The Supreme Court voted to reinstate the death penalty sentence against Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a 6-3 decision Friday, reversing a lower court’s ruling that ordered a new penalty phase. “Dzhokhar Tsarnaev committed heinous crimes,” Judge Clarence Thomas wrote in his decision. “The Sixth Amendment nonetheless guaranteed him …
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Brett Hankison, the former Louisville Metro Police Department officer charged in connection with the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, was found not guilty on three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment Thursday. Jurors deliberated for just three hours before acquitting Hankison, the lone police officer who faced charges stemming from Taylor’s …
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UPATE (3/3): The company who produces the American arm of Russian state-funded network RT laid off staff on Thursday, CNN reports. In a memo the network obtained, T&R Productions, LLC told employees that it was “ceasing production” in all locations “as a result of unforeseen business interruption events.” “Unfortunately, we …
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UPDATE (3/2): A Texas judge has ruled that the state may not — at least temporarily — enforce actions targeting parents of a transgender teen, as ABC affiliate KVUE reports. Judge Amy Clark Meachum granted a temporary restraining order on Wednesday. A hearing has been set for March 11 that …
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In 1997, 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult were found dead by suicide in their Rancho Santa Fe, California, home, which they dubbed “The Monastery.” Central to the group’s belief was that they would go to heaven on a UFO. On March 11, a two-hour 20/20 special looks to …
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Rolling Stone and Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will host two days of panels and artist showcases devoted to highlighting influential voices and emerging talent during SXSW in Austin, Texas, later this month. These first “Creator House” events on March 18 and 19 will be the first …
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If you believe everything you read online, then you may be convinced that Queen Elizabeth died last week. The rumors have been spreading for months. She was suddenly absent from many public appearances and many claimed that the annual Christmas message she shares with the United Kingdom may have been …
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A recently unsealed FBI search warrant reveals more about the final days and hours before Santa Barbara surf instructor Matthew Taylor Coleman allegedly murdered his two young children. Last September, a federal grand jury in San Diego indicted Coleman, 40, on two counts of murder, for the death his two-year-old …
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Since Thursday, Feb. 24, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, more than 660,000 people have fled Ukraine, according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. Among them have been thousands of international students who came to Ukraine for college or medical school. At least two students — from India …
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Boomers often criticize millennials and zoomers for spending their money on daily luxury goods, such as iced coffee and avocado toast, rather than saving money to buy houses. These critiques are mostly tone-deaf and totally meritless….the key word here being “mostly.” One exception to this rule: TikToker @ryandubs, who in …
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