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Jan. 15, 1919, was an unusually warm day for the North End of Boston, Massachusetts. Workers were busy with many city residents outside to enjoy the weather. That’s when disaster struck around 1:00 p.m. The City of Boston in their commemorative piece said a loud rumble sound was heard, but Bostonians thought it was an elevated train nearby; it wasn’t. A 50-foot tall tank full of 2.3 million gallons of molasses was rushing toward them at 35 miles per hour. Purity Distilling Company built the tank only four years prior. Although fairly new, residents were aware of the tank leaking.…

Three people were killed in an explosion in Russia’s capital city on Wednesday, near the location of another explosion that killed a Russian general earlier this week.Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, who was the head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff, was killed Monday after a bomb detonated under his car in southern Moscow. It marked the third death of a senior Russian military official in a year, according to CBS News.  Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said two Moscow traffic police officers were among the three people killed in the latest explosion, which occurred…

Honduran election officials on Wednesday afternoon called the country’s presidential election for conservative candidate Nasry Asfura, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump.Trump made his official endorsement just weeks before the general election, and declared that the United States would not throw “good money after [the] bad” if Asfura does not win. He said Asfura was the only candidate he would work with. The election officials made the official call nearly a month after the Nov. 30 election, and announced that Asfura received 40.27% of the vote. The result meant he narrowly defeated four-time presidential contender Salvador Nasralla of the…

A Dallas house that has drawn attention for its past decorations has done it again — defying critics with a Grinch-themed display. The mansion in Dallas’s Preston Hollow neighborhood attracted visitors from around the Dallas area and beyond last year after videos of its display went viral, according to KDFW-TV. “I think it’s really fun, fun for the kids. I know it causes traffic, but it celebrates the season,” Julie Mills, who lives near the house, said. Visitors indeed mean traffic, and that has ruffled some neighborhood feathers. [embedded content] “With traffic going both ways, you had thousands of people…

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum leveled the Trump administration’s latest broadside at the struggling U.S. offshore wind industry on Monday, ordering an immediate suspension of activities at the five big wind projects currently in development. “Today we’re sending notifications to the five large offshore wind projects that are under construction that their leases will be suspended due to national security concerns,” Burgum told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo. “During this time of suspension, we’ll work with the companies to try to find a mitigation. But we completed the work that President Trump has asked us to do. The Department of War…

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump call children as they participate in tracking Santa Claus’ movements with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Santa Tracker on Christmas Eve at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 24, 2025. Tasos Katopodis/Getty ImagesSanta Claus is coming to town!President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump surprised American kids as they participated in NORAD Santa Calls from his residence in Palm Beach on Dec. 24.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

Differences between federal law, immigration status, and state programs in health coverage The debate over health coverage for immigrants in the United States has become one of the most manipulated topics in political discourse. Limited humanitarian exceptions—established by law for decades—are often confused with ideological expansions promoted by some states that go far beyond the federal framework. To understand the issue rigorously, it is essential to distinguish between what federal law allows, what it expressly prohibits, which benefits depend on immigration status, and which programs have been created unilaterally by state governments using their own funds. The federal legal framework:…

Small Business Administration head Kelly Loeffler speaks during a press conference in Washington on Oct. 27, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesKelly Loeffler, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), announced she halted $5.5 million in federal payments to Minnesota on Dec. 23, citing the state’s fraud scandals, estimated to total $9 billion, and specific concerns that her agency uncovered.SBA investigators found at least $2.5 million in pandemic-relief loans “granted to individuals indicted as part of the Somali fraud scheme,” she wrote in a letter to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. In addition, the agency found Minnesota doled out 13,600 pandemic-relief…

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday that she’s leading a coalition of 19 states in filing a lawsuit that aims to stop the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from blocking surgeries, puberty blockers, and hormone treatments for minors. “At the core of this so-called declaration are real people: young people who need care, parents trying to support their children, and doctors who are simply following the best medical evidence available,” James said in a statement.  The HHS announced last week it was moving to bar hospitals from offering “the sex-rejecting procedures on children” as a…

The Justice Department said Tuesday that it has brought new federal charges against the Afghanistan national it believes was behind a shooting near the White House last month, which killed one National Guard member and injured another. Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal has been charged in the Nov. 26 death of South Carolina National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom. He also allegedly seriously injured South Carolina National Guard member Andrew Wolfe.  The new charges, which include transporting a firearm in interstate commerce with the intent to commit an offense and transporting a stolen firearm in interstate commerce, were filed in the U.S. District…

Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday accused the United States of committing the “greatest extortion known in our history,” as tensions between the two countries continue to escalate. The comment was made during an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council, which Venezuela called over the U.S.’ recent seizures of Venezuelan oil tankers. The U.S. has also been destroying alleged Venezuelan drug boats in an effort to curb the flow of illegal drugs into North America.  Venezuelan Ambassador Samuel Moncada claimed that President Donald Trump has sought to annex his country and demanded that Venezuela hands over land, oil…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky indicated Tuesday that he would be willing to pull his troops from a strip of land in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, if Russia pulled its troops from a similar-sized area and made it a demilitarized “free economic zone.” The agreement to withdraw forces on both sides from the region, which still needs approval from Russia, would be a significant victory for President Donald Trump, whose administration drafted a 28-point plan for peace in Europe last month. This new potential agreement would be part of an updated 20-point plan. Zelensky told reporters that he does not support…

Churchill reportedly remarked that “[s]uccess consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” The past year commenced with a flying start, and the rest of it did not disappoint. The post Cassandra Versus Pollyanna: The Annus Mirabilis of Trump 2.0 first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump made phone calls to US troops on Christmas Eve. Trump boasted about the $1,776 Christmas bonus given to the troops as he thanked the service members. “It’s tax-free and we distributed almost all of it in time for Christmas and you’ve earned it,” Trump said. The president said it is a great time for this country because we have taken in hundreds of millions of dollars from tariffs. Six units – one from each branch of the US military joined the video call with Trump – including the US Army 2nd Brigade combat…

PBC Jail Photo A 65-year-old woman is dead after an attack at the Barnes and Noble store in Palm Beach Gardens on Dec. 22, police said. Investigators have arrested Antonio Roderick Moore, 40, on a charge of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Rita B. Loncharich. She died at a hospital after the attack inside the store at the Legacy Place shopping center along PGA Boulevard. Witnesses told police that the suspect, 40-year-old Antonio Moore, ran out of the store after stabbing Loncharich, the station reported. Loncharich was found by responding officers inside the Barnes & Noble, suffering from a stab wound, and…

Merry Christmas and Hanukkah to all Judeo-Christians, and new year’s greetings to all 5 million Muslims living in the USA. Now let’s talk about Christmas songs.First off, I am glad that Dec. 26 might put the kibosh on the cruel and inhuman repetition of Christmas songs that our radio and TV and gas stations and shopping malls and elevators and, for all I know, whorehouses, submit us to every year.Please, Lord, make it stop. It’s not that I hate Christmas. I do not. I hate Christmas songs. So does every musician I have ever known. You know why?It’s not just…

Air Force Col. Amy Glisson and other volunteers answer phone calls from around the world at the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Dec. 24, 2024. Christian Murdock/The Gazette via APFor generations, on Christmas Eve, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has transformed military operations into seasonal magic, and this year marks a major milestone in bringing holiday cheer to children around the globe.NORAD is celebrating 70 years of tracking Santa Claus on its radar, a tradition that began back in 1955, and shows no signs of slowing down.We had a…

Attorney General Pam Bondi at a press conference in Washington on Dec. 4, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesThe Justice Department said on Dec. 24 that it has uncovered more than 1 million additional documents potentially related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s case.“The [Justice Department] has received these documents from [the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York] and the FBI to review them for release, in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, existing statutes, and judicial orders,” the department said in a social media post.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use…

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels on July 16, 2025. Yves Herman/ReutersEuropean leaders expressed outrage on Tuesday and Wednesday after the U.S. State Department designated five European nationals—including former European Commissioner Thierry Breton—as anti-free speech activists to be blocked from entering the United States.On Dec. 23, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the State Department had taken action against five individuals he described as “agents of the global censorship-industrial complex.”We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

First baseman’s 2-year, $29M contract ends franchise’s decade of avoiding free agency commitmentsPublishedDecember 24, 2025 7:34 PM EST•UpdatedDecember 24, 2025 7:34 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkThey did it. They finally did it. The Pittsburgh Pirates have ended the single most humiliating streak in Major League Baseball. But only by the slimmest, narrowist of margins. And in the most Pirates fashion imaginable. Pittsburgh has, to their credit, built an impressive roster of young pitching talent. Paul Skenes followed his National League Rookie of the Year winning season in 2024 by…winning the NL Cy Young in 2025. Skenes is a foundational talent, someone who competitive organizations…

America’s murder rate has experienced the largest drop on record. According to the Real-Time Crime Index, which compiles data from 570 law enforcement agencies, the national murder rate has fallen by nearly 20 percent compared with the same period in 2024. Axios reports: The FBI will not release official 2025 violent crime data until sometime next year, though RTCI estimates have historically tracked closely with federal figures. Other major crime categories measured by the index were also down nationwide and across locations of all population sizes, including motor vehicle thefts (23.2%), aggravated assaults (7.5%) and robbery (18.3%). New York City…

Federal immigration agents detain one individual during demonstrations in downtown San Francisco on Aug. 20, 2025, in this screenshot taken from video. Reuters TV/via ReutersSeveral agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were involved in a shooting in Maryland on Dec. 24 after a person allegedly tried to run them over.On Christmas Eve morning, authorities said, ICE agents were conducting operations in Glen Burnie, Maryland—a southern suburb of Baltimore—when they attempted to approach a van.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

A federal magistrate judge, a political appointee, on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from withholding disaster preparation grants to states if they don’t recalculate their population figures to reflect recent deportations. She wants illegal aliens counted, even the ones who are gone. U.S. Magistrate Judge Amy Potter also found the administration unlawfully shortened the period to spend the funds from the terrorism prevention grant program from three years to one. Potter ruled both changes were arbitrary and capricious. “Even giving Defendants the benefit of the doubt here, the Court finds the reasoning for each change to be lacking,” she wrote.…

Hugh Clements/Image: Video screenshot NBC 10 WJAR The Gateway Pundit reported that Brown University placed their DEI campus security chief Rodney Chatman on leave following the deadly shooting on campus that killed two people and wounded nine others. Brown President Christina Paxson announced on Monday that Hugh Clements, a former Providence police chief, will serve as the interim head of Public Safety at Brown. WPRI reports: Clements retired from Providence police in January 2023 after serving nearly 40 years in uniform. He was colonel of the department for 12 years. ********** After leaving Providence, Clements was named director of the…

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference at the State Department, in Washington on Dec. 19, 2025. AP Photo/Julia Demaree NikhinsonThe U.S. Department of State has announced sanctions against a number of individuals including the British head of the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) Clare Melford, whose organization issued a report this summer listing “digital denialism” of Canadian residential schools as one example of “hate speech” that harms democracy.Undersecretary of State Sarah Rogers linked to a Sept. 25 GDI report on hate speech in Canada in an X post to announce Melford’s travel ban, saying that GDI…

The White House released an epic MAGA Christmas video on Christmas Eve. The short clip featured Clark Griswold from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation as he attempts to showcase his Christmas lights for the second time after the first disastrous rollout. Clark Griswold’s Christmas lights spell “MAGA” as “Hallelujah chorus” plays. “Merry Christmas and Make America Great Again!” the White House said. WATCH: The White House wished Americans a Merry Christmas: Christmas is a time to celebrate everything that makes our country exceptional. Across America, every home carries its own stories and traditions, yet it is our shared values that bind…

Tesla Model 3 vehicles for sale at a Tesla facility in Fremont, Calif., on May 23, 2023. Carlos Barria/ReutersElectric vehicle manufacturer Tesla is facing a second investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) over issues with door handles on its top-selling compact sedans and SUVs.The NHTSA on Dec. 23 opened a probe to determine whether the door handles on nearly 180,000 Model 3 sedans made in 2022 were unlabeled, hidden, and too difficult to access during an emergency. The NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) received a safety complaint in November that cited a head-on collision in 2023…

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to reallocate Department of Homeland Security counterterrorism and security grants away from sanctuary states that do not cooperate with deportations. Democrat states can apparently create sanctuaries for illegal aliens, even criminal illegal aliens, and keep their federal funding. The grants were from the Homeland Security Grant Program, which provides states and local governments with “critical resources to plan for and prevent natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and other emergencies,” N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement. U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy wrote in her ruling, which the DHS has indicated it will appeal, that the…

Sean Payton’s comments were seemingly innocuous. Not to the Jaguars.PublishedDecember 24, 2025 6:08 PM EST•UpdatedDecember 24, 2025 6:08 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkUpbeat Jaguars coach Liam Coen turned a routine pregame comment from Broncos coach Sean Payton into motivation ahead of the showdown at Mile High.What followed became one of the NFL season’s spiciest back-and-forths – and Payton made sure to deliver a final word of his own.READ: Jags Coach Liam Coen Claps Back At Sean Payton Over ‘Small Market’ SnubPayton’s comments became rocket fuel for Jacksonville, which rolled into Denver on Sunday and stunned the Broncos 34-20.DENVER, CO – DECEMBER 21:…

Rush Limbaugh loved Christmas, and this turned out to be his last Christmas message. He said he would always like to be here and hoped the next year would be better. It has gotten worse and now better. He wanted to say thank you. The post Rush Limbaugh’s Last Christmas Eve Message appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Weiss also wants to overhaul 60 Minutes. The post Bari Weiss Canned 60 Minutes El Salvador Prison Story Since It Lacked Response From Trump Admin first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

It has been 1,071 days since the Georgia Supreme Court remanded the VoterGA.org lawsuit back to the lower courts after determining Garland Favorito’s voter integrity group did, in fact, have standing.  That lawsuit was asking the court to unseal the physical paper ballots and allow inspection. Last year, the Georgia State Election Board also sought to unseal the physical paper ballots when it issued a subpoena to Fulton County demanding the ballots, ballot stubs, envelopes, and digital images.  Fulton County’s Board of Registration and Elections, without a vote from the board, filed a lawsuit challenging that subpoena. Today, Judge Robert…

A powerful storm carrying a strong atmospheric river is laying siege to California. Evacuations have been issued amid the risk of life-threatening flooding and debris flows. According to the Weather Prediction Center, a level four out of four “high” risk of flooding rain is in place for Southern California today, affecting more …

Workers sell joints of meat during the annual Christmas Eve meat auction at Smithfield Market in London on Dec. 24, 2025. Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesGirls wearing Santa Claus costumes practice before taking part in the 40th annual Christmas parade in Nazareth, Israel, on Dec. 24, 2025. Nazareth, the purported childhood home of Jesus according to the New Testament, has seen a return of Christmas season tourism this year after two years in which celebrations were muted amid the war in Gaza. Nazareth, in Israel’s Galilee region, is a predominately Arab and Muslim town, about one-third of whose residents are Christian. Amir Levy/Getty…

It’s a bond between James Harden and the MSU shooting survivor built on compassion.PublishedDecember 24, 2025 5:40 PM EST•UpdatedDecember 24, 2025 5:31 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkNBA All-Star guard James Harden has a heart as full as his beard. While the veteran guard has seen his fair share of negative headlines throughout a career defined by high-stakes trades, there is one standout act of goodwill that truly defines his character: his enduring kinship with John Hao.John Hao and NBA star James Harden. (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)The story began under the darkest of circumstances. In February 2023, the Michigan State University…

U.S. President Donald Trump participates in service member calls at 5:30 p.m. ET on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. …

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team is pressing a federal appeals court to undo what they describe as a deeply flawed prison sentence, arguing that the hip-hop mogul was punished for crimes a jury explicitly rejected. According to the New York Post, in a late Tuesday filing with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, Combs’ attorneys asked judges to overturn his prostitution-related conviction outright or, at a minimum, send the case back for a reduced sentence.  They also urged the court to order his immediate release from custody. Combs, 56, is currently serving a four-year, two-month sentence at…

A group of blue states plus the District of Columbia has joined together in a lawsuit aimed at the Trump administration’s plan to put an end to gender affirming care. The lawsuit is a response to rules announced last week by HHS. Advertisement The Trump administration is moving to broadly curtail gender transition care for young people, proposing Thursday to eject medical providers from major federal health insurance programs if they provide services including hormone therapy or procedures such as mastectomies to children and teenagers.The rules, if finalized, could result in a wide-scale contraction of the availability of transition services…

In 2018, Governor Newsom said that the next governor must improve housing affordability and homelessness in California. Since his election, homelessness has increased by 50% because of his policies, especially the open border policies. Not taking drug addicted homeless off the streets is another loser. Oh, and nothing is affordable in California unless you are very rich. Even the rich saw their houses burned to the ground. Only one person got a building permit for a private rebuild. California Gov. Gavin Newsom promised in 2021 to end homelessness through a $12 billion government program, funded by taxpayers. In 2025, the…

Brandon Aiyuk preferred to stay under the radar, Doppler included.PublishedDecember 24, 2025 5:08 PM EST•UpdatedDecember 24, 2025 5:08 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkSan Francisco 49ers wideout Brandon Aiyuk finally offered a half-hearted apology for an idiotic speeding stunt that appeared to be a direct taunt to his team. Predictably, Aiyuk’s statement only surfaced after Santa Clara police announced an official probe into the video.LAS VEGAS, NV – FEBRUARY 11: Brandon Aiyuk #11 of the San Francisco 49ers looks on prior to Super Bowl LVIII against the Kansas City Chiefs at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, NV. (Photo by Perry…

Order Michael Finch’s new book, A Time to Stand: HERE. Prof. Jason Hill calls it “an aesthetic and political tour de force.” In a country grappling with no shortage of political turmoil, crime, and genuinely newsworthy developments, the Indian media has remained embroiled in an animated debate for days over a single commercial film. It is telling to witness how Dhurandhar has rattled large sections of the Left ecosystem and proxies of Islamic jihad in India. Dhurandhar unfolds as a hard-edged spy saga that follows India’s foreign intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), in its covert push into Karachi’s lawless Lyari in order…

President Donald Trump participates in several holiday phone calls on Wednesday, from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.The president is currently expected to participate in a NORAD Santa phone call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern, according to the White House, and then make Christmas calls to service members at 5:30 p.m. Eastern. Children and adults can make phone calls to Santa Claus as he journeys around the world on Christmas Eve, by calling 1-877-HI-NORAD from 4 a.m. to midnight Mountain Standard Time, according to PBS. People who want to follow Santa’s journey can do so here. You can watch Trump’s…

China’s real economic growth in 2025 was as low as 2.5 percent, only half the Chinese regime’s official number, according to the latest report by a U.S. think tank.Analysts said the report’s estimate is closer to reality, and the real economic situation might even be worse.China’s targeted gross domestic product (GDP) for 2025 was 5 percent. The growth rate for the third quarter announced by the Chinese communist regime was 5.2 percent.Rhodium Group estimated in its report published on Dec. 22 that China’s real GDP in 2025 was between 2.5 percent and 3 percent. The think tank attributed this halving…

On December 23, U.S. District Judge Amir H. Ali ruled that Trump’s March 22, 2025, memorandum revoking Zaid’s clearance violated the First Amendment, due process, and amounted to unconstitutional retaliation for his work on whistleblowers during the 2019 Ukraine impeachment. The 39-page opinion granted a preliminary injunction against agencies like the CIA and ODNI, effective January 13, 2026, after a stay for appeals, distinguishing the case as about flawed process rather than clearance merits. Zaid welcomed the decision as a win for lawyers upholding the rule of law, while Trump supporters online criticized Ali, a newly confirmed judge with dual…

Hunt family worth $25B gets Kansas to pay for new stadium construction while team retains 100% of ticket, concession income.PublishedDecember 24, 2025 4:53 PM EST•UpdatedDecember 24, 2025 4:53 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkThe Kansas City Chiefs are officially leaving the state of Missouri. After over 50 years at Arrowhead Stadium, starting with the 1972 season, the Chiefs announced they’re going to build their new stadium in the state of Kansas. This is the culmination of years of lobbying, posturing, demanding handouts, and getting rejected by Missouri voters. But it’s also the culmination of decades of work from sports team owners who have realized…

Investigators work around Bristol Health and Rehab Center and surrounding rubble after a gas explosion the day prior in Bristol, Pa., on Dec. 24, 2025. Mingson Lau/AP PhotoBRISTOL, Pa.—Rescuers braved shooting flames, falling debris and the threat of more explosions to evacuate dozens of nursing home residents after a blast ripped through a Pennsylvania facility, killing a resident and an employee, and setting off a frantic search of the wreckage.Officials said Wednesday they’d located everybody after hours of looking.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents make an arrest during an early morning operation in Park Ridge, Ill., on Sept. 19, 2025. AP Photo/Erin HooleyTwo Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were injured during enforcement actions in St. Paul, Minnesota, as tensions mount between federal agents and local residents and officials.According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the agents were injured on Dec. 21 during the apprehension of Cuban national Juan Carlos Rodrigues Romero.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

President Donald Trump participates in the annual NORAD Santa Calls at 4:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 24. …

For some reason, most probably my contrary nature, I’ve always liked Christmas Eve more than Christmas Day. It’s always been so magical, even when I was grown and living in places where there wasn’t a prayer of a snowflake to make it wintery, lovely, crisp, and white. Advertisement It’s something so intangible, a promise hanging in the air that has always filled my heart and given me pause to savor it.To drink in the deep spiritual warmth of being on this night of all nights.When I worked downtown, I used to love nothing so much as closing up the store and walking…

(Headline USA) Three inmates who escaped from a jail east of Atlanta, including a murder suspect, commandeered a terrified Lyft driver’s car to reach south Florida before she was rescued and they were captured, according to details revealed in court records.The driver told FBI agents that the men used a fake name to order the ride, put a rope around her neck from behind her, dragged her into the backseat and threatened to kill her, according to a court affidavit filed late Tuesday and obtained by The Associated Press. The inmates were able to “compromise” a portion of a cell…