Lawyer speaks out against Staten Island bar owner's arrest for hitting deputy with car: 'Political hit job'

Springholm Nursery held a coffee morning and table top sale on Sunday to raise some funds.

Dundee’s Stobswell community is set to make a stand against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

A Lanarkshire nurse is fronting a poignant stand against those who direct any form of abuse to health and social care professionals.

Beloved Rangers hero Brian Laudrup fears his former team's transfer business in January is having a sizeable impact on their stuttering title bid.

Falkirk bus builder Alexander Dennis has been award a £62 million contract to build 137 zero emission buses, as part of the first phase of the Zero Emission Bus Challenge Fund.

Franz Ferdinand have cancelled their upcoming shows in Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine last week.The Scottish band have become the latest act to axe their planned Russian gigs in the wake of the widely condemned Vladimir Putin-ordered military assault, with Yungblud, Green Day and the Russian rapper Oxxxymiron also scrapping shows in recent days.After speaking out in support of the “open and welcoming” people of Kyiv last week, Franz Ferdinand have confirmed this morning (March 1) that their scheduled gigs in St Petersburg and Moscow on June 29 and July 1 will no longer take place.The band said in a statement that “the only reason for this is the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian state”.“We love Russia. This great country has inspired our band through its art and literature and since we first played there 17 years ago, we have built a rich and deep relationship with our Russian fans,” the band said.“Since Thursday morning [February 24], we have spoken to many of our friends in Russia via social media and have encountered unanimous opposition to this violence and solidarity with our Ukrainian friends.

Giving the Democrats control of the White House and both houses of Congress would be like "giving car keys to a Corvette to a 14-year-old [as well as] free access to the liquor cabinet," former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Friday.

North Carolina residents are now facing even tighter restrictions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 as Gov. Roy Cooper's modified stay-at-home order takes effect Friday.  All residents are required to stay at home between the hours of 10 p.m.

Don't mess with Gunner and Richard Wilbanks. The Florida puppy who was rescued from the jaws of an alligator by his fearless owner has been named a Deputy Dog by the local sheriff's office.

The owner of a Minneapolis hair salon that was burned down during riots over the death of George Floyd denounced Friday the newly approved plan by city leaders to slash the police budget. The Minneapolis City Council passed a budget Thursday that will cut its police funding by $8 million and use the money for mental health and violence prevention programs.  "We need police.

The suspect accused of leading Texas police on a car chase that ended with the discovery of a 28-year-old woman's body in the trunk of his car last month has been charged with murder, authorities said Wednesday. Victor Campbell Jr., 35, has remained in custody since Nov.

Los Angeles County deputies on Saturday busted an “underground” illicit super-spreader event that resulted in nearly 160 arrests and the rescue of an underage human trafficking victim, authorities said on Tuesday. The Saturday night raid on a location in the high desert city of Palmdale, which is about 65 miles north of Los Angeles, came after Sheriff Alex Villanueva vowed to crack down on "super-spreader events." The party resulted in the arrests of 158 people, many of whom were not wearing masks.

Lawyers for Daniel Presti, the Staten Island bar owner accused of hitting a deputy with his car Saturday night, say surveillance footage of the incident shows their client “running for his life from unidentified individuals” because they were dressed in dark clothing and Presti did not know they were law enforcement officers. The surveillance footage, provided to Fox News from Presti's lawyers, shows a man running down a street and getting into a vehicle as two other men, dressed in all black, run after him.

Fox News contributor Joe Concha pointed out the “irony” Monday of “Saturday Night Live” cast member and Staten Island native Pete Davidson mocking the owner of Mac’s Public House, who has defied Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus restrictions by staying open.

NBC has put in development No Stone Unturned, a drama inspired by Steve Jackson’s book No Stone Unturned: The True Story of the World’s Premier Forensic Investigator, from writer Drew Lindo (The 100, Reign); Blindspot creator Martin Gero; and Universal TV, where Gero and his Quinn’s House production company is under an overall deal.

A Missouri police officer has died after responding to a traffic stop where he was struck by a patrol car from another police department in a freak accident, according to reports. Herschel Turner, 54, was a sergeant with the Moline Acres Police Department when he was killed early Saturday.

Football great Tom Brady’s mansion in Massachusetts was broken into Monday morning—and a suspect was arrested, according to reports. Brady and his supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen don’t live there but still own the five-acre property.The five-bedroom home is next to a golf course in Brookline, just outside Boston.

The death of Houston-based social media influencer Alexis Sharkey has seen little progress over the past week, but a former police detective believes that it is “only a matter of time” until officers make an arrest. Former DC detective Ted Williams spoke with Eric Shawn during Saturday’s America’s News HQ, clarifying why police may be waiting to take further, public action.

One of the public works employees who found 26-year-old social media influencer Alexis Sharkey’s naked body on the side of the road in Houston spoke out for the first time Saturday, a week after making the devastating discovery. “It plays back in my head.

The co-owner of a Staten Island bar who officials say has continued to defy New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus restrictions was arrested early Sunday for the second time in less than a week after allegedly hitting a deputy with his car, authorities said.

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the stark divide between between America's blue-collar working class and the ruling class, Laura Ingraham told viewers Friday.  "This time of year is usually filled with Christmas parties, bustling restaurants, trips to visit loved ones, it happens all over the country," said "The Ingraham Angle" host. "But of course, because of COVID, for most of us, nothing seems the same.

Jeff Lowe is hoping to set the record straight. Lowe, 53, is best known for appearing in Netflix's hit docuseries "Tiger King," in which, he obtains control of a private zoo full of exotic animals after Joe "Exotic" Maldonado-Passage -- the zoo's previous owner -- was arrested in connection with a murder-for-hire plot.

Lara Trump teased a potential Senate run in North Carolina Friday to replace Sen. Richard Burr, who plans to retire in 2022.  "I could think of nothing greater than to represent the people of my home state, represent North Carolina," she said on Outloud with Gianno Caldwell.  Lara Trump, who is married to Eric Trump, noted that President Trump tasked her with helping him win North Carolina in both the 2016 and 2020 elections.

Communities in Washington were left shaken this week when a 1-year-old boy was shot and killed while riding in a vehicle and are calling for an end to the violence.  The toddler, Carmelo Duncan, was inside a vehicle with his father and another child Wednesday night around 9:35 p.m. when multiple shots were fired from another car, police said.

A young field staffer working on Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s campaign has died in a car crash. Loeffler identified the victim as Harrison Deal in a statement Friday.

California deputies are investigating the death of an 11-year-old who fatally shot himself during an online class, according to reports. Initial reports indicated Adan Manuel Llanos of San Joaquin shot himself during a Zoom lesson with his school. San Joaquin Sheriff's Office Public Affairs Officer Sandra Mendez confirmed the victim's name to Fox News as well as the fact that the investigation is ongoing, adding that "preliminary findings indicate this was an intentional act, not an accident." Deputies responded to the home where Llanos and his sister were attending virtual classes at Woodbridge Elementary School, KCRA reported.

Americans will become even more "cynical" about politics after seeing recent examples of Democratic politicians flouting COVID-19 restrictions, former Education Secretary Bill Bennett said on Friday. "The American people are very resolute.They know what they know and they know what they see.

Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s campaign paid her husband’s media firm an additional $138,000 before severing ties following her successful re-election, federal campaign finance filings show.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva will not instruct his deputies to enforce a new statewide stay-at-home order announced Thursday that could force businesses to temporarily shut down as coronavirus cases continue to soar.  "I want to stay away from business [sic] that are trying to comply, they bent over backwards to modify their operations to conform to these orders and then they have the rug yanked out from under them, that's a disservice, I don't want to make them more miserable," he told Fox affiliate, KTTV-TV, according to a tweet. Under Gov.

Former Reagan campaign director Ed Rollins blasted President Trump's formal and allied legal teams on Fox News Radio's "The Brian Kilmeade Show" Thursday, at one point calling attorney Lin Wood a "glorified ambulance chaser." Rollins, who has regularly expressed support for Trump himself, also accused attorney Sidney Powell of being "off on some crazy fundraising effort" and described former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani as "not who you would call a legal scholar who would be ready to go to the Supreme Court." "This was a gigantic election in the sense that more people voted than ever in the last 100 years," Rollins explained to host Brian Kilmeade. "Obviously, having the early voting changed the whole dynamics of the race dramatically.