Day: July 11, 2023

Jalen Kitna enters transfer portal following plea deal in child pornography case: report

8:51 pm July 11, 2023

Former Florida quarterback Jalen Kitna entered the transfer portal less than a week after agreeing to a plea deal that resulted in child pornography charges being dismissed against him. Kitna put his name in the portal Monday, according to ESPN. Kitna is the son of former NFL quarterback Jon Kitna and enrolled at Florida as […]

Louisiana police chief convicted of stealing seized money, COVID-19 stimulus funds

8:19 pm July 11, 2023

A small-town police chief in Louisiana was convicted after taking money seized in narcotics investigations and stealing a family’s COVID-19 stimulus money, leaving them homeless, officials said Monday. A jury last week found Mitch Bratton guilty of malfeasance in office, felony theft and possession of controlled dangerous substances, the state Attorney General’s office said in […]

Milwaukee clears 2-cent sales tax hike in bid to avoid bankruptcy

8:13 pm July 11, 2023

The sales tax in Milwaukee will go up 2 cents per dollar next year after the Common Council voted Tuesday to raise the rate as part of a bipartisan plan to avoid bankruptcy. City leaders who pushed for approval of the higher sales tax warned of looming deep cuts to core services, including police and […]

Dallas police officer suspended over ‘racist’ challenge coin design

8:10 pm July 11, 2023

A Texas police officer has been suspended over his creation of a challenge coin that some Black officers have deemed as racist. The Dallas Police Department told Fox News Digital that Officer Caleb McCollum was issued a five-day suspension Monday during a disciplinary hearing with Police Chief Eddie Garcia. The coin design in question depicts […]

Deadly NJ cargo ship fire extinguished after nearly a week

8:07 pm July 11, 2023

Crews extinguished the intensely burning fire aboard a cargo ship docked in New Jersey after nearly a week and are now beginning their investigation into the blaze that killed two firefighters, officials said Tuesday. “We can officially declare the fire is out,” Coast Guard Capt. Zeita Merchant, the captain of the Port of New York […]