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Donald Trump’s warm-up acts for his rally in Virginia have at least twice told the truth about the former president’s record. Here is an admission that Trump had the highest black unemployment: In April of 2020, Trump did have the highest black unemployment in the last 33 years at 16.7%. Trump’s mishandling of COVID wiped out the job gains black Americans that occured in the earlier part of his term. By the way, those job gains and decreases started under former President Obama. Later one of his speakers had correct himself when started to say that Putin wasn’t terrified of Trump: This is true. How could Putin be terrified of someone who spent four years groveling for his approval. I am not sure what is going on in Virginia, but with the polls in the state showing that Trump leads Haley by less than ten points, his supporters aren’t doing the former president any favors.

A small plane crash in a residential area of Minnesota left two men dead Saturday morning, the Washington County Sheriff’s Department told Fox News Digital.  The two men were the only people onboard the single-engine Globe GC-1B when it crashed in Afton, Minnesota, a small town just east of Minneapolis around 10 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to Fox News Digital.  "Just before 9:45am, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office received several 911 calls from neighbors near the 15000 block of Afton Hills Blvd S. reporting what sounded like a small explosion," the sheriff’s office said.  AUDIO REVEALS PILOT'S FINAL MOMENTS BEFORE CRASH INTO MOBILE HOME PARK, KILLING 3: ‘LOSING AN ENGINE’ The plane burst into flames when it crashed in the yard of a home near its detached garage. SMALL PLANE CRASH ON FLORIDA INTERSTATE LEAVES AT LEAST 2 DEAD  Crews with the Lower St. Croix Valley Fire Department extinguished the flames and found the bodies of an...

A Florida woman and her ex-boyfriend robbed a senior citizen under the guise of a romantic date , police said. According to the press release from the Volusia County Sheriff's office, Chelsea Wright, 34, and Andrew Marks, 33, were involved in a violent robbery scheme of a 73-year-old man whose injuries required treatment at an area hospital. Police said that the elderly victim arrived at a local hospital around 5 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 29 and shared a sordid incident regarding his interaction with Wright and Marks. The 73-year-old told hospital staff that he was meeting Wright at a Daytona Beach bar for a romantic date to discuss the couple's relationship, police said. DRUG ADDICT USED BIZARRE OBJECT IN ATTEMPTED POST OFFICE ROBBERY: POLICE Police said that Wright suggested that the victim come back to her house and he agreed. The 73-year-old followed Wright to her Plantation Pines home in Ormond Beach, Florida and along the way, police said, she picked up Marks before d...

These mugshots were taken for arrests made throughout the U.S. the week of Feb. 25-March 2, 2024. source https://www.foxnews.com/us/mugshots-week-feb-25-march-2-2024

An Illinois police department apologized after a recruitment ad, that was themed after "Call of Duty," faced backlash for being "tone-deaf." "It was never my intention to offend any of our community members with the recruitment flyer that was posted on our Facebook page yesterday (2/27/24)," Peoria Police Department Chief of Police Eric Echevarria said in a statement to Fox News Digital.  The post, which was themed after the violent war simulation video game series, was posted on the Peoria Police Department's Facebook page and has since been deleted after community members found it offensive. The advertisement showed Peoria Police Department officers wearing tactical gear and drawing guns.  MAN ARRESTED IN KILLING OF PREGNANT AMISH MOTHER IN PENNSYLVANIA "Stop playing games and answer the Call of Duty," the ad was captioned along with a JoinPPD hashtag. TEENAGE GIRL DIES AT MARYLAND METRO STATION IN SUSPECTED TRAIN SURFING INCIDENT: ...

A Pennsylvania couple accused of animal neglect and cruelty were charged Friday with hundreds of offenses and jailed with bail set at $1 million. The 99 felony counts of animal cruelty and other allegations against Nyal and Renee Piper were filed two months after investigators seized animals from their Johnstown home in western Pennsylvania. PREGNANT AMISH WOMAN KILLED IN PENNSYLVANIA HOME HAD CUTS TO HEAD, NECK: REPORT The Pipers were also charged with nearly 300 misdemeanors and 81 summary charges. An official at the Bedford County Correctional Facility said Nyal Piper, 81, and Renee Piper, 62, were both incarcerated there as of Friday afternoon. Court records did not list defense lawyers for them and an employee of the district court said no lawyer had appeared on their behalf. Prosecutors say the charges involve 90 dogs, eight cats and a turtle. They face additional charges for the remains of three animals that were found at the home and for five dogs whose had to be eutha...