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They escaped communism by boat. And now they have a message for America

Vietnamese immigrants and activists share their story of escaping communism, explaining why the current border crisis is so dangerous for everyone. Watch our border crisis investigation Do you have anything else to share or add to this coverage? Sign up for a free account and post directly to our LiveFEED! Subscribe to our YouTube channel here. If you’d like to […]

Vera Sauchanka

09/24/2024

Man critically injured, struck by vehicle outside of Oakland Starbucks during laptop theft

The morning of New Year’s Eve turned out to be not so cozy and bright for a man who visited Starbucks in the 2000 block of Mountain Blvd in Oakland, near the intersection of Antioch and Mountain streets. According to the police, he had his laptop stolen by at least one suspect. After the victim […]

Dennis Bindarau

01/01/2020

Five People Charged with Forced Labor Conspiracy Involving Trafficking of Victims from Georgia to Work on Wisconsin Farms

United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that five people were indicted for conspiracy to commit forced labor, labor trafficking, and five additional labor-related offenses. The defendants are alleged to have trafficked the victims from Georgia to Wisconsin to work on farms located in the Eastern District of […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/22/2019

Chicago pastor, tutor charged with multiple felony sex crimes

Jeffery Parks, a 51-year-old tutor and pastor of Good Shepherd Church in Chicago, was identified as the offender who abused two victims on multiple occasions. According to police, the offender tutored the victims and during those tutoring sessions, he would inappropriately place his hands on the victims’ bodies. The two victims, twin sisters, have told […]

Vera Sauchanka

05/28/2019

Two suburban Chicago men convicted of conspiring to provide material support to ISIS

Two men from a north suburb of Chicago have been convicted of conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham, a foreign terrorist organization also known as ISIS. The jury in federal court in Chicago convicted Joseph D. Jones, 37, and Edward Schimenti, 37, both of Zion, on one […]

LiveFEED News Team

06/26/2019

Brownsburg man sentenced in terrorism case

Akram Musleh, 21, of Brownburg, Indiana, has been sentenced to 100 months’ imprisonment in connection with his plot to travel to Syria and join the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), according to the U.S. Attorney Josh J. Minkler. The sentence, handed down by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Evans Barker at a […]

LiveFEED News Team

06/26/2019

Edwardsville man gets 20 years for nude photos of toddler

Tyler S. Seibold, 31, of Edwardsville, Illinois, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for production of child pornography, according to U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft. U.S. District Court Judge Staci M. Yandle handed down the sentence after Seibold pleaded guilty to a two-count indictment in March 2019. There was no plea agreement […]

LiveFEED News Team

06/26/2019

Mailing threatening letters leads to new charges for federal inmate

A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jonathan Wade Bohn, 43, of West Frankfort, Illinois, in the October 2014 mailing of two threatening letters to officials in Franklin County, Illinois. The indictment alleges that Bohn was incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Center in Allenwood, Pennsylvania, when he sent a letter threatening to kill […]

LiveFEED News Team

06/26/2019

More charges filed in St. Louis area armed robbery spree

Three men accused of committing a string of armed robberies in the St. Louis metropolitan area are facing new charges in the Southern District of Illinois. Jalon Moore and Garry Johnson, of St. Louis, and Larry Rhines, of Collinsville, Illinois, have been charged in a superseding federal indictment with conspiracy to commit multiple armed robberies, […]

LiveFEED News Team

06/26/2019

Massive heat wave strikes U.S., emergency declared

According to Dr. Christopher Rodriguez, the district’s director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, this weekend is one of the most severe heat events we’ve ever seen. Dozens of cities across the central and eastern U.S., including New York, NY, and Washington, D.C. have declared a weather-related emergency. Current temperatures in both cities are […]

Vera Sauchanka

07/20/2019