On Oct. 27, 2018, as worshipers gathered at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, a gunman opened fire and killed 11 people. The federal death penalty trial of the alleged shooter Robert G. Bowers, 50, began Tuesday with an audio recording of a 911 call one of the victims, …
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A Texas grand jury has indicted Patrick Clark, the manaccusedofshootingrapperTakeoff,on murder charges, KHOU reported Thursday after confirmation from the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. Takeoff, of the rap trioMigosalongside Quavo and Offset, died Nov. 1, after he was shot at a bowling alley in Houston. He was with Quavo — …
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Some of Donald Trump’s lawyers and top advisers have given the former president an unwelcome, if not unexpected message in recent weeks: You should expect to get indicted this year. Again. This month, several legal and political counselors to Trump have bluntly informed him that they expect the Justice Department …
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Donald Trump‘s legal team is requesting an in-person meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland to discuss the special counsel investigation into the former president. Trump posted the letter— addressed to Garland and signed by attorneys John Rowley and James Trusty — to Truth Social on Tuesday night. “Unlike President Biden, …
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The driver of a U-Haul truck who crashed into security barriers near the White House late Monday night has been charged with threatening to kill or harm a president, vice president, or family member, among other counts. “Shortly before 10:00 p.m. Monday, Secret Service Uniformed Division officers detained the driver …
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The title might give the game away a little, but that doesn’t lessen the impact of How to Create a Sex Scandal. The new Max docuseries, brisk, brief, and damning, makes a convincing case that an East Texas pedophilia case that sent seven people to prison was in fact a …
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Gloria Cazares can’t tell you if she’s going to have a good day or a bad day. Some mornings, she wakes up, makes breakfast, and does a few chores around the house. Other mornings, she can’t get out of bed. The thought of cooking a meal is overwhelming. She scrolls …
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At an arraignment on criminal charges, a defendant typically pleads either guilty or not guilty. In many states, Idaho included, there is a third option: At Monday’s plea hearing for Bryan Kohberger, accused of murdering four University of Idaho students last fall, he and his attorney took that third route, …
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It has been more than seven years since we last saw Catherine Cawood, the world-weary Yorkshire cop heroine of the excellent British drama Happy Valley, and our first new glimpse of her in forever seems about right. Catherine, still played by the great Sarah Lancashire, shows up at a construction …
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Shane Lamond —a Washington, D.C., police lieutenant whose texts with Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio were featured in the group’s seditious conspiracy trial —was arrested on Friday on charges of obstructing an investigation and lying to federal law enforcement. Tarrio and three other Proud Boys were convicted of sedition for …
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