(L) Screenshot taken of video provided by Charlotte Area Transit System. / (Background) Law enforcement stand guard outside of the state capitol building in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, on January 17, 2021 (LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images)

N.C. lawmakers work to eliminate cashless bail with ‘Iryna’s law,’ following gruesome train stabbing caught on camera

Following the fatal stabbing of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train last month, North Carolina lawmakers have approved legislation aimed at ending cashless bail for violent offenses — citing the need to strengthen public safety and prevent similar incidents in the future.

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Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, 37. Photo via: Dallas County Jail

Texas: Illegal alien confesses to beheading Dallas motel manager, prompted by ‘dispute over broken washing machine’

A 37-year-old illegal alien from Cuba, who was residing in Dallas, Texas, has confessed to beheading a motel manager during a heated dispute. According to court records obtained Thursday, he placed the victim’s head in a trash bin and now faces a capital murder charge.

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