists”

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Ash Jurberg

United Parcel Service (UPS) is set to close a major distribution center in Baltimore County this August, resulting in the layoff of 540 employees. The company filed a mass layoff notice with the Maryland Department of Labor detailing plans to cease operations at its sorting facility near the intersection of Interstates 95 and 695 on August 23.

Maryland Hit Hard: Thousands of Jobs Lost as Businesses Announce Layoffs

West Virginia State

Kanawha County, WV

Sissonville, WV

Shine My Crown

Donald Ray Lantz and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, a white couple from West Virginia, are facing severe charges for allegedly enslaving their adopted…
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Adopted Black Children Enslaved By White Couple, Forced To Sleep On Floor And Confined For 12 Hours

California State

CBS News

When Flash Shelton found squatters in his mother's home in Northern California five years ago, he figured out how to work around a system that often appears to protect the squatter and not the property owner: he decided to turn the tables on the squatters."These people feel like the law allows them to do it, so why not me?" said Shelton, who has become known as "The Squatter Hunter."Shelton is now hired by property owners to target squatters living in their homes without permission. Property owners start by giving him a lease, with the legal rights that come with it."Based...

How property owners and lawmakers are turning the tables on squatters

Ringtown, PA

The Shenandoah (PA) Sentinel

UNION TOWNSHIP – A valley man was killed Wednesday in a lawn mowing accident, firefighters...
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Lawn mowing accident claims life of Ringtown Valley man

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Southside Matt

As stated by The Zebra in their History of U.S. Homeownership: how housing has changed since 1960, “The United States is in the midst of a housing crisis.” They report that 40 million renters are currently at risk of eviction. That equates to almost half of the renters in the U.S. in serious danger of losing their homes. While minority residents, primarily Black and LatinX, are disproportionately affected by this, the current economic situation has caused this to hit all races.

Homelessness being outlawed

J. Souza

A fight between passengers marred the final night of a Carnival Cruise Line sailing on June 6th. The incident, which unfolded in the Lido Deck dining room onboard the Carnival Paradise, involved a group of women and resulted in thrown chairs and plates.

Cruise Ship Fight Near Buffet Captured on Camera, Passengers Banned for Life

Montgomery, AL

Michigan Advance

As the story of Juneteenth is told by modern-day historians, enslaved Black people were freed by laws, not combat. Union Gen. Gordon Granger said as much when he read General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, in front of enslaved people who were among the last to learn of their legal freedom. According to the […]
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US laws created during slavery are still on the books

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Bacon County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

On Monday, a search at a Bacon County home by investigators resulted in the discovery of a large quantity of illegal drugs, including methamphetamine and cocaine. However, the suspects are currently not in custody.

Drug Bust Uncovers Methamphetamine and Cocaine in Bacon County Residence

Rhode Island State

Bristol County, RI

Rhode Island Current

State leaders looking to lift Rhode Island from its poor national ranking in housing production have enacted reforms to cut red tape and jumpstart construction. But pockets of resistance continue. To wit: the town of Narragansett in Washington County, where local officials passed an ordinance banning multi-family units in high-density areas in May. The measure […]
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State awarded $3.8 million federal grant to promote affordable housing development

Alexandria, VA

USA TODAY Sports Media Group

A Virginia high school raised eyebrows internally when 30 new students transferred to the school this spring with the intention of playing on the football team. Hayfield Secondary School (Alexandria, Va.) is now under investigation by the Virginia High School League (VHSL) for the net gain of 23 new students at a time when enrollment was dropping countywide, according to the Fairfax County Times. The association does not allow transfer or enrollment of school “made because of athletic ability,” according to its handbook.

Virginia high school faces recruiting questions after 30 football players transferred this spring

WyoFile

Within hours of the sighting on Wednesday, Frank van Manen caught word that there was a grizzly sow with five cubs in tow spotted in Yellowstone National Park. Five cubs following mom is so unlikely that van Manen, who leads the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, pondered an explanation.

Five grizzly bear cubs make the largest litter in Yellowstone-area history

Saint Johns County, FL

Hastings, FL

Jacksonville Today

Eight people have been arrested on drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation at a convenience store in Hastings, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

8 arrested in Hastings drug and gambling bust

Irish Star

Meghan's jams are the latest addition to the Duchess of Sussex's Archewell brand, which have helped the family fund the huge cost of living in their £12 million mansion

Meghan Markle's real reason for selling jam revealed as couple's massive costs laid bare

Boyds, MD

A Maryland soon-to-be grandfather died after he was struck in the back of the head when he tried to apologize to his neighbors over his dogs running into their backyard, his heartbroken family claimed. 

Marvin Guevara’s dogs escaped his Boyd home through a hole in his fence onto his neighbor’s property on June 14, according to the Montgomery County Police Department.

Guevara, 40, then went to his neighbor’s house to retrieve the dogs and apologize for the inconvenience, his daughter-in-law, Flor Flores, told News4.



The family man had gotten into a “verbal argument” with an unidentified female at the property over his...

Maryland grandfather-to-be, 40, dies after fight with neighbor over his dogs running into their yard: ‘He did not deserve that’

Reston, VA

Falls Church, VA

Herndon, VA

Vienna, VA

Dunn Loring, VA

Annandale, VA

Oakton, VA

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Victim robbed at gunpoint by 2 masked men in Fairfax

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. - A victim was robbed at gunpoint by two masked men in Fairfax. Officers are on the scene...

Victim robbed at gunpoint by 2 masked men in Fairfax

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