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Facebook’s engineering team has discovered a security weakness that allowed hackers to access as many as 50 million accounts, the company announced in a blog post on Friday. “We’re taking this incredibly seriously and wanted to let everyone know what’s happened and the immediate action we’ve taken to protect people’s security,” Facebook Vice President of […]

Washington, DC – The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to move Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s U.S. Supreme Court nomination out of committee and to the floor of the U.S. Senate for a confirmation vote on Friday afternoon, but with caveats. The vote was supposed to have been made at 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 28, but a number […]

Nashville, TN – A Metropolitan Nashville police officer who fatally shot an armed man after the suspect refused to drop his weapon has been charged with criminal homicide. Nashville Police Officer Andrew Delke, 25, turned himself in on an arrest warrant on Thursday, and was released on $25,000 bond, NBC News reported. He will plead […]

Baton Rouge, LA – A Louisiana State University basketball player was shot and killed early Friday morning. Wayde Sims, a 20-year-old, 6-foot-6 junior forward, was shot near a Subway restaurant that was next to the Southern University’s football stadium at about 1:25 a.m., according to ESPN. The Advocate reported that Sims was shot after a […]

Logan County, OH – Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy who was featured giving a 10-year-old boy a tattoo in a video that has gone viral (video below). Bellefontaine police said they have received calls from outraged people all over the country who saw the video after it was posted to social media. A Facebook […]

Iola, KS – A McDonald’s employee who allegedly put a peroxide-based cleaner into an Allen County deputy’s drink has been arrested. The incident occurred at the Iola McDonald’s restaurant in late August, when an unnamed Allen County sheriff’s deputy pulled into the drive-thru to grab a bite to eat, KOAM reported. After he ate his […]

Milwaukee, WI – The widow of a Milwaukee County deputy, who was killed in the line of duty, has been ordered to repay approximately $160,000 that the county accidentally overpaid her due to their own bookkeeping error. Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Deputy Sergio Aleman, an 18-year veteran of the department, died in an on-duty crash on […]

Grand Rapids, MI – A witness captured a video of a shootout on a highway between Grand Rapids police officers and a murder suspect from the city of Wyoming (video below). The incident occurred after police began searching for 33-year-old Adam Nolin in connection with a murder that occurred at Creekside Estates Mobile Home Park […]

Bladenboro, NC – The Wayne County District Attorney’s Office has dismissed all charges against a woman who was arrested after rescuing and treating over two dozen abandoned cats and dogs during Hurricane Florence. Tammie Hedges, the operator of the volunteer-run temporary shelter, Crazys Claws N Paws, was arrested on Sep. 21 for 12 counts of […]

St. Louis, MO – A St. Louis alderwoman has sued the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department alleging she suffered “significant and persistent physical harm” when they deployed tear gas during a “protest” she attended in 2017. The incident occurred on Sep. 15, 2017, after former St. Louis Police Officer Jason Stockley was found not guilty […]