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Annapolis, Maryland - Authorities are delving into the "suspicious death" of a potential kidnapping victim, whose body was reportedly discovered in a wooded locale last week. According to the Baltimore Police Department, the incident unfolded on March 28, just before 1 a.m., when officers were summoned to a residence following reports of a home invasion. Upon arrival, a woman recounted to the police that two unidentified men forcibly entered her home, demanding money. They purportedly claimed to have her son, 47-year-old David Winchester Jr., and threatened harm unless she complied with their monetary demands. The suspects absconded from the premises without the ransom.

Man found dead in woods after possibly being kidnapped in Baltimore

Kansas State

Oklahoma City, OK

New York Post

A dad gunned down his wife and three of their children inside their suburban Oklahoma City home before turning the gun on himself — with a surviving 10-year-old child waking to the bloodbath, police said Tuesday. 

Jonathon Candy, 42, shot his 39-year-old wife Lindsay and their sons Dylan, 18, Ethan, 14, and Lucas, 12, at their home in Yukon early Monday before killing himself, according to Oklahoma Police. 

A 10-year-old son “woke up and discovered what had happened,” Sgt. Gary Knight said Tuesday of the previous day’s “carnage.”



“Make no mistake about it, what happened in that residence was nothing short of a massacre,” Knight said.

Suspects...

Boy, 10, finds bodies of family, including 3 brothers, who died ‘violently’ in at-home murder-suicide

Missouri State

Fredericktown, MO

Police in Fredericktown, Missouri, have arrested a mother and her boyfriend in connection with the death of a 4-year-old boy, who showed signs of malnourishment and multiple injuries.

Couple arrested after malnourished 4-year-old son found dead

Morristown, NJ

Morristown Minute

Food Excluded from Supplemental Security Income Calculations to Improve Equity and Efficiency. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced an update to the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) regulations, marking a significant shift in how In-Kind Support and Maintenance (ISM) calculations are determined.

Social Security Administration Simplifies SSI with Major Rule Change on Food Assistance

Texas State

Houston, TX

Lance R. Fletcher

A Texas teacher and her husband are now in custody, accused of taking thousands of dollars from home renovation clients and gambling away money they took for work they never finished.

Texas teacher and husband arrested, accused of gambling away $1.53 million in home renovation scam

Webster County, GA

Preston, GA

A 36-year-old man faces multiple charges following a tragic incident over the weekend where his young daughters were found deceased inside a burning car. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation reported that on Saturday, March 30, authorities including the Webster County Sheriff's Office, Webster County Fire Department, EMS, and Georgia State Patrol responded to a residence in Preston concerning a car engulfed in flames. Upon extinguishing the fire, responders discovered the bodies of a 3-year-old girl and a 1-year-old girl inside the vehicle.

Man accused of locking daughters in car and setting it on fire, killing them

Washington, DC

A Secret Service agent tasked with protecting Vice President Kamala Harris brawled with several other agents on Monday morning, the agency confirmed. 

The altercation took place around 9 a.m. near Joint Base Andrews on the outskirts of Washington, DC, prior to Harris’ arrival. 

The agent in question, whose identity has not been revealed, was immediately “removed from their assignment,” the Secret Service told The Post.

“A US Secret Service special agent supporting the Vice President’s departure from Joint Base Andrews began displaying behavior their colleagues found distressing,” Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the US Secret Service, said to The Post.

House...

Secret Service officer protecting Kamala Harris came to blows with other agents at Joint Base Andrews

King County, WA

Connell, WA

Timothy A Gruver

A King County practical nurse has been charged with misconduct for romancing a prisoner, the Department of Health reports. In March, the Board of Nursing charged licensed practical nurse Monica A. Davis with unprofessional conduct, according to the DOH.

Nurse Charged for Inappropriate Prisoner Romance

Massachusetts State

Amherst, MA

Video of a drag queen in Massachusetts leading a group of young kids to chant “Free Palestine” has sparked fierce backlash — with some calling it “indoctrination” that is “wrong on every level.” 

The encounter, which unfolded at a “Queer Storytime for Palestine” event organized by the Valley Families for Palestine group in Amherst last week, had gone viral by Thursday as outrage mounted. 

“Today what we’re going to do is shout ‘Free Palestine.’ Can I hear that?” the drag queen, known as “Lil Miss Hot Mess,” was filmed telling the children in the 30-second clip. 



“If you’re a drag...

Outrage as drag queen leads young kids in ‘Free Palestine’ chant: ‘Wrong on every level’

Georgia State

Davisboro, GA

A Georgia inmate was shot dead inside a hospital after he pepper sprayed a prison guard and then charged toward a second one Tuesday night, authorities said.

Prisoner Jacob Henson was receiving medical care around 8:45 p.m. after he was stabbed during an earlier brawl inside Washington State Prison when he got into a fight with one of the state corrections officers accompanying him to the hospital, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.

Henson, 31, overpowered the officer and grabbed the guard’s canister of pepper spray, dispersing the gas that left him “incapacitated,” the agency said.

I’m super pregnant and working at a...

Georgia inmate shot dead after pepper-spraying prison guard in hospital: police

North Carolina State

Las Vegas, NV

A Las Vegas substitute teacher and a teen student unleashed a barrage of punches on each other after a classroom argument over a reported slur spilled out into a crowded hallway in front of other students.  

Re’Kwon Smith, 27, is accused of brawling with the Valley High School student on Thursday when he asked the teen, who allegedly shouted out a racial slur, to leave the classroom, according to 8NewsNow.

The altercation turned physical when the student allegedly placed his hands on Smith.

Video obtained by the outlet captured both parties swinging at each other before Smith connected several times on...

Substitute teacher fights student who allegedly used racial slur in crowded Vegas school hallway

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NYC vaccine mandate will force 24K city workers to stay home: latest stats

More than 24,000 city workers will be forced to stay home Monday when Mayor de Blasio’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate goes into effect, raising concerns about the...

NYC vaccine mandate will force 24K city workers to stay home: latest stats

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