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Passenger Restrained After Cockpit Scare On United Flight Passenger Restrained After Cockpit Scare On United Flight
Passenger Restrained After Cockpit Scare On United Flight A short hop through the Midwest turned into a midair security scare. United Airlines Flight 2005, traveling from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to Minneapolis, diverted to Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin, late Friday, May 29, after an unruly passenger caused a security concern, according to a statement by the FAA. The passenger allegedly tried to breach the cockpit shortly after takeoff, prompting pilots to divert the plane, ABC affiliate WISN-TV Channel 12 in Milwaukee reported. The flight had left Chicago around 8 p.m. and landed in Madison around 9:10 p.m., the …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Child Sex Abuse Images Found In Gmail Account Lead To Maryland Man's Conviction: Prosecutors Child Sex Abuse Images Found In Gmail Account Lead To Maryland Man's Conviction: Prosecutors
Child Sex Abuse Images Found In Gmail Account Lead To Maryland Man's Conviction: Prosecutors A Maryland man who prosecutors say stored child sexual abuse images and videos in a Gmail account is heading back to jail after a jury convicted him on multiple charges. Christopher Willard Clendenin, 38, of Davidsonville, was convicted this week of seven counts of possession of child pornography following a trial in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court. Moments after the verdict, Judge Sidney Butcher revoked Clendenin's bond and ordered him held at the Jennifer Road Detention Center until his sentencing hearing in July. The investigation began more than three years ago. On April 26, 2023, d…

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by Zak Failla
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Teen Admits Bringing Fully Automatic, Stolen Glock Into Charter School: Feds Teen Admits Bringing Fully Automatic, Stolen Glock Into Charter School: Feds
Teen Admits Bringing Fully Automatic, Stolen Glock Into Charter School: Feds A 20-year-old man who brought a fully automatic weapon into a Northwest DC charter school will spend more than a year in prison, federal prosecutors announced on Friday. James Adrian Brewer, who was 19 at the time, pleaded guilty in US District Court in February to unlawful possession of a machine gun, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. On May 29, he was sentenced to 16 months in prison. The weapon was inside the Goodwill Excel Center Adult Charter School in Northwest on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2025, when a school administrator spotted what appeared to be a firea…

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by Zak Failla
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New Details Emerge In Claude Lemieux's Death New Details Emerge In Claude Lemieux's Death
New Details Emerge In Claude Lemieux's Death New details are coming to light in the tragic death of former New Jersey Devils star and four-time Stanley Cup champion Claude Lemieux. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office told The Athletic that deputies responded early Thursday morning, May 28 to a suicide attempt at a furniture showroom in Lake Park, Florida. State records show the business is owned by Lemieux and his wife, Deborah, according to the report. The Palm Beach County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed Lemieux's death but told The Athletic it could not provide additional records because Florida law shields suicide-rela…

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New Details Released In Deaths Of 3 Women At Mexican Resort Popular With Americans: Update New Details Released In Deaths Of 3 Women At Mexican Resort Popular With Americans: Update
New Details Released In Deaths Of 3 Women At Mexican Resort Popular With Americans: Update The fear spreading through a vacation hotspot now has a new official answer. Prosecutors in Mexico are now saying that evidence so far does not support the presence of a serial attacker in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, after three women were found dead there in less than two weeks, NTV+ reported. The new details mark a shift from earlier concerns that the deaths could be connected to a single suspect. According to NTV+, prosecutors said there are no objective elements or scientific evidence confirming a possible serial killer. Authorities also said they have not found matching patterns among th…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Major Studios Are Moving Productions From Hollywood To This Northeast State: Here's Why Major Studios Are Moving Productions From Hollywood To This Northeast State: Here's Why
Major Studios Are Moving Productions From Hollywood To This Northeast State: Here's Why Hollywood’s next boomtown is not where most people would expect. Far from it. Literally. New Jersey has become the only US state where film and TV production is booming, The Wall Street Journal reported in a story published on Thursday, May 28. The reason is money. The Journal says New Jersey’s tax incentive program is now among the most effective in the country, pulling major productions away from traditional hubs as studios cut costs. Across the US, spending on movies and TV shows fell 20 percent last year, according to ProdPro data cited by The Wall Street Journal. But New Jersey w…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Stepbrother Charged As Adult As New Evidence Emerges In HS Cheerleader's Cruise Ship Death Stepbrother Charged As Adult As New Evidence Emerges In HS Cheerleader's Cruise Ship Death
Stepbrother Charged As Adult As New Evidence Emerges In HS Cheerleader's Cruise Ship Death A cruise ship death that drew national attention has taken another sharp turn in federal court. New court details have emerged in the death of Anna Kepner, an 18-year-old high school cheerleader from central Florida, whose stepbrother, Timothy Hudson, 16, is being prosecuted as an adult. US Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres declined on Wednesday, May 27, to immediately jail Hudson while he awaits trial in Miami federal court. Hudson had been living with an uncle under electronic monitoring after he was first charged as a juvenile, according to NBC News. Prosecutors sought to have him detained …

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by Joe Lombardi
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'Rather Be Deported': Pregnant Mom, Disabled 4-Year-Old Held At Dulles For Days, ACLU Claims 'Rather Be Deported': Pregnant Mom, Disabled 4-Year-Old Held At Dulles For Days, ACLU Claims
'Rather Be Deported': Pregnant Mom, Disabled 4-Year-Old Held At Dulles For Days, ACLU Claims A pregnant woman and her disabled 4-year-old son have allegedly been held inside a windowless room at Dulles International Airport in Virginia for more than a week, according to an emergency federal court filing from the ACLU of Virginia. The lawsuit, filed this week in federal court in Alexandria, claims Anabella Gyasi, a 38-year-old woman from Ghana, and her young son have been detained by US Customs and Border Protection since arriving at Dulles on Monday, May 19. According to the ACLU, Gyasi traveled to the United States with valid tourist visas so her son could receive treatment at Akr…

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by Zak Failla
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Red, White, And Bruised: Virginia Officers Rescue Three Hurt Bald Eagles Before America’s 250th Red, White, And Bruised: Virginia Officers Rescue Three Hurt Bald Eagles Before America’s 250th
Red, White, And Bruised: Virginia Officers Rescue Three Hurt Bald Eagles Before America’s 250th Animal Control officers in Virginia have been busy answering one very American emergency this week as the country approaches its 250th birthday. Not one. Not two. But three bald eagles were recently rescued by first responders and are being nursed back to health. The latest rescue happened on Wednesday, May 27, after Stafford County Animal Shelter officials said Animal Control received back-to-back calls involving injured bald eagles found in different parts of the county. One eagle was discovered along Richmond Highway with an injured wing. Deputy Peterson responded to the call, safely s…

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Man Pulled From Water During Dramatic Rescue Near Inner Harbor In Maryland (DEVELOPING) Man Pulled From Water During Dramatic Rescue Near Inner Harbor In Maryland (DEVELOPING)
Man Pulled From Water During Dramatic Rescue Near Inner Harbor In Maryland (Developing) A man was pulled from the water in Maryland on Thursday afternoon after rescue crews launched an emergency dive operation near the Inner Harbor. The rescue unfolded shortly after 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, along the 700 block of Pratt Street, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department. When crews arrived, they found a man in the water and immediately activated the department’s dive team. Divers entered the harbor and began what Baltimore Fire described as a rapid search. The man was located in the water and removed by rescue crews, according to officials. Paramedics provided me…

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by Zak Failla
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$4.2M In Fake Oil Deals, Crypto Scam Lands Former Maryland Lawyer Behind Bars In Fraud Case $4.2M In Fake Oil Deals, Crypto Scam Lands Former Maryland Lawyer Behind Bars In Fraud Case
$4.2M In Fake Oil Deals, Crypto Scam Lands Former Maryland Lawyer Behind Bars In Fraud Case A former lawyer in Maryland who went by many names while orchestrating a $4.2 million fraud scheme and betraying her “position of trust” is heading to prison. Sari Kurland, also known as Sari Bloch, 65, was sentenced in Montgomery County Circuit Court to 80 years in prison, with all but 13 years suspended for her role in a years-long scheme during which she stole from nearly two dozen victims. According to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office, between May 2022 and September 2024, Kurland carried out three fraudulent schemes involving theft and the misappropriation of funds. The s…

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by Zak Failla
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He Posed As NJ Teen To Methodically Hunt Kids Online: Feds Just Exposed Him He Posed As NJ Teen To Methodically Hunt Kids Online: Feds Just Exposed Him
He Posed As NJ Teen To Methodically Hunt Kids Online: Feds Just Exposed Him For years, children across the country believed they were talking to a like-minded teenager from New Jersey.  In reality, they were actually chatting with Toronto native Ramanan Pathmanathan, who instructed them to do obscene things for his own sick pleasure as part of a years-long sextortion scheme, federal officials said. Now, the 40-year-old man has been sentenced in US District Court to 33 years in federal prison, which is on top of a 12-year term he is already serving in Canada for similar offenses. Authorities say Pathmanathan hid behind fake social media accounts and posed as a…

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by Zak Failla