If you were asked which presidential candidate believes that the police cannot be the only solution to achieve public safety, how would you respond? Your reflexive answer might be Vice President Kamala Harris, who has pressed for a comprehensive approach to public safety that includes community-based solutions, investments in social services for marginalized communities, accountability…
After a news conference with nearly two dozen family members and lawyers, Erik Menendez’s wife publicly expressed her husband’s gratitude, speaking out on his behalf on social media. “Erik feels deeply grateful and profoundly humbled by the overwhelming outpouring of love and support from his family,” Tammi Menendez shared via X. “Their belief in him…
The office of Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney is facing financial challenges as it prepares for the high-profile trial of alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann. Before New York Supreme Court Justice Timothy Mazzei on Wednesday, Tierney urged the Justice Department to release funds currently frozen due to an ongoing investigation into the…
A female security guard has been accused of killing a 90-year-old resident at a Georgia elderly apartment complex by stabbing him around 50 times. Janet Williams, 65, was taken into custody on Thursday after she was identified as the suspected murderer of Chun Ki Kim who had been killed in Atlanta in the 760 block…
The mother of a North Carolina woman who was fatally attacked while vacationing in Mexico is pursuing legal action two years after the tragic incident. Shanquella Robinson, 25, died in October of 2022 while she was on a trip with friends, who are referred to as the the “Cabo Six” in a lawsuit filed by…
A Texas singer is hospitalized after she was shot onstage following a performance Saturday with The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in downtown Dallas. Jada Arnell Thomas, 26, was signing autographs after the show when a woman from the crowd shot her in the chest. Dallas police arrested Micah Williams, 26, as the suspected…
The founder of a Texas megachurch allegedly sexually abused a 12-year-old girl and several individuals knew but failed to intervene, a private investigation determined. Gateway Church in Southlake, near Fort Worth, engaged the law firm Haynes & Boone to conduct an investigation into allegations that founder Robert Morris had a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old…
Several Texas districts along the Mexican border are poised for some of the country’s most heated congressional battles ahead of the U.S. election. Most notably, Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, a representative of the state’s 28th congressional district since 2005, is fighting to hold his seat in since a federal bribery indictment. In May 2024, Cuellar and his wife, Imelda, were indicted on charges alleging that between…
A suspect who confessed to killing 33-year-old Brooklyn artist Sabina Khorramdel–Rosas at a luxury Hamptons resort died by suicide shortly afterward. Authorities identified the suspect as 56-year-old Thomas Gannon, a flooring contractor with Majestic Tile, Granite and Flooring. Police discovered him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at his home in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. “The decedent confessed to committing the…
Police have identified the two men killed in the Downtown Orlando shooting on Halloween night. Tyrek Hill, 25, and Timothy Schmidt Jr., 19, were killed in the early hours of Friday morning when suspected gunman Jaylen Dwayne Edgar, 17, opened fire in downtown’s entertainment district. (Left to right) Tyrek Hill, 25, and Timothy Schmidt Jr., 19, were killed…