Suspect in bank robbery that sparked hours-long standoff on I-495 dead – Boston 25 News
ANDOVER, Mass. – An armed suspect who barricaded himself inside a vehicle on I-495 near Andover and Lawrence has died of an “apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound,” state police said. Anthony Miele, 49, of Quincy shot himself Tuesday night as police negotiators tried to get him to surrender peacefully. He was taken to Lawrence General Hospital where he died, police said. The standoff began after a state police sergeant spotted a BMW wanted in connection with a string of bank robberies outside Digital Federal Credit Union on Broadway in Methuen. When officers tried to stop the car after it pulled away…
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Trump’s Save America PAC paid $60,000 to Melania Trump’s fashion designer
Trump’s Save America PAC paid $60,000 to Melania Trump’s fashion designer News Sports Entertainment Life Money Technology Travel Opinion The payments to Hervé Pierre Braillard provide a window into the many ways Trump, who is not running for office, can use his PAC money. Save America paid Hervé Pierre Braillard $60,000, according to FEC records. Experts said the payments are allowed through a loophole that the FEC won’t close. The Jan. 6 committee has looked into the use of Save America to push debunked voter fraud claims. The fund affiliated with former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020…
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A visual guide to the protests in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his entire cabinet must resign this week, with outrage over the country’s economic crisis and protesters literally on their doorstep. On Saturday, tens of thousands of protesters seized buildings in the Sri Lankan capital, including the official residence of Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, in the biggest day of protests that have intensified in months. Photos and videos of hundreds of protesters taking smiling selfies, playing in a pool and singing, dancing and waving the national flag in opulent halls only underlined the magnitude of the changes taking place in the South Asian…
Read More »Man and woman found on opposite sides of park in what police say may be a murder-suicide – WSB-TV Channel 2
ATLANTA – A man and a woman are dead after what police are investigating as a murder-suicide in downtown Atlanta Thursday afternoon. Shortly after 1:30 p.m., Atlanta police say a woman was found shot to death at the Cosby Spear Highrise near Central Park in downtown Atlanta. A short time later, at the other end of the park, a man was found dead with what police believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Detectives believe the two incidents are related. They are unsure of the relationship between the two victims. The investigation…
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Brevard deputies search for gunmen after people in two cars shoot each other – WFTV
Video: Brevard deputies search for gunmen after people in two cars shoot each other Brevard County deputies are searching for gunmen after people in two cars opened fire on each other Friday afternoon. (James Tutten, WFTV.com/WFTV) Brevard County, Fla. – Deputies in Brevard County are searching for gunmen after people in two cars opened fire on each other Friday afternoon. READ: Daytona Beach man sentenced to 30 years in prison for shooting police officer with AK-47 The shooting happened on Clearlake Road near Church Street Road. A large police response was seen by a liquor store and spots in the…
Read More »Dems lose a key piece of the health care agenda in the spending bill
However, the plan will now move forward without a provision that would have penalized drugmakers for raising costs faster than inflation for Medicare and private insurance plans. Removing price caps on private insurance means there is little left that will lower costs for the vast majority of Americans who get health insurance through their private sector employer. Democrats are still waiting for a separate parliamentary decision on their policy to cap the cost of insulin both inside and outside Medicare. The decision also means tens of billions less in federal savings in the overall bill, a potential threat to Democrats’…
Read More »Alex Jones ordered to pay a total of $49.3 million for the Sandy Hook lies
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury ruled Friday Alex Jones of Infowars to pay $49.3 million in total damages to the parents of a slain first grader the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacrewhich the conspiracy theorist falsely called a hoax orchestrated by the government in order to tighten US gun laws. The amount is less than the $150 million sought by Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son Jesse Lewis was among the 20 children and six educators killed in the deadliest classroom shooting in US history united The judgment is the first time Jones has been…
Read More »Man arrested for sexual assault on Pittsburgh’s North Side – WPXI
PITTSBURGH – Police arrested a sexual assault suspect on Pittsburgh’s North Side early Saturday. According to Pittsburgh police, officers located a suspect on Cedar Avenue around 4:40 a.m. following an earlier reported sexual assault in the 600 block of Emlin Street. Dillon Jolly, 28, was arrested and charged with strangulation, sexual assault, rape, simple assault and involuntary deviant intercourse. Jolly is also suspected of other sexual assaults. Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. The Special Victims Unit will continue the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call Pittsburgh police. Follow the news of Channel 11…
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