The campaign headquarters of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs was burglarized earlier this week, Phoenix police and a campaign official said Wednesday. Police officers were called to Hobbs’ headquarters in midtown Phoenix on Tuesday afternoon, Arizona Central reports. “Secretary Hobbs and her staff have faced hundreds of death threats and …
Read More »Suspect and 2 Deceased Victims Identified in St. Louis High School Shooting
Another school shooting rattles the country. On Tuesday, police revealed new details about the horrific school shooting that took place on Monday in St. Louis, Missouri, naming the two deceased victims and suspect. The suspect — who was killed by cops after being confronted inside Central Visual and Performing Arts …
Read More »Paul Flores Found Guilty in Murder of Kristin Smart
After four days of deliberation — and more than 25 years of questions — a California jury found Paul Flores guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Kristin Smart. His father, Ruben Flores, was found not guilty of being an accessory to the crime. The decision came after an …
Read More »Unknown Assailant Tried to Knife Yak Gotti in Jail, Rapper's Family Says
ATLANTA — The rapper Yak Gotti got into a fight with another inmate in Fulton County jail on October 8, sheriff’s office officials confirmed Friday afternoon. Yak Gotti – real name Deamonte Kendrick – emerged from the fray relatively unscathed, his mother Tasha Kendrick said. “He beat that boy’s ass,” …
Read More »A Sin City Murder, an Arrest, and Now a First Amendment Showdown
The fatal stabbing in September of longtime Las Vegas investigative reporter Jeff German has sparked a legal fight for control of his laptops and cellphone with what press advocates say threatens journalists’ ability, even in death, to protect confidential sources and unpublished work. A Las Vegas judge on Tuesday sided …
Read More »Did a Las Vegas Politician Hide a Violent Side Before Allegedly Murdering a Journalist?
Dressed in jailhouse blues and physically restrained by shackles, accused killer Rob Telles stood briefly in the threshold of Las Vegas Justice Court. He stared out into the courtroom with a bemused look and impish smile, before retreating to his cell after a postponement in the proceedings. Under the weight …
Read More »Sherri Papini Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Faking Her Own Kidnapping
Sherri Papini, the California woman whose three-week disappearance became national news and sparked a major search effort before she reappeared on Thanksgiving Day in 2016, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for faking her own abduction. Papini’s priosn time will be followed by 36 months supervised release, and …
Read More »Alleged Killers of Jam Master Jay to Face Trial in February — 21 Years After His Death
Two decades after Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay was killed, his alleged killers will finally go to trial. On Monday, a federal judge rejected the defense’s request to dismiss the case and set a trial date for early next year, according to Billboard. lawyers for the two men — — claimed …
Read More »He Killed a Stranger He Thought Was a Werewolf. A Judge Just Banned Him From Social Media
In July 2018, a 34-year-old mentally ill man named Pankaj Bhasin walked into an alley near the Window Universe store in Alexandria, VA to look at boxes he believed contained human DNA. He saw Brad Jackson, the 65-year-old store manager, in the alley and followed him into the store, thinking …
Read More »'Indentured Servitude' and Bags of Cash: Yoga Teachers Say Red Flags Came Before Federal Tax Evasion Charges
Yoga teacher Francesca Caviglia knew something was off about the studio where she worked when she got scolded for touching the money too much. At the donation-based Yoga to the People on St. Marks Place in New York City, which operated from 2006 to 2020, cash was collected in an …
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