Man convicted of ambush shooting of stranger after discovering flirtatious texts

Timothy Chase McDonald, right, was convicted in the murder of Spencer Richard Hodgson, left. (Photos from the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office) A California man was convicted of luring a stranger to a remote area, shooting him and dumping his body after finding flirtatious texts on his girlfriend’s phone. Timothy Chase McDonald, 26, of Yreka, was […]

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Defense filing in Trump Mar-a-Lago case asks for another deadline delay over discovery

Left: Donald Trump (AP Photo/Mike Stewart), File); Center: U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon (U.S. Senate); Right: Special counsel Jack Smith (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) The defendants in former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents case are asking the judge in charge to push back yet another set of looming deadlines related to discovery. For several […]

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School bus aide seen in video assaulting student with autism faces more charges: Prosecutors

Kiarra Jones allegedly hit a nonverbal autism student while working as a bus aide for a Colorado school district. The incident was caught on video. (Mug shot: Arapahoe County Jail; Screenshot: KUSA/YouTube) A Colorado school bus aide is facing more charges after she allegedly struck at least three nonverbal students who have autism. Kiarra Jones, […]

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Jack Smith pillories new defense effort to indefinitely push back deadlines in Mar-a-Lago case

Valet Walt Nauta hands former President Donald Trump an umbrella before he speaks at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in Arlington, Va., after facing a judge on federal conspiracy charges that allege he conspired to subvert the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Special counsel Jack Smith on Friday implored the judge in […]

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John Eastman barred from practicing law in D.C. pending results of California proceedings

FILE — Attorney John Eastman, the architect of a legal strategy aimed at keeping former President Donald Trump in power, talks to reporters after a hearing in Los Angeles, June 20, 2023. Eastman has turned himself in to authorities on charges in the Georgia case alleging an illegal plot to overturn the then-president’s 2020 election […]

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Trump valet wants all Mar-a-Lago search evidence suppressed under 4th Amendment – cites Scalia

Walt Nauta, left, takes a phone from Former President Donald Trump during the LIV Golf Pro-Am at Trump National Golf Club, Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Sterling, Va. When Trump appears in federal court in Miami, he will likely be joined on the witness stand by a man well-practiced in standing by his side: Nauta, […]

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