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Texas woman charged with threats against former President Trump, DC police say

Police in Washington, D.C., arrested a Texas woman for allegedly making threats against former President Trump and illegally carrying a firearm on Friday. The woman, Christina Montoya, was arrested after traveling to the nation’s capital. Police were first notified about her by the Secret Service, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. “Through the detectives’ investigation,...

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New Orleans police chief strikes 2 pedestrians with her vehicle, injuring 1: report

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick struck two pedestrians with her vehicle on Saturday night, injuring one of them, according to the police department. The incident happened around 7 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Decatur and Iberville streets, police said, according to Fox 8. Both a man and a woman were struck in the...

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Florida deputy was 'likely sleeping' when inmate escaped hospital: sheriff

A Florida inmate who was captured last week after faking an injury and escaping a hospital was able to flee from custody because the deputy tasked with guarding him was “likely sleeping,” according to authorities. Flagler County Deputy Tyrique Harper resigned on Tuesday before the start of a former internal investigation into how 29-year-old Anthony...

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Base jumper dies after 500-foot fall at Grand Canyon

A man attempting to base jump in the Grand Canyon plummeted to his death this week in the latest tragic accident at the national park. The Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center dispatched officers to Yavapai Point in Grand Canyon National Park on Thursday morning after receiving reports of a visitor who attempted to base jump...

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Florida shooting leaves 1 deputy dead, 2 deputies wounded; 2 people also killed: 'They were ambushed'

A Florida sheriff’s deputy was killed, and two others were wounded Friday in an ambush-style shooting, according to officials. Lake County Sheriff Peyton C. Grinnell said at a news conference early Saturday morning that deputies responded to a home on Brookside Drive in Eustis around 8 p.m. regarding a disturbance, according to FOX 35. “They...

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Journalist brutally assaulted while covering Southport protests in England, police initially refused to help

EXCLUSIVE: A journalist covering the protests in Southport, England, following the killing of three children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event was brutally assaulted and robbed by demonstrators, and said police initially refused his request to be escorted to safety. The Publica writer, Jack Hadfield, told Fox News Digital he was mobbed, had his phone...

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Senators accuse Secret Service of trying to make local police a ‘scapegoat' following Trump rally shooting

Senators are now accusing the Secret Service of trying to make local law enforcement into “a scapegoat” for the Trump rally shooting after its acting director testified this week about why gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks wasn’t spotted in advance in Butler, Pennsylvania. Ronald Rowe, during his Capitol Hill testimonyon Tuesday, appeared to blame local police...

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Whistleblower accuses acting Secret Service director of reducing counter surveillance before Trump shooting

BUTLER, Pa. – A whistleblower told Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley that Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. personally directed cuts to the Counter Surveillance Division (CSD), which led to the threat assessment team failing to perform its typical duties prior to the Butler, Pennsylvania rally. The senator’s report comes after lawmakers grilled agency...