Yesterday President Trump signed an executive order in attempt to weaken social media companies. This comes after Twitter flagged two of the president’s tweets as potentially misleading in regards to mail-in voting. The president claims the order was created in order to “defend freedom of speech.” He said, “they’ve had unchecked power to censor, restrict, edit, shape, hide, alter, virtually…
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: This afternoon it was announced that former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin has been arrested by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and is now in custody. He has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. Minneapolis has declared a state of emergency following last nights riots over the death of George Floyd. Protesters stormed the city’s…
Two juveniles were rescued after one of their kayaks capsized in Darlington County. The juveniles, whose names and ages have not been released, were kayaking on Black Creek at 8 PM on Tuesday. Around 1 AM one of the kayaks capsized and the juveniles became disoriented and lost. They were able to call 911 and give police their last known…
A manhunt in Lake City ended in one arrest last night. The manhunt began after a male suspect ran away during a traffic stop. The Florence County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations and K9 Unit were called in to assist Lake City Police with the search in the area of Dalton Road and Moore Street. They were able to locate the…
A man has been arrested for a shooting incident in North Carolina on Memorial Day. 32-year-old Altariq Jones is believed to be the suspect who tried to shoot a person while at a car wash in Charlotte. 27 shots in total were fired. An occupied car nearby was struck at least 16 times but luckily no one was injured. Jones…
An investigation regarding a deadly shooting in Laurinburg is now underway. Yesterday afternoon, police received reports of a disturbance and shots fired on Alpha street. Upon arrival, they found 37-year-old Nekeia Whittington laying on the ground. She said she was hit by a car and it was later determined she also sustained a gunshot wound. Whittington was transported to a…
President Trump plans to announce an new executive order against social media companies today. This comes following several posts he wrote on Twitter in recent weeks regarding the conspiracy theory that Joe Scarborough may have been involved in the death of a former staffer in 2001. Lori Klausutis’ cause of death was confirmed to be a result of an undiagnosed…
An investigation has been launched into the Central Park dog leash incident that took place on Monday. Amy cooper, who was given the nickname “Central Park Karen”, called police on Christian Cooper, and told them “an African American man was threatening her life”. In reality, Christian was only asking Amy to leash her dog, which was required in the area…
The massive, multi-state manhunt involving a University of Connecticut senior has ended in an arrest. 23-year-old Peter Manfredonia was the suspect in a string of violent crimes that involved multiple serious assaults, two murders, a kidnapping, theft involving two cars and numerous firearms, as well as two home invasions. The spree lasted for six days and spanned four states, including…
Last night, the U.S. became the first country to lose 100,000 people to the coronavirus. Since the virus first reached the states just four months ago, around 900 people have died a day. And because of social distancing guidelines and restrictions, many of those people died alone. As of yesterday, California became the fourth state to report over 100,000 cases,…
