• Tekashi 6ix9ine pal caught partying after release amid COVID-19 fears

    Tekashi 6ix9ine pal caught partying after release amid COVID-19 fears

    A former Tekashi 6ix9ine associate who was let out of a lockup while awaiting sentencing because of the coronavirus outbreak was caught on video partying with several other people soon after his release, according to court documents. The video of Kintea McKenzie, aka “Kooda B,” was turned over to Judge Paul Engelmayer, who earlier this …
  • Idaho Gov. Signs Bill Barring Male Athletes from Women’s Sports

    Idaho Gov. Signs Bill Barring Male Athletes from Women’s Sports

    Governor Brad Little speaks in Washington, December 16, 2019. Idaho governor Brad Little on Tuesday signed into law a bill preventing male athletes who identify as women from competing in state-funded female sports, as well as a bill prohibiting residents from changing their sex on their birth certificate. The sports bill was sponsored by State …
  • Newly released video shows Alec Baldwin’s parking spot fight

    Newly released video shows Alec Baldwin’s parking spot fight

    Alec Baldwin’s infamous 2018 fight over a parking spot with a random man in the street can be seen in full for the first time in a surveillance video released Friday. The “30 Rock” actor says the video clearly shows that he did not punch Wojciech Cieszkowski in the face but rather “pushed Cieszkowski’s shoulder,” …
  • Colorado Abolishes Death Penalty

    Colorado Abolishes Death Penalty

    The room used for executiuons at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Tex., September 29, 2010 Colorado officially abolished the death penalty in the state on Monday, becoming the 22nd state to do so since the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976. The bill bans capital punishment for defendants convicted of Class 1 felonies in Colorado …
  • New Jersey to Release Hundreds of Inmates to Slow Chinese virus Outbreak

    New Jersey to Release Hundreds of Inmates to Slow Chinese virus Outbreak

    New Jersey will release up to 1,000 inmates from jails this week as part of an effort to curb the outbreak of coronavirus, which continues to spread rapidly throughout the state. New Jersey Chief Justice Stuart Rabner on Sunday signed the order to release the inmates temporarily, citing the “profound risk posed to people in …
  • PG&E Agrees to Plead Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter for California’s Deadliest Wildfire

    PG&E Agrees to Plead Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter for California’s Deadliest Wildfire

    California electricity provider Pacific Gas & Electric Co. agreed to a plea deal that will see it plead guilty to felony involuntary manslaughter charges for its role in starting the deadliest wildfire in state history. The company, which disclosed the charges Monday in a regulatory finding, filed for Chapter 11 protection last year, after its …
  • Judge Dismisses Case Alleging Trump Admin. Purposefully Avoiding ‘Hard-To-Count Communities’

    Judge Dismisses Case Alleging Trump Admin. Purposefully Avoiding ‘Hard-To-Count Communities’

    A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed a lawsuit claiming that the Trump administration was purposefully withholding funding from the U.S. Census Bureau to cause racial and ethnic minorities to be undercounted in the 2020 census. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said in his ruling that the case was too speculative, and that the U.S. Constitution …
  • Amber Heard didn’t slice Johnny Depp’s finger, court hears

    Amber Heard didn’t slice Johnny Depp’s finger, court hears

    Johnny Depp texted his doctor asking what to do when he severed his finger during an alleged attack on Amber Heard, ripping off her nightgown, grabbing her breasts and strangling her, a London court has heard. Depp had claimed in US court papers that his ex-wife Heard had chopped off the top of his right …
  • Kim Foxx Wins Dem Primary Despite Backlash over Handling of Jussie Smollett Prosecution

    Kim Foxx Wins Dem Primary Despite Backlash over Handling of Jussie Smollett Prosecution

    Cook County, Ill., prosecutor Kim Foxx won Tuesday’s Democratic primary despite controversy over her handling of the hoax hate crime case brought by actor Jussie Smollett.
  • Former Rep. Duncan Hunter Sentenced to Eleven Months in Prison

    Former Rep. Duncan Hunter Sentenced to Eleven Months in Prison

    Former congressman Duncan Hunter on Wednesday was sentenced to 11 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to misusing campaign funds. The former congressman’s father, Duncan Hunter Sr., told reporters that the sentencing constituted a political “hit job.” Hunter, a Republican who served California’s 50th congressional district in San Diego, had painted the indictments against …