Chief U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga of the Southern District of Florida denied a motion from ABC News and its anchor George Stephanopoulos to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by former President Donald Trump. The lawsuit centers on claims made by Stephanopoulos during an interview with GOP Representative Nancy Mace, where he allegedly stated that…
A New York state judge is facing removal from office after a judicial watchdog panel ruled that her behavior at a high school graduation party last year was inappropriate and racially biased. State Supreme Court Justice Erin Gall, 53, allegedly threatened to shoot Black teenagers and used her judicial authority to try to get uninvited…
Significant developments have emerged in the long-standing murder case of iconic rapper Tupac Shakur. Court documents reveal that “Keefe D” Davis, arrested last year for his alleged involvement in the murder, claims that music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs paid him $1 million to carry out the assassination. Davis’s statements, documented in recently released court papers,…
On Tuesday, the Trump campaign filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in an attempt to prevent funds raised for President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign from being transferred to Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid. This move marks a significant escalation in the legal battles surrounding the 2024 election campaign finance. The…
A historic home in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, is facing significant upheaval as Ayisha Doyle and her mother contend with an unexpected challenge to their ownership. The conflict began in 2017 when an estranged uncle reportedly sold a 75% share of the family property to Theodore Zucker, a real estate investor from Long Island. This sale was…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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