Day: September 6, 2023

Texas authorities charge 3 men with human smuggling after 5 immigrants found locked against their will: police

10:54 pm September 6, 2023

Fort Bend, Texas, law enforcement officials have arrested three men accused of smuggling immigrants into the U.S. and holding them against their will, according to authorities. The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a welfare check call at about noon on Aug. 30, on Meadow Hollow Drive in Meadows Place in Fort […]

Pennsylvania authorities reveal surveillance video of killer’s prison escape as manhunt approaches second week

10:45 pm September 6, 2023

Authorities in Pennsylvania on Wednesday released surveillance video of convicted killer Danelo Cavalcante’s escape from prison, who’s still on the run. Cavalcante escaped from the Chester County Prison on the morning of Aug. 31 and the U.S. Marshals Service says he’s also wanted for a homicide in Brazil. Officials believe he’s headed south, but didn’t […]

Macon, Georgia, sets earlier bar curfew in effort to stem overnight crime

10:14 pm September 6, 2023

Officials in middle Georgia’s largest city are mandating that bars close at 2 a.m., an hour earlier than currently allowed, saying they believe an earlier closing time will reduce late-night crime. Macon-Bibb commissioners voted 5-4 on Tuesday in favor of earlier closings. Bars in Macon were already mandated to stop serving alcohol at 2 a.m., […]

Dodgers’ Julio Urías placed on administrative leave after arrest

10:14 pm September 6, 2023

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías was placed on administrative leave Wednesday after he was arrested on suspicion of corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant. Major League Baseball released a statement on the matter. “Per an agreement between MLB and the MLBPA, Julio Urías has been placed on administrative leave until further notice as […]

GA Sec of State Brad Raffensperger slams efforts to remove Trump from the ballot in op-ed: ‘Trust the voters’

10:13 pm September 6, 2023

Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger wrote an opinion piece decrying those who wish to bar former President Trump from running in the 2024 election, suggesting that voters, not lawyers, should decide. Some of Trump’s critics have argued that a rule enshrined in the United States Constitution could bar Trump from being on the […]