Norwalk Man Accused Of Driving Over 130 MPH In Recorded Police
According to a news release, state police became aware on March 28 of videos posted to Instagram and Facebook showing the driver of a Chevrolet traveling at approximately 133 mph in an area of Route 7 in Norwalk where the posted speed limit is 55 mph. According to state police, the approximately 18-seconds long video showed a vehicle with a Chevrolet emblem on the steering wheel accelerating from approximately 56 to 133 mph based on the car's visible speedometer. A date and time stamp indicated the videos were likely uploaded...
Manhattan DA Bragg sues Jim Jordan, Judiciary panel over Pomerantz subpoena
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg sued the House Judiciary Committee and its chairman, Rep. Jim Jordan in an effort to block the panel from subpoenaing an attorney who worked on Bragg’s investigation of former President Donald Trump. Jordan (R-Ohio) subpoenaed Mark Pomerantz April 6, two days after Trump, 76, was arraigned on 34 felony charges of falsifying business records. Pomerantz quit Bragg’s office last year after the DA initially decided not to prosecute Trump and later wrote a book calling for the prosecution of the 45th president. Bragg’s lawsuit, filed...
4 dead, including 2 kids, in Easter shooting at Florida home
A Florida man shot and killed his young son, his girlfriend’s mother and her teenage granddaughter before being gunned down by police on Easter Sunday, authorities said. Police heard gunshots as soon as they arrived at the Orlando home. Upon their entry at about 2:25 a.m., they discovered three people with gunshot wounds, the Orlando Police Department said in a Facebook post. Lacorvis Daley, 28, fatally shot his girlfriend’s mother, Carole Fulmore, 69, Fulmore’s 13-year-old granddaughter, Damionna Reed, and his own son, 7-year-old Cameron Bouie, WKMG reported. Cameron was transported...
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg sues Rep. Jim Jordan over Trump indictment inquiry
NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a federal lawsuit against Rep. Jim Jordan on Tuesday, accusing the Republican of a “transparent campaign to intimidate and attack” him over his indictment of former President Donald Trump. Bragg, a Democrat, is asking a judge to invalidate subpoenas that Jordan, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, has or plans to issue as part of an investigation of Bragg’s handling of the case, the first criminal prosecution of a former U.S. president. The House Judiciary Committee recently issued a...
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg sues Jim Jordan and House GOP for ‘brazen and unconstitutional attack’ on his Trump case
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday sued Ohio congressman Jim Jordan and the House GOP committee probing his case against Donald Trump for an “unprecedently brazen and unconstitutional attack” on his office. The Manhattan Federal Court lawsuit comes a day after the Republican-led House Judiciary committee said it would hold a field hearing next week at the Javits Center tying District Attorney Alvin Bragg to local violent crime. “[Rather] than allowing the criminal process to proceed in the ordinary course, Chairman Jordan and the Committee are participating in a...
Whole Foods closes temporarily in major U.S. city less a year after opening
A Whole Foods store in downtown San Francisco has closed a year after opening due to growing drug use and crime in the area, the company explained. The Whole Foods, which was heralded as the city’s flagship store, started its gradual decline in October 2022 due to high incidences of theft and hostile visitors, according to The San Francisco Standard. “We are closing our Trinity location only for the time being,” a Whole Foods spokesperson told The San Francisco Standard. “If we feel we can ensure the safety of our...
Manhattan DA Sues Jim Jordan To Stop Him From Investigating Trump Case
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a lawsuit Tuesday against House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, demanding that a federal court invalidate any subpoenas he might send for Bragg, his current or former staff members in the wake of President Donald Trump’s recent indictment. Jordan subpoenaed former New York County Special District Attorney Mark Pomerantz last week, accusing him of politicizing the investigation into Trump and encouraging Bragg to charge the former president.
NH to install 700 public sites to provide naxolone, the drug to stop opioid overdoses
In the first statewide program of its kind, New Hampshire will be placing more than 700 public units around the state that give public access to medication that can reverse opioid overdoses. The program will use NaloxBoxes, a program developed in Rhode Island that is organized like publicly accessible defibrillators. The transparent acrylic boxes hold naloxone distribution units, in this case 4-milligram nasal sprays, that can be used by anybody to reverse an opioid overdose. Naxolone is the drug used in Narcan; its over-the-counter use in nasal sprays was approved...
Gavin Newsom, liberal leaders blasted after Whole Foods store in San Francisco closes: 'Failed city'
A Whole Foods Market in San Francisco announced Monday it was shutting its doors due to safety concerns after being open only a year. "We are closing our Trinity location only for the time being," a Whole Foods spokesperson said in a statement to The San Francisco Standard. "If we feel we can ensure the safety of our team members in the store, we will evaluate a reopening of our Trinity location." "Deteriorating street conditions" involving drug use and crime forced the store to close, according to one City Hall...