In a notable departure from recent trends, five death row inmates across the United States are scheduled to be executed within a single week, marking the highest number of executions in this time frame in over two decades. This unusual spike comes amid a broader decline in both the application and public support for the…
Ahmad Alissa, the gunman who killed ten people during a mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket in 2021, was sentenced to life in prison on Monday after a jury rejected his insanity defense. Despite his attorneys’ claims that Alissa was unable to distinguish right from wrong due to his schizophrenia, the jury found him guilty…
In a significant shift for the state’s election process, the Georgia State Election Board has approved a new rule requiring all paper ballots to be counted by hand in the upcoming November election. The rule mandates that three sworn poll officers independently count each box of ballots to ensure accuracy. Any discrepancies between the hand…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a sweeping federal investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) in Mississippi, following serious allegations of civil rights violations. The probe comes just months after six deputies from the department were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for torturing and sexually assaulting two Black men while on…
Terreionna Paschal, 32, has been sentenced to 23 years to life in prison for the murder of Cleveland State University professor Todd Morgan. Paschal, who pleaded guilty to the crime, was sentenced in Akron, Ohio, on Sept. 19, 2024, by a Summit County judge. The case has left a profound impact on both Morgan’s family…
A small community in southeast Kentucky is grappling with the shocking arrest of Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines, 43, who has been charged with the first-degree murder of District Judge Kevin Mullins, 54. The incident occurred on Thursday in Mullins’ chambers at the Letcher County courthouse, leading to a call for improved courthouse security…
Rapper Nelly is facing a lawsuit from his former group, the St. Lunatics, who allege that they were not properly credited for their contributions to his debut album, Country Grammar. The lawsuit, filed by Nelly’s childhood friends and former bandmates, claims copyright infringement, accusing the rapper of failing to acknowledge their work on several tracks…
Marissa Calhoun and her partner, Stephen Castaneda, have filed a lawsuit against Reproductive Partners Medical Group (RPMG) and Dr. Andy Huang, accusing the Los Angeles fertility clinic of discarding their embryos, an incident that has left them devastated. Calhoun, an African American woman from Southern California, and Castaneda shared their painful experience as they seek…
An Alaska resident, Panos Anastasiou, has been indicted by the US District Court for the District of Alaska on charges of sending death threats to six US Supreme Court justices and their families. The indictment, filed on Wednesday, details that Anastasiou allegedly sent violent threats between Jan. 4, 2024, and July 11, 2024, through the…
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