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Molotov Cocktail Plot: Massachusetts Trans Woman Sentenced In Plan To Firebomb Scott Bessent
A Massachusetts woman will spend more than six years in federal prison after admitting to bringing two homemade firebombs and a knife to Washington, D.C., in an attempt to kill then-Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent, federal authorities said.
Ryan Michael English, 26, of South Deerfield, previously pleaded guilty to two federal weapons charges. A judge sentenced English to 73 months in prison on Tuesday, Aug. 18, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced. English must also serve three years of supervised release.
The plot unfolded on Jan. 27, 2025, when Bessen…
Tiny Car Defect Lands Brooklyn Men In Big Trouble On Long Island: Police
Two Brooklyn men were arrested while traveling through Long Island early Wednesday, Aug. 19, police said.
Boubacar Sy, 41, and Darnell Williams, 42, were busted with an illegal weapon on the Nassau Expressway in Inwood around 1 a.m. Wednesday, the Nassau County Police Department said.
Sy was behind the wheel of a black 2014 Toyota Camry traveling southbound when cops spotted a defective license plate lamp and pulled the vehicle over, authorities said.
Investigators then recovered a loaded SCCY CPX-2 9mm handgun inside the vehicle, according to police. Sy and Williams, in the passenger’s se…
NY Ranked Among 5 Most Fun States, New Study Finds: Here's Why
The Northeast has some of the most fun states in the country, but several others landed near the bottom of a new ranking.
WalletHub released its 2026 list of the Most Fun States in America on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The study compared all 50 states across 26 metrics of entertainment, recreation, and nightlife, including restaurants, amusement parks, movie theaters, national park access, music festivals, bars, casinos, and recreation spending.
The personal finance website split the study into two main categories: entertainment and recreation, which made up 80% of the score, and nightlife, which ac…
New Apple Update Targets Dozens Of Security Flaws
A quiet software release carries more weight than its modest version number suggests.
Apple released iOS 26.6.1 and iPadOS 26.6.1 on Monday, Aug. 17, delivering a broad collection of security fixes for supported iPhones and iPads.
The Apple security bulletin lists 29 CVE entries covering WebKit, the operating system kernel, image processing, audio, graphics, and telephony.
Twenty-one of those entries involve WebKit, the technology used to process web content. Apple said the flaws could cause Safari or other processes to crash, corrupt memory, or expose sensitive information when processing…
Chicken, Goat Products Recalled Nationwide Over Missing Inspection
A shelf-stable specialty food recall is reaching kitchens across the country after a federal safeguard was missed.
The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced on Monday, Aug. 17, that Indus Foods LLC, doing business as Gangothri Foods, is recalling about 1,626 pounds of ready-to-eat pickled goat and chicken products.
The Austin, Texas, company produced the food without the benefit of federal inspection. The affected jars do not carry a USDA mark of inspection.
The products were made between Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, and Wednesday, May 6. They have a two-ye…
