Sen. Duckworth Introduces Bill for First Responders

Washington, DC (KTRS) U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) is introducing bipartisan legislation to increase the death benefits for families of fallen law enforcement officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. The First Responders Survivors Support Act aims to increase the Public Safety Officers’ death and disability benefit to $500,000, fix bureaucratic problems with…

Notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman convicted

NEW YORK (AP) — Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of grisly killings, political payoffs, cocaine hidden in jalapeno cans, jewel-encrusted guns and a naked escape with his mistress through a tunnel. Guzman listened to…