Matt Delaney

A palm tree is reflected in the window of a Walgreens pharmacy in Los Angeles, Friday, March 10, 2023. California's Medicaid program will continue to pay Walgreens about $1.5 billion each year. That's despite Gov. Gavin Newsom declaring last month that the state would no longer do business with the pharmacy giant. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

San Francisco Walgreens chains up freezer section to deter shoplifting

Shoppers in San Francisco have seen convenience store products locked behind plastic cases, but now one Walgreens has gone as far as chaining its freezer doors shut. Published July 19, 2023

This image provided by Planet Labs PBC shows Great Swan Island or the Islas del Cisne in Honduras, on July 13, 2023. Honduras says it will build a maximum security prison on this tiny island off its Caribbean coast to contain the leaders of the country’s most fearsome gangs. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Honduras to build remote island prison to jail gang leaders

Honduras plans to house its most feared criminals on an isolated island prison in the Caribbean Sea. Published July 19, 2023

Police car against city street background. File photo credit: Daniel Tadevosyan via Shutterstock.

Sticky Note Bandit strikes again, notching 3rd Houston bank robbery in 2 weeks

The man known as the Sticky Note Bandit has now pulled off three heists in less than two weeks throughout the Houston area, according to federal authorities. Published July 19, 2023

This Aug. 27, 2014 file photo shows a statue outside of the Illinois Supreme Court building in Springfield, Ill. The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 upheld the constitutionality of a state law ending cash bail, ordering implementation in mid-September. The ruling overturns a Kankakee County judge’s opinion in December that the law violated the constitution’s provision that “all persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, file)

Cashless bail constitutional in Illinois, rules state Supreme Court

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state's move to cashless bail is constitutional, clearing the way for a sweeping criminal justice law to take effect. Published July 19, 2023

Australian Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock gives a thumbs up during a welcoming ceremony with Grupo Mar President Antonio Suarez, left, after being rescued from sea and arriving to port in Manzanillo, Mexico, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. After being adrift with his dog for three months, the pair were rescued by the crew from the Mexican tuna boat "Maria Delia," owned by Grupo Mar, from his incapacitated catamaran in the Pacific Ocean some 1,200 miles from land. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Australian sailor, dog rescued by Mexican fishermen after being lost at sea for months

An Australian sailor and his dog were rescued by a Mexican fishing boat after being lost at sea for the past three months. Published July 18, 2023

Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. File photo credit: Bumble Dee via Shutterstock.

Deadly shooting near Catholic University marks more violence around campus

A man was shot and killed Monday night just outside the District of Columbia's Catholic University amid a rash of violent crimes by the college this month. Published July 18, 2023

A demonstrator holds up a sign during a march to mark International Transgender Day of Visibility in Lisbon, March 31, 2022. At least 32 transgender and gender-nonconforming people have been killed in the United States in 2022, the Human Rights Campaign announced Wednesday, Nov. 16, in its annual report ahead of Transgender Day of Remembrance on Sunday, Nov. 20. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

Most millennials say misgendering people should be a crime: Poll

A plurality of millennials think it should be a criminal offense to use the wrong gender pronouns when speaking to a person, according to a poll. Published July 18, 2023

A herd of bison grazes in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park on Aug. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) ** FILE **

Arizona woman hospitalized after gored by bison at Yellowstone Park

An Arizona woman was seriously injured Monday morning while being gored by a bison at Yellowstone National Park, according to park officials. Published July 18, 2023

Tucker Carlson, then-host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio, March 2, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Tucker Carlson’s Twitter show inks ad deal with conservative shopping app

Tucker Carlson's new Twitter series will be sponsored by a company that pitches itself as the conservative alternative to Amazon. Published July 18, 2023

A line of police cars are parked along a street in Times Square, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Three teens wounded in Times Square shooting

Three teenage boys were shot following an argument in Times Square late Monday night, according to New York City police. Published July 18, 2023

U.S. Park Police Chief Pamela Smith discusses preparations for the upcoming 2022 State of the Union Address during a news conference, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Pamela Smith, first Black female D.C. police chief, takes over amid crime crisis

Pamela Smith was named Monday as the acting head of the Metropolitan Police Department by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, making her the District's first Black woman to serve as chief of police. Published July 17, 2023

This April 7, 2019, file photo shows Jason Aldean at the 54th annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. Aldean released his ninth studio album with Broken Bow, the appropriately titled “9.” (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Country singer Jason Aldean bows out of concert early over heat exhaustion

Country music star Jason Aldean cut short a Saturday concert in Connecticut due to a heat-related illness. Published July 17, 2023

The pack of cyclists pedals past the Colosseum, during the last stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race, in Rome, Sunday, May 28, 2023. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP) ** FILE **

2 teens caught separately vandalizing Colosseum, could face steep fine

Two teenagers were caught separately defacing Rome's Colosseum in the past week, less than a month after a British tourist was detained for doing the same. Published July 17, 2023

‘Sticky Note Bandit’ robs 3 Houston banks while dressed as woman, FBI says

The FBI is searching for a Houston-area bank robber who authorities have dubbed the "Sticky Note Bandit." Published July 17, 2023

Six arrested in string of retail thefts in Maryland

Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, said last week they arrested six D.C. residents in connection with a series of retail store thefts that took place in Rockville and Bethesda. Published July 16, 2023

Jaws bridge in Martha's Vineyard. File photo credit: Van Buren Photography via Shutterstock.

Passenger crash-lands small plane near Martha’s Vineyard after pilot suffers medical emergency

A passenger took control of a small plane and guided it to a crash landing Saturday in Massachusetts after the pilot suffered a medical emergency, authorities said. Published July 16, 2023

A bag of 4-fluoro isobutyryl fentanyl which was seized in a drug raid is displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Va., on Aug. 9, 2016. China on Friday, July 7, 2023, insisted it is up to the U.S. to “create necessary conditions” for anti-drugs cooperation, following complaints from Washington that Beijing has ignored its calls for a crackdown on precursor chemicals for the highly addictive painkiller fentanyl. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Florida teen mother charged with putting fatal fentanyl dose in baby’s bottle

Police in Florida have arrested a teen mother and accused her of killing her infant by feeding fentanyl-laced formula to the baby. Published July 16, 2023

In this image provided by the Pennsylvania State Police, two bags of supplies, authorities believe belong to an escaped inmate, were found by law enforcement while searching in the woods in northwestern Pennsylvania. The date and location were not disclosed due to the ongoing investigation. Michael Burham, 34, fled the Warren County Prison late Thursday, July 5, 2023. by climbing on exercise equipment to gain access to the roof and then used a rope fashioned from jail bedding to get down, authorities said. Prior to his escape, Burham had been held on $1 million bail and was facing numerous charges, including kidnapping and burglary. (Pennsylvania State Police via AP)

Pennsylvania murder suspect is captured 9 days after escaping from county jail

Police in Pennsylvania captured on Saturday a murder suspect who had escaped from a county jail nine days earlier. Published July 16, 2023

D.C. judges passed on opportunities to imprison ex-con accused in Catholic University killing

Despite frequent arrests and recommendations by prosecutors that the man accused of shooting and killing a Kentucky teacher on Catholic University's campus last week be locked up, D.C. judges repeatedly returned the 22-year-old felon to the streets of the nation's capital. Published July 13, 2023

Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. (The Washington Times) **FILE**

Man shot, killed in robbery gone bad near Howard University Hospital

A man was shot and killed Thursday near Howard University Hospital in what District of Columbia police said was an attempted robbery that turned deadly. Published July 13, 2023

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