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7/2 update: Harris County Sheriff, Ed Gonzalez stated in a tweet that two of the victims in the shooting were teens, aged 17 and have been pronounced deceased. Another man was injured during the shooting but is expected to survive. The shooting occurred during a pool party at the Kimberly Pointe apartments. The Harris County Sheriff's office is now leading the investigation. *The title has been updated to reflect the new information. Original story: First responders were dispatched to the Kimberly Pointe Apartments (333 W Airtex Blvd, Houston, TX 77090) shortly after 10:30 p.m. on July 1, 2022. According to initial radio reports, officers arrived two find two kids in critical condition and an additional third child that needed CPR. Additional units with Harris County Precinct 4...

It is now legal to buy, sell, and consume low-dose edibles that contain up to 5 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) for those over 21 in Minnesota. This is only allowed in food or drink form and can only be purchased by those over the age of 21, similar to the legal drinking age. THC is the main active ingredient in marijuana that allows a user to get "high". The law, which went into effect on July 1, 2022, comes after an effort to regulate delta-8 THC which is a cannabis derivative that is not regulated under federal or state law. The Minnesota law allows delta-9 THC to be regulated, which lowers the barrier of entry since delta-8 requires a lot more chemicals and is a lot harder to extract from marijuana than delta-9. This will allow retailers to save on costs and the time it...

A panel in the Court of Appeals for Second Appellate District in California has ruled in favor of Jeff Bezos saying that his girlfriend's brother, Michael Sanchez, did not have enough for a defamation suit against the founder of Amazon.com Michael Sanchez, the brother of Lauren Sanchez who is now the girlfriend of Jeff Bezos appealed a decision over a defamation case he brought against the former Amazon CEO on January 31, 2020 and lost. The alleged defamation stemmed from allegations that Bezos made back in 2019 stating that he was the subject of an attempted blackmail attempt. The alleged blackmail attempt was reportedly over his affair with Michael's sister Lauren and came to the surface when a tabloid, National Enquirer attempted to extort Bezos. The tabloid claimed to have ev...

Kaitlin Armstrong was captured in Costa Rica at the Santa Teresa Beach hostel by U.S. Marshals on Wednesday, June 29 after being on the run for 43 days according to a press release. The U.S. Marshal's said in the statement that they were able to find her after learning just the week prior to her capture that she had sold her Jeep Grand Cherokee to a CarMax dealership in south Austin for $12,200. After selling her car, she left on a plane from ABIA in Austin, to Hobby Airport from Houston. She then booked a flight under her name to New York LaGuardia airport. At this time there was no warrant issued for her arrest. Austin Police enlisted the Lone Star Fugitive Task force to try and help locate Armstrong. It was on May 17, 2022, that Austin police were able to issue a homicide warr...

FCC Commissioner, Brendan Carr, posted an open letter to his Twitter account to both Apple and Google requesting they both remove the popular social media app TikTok app from their app stores due to growing national security concerns over the app. In the letter, Carr alleges that TikTok is a "sophisticated surveillance tool that harvests extensive amounts of personal and sensitive data." and goes on to state that the popular video app collects everything "from search and browsing histories to keystroke patterns and biometric identifiers, including faceprints", which could be used in facial recognition technology as well as voiceprints and the list goes on from there. He then proceeds to go down a list of questionable TikTok data practices in the last couple of years that serves a...

Investigators with the Houston Police Department are investigating a shooting after a person was dropped off at a fire station Wednesday evening. Officers with the Houston Police Department are investigating a shooting after a man was dropped off at a Houston Fire Department Fire Station located at 3902 Corder in Houston,TX, USA which is off Scott Street, close to 610 in Houston's Sunnyside neighborhood. The man was dropped off at Fire Station No. 46, treated, and transported to the hospital. The man's condition remains unknown at this time. The victim, a male, has not been identified, and police have not released his age while they determine who he is and notify his next of kin. The Houston Police Department is leading the investigation and is working diligently to determine the...

The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that left one person dead early Wednesday afternoon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BzbGVLDk8w&list=PLkWM-tkzjRG8c1W87yBf1LE_rI6tbhwPh&ab_channel=houstonstringer A shooting occurred in the 700 block of Coolidge St. in Channelview, Texas, USA, by Sheldon Road and I-10 in East Harris County.  When arriving, first responders found one victim that had suffered from at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced at the scene. The victim has been identified as a female, possibly in her fifties or sixties, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. Her name has not been released since the investigation is in its early stages and next of kin has not been notified at this moment. Police did not specify if there were any addit...

Adam Lacroix, a "street preacher' decided to challenge a Fort Myers Beach ordinance after he was cited in December of 2020 for carrying a "portable sign" to spread religious messages to those around him in accordance with an ordinance that was put in place by the Town of Fort Myers Florida. The ordinance specifically prohibits twenty-four different types of signs but outright banned portable signs. The ordinance also allowed for exemptions in certain cases like "real estate/open house signs, garage sale sales, and temporary signs.", but did require prior permit approval from the Town of Fort Myers. The appeals court did however agree that the ban is "content-neutral" and wrote: "The rich tradition of political lawn signs perhaps is surpassed only by America’s history of marches an...

A suspect decided to run after Officers with the Houston Police Department and tried to pull him over shortly after 11 p.m. on June 29, 2022, around Rushcreek @ Kuykendahl in north Houston. The suspect, a black male in a white Lincoln Navigator took police eastbound on Kuykendahl Rd towards I-45 the North Fwy. When the officers realized he was not going to stop, they decided to call for a PIT-certified unit. The suspect then made a u-turn on Greens road and headed northbound on the I-45 service road. The suspect then entered the main lanes of the North Fwy @ Rankin. The chase ended when pursuing officers decided it was time for the PIT (Precision Immobilization Technique) maneuver just before Richey road on the North Fwy. Officers in the pursuit slowed down traffic while the...

A federal judge in Illinois ruled against McDonald's employees today, upholding McDonald's no-poaching policy. The case, started back in 2017 when Leinani Deslandes filed a class-action lawsuit against McDonald's claiming that she lost out on higher wages when another McDonald's franchise offered her a job but she was restricted by the fast-food giant from doing so because of a no-poaching policy. According to the Summary Judgment, each franchisee signed a franchise agreement that reads: "Franchisee shall not employ or seek to employ any person who is at the time employed by McDonald’s, any of its subsidiaries, or by any person who is at the time operating a McDonald’s restaurant or otherwise induce, directly or indirectly, such person to leave such employment. This paragraph [] ...