Gang member headed to prison after carjacking family at Kennewick’s Playground of Dreams Court documents say Riklon is a known gang member and a suspect in several robberies in the Tri-Cities. He denies he stole the SUV. Prosecutors say Riklon approached the Tri-Cities family in their ... 12/23/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
Carjacking turned kidnapping in Downtown Fresno, police say A 27-year-old is now behind bars after a Friday night carjacking and kidnapping caused chaos in the middle of downtown Fresno. 12/23/2024 - 6:57 pm | View Link
Oakland police arrest carjacking suspect after crash injures several The carjacking occurred around 4:30 p.m. in the 300 block of East 12th Street, according to the Oakland Police Department. Officers located the carjacked vehicle and attempted to ... 12/23/2024 - 4:45 pm | View Link
9-year-old among 5 arrested for armed carjacking in Southeast Baltimore NEW YORK (PIX11) – Luigi Mangione was led into New York criminal court in chains, surrounded by a massive security detail, on Monday. Once inside the courtroom, he pleaded not guilty to 11 counts, ... 12/23/2024 - 3:08 pm | View Link
9-Year-Old Among Five Arrested For Violent Southeast Baltimore Carjacking, Police Say A shocking carjacking in Southeast Baltimore ended with the arrest of five suspects—including a 9-year-old boy, on Sunday night, authorities announced. The incident happened shortly after 2 p.m. on ... 12/23/2024 - 9:16 am | View Link
Early data suggest carjackings and car thefts fell in 2024 A national spike in carjackings appears to have peaked in 2024, according to a new analysis by the Council on Criminal Justice.But the rates of both carjacking and non-violent car theft remain ... 12/23/2024 - 12:13 pm | View Website
Early data suggests carjackings and car thefts fell in 2024 But the rates of both carjacking and nonviolent car theft remain higher than before the pandemic. "The carjacking rate during the first half of 2024 was 26% lower on average than during the same period in 2023," says CCJ senior researcher Ernesto Lopez. That calculation is based on a sampling of cities that publish carjacking statistics. 12/22/2024 - 11:06 pm | View Website
Carjacking Carjacking usually involves physical violence to the victim, or using the victim as a hostage. In rare cases, carjacking may also involve sexual assault. [3] The word is a portmanteau of car and hijacking. 12/22/2024 - 6:12 pm | View Website
Trends in Carjacking: What You Need to Know Rates of carjacking and motor vehicle theft have increased substantially across the country in recent years, while overall robbery has declined and returned to roughly pre-2020 levels.; Even with increases in reported carjacking from 2020 through 2023, long-term trends across the U.S. suggest that the carjacking rate in those years was substantially lower than it was from the mid-1990s to the ... 12/22/2024 - 5:22 pm | View Website
What’s behind a surge in car thefts and carjackings across the ... Car thefts soared between 2019 and 2022, surpassing 1 million in 2022 for the first time in 14 years, according to government and insurance industry statistics. Meanwhile, reports of overall... 12/22/2024 - 12:29 pm | View Website
Dec. 25 marks a rare intersection: The beginning of Hanukkah and the celebration of Christmas fall on the same day. As friends and colleagues for over 35 years, we find this overlap full of opportunities for reflection.
The origins of both Hanukkah and Christmas offer insights into their modern-day significance. Hanukkah’s story is rooted in the Maccabean revolt, a time of reclaiming religious and cultural freedom.
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Q: Can this Jimmy Butler thing be put to bed already? The love has run its course. He’s given, but he’s spent. He’s had little help to get over the hump. Paying him is not palatable to the organization. Trust may be broken, because all of the recent actions are unusual.
In the 12 years since Austin Tice was abducted in Syria, his family and his coworkers at McClatchy have grieved at his absence, despaired at silence from the Syrian government and prayed that promises from three U. S. presidents would turn into actions that brought Austin home.
Now, more than any moment since he was taken from us, we have a reason to believe that Austin may return.
It’s extremely rare for Christmas and Hanukkah to fall on the same day, but so it is this year. Is “He” telling us something?
Our country is more divided than ever in our almost 250 years in existence, especially since the Civil War.
Dec. 25 is Christmas Day and the first day of the lighting of Hanukkah candles, bringing Christians and Jews in unison on the calendar to celebrate what they believe.
General Daily Insight for December 24, 2024
We’re all inclined to push forward one moment, then pull back the next. The Moon in pleasing Libra opposes Chiron before trining Venus, trying to improve our overall outlook. Counteracting that, today’s potent square between can-do Jupiter and make-it-work Saturn at 4:59 pm EST will shove us into a cosmic tug-of-war as we try to figure out how to best pursue our goals.