Новости за 21.04.2023

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Demarkis Houston was paid to sort the mail. He was arrested, prosecutors say, for pocketing the heat. The 30-year-old Charlotte postal worker faces up to 20 years in prison on charges that he stole a 9mm pistol being shipped through the mail last year. Houston made his initial hearing in federal court on Friday in Charlotte. He was arrested Thursday on charges of theft of mail, mail destruction and possession of a stolen firearm. If convicted, Houston faces a combined maximum... Читать дальше...

A $5 million settlement will reportedly end a years-long civil suit brought against U.S. Park Police officers who purportedly killed Bijan Ghaisar as he slowly drove his Jeep Grand Cherokee away from them in 2017.

A man was knocked out during a Cub Scouts meeting in Michigan, after an argument took place over a parking spot. The Kansas City Star reported.

Attorneys for E. Jean Carroll, the woman suing former president Donald Trump for defamation in response to his denials of raping her, are fighting hard to keep who is bankrolling the lawsuit secret from the jury ahead of a trial scheduled to begin next week.

Fiery rhetoric may be the lifeblood of cable news, but the landscape is likely to get a lot less fiery.

Critics are responding to retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer‘s remarks voicing support for his embattled “friend,” Justice Clarence Thomas, who allegedly hid possibly millions of dollars of luxury gifts over the course of decades from a billionaire conservative megadonor.

In one key respect, Ralph Yarl was fortunate. The wounds the 16-year-old suffered after being shot twice on April 13, 2023, by the owner of the house whose doorbell he rang, thinking it was where he was due to pick up his two younger brothers, did not prove fatal.

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams charged Friday that New York City is getting “destroyed” by the federal government’s failure to contain the nation’s migrant crisis — a thinly-veiled broadside against President Joe Biden delivered just hours before Adams was set to meet with White House officials about the matter. Adams, who claimed earlier this week that Biden has “failed” the city by not providing more migrant-related financial assistance, leveled the latest jab against the president in remarks at... Читать дальше...

A California vice principal is reportedly on leave after being caught on video during a confrontation with three Black teenage girls.

“Damn!” That’s the instant reaction I had when I saw the breaking news alert that Dominion Voting Systems had settled its lawsuit with Fox “News.”

A Florida sheriff who's made a point to battle antisemitic extremism in his county announced the arrest this Thursday of a third person for threatening him online, The Daily Beast reported.

The second man on the moon is getting a promotion. Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Buzz Aldrin, who joined Neil Armstrong as the first two men to step foot on the lunar surface during 1969′s Apollo 11 mission, will receive an honorary appointment to brigadier general during a ceremony on May 5 at Los Angeles Air Force Base, according to a press release from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command. “Always honored to serve our country,” Aldrin, 93, posted soon after the announcement to his Twitter account. Читать дальше...

A Cleveland-area doctor who went out of her way to spread misinformation at the height of the pandemic -- including telling citizens and officials alike that the Covid-19 shotes "interface" with cell towers and turn people magnetic -- may finally be facing discipline... for something completely different.

If it seems like there are more Teslas, Chevy Bolts and electric Ford Mustangs on freeways and in driveways across California, there’s a reason for that. There are. New data out Friday show that motorists in California have bought 1.5 million electric vehicles since 2011 — 40% of all electric vehicle sales in the United States — surpassing a goal set by former Gov. Jerry Brown two years early. High gas prices, the improving range of batteries and a decade of California’s regulations on auto companies are driving the change, experts say. Читать дальше...

A 12-year-old girl in Connecticut has died after she was shot in the head from a drive-by shooting that wounded three other people, the New York Post reported.

As if they needed another headache, House Republican leaders found themselves in another pickle Thursday when news broke that Rep. Scotty Campbell was guilty of sexually harassing at least one intern.

The wife of ex-Nickelodeon star Drake Bell has filed for divorce one week after the actor was reported missing and endangered but was subsequently located. Janet Von Schmeling filed a dissolution of marriage petition on Thursday in Los Angeles County’s Superior Court, citing “irreconcilable differences,” People reported. She also requested legal and physical custody of their child in addition to spousal support The couple, who were married for four years, share a 2-year-old son, Wyatt. They separated in September. Читать дальше...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Before Theo Davis moved from Washington, D.C., to help pastor a church in Kansas City’s predominantly white neighborhoods north of the Missouri River, a Black church elder called him with a warning: Davis might encounter a bit more racism in the Northland than he was used to. “You don’t have to look over your shoulder, but just don’t be surprised if you encounter certain things,” the elder told him, foreseeing the stares and false accusations that would be leveled against Davis. Читать дальше...

The right-wing Parler social network sold last week to the media conglomerate Starboard, which promptly shut it down for a "strategic assessment," and it appears likely to move in a new direction.

By Hyunjoo Jin, Dan Levine and Abhirup Roy

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A U.S. jury in California on Friday found Tesla's Autopilot feature did not fail to perform safely in what appears to be the first trial related to a crash involving the partially automated driving software.

The verdict could offer an important sign of the risk facing Tesla Inc as it tests and rolls out its Autopilot and more advanced "Full Self-Driving (FSD)" system, which Chief Executive Elon Musk has touted as crucial to his company's future... Читать дальше...

Texts that were sent in 2021 by two men hired by Donald Trump's legal team reveal that not only did Trump's allies consider using voting data to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, but also to keep Republican control of the U.S. Senate, CNN reported on Friday.

According to an editorial from the New Orleans Advocate, the Republican legislature has a series of proposals on tap that are being labeled "frankly breathtaking" in their extremism.

A new study has found that people who reported suffering betrayal trauma in childhood were more likely to exhibit psychopathic and callous traits in adulthood. Dissociative experiences were found to mediate this association. The study was published in the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation. Psychopathy consists of a set of behavioral traits that are often observed together in individuals. These are serious, chronic antisocial behavior, lack of empathy, bold, and disinhibited behavior that is paired with charming, but exploitative behavior. Читать дальше...

The U.S. Supreme Court could usher in a new dystopian era Friday by upholding a right-wing judge's ban on an abortion medication.

With a solid lead in the polls, and hoping to add to his numbers, Donald Trump has been making promises and rolling out proposals for the second term that was denied him in 2020 when he lost to now-President Joe Biden.