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Trevor Bickford, the man who carried out a machete attack in New York City's Times Square during 2022's New Year's Eve celebration, was sentenced to 27 years in prison on Thursday, May 9. Bickford, 20, pleaded guilty in January to slashing three New York City police officers in an attack inspired by Islamic extremism, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. The Maine native faced up to 120 years in prison if he had received the maximum consecutive sentences for the six charges to which he pleaded guilty. “Inspired by radical Islamic extremism, Trevor Bick...
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Two skiers were killed and one was rescued after an avalanche on a mountain outside Salt Lake City, Utah, on Thursday, May 9, officials said. Knewz.com has learned the avalanche occurred at Lone Peak Canyon, about 35 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, at around 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Three skiers were "caught, carried, and buried" in the snow, according to a statement from the Unified Police Department of Salt Lake. Multiple agencies responded to the scene to assist in rescue efforts, and about two hours after the initial report, a helicopter airlifted the surviving skier off the mountain. The s...
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Federal officials are warning residents of New Hampshire about an increasing number of reports from victims of two types of scams: a jury summons scam and a cash bond scam. Jane Young, the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, and U.S. Marshal William Hart issued a public alert Thursday, May 9 warning people to be wary of fraudsters posing as government officials in order to receive personal information or money. In the jury summons scam, phone fraudsters represent themselves as being a U.S. Marshal or a state or local government official, and claim to be contacting New Hampshire re...
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First responders in Florida wrangled a wayward alligator in a Starbucks drive-thru, and released it into a nearby pond. Knewz.com has learned that North Port Fire Rescue shared photos on social media, and described the incident as "just another day on the job!" "Our team at North Port Fire Rescue had quite the surprise when we got a call about an alligator sighting at the Starbucks drive-thru," the fire department said. The fire department coordinated with North Port Police to capture the gator. Photos show a pair of police officers using a snare to capture the relatively small alligator, whic...
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Residents of a New Mexico neighborhood were evacuated the night of Monday, May 6 after a large sinkhole opened up in front of a home, swallowing multiple vehicles, officials said. The City of Las Cruces said in a news release Tuesday, May 7 said firefighters were dispatched to the 1700 block of Regal Ridge Street at around 9:30 p.m. Monday, and arrived to find a sinkhole approximately 30 feet wide and 30 feet deep. Knewz.com has learned that the sinkhole was "still settling" when they arrived. The sinkhole swallowed two vehicles that were parked in a driveway, but no injuries were reported. Th...
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Two young children died Tuesday, May 7 after being swept away by a river while playing with their mother in a California picnic area, authorities said. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, a mother took her children, ages 2 and 4, to the Thurman Flats Picnic area near Mill Creek to play at around 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Knewz.com has learned. They were playing near the creek "with rapid water moving downstream." At around 3 p.m., the mother was tending to her son, 2, when her daughter, 4, was swept downstream. The mother searched for the girl cut could not find her, and w...
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An 85-year-old Colorado woman who went missing last week was found by a K-9 police dog after she got stuck along the side of a "steep ravine," officials said. The City of Greenwood Village shared body-worn camera video that showed Greenwood Village Police Department Officer Austin Speer and K-9 Mercury working to track the unnamed woman, who had been missing for around two hours on Thursday, May 2, Knewz.com has learned. Within minutes of beginning the search, Mercury located the woman "clinging to a tree down a steep ravine where she could not be seen from the roadway or canal," the city wrot...
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A Tennessee-based janitorial company has agreed to pay nearly $650,000 in penalties and to cease illegally employing children following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor. Knewz.com has learned that as part of the court-approved consent judgment, Fayette Janitorial Service LLC will pay $649,304 in civil penalties, hire a third party to implement policies to prevent the illegal employment of children, and establish a system for reporting concerns about the illegal employment of children, federal officials said. An investigation by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division foun...
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The captain of a dive boat that caught fire and sank off the coast of California in 2019, killing 34 people on board, was sentenced on Thursday, May 2 to four years in prison, officials said. Jerry Nehl Boylan, 70, was found guilty in November of 2023 of one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer – an offense also known as “seaman’s manslaughter.” Boylan was the captain of the Conception, a 75-foot passenger boat operating out of Santa Barbara Harbor. The boat embarked on a dive trip during Labor Day weekend in 2019 with 33 passengers and six crew members, including Boylan. On Sept. 2,...
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A city councilman in Mississippi has pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge for using his chain of vape stores to sell products labeled as containing CBD, a non-psychoactive component of marijuana, though they in fact contained illegal synthetic cannabinoids, authorities said. Knewz.com has learned that Robert Leon Deming III, 47, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a Schedule I controlled substance, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Mississippi. As part of the plea agreement, Deming, a former Biloxi city councilman, agreed t...
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