George Nyavor
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Kimberly Cheatle, the director of the U.S. Secret Service, resigned on Tuesday after describing the July 13 attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life as “the most significant operational failure of the Secret Service in decades” during her testimony before the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability. Cheatle delivered a brief statement taking…
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The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Michael J. DeWitte, a landlord from Washington, Illinois, accusing him of sexually harassing female tenants and housing applicants in violation of the Fair Housing Act. DeWitte has managed residential rental properties in Peoria and other central Illinois counties since at least 2002. “Landlords…
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The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Southwest Key Programs Inc., the largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children in the country, alleging pervasive sexual abuse and harassment by its employees over at least eight years. According to AP, the lawsuit, announced Thursday, paints a grim picture of systemic abuse that took…
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Bodycam footage released by the Illinois State Police has revealed the harrowing events leading to the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, by Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson. Grayson has been charged with first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm, and official misconduct. He has also been terminated from his position…
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Keith Edmund Gavin, an African American man, was executed by the State of Alabama on July 18, despite ongoing concerns about the fairness of his 1998 conviction for the fatal shooting of William Clayton Jr., a delivery driver. Gavin’s final appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, a handwritten plea, was rejected without comment less than…
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Karen Read, accused of murdering her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe, is set to return to court on Monday, July 22, 2024, following a mistrial in her case. The mistrial was declared after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict. Read is charged with running over O’Keefe with her SUV and leaving him…
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The Superior Court of Los Angeles County experienced a significant ransomware attack on Friday, leading to the shutdown of its internal computer systems. The systems are expected to remain offline through the weekend as efforts to address the issue continue. Upon detecting the ransomware attack, the court swiftly disabled its network systems to prevent further…
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Utah officials announced on Saturday a shift from an experimental three-drug lethal injection protocol to a more established single-drug method for the execution of death row inmate Taberon Dave Honie. This decision, reported by The Salt Lake Tribune, follows Honie’s legal challenge against the use of the experimental drug combination. Honie, sentenced to death in…
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Irv Gotti is reportedly contemplating a countersuit for defamation against a woman who has accused him of sexual assault. According to TMZ, a representative for Gotti stated that the woman pursued legal action only after her attempts to secure a monetary settlement from him failed. Allegations and Legal Action As reported by The Shade Room,…
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A woman has been accused of stealing a Rolex watch and a gold necklace from a guest at the Bellagio Las Vegas hotel during a so-called “trick roll” incident, according to police reports. The alleged theft occurred on July 26, 2022, but the suspect, Maiah Meleschi, was not arrested until July 3, 2024, after a…
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