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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRZsvuIypa4 From a DNR officers body cam, watch as he discovers two illegal aliens - with a whole lot of fish over the limit. They also have no fishing license, no drivers license, no insurance... I'm going to assume the boat wasn't registered either. Hilarity ensues as the fine officer cracks down on poaching! spoiler alert: nothing happens.

Over the last week, a searing tragedy on the campus of the University of Georgia gripped the nation, as news spread of the violent killing of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student. According to Hispanic students at UGA, the devastating loss of life has led to another tragedy: a feeling of unease, uncertainty, and even fear for members of the Latino community on campus.

Steven Spainhouer rushed to Allen Premium Outlets — a shopping center in Allen, a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb, where the shooting happened — when his son called just after 3:30 p.m. local time and said he had heard gunfire. Just one problem… According to the Allen Police Department, Spainhouer is a total fraud. Spainhouer thought that he could make statements that would make him a material witness to mass murder and that they wouldn’t want to talk to him or investigate his claims. When Allen PD caught up with Spainhouer to discuss what he saw, it was determined that Spainhouer’s statements...

A teenager was arrested Friday in connection with the death of a 16-year-old in a shooting at a LaGrange restaurant, police said. Ah’Traveon Van’Quavious Stephens, 18, was arrested by Atlanta police at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and booked into the Troup County Jail. He is facing one count each of murder and aggravated assault in the June 24 incident that killed Laquan Dewberry, according to LaGrange police. Officers were called to Mason’s World, a restaurant along Hogansville Road, and a car wash along Vernon Street regarding multiple people shot. A teenage gathering at the restaurant ended in gunfire after an altercation...

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Fellow FReepers, I welcome any and all advice on a sticky situation. I sold a small camping trailer through FB Marketplace. The buyer, a guy about 30, was almost obnoxious in pleading to come see it. After others fell through, I gave him the address and he came over. He was enthusiastic, but seemed somewhat naive to camping. We got along well. He had asked before if I would take a Zelle bank transfer, I pointed out that the $3000 price was more than Zelle would allow. So how about cash? He agreed, texted me that he was at the...

The best explanation I have found of the events leading up to the raid, he talks about Trump's ability as Commander to declassify anything, the curious timing of the raid, and that the Espionage Act is likely unconstitutional in its scope, and may have been 'triggered' by nothing more than a momento dispute. Yeah, it's another YT video we all complain about having to watch! But his analysis is quite good.

Three men have been criminally charged in Manhattan with possessing about 100 pages stolen from the singer Don Henley of handwritten notes and lyrics for the Eagles' blockbuster 1976 album "Hotel California."

Theaters in Washington, D.C. will extend a mask and vaccine requirement for patrons through at least the end of July. The announcement arrives as case numbers of the virus in the Northeast and Midwest have begun to rise and some government officials have urged those in charge to consider reinstating indoor mask mandates.

Pardon the vanity posting, but I have a question about a refund that I wonder is a scam. I would appreciate your input. The story: I had a flight cancellation in March of 2020, a flight I had booked through CheapoAir I thought the money was gone, until a week ago, when I got an email saying they were processing my refund and needed 'additional information' and to please contact them. So I did. The CSR, after getting my refund number transferred me to a lady, in billing. I give my name and billing address, and she then wanted the...

Ukraine's military said on Tuesday it was working to evacuate all remaining troops from their last stronghold in the besieged port of Mariupol, ceding control of the city to Russia after months of bombardment. The evacuation of hundreds of fighters, many wounded, to Russian-held towns, likely marked the end of the longest and bloodiest battle of the Ukraine war and a significant defeat for Ukraine.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Russian ally Serbia took the delivery of a sophisticated Chinese anti-aircraft system in a veiled operation this weekend, amid Western concerns that an arms buildup in the Balkans at the time of the war in Ukraine could threaten the fragile peace in the region. Media and military experts said Sunday that six Chinese Air Force Y-20 transport planes landed at Belgrade’s civilian airport early Saturday, reportedly carrying HQ-22 surface-to-air missile systems for the Serbian military. The Chinese cargo planes with military markings were pictured at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla airport. Serbia’s defense ministry did not immediately respond...

A Cobb County attorney says she was shocked to learn that a one-time close friend, who was a highly paid state official, had been charged with four felony counts of trying to defraud the state by faking two pregnancies. The state Attorney General’s Office obtained the indictment of 43-year-old Robin Folsom earlier this month. Folsom left her job....

Overall, 27 seizure orders were issued to large truck operators from outside Ontario, banning them from operating any commercial motor vehicle within the province.

Reports of fighting in metro Atlanta schools are becoming so common that some parents are letting their kids skip school. Channel 2′s Michele Newell spoke with parents of students at Cass High School in Bartow County where several fights have been recorded and posted to social media over the last few days.

ATLANTA — More than 70% of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Georgia in the first week of January unvaccinated or partially vaccinated according to data from the Georgia Department of Health. By contrast, 25% of people hospitalized with the virus were fully vaccinated but not boosted and 4% had received a booster shot.

Just reading this on a Twitter thread (see link for document), the Alberta (Canada) Health System is asking (begging?) the 1400 doctors and nurses they dismissed because of vaccine refusal to return - but they will be forced to be tested frequently.

Nearly 50 people aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship tested positive for coronavirus when the ship returned to Miami on Saturday, according to a report. All but one of the 48 infected passengers were fully vaccinated, according to a statement from the cruise line, and all passengers entered quarantine upon receipt of positive results.

T he number of daily Covid-19 cases recorded in the UK hit a new record high on Thursday with 88,376 reported new infections. The tally is nearly 10,000 higher than the previous record of 78,610 set on Wednesday and comes after health authorities estimated the Omicron variant R (reproduction) rate was currently between three and five.

The unmarked security vehicles parked outside the Kroger signaled trouble. So, too, did the police tape blocking the store’s entrance at Metropolitan Parkway SW and Cleveland Avenue SW several days ago. A small sign taped to an overturned shopping cart flapped in the wind telling shoppers the power was out. Thieves had stolen critical electric wiring. A much larger sign said “Temporarily Closed” and identified two other store locations for shoppers in the area, neither of which was easily accessible without some form of transportation.