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Five people, including two UPS employees, were arrested for allegedly trafficking cocaine through shipping packages, according to a U.S. Attorney.  United Parcel Service employees Orlando Candelario Almanza, 49, and Fidencio Salinas Jr., 51, of Texas, were arrested alongside three other people on last week, U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani announced Monday.  …

A rancher who lives near Arizona’s border with Mexico is being held on a charge of first-degree murder in last week’s fatal shooting of a man tentatively identified as a Mexican citizen. His bail was set at $1 million. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s office in Nogales, Arizona, confirmed Monday …

A Georgia state trooper was shot and wounded Wednesday morning near the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, a controversial future law enforcement training site, officials said. The alleged shooter was shot and killed by police. At approximately 9:00 a.m., during a planned multi-agency operation to remove protesters from the property, …

A man with a machete attacked three New York City police officers not far from the city’s New Year’s Eve celebration, police said early Sunday. Two were struck in the head and were hospitalized. One officer — a rookie, patrolling on his first day with the NYPD — suffered a …

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is starting to remove Confederate statues and symbols from its campus, in compliance with a federal order formally set in motion by the Department of Defense this past October.  Over the holiday break, which began on Dec. 18, the country’s oldest service academy …

Trevor Noah will return to host the Grammys for the third year in a row. The comedian will helm the 2023 awards show, which will air on Sunday, Feb. 5, and will be broadcast live on CBS and stream live and on-demand on Paramount+ at 8:00 p.m. ET. The star-studded …

University of Virginia head football coach Tony Elliott and athletics director Carla Williams held back tears as they spoke about the outpouring of support the school has received and how team members are healing following the shooting deaths of three football players on Sunday night. “It feels like it’s a …

When you buy something for your home or family, the assumption is that it’s probably safe.  Somebody must be testing these items and paying especially close attention to products marketed for children and infants.  But the federal agency that’s supposed to protect American consumers faces major obstacles before it can …

Sara Lee, the former WWE wrestler and winner of the reality TV series “Tough Enough,” has died at the age of 30, her mother said in a Facebook post on Thursday. Her cause of death has not been revealed.  “It is with heavy hearts we wanted to share that our …

Comedian Lil Duval had to be airlifted to a local hospital after getting into an accident while on his ATV in the Bahamas.  On Tuesday, the comedian told his fans he broke his leg after a car crashed into his ATV in a post on Instagram. “Somebody hit me in …