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A former El Paso police officer has been sentenced to two years in prison for conspiring with her stepfather to distribute cocaine. According to a news release from United States Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas, Monica Garcia, 24, helped Fred Saenz, her stepfather and co-defendant, stash and sell cocaine while she was on the job. […]
One month since a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a landmark gun control bill into law. “Time is of the essence. Lives will be saved,” Biden said in an address to the nation. “From Columbine to Sandy Hook to Charleston, […]
Nicki Minaj’s husband Kenneth Petty could face 15 months in prison for failing to register as a sex offender in the state of California. TMZ reports federal prosecutors are refusing to allow Petty to serve his sentence under home confinement, as they argue that the couple’s Calabasas mansion doesn’t equate to a formidable punishment for Petty. Petty, who […]
A Georgia woman has been sentenced to a year in jail in connection with the drowning deaths of two men in 2021. WRDW reports Shontover Kirkland, 32, pleaded guilty this week to reckless conduct and involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of Eynn Wilson and Edward Kirk Jr. that occurred on Clarks Hill Lake in Lincoln County. According […]
A California jury on Tuesday found Bill Cosby liable for sexually assaulting a woman at the Playboy Mansion in 1975 when she was a teenager. NBC News reports the Los Angeles County jury determined that Cosby intentionally caused harmful sexual contact with Judy Huth, who is now 64, when she was 16 years old. Cosby was 37 years […]
A California family is suing Meta, claiming Instagram is to blame for their teenage daughter’s eating disorder and mental health issues. NBC News reports the lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, by Kathleen and Jeffrey Spence on behalf of their daughter Alexis Spence. The lawsuit alleges Alexis, who began using Instagram […]
Dwyane Wade spoke out against the increasing number of laws banning transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports at the TIME 100 Summit earlier this week. Wade argued that such legislation causes him to fear for his 15-year-old daughter Zaya’s well-being. “As sad as it is, as blessed as my daughter is to have parents who […]
Rapper Young Moose has won a $300,000 settlement after filing a lawsuit against convicted Baltimore police officer Daniel Hersl, who served on the infamous Gun Trace Task Force depicted in the HBO series We Own This City. The Baltimore Sun reports Baltimore’s spending board has approved a payment to Kevron Evans, 28, known as Young Moose, after the […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a controversial Texas law that would’ve banned social media platforms from restricting user posts based on their views. CNN reports the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling arrives after the tech industry argued in a petition that the Texas law would violate companies’ First Amendment rights to control what content they display on […]
Local police initially prevented federal agents from entering Robb Elementary on Tuesday to confront the Uvalde school shooter. NBC News reports two senior federal law enforcement officials claim federal agents waited 30 minutes after their arrival at the school before deciding to enter the building. Agents from BORTAC, the Customs and Border Protection tactical unit, and ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations […]
