New Mexico officials are revealing the break in the case that led to the arrest of Solomon Pena, a failed Republican candidate for New Mexico state House who is accused of orchestrating shootings which targeted several local Democratic lawmakers. Albuquerque police believe that Pena, who faces 15 criminal charges, including …
Read More »Alabama basketball coach says team “grieving” after player charged with murder
Alabama men’s basketball coach Nate Oats said Monday the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide is going through “kind of a grieving process” after player Darius Miles and another man were charged with capital murder following a fatal shooting near campus. Speaking at a news conference, Oats said he couldn’t discuss any specifics …
Read More »Lisa Marie Presley to be buried next to her son in Graceland, representative says
Lisa Marie Presley will be buried at Graceland, the famed home of Elvis Presley that on Friday became a gathering place for fans distraught over her death a day earlier. The singer-songwriter’s final resting place will be next to her son, Benjamin Keough, who died in 2020, said a representative …
Read More »Prosecutors make opening statements in Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial
Five days before some of his lieutenants attacked the U.S. Capitol building in an alleged plot to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio posted an online message to his social media followers. “Let’s bring this new year in with one word in mind…Revolt,” Tarrio …
Read More »Geico off the hook in $5 million payout to woman who got STD in car
Geico is off the hook, at least for now, from paying $5.2 million to a Missouri woman who alleged she contracted a sexually transmitted disease in a car insured by the company. The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously to overturn a lower court’s ruling that favored paying the …
Read More »Colorado rolled out one of the nation’s first alert systems for missing Indigenous people. The first person it was used for was found dead.
A 27-year-old man in Colorado went missing a day before the state’s new Missing Indigenous Person Alerts system went live on Dec. 30. One week later, he was found dead. A Missing Indigenous Person Alert for Wanbli Vigil was issued Jan. 3, four days after the system went live. The …
Read More »Tesla posts record sales but falls short of goals
Tesla said Monday that it sold a record 1.3 million vehicles last year, but the number fell short of CEO Elon Musk’s pledge to grow the company’s sales by 50% nearly every year. The 2022 figure topped the prior record of 936,000 vehicles delivered in 2021, but it was shy …
Read More »Chief Justice John Roberts: Judges’ safety ‘essential’ to court system
With security threats to Supreme Court justices still fresh memories, Chief Justice John Roberts on Saturday praised programs that protect judges, saying that “we must support judges by ensuring their safety.” Roberts and other conservative Supreme Court justices were the subject of protests, some at their homes, after the May …
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The co-leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. Adam Fox returned to federal court Tuesday, four months after he and Barry Croft Jr. were convicted of conspiracy charges at a second trial in August in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Fox and …
Read More »Woman wins $175,000 lottery jackpot in her office’s holiday gift exchange
A Kentucky office manager won $175,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket that she received during her company’s white elephant gift exchange. White elephant gift exchanges have a quirky set of rules: Typically, gifts are opened in a group, with players then able to “steal” gifts from other players. That happened …
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