Newport News, VA Murder Suspect Captured Fleeing Dulles Airport to Jamaica
STERLING, Va. – Federal and local law enforcement this morning arrested a Newport News, Va., murder suspect who tried to flee the United States Monday at Washington Dulles International Airport. Adrian Salvatore Lewis, 49, accused of killing his wife Shanita Eure-Lewis, 35, was escorted from the airport by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents and police detectives from Newport News around 4:15 this morning. Newport News Police Department announced the arrest this afternoon. Newport News police made the announcement Monday Eure-Lewis was missing and asked for the public’s help. CBP agents assisted in the arrest of Adrian Salvatore Lewis, accused…
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NPR Launches Disinformation Reporting Team: NPR Extra: NPR
In a note to the newsroom staff, Terence Samuel, vice president and executive editor, and Nancy Barnes, vice president of news and editorial director, announced the following update: NPR Newsroom 2016. PHOTOS by Stephen Voss Election Night, 2016. Stephen Voss/NPR. Stephen Voss/Stephen Voss hides the title toggle subtitle Stephen Voss/Stephen Voss NPR Newsroom 2016. PHOTOS by Stephen Voss Election Night, 2016. Stephen Voss/NPR. Stephen Voss/Stephen Voss NPR launches team to cover misinformation crisis The viral spread of disinformation and misinformation has become one of the great civic challenges of our time. From lies about the 2020 election to the growing…
Read More »Another summer wave of COVID-19 has hit San Diego hospitals, but this one is breaking differently
Hospitalizations related to COVID-19 continue to rise in San Diego County, but this summer’s wave is proving to be different of other waves. Most patients arrive with less severe illnesses and fewer people die, according to officials at local hospital systems. “It’s much less serious,” said Brett McClain, chief operating officer of Sharp HealthCare. Right now, about 460 San Diego County residents are hospitalized with COVID-19, a fourfold increase since May. But the situation is much better than last summer and last winter. Sharp has about 160 patients with COVID-19, the most of any hospital system in the county. However,…
Read More »By a 51-50 margin, the Senate votes to begin debate on the Inflation Reduction Act
The Democrats began to press their own economic bill of the election year on Saturday in the Senate, starting the extensive collection of President Joe Biden’s priorities on climate, energy, health and taxes on a path through Congress that the party hopes will end with victory later this week. In a preview of highly partisan votes expected on a mountain of amendments, the evenly divided Senate voted to begin debate on the legislation 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking a tie and passing the unanimous Republican opposition. The package, a watered-down version of earlier trillion-dollar measures that Democrats failed…
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A cancer-causing chemical has been found in Lake Michigan
Michigan state investigators said test samples taken Thursday from Hubbell Pond in Milford showed the presence of low levels of a toxic chemical that was released into the Huron River system by the company Tribar Manufacturing in Wixom last weekend. Two crews from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy sampled waters upstream, downstream and inside the pond Friday to gather more information about the presence of hexavalent chromium, a known cancer-causing chemical . According to Michigan authorities, hexavalent chromium is a known carcinogen that can cause a number of adverse health effects through ingestion, skin contact or…
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The fire is burning two double-wide modular homes, abandoned vehicles and vegetation on Old West Drive, west of Bridle Lane.
By: Zachary Lopez (ZachNews) Source: Mohave Valley Fire Department (info) Mohave Valley, Arizona: A fire burned 2 double-wide modular homes, abandoned vehicles and vegetation off Old West Drive west of Bridle Lane. Mohave Valley Fire Department, Fort Mojave Mesa Fire, Golden Shores Fire, Bullhead City Fire Department and San Bernardino County Fire District are located along the block 3000 block of Old West Drive. Firefighters arrived and began to go into defensive mode to protect other nearby structures. The Mohave Valley Fire Department told ZachNews that one victim, the occupant of the property, was transported to Sunrise via Classic Air…
Read More »One dies as factions clash at PDP meeting
one The person simply identified as Kuranga was feared dead during a brawl that broke out at a meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party in Oloba Ward, Atapara Area, Ede, Osun State. The cause of the disagreement was related to money, and sources in the area said shots were heard, adding that Kuranga was shot during the incident. In addition, it was learned that one of those involved in the misunderstanding had brought police officers to arrest them during when the situation became rowdy. “It was in the process of making the arrest that Kuranga was shot. But I cannot…
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Secret Service releases agents’ phone numbers to committee Jan. 6: Sources
The U.S. Secret Service gave a House committee on Jan. 6 a list of agency-issued cell phone numbers belonging to agents based in Washington, D.C., during the period the panel is investigating, according to sources familiar with the matter. The move is an unusual step amid heightened scrutiny of the agency’s cooperation with the congressional panel investigating last year’s insurgency and the role then-President Donald Trump played in it. The committee can now determine which agents’ call records they may want to review and, if they choose to do so, could ask them directly or possibly issue subpoenas to their…
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