The suspect in the killing of a New York City police officer was charged with murder on Thursday. Officer Jonathan Diller, 31, was shot to death Monday during a traffic stop in Queens. Guy Rivera, 34, was charged with murder of a police officer and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with Diller’s death, […]
Sam Bankman-Fried, colloquially known by his initials SBF, characterized by a Manhattan judge as a power-driven fraudster lacking remorse, received a 25-year prison term on Thursday for embezzling over $8 billion from FTX customers, his defunct cryptocurrency exchange. Judge Lewis Kaplan tore into the 32-year-old MIT graduate for masquerading as a proponent of cryptocurrency regulation, […]
Federal authorities raided rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs’ homes in Los Angeles and Miami on Monday and seized a number of electronic devices amid allegations of sex trafficking, abuse and rape. Now his alleged victims are “talking a lot” about his “disturbing history” in interviews with authorities, according to the New York Post. The federal investigation […]
Courts in Florida and South Carolina have each handed Republican legislatures congressional map victories that will affect the 2024 elections. In one case, a federal three-judge panel in South Carolina ruled in favor of Republican lawmakers and will allow their congressional map to stand for this year’s elections while the U.S. Supreme Court hears claims […]
In what The Wall Street Journal called a “capitulation” by the Walt Disney Co., the entertainment giant is dropping its war with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over control of development around its Florida resort. “Everything we’ve done has been in the best interests of the state of Florida, and we have been vindicated on all […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Wednesday to protect the rights of homeowners in the state against so-called “squatters.” That morning, DeSantis posted a video to X explaining the need for the new law. “Does your house belong to you?” the Republican governor asked rhetorically. “Or, if you are not using it, can someone […]
A fire broke out Thursday morning in a kiosk located near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. One person was injured in the fire. Firefighters responded shortly after 7 a.m. when the kiosk was ablaze, according to WUSA-TV. This morning in #WashingtonDC at the #LincolnMemorial . An outpost catches fire, seriously injuring one pic.twitter.com/KLpdifgKOc — […]
A man who authorities say is in the United States illegally has been charged with raping a vulnerable 14-year-old girl. Pablo Mendoza, 23, was arrested on Monday in Enterprise, Alabama, on a charge of first-degree rape, according to WDHN-TV in nearby Dothan, Alabama. A complaint filed with the Coffee County court system said Mendoza had sex […]
The National Transportation Safety Board has confirmed that the container ship that knocked out Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday was carrying tons of hazardous materials. Dangerous chemicals and other elements were exposed on the deck of the MV Dali as well as in the water of Baltimore Harbor. Not all of the materials […]
There were allegations aplenty at a Wednesday hearing on the federal tax charges against Hunter Biden, but what bothered U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi was the paucity of facts connecting the charges with efforts by congressional Republicans to probe the murky depths of the Biden family’s finances. Although Scarsi did not make a decision, he […]
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