NBC ‘Last Comic Standing’ Winner Jon Reep Arrested on Child Exploitation Charges

NBC ‘Last Comic Standing’ Winner Jon Reep Arrested on Child Exploitation Charges

Jon Reep, the Hickory-born comedian who shot to fame after winning NBC’s Last Comic Standing, has been arrested in North Carolina on multiple child exploitation charges. Officials confirmed Friday that a grand jury indicted the 52-year-old comic on several counts of second- and third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. Reep appeared before a magistrate in…

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Biggest Ever ICE Raid in U.S. Hits Hyundai Plant Nearly 500 South Koreans Detained

Biggest Ever ICE Raid in U.S. Hits Hyundai Plant Nearly 500 South Koreans Detained

U.S. immigration agents have carried out a massive raid at a Hyundai factory site in Georgia, arresting 475 people in what officials are calling the largest single-site operation in Homeland Security’s history. The 3,000-acre facility, built by Hyundai to produce electric vehicles, has been running for about a year. Homeland Security officials said the raid…

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Putin Warns Western Troops in Ukraine Will Be Legitimate Targets

Putin Warns Western Troops in Ukraine Will Be ‘Legitimate Targets’

Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected Western proposals to send a “reassurance force” to Ukraine after any future ceasefire, warning that foreign troops would become “legitimate targets.” The warning came just a day after a Paris summit where French President Emmanuel Macron announced that 26 of Ukraine’s allies had agreed to provide security guarantees once…

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