An early scene in Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker, a new two-part documentary about the German tennis great who famously won Wimbledon at the age of 17 before going down like the Hindenburg, encapsulates what’s made the athlete such a controversial figure. Ion Tiriac, a Romanian businessman who …
Read More »The Inside Story of One of Baltimore's Most Notorious Gangs
The world that produced Montana “Tana” Barronette and his crew was just over the horizon from where I grew up in Baltimore. I was in the county, the white sanctuary just north of the old city line. Sandtown was Black Baltimore, just ten miles southwest as the crow flies, but …
Read More »Trump's Campaign Is Already Hawking Merch With a Fake Mugshot
Donald Trump, the ex-president, is about to make history as the first former POTUS to be criminally charged. But Donald Trump, the 2024 presidential candidate, isn’t about to let the buzz around his booking go to waste — and he may include using his mugshot in a large campaign marketing …
Read More »Potential Juror in YSL Case Gets 3 Days in Jail for Filming Jury Selection
Ob Monday, a prospective juror in the YSL RICO case was charged with contempt of court and sentenced to three days in jail after attempting to record jury proceedings on her phone. The odd scene was uploaded by Cathy Russon, an executive producer at Law & Crime Network. The short …
Read More »Jury Selection in Lori Vallow Murder Trial Touches on Religious Belief, Internet Misinformation
The murder trial of Lori Vallow Daybell, 49, which began with jury selection on Monday in Boise, Idaho, has all the makings of a media firestorm. The deceased include two of her three children: Tylee Ashlyn Ryan, who was 16 when she died, and adopted son Joshua Jaxon “J.J.” Vallow, …
Read More »Mar-a-Lago Prosecutors Claim Trump Lied to His Own Attorneys: Report
Former President Donald Trump allegedly lied to his own attorneys about the trove of documents he kept at his Mar-a-Lago estate, according to a new report from ABC News. District Judge Beryl Howell ruled on Friday that prosecutors have presented a “prima facie showing that the former president had committed …
Read More »Trump Attorneys Tell Him to Prepare to Lose to Alvin Bragg
Donald Trump is about to be a loser, several of his attorneys say. Since last month, according to two sources familiar with the matter, some of Trump’s lawyers have told him that if he is criminally charged in New York City, he should be prepared to lose. There’s a widespread …
Read More »Fox News Struggles to Defend Trump's Stormy Daniels Hush Money
Trump is expecting to be charged in relation to his 2016 hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels sometime this week. While the specifics of the indictment have not yet been revealed, Fox News is already working overtime to brand the investigation a witch hunt, an abuse of prosecutorial power, …
Read More »XXXTentacion Trial: Three Men Found Guilty of Murdering Rapper in 2018
Three men have been found guilty of murdering XXXTentacion outside a motorcycle shop in Florida in 2018. Dedrick Williams, Michael Boatwright, and Trayvon Newsome were all found guilty of first-degree murder and armed robbery. The verdict came Monday, March 20, after seven days of deliberation (not including last Friday, with …
Read More »Trump's Lawyer Struggles to Defend Lie About Stormy Daniels Hush Money
Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina struggled to defend false claims by the former president, who is facing a potential indictment regarding his role in the Stormy Daniels scandal. On MSNBC’s The Beat with Ari Melber Tuesday, Tacopina was asked to address Trump denying a $130,000 payment made to Daniels in 2016 …
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