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Chris Benson
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Reporter, United Press International (UPI)
Washington, D.C., United States, Williamsport
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Biography
Currently a breaking news writer (and proud #Unipresser) for the storied UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL (UPI.com), which has it's daily syndicates like McClatchy Company's string of newspapers at all corners of the U.S., Yahoo! platforms, Breitbart, MSN and others. I can die happy knowing I once worked for a print paper in the dying print paper business. I was once Content Manager of but now "sometimes reporter" @ NorthcentralPA.com, which is the biggest digital news room in central Pennsylvania. Previously of The Daily Item (CNHI) in Sunbury, PA and currently based in Williamsport (home of Little League World Series), I'll dabble in politics from time-to-time as I've done the last 20 years when duty calls. Recently, in 2024 I was communications director for Pennsylvania's Democratic nominee for state Treasurer, and press secretary in 2022 for a rural PA congressional nominee.
City Investigative Reports , Crime
Sports.
Content
By Allen Cone Verified, Chris Benson Verified| Yahoo Canada Verified April 16 (UPI) -- U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the United States will not return a wrongly deported Maryland man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, as Sen. Chris Van Hollen was denied a visit with his constituent in an El Salvador prison. "He is not coming back to our country," Bondi told reporters Wednesday morning, despite a Supreme Court opinion that the Trump administration must "facilitate" his trip back.
By Chris Benson Verified| United Press International (UPI) Verified April 16 (UPI) -- A California woman accused of drowning her 7-year-old daughter has been charged with murder. "The alleged facts of this case -- where a mother is accused of intentionally taking the life of her young child -- are profoundly tragic and deeply unsettling," Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Tuesday in a release.
By Chris Benson Verified| United Press International (UPI) Verified April 16 (UPI) -- A third top Pentagon official was placed on administrative leave Wednesday in the fallout of a major leak of sensitive U.S. military intel via a group chat on Signal. Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy U.S. Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg, was suspended and put on an undetermined administrative leave following a DOD probe into the incident, Politico and ABC reported.
Company Info
United Press International (UPI)