Day: March 2, 2024

Dutch forces deployed to Caribbean territory hit by major oil spill

12:54 am March 2, 2024

Armed forces from the Netherlands have been deployed to the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire to clear beaches of oil coming from an offshore spill blamed on an overturned barge hundreds of miles away. The military cleaned up several beaches on the island that were reopened to the public on Friday. “The situation seems to […]

Tennessee man jailed for using spotlight to hunt deer, threatening landowner

12:44 am March 2, 2024

A Tennessee man was sentenced to jail and barred for life from hunting in the state after he illegally killed 15 deer over more than three years and threatened a landowner with a gun while poaching deer on his property, wildlife officials said. The man pleaded guilty Feb. 22 in east Tennessee’s Hawkins County to […]

Family of 70-year-old who died after being punched by Detroit cop files $50M civil rights suit

12:42 am March 2, 2024

The family of a 70-year-old man who died after a Detroit police officer punched him in the face, causing him to fall to the ground, is suing the former officer and the city of Detroit, seeking $50 million for alleged civil rights violations. The federal lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of Daryl Vance’s family names […]

Missouri governor reduces sentence of ex-Chiefs coach Britt Reid; remaining sentence changed to house arrest

12:35 am March 2, 2024

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson reduced the prison sentence for former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid, who pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in 2022. The drunken driving crash left a 5-year-old girl with a traumatic brain injury. Britt, the son of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, will be released and serve the remainder […]

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