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Allen Ferrell, who has over 1.8 million subscribers on YouTube, is now banned for life from Six Flags amusement parks. His offense: Eating 10 chicken nuggets while on a roller coaster at the Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio Mr. Ferrell uploaded a video on May 19 showing him trying to eat McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets while riding the Millennium Force roller coaster at Cedar Point, which is a Six Flags property. He managed to eat seven of the nuggets and was able to dip them in sauce while on the ride, and a photo taken of him and others…

CHICAGO — The granite monolith soars above a leafy stretch of Chicago’s South Side, a nearly windowless exterior more suited to a sci-fi film set than the state-of-the art presidential museum held within. Crews are putting the finishing touches on the Obama Presidential Center ahead of the official public opening on Juneteenth, more than a decade after the site was chosen. But the design of the roughly $850 million campus – particularly the conspicuous 225-foot high rise at its north end – still divides the city celebrated as the birthplace of the modern skyscraper. For some, it’s a jarring choice…

For nearly a year, public demand and increasingly outspoken calls from the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse have driven Congress to mostly set aside party politics and search for accountability. Yet even after interviews with some of the highest-ranked officials to ever appear before a congressional investigation, including a former president, lawmakers have little to show in terms of criminal culpability for Epstein’s crimes or a definitive acknowledgment of government failure. Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California, who sponsored legislation to force the release of case files on Epstein, told The Associated Press he is still asking, “Why there…

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal immigration officer wanted in the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s Minnesota crackdown was arrested Friday in Texas, authorities said. Christian Castro, of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, was taken into custody 11 days after Minneapolis prosecutors charged him with assault and falsely reporting a crime in the Jan. 14 nonfatal shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. Hennepin County, Minnesota prosecutors said the state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension located Castro, 52, in Texas, and the Texas Rangers said they assisted in the arrest in Cameron County, which borders Mexico in the southernmost part…

“Podium Guy,” who was infamously photographed carrying then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern through the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, has asked the Department of Justice to pay him $5 million. Adam Johnson met Wednesday with DOJ personnel to file his official claim from President Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund, which has been established to compensate victims of the Biden administration’s legal activities. Mr. Johnson, who pleaded guilty to entering a restricted building and earned a 75-day sentence in 2021, told “Seen, Heard & Whispered” that he spent $250,000 on his legal defense and accrued far more than that in…

The Justice Department has reportedly issued subpoenas to compel Reddit and X to give federal prosecutors the names, addresses and banking details of users who have criticized the government’s deportation efforts.The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington has subpoenaed social media companies as part of criminal probes, seeking personal information about at least two accounts that have rebuked immigration enforcement efforts, according to records that the users’ attorneys shared with Bloomberg.The users have not been told what possible offenses are being investigated, but their lawyers believe it could relate to allegations of revealing a federal officer’s location.While the Justice Department previously…

The Federal Trade Commission warned America this week about phishing emails falsely telling people they’re invited to something. The fake invites are sometimes made to look like they originate from companies like Paperless Post and Evite, which specialize in legitimate invitations. Scammers are also known to use details about people the victim knows in order to make their emails look real, the FTC said in an alert Tuesday. The false invitation emails rely on getting the victim to input their email login credentials, phone number or a special code to open the emails or RSVP to the fake event. The…

New York’s state reparations commission convened its final public hearing Saturday in Harlem, where residents called on officials to make direct cash payments to Black Americans as the only path to what one attendee described as “true justice.” According to a commission announcement, the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies held the hearing — themed “From Extraction to Repair: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap” — at the National Urban League Conference Center at 117 West 125th Street in Manhattan.  Testimony gathered through the series of hearings will be reviewed alongside research and data as the commission compiles its…

During the 2026 World Cup that kicks off on June 11, Uber will be offering shuttles from games in the Boston, Dallas, Miami and New York City areas. The shuttles will operate after games, and each shuttle will have 50 seats. Fans will have the option to either book their ride back from a match in advance or to book the day of the event, according to WABC-TV. Uber Shuttle rides will cost $49 per person for rides back from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, less than 8 miles northwest of New York City, according to the Sports…

A United Airlines flight changed directions to Wisconsin’s Dane County Regional Airport after a passenger tried to breach the cockpit.After the crew reported the passenger disturbance, United Airlines Flight 2005 diverted to the airport 80 miles west of Milwaukee and landed there at around 9:10 p.m. Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.The flight originally took off from Chicago O’Hare International Airport at around 8:30 p.m. for Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, according to FlightAware.The Dane County Sheriff’s Office told Madison’s WMTV that the passenger trying to breach the cockpit was a 75-year-old man “suffering a mental health crisis.” The man, unnamed by…