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HARRIS COUNTY, TX – Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and the Greater Houston Partnership, in collaboration with Houston First and the FIFA World Cup 26 Host Committee, are leading a strategic trade mission to Germany, Portugal, and the Netherlands to expand global economic partnerships and attract foreign investment to Harris County. File Photo (February 2026) All three countries are scheduled to have teams play matches in Houston during the FIFA World Cup 2026. During the trip, Hidalgo and the delegation are meeting with global business and sports leaders to promote Harris County as a destination for business, travel, and major international events. The effort is intended to leverage sports diplomacy to strengthen international relationships and economic opportunities. This ma...

LOS ANGELES, CA – Former U.S. Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff said Kamala Harris is considering a second run for president. File Photo - VP Kamala Harris arrives in Downtown Houston (July 2024) Emhoff made the remarks while leaving an Oscar party, where he briefly spoke with media. @joy.of.everything We caught up with former U.S. Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, who tells us Kamala Harris is considering a run for president in 2028. He also shared some of his favorite movies while leaving an Oscar party and weighed in on the current geopolitical climate. ♬ original sound - Joy Of Everything During the exchange, Emhoff indicated Harris is thinking about another presidential campaign, but he did not specify when.

HOUSTON, TX – A 20-year-old man is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly robbing Houston Texans player Jaylen Reed at gunpoint, stealing his vehicle, and leading officers on a pursuit that ended with three Houston Police Department officers injured in a crash. https://youtu.be/oZBIMae4S_k Court records filed in Harris County District Court identify the suspect as Montreal Dwayne Frye. He is charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle (Cause No. 194692301010003) and evading arrest in a vehicle (Cause No. 194692201010003), both offenses occurring on January 4, 2026. According to prosecutors, Frye and two accomplices, dressed in black and wearing ski masks, entered Reed’s garage armed with long rifles. The suspects demanded Reed’s belongings and fled with his vehicle....

AUSTIN, TX – Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the JOLT Initiative, Inc., alleging the organization orchestrated an unlawful voter registration effort aimed at undermining Texas election integrity by registering individuals not eligible to vote. File Photo (September 2025) According to the Office of the Attorney General, investigators found that JOLT volunteers operated outside Texas Department of Motor Vehicles locations, where they allegedly instructed individuals in ways that violated the Texas Election Code. The complaint claims the organization and its Volunteer Deputy Registrars coordinated efforts to solicit and process unlawful voter registration applications, potentially including individuals lacking legal identification. Paxton stated that his offic...

FARGO, ND – A West Fargo man has been charged in federal court after allegedly making multiple threats online against the President of the United States and other federal officials. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of North Dakota, 47-year-old Andrew Walter Sandvik appeared in federal court to face a charge of influencing a federal official by threat under 18 U.S.C. § 115(a)(1)(B). The complaint alleges that Sandvik made several social media posts containing threats directed toward the President, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Secret Service, and others. Investigators stated that Sandvik’s posts included violent rhetoric expressing a willingness to commit extreme acts. He was arrested Thursday morning in a coordinated operati...

TAMPA, FL – A Tampa man has been charged with interstate communication of a threat to injure and kill after allegedly making violent threats toward federal officials and their families. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, 35-year-old Robert Logan Shoecraft III is accused of making threats in both phone messages and online communications. In May 2024, Shoecraft allegedly called the office of a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and left an expletive-laden voicemail threatening to kill the lawmaker. On October 31, 2025, he allegedly sent a direct message via social media to the wife of a federal official who serves as an advisor to the President of the United States, threatening that she and her husband would be “dragged through the str...

SACRAMENTO, CA – A Phoenix man has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for planting hoax bomb devices at Christian churches across multiple states and attempting to obstruct the free exercise of religion. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 46-year-old Zimnako Salah was convicted in March 2025 of placing a backpack inside a Roseville, California, church bathroom to simulate a bomb threat. Prosecutors said Salah’s actions were part of a wider hate-motivated campaign targeting Christian congregations in Arizona, California, and Colorado. The jury found that Salah targeted the churches because of the religion of those who worshipped there, classifying the crimes as hate offenses. Evidence presented at trial showed that between September and November 2023, Salah vi...

EUGENE, OR – A Colombian national has been arrested and charged in connection with an organized burglary ring accused of targeting homes of Asian business owners across Oregon and Washington. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon, 34-year-old Derinson Martinez-Grandas is one of seven individuals charged with conspiracy to transmit stolen property. Prosecutors allege that beginning in early October 2025, Martinez-Grandas and his co-conspirators traveled between states, staying in short-term rentals while identifying and surveilling potential victims. The crew allegedly used signal jammers, countersurveillance methods, and coordinated group calls to carry out the burglaries, often entering homes by breaking glass doors. The group is accused of burglariz...

BRIDGEPORT, CT – A Middletown man has been sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for defrauding the Connecticut Medicaid Program of more than $1.8 million through a fraudulent behavioral health services operation. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut, 40-year-old Ramon Apellaniz, former operator of The Gemini Project, LLC, conspired with Suhail Aponte, owner of Minds Cornerstone Behavior Therapy Services, to submit false claims for applied behavior analysis services provided to children with autism spectrum disorder. Between November 2021 and January 2025, the two caused approximately $1,876,617 in losses to the state Medicaid program. Apellaniz operated under the alias “Kristopher Rockefeller,” directing Aponte from prison on how to commit t...

SAN DIEGO, CA – A San Diego man has been indicted for allegedly running a multimillion-dollar investment scheme that defrauded investors across the United States. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California, 29-year-old Ethan Joseph Sanchez was charged with wire fraud and money laundering following an extensive investigation by the FBI San Diego Field Office. Court documents allege that since 2022, Sanchez solicited more than $6 million from investors through his company, BSC Equity Ventures, by falsely claiming the funds would be used for real estate projects, including property purchases, renovations, and construction of accessory dwelling units. Prosecutors say Sanchez promised returns of up to 25 percent, falsely stating that the investment...