The Muslim community is mourning the loss of a rideshare driver, who was murdered in Edmonds this week. KIRO 7 was told that the victim was 31-year-old Abdulkadir Shariff Gedi, who is Somalian. Gedi was a dedicated member of the Abubakr Islamic Center in Tukwila. Members of the mosque are heartbroken and in disbelief, that […]
Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters charged with storming the U.S. Capitol have faced the same choice in the three years since the attack: either admit their guilt and accept the consequences or take their chances on a trial in hopes of securing a rare acquittal. Those who have who gambled — and lost — on […]
Jan. 5—This weekend’s winter storm is expected to create slippery roads and potentially treacherous travel conditions, and that has prompted PennDOT to issue restrictions on eastern Pennsylvania highways. Starting at 2 p.m. Saturday, Tier 1 restrictions on some tractor-trailers and other vehicles will go into effect on the following highways: — Pa. Turnpike Northeast Extension […]
Jan. 5—The Berks County commissioners have a plan. Or, to be more accurate, plans. As a new year begins, the commissioners spent some time Friday morning addressing the local business community at the annual breakfast forum hosted by the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Reading. Each of the three […]
Jan. 5—A Mentor man has changed his plea to guilty for attempted assault of a police officer in a 2022 incident on Lost Nation Road in Willoughby. According to court documents, David Koubeck entered the change of plea on Jan. 4 in Lake County Common Pleas Court. Judge Jeffrey Ruple accepted the plea and Koubeck […]
WASHINGTON — One day after attorneys for former President Donald Trump asked a judge to hold special counsel Jack Smith in contempt for filing motions ahead of deadlines, Smith’s team hit back in a new court filing Friday. Smith’s office argued that they did not violate a court order by providing discovery ahead of deadlines, […]
Jan. 6—The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission this week reminded drivers that a toll increase approved last year will take effect across the highway system at 12:01 a.m., on Jan. 7. The Commission approved a 5% increase for E-ZPass and Toll by Plate customers on July 18, 2023. The most common toll for a passenger vehicle will […]
Authorities have identified the man shot and killed early Monday morning at a New Year’s Eve gathering in the Hamline-Midway neighborhood as Abdifatah Abdillahi, 23, of Roseville. Shortly after 1:30 a.m., a 911 caller said they “wanted a group of people removed” from a gathering at a home in the 1600 block of Van Buren […]
Topeka police made a second arrest Friday in connection with a homicide discovered Tuesday, said police Lt. Ed Stanley. The arrest was made in connection with the death of a person found deceased shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of S.W. 14th, Stanley said. Jordan Robert Reynolds Taylor, 28, of Topeka, was […]
After 46 years, Pepe’s Mexican Restaurant in Naperville has closed. The owners say they are charting a new course with a drinks-only business, “The Can,” which they plan to open at 634 E. Ogden Ave. where Miss Kitty’s Saloon is located. Pepe’s served patrons for the last time on New Year’s Eve as the lease […]
For a third straight day, more documents from a civil suit related to convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein were released Friday. Epstein, who killed himself in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 as he faced charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy, has been the subject of conspiracy theories, which the documents […]
Is today your lucky day? The Mega Millions lottery jackpot was an estimated $140 million with a cash option of $67.8 million for Friday night’s drawing, according to the Mega Millions website. The jackpot was last won on Dec. 8 when two California tickets sold at same location split $394 million Mega Millions jackpot. Meanwhile, the […]