A Lexington man accused of mistakenly selling fentanyl instead of cocaine to another man, causing his death, has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison. Keon Lamont Lee, 32, “regularly sold cocaine to the victim,” identified in court documents as FE, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a press release. The press release says … Read more
New photos showing the family of missing 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez fleeing the country were released Friday by the Everman Police Department. Noel was first reported missing in March when Texas Child Protective Services received an anonymous tip that the boy had not been seen since October. An Amber Alert was issued on March 25. Everman … Read more
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – Georgia-based slot machine operator Lucky Bucks filed for bankruptcy on Friday, saying it had reached an agreement to reduce its $500 million debt and return the equity of the company to its lenders. Lucky Bucks suffered from rising interest rates on its debt, an inflationary environment that reduced … Read more
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors on Friday brought charges of making false statements to financial institutions against a real estate developer who is at the center of allegations that led to the dismissal of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. A grand jury has indicted Nate Paul, 36, on eight counts of making false … Read more
June 9 – Drug investigators from the State Police and the Lackawanna County District Attorney’s Office found more than a pound of methamphetamine and two ounces of cocaine this week, Dunmore State Police said Friday. A total of four people are facing drug charges between two separate cases. In one case, a month-long drug investigation … Read more
MILAN (AP) — Italian special forces have regained control of a Turkish vessel that had been attacked by armed stowaways off the southern city of Naples, Italy’s defense minister said on Friday. State. Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said the operation was still ongoing and Italian forces were providing security for the 22 crew members aboard … Read more
Classified documents found at Donald Trump’s Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, are at the heart of the case against him. (Josh Ritchie/The New York Times) WASHINGTON — The decision to indict former President Donald Trump in Miami, rather than Washington, eliminated the risk of a potentially thorny battle over where the charges should have been filed, but … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra will be touring for the second consecutive summer, appearing in eight cities across Europe and Britain to support the country’s war effort against Russia. Keri-Lynn Wilson, the Canadian-Ukrainian wife of Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb, will lead the tour, which runs from August 20 to September … Read more
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Walt Nauta, a personal aide to Donald Trump, was charged alongside the former Republican president on Thursday, Trump said on his social media network on Friday. Nauta, a former military valet, worked for Trump in the White House before accompanying the former president to work for him at … Read more
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who left office with record popularity in 2010, is not faring so well in his new term and his approval ratings are steadily falling, according to a new poll. Friday. Despite some recent good news on the economic front, the number of Brazilians who rate … Read more