Day: January 18, 2024

Bill Belichick interviewing for 2nd time with Falcons this weekend: report

4:02 pm January 18, 2024

Legendary NFL head coach Bill Belichick is one step closer to a new gig. After interviewing with the Atlanta Falcons earlier in the week, Belichick will have a second interview with Atlanta this weekend, according to the NFL Network. Belichick is one of seven coaches to interview for the Falcons’ job after Atlanta parted ways […]

Police in Brazil arrest alleged killer of NYC art dealer Brent Sikkema

3:58 pm January 18, 2024

A suspect was arrested in the brutal killing in Brazil of an American art dealer who was the co-owner of a prominent gallery in Manhattan, police said Thursday. Brent Sikkema, 75, was found dead on Monday with 18 stab wounds in his Rio de Janeiro apartment. Rio state police arrested a man who they identified […]

Police look for ‘3 stooges’ caught on video slipping and falling during armed robbery

3:58 pm January 18, 2024

Police are looking for a “Larry, Curly and Moe” trio who skid and slid their way into an armed robbery of a Texas fast-food joint. The masked suspects threatened employees of a Beaumont, Texas, Popeyes Chicken with handguns and demanded money shortly before 9 a.m. on New Year’s Eve, police said. Their slippery slope into […]

Kentucky Senate approves proposal to end odd-year elections for state office

3:50 pm January 18, 2024

A long-running effort to shift Kentucky’s elections for governor and other statewide offices to coincide with presidential elections won approval in the state Senate on Wednesday. Now comes a much bigger test for supporters: whether they can muster enough votes to win House passage. The measure is aimed at amending Kentucky’s constitution to end the […]

Uvalde school shooting: DOJ review faults police for big delays in confronting gunman

3:18 pm January 18, 2024

The Justice Department released a damning report on the police response to the May 2022 shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Thursday. The report states that police should have immediately confronted the gunman, but failed to do so. “The most significant failure was that responding officers should have immediately recognized the incident […]