Louisiana State

Ascension Parish, LA

Kansas State

Saint Joseph, MO

NBC News

A 64-year-old Missouri woman with a history of mental illness has been declared innocent by a judge for a murder that she has spent more than four decades behind bars for and that some now suspect a former police officer of. Sandra Hemme's innocence in the November 12, 1980, slaying...

Missouri woman who has served more than 40 years for murder is declared innocent by judge

Mississippi State

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Gulfport, MS

Mississippi News Group

On June 14, 2024, the Gulfport Police Department arrested 15-year-old Lexi Jade Brown, charging her with attempted murder and first-degree arson. The arrest followed a violent incident in the early morning hours according to a press release from teh Gulfport PD.

15 year old charged with attempted murder and arson after victim wakes up being stabbed

New York State

Salon

In wake of the Supreme Court's ruling that presidents are granted total immunity for "official acts," a path has opened for Donald Trump to avoid sentencing for his conviction on falsifying business records to hide an affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels. According to The New Republic, Juan Merchan, the judge who presided over the hush-money trial that landed Trump with 34 felony convictions, is no longer certain that sentencing, which was delayed to September, will ever happen.

Judge suggests Trump felony sentencing may no longer be "necessary" after SCOTUS immunity ruling

Chicago, IL

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

NewSantaAna

The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

The Guardian

Louisiana’s demand to display the religious text in public schools is part of an effort to make the US a theocratic state

US supreme court opened Pandora’s box … and Ten Commandments law flew out

Brownsville, TX

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As Ruben Gutierrez’s scheduled execution on Tuesday afternoon draws closer, his appellate attorneys have asked the United States Supreme Court for a stay of execution. Gutierrez, 57, was convicted in 1999 of murdering 85-year-old Escolastica Harrison in her trailer home in Brownsville on...

Ruben Gutierrez asks Supreme Court for stay of execution

California State

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The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – Starting July 1, landlords will only be allowed to collect one month’s rent for the security deposit on a rental property. Assembly Bill 12, signed into law last October, says regardless of whether the residential property is unfurnished or furnished, only one month’s rent can be charged in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.

Law limiting security deposits goes into effect July 1

Georgia State

Justice Clarence Thomas is the second black person to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Born in 1948 in the Georgia low country, Thomas began his education in segregated public schools before advancing to Catholic schools for blacks, the seminary at Holy Cross, and finally Yale Law School. Thomas...

Here’s how rich Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is now

Washington, DC

CBS News

Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a former Pennsylvania police officer who was charged with obstructing an official proceeding after he entered the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, and narrowed the Justice Department's use of a federal obstruction statute leveled against scores of people who breached the building where Congress had convened to count state electoral votes.The court ruled 6-3 in finding that to prove a violation of the obstruction law, the government must show that the defendant impaired the availability or integrity of records, documents or other objects used in an official...

Supreme Court limits scope of obstruction charge used in Jan. 6 cases

New York City, NY

Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

In a new interview with Good Morning America, Gyspy Rose Blanchard is confirming that her unborn baby is indeed Ken Urker’s. “It was mid March when I left Ryan. So, this is absolutely 100 percent Ken’s baby. There was never any question of paternity,” she assured the public during the interview.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard confirms paternity as Louisiana law could complicate birth

Athens, GA

Now Habersham

A 19-year-old Lawrenceville man is in custody after allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor, according to a news release from the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.

Teen arrested for kidnapping and molestation after Athens hit-and-runs

Clarke County, MS

In a tragic turn of events, 14-year-old Chquese Porter has been denied bond following his formal charging as an adult in the shooting death of 12-year-old Caleb Bender. The incident occurred around 1:00 am on June 29th, 2024, at a residence on River Rd near the intersection of Leola St in the Town of Stonewall, according to a press release from the Clarke County Sheriff.

Bond Denied for 14-Year-Old Charged with Murder in Clarke County

Bacon County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

On Monday, a search at a Bacon County home by investigators resulted in the discovery of a large quantity of illegal drugs, including methamphetamine and cocaine. However, the suspects are currently not in custody.

Drug Bust Uncovers Methamphetamine and Cocaine in Bacon County Residence

Texas State

Palos Verdes Estates, CA

A Texas pharmaceutical marketer was sentenced today to two years and five months in prison and ordered to pay over $59 million in restitution for conspiring to defraud the United States, receiving illegal kickbacks in exchange for compounded medications, prescription referrals, and money laundering. According to court documents and evidence...

Texas pharmaceutical marketer convicted and sentenced for fraud

Donald Trump will not be sentenced on his business fraud conviction until September, a New York judge ruled Tuesday in the wake of Monday’s Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity.

Trump sentencing in hush money case is postponed until September after Supreme Court immunity ruling

Us Weekly

Nutrisystem/MEGA Julie Chrisley’s prison sentence was thrown out by an appeals court, ruling that the judge in her 2022 trial miscalculated her sentence. The judges of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did not find evidence to prove that Chrisley, 51, was involved in the entire bank fraud scheme, which began in 2006. "After […]

Julie Chrisley’s Prison Sentence Thrown Out by Appeals Court — What Does It Mean?

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Guilty pleas entered in 23rd Judicial District Court July 8-12

DONALDSONVILLE, La. (WAFB) - The 23rd Judicial District Court announced the following guilty pleas entered during the week of July 8-12, 2024:. 1. Christopher Watkins, Westwego,...

Guilty pleas entered in 23rd Judicial District Court July 8-12

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