-
Jan- 2025 -9 JanuaryCrime News
Felony Kidnapping Counts Collapsed After Assumption University Students Ambushed an Army Specialist in a Staged Predator Sting
Five Assumption University students confronted an Army specialist in a staged predator sting. A Worcester judge dismissed the kidnapping charges. Leftover counts became community service.
Read More » -
7 JanuaryNews
Meta Is Testing Community Notes Across 16 Latin American Countries Before the U.S. Version Has Been Audited
Meta opened Community Notes signups in 16 Latin American countries while the Oversight Board says it still has not received the risk criteria.
Read More » -
4 JanuaryHacker News
U.S. and European Sanctions Hit Beijing’s Integrity Technology Group for Supplying Flax Typhoon’s Hacking Infrastructure
OFAC sanctioned Integrity Technology Group in January 2025. The European Union listed the same Beijing firm in March 2026 over Flax Typhoon's device compromises.
Read More » -
3 JanuaryInternational News
United Banned an Unnamed Man After He Urinated on Sleeping Passenger Jerome Gutierrez During Flight UA 189 to Manila
Jerome Gutierrez woke up soaked on United Flight 189. The airline handed him pajamas, met the plane with Manila police, and banned a man it still will not name.
Read More » -
1 JanuaryNews
The Resignation Governor Kemp Refused, and the Empty Courtroom Where Judge Stephen Yekel Was Found
Judge Stephen Yekel was found dead in the Effingham County courthouse on his last day in office, after Governor Kemp refused a resignation that could have erased the election.
Read More » -
Dec- 2024 -30 DecemberHacker News
A Stolen BeyondTrust Key Opened U.S. Treasury Workstations Before OFAC Sanctioned Shanghai Operator Yin Kecheng
Treasury told Congress a stolen BeyondTrust remote-support key reached Departmental Offices machines. OFAC later sanctioned Yin Kecheng. Salt Typhoon was a separate campaign.
Read More » -
26 DecemberCrime News
Two Black Backpacks North of Lynden Held 78 Pounds of Cocaine, and the Courier Never Came Back
Blaine Sector agents found two abandoned backpacks in the woods north of Lynden on December 19, 2024. The packs held about 78 pounds of cocaine. No courier was arrested.
Read More » -
26 DecemberHacker News
Newark Indicted Curitiba’s Junior Barros De Oliveira for a $3.2 Million Bitcoin Extortion That Brazil’s Constitution Will Not Extradite
A Newark indictment unsealed December 23, 2024, charges Junior Barros De Oliveira of Curitiba with threatening to leak about 300,000 customer records unless he was paid about $3.2 million in…
Read More » -
Nov- 2024 -23 NovemberCrime News
David Lane Braff Jr. Is Held Without Bail on 33 Counts and 141 Special Allegations After the Santa Paula Counseling Case Grew to 15 Children
David Lane Braff Jr., arrested November 22, 2024, is held without bail at Todd Road Jail on 33 felony counts involving 15 children and 141 special allegations. A judge held…
Read More » -
23 NovemberNews
Northbridge Still Lists the Animal Control Officer Who Shot Husky Odin at About Ten Yards After a Coyote Call on Fowler Road
Kirk Rumford's husky, Odin, was shot on November 19, 2024, on a coyote call in Northbridge, Massachusetts. Chief Timothy Labrie ruled out punishment, and Dan Chauvin remains the animal control…
Read More »