Delaware State

Columbus, OH

Newark, NJ

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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

Illinois State

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Chicago, IL

Chicago Happenings

Every year, new laws that were passed the prior year go into effect on July 1. In 2024, a number of new laws will begin this Monday. Among them include higher wages for tipped employees, a gas tax increase, and driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

New Laws July 1: Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Migrants, Raises for Tipped Workers, and More

New Jersey State

Gladwyne, PA

Ada E.

Toni Lee Sharpless, a 29-year-old nursing assistant, vanished on August 23, 2009, after a night out in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. Her disappearance remains a mystery. Born on December 27, 1979, in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Toni faced challenges early on, losing her father at six and later being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She also struggled with substance abuse but was dedicated to her role as a single mother to her daughter, born when Toni was seventeen. Toni worked as a nursing assistant while studying at Brandywine School of Nursing and graduated from Immaculata University in 2007. She was employed in the infectious disease ward at Lancaster General Hospital at the time of her disappearance.

Toni Sharpless, 29, vanished in Pennsylvania on August 23, 2009, after a night out with a friend

Coffee County, GA

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Daily Coffee Press

Last month, more than twenty individuals were indicted on felony charges in Coffee County. Several of them have recently made local headlines, including Guillermo de la Cruz-Morales, the sole person charged in connection with the disappearance of Maria Diaz, and Cornelius Jamison, accused of cocaine trafficking.

Grand Jury Indicts Over Twenty Individuals on Felony Charges in Coffee County

Reuters

(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court barred on Thursday a federal trademark for the phrase "Trump Too Small" - an irreverent criticism of former President Donald Trump - rejecting a California lawyer's claim that the trademark denial violated his constitutional free speech rights.

US Supreme Court bars 'Trump too small' trademark

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

Louisiana State

WashingtonExaminer

A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked the Biden administration’s Title IX overhaul for four states, calling the rewrite a “threat to democracy” and an “abuse of power.” U.S. District Court Judge Terry Doughty issued a preliminary injunction Thursday to the Biden administration’s new Title IX rules, which changed the definition of sex to include […]

‘Abuse of power’: Federal judge blocks Biden’s Title IX overhaul

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

WyoFile

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with more information about the law enforcement response and the area where the shooting took place. Yellowstone National Park rangers shot and killed a person early Thursday morning during an exchange of gunfire that also left a ranger injured, the park announced.

Yellowstone National Park shooting leaves one dead, ranger injured

Ringtown, PA

The Shenandoah (PA) Sentinel

UNION TOWNSHIP – A valley man was killed Wednesday in a lawn mowing accident, firefighters...
The post Lawn mowing accident claims life of Ringtown Valley man first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel.

Lawn mowing accident claims life of Ringtown Valley man

Aurora, CO

David Heitz

The Aurora City Council will consider using opioid settlement money Monday to pay for drug treatment for clients of its yet to open homeless services campus. The council will vote during its study session whether to spend money from the fund on a peer advisor, a van to transport clients from the navigation center to treatment, and a case manager. The city will receive about $14 million in opioid settlement funds, according to a presentation by city staff to the city council.

Aurora may send homeless people to rehab

Charlottesville, VA

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW/AP) –A federal appeals court has ruled on requiring white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay damages to individuals injured during the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on July 1, 2024, that state law’s language and history were clear enough to predict how Virginia’s high court would rule.

Appeals Court Reinstates $2M in Punitive Damages for Unite the Right Rally Plaintiffs, Each to Receive $350,000

Jersey City, NJ

NEWARK, N.J. – Two Hudson County, New Jersey, men have been charged in connection with their respective roles in a Jersey City neighborhood street gang that distributed cocaine and heroin, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

NJ Men Charged in Gang Drug Offenses & Weapon Charges

Georgia State

The Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — An appeals court has halted the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and others while it reviews the lower court judge’s ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to remain on the case. The Georgia Court of Appeals’ order on Wednesday...

Appeals court halts Trump’s Georgia case during appeal of order allowing Willis to stay on case

Clifton, NJ

Newark, NJ – Evangelos Megariotis, a 72-year-old orthopedic surgeon from Clifton, admitted to multiple counts of unlawfully prescribing pain medications to his patients. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced the guilty plea today.

Surgeon Guilty of Illegal Narcotic Prescriptions, Faces 20 Years

CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 majority Friday in favor of a former Pennsylvania police officer charged with obstructing an official proceeding in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.The ruling in the case Fischer v. U.S. narrowed the Justice Department's use of a federal obstruction statute leveled against scores of people who breached the building where Congress had convened to count state electoral votes. It could affect hundreds of ongoing prosecutions—and upend adjudicated cases, including some of the dozens of Capitol riot-related cases involving people from Illinois.Nearly 50 Illinois residents have been charged for their...

SCOTUS ruling will affect some cases involving Illinoisans charged in Jan. 6 riot

USA TODAY

Lower courts have grappled with the issue of who can own a gun under revised standards the Supreme Court created in a landmark 2022 decision.

Supreme Court declines to decide if felons can be barred from having a gun

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

New York City, NY

The e-Texan

New York – As Trump anticipates his sentencing on July 11th in the New York hush money case, Florida Judge Aileen Cannon made a ruling this Monday. Despite rejecting Trump’s legal team's request to dismiss several charges in the classified documents case, she conceded on a minor point. She removed a portion of the charges that referenced an uncharged allegation, but upheld the other charges.

Legal expert says Trump should not be jailed after New York guilty verdict because he is ‘too old’

The US Supreme Court ruled on Friday that citizens do not have a right to have their non-citizen spouses allowed into the country. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for a 6-3 majority that “a citizen does not have a fundamental liberty interest in her noncitizen spouse being admitted to the country” after a US citizen was unable to secure an immigrant visa for her Salvadoran husband.

US Supreme Court finds citizens lack right to have non-citizen spouses allowed into country

NewsBreak

Delaware judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit stemming from fatal police shooting of mentally ill woman

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit involving the death of a mentally ill woman who was killed by...

Delaware judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit stemming from fatal police shooting of mentally ill woman

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