💥🚙 A woman has been arrested and publicly identified the day after the car she was driving plowed into vehicles at a crowded intersection in Windsor Hills, igniting a fire in a crash that killed six people, the California Highway Patrol announced Friday.

Nicole Lorraine Linton, 37, was taken into custody at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Westwood, the CHP said in a news release.

Charges of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence will be recommended when the case is presented to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office, the Highway Patrol said. Earlier Friday morning, authorities identified a pregnant woman and her unborn child as two of the six victims who were killed in the collision.

Surveillance showed the Mercedes careening through an intersection, striking at least two cars that exploded in flames and were sent hurtling onto a sidewalk, winding up against the gas station's corner sign. A fiery streak led to one car. One vehicle was sheared in half.

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⚓️⛵️This Saturday afternoon, US authorities detained more than 300 Haitian migrants off the coast of the Florida Keys, in the extreme south of that country, immigration authorities reported.

218 were picked up by Coast Guard boats, and another 113 jumped from the ship, swam to shore, and were made available to the Border Patrol.

Local authorities also reported that two people had to be transferred to a local hospital after being evaluated on land due to dehydration. Authorities are investigating the case as an alleged human trafficking operation in the United States.

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🚨 New Jersey man jailed for 5 years for creating GoFundMe scam involving fake story about homeless veteran.

Mark D'Amico and his then-girlfriend, Katelyn McClure, raised more than $400,000 by tricking donors into thinking they were donating money to homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt Jr who had allegedly spent his last $20 buying fuel for McClure's car in 2017.

💵The heart-warming tale prompted more than 14,000 people to donate to their GoFundMe page trying to raise $10,000 to pay for rent, a reliable car and some living expenses for the man.

However, the story was a hoax: Bobbitt had never bought fuel for McClure and the couple spent most of the money on luxury items, a recreational vehicle, a BMW and trips to casinos, according to the prosecutor's office.
Bobbitt sued the couple in 2018, saying he had only received $75,000.

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❗️🇨🇳 The Chinese army continued military exercises off the coast of Taiwan on Monday, which were initially supposed to end at noon on 2 August.

In a statement, the Chinese army said its priority was to organize joint anti-ship and naval offensive operations.

🇨🇺 A second explosion occurred at the oil depot in Matanzas, Cuba, on Sunday night; the fire cannot be extinguished.

According to the latest information, one person was killed and at least 121 people were injured by a fire at an oil storage facility which was caused by lightning hitting the dome of a tank containing some 25,000 cubic meters of oil.

About 1,300 residents of Matanzas province have been evacuated.

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⚾️ “F**k him up”: Fans of the New York Mets knock out Atlanta Braves supporter in a fight during the game at Citi Field in New York.

It’s unclear what started the brawl, but one person can be seen trying to hold the Braves fan back, while another can be heard loudly egging Mets fans on, telling them to “f**k him up".

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🎥 Russia's MoD has shared footage of the combat work of "Grad" multiple launch rocket systems firing at positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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❗️ The latest updates from Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service:

▪️ Kiev has already started selling off the country, giving priority in this "business project" to its Polish neighbors;

▪️ Poland is investing in transport infrastructure so that Ukrainian products can be exported without hindrance;

▪️ Poland plans to establish control primarily over Ukraine's agriculture;

▪️ Polish goals are supported by Ukrainian laws on the sale of enterprises at a 50 percent discount

❗️Taiwan has announced its own military exercises which will include the usage of heavy artillery. They will be held in Pingtung County in the south of the island on Tuesday and Thursday

⚡️⚡️The head of Zaporozhye region in Ukraine has signed a decree on holding a referendum on joining Russia, a Sputnik correspondent reports.

🎥 "Not just a right-wing media story": The ongoing federal investigation into Hunter Biden could jeopardize his father's chances in a 2024 re-election run, CNN host Brian Stelter said

Stelter brought up the Department of Justice's probe into Hunter's alleged tax violations and shady business dealings while presenting CNN's 'Reliable Sources' when he was in conversation with Michael LaRosa, former press secretary of First Lady Jill Biden.

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❗️🎥 "Not a single rib was left unharmed": A resident of Lisichansk reveals what he was forced to endure when he was captured by Ukrainian militants in 2014

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❗Russia is ready to assist IAEA in organising a visit to Zaporozhye NPP - envoy to Sputnik

❗️A briefing from Russia's MoD:

▪️Russian Forces performed a high-precision air strike on the Kharkov region, damaging two points of the Ukrainian Army's temporary deployment. As a result, up to 150 Ukrainian neo-Nazis and 14 vehicles were eliminated;

▪️Russian Air Forces eliminated up to 70 Ukrainian neo-Nazis and 14 vehicles in the Kherson and Nikolayev regions;

▪️Russian Air Forces performed a strike in the Nikolaev region, eliminating five Ukrainian vehicles and up to 30 military servicemen;

▪️As a result of the high-precision strikes by the Russian Air Force in the direction of Kharkov, the Ukrainian neo-Nazi formation “Kraken” has lost its combat potential. The formation's commanders are now unsuccessfully trying to force Ukrainian citizens to join them;

▪️Five Ukrainian command posts, including those of the Ukrainian operational and tactical group “Soledar”, in the territory of the DPR and in the Kherson region have been hit by Russian Forces;

▪️Russian Forces have destroyed ammunition depots of Ukraine's 66th and 110th mechanized brigades and of Ukraine's 56th mechanized infantry brigade, as well as five Ukrainian ammunition depots in the territory of the DPR;

▪️Russian Forces suppressed three Ukrainian Grad platoons, four Msta-B artillery platoons and two Giatsint-B platoons in the territory of the DPR;

▪️Russian anti-aircraft weaponry destroyed seven Ukrainian UAVs and intercepted three Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missiles, in the DPR, Kherson and Kharkov regions, as well as destroying 19 HIMARS rockets in the Kherson, Zaporozhye and Kharkov regions.

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❗Biden says he's not worried about situation around Taiwan but is concerned about China's military movements

📹Young residents of the DPR show how delighted they are after receiving gifts, including Kamaz toy models, from Russian soldiers.

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⚡Kiev 'taking the whole of Europe hostage' by striking Zaporozhye NPP, Moscow says

🇺🇸US President Joe Biden has appeared in public for the first time since recovering from COVID-19

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📹Footage from Energodar after today's shelling, where the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant is located.

❗With the help of a compass, it's possible to determine that the location was shelled from Ukrainian-controlled territory. Also, the remains of the shells show that they were fired from a NATO-caliber gun

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