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Tallahassee, Florida — HB 991, signed into law in April by Governor Ron DeSantis, requires the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to indicate on a driver’s license or identification card whether a person is a U.S. citizen. The new law takes effect for Florida residents on January 1, 2027, and the requirement…

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Savannah Guthrie, 54, the Today show host, shared a post on her Instagram Stories on Sunday, June 7, about the disappearance of her mother, Nancy, now entering its fourth month. The brief but emotional message referred to her mother, who is believed to have been kidnapped from her Tucson, Arizona, home by a masked man…

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Toledo Police Deputy Chief Joseph Heffernan reported that at least two gunmen, possibly exchanging gunfire with each other, opened fire near the Old West End Festival in Toledo on Saturday afternoon, wounding 12 people. The annual festival, a beloved Toledo tradition, features live music, food markets, an outdoor beer garden, and children’s activities. The shooting…

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Statement from FBI Director Kash Patel on the creation of the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list and Ohio healthcare fraud announcement: “Today’s takedown of multiple healthcare companies, and four individuals, who allegedly robbed taxpayer-funded Medicaid, is the latest victory in the Trump administration’s total war on fraudsters,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “Together with our interagency partners,…

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One dead and three injured in high school shooting at graduation ceremony At Sem Yeto High School in California on Wednesday, June 3, one person was killed and three others were injured in a shooting at the graduation ceremony. The Fairfield Police Department responded to an incident in the parking lot of Fairfield High School…

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In California, the standoff that resulted in the death of the suspect and the release of the 10 hostages has ended. Anthony Scott Searles-Harris, a 41-year-old Californian with a history of violent crimes and a registered sex offender, stormed the building located at the intersection of Chester Avenue and 17th Street shortly before 1 p.m….

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Latana Williams is accused of leaving her 3-year-old son alone in the car for two hours. Latana Williams, 27, was arrested in DeLand, Florida, on a first-degree felony charge for leaving her 3-year-old son unsupervised in the car for approximately two hours while she went to donate plasma. “The DeLand Fire Department and Volusia County…

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Operation Turf War nets 32 arrests, sets strong tone for seasonal sprint On June 2, the FBI Pittsburgh Field Office’s Eastern Panhandle Drug and Violent Crime Task Force—in close coordination with West Virginia’s Homeland Security Task Force—launched a large-scale takedown across two states to dismantle a drug trafficking organization.   The effort, dubbed Operation Turf War, resulted in 32 narcotics- and weapons-related arrests in West Virginia and Maryland.  “Operation Turf War was this…

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