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Katelyn McClure's story about a down-on-his-luck hero who'd spent his last $20 to help a stranger inspired thousands to contribute to a GoFundMe campaign that soon topped $400,000. Her claim that she'd run out of gas on Interstate 95, where the homeless veteran came to her rescue, went viral in 2017. But after all the media frenzy, it turned out to be mostly bogus - and a huge chunk of the funds raised had been used on a luxury car, clothes, vacations and trips to casinos, federal prosecutors said. Now, McClure has been sentenced for her role in the three-person...

At least 3 dead in series of wrecks on foggy stretch of Florida highway: authorities By Joe Tacopino and Joshua Rhett Miller March 3, 2022 3:10am Updated Massive pile-up on Florida highway At least three people were killed in five separate crashes on a foggy stretch of a Florida highway with zero visibility early Thursday, authorities said. Multiple wrecks involving at least 17 vehicles, including semi-trucks, shut down the northbound and southbound lanes of I-95 in Volusia County after troopers responded to Edgewater at about 1:30 a.m., WFTV reported. Three people died in the wrecks and several others, including children,...

In the community of Shady Grove Woods, trees are becoming more and more scarce. Residents and other anti-Intercounty Connector activists marched through the neighborhood on Saturday, pointing out the trees that were cut down to make way for the six-lane highway. ‘‘It’s just that we didn’t have a say in it in so many ways and we’re not talking about a two-lane road, we’re talking about a major highway running through here,” resident Sam Chim said of the ICC. ‘‘We have a lot of nice, private woods back here and now we’re going to have a highway running through instead....

 “Fahrenheit 1472”April 1, 2004  Terrorists strike Connecticut...or maybe not!  During the day of March 25th, the Department of Homeland Security alerted Connecticut officials about a terror threat targeting the Interstate-95 corridor in Bridgeport.  That same night, a tanker truck carrying 12,000 gallons of home heating oil exploded on...you guessed it... the Interstate-95 corridor in Bridgeport!  Maybe we should ask Richard Clarke what the President knew about Bridgeport. It’s only a matter of time until the Family Steering Committee (FSC) demands an independent investigation into the truth about I-95.  Perhaps FSC Co-Chair, Kristen Breitweiser, can put together 23 penetrating questions concerning the...