Left: Google Maps photo of Family Dollar on Euclid Ave. in Cleveland, Ohio where Curtis Witcher, right, was found unresponsive in June 2023. Inset: Timmeka Eggleton booking photo Cuyahoga County Prosecutors Office. Right: Curtis Witcher (YouTube screengrab/WKYC). Three months after a judge took Curtis Witcher, 3, out of his foster parent’s custody — he had […]
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Inset: Patricia Whitehead (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office); Main image: the house where she allegedly murdered her messy roommate (Google Maps) A septuagenarian Florida woman is behind bars after she allegedly killed her roommate because he was too messy, police say. Patricia Whitehead, 71, currently stands accused of one count of premeditated felony murder in the […]
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Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks to the media after arriving at the federal courthouse for a hearing in front of a bankruptcy judge Friday, June 14, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) The families of Sandy Hook victims defamed by Alex Jones received good news Friday after a bankruptcy judge in Texas ordered […]
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Left: Taral Patel in a campaign photo; Right: a collage of hate speech, some allegedly forged by the candidate himself (Taral Patel for Commissioner — Fort Bend County Precinct 3) A candidate for county office in the far-flung Houston suburbs allegedly impersonated racists online — attacking himself with racist and xenophobic posts — in order […]
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Leonard Hector Korpie, inset, faces a murder charge in the death of a bar manager who escorted him and other customers out of Jameson’s Pub in Santa Monica. (Mug shot from Santa Monica Police Department; Bar screenshot from KNBC/YouTube) A California man is accused of landing a single punch that killed a Santa Monica bar […]
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Justin Hopper (Brazos County Jail) and Arianna Rose Battelle (KBTX screenshot) A 33-year-old father in Texas may spend the rest of his days behind bars for torturing his twin 6-year-old daughters to such extreme degrees that one of the little girls died as a result of her injuries. A jury in Brazos County on Thursday […]
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This goes into effect 7/1/24 This tax is on top of existing federal taxes. (Depending on the gun type, the federal tax is either 10% or 11%.) There are some exceptions to the California gun and ammunition excise tax, e.g., for police agencies. Kiplinger Reports One piece of legislation, California SB2, bans the carrying of […]
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Left: Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File); Right: Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before departing Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, Pool) Attorneys representing Donald […]
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