wrangel/iStock(NEW YORK) — An illegal shark trafficker was caught in the jaws of law enforcement this week. The New York State Attorney General’s Office, inconjunction with the Department of Environmental Conservation, announced it arrested Joshua Seguine on possession of seven sharks wih the intent to sell. The sharks, all sandbar sharks, are a protected species …
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Mar 21
Cesar Sayoc pleads guilty to mailing bombs targeting prominent Democrats
Broward County Sheriff’s Office via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Cesar Sayoc, the man behind a campaign of letter bombs targeting prominent Democrats, including former President Barack Obama, pleaded guilty to 65 counts in Manhattan federal court on Thursday. Federal prosecutors more than doubled the number of charges immediately prior to the plea hearing. Sayoc, of …
Mar 21
As threat passes, activists say Deer Park chemical fire brings attention to persistent issues
poco_bw/iStock(HOUSTON) — A massive chemical fire south of Houston, Texas, triggered an emergency order for locals to shelter in place even after a dangerous chemical was detected in the air. Local officials and public health experts say most of the risk from the Deer Park fire has passed and that further testing didn’t find elevated …
Mar 21
Thousands await rescue in Mozambique after tropical cyclone kills hundreds
Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images(BEIRA, Mozambique) — Thousands of people, some seen clinging to rooftops and tree branches, still await rescue from rising floodwaters in Mozambique, one week after an intense tropical cyclone walloped the southeast African nation. Nearly 350,000 others are at risk of becoming trapped in the coming days as remnants of tropical cyclone Idai …
Mar 21
Father and daughter who allegedly blamed panhandlers for his wife’s killing extradited back to Baltimore to face murder charges
Baltimore Police Dept.(BALTIMORE) — A father and daughter who authorities say fabricated a story of a panhandler stabbing his wife to death were extradited to Baltimore early Thursday to face murder charges as newly released documents show the husband allegedly asked his brother to help kill the victim. Keith and Valeria Smith were brought back …
Mar 21
Treasurer of NYPD charity for slain officers arrested for stealing over $400,000: Prosecutors
Onnes/iStock(NEW YORK) — When a police officer dies in the line of duty it often prompts an outpouring of generosity from within the ranks to support the officer’s family. But Lorraine Shanley, a volunteer treasurer for Survivors of the Shield, a nonprofit that helps the families of fallen New York Police Department, “monetized people’s generosity” …
Mar 21
‘There’s just snakes everywhere’: Pest control removes 45 rattlesnakes from under Texas man’s home
Nathan Hawkins/Big Country Snakes(ALBANY, Texas) — A Texas resident’s world was rattled after he learn he was sharing his home with several dozen deadly reptiles. Last week, the man crawled beneath his home near Albany to fix his cable line because his television was “acting up” due to the high winds in the area, Abilene-based …
Mar 21
Facebook admits to inadvertently storing ‘hundreds of millions’ of user passwords in plain text on company servers
alexsl/iStock(NEW YORK) — Facebook officials admitted on Thursday that the tech giant stored hundreds of millions of user passwords in plain text — able to be read by employees. “As part of a routine security review in January, we found that some user passwords were being stored in a readable format within our internal data …
Mar 21
President Trump announces US will recognize Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights
RnDmS/iStock(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Thursday changed decades of U.S. Middle East policy with a tweet, announcing that “After 52 years, it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israeli’s Sovereignty over the Golan Heights.” Trump said the Golan “is of critical strategic and security importance to the State of Israel and …
Mar 21
JetBlue pilots accused of sexually assaulting 2 female crew members, lawsuit says
rypson/iStock(NEW YORK) — Two JetBlue pilots sexually assaulted two female airline workers during a layover in San Juan, according to a lawsuit the alleged victims filed in Brooklyn federal court. The two airline crew members, who were identified as Jane Doe 1 from Utah and Jane Doe 2 from Texas, met the pilots, Eric Johnson …