In a Washington surprise, a federal court has forced the Trump administration to delay its sweeping government reorganization proposal, which included bulk dismissals across federal agencies, on hold. The decision, issued by San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, is a critical blow to the administration’s effort to remake the federal workforce despite Congress. Judge…
In a dramatic turn of events, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton revealed that six people, five of whom are government officials, were arrested over what his office terms a “vote harvesting scheme” in Frio County. The revelation is just the latest chapter in Paxton’s ongoing efforts to reveal what he terms election fraud across the…
Wednesday witnessed a Tennessee jury acquiting three of the then-former Memphis police officers – Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith of all the charges laid against them by the state, including second-degree murder, on their role in the death of Tyre Nichols. Nichols was a 29-year-old FedEx worker and budding photographer who perished on…
In a grisly twist of fate, Steven Bailey, 56-year-old Minnesota man, entered a guilty plea to charges arising from a gruesome drunk driving accident at Park Tavern in St. Louis Park. The accident occurred on September 1, 2024 and claimed the lives of two innocent victims and left many others injured. Bailey’s Wednesday morning guilty…
Each and every child deserves to grow up active, healthy, and energetic – but in Michigan, it’s never more unaffordable than now. According to the Michigan Moves Coalition, nearly one of every three kids throughout the state are overweight or obese, and fewer than 25% engage in daily activities at recommended levels. Those are facts…
In a recent salvage effort near Ludington, Michigan, an underwater boat had been pulled off the bottom of Pere Marquette Lake. While the operation itself was incident-free in returning the vessel to its surface, the operation was far from incident-free as it ended up causing a serious environmental concern in the shape of an inadvertent…
James Foley, the award-winning director who made his reputation for helming gritty, hard-edged dramas such as Glengarry Glen Ross, At Close Range, and the suspense thriller Fear, died at 71 earlier this week at his Los Angeles residence after a one-year battle with brain cancer. His death closed the book on the era of the…
In a surprise and dramatic move, former President Donald Trump has appointed Fox News television talk show host and retired judge Jeanine Pirro acting U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. The appointment came after the withdrawal of Ed Martin Jr.’s nomination to the role, an extraordinary reversal of one of the most powerful federal prosecutor positions…
Inside a crowded and emotional Michigan courtroom, the trial of ex-Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr was suddenly terminated. A judge declared a mistrial this week following jurors’ inability to reach a unanimous verdict on second-degree murder charges in the 2022 on-street shooting death of 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya, a Black man who was a Congolese…
Michael Pitt is an actor best recognized for performing on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. But he’s making headlines again – albeit not for acting. Rather, Pitt is at the center of a series of court cases founded upon absurd allegations of sexual assault and abuse that allegedly occurred between the years 2020 and 2021. Pitt was…