FILE – Accused serial killer Billy Chemirmir looks back ahead of his retrial on Monday, April 25, 2022, at Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas. On Tuesday, June 28, 2022, new capital murder indictments were returned accusing convicted serial killer Chemirmir of four more deaths. (Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News […]
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FTC sues Walmart for scammers’ use of money transfer unit
NEW YORK — The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that it has sued Walmart for allegedly allowing its money transfer services to be used by scam artists who stole “hundreds of millions of dollars” from customers. In its lawsuit, the agency alleged that for years, Walmart failed to properly secure […]
California land taken from Black couple returned to heirs
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to return ownership of prime California beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a resort for African Americans but were stripped of the land in the 1920s. The board voted 5-0 on a motion to […]
Attorney: Officer shot man 5 times, paused, shot him again
CONCORD, N.C. — Body-camera footage shows a North Carolina police officer shoot an unarmed man five times after a chase, pause to call dispatch, and then shoot him again, attorneys for the dead man’s mother said Tuesday. Attorneys for Brandon Combs’ mother, Virginia Tayara, said they were in “utter disbelief” […]
Dramatic details you may have missed in Tuesday’s Jan. 6 hearing
The House Jan. 6 committee’s surprise hearing on Tuesday featured highly-anticipated and explosive testimony from someone who was inside the White House both as the Capitol attack unfolded and in the days before. Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top adviser to then-President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, spent some […]
Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years
Ghislaine Maxwell, the associate of Jeffrey Epstein who lured underage girls into the disgraced financier’s lurid world, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in federal prison and a $750,000 fine following her December conviction on five criminal counts, including sex trafficking. Maxwell addressed the court for five minutes and said […]
Norwegian cruise hits iceberg near Alaska, no injuries reported
A Norwegian cruise ship has canceled its nine-night Alaskan trip after the ship crashed into an iceberg off of the Alaskan coast on Saturday. While there were no injuries and patrons and staff made it to Alaskan docks safely, the cruise line has canceled the rest of the scheduled trip […]
Corrections officer killed in ‘senseless’ drive-by shooting
A young Indiana corrections officer who hoped to become a police officer has been killed in a drive-by shooting, authorities said. St. Joseph County correctional officer Rhema Harris was killed around 6 p.m. Sunday “in yet another senseless act of violence,” St. Joseph County Sheriff William Redman said. Harris, 28, […]
US maternal mortality increased 33% during pandemic: Study
Maternal mortality rates in the U.S. have climbed 33% since the start of the pandemic, with Black and Hispanic women dying at higher rates than White women, according to a new study. The study, published by JAMA Network on Tuesday, reveals how the pandemic continues to disproportionately affect the health […]
63-year-old woman beaten to death at bus stop, police say
A 63-year-old woman has died more than a week after suffering a deadly beating at a bus stop in Virginia, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. The incident occurred shortly after midnight on the morning of June 17 when police officers from the Fairfax County Police Department responded to […]