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Video: VA Widow Speaks Out After Husband Beaten Dead By Walmart Worker's Parents, Report Says
A widow is speaking out months after her husband of 42 years was beaten to death by the parents of a Walmart worker in Virginia, according to a brand-new report.
Josephine Atienza and her 77-year-old husband Bert Atienza went to a Walmart store near thei home in Virginia Beach, on June 7, when a 17-year-old employee nearly struck Josephine with a cart, the widow tells WKTR. Bert began arguing with the teen, who reportedly threw a can at them as they walked away, but missed.
As they were shopping, Erika Mitchell, 42, and Travis White, 44, identified by WKTR as the teen worker's parents…
Pork Buyers May Be Owed Money In $117M Settlements: See If You Qualify
You might be able to get paid if you bought certain pork products as part of $117 million in class action settlements.
The settlements cover people who purchased qualifying pork products for personal consumption from Saturday, June 28, 2014, through Saturday, June 30, 2018. The lawsuit claims several companies conspired to limit the supply of pork and increase prices.
Eligible consumers must have indirectly purchased raw pork bacon or fresh or frozen pork made from bellies, loins, shoulders, ribs, or pork chops, USA Today reported. An indirect purchase means the pork was bought f…
23 Years After Joshua Crawford Was Murdered On His Birthday, Maryland Man Charged: Sheriff
For 23 years, the killing of Joshua Wayne Crawford never went away.
Now, a Maryland man has been arrested in the cold case murder of Crawford, who was found dead on what would have been his 21st birthday, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office announced on Friday, Sept. 18.
Tavon Jamar Willis, 46, of Frederick, was taken into custody after a grand jury returned an indictment Friday morning connecting him to Crawford's 2003 murder, according to the sheriff's office.
Crawford was found murdered inside his Exeter Court apartment on July 2, 2003.
He would have turned 21 that day.
The Maryland…
Third Floor Of Virginia Motel Became Protected Drug, Sex Marketplace, Feds Say
The third floor wasn't just another place to spend the night.
Federal prosecutors say it became the moneymaker at a Virginia motel, where rooms cost extra for guests who wanted a protected place to buy and sell drugs or engage in commercial sex.
Now, the woman who helped run it is headed to federal prison for more than a decade.
Kosha Sharma, 53, who operated the Red Carpet Inn in Dumfries with her husband, was sentenced on Thursday, Sept. 17, to 10 years and 10 months behind bars for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and managing a drug-involved premises, according to federal prosecutors.…
NYU Langone, Upmc To End Gender-Affirming Care For Minors In DOJ Deals
Two major New York and Pennsylvania health systems will stop providing gender-affirming medical care to minors under agreements reached with the US Department of Justice, federal officials announced Friday, Sept. 18.
NYU Langone Hospitals and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, or UPMC, agreed to stop providing puberty blockers, hormones, and surgical procedures to patients younger than 18, according to the DOJ.
NYU also agreed to pay $8.5 million, while UPMC will pay $950,000 as part of the resolutions, the department said.
The agreements resolve investigations into potential vio…
Trump Bans 3 Major News Outlets From White House, Says Others May Follow
The battle over what media outlets get through the White House gates has sharply escalated.
President Donald Trump announced Friday afternoon, Sept. 18, that he was immediately banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House in an extraordinary, unprecedented move that is sounding alarms about First Amendment rights.
The First Amendment of the Constitution protects five basic freedoms from government interference: religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition.
Trump disclosed the directive in a post on his Truth Social account. He accused all three organizations of repeatedly …
