Virginia Hawk Eats Herself Out Of The Sky After Discovering All-You-Can-Eat Chicken Buffet Virginia Hawk Eats Herself Out Of The Sky After Discovering All-You-Can-Eat Chicken Buffet Virginia Hawk Eats Herself Out Of The Sky After Discovering All-You-Can-Eat Chicken Buffet
Virginia Hawk Eats Herself Out Of The Sky After Discovering All-You-Can-Eat Chicken Buffet A Virginia hawk that turned a neighborhood chicken coop into her personal all-you-can-eat buffet spent weeks feasting and snoozing until she packed on so many pounds she could no longer fly. Now, after a month of dieting and exercise, the feathered freeloader is finally getting her wings back, though wildlife rehabilitators say she's still got plenty of work to do before returning to the skies. The red-shouldered hawk, officially known as RSHA 26-2599, was discovered stranded in a driveway about a mile from the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke, where her unusual condition initi…
$26M Vanishes From NJ Town, Mayor Waits Until After Election Day To Inform Residents $26M Vanishes From NJ Town, Mayor Waits Until After Election Day To Inform Residents $26M Vanishes From NJ Town, Mayor Waits Until After Election Day To Inform Residents
$26M Vanishes From NJ Town, Mayor Waits Until After Election Day To Inform Residents A New Jersey town lost approximately $26 million intended for affordable housing in a massive wire transfer theft more than five weeks before Election Day, but residents weren't publicly informed until three days after voters went to the polls. The money was stolen from Cranbury Township on Monday, Sept. 28, and had been set aside to purchase property to help the Middlesex County municipality meet its affordable housing obligations, Mayor Lisa Knierim said in a statement issued Friday, Nov. 6. Knierim, a Democrat, is serving a term that ends in December 2028. Investigators have since froze…
One Night, Four Locations, Plenty Of Gunfire: Virginia Man Busted, Police Say One Night, Four Locations, Plenty Of Gunfire: Virginia Man Busted, Police Say One Night, Four Locations, Plenty Of Gunfire: Virginia Man Busted, Police Say
One Night, Four Locations, Plenty Of Gunfire: Virginia Man Busted, Police Say Apparently, one round of gunfire wasn't enough for a Virginia man accused of keeping police busy with a string of late-night shooting incidents across Arlington, authorities say. Eric Schaefer, 39, of Arlington, was arrested on Saturday, Nov. 7, after police linked him to gunfire reported at multiple locations across the northern part of the county overnight. The trouble began around 11:58 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6, when officers were called to the intersection of Military Road and 31st Street North for reports of shots fired. But that was hardly the end of it. As the night wore on, more rep…
Champagne Pop Costs Top NJ Soccer Coach Game Amid Quest For Third Straight State Title: Report Champagne Pop Costs Top NJ Soccer Coach Game Amid Quest For Third Straight State Title: Report Champagne Pop Costs Top NJ Soccer Coach Game Amid Quest For Third Straight State Title: Report
Champagne Pop Costs Top NJ Soccer Coach Game Amid Quest For Third Straight State Title: Report The coach of one of New Jersey's top-ranked girls high school soccer teams has reportedly been suspended after popping a bottle of champagne to celebrate her 100th career win. Karen Anderson, head coach of the Paul VI High School girls soccer team in Marlton, was seen celebrating in a video that surfaced on social media after her team defeated Notre Dame 2-0 in the Non-Public A quarterfinals on Thursday, Nov. 5, securing her milestone victory, NJ Advance Media reports. Anderson told the outlet that parents had handed her the bottle during a celebration they organized after her 100th win. Sh…
Wrong-Way Driver, Baltimore Motorist Killed In Early-Morning I-95 Crash In Maryland: Police Wrong-Way Driver, Baltimore Motorist Killed In Early-Morning I-95 Crash In Maryland: Police Wrong-Way Driver, Baltimore Motorist Killed In Early-Morning I-95 Crash In Maryland: Police
Wrong-Way Driver, Baltimore Motorist Killed In Early-Morning I-95 Crash In Maryland: Police A wrong-way driver and another motorist were killed in an early-morning crash on I-95 in Maryland, where investigators believe alcohol and speed may have played a role, state police said. Taleb Ait Zakariae, 37, of Rosedale, and Timothy Summerville Jr., 47, of Baltimore, were both pronounced dead at the scene of the crash in Howard County on Saturday, Nov. 7, according to Maryland State Police. Troopers from the Waterloo Barrack were called to the northbound lanes of I-95 near mile marker 44 in Elkridge shortly before 4:30 a.m. following reports of a two-vehicle crash. Investigators determ…
DOJ Sues Penn State Over Tuition Policy As Out-Of-State Costs Top $71K DOJ Sues Penn State Over Tuition Policy As Out-Of-State Costs Top $71K DOJ Sues Penn State Over Tuition Policy As Out-Of-State Costs Top $71K
DOJ Sues Penn State Over Tuition Policy As Out-Of-State Costs Top $71K The federal government is suing Penn State University, accusing the Pennsylvania school of illegally offering reduced tuition rates to undocumented immigrants while charging some American citizens more than $71,000 annually in tuition and related costs. The U.S. Department of Justice filed the 14-page lawsuit against Pennsylvania State University and its Board of Trustees on Thursday, Nov. 5, challenging a policy that allows certain undocumented students living in Pennsylvania to qualify for in-state tuition. Federal prosecutors argue the policy violates federal law because U.S. citizens li…
Vintage Plane Kills Woman Moving Camera Tripod In Airfield: NY State Police Vintage Plane Kills Woman Moving Camera Tripod In Airfield: NY State Police Vintage Plane Kills Woman Moving Camera Tripod In Airfield: NY State Police
Vintage Plane Kills Woman Moving Camera Tripod In Airfield: NY State Police A woman photographing a vintage airplane was struck and killed while trying to move her camera tripod out of its path at a privately owned New York airfield, state police announced on Friday, Nov. 6. Pamela M. Haselton, 67, of Wilmington, was killed at Catalano Airfield on Hazelton Road in the town of Wilmington, Essex County, according to New York State Police. The incident was reported at approximately 3:47 p.m. Friday, police said. Investigators determined that a 1943 Aeronca L3, a single-engine, two-seat aircraft operated by James J. Catalano, 77, of Wilmington, had successfully landed…
Ex-NFL Star Antonio Brown Avoids Prison After Guilty Plea In Miami Shooting Ex-NFL Star Antonio Brown Avoids Prison After Guilty Plea In Miami Shooting Ex-NFL Star Antonio Brown Avoids Prison After Guilty Plea In Miami Shooting
Ex-nfl Star Antonio Brown Avoids Prison After Guilty Plea In Miami Shooting Former Pittsburgh Steelers star and Albany Empire owner Antonio Brown has avoided prison after pleading guilty to a felony assault charge stemming from a shooting outside a celebrity boxing event in Miami. Brown, 38, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a firearm on Friday, Nov. 6, and was sentenced to three years of probation by Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez. The former NFL wide receiver must attend weekly counseling sessions and is prohibited from possessing firearms while on probation, among other conditions imposed by the court. The plea resolves an attempted murd…
Loudmouth's 'Four-Letter Blessings' Take Wild Turn During Virginia Traffic Stop: Sheriff Loudmouth's 'Four-Letter Blessings' Take Wild Turn During Virginia Traffic Stop: Sheriff Loudmouth's 'Four-Letter Blessings' Take Wild Turn During Virginia Traffic Stop: Sheriff
Loudmouth's 'Four-Letter Blessings' Take Wild Turn During Virginia Traffic Stop: Sheriff A Virginia man who couldn't resist giving a deputy a piece of his mind during an unrelated traffic stop wound up giving authorities something even better: himself. The strange ordeal played out early on Friday, Nov. 6, along Route 211, when a member of the Culpeper County Sheriff's Office conducted a routine traffic stop. It quickly became anything but routine. According to the sheriff's office, a man emerged from a nearby home while Cpl. Booth was conducting the stop and began shouting obscenities toward him. The unsolicited verbal barrage turned out to be a wildly bad decision. As the …
Sen. Chris Murphy Released From Hospital After Stroke, Faces Weeks Of Recovery Sen. Chris Murphy Released From Hospital After Stroke, Faces Weeks Of Recovery Sen. Chris Murphy Released From Hospital After Stroke, Faces Weeks Of Recovery
Sen. Chris Murphy Released From Hospital After Stroke, Faces Weeks Of Recovery US Sen. Chris Murphy has been released from the hospital after suffering a minor stroke, but the Connecticut Democrat will spend several weeks recovering before he can return to his duties on Capitol Hill. Doctors expect the 53-year-old, three-term senator to make a full recovery. Murphy announced his release from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Friday, Nov. 6. He will now enter a rehabilitation center, where he is expected to spend weeks and miss several Senate votes as he heals.  The health scare began Saturday, Oct. 31, while Murphy was watching his son's hockey game. He no…
Driver Claiming To Be Marine Had BAC Twice Legal Limit Before Deadly Stafford Crash: Prosecutor Driver Claiming To Be Marine Had BAC Twice Legal Limit Before Deadly Stafford Crash: Prosecutor Driver Claiming To Be Marine Had BAC Twice Legal Limit Before Deadly Stafford Crash: Prosecutor
Driver Claiming To Be Marine Had BAC Twice Legal Limit Before Deadly Stafford Crash: Prosecutor A 22-year-old driver who identified himself as an active-duty Marine had a blood alcohol content more than twice the legal limit when he allegedly caused a crash on I-95 in Virginia that killed a mother and her young child. Malik Jeremiah Thomas is now facing two counts of aggravated manslaughter following the early morning crash on Friday, Nov. 6, in Stafford County, according to Commonwealth's Attorney Eric Olsen. Thomas had a blood alcohol content of .17, more than twice Virginia's legal limit of .08, when he was arrested at the scene, Olsen said. The crash happened shortly before 2 a.m…
DC Woman's ATM Spree Was Just The Tip Of A Million-Dollar Pandemic Fraud Scheme, Feds Say DC Woman's ATM Spree Was Just The Tip Of A Million-Dollar Pandemic Fraud Scheme, Feds Say DC Woman's ATM Spree Was Just The Tip Of A Million-Dollar Pandemic Fraud Scheme, Feds Say
DC Woman's ATM Spree Was Just The Tip Of A Million-Dollar Pandemic Fraud Scheme, Feds Say A DC woman helped turn stolen identities into a steady stream of ATM withdrawals as part of a pandemic-era fraud operation that ultimately landed her in federal prison. Karin L. Contreras, 45, was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Friday, Nov. 6, for her role in the scheme, which involved more than $1 million in unemployment benefits, US Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced. Between June 2020 and March 2021, Contreras and her co-conspirators used stolen personal information to submit fraudulent unemployment claims, generating prepaid debit cards loaded with government benefits. The overwhelm…