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Texas authorities released video showing the pursuit and arrest of two New Orleans jail inmates who escaped on May 16. Both Leo Tate and Jermaine Donald were arrested on Monday following a high-speed chase that ended in Walker County, Texas, according to the Louisiana State Police. Donald and Tate were arrested by the Texas Department of Public Safety in an operation that included several law enforcement agencies. Video released by the Texas Department of Public Safety shows the suspects' vehicle going in the wrong direction before eventually being stopped by law enforcement officials. Body-camera video shows one of the men...

The shooter who killed a student and teacher at a religious school in Wisconsin brought two guns to the school and was in contact with a man in California who authorities say was planning to attack a government building, according to authorities and court documents that became public Wednesday. Police were still investigating why the 15-year-old student at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison shot and killed a fellow student and teacher on Monday before shooting herself, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said. Two other students who were shot remained in critical condition on Wednesday. “We may never know what...

President Donald Trump may well have won his reelection effort in one fateful moment in Butler, Pennsylvania. It will doubtless prove to be one of those "remember where you were when..." moments, and his reaction to being grazed by an assassin's bullet, leaping back to his feet, shaking his fist and shouting "Fight! Fight! Fight!" was (as I've written repeatedly) probably the most powerful image in American politics since Ronald Reagan's Brandenburg Gate speech. As for the attempted assassin himself, he was quickly dispatched by law enforcement - and a lot of questions remain around him. Who was Thomas Crook?...

Independent reviewers are preparing to look into claims that Lucy Letby is the victim of a miscarriage of justice, it emerged yesterday. Three members of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) are familiarising themselves with the case ahead of a formal application being lodged – although this is not thought to have happened yet. Tomorrow, the former neo-natal nurse’s defence team is expected to outline details of an independent review by a ‘blue-ribbon committee’ of 14 international medical experts into the seven murders and eight attempted murders of babies in her care. The 35-year-old is serving 15 whole life terms...

Fresh doubts were raised about the conviction of 'killer' nurse Lucy Letby last night, with the bombshell revelation of police notes suggesting the jury was misled over key evidence. The documents raise serious questions over the courtroom claim that Letby was the common link between all the suspicious incidents involving babies at the Chester hospital where she worked. And the dramatic development comes as an expert cited by the prosecution prepares to go public to say his research was misrepresented in court. A growing number of experts have voiced fears about the evidence against the nurse, who is serving 15...

CNN reporter Jeff Zeleny reported on Sunday that President Joe Biden was under "pressure" from "inside the family" to pardon his son Hunter Biden. Zeleny said "clearly there was pressure inside the family, we were told—really in recent weeks that Dr. Jill Biden, First Lady Jill Biden was really supportive of the President doing something like this. The President was not sure." "So we were told that this sort of came to a head this weekend," Zeleny said, "and this is why President Biden decided now to do this." He referenced "the kind of conversation that has been going on...

First lady Jill Biden backed President Biden's decision to pardon Hunter Biden from criminal charges during a holiday press conference with National Guard members and their families at the White House on Monday. "Of course I support the pardon of my son," Jill responded to a reporter's shouted question following her remarks. Hunter is the stepson of Jill Biden. The White House unveiled its Christmas decorations to the media ahead of the holiday season, with this year's theme, "A Season of Peace and Light," announced by Jill Biden in a statement Monday. "As we celebrate our final holiday season here...

Pennsylvania Secret Service chief Timothy Burke is among five agents put on ‘administrative duties’ as part of a probe into failures that allowed 20-year-old Thomas Crooks to shoot Donald Trump last month. Burke is the Special Agent in Charge (SAIC) of the Secret Service Pittsburgh field office, and has been in the role since at least 2016. When reached by phone, Burke, 48, told DailyMail.com said he could not comment on the case.

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) stated, “I don’t want to highlight” migrants who committed crimes and that while the state has stronger cooperation with ICE than New York City does and is right to do so, she won’t say if she wants the city to tighten its laws. Co-host Kate Bolduan asked, “The Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams (D), he’s trying to make moves on this right now, saying that he wants to basically change the city’s sanctuary city status in order to make it easier to deport migrants who...

Jill Biden has come out fighting following the scathing special prosecutor's report on her husband's memory, saying claims Joe forgot their son Beau's death were intended 'to score political points.' 'Believe me, like anyone who has lost a child, Beau and his death never leave him,' the First Lady said in a statement shared by a campaign X account. The statement came in response to special prosecutor Robert K. Hur's conclusion that Biden should not be charged for mishandling classified documents, but only because a jury wouldn't convict him because he would appear as 'a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with...

First Lady Jill Biden was reportedly upset with White House aides after allowing President Joe Biden to speak at a press conference in 2022. According to an excerpt from the book American Woman, Jill Biden’s past encounters with aides shed light on her husband’s disastrous speech Thursday night. It was Jan 19, 2022. President Biden and top aides were gathered in the Treaty Room, the president's study in the executive residence, after a press conference that ran nearly two hours. He made several factual errors. Suddenly, the group saw Jill Biden in the doorway, Rogers writes in "American Woman": ”She...

First Lady Jill Biden professed her love for her stepson Hunter Biden and claimed that she will support him no matter what amid a wave of GOP investigations into his allegedly corrupt business dealings. She also expressed confidence that these investigations will not hinder her husband, President Joe Biden, from launching a re-election campaign. The first lady made her remarks during a recent interview with CNN White House correspondent Arlette Saenz, who brought up Biden’s stepson. Saenz said, "I want to turn to another issue that has come up amongst Republicans a lot and your son Hunter has really been...

First lady Jill Biden has insisted her embattled stepson Hunter is “innocent” and has broken no laws amid an ongoing federal investigation. “Everybody and their brother has investigated Hunter,” Jill Biden told NBC News in an interview published Friday. “They keep at it, and at it, and at it,” the first lady added. “I know that Hunter is innocent. I love my son, and I will keep looking forward.”

The man who helped his roommate skip town after killing two people at a Clovis bar is now officially serving a jail sentence. The victims' families talked about that pain in court Thursday, and also about the hatred they feel towards the shooter and the man they say is just as much to blame. Savannah Gonzalez didn't pull any verbal punches when she talked about Anthony Guzman. "I can't even express the hate we feel towards you," she said. "To say we hate you is actually an understatement." Her brother-in-law was 21-year-old Merehildo Luna. Police say Eddie Cordero gunned down...

SACRAMENTO -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who three years ago placed a moratorium on executions, now is moving to dismantle the nation's largest death row by moving all condemned inmates to other prisons within two years. The goal is to turn the section at San Quentin State Prison into a "positive, healing environment." "We are starting the process of closing death row to repurpose and transform the current housing units into something innovative and anchored in rehabilitation," corrections department spokeswoman Vicky Waters told The Associated Press.

Milwaukee County DA John Chisholm, claims Darrell Brooks’ $1000 bail “was a mistake” and “human error”. Milwaukee is ranked one of the top 10 dangerous cities in the US. That’s no mistake. The #WaukeshaMassacre happened as a result of his policies. Chisholm needs to resign.

"CBS This Morning" co-host Tony Dokoupil gave a perplexing excuse Wednesday for a man seen in a viral video stealing multiple items at a San Francisco Walgreens before exiting the store on a bicycle. Dokoupil claimed the man was probably getting something he needed and suggested that nothing should have been done to stop the crime as it was taking place. "So crime is never justified of course," Dokoupil said after CBS' Vlad Duthiers played the video of the theft. He was interrupted by co-host Anthony Mason, saying, "I will say that I think they could have made a little...

We often hear about inmates on death row who are exonerated after years behind bars, usually because the prosecution made procedural errors, or there wasn’t any DNA evidence to convincingly prove the person committed the crime. But what if it was made clear at the trial that someone else committed the murder, not the guy sentenced to death row? Patrick Bearup has been sitting behind bars for almost 17 years, sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit. He fell in with some bad people in his 20s. They told him to accompany them to the house of...

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) posted a video Saturday bragging about how he had escorted an eight-and-a-half months pregnant migrant from Mexico into the U.S. because the woman allegedly was having a difficult pregnancy. Wyden does not tell viewers that the woman is a Mexican citizen and that she brought her husband and 3-year-old son with her across the border.

So, apparently, the Russians were organizing these rallies against Trump to help Trump… or something. In fact, the Russians were working as they always do, to divide the country. Something that Mueller has now apparently decided to help them with. How you ask? Oh, by getting children, leftists and low-information voters (yeah, I know, I DO like to repeat myself) to believe that “indictments were handed down” and it’s therefore proven that Trump had Russian help. By the time the court throws these out on the basis of “First Amendment, morons,” everyone who is very young or on the left,...