Georgia judge Stephen Yekel Shoots Himself Dead Inside Courtroom on Last Day in Office
Daily Mail - Tue Dec 31, 2024
The body of Judge Stephen Yekel was discovered inside Effingham County State Court on Tuesday morning. More»
Unprecedented Cyberattack on US Telecommunications
NBC - Thu Dec 5, 2024
Amid an unprecedented cyberattack on telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Verizon, US officials have recommended that Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers. More»
FBI Arrest Florida Man Charged with Plot to Attack New York Stock Exchange
WXIA-TV - Thu Nov 21, 2024
WASHINGTON — A Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged with a plot to “reboot” the US government by planting a bomb at the New York Stock Exchange this week and detonating it with a remote-controlled device, according to the FBI. More»
Pentagon Officials Discussing How to Respond if Trump Issues Controversial Orders
CNN - Sat Nov 9, 2024
Pentagon officials are holding informal discussions about how the Department of Defense would respond if Donald Trump issues orders to deploy active-duty troops domestically and fire large swaths of apolitical staffers, defense officials told CNN. More»
GBI Conducting Autopsy After Rockdale Soil and Water Supervisor Collapses at State Capitol, Dies Shortly After
WXIA-TV - Wed Oct 9, 2024
ATLANTA, Ga — The Rockdale County soil and water supervisor died on Tuesday after collapsing while around the Georgia State Capitol for a public meeting about the BioLab chemical plume. More»
Trump: Immigrants Have Brought ‘Bad Genes’ Into The Country
Huffington Post - Tue Oct 8, 2024
The Republican presidential candidate has long been obsessed with the racist talking point that immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of America. More»
US Army is Testing 'Lone Wolf' Robot Dog with AI-Powered Rifle in the Middle East
Daily Mail - Thu Oct 3, 2024
The US Army is closer to unleashing robots on the battlefield after sending one dubbed 'Lone Wolf' to the Middle East. More»
Retired New York Judge Kills Himself as FBI Arrives on Doorstep of his Expensive Home
Daily Mail - Wed Sep 25, 2024
A former prosecutor and retired judge killed himself on Tuesday as the FBI arrived at his home in New York to arrest him. More»
Kentucky Sheriff Accused of Shooting Judge at Courthouse
WKYT-TV - Thu Sep 19, 2024
LETCHER COUNTY, KY (WYMT/WKYT) - One person is dead after a shooting at the Letcher County Courthouse. More»
Elementary Student in LaGrange Charged for Bringing 'gel-blaster' to School
WAGA-TV - Thu Sep 19, 2024
LAGRANGE, GA - A LaGrange elementary school student was charged on Wednesday with bringing a weapon onto campus. More»
Suspicious Packages Sent to Election Offices in 16 US States as Threats Mount
The Guardian - Wed Sep 18, 2024
An investigation has been launched after suspicious packages, some containing white powder, were sent to election officials in 16 states, intensifying fears of disruption to the forthcoming US presidential election. More»
Major US Banks Closed 42 Branches in Just Two Weeks
Daily Mail - Mon Sep 9, 2024
Major banks have shuttered more than 40 locations in just two weeks as the local branch bloodbath continues. More»
How a Leading Chain of Psychiatric Hospitals Traps Patients
New York Times - Sun Sep 1, 2024
Acadia Healthcare is one of America’s largest chains of psychiatric hospitals. More»
Six More Deaths Linked to Boar’s Head Deli Meat Listeria Outbreak
NBC - Wed Aug 28, 2024
Six more people have died and more than a dozen sickened in a multistate listeria outbreak stemming from Boar’s Head deli meat, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an update Wednesday. More»
Walmart Recalls Apple Juice Sold in 25 States due to Elevated Arsenic Levels
Associated Press - Tue Aug 27, 2024
Walmart has recalled nearly 10,000 cases of apple juice sold in stores across the US that were found to contain potentially harmful levels of inorganic arsenic. More»
Newsom Orders Removal of Homeless Encampments Following Supreme Court Ruling
The Hill - Thu Jul 25, 2024
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) ordered the removal of homeless encampments in the state following the recent Supreme Court ruling that empowers cities to enforce bans on sleeping outside in public. More»
Rapper BG Ordered to Have all Future Songs Approved by US Government
The Guardian - Tue Jul 2, 2024
A US federal judge has refused prosecutors’ request to prohibit the maker of the 1990s rap classic Bling Bling “from promoting and glorifying future gun violence/murder” in songs and at concerts while on supervised release from prison, saying such a restriction could violate his constitutional right to free speech. More»
SCOTUS Upholds Oregon Ban on Homeless Use of Pillows, Blankets
Law & Crime - Fri Jun 28, 2024
The United States Supreme Court ruled Friday that bans criminalizing the use of blankets, pillows, or cardboard boxes while sleeping on public property do not offend the Eighth Amendment’s restriction on cruel and unusual punishment. More»
Texas Towns Try to Close Roads to Abortion-Seekers
AFP - Sun Jun 9, 2024
AMARILLO, Texas – Abortion is illegal statewide in Texas, but residents in the city of Amarillo want to go a step further - banning even the use of the city's roads by people seeking the procedure elsewhere. More»
The DEA plans to Reclassify Cannabis as a Schedule III Drug
The Guardian - Sun Jun 9, 2024
Recent rules proposed by the Drug Enforcement Administration aim to reclassify cannabis as a schedule III drug, raising an important question for the nearly 15,000 dispensaries in the US: what does this mean?
Cannabis, particularly cannabis containing delta-9 THC, occupies a bizarre legal gray area. More»
Hundreds of thousands of US Internet Routers Destroyed in Newly Discovered 2023 Hack
Reuters - Fri May 31, 2024
WASHINGTON - An unidentified hacking group launched a massive cyberattack on a telecommunications company in the US heartland late last year that disabled hundreds of thousands of internet routers, according to research published Thursday. More»
Donald Trump Found Guilty On All 34 Felony Counts
NBC News - Thu May 30, 2024
NEW YORK, New York - A New York jury has found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, marking the first time a former US president has ever been convicted of a crime. More»
Julian Assange Can Appeal Extradition to the US, UK Court Rules
CNN - Mon May 20, 2024
London’s High Court has ruled that Julian Assange has the right to appeal in his final challenge against extradition to the United States. More»
San Francisco Created an Agency to Fight Sexual Crimes. It’s Never Met with Police
The San Francisco Standard - Sat May 11, 2024
Anyone in San Francisco who was worried that Thursday’s sexual violence hearing at City Hall would turn overtly political can rest easy. More»
Alabama House Advances Bill Allowing Arrest of Librarians
Alabama Political Reporter - Sat Apr 27, 2024
MONGTOMERY, Alabama - A bill allowing librarians to be arrested for the content they allow on shelves advanced out of the Alabama House of Representatives Thursday along party lines. More»
Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom
Associated Press - Fri Apr 19, 2024
WASHINGTON — One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. More»
Google to Delete Billions of Browsing Records in 'Incognito Mode' Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
The Hacker News - Wed Apr 3, 2024
Google has agreed to purge billions of data records reflecting users' browsing activities to settle a class action lawsuit that claimed the search giant tracked them without their knowledge or consent in its Chrome browser. More»
San Jose uses AI to scan streets for homeless people's cars
San Francisco Gate - Sun Mar 31, 2024
In southern neighborhoods of San Jose, cameras attached to a city-owned car have been recording footage of streets and sidewalks. More»
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud
WABE-TV - Mon Mar 25, 2024
ATLANTA, Georgia - A former Georgia insurance commissioner who made a failed Republican run for governor has pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud. More»
Medvedev Threatens Berlin, London and Washington with Nuclear Retaliation if Russia is to Return to 1991 Borders
Ukrainska Pravda - Sun Feb 18, 2024
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation's Security Council, has threatened the United States and Europe with nuclear war if Russia is returned to its recognised borders from 1991. More»