Kenneth Hicks, 48, of Virginia, who weighs more than 900 pounds pleaded guilty to cocaine charges while lying down inside an ambulance on Tuesday. Hicks entered his guilty plea in a federal cocaine conspiracy case during a hearing that was held in a courthouse loading dock as the defendant lay on a stretcher inside the rescue unit. US Magistrate Judge David Novak said the court engaged in 'some extraordinary procedures' to deal with Hicks' health issues and to 'protect his dignity'. Hicks stayed inside the ambulance and wasn't visible to several of his family members and reporters who attended the hearing. Hicks, who lives in Emporia, was indicted along with 17 other people in a conspiracy to sell cocaine between 2013 and 2017. Hicks faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum sentence of 40 years. 👮🏻♂️
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22 million people in the central states brace for flooding, hail and heavy rain after 22 tornadoes ripped through the Southern Plains, while Colorado sees its latest May SNOW in 44 years 😱💧❄️☃️
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says President Trump is now 'obstructing' subpoenas and says it is wrong for the House to hold off on impeachment just because the effort might fail in the Senate. The New York Democrat argued it would be just as 'politicized' to decide not to impeach the president. She said a failure to impeach is a 'neglect of due process.'
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This the shocking moment a group of people raid Amir Jewellery in Maida Vale, London. The robbers are dressed in all black and armed with foot-long machetes. A man is seen trying to stop one of them but to no avail. 😱
F-22 stealth fighters escorted Russian strategic bombers probing US air defenses near Alaskan airspace. The North American Aerospace Defense Command says two of its F-22s intercepted two Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bombers inside the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone. A short time later, two additional Tu-95s and two Sukhoi Su-35 fighters were identified and intercepted by two other NORAD F-22s.
A U.S. E-3 Sentry maintained overall surveillance on the operation. The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace.
A U.S. E-3 Sentry maintained overall surveillance on the operation. The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace.