Tag: Crime and Incidents

Data Breach at DC Health Link Exposed Personal Information of House Members and Staff

March 8, 2023
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The House of Representatives’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) sent a letter saying there was a data breach impacting members of the House and their staff. CAO Catherine Szoindor stated in a letter that the U.S. Capitol Police and DC Health Link had informed her office of a “significant data breach” that occurred on or before…

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Suspect Who Stabbed LA Teen in Custody After Standoff With SWAT

March 8, 2023
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After an hours-long standoff in Alhambra with SWAT and LA police, a suspect accused in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Xavier Chavarin, was taken into custody on March 8. Law enforcement surrounded the location of the suspect, identified as 33 year-old David Zepeda, who barricaded himself inside his family’s home in Alhambra on Wednesday morning….

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Man, 70, Pleads Guilty to US-Mexico Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

March 8, 2023
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SAN DIEGO—A 70-year-old man who prosecutors say ran a Mexican drug trafficking organization that moved “substantial quantities” of cocaine into the United States over the course of several decades pleaded guilty March 8 in San Diego federal court. Raul Flores-Hernandez, of Guadalajara, Mexico, ran the Jalisco-based trafficking organization from sometime in the 1980s until 2017,…

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LIVE 5 PM ET: House Speaker McCarthy and GOP Leaders Hold Media Availability on Budget

March 8, 2023
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U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), joined by Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), and Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) hold a media availability at 5:00 p.m. ET on March 8 to talk about the budget. …

House Speaker McCarthy and GOP Leaders Hold Media Availability on Budget

March 8, 2023
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U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), joined by Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), and Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) hold a media availability at 5:00 p.m. ET on March 8 to talk about the budget. …

Graham and Kennedy Push for Designation of Mexican Drug Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations

March 8, 2023
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Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) made a statement about the importance of designating Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and authorizing the U.S. military to retaliate. The senators argued in their March 8 press briefing that these cartels are responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans every year and…

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Death, Disease, and Despair: Tragedy in San Francisco’s Tenderloin

March 8, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO—As JJ Smith stands in the infamous Tenderloin district on a cold, windy day in late February, he recounts the last time he saw his older brother, Rodney, alive. That day, in early October, Rodney rode up on his bicycle and asked him for $20, he said. “I didn’t ask him what it was…

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3 Injured in Fiery Train Derailment Caused by Rockslide

March 8, 2023
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SANDSTONE, W.Va.—An empty coal train hit a rockslide along tracks in West Virginia on Wednesday morning, causing a fiery derailment that injured three crewmembers, CSX Transportation said in a statement. Four locomotives and 22 empty cars derailed in Summers County near the New River, CSX said. The lead locomotive, which carried a conductor, an engineer,…

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LIVE 12 PM ET: Sen. Graham Speaks About Fighting Against Fentanyl and Mexican Drug Cartels

March 8, 2023
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R- S.C.) speaks about fighting against fentanyl and Mexican drug cartels at 12:00 p.m. ET on March 8. …

LIVE NOW: Sen. Graham Speaks About Fighting Against Fentanyl and Mexican Drug Cartels

March 8, 2023
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R- S.C.) speaks about fighting against fentanyl and Mexican drug cartels at 12:00 p.m. ET on March 8. …