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Morristown Minute

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - Nine individuals have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a drug trafficking organization operating in Newark, distributing fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

16 Arrested in Major Drug Bust: Meth, Cocaine, Fentanyl & Heroin

Alabama State

WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court refused on Thursday to pause an Alabama execution to review whether the state’s procedures violate the Constitution. After several botched executions in Alabama, Jamie Mills told the justices that his attorney needed to be in the death chamber to make sure the state didn’t violate his Eighth Amendment rights.

SCOTUS lets Alabama execution continue without lawyer in the death chamber

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San Jose, CA

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A former professor who pleaded guilty to starting fires on federal land during one of the most destructive wildfires in California was sentenced Thursday to over five years in prison. U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Calabretta sentenced Gary Stephen Maynard, 49, of San Jose, to...

California arsonist sentenced for contributions to Dixie Fire

River Oaks, TX

Robert Russell Shaneyfelt

This post includes content modified using AI. Garrett Beck could never have foreseen the events that transpired during his Thursday morning shift. The electrician and his colleague were heading south on Interstate 35 when lightning struck their work truck near Basswood Blvd.

Struck by Lightning on I-35: A Close Call

Total Apex Sports & Entertainment

Everyone aspires to be rich at a certain point in life. Some zodiac signs produce hard workers but poor financial managers. Studies indicate that spendthrifts struggle to save money. Some of them spend their salaries and go broke mid-month. They resort to borrowing loans from family members and friends to pay bills before they receive their next salary.

4 Most Poor Zodiac Signs

Boise, ID

(CN) — A 12-person jury convicted doomsday author Chad Daybell of eight felonies on Thursday, including those involving the first-degree murders of his previous wife and the two youngest children of his mistress, Lori Vallow Daybell. The jury verdict arrived after six hours of deliberation following closing arguments that...

Doomsdayer Chad Daybell found guilty of triple homicide

Golden Gate Media

Minor day-to-day weather changes are expected through the weekend. High pressure will move northward, bringing warmer temperatures and less wind to inland areas by Friday. A weak trough will pass over the area this weekend. This will slightly lower temperatures and deepen the marine layer. Breezier winds are expected for the mountains and deserts.

Southern California Weather set to Heat Up to 100s: Sizzling Temperatures Set to Arrive Next Week

Contra Costa County, CA

Port Costa, CA

The Crockett-Carquinez Fire Department is currently managing a hazardous conditions emergency in Port Costa following reports of two pieces of military ordnance discovered on Canyon Lake Drive.

Entire California community alarmed after two pieces of military ordinance are found inside home

Sacramento, CA

SACRAMENTO -- A federal judge ruled for Sacramento County on constitutional claims stemming from its practice of clearing homeless encampments during the hottest part of the summer. While the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized a state-created danger claim under the Due Process Clause, there is no comparable foundation for such a claim in California state law. The homeless advocacy group also may not allege a California Health and Safety Code violation against the city.

Sacramento homeless camps

Benton Harbor, MI

Karla Marie Speaks

On February 15, 2001, 12-year-old Steven Earl Kraft, Jr. vanished without a trace from his neighborhood in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Steven was last seen between 7 and 8 p.m. that evening, walking his two family dogs near his home on Holly Drive in the Benton Heights area. He was expected to return home around 8 p.m. to have dinner with his family, but never made it back.

23-Year-Old Cold Case: The Tragic Disappearance of 12-Year-Old Steven Kraft

The Lantern

Ohio State officials confirmed one person is dead after falling from the Bell Tower side of the Shoe Sunday around 12:20 p.m. Credit: Tommy Hudec | Lantern Reporter. One person is dead after falling from the Bell Tower side of the Shoe Sunday around 12:20 p.m., Ohio State officials confirmed.

One person dead after falling from the Bell Tower side of the Shoe Sunday

Los Angeles, CA

Santa Ana, CA

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CN) — A third and final defendant was sent to prison Thursday over the firebombing of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Southern California two years ago. At a court hearing in Santa Ana, U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney, a George W. Bush appointee, sentenced 22-year-old Tibet Ergul to six years in federal prison.

Third suspect sent to prison over California Planned Parenthood firebombing

San Bernardino County, CA

In a recent development, the San Bernardino County Coroner’s Office has concluded that the skeletal remains discovered in the 11400 block of San Timoteo Canyon Road on May 19, 2024, are not human. This revelation follows an intensive investigation initiated by deputies from the Central Station, who responded to the scene upon receiving a report of found skeletal remains on the property.

California coroner determines human remains discovered in remote desert are 'non-human'

New Jersey State

Jersey City, NJ

NEW JERSEY - A woman from Hudson County, New Jersey, identified as 29-year-old Zyeama Johnson of Jersey City, has been charged with burglarizing two U.S. Post Offices on six separate occasions, according to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger. Johnson, who was formerly employed at one of the post offices she allegedly targeted, appeared today in Newark federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy Waldor and was subsequently released on a $100,000 unsecured bond.

Ex-employee charged with multiple post office burglaries

Peoria, IL

Peoria, Ill. -- A federal judge dismissed a pet owner’s civil rights claims against two veterinarians who euthanized her pet cat “Kiki” after a state animal control officer allegedly lied, and told them the kitten was a stray. The vets cannot be held liable if, as the lawsuit claims, they were duped into euthanizing the animal.

Pet euthanasia

New York City, NY

San Francisco, CA

In a scathing rebuke of liberal district attorneys, television personality Judge Judy Sheindlin has launched a verbal assault on what she perceives as the root cause of America's escalating crime problem.

'Judge Judy' tees off on liberal U.S. District Attorneys calling out Portland, San Francisco, NY

(CN) — The North Pacific humpback whale, once on the brink of extinction due to hunting, is now facing another threat to its survival, according to a recent study that chronicled an alarming climate change trend. The study, published in the Royal Society of Open Science, showed the population...

Humpback whale population data offers grim prognosis for ocean health

Fullerton, CA

Fullerton Police officers responded to a disturbing incident on Saturday afternoon involving an unprovoked attack on a 17-year-old male on the 100 block of E. Commonwealth Avenue. The victim, who was with his family at the time, was pushed through a business window by the suspect, later identified as 34-year-old Juan Goana Gardner, police said.

Disgusting California homeless man accused of randomly shoving teen through a shop's glass window

San Diego County, CA

SAN DIEGO (CN) — In an effort to protect endangered loggerhead sea turtles, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced on Thursday that fishing with large-mesh drift gillnets will be prohibited in federal waters off the coast of Southern California from the beginning of June until the end of August.

Hoping to protect turtles, feds announce limited fishing restrictions off West Coast

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Rain pounds Oahu, triggering landslides, flooding ahead of kona storm

HONOLULU (CN) — Unrelenting downpours have soaked parts of Oahu, submerging roads, stranding vehicles and triggering a landslide as the island braces for a kona storm....

Rain pounds Oahu, triggering landslides, flooding ahead of kona storm

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