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Beto O’Rourke disrupts news conference on shooting
Beto O’Rourke disrupts news conference on shooting

A news conference about the shooting at a Texas elementary school broke into shouting Wednesday as Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke blamed Republican Gov. Greg Abbott for inaction ahead of the latest in a long string of mass shootings in the state. More

May 25, 2022

Governor: Texas gunman said he was going to shoot up school
Governor: Texas gunman said he was going to shoot up school

By ACACIA CORONADO and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The gunman who massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas had warned in online messages minutes before the attack that he had shot his grandmother and was going to shoot up a school, the governor said Wednesday. Salvador […] More

May 25, 2022

Feds: Ohio man plotted visit to Texas to kill George W. Bush
Feds: Ohio man plotted visit to Texas to kill George W. Bush

Shihab told a confidential informant that he assisted in the killing of American soldiers during the Iraq War, and said he and others “wished to kill former president Bush because they felt that he was responsible for killing many Iraqis and breaking apart the entire country of Iraq,” the complaint said. More

May 25, 2022

Capitol rioter draped in Confederate flag gets 33 months
Capitol rioter draped in Confederate flag gets 33 months

Maryland man Matthew Ryan Miller, who was draped in a Confederate flag when he stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for assaulting police officers and obstructing an official proceeding. More

May 24, 2022

Rappers Young Thug, Gunna remain jailed in racketeering case
Rappers Young Thug, Gunna remain jailed in racketeering case

Rappers Young Thug and Gunna remained jailed on racketeering charges Monday in Atlanta following a court hearing in a case in which prosecutors have accused them of being members of a violent street gang that committed multiple murders, shootings and carjackings. More

May 23, 2022

Southern Baptists face push for public list of sex abusers
Southern Baptists face push for public list of sex abusers

A blistering report on the Southern Baptist Convention's mishandling of sex abuse allegations is raising the prospect that the denomination, for the first time, will create a publicly accessible database of pastors and other church personnel known to be abusers. More

May 23, 2022

Depp v. Heard – What’s the deal with all of the objections? – Opinion
Depp v. Heard – What’s the deal with all of the objections? – Opinion

FROM THE BENCH  By: Judge Ashley Willcott FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA (Court TV) — The world is captivated by the dual defamation trial of Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard amid allegations of substance abuse and domestic violence. The Hollywood A-lister trial has been riddled with objections and sidebars, while the jury is left twiddling their thumbs, waiting […] More

May 23, 2022

Detectives still need help solving 2009 cold case
Detectives still need help solving 2009 cold case

BALTIMORE COUNTY (Scripps News Baltimore) — Baltimore County Detectives are still working to solve the 2009 homicide of Daniel Ho Coverston. These detectives are interested in hearing from people who frequently visited the area near the Alameda Shopping Center where a payphone was located.   They think the person who made the call from that […] More

May 23, 2022

NYC to pay $7M to man wrongfully convicted in 1996 killing
NYC to pay $7M to man wrongfully convicted in 1996 killing

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has agreed to pay $7 million to a man who spent 23 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit. Comptroller Brad Lander announced the settlement Monday with Grant Williams. He was exonerated last July in the 1996 shooting of Shdell Lewis outside a Staten Island public housing complex. Williams’ lawyer, Irving Cohen, says the settlement will help his client try to get back on his feet. He had unsuccessfully appealed his conviction for years before Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon’s office agreed to review it and eventually joined him in asking a court to dismiss his conviction. During the DA's review, Williams was paroled in 2019. More

May 23, 2022