Tuesday, April 8, 2025

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Former UFC champion Cain Velasquez Sentenced to 5 Years for Killing Pedophile

(Headline USA) Former UFC champion Cain Velasquez was sentenced to five years in prison Monday for a shooting in 2022 where he chased after the man accused of molesting his son. Velasquez was sentenced in Santa Clara County after he pled no contest to attempted murder, felony assault, and other...

Mangione Wants a Laptop in Jail While He Awaits Trial in Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

(Headline USA) Luigi Mangione is asking for a laptop in jail, but just for legal purposes — not for communicating with anyone — as he awaits trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO. In a court filing made public late Monday, Mangione's lawyers proposed that he get a laptop configured...

Trump Campaign Manager Sues the Daily Beast

(Headline USA)The co-manager of President Donald Trump's successful 2024 campaign sued the Daily Beast for defamation Monday over stories regarding how much he was paid for his work. The lawsuit on behalf of Chris LaCivita said the online publication's stories that he was paid $22 million over two years —...

A Dump of JFK-Related Records Reveals Past CIA Secrets But also Some Personal Data

(Headline USA) History buffs dove into thousands of pages of government records released online this week, hoping for new nuggets about President John F. Kennedy's assassination. They instead found revelations about U.S. espionage in the massive document dump that also exposed some previously redacted personal information. The U.S. National Archives and...

Major Guatemalan Human Smuggling Operation Busted in Arizona, California

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) One of the largest human smuggling operations in U.S. history has been dismantled by federal and local law enforcement officers. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Border Patrol and Inglewood Police investigators in California launched an investigation that led to the arrests of four Guatemalan human...

LA Father Says 911 Put Him on Hold for 58 Minutes after Burglary

(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) A Los Angeles father who came home to find his house broken into says 911 had him on hold for 58 minutes. The dispatcher answered within two minutes, then diverted him to a non-emergency hold for nearly an hour. Evan Lovett, a creator of Los Angeles-focused...

CA Gained 76% Fewer Jobs in 2024 than Estimated, Grew Just 0.3%

(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) Updated federal data shows California gained 76% fewer jobs in 2024 than initially estimated, gaining only 60,000 jobs, instead of the earlier announced 250,000 jobs. A 2024 state-funded report found that California private sector employment went into a downturn in 2022, with jobs growth only...

12 Dozen Lawmakers Accused in 8 Years. Women in the Statehouse Weigh #MeToo’s Impact

(Headline USA) Virginia lawmaker Jackie Glass said she got a "safety brief" when she joined the Legislature. "I was told who not to go drink with, who not to be alone with and who to just watch out for," she said on the Statehouse floor in 2024. Addressing the male...

Former Utah Rep. Mia Love, the First Black Republican Woman Elected to the US House, Has Died

(Headline USA)Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants who became the first black Republican woman elected to Congress, died Sunday. She was 49. Love's family posted news of her death on Love's X account. She had undergone recent treatment for brain cancer and received immunotherapy as part...

Opening Statements Set for Bribery Trial of Nadine Menendez, Wife of Ex-Sen. Bob Menendez

(Headline USA) Opening statements are scheduled Monday in the bribery trial of Nadine Menendez, whose prison-bound husband, former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, complained she was being treated unfairly by Manhattan federal prosecutors. Nadine Menendez, 58, was originally scheduled to go to trial last year along with the 71-year-old New Jersey...

Report: Several Crucial Bridges at ‘High Risk’ for Ship Collisions

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) An ominous report identifies 20 bridges nationwide at serious risk of ship collisions, potentially resulting in a collapse like the one that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. A group of engineers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore analyzed the likelihood of...

Report: Nearly 50,000 Border Crime Arrests Reported in Texas in 2023

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) According to the most recently available data, there were nearly 50,000 border crime arrests reported statewide in Texas in 2023 by local law enforcement agencies. Eighty percent of arrests occurred in 20 counties, according to an annual Texas border crime report published by the Texas...
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