Oklahoma State

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

West Virginia State

Kanawha County, WV

Sissonville, WV

Jeanne Whitefeather and Donald Lutz face numerous criminal charges, including human trafficking, forced labor and child neglect. A white West Virginia couple is accused of adopting five Black children and forcing them to work on their farm. The couple faces numerous criminal charges, including human trafficking, forced labor, and child neglect, NBC reports.

White Couple Accused Of Adopting Black Children And Forcing Them To Work “As Slaves” On Farm In West Virginia

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood warns of a "total breakdown of law and order" unless action is taken.

Thousands of prisoners to be released in September

San Antonio, TX

In a troubling incident in San Antonio, Texas, a mother has been arrested for leaving her three young children locked in a car for nearly an hour while she went shopping. The woman, identified as Angela Garza–Amador, was taken into custody on June 28 and faces three counts of abandoning/endangering a child.

Viral video: Texas mother arrested for locking kids in boiling car while she went shopping

The government has announced emergency measures to deal with prison overcrowding in England and Wales. These include early release for some prisoners when they have served 40% of their sentence. The first people are likely to be released under the scheme in September. Which prisoners will be released?. Prisoners who...

Which prisoners will be released from jail early?

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Nebraska State

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Duluth, MN

National Weather Force

Severe thunderstorms are expected across parts of the Northern Plains, particularly in South Dakota, Nebraska, and Minnesota, from the afternoon into the evening. The main risk with these storms will be damaging winds, large hail, and isolated tornadoes if ingredients align. Please check below for further details.

Multiple Rounds of Damaging Winds, Large Hail & Isolated Tornado; Upper Midwest; July 31st, 2024

Execution of Richard Rojem Jr. Richard Rojem Jr., 66, was executed on June 27 for the 1985 kidnapping, rape, and murder of his ex-stepdaughter, Layla Cummings, who was seven years old at the time. As Oklahoma’s longest-serving death row inmate, Rojem received a lethal three-drug injection at 10:16 a.m. at the state prison.

Oklahoma: Death row inmate’s final meal could give you a heart attack

Mississippi State

Meridian, MS

The Mirror US

Emily Lawhead, a spokesperson for Management and Training Corporation, which manages the facility, said Clarence Gillie, 59, was found unresponsive in his cell on Thursday

Mystery deepens as third inmate found dead in cell this month at Mississippi prison

Tulsa, OK

Fox News

The Washington Post on Monday reported that many Americans are considered homeless despite working regular jobs due to inflation and high rent costs.

Growing number of Americans with jobs are homeless thanks to 'fast-rising rents,' inflation: Report

Alabama State

The alleged victims of a man accused to have shot dead five people including four children have been revealed to be his wife, his two kids and his niece and nephew. Brandon Allan Kendrick II is accused of slaughtering his family with a handgun in a blood-soaked rampage just hours after one of the children celebrated their birthday.

Alabama dad 'shoots wife, their two kids, his niece and nephew dead' just hour after birthday party

Colorado State

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Louisville, KY

Law & Crime

Citing new evidence, prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence a pediatrician to the max for the attempted murder-for-hire of her ex-husband.
The post Pediatrician asked women inmates if they knew someone who could kill ex-husband after she already admitted to bizarre murder-for-hire plot: Feds first appeared on Law & Crime.

Pediatrician asked women inmates if they knew someone who could kill ex-husband after she already admitted to bizarre murder-for-hire plot: Feds

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

CJ Coombs

Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

Beneath the blazing summer sun on a former slave plantation, Lamont Gross and fellow prisoners stooped in long rows, picking vegetables by hand under the watchful eyes of armed guards on horseback. He said breaks were short and infrequent, with nothing to protect workers from the heat. “I saw guys...

Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hefty phone bills for inmates in U.S. prisons and jails were slashed by the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday, affecting about 2 million incarcerated persons and their families.

Inmate phone call costs slashed by US agency

Texas State

The Independent

 Describing Texas prisons as so hot that inmates cool off by splashing themselves with toilet water or faking suicide attempts to get moved to cooler medical areas, advocates on Tuesday asked a federal judge to declare the state prison system's lack of air conditioning as unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment. Tuesday began a multi-day hearing in a lawsuit that seeks to force Texas to fully air condition a prison system that houses more than 130,000 inmates, but has full AC in only about a third of its 100 prison units. The rest have partial or no air-conditioning.Inmate advocacy groups...

Inmate advocates describe suffocating heat in Texas prisons as they plea for air conditioning

Clarke County, MS

Mississippi News Group

In a tragic turn of events, 14-year-old Chquese Porter has been denied bond following his formal charging as an adult in the shooting death of 12-year-old Caleb Bender. The incident occurred around 1:00 am on June 29th, 2024, at a residence on River Rd near the intersection of Leola St in the Town of Stonewall, according to a press release from the Clarke County Sheriff.

Bond Denied for 14-Year-Old Charged with Murder in Clarke County

Chillicothe, MO

CBS DFW

A woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years of a life sentence was released Friday, despite attempts in the last month by Missouri's attorney general to keep her behind bars.Sandra Hemme, 64, left a prison in Chillicothe, hours after a judge threatened to hold the attorney general's office in contempt if they continued to fight against her release. She reunited with her family at a nearby park, where she hugged her sister, daughter and granddaughter. "You were just a baby when your mom sent me a picture of you," she said. "You looked just like your...

Missouri woman who spent 43 years in prison is free

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Teachers, Parents Protest At Oklahoma State Board Of Education Meeting

With the beginning of the school year for several Oklahoma districts only weeks away, teachers across the state are confused by a new mandate involving the...

Teachers, Parents Protest At Oklahoma State Board Of Education Meeting

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