Jessica Watkins, an Oath Keeper accused of preparing and training for at least two months to “fight hand to hand” to take over the Capitol, spoke out publicly for the first time in court Friday, claiming she plans to leave the far-right paramilitary group behind. “My fellow Oath Keepers have kind of turned my stomach against it,” Watkins said during an afternoon detention hearing. “We’re done […]
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Days after Sen. Ted Cruz ditched Texas during a deadly winter storm for the sandy beaches of Mexico, the Republican made light of the scandal in a bizarre speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando. “I gotta say, Orlando is awesome. It’s not as nice as Cancun, but it’s nice,” Cruz quipped in his speech, titled “Bill of Rights, Liberty, and Cancel Culture.” The […]
A Pennsylvania teenager accused of fatally stabbing her disabled older sister had previously said she was having “suicidal and homicidal thoughts,” authorities have revealed in court records. Claire Elaina Miller, 14, has been charged with homicide after hysterically calling authorities on Monday night to admit she stabbed her sister, 19-year-old Helen Miller, while her parents were asleep, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s office. The […]
A Pennsylvania teenager is facing charges after allegedly fatally stabbing her wheelchair bound older sister—then hysterically calling 911 to confess to the crime. Claire Elaina Miller, 14, has been charged with homicide after calling authorities on Feb. 22 to admit she stabbed her older sister, 19-year-old Helen Miller, while her parents were asleep, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s office. The elder Miller, who had […]
As the coronavirus raged through communities across the U.S., some fed-up gym owners defied state lockdown restrictions in the name of fitness—and freedom—insisting an indoor workout was harmless. “All of our other safety measures have kept our members safe and as you can tell with the 83,000 visits and no outbreaks linked to the facility,” Ian Smith, a co-owner of Atilitis Gym in New Jersey, told […]
All seven Rochester officers involved in the death of Daniel Prude, a 41-year-old Black man who suffocated to death after police pinned him to the ground, have been cleared of wrongdoing, authorities said Tuesday. New York Attorney General Letitia James said that while her office “presented the strongest case possible,” a grand jury decided “not to indict any officers” involved in the March 23, 2020 death. […]
The top law enforcers in charge of ensuring the U.S. Capitol was secure on Jan. 6 claimed that a series of unanswered calls, withheld information, and conflicting orders led to the systematic breakdown that allowed thousands of MAGA rioters to breach the government building. Testifying before two Senate committees on Tuesday, former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund slammed the Pentagon for taking hours to send in […]
The wife of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Mexican drug cartel leader who was sentenced to life in prison, has been arrested for her alleged role in the international drug trafficking scheme. Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, was arrested on Monday at Dulles International Airport in Virginia and faces a slew of charges, including “participating in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana for importation […]
The Aurora, Colorado, police officers who stopped Elijah McClain as he was was walking home from a convenience store—and then put him in a carotid hold in which he repeatedly said he couldn’t breathe before injecting him with ketamine—did not have any legal basis for the August 2019 altercation, an independent investigation has concluded. The 157-page report, commissioned by the City of Aurora after McClain’s death […]
A retired Ohio couple who joined the Oath Keepers have been charged with conspiracy for allegedly plotting for months with other members of the far-right militia group to storm the U.S. Capitol. Sandra Parker, 60, and her husband, Bennie Parker, 70, have been charged with several federal crimes, including conspiracy, destruction of government property, and aiding and abetting, for their plan to disrupt the Jan. 6 […]
A seemingly politically connected Maryland man has been charged after allegedly fighting a crowd of cops multiple times during the Jan. 6 riot and screaming into a fellow rioter’s live-stream, “We’re not backing away; this is our house.” Daniel Dean Egtvedt, a self-described “award-winning sales professional,” has been charged with several crimes, including assaulting an officer and obstruction of justice. According to a newly unsealed criminal […]
The father of a MAGA-loving Georgia teen who allegedly shoved a police officer while forcing his way into the Senate chamber on Jan. 6 regrets bringing his son to D.C.—and pushing baseless voter fraud conspiracy theories on his family. “I feel responsible for bringing him up into that environment. I feel embarrassed that we drank in a lot of this rhetoric from so-called leaders that never […]
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump kicked off their impeachment defense on Friday by making the absurd claim that the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot was the work of “antifa.” “A small group who came to engage in violent and menacing behavior hijacked the event for their own purposes. According to publicly available reporting, it is apparent that extremists of various different stripes and political persuasions […]
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage across the country, federal health officials are now urging Americans to consider double masking, revealing new research that shows the practice offers significantly better protection against COVID-19. In a Wednesday report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broke down two mask methods that are far more effective for both the wearers and those around them. One recommendation is […]
Federal prosecutors on Monday unsealed charges against a MAGA-loving Georgia teen who allegedly shoved a police officer to enter the Senate chamber during the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot and encouraged his social media followers for days to show up to Washington, D.C., to “fight.” Bruno Joseph Cua, 18, was arrested Friday and charged with several crimes—including assault on a federal officer and civil disorder—for his role […]
Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX), who tested positive for the coronavirus last month, died on Sunday, his family confirmed on Monday morning. “Congressman Wright will be remembered as a constitutional conservative. He was a statesman, not an ideologue,” their statement read in part. Wright is the first sitting member of Congress to die of COVID-19. His death came just weeks after Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, a Republican in […]
A Proud Boys leader who raised funds for tactical gear and fantasized about war in the lead up to the Capitol riot was arrested and charged Wednesday for participating in the violent insurrection. Ethan Nordean, a 30-year-old who also goes by the name Rufio Panman, was charged with several counts, including obstructing or impeding an official proceeding, aiding and abetting, knowingly entering or remaining in a […]
Six family members, including five young children, were found fatally shot inside an Oklahoma home on Tuesday morning. The Muskogee Police Department responded to a call of multiple people shot at around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday. When officers arrived at the home about two hours outside of Oklahoma City, a suspect who has since been arrested, 25-year-old Jarron Deajon Pridgeon, emerged brandishing a weapon, police said. […]
A Pennsylvania man has been charged for attacking Capitol Police officers during the Jan. 6 insurrection—and leaving one female officer with a concussion, according to court documents unsealed Monday. Ryan Samsel, 37, has been charged with several crimes, including assaulting a federal officer, obstructing law enforcement, and obstructing a legal proceeding, after he was caught on several videos and photographs participating in the Capitol riots. He […]
One of the Michigan militiamen accused of conspiring to overthrow the state government, kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and put her on trial for “treason” before Election Day has pleaded guilty in the foiled plot. Ty Garbin, 25, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the kidnapping conspiracy, marking the first conviction in the bizarre case that made national headlines in October. Fourteen men were accused of plotting to […]
A Colorado geophysicist accused of beating up a police officer during the Capitol riots claimed to federal authorities he wasn’t violently attacking the cop—just simply “patting him on the back.” Jeffrey Sabol, 51, was charged with civil disorder after he was captured on video dragging a Metropolitan Police officer down a flight of stairs while another rioter hit the cop with an American flag during the […]
An Indianapolis teenager accused of killing six family members over the weekend reportedly began the grisly attack after his father yelled at him for leaving the house without permission, according to police and people close to the family. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department on Monday announced the arrest of a 17-year-old boy in connection with the Sunday murder of five people, including a pregnant woman whose […]
A New York man caught on camera smoking a joint inside the Capitol building amid the Jan. 6 insurrection has been arrested after several of his co-workers ratted him out to federal authorities. James Bonet, of Glens Falls, New York, has been charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authorities and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds for his role […]
A former Marine charged with assaulting police officers during the Capitol riots with a hockey stick also launched a massive, “sharpened pole” at cops during his attack, authorities revealed. Michael Joseph Foy, a 30-year-old from Westland, Michigan, was charged Friday with several crimes, including obstruction of law enforcement and forcibly assaulting an officer, after striking cops with a hockey stick “at least 10 times” during the […]
A New Jersey gym owner who made local headlines for defying COVID-19 restrictions has been arrested for punching a Washington, D.C., police officer in the head during the Capitol riots, authorities said Friday. Scott Kevin Fairlamb, a former ultimate fighter and current owner of Fairlamb Fit, was charged Friday with several crimes for his role in the Jan. 6 riots, including assaulting a federal officer and […]
A Michigan man was charged Thursday for allegedly attacking a police officer defending the Capitol with a hockey stick during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Michael Joseph Foy, of Westland, Michigan, has been charged with several crimes, including obstruction of law enforcement and forcibly assaulting an officer, for his role in the insurrection. He’s among the more than 100 rioters who have been charged since Jan. 6, […]
A Connecticut man was charged Wednesday for allegedly pinning a police officer against a doorway with a riot shield during the Capitol insurrection. Patrick Edward McCaughey III, 23, was charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees, civil disorder, and violent entry or disorderly conduct for his role in the insurrection, according to the Department of Justice. He’s among hundreds of rioters who have […]
The so-called QAnon Shaman who stormed the U.S. Capitol last week in Viking garb before sitting in Vice President Mike Pence’s chair on the Senate dais admitted to federal agents he intended to return to D.C. to “protest” President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. “I’ll still go, you better believe it,” Jacob Chansley bragged in an interview with FBI agents the day after the violent insurrection. “For sure […]
A Texas real estate agent who took a private jet to the Capitol last week and called it “one best days of my life” was charged Friday for participating in the violent insurrection. Jenna Ryan, a Frisco, Texas real estate broker and life coach, has been charged with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building without lawful authorities and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds after […]
An Arkansas man caught on video beating a Washington, D.C., cop with an American flagpole during the Capitol riots was charged on Thursday. Peter Francis Stager has been charged with obstructing a law enforcement officer for allegedly beating a Metropolitan Police officer who was guarding an entrance of the U.S. Capitol. Prosecutors allege in a criminal complaint that members of the MAGA mob who stormed the […]
A retired Pennsylvania firefighter accused of throwing a fire extinguisher at several law enforcement officers and a man photographed holding a Confederate flag inside the Capitol have been arrested for their roles in the MAGA riot last week. Robert Sanford, a 55-year-old from Chester, Pennsylvania, faces three felony charges, including assaulting a police officer, after he was allegedly caught on camera hurling the extinguisher as the […]
The House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump for a second time on Wednesday, one week after his inflammatory rhetoric incited a mob that stormed the Capitol. The article of impeachment passed in the Democrat-controlled House charged Trump with “incitement of insurrection,” accusing the president of encouraging his followers to attack the Capitol during a rally last week. Moments after his speech, thousands of supporters invaded […]
In his first public comments since thousands of MAGA supporters stormed the Capitol last week, President Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled down on his inflammatory rhetoric that incited the mob—and warned Congress that impeachment would be dangerous to the United States. Trump, speaking to reporters outside the White House as he left for a trip to the border wall in Alamo, Texas, insisted that his comments […]
As one of the worst coronavirus hotspots in the country, California residents hoped for a speedy vaccine rollout. But less than a month in, hospitals have only administered 35 percent of the 1.3 million doses that have arrived in the state. So far, only 454,306 doses of vaccines have been administered—just 1 percent of the state’s population—pushing California farther behind its original goal to administer 2 […]
In New York, hospitals have only administered about 46 percent of their coronavirus vaccine doses. Several states away, in Florida, just 260,000 residents had received their first dose of the vaccine as of Sunday—even though there was enough for about 1 million people to get their first shot. The sluggish rollout, amid skyrocketing cases of the coronavirus, is making state officials across the country mad as […]
As coronavirus cases continue to climb in the tri-state area, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday announced the race to vaccinate 1 million residents in January will now become a 24/7 operation. “Getting it right in the first few weeks was the trend-setter. Now it’s time to sprint. This has got to be a seven-day-a-week, 24/7 reality going forward,” de Blasio said in […]
A Florida man who made national headlines after posing as “Dr. Love” and running a clinic as a teenager is back behind bars—this time for allegedly stealing thousands from his employer. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said Malachi Love-Robinson, 23, was arrested and charged with fraud and grand theft on Thursday. Police say Love-Robinson stole almost $10,000 from a freight company he worked for in […]
President Trump skipped out on his Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Eve bash, but that didn’t stop hundreds of maskless guests from packing the ballroom and paying up to $1,000 for the privilege of seeing…Vanilla Ice. Photos of the event posted on Instagram and Twitter also showed guests dancing, embracing, and eating together at the gala—which apparently flouted local COVID-19 guidelines. The black-tie event included high-profile Republicans such […]
The coronavirus pandemic paralyzed the United States in 2020, forcing everyone indoors and upending the country’s economy. But, in May, the nation’s attention sharply jolted away from the virus after a white police officer in Minneapolis was filmed putting his knee on Black man George Floyd’s neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds, until he stopped breathing. Americans burst into the streets in the millions to […]
A Fort Bragg soldier fatally shot his pregnant wife during a domestic dispute on Sunday before turning the gun on himself in front of their 3-year-old daughter, authorities said. The Fayetteville Police Department told The Daily Beast that Staff Sgt. Keith Lewis, a 31-year-old member of the Army Special Operations Command stationed at Fort Bragg, fatally shot his 34-year-old wife, Sarah Lewis, on Sunday night. The […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to a coronavirus vaccine from Massachusetts pharmaceutical giant Moderna on Friday, making it the second official American inoculation against the coronavirus pandemic. The move came after an expert FDA panel voted to endorse the vaccine, called mRNA-1273, on Thursday—one day after the United States shattered virus records with nearly a quarter million new cases and […]
The New York City Police Department’s tactics during the massive George Floyd protests over the summer “heightened tensions” between cops and residents, and were ridden with “deficiencies” that led to excessive use of force, according to a scathing report from the city’s watchdog. The highly anticipated report, released by New York City’s Department of Investigation on Friday, acknowledged that “public trust is at a low ebb” […]
An independent autopsy found a 22-year-old Black man killed by Texas police last week was shot in the back—and now his family is demanding a federal investigation into his death. Joshua Feast, who was allegedly wanted on multiple warrants, was fatally shot by La Marque police officer Jose H. Santos Jr. across the street from his Galveston house on Dec. 9. Police allege the 22-year-old pointed […]
A Kenyan man has been indicted for allegedly training to conduct a 9/11-style attack against the United States at the direction of a “senior al Shabaab commander,” federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. According to a newly unsealed indictment in Manhattan federal court, Cholo Abdi Abdullah faces several counts—including providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, conspiracy to commit aircraft piracy, and conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens—after […]
For almost twenty years, Rebecca Pena’s family anxiously waited for authorities to track down whoever was responsible for murdering the 26-year-old, before stuffing her body into a weighted suitcase and dumping it in a Miami canal. On Tuesday, that day finally arrived when authorities arrested Pena’s ex-boyfriend, 45-year-old Berkley Calvin Curtis Jr., for her 2001 death. Pena was last seen on April 11, 2001 after participating […]
The architect of Florida’s COVID-19 dashboard—who claims she was fired from her job at the state Department of Health because she refused to manipulate data—said Monday her home was raided by armed authorities who took her computer and “pointed guns” at her kids. Rebekah Jones said in a stunning Twitter thread that state police raided her Centerville Court home on Monday morning and “took all my […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that New York is just days away from a second lockdown if coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to surge upward during the holiday season. “If you overwhelm the hospital capacity, you will have to go back to shutdown,” Cuomo said during a Monday press conference in New York City. “There are no options.” Hospitalizations across the Empire State have skyrocketed in […]
For over 35 years, Howard Farley has been on the lam. The alleged “drug kingpin” of the Southern Line, a railroad line used as a distribution channel for narcotics throughout the United States, was indicted by a Nebraska federal grand jury in 1985 along with 73 others—but was never apprehended. After searching for the 72-year-old for more than three decades, authorities now say he was hiding […]
A New York City priest known for his controversial views and regular appearances on a global Catholic television network has been accused of sexually assaulting a 22-year-old security guard after she allegedly filmed him watching gay pornography. Rev. George William Rutler, the 75-year-old pastor at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Manhattan, allegedly forcibly touched Ashley Gonzalez on Nov. 4, according to News12. The assault allegedly […]
A man who fatally shot a Black teenager at an Oregon hotel during a fight over loud music claims the killing was in self-defense—but the young man’s autopsy tells a different story, according to newly released court documents. Robert Paul Keegan, 47, pleaded not guilty Friday to several charges, including second-degree murder, for the Nov. 23 shooting death of 19-year-old Aidan Ellison at the Stratford Inn […]
If there’s one thing Alexis Sharkey’s friends and family can agree on, it’s that the 26-year-old was always with her phone and never missed a message. So when the Texas influencer with over 21,000 Instagram followers—who’d recently expressed her desire to divorce her husband of less than a year—went radio silent on Friday evening after spending Thanksgiving with friends, alarm bells went off. “I instantly knew […]
Minutes after a slew of Hollywood A-Listers presented Andrew Cuomo with an Emmy award for his TV appearances during this spring’s wave of coronavirus cases, New York’s governor revealed today’s deadly reality in the state: Hospitals are overwhelmed, new emergency sites are being opened, and the toll is only going to get worse as we enter the holiday season and winter. “These are dangerous times that […]
A Texas man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend’s father has now been tied to at least three shooting deaths in the last few weeks in what authorities are calling a random crime spree that is “the definition of a serial killer.” Jeremy Harris, 31, has been charged for a string of killings that began on Halloween and ended with his arrest on Wednesday for the murder […]
In one of the most bizarre examples of unwavering Trump sycophancy, Fox News correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera on Friday suggested naming the COVID-19 vaccine after the president to cheer him up. And Rivera’s peers from competing networks brutally roasted him for suggesting Trump—notorious for putting his name on everything from buildings to steaks—might need to be coaxed from office with lavish credit for a cure to a […]
An Omaha protest over the police killing of a 35-year-old during a traffic stop devolved into chaos on Friday night after authorities declared an unlawful assembly, deployed tear gas, and arrested at least two people. The Omaha Police Department on Friday claimed Kenneth Jones was shot dead during a traffic stop Thursday night when he reached for a gun in his waistband. The event is now […]
After a months-long hiatus, the White House Coronavirus Task Force finally gave a briefing Thursday on a pandemic that is once again surging out of control, begging Americans to “remain vigilant” over the holiday season while assuring that a forthcoming vaccine will be safe. Despite sounding the alarm on the rapid rise in cases, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said that Pfizer, one of […]
A Virginia lawyer faces a sex-trafficking charge after allegedly coercing several teenage girls into having sex with him by promising to be their “sugar daddy,” according to new court documents. An arrest warrant for Matthew Erausquin—a founding partner of Consumer Litigation Associations and an Air Force veteran—was issued on Nov. 16 in Arlington that accuses him of paying at least six girls to engage in sexual […]
A Delaware teenager has been charged with murder after allegedly luring her classmate into the woods and beating her to death with the girl’s ex-boyfriend, prosecutors said. Annika Stalczynski, 17, was arrested on Monday after a New Castle County grand jury indicted her on several charges—including first-degree murder, possession of a deadly weapon during commission of a felony, and conspiracy—for Madison Sparrow’s Oct. 2 slaying, according […]
State officials across the country are scrambling to enact new restrictions to curtail the spread of the deadly coronavirus as hospitals struggle to keep up with a tsunami of new patients, as the U.S. crossed the threshold of more than 11 million total cases. Over the last two weeks, a slew of states—from Michigan and the Dakotas to New Jersey—have seen an alarming wave of COVID-19 […]
At least seven passengers on the first cruise ship to set sail in the Caribbean since the pandemic began have tested positive for the coronavirus—but the SeaDream’s captain announced Friday that anyone without COVID-19 may be free to leave the ship as early as Saturday. Three of the 53 passengers on board told The Daily Beast that, moments after confirming the seventh diagnosis on Friday, the […]
For seven emergency response physicians associated with the Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital in Hamilton, Montana, the rapid spike of coronavirus cases in the state has them at their breaking point. The 80-year-old hospital system, named after one of the three “Copper Kings” of Butte, has seen the number of total infections double in the last few weeks—and the pandemic is slated to only get worse as […]
A group of Florida teens are facing attempted murder charges after admitting to running over the mother of a boy they’d beaten up as part of an ongoing romantic dispute, authorities said. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said the four teens face multiple charges, including attempted felony murder and burglary with assault for the savage Monday afternoon attack that left the mother in critical condition at […]
David Bossie, who was tapped last week to lead the Trump campaign’s post-election legal battles, is the latest person in the White House’s orbit to test positive for the coronavirus. Bossie, who was Trump’s deputy campaign manager in 2016, has reportedly been inside the campaign’s headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, “several times” over the last week. According to Bloomberg, Bossie was diagnosed on Sunday after taking a […]
An armed North Carolina man was arrested Tuesday after returning to a polling site he was banned from hours earlier for “possibly intimidating other voters,” authorities said. The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department said 36-year-old Justin Dunn was arrested and charged with second-degree trespassing at the polling station in North Mecklenburg County he had voted at earlier Tuesday morning. “The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is committed to protecting […]
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has seemingly joined Donald Trump in endorsing vehicular intimidation of political rivals just days before the presidential election. Hours after President Trump defended a group of his supporters who were seen swarming a Biden campaign bus in Texas over the weekend, forcing the Democratic nominee to cancel a rally event, the Republican lawmaker also threw in his support of the harassment—and stressing […]
At least six people have died and at least 2 million are without power after Hurricane Zeta barraged the South on Thursday evening, knocking out some early voting sites and sending state officials scrambling to pick up the pieces in time for Election Day. Zeta moved quickly after making landfall on the Louisiana coast as a Category 2 storm on Wednesday afternoon. It hit at least […]
The mother of a Black man killed when his electric scooter collided with a car during an attempted traffic stop in D.C. last week protested outside the police station Tuesday night, begging officers to tell her what happened or show her video of the incident. Karon Hylton-Brown, 20, died on Friday after he collided with a passenger vehicle at around 10:00 p.m. in Northwest D.C. The […]
For two decades, NXIVM founder Keith Raniere was hailed as “the smartest man in the world” by thousands who joined his ultra-secretive organization in upstate New York that preached personal growth through sacrifice. But on Tuesday, his downfall was made complete when the 60-year-old was sentenced by a judge to 120 years in prison for sex trafficking and fraud, shortly after 15 former NXIVM members confronted […]
The Libertas Christian School, a “Bible-based” institution that local officials say is grappling with an “ongoing” coronavirus “outbreak,” has had enough of Michigan’s COVID-19 guidelines. In a lawsuit filed in federal court last week against top state officials—including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the Michigan attorney general, and the director of the Department of Health and Human services—the school alleges the state government has made “repeated, unreasonable demands” […]
Anti-terrorism prosecutors in France are investigating the death of a teacher who was decapitated on a street in northern Paris on Friday afternoon, according to local media reports and authorities. The attack near a school in the Parisian suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine occurred after the teacher apparently showed caricatures of the prophet Muhammad to his students, a police spokesperson told NBC. Citing a police source, Agence France-Presse […]
North Dakota authorities are still searching for a 47-year-old mother who went missing nearly two weeks ago after leaving a small gathering on foot—and family members believe her disappearance may be tied to a love triangle. Anne Fitzsimonds, 47, walked away from the party at a farmstead in rural Petersburg—at least 26 miles away from her Inkster home—around 1:30 a.m on Oct. 4. She was wearing […]
President Donald Trump continued his attacks on Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday, calling the Democratic lawmaker a “dictator” as authorities announced charges against a 14th suspect in the thwarted plot to kidnap her and violently overthrow the government. “Michigan, she has to open up. [Whitmer] wants to be a dictator in Michigan and the people can’t stand her,” Trump said Thursday in a FOX Business […]
Jerry Harris, the breakout star of Netflix’s Cheer who has been accused of coercing nearly a dozen young boys into sending him explicit photos and videos, is a victim of the competitive cheerleading world “where sexual predators were largely unchecked with children of all ages,” his lawyers said in a Wednesday motion arguing for his release on bail. Harris, 21, has been in federal custody since […]
Amy Cooper, the white woman who called police on a Black man after he asked her to leash her dog in Central Park, called 911 twice during the Memorial Day incident, falsely stating in a previously unreported call that he “tried to assault her,” prosecutors revealed Wednesday. Cooper, 41, was charged in July with a misdemeanor count of falsely reporting an incident in the third degree, […]
According to prosecutors, twins Michael and William Null are a part of a militia group who conspired to overthrow the government, kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and put her on trial for “treason.” But according to a Michigan sheriff, who once shared the stage with one of the twins at an anti-Whitmer rally, they might have only wanted to perform a citizen’s arrest on the Democratic […]
The Nebraska couple accused of fatally strangling 24-year-old Sydney Loofe after wooing her on Tinder last year allegedly discussed selling homemade murder and torture videos. Anastasia Golyakova, who testified in Dawson County Court on Thursday about her months-long relationship with Bailey Boswell and Aubrey Trail, revealed the couple told her they believed they could make upwards of “one million dollars” from these sinister videos. “I paid […]
Terrorists, dictators, mass shooters, gang members, deadly natural disasters, and… Kamala Harris. These are the things President Donald Trump considers “monsters.” In his first live TV appearance since his COVID-19 hospitalization, Trump on Thursday raged for nearly an hour on Fox Business Network, declaring his refusal to do a virtual debate with Joe Biden and suggesting Gold Star families may have given him the deadly virus. […]
Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced the arrest of six men who allegedly plotted to violently overthrow the government and kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The half a dozen men were arrested Wednesday night after the FBI and Michigan State Police reportedly spent hours raiding a Hartland home. The arrest came after investigators uncovered an alleged plot that involved reaching out to members of a Michigan militia, […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis is doing nothing to prevent the Miami Dolphins from filling their 65,000-person stadium despite Florida’s continued struggle to contain the coronavirus, which has already killed over 15,000 people in the Sunshine State alone. In a stunning decision last month, the Republican governor moved Florida into Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan, dropping all restrictions on businesses and allowing stadiums to operate at […]
The chairman of an Arkansas county Republican committee died from complications associated with COVID-19 on Tuesday—less than one month after his organization hosted a maskless gathering with other elected leaders. Steven Farmer, who served as the chairman of the Craighead County Republican Committee, died on Tuesday after a weeks-long battle with the coronavirus that resulted in a stay at the ICU and a ventilator, his daughter […]
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany has tested positive for COVID-19, just days after the president and a slew of Republican officials revealed a similar diagnosis. McEnany announced her diagnosis on Monday, stating she has tested positive “while experiencing no symptoms.” Reporters note that on Sunday she talked to the press without wearing a mask. “No reporters, producers, or members of the press are listed as […]
For years, Seagram’s liquor empire heiress Clare Bronfman dedicated her time—and millions—to NXIVM as its operations director and one of its largest donors, going to extreme lengths to protect the self-help group and its leader. But on Wednesday, the 41-year-old was sentenced to 81 months in prison for her role in the purported cult that branded women and manipulated them into master-slave relationships. She pleaded guilty […]
After a three-week manhunt, a Los Angeles man was arrested and charged Wednesday with attempting to murder two sheriff’s deputies who were ambushed as they sat in their car. Deonte Lee Murray, 36, is facing two counts of attempted murder of a peace officer and possession of a firearm after allegedly walking up to the car parked outside a Metro station on Sept. 12 and opening […]
A hostage situation inside a Salem, Oregon home took a deadly turn Monday afternoon after a 34-year-old killed two people—including an 11-year-old boy—and wounded a third before turning the gun on himself, authorities said. Oregon State Police said Tuesday Jesus Lopez-Tinoco held multiple people hostage in the home before killing 24-year-old Diari Bustos-Bustos and the 11-year-old, whose name has not been released, and injuring a third […]
A Texas sheriff has been charged with tampering with evidence in the case of Black man whose death while in police custody was caught on camera by the controversial reality TV show Live PD. A Williamson County grand jury on Monday indicted Sheriff Robert Chody for allegedly destroying or concealing the Live PD footage showing the arrest and death of Javier Ambler, a 40-year-old Black man […]
This week, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron made the bombshell announcement that the cops who fatally shot Breonna Taylor would not be charged with killing her, calling their use of force in the March raid “justified to protect themselves.” In that justification, he said that one witness corroborated the three officers’ insistence that they knocked and identified themselves at Taylor’s Louisville home while executing a search […]
Bailey Boswell, the woman accused of helping her boyfriend strangle a 24-year-old wooed through Tinder, “got off sexually” from talking about killing and torture, prosecutors alleged on Friday, as the bombshell trial involving claims of a vampire sex cult began. Boswell, 26, is charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and improper disposal of human remains for her role in the 2017 slaying and dismemberment […]
A New York City wedding ended in disaster Friday night after cops busted the illicit gathering of almost 300 guests and took the venue owner into custody, according to local reports. After receiving an anonymous complaint, the New York City Sheriff’s Department broke up the wedding at the Royal Elite Palace in Woodside, Queens just before midnight, NBC News New York reported. Upon entering the hall, […]
For several months last spring, New York City was the U.S. epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic: Hospitals were overwhelmed by patients, a makeshift morgue was erected in Manhattan, and residents feared to leave the safety of their homes. But after a months-long lockdown, New York gained the upper hand on the virus, and since then, the city’s number of COVID-19 cases has remained low, even as […]
A former assistant at a well-known New York City investment bank sued her previous employer on Tuesday, alleging she was wrongfully terminated in August after complaining about walking in on one of her bosses masturbating in the conference room. Logan Williams, a former member of the United States Coast Guard, filed the suit against Marathon Capital in Manhattan federal court, claiming she endured a “discriminatory and […]
Four people have been charged in connection with the death of Michael Williams, a 41-year-old Black man whose burning body was found in a ditch last week, Iowa authorities announced Tuesday. Officers said they believe Williams was strangled on Sept. 12, and his death was “not a random act of violence,” as he’d known at least one of the suspects for years. The Iowa Division of […]
The wildfires engulfing the West Coast have become so dire in Oregon that state police have established a new type of emergency response: a mobile morgue. The state-run facility in Linn County, about two hours outside of Portland, will be operated by a 75-member regional response team that is searching incinerated properties for survivors and victims. While the wildfires have hit 10 states across the country, […]
As Clare Bronfman awaits sentencing for her role in NXIVM, prosecutors on Monday alleged the Seagram’s heiress went to extreme lengths to protect the sex cult’s leader—including sending “threatening letters” and attempting to file criminal charges against women who alleged they were branded and manipulated into master-slave relationships. “When I was at my most vulnerable, Clare Bronfman traumatized me,” one former NXIVM member wrote in a […]
As of Sunday afternoon, there were only about 20 buildings still standing in the city of Detroit, Oregon. The wildfires raging along the West Coast hit the small, rural enclave three hours outside of Portland over the weekend, burning a majority of the community’s structures—including City Hall, where the fire department’s office is based. Locals have suggested the destruction was as if “a bomb went off.” […]
Minneapolis prosecutors argued Friday that the four ex-cops charged in George Floyd’s death should face a single jury after participating in the May 25 incident “together”—but their lawyers argued a collective trial would be against the “interest of justice” in the latest indication the men are turning on each other. During a court appearance, attorneys for Derek Chauvin, Tou Thao, Thomas K. Lane, and J. Alexander […]
Two self-described “Boogaloo Bois” were charged on Friday for allegedly conspiring and attempting to aid Hamas, the extremist Islamist group, as part of “their desire to overthrow the government” after protests erupted in Minneapolis over the police-killing of George Floyd. Michael Robert Solomon, 30, and Benjamin Ryan Teeter, 22, were charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, the Department […]
As millions of Americans prepare to travel for Labor Day, health experts fear the holiday weekend will cause a COVID-19 spike in areas that are already hot spots—and could determine how the deadly virus spreads in the coming months. To date, 186,834 have died and 6,153,735 more have been infected with the coronavirus, numbers that will only increase as the United States heads into fall—and with […]
The Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday released bodycam footage of an officer fatally shooting 18-year-old Deon Kay seconds after arriving at the scene in Washington, D.C. Officers say the Black teen “brandished a firearm” during the Wednesday encounter, prompting one cop to shoot him in the chest. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital, spurring immediate protests across the nation’s capital that continued into […]
Amidst a national debate on how to safely reopen schools during the coronavirus pandemic, several colleges and universities took the plunge, inviting students back to dorms and classrooms with strict health and social distancing guidelines. More than a third of the nation’s 5,000 higher education campuses have reopened, with students from out of state ordered to quarantine, mask mandated and routine self-checks for symptoms instituted across […]