Rapper NBA YoungBoy and several of his associates orchestrated a “large scale prescription fraud ring” to illegally obtain prescription drugs from multiple Utah-area pharmacies, police allege. An affidavit filed Thursday by an officer for the Cache County Sheriff’s Office named the rapper (born Kentrell DeSean Gaulden) as a primary suspect in a monthslong scheme that involved posing as a doctor to fill prescriptions for promethazine with codeine — a controlled substance — in pharmacies in cities including Hyrum, Logan and Smithfield. The affidavit was filed two days after Gaulden, 24, was arr ..read more

The Supreme Court will decide whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives can regulate so-called “ghost gun” kits that can be assembled into a working firearm. The Biden administration asked the justices to overturn a lower court decision that tossed out a rule meant to curb the kits, which allow a buyer to complete a gun that does not have a serial number to track and without a background check. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit held that the 2022 rule went beyond the scope of the Gun Control Act of 1968, which allowed ATF to consider a finished “frame or rece ..read more

A 22-year veteran has been named Acting Chief of the Middletown Division of Police while promotional testing continues for high-ranking spots in the department. Major Andy Warrick assumed the chief role effective Saturday following the retirement of former acting chief Major Eric Crank on Friday. Crank, who retired after 28 years of service to the force, was named acting chief in December when Chief David Birk was placed on administrative leave and later retired. “Major Warrick has dedicated much of his public safety career to the city of Midd ..read more

Cops on Monday cleared an encampment at Yale University to protest the war in Gaza and detained dozens of students, as demonstrators at New York University and The New School set up tents after a similar action at Columbia University led to the arrests of more than 100 protesters. Yale students had set up a camp Friday in Beinecke Plaza, the central area on the school’s New Haven campus. Demonstrators called on university administration to divest from Israel. Administrators said the students could stay through the weekend but would be evicted Monday. When protesters refused to ..read more

Lawyers for Donald Trump and New York Attorney General Letitia James have hashed out a compromise on the $175 million bond in the former president’s civil fraud case. James’ office last week sought to void the bond, posted by Knight Specialty Insurance Company, questioning whether Trump would improperly still have control of the $175 million cash collateral his lawyers say he placed in a money market account. Her office also questioned whether the company could handle the full amount if Trump defaulted, based on its financial statements and its dealings in the Cayman Islan ..read more

European Union foreign and defense ministers secured a political agreement on Monday to impose new sanctions on Iran over its attack on Israel. The restrictive measures will further expand the sanctions that the E.U. already imposed on Tehran for supplying Russia with drones to also include missiles and drones that Iran has provided its proxies in the Middle East. The sanctions may not be formally adopted until later in the week to allow for the technical work to be completed. “I support extending the drones sanctions against Iran factually and geographically, concerning deliveries not only t ..read more

The person allegedly punched by Ye in Los Angeles this week may not have been the rapper’s intended target, according to reports. The artist formerly known as Kanye West made headlines on Wednesday after reportedly punching a person in the face who he claimed improperly touched his wife, Bianca Censori. On Saturday, TMZ identified that man as either Mark or Jonnie Houston, twin brothers who own several hot spots in the L.A. area. But sources told the outlet Ye might have unintentionally punched the wrong twin. The incident unfolded in the early hours of Wednesday ..read more

An inferno erupted at the historic Oregon hotel featured in Stanley Kubrick’s famous horror flick “The Shining,” officials confirmed early Friday. The three-alarm fire broke out late Thursday night in the attic of the Timberline Lodge, called the Overlook Hotel in the 1980 classic starring Jack Nicholson. Firefighters across multiple agencies — including those from Hoodland, Clackamas, Gresham and Estacada — were called to the hotel and ski resort around 9:30 p.m., after employees spotted the flames, according to a post on X from the Clackamas Fire Department. They battled the blaze ..read more

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is sounding the alarm over heat-related illness after “record-breaking high temperatures” scorched many regions across the United States last year. According to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, emergency room visits triggered by extreme heat spiked and stayed high between 2018 and 2022. “Extreme heat could be considered an invisible killer in so much as many people become exposed and vulnerable to its dangers quickly and often without warning,” said Patrick McHugh, M.D., according to Fox News Digital. McHugh said people “sho ..read more

The New York Post is cutting newsroom staffers as part of what the company is calling a restructuring, Post reps confirmed Friday. “Unfortunately, today’s changes means some of our colleagues will be leaving us,” staffers learned in a memo signed by CEO Sean Giancola and Editor-In-Chief Keith Poole that was posted by a CNN reporter. “Those impacted have already been contacted, and we want to thank each of them for their contributions.” The memo did not specify a number, but CNN reported that about a dozen staffers had been laid off, about 3% of the staff. Poole, when conta ..read more