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A former Bothell City Council member, James McNeal, has been sentenced to 125 months in prison for the death of Liliya Guyvoronsky. Court records indicate that McNeal initially called his attorney to report the crime in April 2024. He was found at the scene covered in blood with self-inflicted wounds, and Guyvoronsky was found suffocated in a bedroom. Friends shared that McNeal and Guyvoronsky met at a strip club where she worked and had been dating on and off. Though McNeal was initially charged with murder, he pleaded guilty to the less serious charges of manslaughter and assault in January....

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Dip-buyers remain a powerful force in U.S. markets. A Friday surge brightened what had been a gloomy week on Wall Street, with bargain hunters flooding back to push the Dow industrials within reach of the 50000-point threshold. The blue-chip average soared about 2%, or 1,025 points, to an intraday record above 49900. Nvidia gained around 7.5%. Caterpillar added 6%. 3M rose 4%. Investments from tech stocks to cryptocurrencies bounced back from losses earlier in the week. The Nasdaq composite was up about 1.7% after dropping 4.5% in the past three sessions, reflecting investor concerns both about artificial-intelligence disruption and potential...

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~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Don’t Drop It! Pow! An EC-225 Super Puma helicopter connects to an ammunition crate on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during a munitions transfer. Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kevin Tang) Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and...

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WASHINGTON — A Pentagon contractor arrested for allegedly taking classified intelligence — including some sensitive materials about a foreign country — and hoarding it at his Maryland home will remain in custody for the time being, according to a report. US District Chief Judge George Levi Russell III ordered the alleged leaker Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones to remain in custody after one of his defense attorneys acknowledged they weren’t “prepared to move forward” with the hearing in a Baltimore federal courtroom, Politico reported. The IT specialist and former US Navy service member was identified as an alleged leaker in a criminal...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Fort Leonard Wood, MissouriFort Leonard Wood is a U.S. Army training installation located in the Missouri Ozarks. The main gate is located on the southern boundary of The City of St. Robert. The post was created in December 1940 and named in honor of General Leonard Wood (former Chief of Staff) in January 1941. Originally intended to train infantry troops, in 1941 it became an engineer training post with the creation of the Engineer Replacement Training Center.The Maneuver Support Center of Excellence offers Basic Combat Training (BCT) for most non-combat arms soldiers, and...

China has executed four leading members of Myanmar-based scam syndicates, a Chinese court said on Monday (Feb 2), the second such announcement in less than a week as Beijing ramps up a crackdown on cross-border telecom fraud. Fraud compounds where scammers lure internet users into fake romantic relationships and cryptocurrency investments have flourished across Southeast Asia, including in Cambodia and the lawless borderlands of Myanmar. Initially, largely targeting Chinese speakers, the criminal groups behind the compounds have expanded operations into multiple languages to steal billions of dollars from victims around the world.

Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~Van Thomas BarfootStory from this website. Van T. Barfoot (June 15, 1919 - March 2, 2012) is a retired United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.Barfoot was born on June 15, 1919, in Edinburg, Mississippi. His grandmother was Choctaw, but Barfoot...

KEEP MOVING A college class was graduating on a hot and humid day. As the graduates walked across the platform and received their diplomas from the president of the college, he smiled, shook their hands, and said loudly, "Congratulations!" Then, in a much lower voice, one that was firm and could be heard only by the graduates, he would say, "Keep moving". He was only trying to keep the line moving across the stage, but his words were good advice for a lifetime: "Keep moving". After every achievement growing up, graduation, marriage, job promotion, even retirement the best advice...

(CNN) — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told Speaker Mike Johnson on Saturday that Democrats won’t help Republicans pass a funding bill to reopen the government if they attempt to fast-track the measure Monday, according to two sources familiar with a call between the leaders. Jeffries’ move is a major gamble since he would be rebelling against a deal cut by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and President Donald Trump to approve funding for much of the federal government through the end of September. The deal only funds the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks to allow for long-term...

There’s a concerning new trend among burglars in the Bay Area, authorities say. Burglars are hiding surveillance devices like cameras at homes to monitor their potential victims, the San Jose Police Department announced Friday. “The suspects plant hidden surveillance devices, often posing as delivery service providers, to determine when homes are unoccupied before committing burglaries,” SJPD said. “As a reminder, remaining vigilant and reporting suspicious activity helps keep our neighborhoods safe.” Helicopters to fly at low altitudes around Bay Area ahead of Super Bowl LX, officials warn A resident in east San Jose called police Thursday after they allegedly found...

A federal judge on Saturday denied a state government request to block the Trump administration's deployment of thousands of federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In a ruling, District Court Judge Katherine Menendez said the immigration enforcement operation "has had, and will likely continue to have, profound and even heartbreaking, consequences on the State of Minnesota". But, she said, state officials had not proved that the Trump administration's surge of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis was unlawful. The ruling comes as thousands nationwide have taken to the streets to protest the fatal shootings of two US...

The illegal alien convicted of killing nursing student Laken Riley is seeking a new trial — evoking an uncomfortable flashback to the brutal homicide that helped drive the illegal immigration debate and led to a federal law named after his victim. Jose Antonio Ibarra, a Venezuelan, is serving life in prison without the possibility of parole. He was set to appear Friday in Athens-Clarke County Superior Court in Georgia, where post-conviction attorneys will present arguments requesting a new trial. Judge Patrick Haggard, who handled the original case and sentenced Ibarra, will hear the motion. Such a motion is typically the...

It is no secret that Governor Murphy has a grotesque obsession with abortion. Through both his words and his actions, he made it abundantly clear during his eight years as Governor of New Jersey that he harbors a depraved fixation on the killing of innocent children. To Murphy, there is no abortion too gruesome and no gestational limit that goes too far, and by his most recent action, that moral indifference now extends even to children who have already been born. So, it should surprise no one that, in one of his final acts before leaving office, the former Governor...

The Brief A federal judge in Maryland said she expects to rule by February on the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man wrongfully deported to El Salvador. Judge Paula Xinis is considering whether Garcia’s 2019 removal order became final last year, which could affect whether the government can re-detain him. Xinis said her order blocking the government from re-detaining Garcia remains in effect while she reviews the case. What we know: In a brief 20-minute hearing with Garcia’s lawyers and DOJ attorneys, Judge Paula Xinis said she wants to hear arguments on whether Garcia’s 2019 order of removal...

A manhunt has been launched after eight inmates — three of whom are facing murder charges — escaped Friday morning from a northeast Louisiana jail. Louisiana State Police confirmed the men, all considered “violent offenders,” were reported missing from the Riverbend Detention Center at 1:20 a.m. (Snip) The three inmates who were captured after the escape were identified as Hugo Molino, 27; Trenton Taplin, 29; and Savon Wheeler, 31. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said she has been in contact with East Carroll Parish Sheriff Wydette Williams and Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association President Kevin Cobb. “[I] have offered the full assistance...

A Paramount man has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge alleging he threw pieces of cinderblock and injured a Border Patrol officer when a protest against immigration enforcement turned into a riot in June, according to court papers obtained Monday.Jacob Terrazas, 30, will enter his plea on a date to be determined to simple assault on a federal officer, a Class-A misdemeanor carrying a possible sentence of up to a year behind bars, his plea agreement states. Terrazas was initially charged in Los Angeles federal court with a felony count of assault on a federal officer making physical...

<p>Federal investigators arrested an Alabama man this week for attempting to assassinate then-US president Joe Biden in 2024, the latest in a string of violent incidents or attempted attacks in the US tied to the anti-Israel movement.</p><p>Adam Benjamin Hall, 23, allegedly brought a firearm to a debate between Biden and Donald Trump, then the Republican candidate, held in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 27, 2024, to kill Biden. Hall failed to enter the debate, federal prosecutors said.</p>