Man Paralyzed in Police Van Reaches $45 Million Settlement in Connecticut

Man Paralyzed in Police Van

The settlement concludes a civil lawsuit filed against the Connecticut city after the incident that occurred in June 2022, where Cox was paralyzed from the chest down when the police van abruptly stopped, causing him to be thrown against the back wall while handcuffed and without a seat belt. Randy Cox, who was left paralyzed … Read more

Tennessee Woman Faces Federal Charges for Hiring Hitman on Dating Site

Tennessee Woman Faces Federal Charges

Sasser became enraged when she learned that the man she met online had gotten engaged. She then turned to the dark web, using an online market called the Online Killers Market, which offers “hitman for hire” services Melody Sasser, a 47-year-old woman from Knoxville, Tennessee, has been indicted on federal charges after allegedly attempting to … Read more

Colorado Man Pleads Guilty in Murder-for-Hire Case with International Connections

Murder-for-Hire Case

The charges he faces could result in a lifetime prison sentence. Jerry Banks, a Colorado man accused of abducting and murdering a Vermont man as part of an international murder-for-hire scheme, pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court Banks, 35, appeared in Vermont U.S. District Court where he changed his previous plea of not guilty … Read more

Dark Web Hitman Plot: Woman Indicted for Murder-for-Hire Scheme in Tennessee

Woman Indicted for Murder-for-Hire Scheme

The woman, Melody Sasser, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of using interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire, according to prosecutors. A 47-year-old woman from Tennessee has been charged with attempting to hire a hitman from the dark web for $10,000 to kill the fiancĂ©e of a man … Read more

Mass Shooting Wounds Nine in San Francisco’s Mission District

Mass Shooting

The incident occurred around 9 p.m. during a party hosted by a clothing store near the intersection of 24th Street and Treat Avenue. A mass shooting in San Francisco’s Mission District on Friday night left nine people wounded in what authorities believe was a deliberate and isolated attack Initial reports from the San Francisco Police … Read more

Child Rapist Receives 365-Year Sentence for Decades of Sexual Abuse in Cleveland

Child Rapist Receives 365-Year Sentence

Over a period of 21 years, from 1998 to 2019, the 57-year-old Greene committed a series of sexual offenses against his students at the Cleveland School of the Arts and Cuyahoga Community College. Terence Greene, a former dance instructor in Cleveland, has been handed a nearly four-century prison sentence this week for his heinous crimes … Read more

Advocates Push for Expansion of Tax Credits to Aid Low-Income Families in Massachusetts

Tax Credits to Aid Low-Income Families

They are calling for an increase in the state match rate of the Earned Income Tax Credit from 30% to 50%, the extension of the credit to working immigrants, and the implementation of an inclusive Child and Family Tax Credit. Advocates for low-income families in Massachusetts are pushing for an expansion of tax credits aimed … Read more

GOP House Republicans Unveil Plan for Billions in Tax Cuts Following Debt Limit Battle

GOP House Republicans Unveil Plan

The plan aims to provide various benefits to large corporations, small businesses, and average Americans. GOP House Republicans have proposed a new plan for tax cuts just days after the contentious debt limit debate in Washington The tax cuts estimated to cost around $240 billion over the next decade, are expected to face opposition from … Read more

Negative Equity Poses Challenges for Car Owners

Negative Equity

Negative equity occurs when the amount owed on a loan surpasses the car’s current value. Car owners who purchased vehicles during the pandemic are facing a growing problem known as negative equity Many individuals, including Atlanta resident Morgan Nichole Scott, find themselves in this predicament after buying cars at inflated prices due to the surge … Read more

Lawmakers Raise Concerns Over Management of Kentucky’s Disaster Relief Funds

Lawmakers Raise Concerns

The funds in question are the Team Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund and the Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Fund, which have received substantial donations to aid in disaster recovery efforts. Lawmakers in Kentucky have raised concerns about the management of two disaster relief funds established by Governor Andy Beshear Members of the Budget Review Subcommittee … Read more