CRIME

(Headline USA) A pastor kicked off a recent campaign stop for Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee for Senate, with a prayer that asked God to bestow “integrity and honesty” upon the event and to right wrongs “hammered down on the conservative movement.” The prayer was hardly unusual by North Carolina...

(Headline USA) A federal jury on Friday found rapper Lil Durk not guilty of the attempted killing for hire of rival rapper Quando Rondo at a Los Angeles gas station, a shooting that resulted in the death of Rondo’s cousin. The jury deliberated for three days before acquitting Lil Durk,...

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) Nearly nine months after allegations of widespread daycare fraud first emerged in Minnesota, state Republicans are criticizing Democrats for inaction as newly-released court records show officials received early warnings in at least one case. House Speaker Lisa Demuth, R-Cold Spring, said Minnesota Democrats have...

(Liam Hibbert, The Center Square) Gubernatorial candidates in Nevada have stressed the need to regulate artificial intelligence-powered automated license plate readers. Their comments came late this week after a Nevada legislative committee voted unanimously at a recent meeting to draft a bill with legal guidelines for ALPRs, which include Flock...

(Headline USA) An Afghan woman who was accused of supporting an Islamic State-inspired plot in the United States and whose case was the first for an obscure and long-dormant court has been deported, the Justice Department said Friday. Nazira Haji Zada, 47, was arrested in July at her Fort Worth,...

(Headline USA) Two decades after U.S. authorities locked Khalid Sheikh Mohammed away at a military detention center in Cuba, the purported mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks sometimes seems barely any closer to being put on trial than the day he arrived. A judge recently set a 2028 date for Mohammed...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A federal grand jury indicted a man whom authorities allege was behind a voting fraud scheme in the infamous Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The indictment, announced Thursday by the DOJ, alleges that James Brass, 47, paid homeless individuals in Skid Row to sign ballot...

(Headline USA) Lindsay Clancy shouldn’t be tried a second time for killing her three young children because prosecutors don’t have enough evidence, her lawyer told a judge Thursday, saying the court should decide she’s not guilty by reason of insanity. Eleven of 12 jurors were ready to clear Clancy of...

(Headline USA) The highest court in Massachusetts on Thursday issued a public reprimand against a district court judge who was accused of allowing an immigrant to escape U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The case dates back to 2018 when Judge Shelley Joseph was accused of colluding with the immigrant’s...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Three brothers found guilty of running a sex trafficking operation spanning several decades in New York have brought on veteran attorney Alan M. Dershowitz as they weigh a possible request for clemency from President Donald Trump, according to reporting from the New York Times. Tal, Oren...

(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) Thursday marks one year since the assassination of Christian and conservative leader Charlie Kirk, who will be honored during a Turning Point USA service in the evening. "The Freedom Built to Last Memorial Honoring Charlie Kirk" program will start at 6:30 p.m. Thursday Mountain time...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) It is a good day to be named Michael Cohen. The controversial convicted felon could soon benefit from President Donald Trump’s mercy in the form of a presidential pardon. Trump said he is open to considering pardoning Cohen, his former personal attorney, when asked by reporters Wednesday afternoon. Fielding...