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Lance Twiggs was living with Robinson when Kirk was killed last year.A judge on Monday dismissed a motion by Tyler Robinson’s attorneys to subpoena his former romantic partner to testify in court next month. Robinson, 23, is accused of killing right-wing activist Charlie Kirk as he spoke at a campus debate at Utah Valley University in Orem last year. Robinson faces multiple charges in connection with the killing, including felony aggravated murder. On Monday, state District Judge Tony Graf Jr. granted prosecutors’ motion to quash a subpoena brought by defense attorneys to have Lance Twiggs testify live in Utah at...

BREWSTER COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - A multi-agency operation in Pecos led to the rescue of seven human trafficking victims and the arrest of 24 people, according to the Reeves County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators said the discovery was made during a June 13 search warrant execution at El Ranchito Night Club, an adult entertainment establishment that had been operating out of compliance with a local ordinance. Authorities said residents began reporting suspected violations as El Ranchito continued operating. The Reeves County Sheriff’s Office then launched an investigation, which led to a search warrant. “That’s how we were able to develop our...

Dearborn Shiite Scholar Usama Abdulghani: Every Muslim Should Dream of Engaging in Jihad and Raise Their Children with That Ideal; Crowd Recites Fatiha for Khamenei and Nasrallah.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT)- Five local arrests in Latham are tied to a national health care fraud crackdown centered in part on alleged Medicaid transportation fraud. Related: Former CFO admits to stealing $4M from Albany electrical firm Federal officials said June 23 that five people were arrested locally and four federal search warrants were carried out. The case included two taxi companies, Carl’s Cab and Latham Taxi, and a search warrant at a home on Glendale Road in Latham.

A Long Island school clerk overseeing board of education elections tore up ballots and threw them in a dumpster to help her favorite candidate win, a newly revealed internal probe found. Hempstead Union Free School District Clerk April Keys allegedly rigged the May 19 trustee election by smuggling official ballots out of her office and handing absentee ballots to favored candidate Victor Pratt so he could trash them, according to a 51-page petition filed by the district with the state Education Department. Keys could now face criminal charges as the district is looking to overturn Pratt’s razor-thin win. “The Board...

The man accused of bribing a top Eric Adams adviser in a $120,000 scheme has close ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Yan Po Zhu, 51, also known as Andy Zhu, and Frank Carone, a lawyer and Adams’ former chief of staff, were arrested this week along with three others on fraud and money laundering charges. Zhu — who allegedly made payments to Carone in exchange for a contract to house migrants at his Queens hotel in 2022, per court documents — donated $100,000 to American Changle Association in 2018 and has long associated with suspected CCP agent Linda Sun....

A Mexican national who was previously deported from the United States returned illegally, then tried to launch a drug-and-guns business relationship with a stranger he met in a Chicago truck dealership parking lot by offering to sell him a pound of methamphetamine and an AK-47, according to federal court records. That stranger turned out to be a federal informant. Now, Leonel Mercado Jaimes is charged with distributing nearly a pound of methamphetamine after authorities say he followed through on the drug sale and later admitted he had re-entered the country illegally after being deported in 2015. According to a federal...

ICE Boston arrested Mario Hernandez Regalado, a criminal illegal alien El Salvador. His criminal history includes pending charges for two counts of homicide by motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, operating recklessly, and operation under the influence of alcohol.

A federal judge, appointed by former President Joe Biden, is blocking Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from arresting illegal aliens at courthouses, a practice considered by law enforcement to be the safest way to apprehend those eligible for deportation. On Tuesday, Judge P. Casey Pitts, appointed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California by Biden in 2023, issued an order that will halt ICE’s ability to broadly arrest illegal aliens at courthouses across the United States. “Because the record before the Court demonstrates that ICE … failed to provide reasoned explanations for their actions,...

A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections, part of which sought to require people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote. The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper in Boston effectively converts a preliminary injunction she issued a year ago, in which she temporarily blocked many of Trump’s efforts to overhaul elections, into a permanent ban. Casper rejected the administration’s argument that the lawsuit to block the changes brought by Democratic state attorneys general was premature because the rules had...

A 43-year-old man who fled across multiple states to avoid prosecution has been sentenced to three life sentences for sexually assaulting children in South Texas. Benjamin Alan Molodecki was found guilty on three counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child following trials in June 2026. Judge Janna Whatley imposed the maximum sentence for each offense – two counts in Live Oak County and one in Bee County. The case began in July 2020 when an arrest warrant was issued for Molodecki following allegations of child sexual abuse in Live Oak County. Rather than face the charges, he fled the...

Gavin Newsom’s carefully guarded wine empire is still netting a pretty penny while he’s in the governor’s office. Details of the governor’s sprawling network of wineries, hotels and booze ventures are revealed in the California governor’s economic disclosures. Federal Department of Justice probes involving Newsom’s wife, associates and family tax issues has ramped up scrutiny of the governor’s personal assets as he pledges to eventually release his tax returns to the public.

A federal judge on Wednesday permanently banned Trump from implementing his executive order that required proof of citizenship when they register to vote. Boston-based US District Judge Denise Casper, an Obama appointee, said the Constitution “does not grant the President any specific powers over elections.” The DOJ will immediately appeal. “A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections, part of which sought to require people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote. The judge agreed that the Constitution gives states and Congress the...

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., sparked fierce backlash after her apparent defense of accused antifa cell members sentenced to decades in prison for a violent attack on a Texas immigration facility that federal prosecutors called an act of terrorism. One of the defendants, Benjamin Song, a former Marine Corps reservist, was handed a 100-year prison sentence — the maximum punishment — Tuesday after being convicted of attempted murder for shooting Alvarado Police Lt. Thomas Gross, who survived a bullet to the neck.

The right to vote is among our most cherished liberties, but equally important is the public’s confidence that every lawful vote -- and only lawful votes -- determines the outcome. Election integrity is not simply about preventing fraud; it is about preserving trust. An election that half the country believes was unfairly manipulated is an election that erodes trust in the republic and confidence in the system, regardless of who wins. Such elections have become standard practice in California -- not by accident, but by intent. The state has embraced a philosophy that treats virtually every security measure as an...

Eight of the ten Antifa members convicted of terrorism charges for an attack on a Texas ICE detention center were sentenced to at least 50 years in prison on Tuesday. The Antifa ringleader Benjamin Song was sentenced to 100 years in prison. CBS News reported: Eight people who were found guilty of terrorism-related charges earlier this year for a 2025 attack on an ICE detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, learned their punishments on Tuesday. One member of the group, identified as the group’s leader, was sentenced to a century in prison. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of...

Federal authorities on Tuesday charged 10 Southern California defendants in a series of healthcare fraud schemes, including one case involving nearly $270 million in fraudulent Medi-Cal claims and another that allegedly defrauded Medicare out of approximately $27 million. The charges were part of the Justice Department's broader "2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown," which resulted in charges against 455 defendants nationwide in schemes involving more than $6.5 billion in alleged fraud. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche described the operation as "the greatest combined federal and state effort in combating healthcare fraud in history."

The U.S. Army Office of Special Trial Counsel (OSTC) announced that an Army sergeant who opened fire on his own unit and his male fiancé at Fort Stewart in Georgia last summer has been sentenced to six consecutive life sentences with the possibility of parole. Sgt. Quornelius S. Radford, 29, was convicted by a military judge of attempting to murder five soldiers and his fiancé during an Aug. 6 shooting rampage. In addition to his life sentences, Radford will forfeit all pay and allowances, be reduced in rank to E-1, and receive a dishonorable discharge from the Army, according to...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for a massive increase in global climate spending, arguing that governments and financial institutions must devote significantly more resources to addressing climate-related challenges. In a special address at London Climate Action Week on Monday, Guterres said that governments must invest more heavily in climate-related initiatives. “We must do far more to protect people and communities from the here-and-now effects of climate chaos,” Guterres said. “Because even at full speed, we cannot outrun climate change. Its impacts are already here, compounding and cascading.” Guterres also highlighted Africa’s energy potential while arguing that the continent receives...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's gamble to push the New York Congressional delegation even further to the left paid off Tuesday night with a hat trick of wins. Mamdani ousted two sitting Democrats and filled a vacant congressional seat with young democratic socialists in a forceful show of progressive power. All seats are rated safely Democratic, so Mamdani's trio is expected to win their general elections in November. First was former city comptroller Brad Lander in the seat currently occupied by Democratic Representative Dan Goldman. NBC News called the race for Lander less than 10 minutes after polls closed....