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A father in Missouri was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Thursday for shooting and wounding a St. Louis youth football coach over his son’s playing time while 9- and 10-year-olds practiced nearby. A jury found Daryl Clemmons, 45, guilty last month of assault and armed criminal action in the October 2023 shooting of Shaquille Latimore, … Read more

A coffee cup made from polystyrene foam lies on the side of a road. Los Angeles city officials voted Tuesday to ban such products at large food or beverage facilities and retail establishments. (Robert F. Bukaty / Associated Press) The Los Angeles City Council has approved a new ban on certain single-use plastics, taking the … Read more

Twelve people were hospitalized after an American Airlines plane landed at Denver International Airport on Thursday and caught fire, prompting slides to be deployed so passengers could evacuate quickly. All of the people transported to hospitals had minor injuries, according to a post on the social platform X by Denver International Airport. Flight 1006, which … Read more

An Idaho school system ordered one of its teachers to remove a pair of “Everyone is welcome” posters hanging in her classroom over concerns they would “inadvertently” flame division, according to reports. But Lewis and Clark Middle School teacher Sarah Inama, 35, is refusing back down after she received the directive from the West Ada … Read more

Chilling footage of the Delphi murders “Bridge Guy” has been released by supporters of murderer Richard Allen months after he was sentenced for the killings of teens Abigail “Abby” Williams and Liberty “Libby” German. The “full, raw” 43-second video was recorded on German’s Snapchat while she and Williams walked on Delphi’s Monon High Bridge on … Read more

Department of Homeland Security agents executed search warrants on two Columbia University residences on Thursday night – just days after anti-Israel agitator Mahomoud Khalil was arrested by ICE at an off-campus apartment, the Ivy League school announced. Interim President Katrina Armstrong revealed the raids in a letter to the Columbia community and noted that nobody … Read more

A Canadian entrepreneur and actress — who appeared in the “American Pie” franchise — said she was shackled and detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the southern border while trying to obtain a new visa, according to reports. Jasmine Mooney, 35, co-founder of Holy! Water, said she’s been held in “inhumane” conditions since … Read more

Try that in a small town. The founder of beloved cheese-puff brand Pirate’s Booty claims to be the mayor of a newly formed Long Island town-within-a-town in a “legal” maneuver that is being brushed off by officials of the already-existing enclave. Robert Ehrlich, who created Pirate’s Booty in 1987, has invoked an arcane New York … Read more

Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil added President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to a lawsuit demanding his release Thursday night, arguing that Trump administration officials have violated his constitutional rights and are engaging in a “hostile campaign” against pro-Palestinian advocates. The amended petition accuses Trump, Rubio and other administration officials of “targeted” and “retaliatory … Read more

Fraternity brothers at the University of Central Florida allegedly struck pledges with a car in a twisted form of hazing that left one college kid howling in pain last month, according to a report. The troubled Sigma Chi frat at the Florida college is facing at least temporary suspension after cops responded to their house … Read more