Substantial settlement ends police knee-on-neck suit over death of Navy veteran in crisis

Photos of Angelo Quinto are displayed during a news conference in Oakland, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022. Family members of the Navy veteran who died in 2020 after a police officer pressed a knee to his neck for nearly five minutes while he was in a mental health crisis have settled a federal lawsuit against the […]

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3 sisters try to hire woman to kill son-in-law with lethal dose of heroin: FBI

From left: Sisters Mitzy Gaye Smith, Judy Owen and Sandra Grimes face charges in a murder-for-hire conspiracy in Alabama. (Mug shots from Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office) Three Alabama sisters are accused of trying to hire a woman to inject one of their sons-in-law with a lethal dose of heroin but did not care if he […]

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Trump may face ‘civil death’ if he is convicted in New York trial: Analysis

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court before his trial in New York, Thursday, May 16, 2024. (Steven Hirsch/Pool Photo via AP) What consequences should the American legal system mete out to ex-President Donald Trump for allegedly deceiving the American voters in the 2016 election which sent him to the White House by […]

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Army sergeant convicted of murdering Black Lives Matter protester pardoned by Texas governor

Daniel Perry, right, was convicted of fatally shooting Garrett Foster, left, during a Black Lives Matter protest in Austin, Texas. (Foster vigil photo via KVUE; Foster’s inset photo courtesy Sheila Foster via KVUE; Perry’s mug shot from Austin Police Department) Daniel Perry, found guilty by a unanimous Texas jury last year for murdering Black Lives […]

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Friday night pizza dinner family massacre suspect recently bought AR-15 and confessed: Cops

Jacob Mayhugh (left) after his arrest (top left) in a booking photo (Oklahoma City PD); Shayla Mayhugh (bottom left), Patty Mayhugh (center), James Mayhugh (right) (GoFundMe photos released by family) A 22-year-old son who got a text from his mother telling him that a Friday night pizza dinner was ready went over to his parents’ […]

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Alito says wife responsible for putting upside-down flag on lawn after Jan. 6 insurrection

Left FILE – Associate Justice Samuel Alito joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File); Right: With the U.S. Capitol in the background, a demonstrator waves an upside down American flag before a […]

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