A former crime victim coordinator for a Texas district attorney has pleaded guilty to smuggling illegal immigrants across the Texas-Mexico border. Bernice Annette Garza, formerly of the Starr County District Attorney’s Office, pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of conspiring to transport people in the country illegally, according to KURV-TV. Garza was arrested on Dec. […]
West Coast, Messed Coast™ readers will recognize this old joke: The flood’s coming and everyone is told to flee. One man stays and holds steadfastly to his belief that God will come and save him. As the water starts seeping in, his neighbor comes by to offer him a ride out of the dangerous […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran‘s hard-liners won most of the remaining seats in an election run-off to give them full control over the country’s parliament, authorities said Saturday, while not sharing any details on the turnout. The result, and that of the previous vote in March, gives hard-liners 233 of the 290 seats in […]
House lawmakers will vote within days to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over the audio recording of special counsel Robert K. Hur’s interview with President Biden, in which the prosecutor said the 81-year-old president showed a weak memory. The House Judiciary Committee plans a Thursday vote on […]
LAWRENCE, Kan. — A Kansas judge on Friday ordered University of Illinois basketball standout Terrence Shannon Jr. to stand trial on a rape charge following testimony from a woman who said she was “terrified” as she was being assaulted. Shannon, 23, of Champaign, Illinois, is accused of committing sexual assault on Sept. 9, in Lawrence, […]
In a letter to Republican members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives a group of conservative leaders organized by The American Principles Project, and joined by ConservativeHQ.com, charged that the Democrats’ administrative state has decided to wage holy war against Christian colleges. The text of the letter and list of signers follows: […]
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers fired coach Darvin Ham on Friday after just two seasons in charge. The Lakers announced on social media that they were dismissing Ham four days after their season ended with a first-round playoff loss to Denver in five games. Ham led Los Angeles to the Western Conference finals […]
LAS VEGAS — A retired professional wrestler and former congressional candidate in Nevada and Texas has been indicted on a murder charge in the death of an Idaho man who suffered a head injury during a Halloween Party at a Las Vegas Strip hotel. Daniel Rodimer, 45, who now lives in Texas, is expected to […]
NEW YORK — New York can move ahead with a law requiring internet service providers to offer heavily discounted rates to low-income residents, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The decision from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan reverses a lower court ruling from 2021 that blocked the policy just days before […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A second former Arkansas law enforcement officer has pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of a man he repeatedly punched during a violent arrest in 2022 that was caught on video and shared widely. Former Crawford County sheriff’s deputy Levi White changed his plea during a hearing in federal court […]
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