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Courtesy of the Cobb Family (NEW YORK) — The family of Ricky Cobb II, a Minnesota man who was shot and killed during a traffic stop on July 31, 2023, is taking legal action against Minnesota State Patrol Trooper Ryan Londregan, who was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, in a case that sparked political controversy […]
Diyosa Carter/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — As Florida schools face a growing number of book ban attempts, Gov. Ron DeSantis is scaling back policies that made it easier for people to challenge materials in schools. In 2022, DeSantis signed HB 1467, which required elementary schools to provide a searchable list of the books accessible to […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (NEW YORK) — Almost 50 pounds of methamphetamine found in an ice chest full of fish has been discovered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers during a routine screening of a vehicle trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The discovery took place on Sunday evening at approximately 8:39 p.m. […]
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — “Everywhere I look, everything that I see, I just see his face,” said Reanell Hartley, looking through the barbed wire fencing of Camp Scott for the first time in more than two decades. As a teenager in the early 2000s, she was locked up inside the fences of Camp Scott, […]
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A ban on the popular social media app TikTok in the United States is now lumped in with Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans’ $95 billion foreign aid package, which would provide funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. House Republican leaders late Wednesday posted legislative text on a fourth and final bill — […]
avid_creative/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A Los Angeles police officer will not be charged after a stray bullet he fired killed a 14-year-old bystander during a police-involved shooting in December 2021, the California Department of Justice announced. In a report released Wednesday, the state DOJ said it had concluded that criminal charges were “not appropriate” […]
Via U.S. Department of Justice (NEW YORK) — An Oklahoma man has been arrested on charges of allegedly throwing a pipe bomb at The Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts, according to federal prosecutors. The suspect, 49-year-old Sean Patrick Palmer of Perkins, Oklahoma, was arrested Wednesday morning in Oklahoma, authorities said. The attack, captured on a […]
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday quashed rumors he was considering changes to make it more difficult to oust him from his leadership post, after Republican hard-liners warned it was a “red line” he shouldn’t cross. Johnson, in a statement posted to X, criticized the current rule allowing a single […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge has rejected an effort by former President Donald Trump to pause several civil lawsuits filed against him seeking to hold him accountable for his actions leading up to the Jan. 6 riot, according to a newly posted ruling. Trump had asked D.C. District Judge Amit Mehta […]
Via FDA (NEW YORK) — Trader Joe’s shoppers with an affinity for homemade pesto, Caprese salad or other dishes that utilize fresh basil should check their fridge for a newly recalled plastic clamshell container of the organic herb. “Do not eat Infinite Herbs-brand organic basil sold at Trader Joe’s stores in 29 states and D.C.,” […]
