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I have not yet read the full trial transcript. But so far, I do know this. Karmelo Anthony was entitled to a jury of his peers. He did not get that. On that ground alone, he is entitled to a new trial. Minorities are not interchangeable. The prosecutor’s reported proffered reasons for striking all black jurors —that they were teachers—appears to be pretext. Anthony needs a new lawyer on appeal and in a new trial. His trial lawyer allowed in opinion evidence that should have been struck. He also seemed unable to appreciate and counter the impact of racial overtones...

A federal judge appointed by Barack Obama is facing calls for impeachment after an investigation found she engaged in sexual activity with a high-ranking Atlanta police officer inside her courthouse chambers during business hours, loud enough for her law clerks to hear through the walls on multiple occasions. U.S. District Judge Eleanor L. Ross of the Northern District of Georgia has been accused of carrying on an extramarital affair with Atlanta Police Deputy Chief Kelley Collier. . . The investigation also found that she attended a partisan political event, which violated judicial conduct rules.

🚨 NEW DOCUMENTS: NIH scientists charged with attempting to smuggle monkeypox into the United States had a years-long history of skirting rules for moving dangerous pathogens.

4 people were shot during a graduation ceremony at Fairfield High School. 1 person was killed, police say. 3 of the shooting victims were hospitalized. Their conditions are not yet known. No suspect information is available. No one is in custody, according to police. The investigation is active.

ATLANTA (Atlanta News First/Gray News) — A medical examiner identified the 66-year-old Atlanta woman who was fatally stabbed on a train over the weekend. Margaret Swan was stabbed to death while on a public MARTA train on Saturday, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office. MARTA police identified the suspect as 25-year-old John Elijah Matthews. He is facing murder charges for Saturday’s stabbing. According to an arrest affidavit, police were met at the scene by a large crowd, who told officers to look for a Black man in an orange shirt who stabbed a woman at the Oakland City...

The Atlanta train passenger who was slaughtered in a shocking daylight weekend attack was reportedly stabbed nearly two dozen times in what cops are calling a horrific random assault. John Elijah Matthews, 25, was caught on chilling surveillance footage boarding a Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority’s (MARTA) Saturday morning and hovering over 66-year-old Margaret Swan before allegedly pulling out a knife and slitting her throat, according to a warrant obtained by 11Alive. The unwitting passenger, sitting alone, began screaming and trying to escape as the violent brute allegedly held her down and stabbed her 18 to 20 times in an...

Perry Stone, a well-known evangelist, author and Bible teacher from Tennessee, warned that fellow pastors were recently invited to a secret meeting with US intelligence officials to prepare for the release of secret files on extraterrestrials. According to Stone, the officials warned a small group of pastors with a large reach in the Christian community that the government was about to release reports and possibly videos of aliens and spacecraft which were not from this planet.

A 65-year-old woman was fatally stabbed at a Barnes & Noble store in Florida, authorities said. A suspect is in custody, according to police. The incident occurred shortly before 8 p.m. on Monday at a Barnes & Noble in Palm Beach Gardens, according to police. Officers responding to the stabbing found the victim -- identified by police as Rita Loncharich -- inside the store and "immediately rendered aid," the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department said. She was transported to a local hospital, where she died from her injuries, police said.

It should have been a good time for the teenage football team from Philadelphia. They'd won their division championship, and this past Saturday, the whole team was in Polk County, Florida, for the tournament and championship game. Now, let me take a minute to set the stage. Polk County is a beautiful place, and lots of folks visit from all over the country. There's one thing Polk County has that the rest of the country doesn't - a sheriff named Grady Judd, affectionately known as 'Sheriff Grady.' He's a character, and none of it is an act - it's...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of eight teenagers caught trying to steal more than $2,000 worth of merchandise from a local Dick’s Sporting Goods in Posner Plaza, Davenport. The teens, who are from Pennsylvania, are members of a Philadelphia youth football team, the United Thoroughbreds, who were in Polk County participating in the Prolifix Nationals tournament. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office shared, “On Saturday, December 6, 2025, at approximately 10:55 a.m., PCSO deputies responded to a report of retail theft in progress at the Dick’s Sporting Goods. The store manager contacted PCSO after observing multiple juveniles concealing...

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A gang of Philadelphia teenagers accused of robbing a Dick's Sporting Goods store in Florida while attending a football tournament have been named and shamed by a no-nonsense sheriff. Members of the eight-strong mob were arrested and hit with felony charges after their alleged December 6 theft spree - something they may not have expected in their Pennsylvania home city, whose district attorney is a notoriously woke prosecutor called Larry Krasner.

Three people were wounded during a shooting inside a California mall on Black Friday as shoppers barricaded themselves inside stores and fled for safety during the “complete chaos.” The shooting began outside a Macy’s store at the Westfield Valley Fair Mall in Santa Clara at around 5:40 p.m, according to KRON4. The victims – a 16-year-old girl, a man, and a woman – were found at the scene and rushed to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. The shooting was described as an “isolated incident,” and there was no active threat to the public, the San Jose Police...

A former World Trade Center worker who “narrowly escaped” the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks has been beaten to death by three teens — one of whom was just 12 at the time of the attack, according to officials. Long Island native Roger Borkum, 64, was found “severely beaten” just before midnight on Oct. 19 in Downtown Jacksonville, FL., after three teens were seen “kicking and stomping” him, according to an arrest report from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. He was found with blood “pooled” around his head — and a “blood trail extending down the sidewalk,” the arrest report said....

Two National Guard soldiers were shot in the head just yards from the White House during a possible terror attack by a lone gunman identified as an Afghan national. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, has been named as the alleged gunman in custody over the horror shoot-out at Farragut West metro station in the center of Washington, DC, which has left two soldiers in a critical condition. Law enforcement sources initially told NBC News the gunman has been identified as an Afghan national and the shooting is being investigated as a possible act of terror. He allegedly came to the United States...

The woman set alight by a lunatic on a Chicago metro train is a 26-year-old analyst for Caterpillar who suffered burns to 60 percent of her body. Bethany MaGee, 26, was doused in gasoline and set alight on the city's Blue Line on Monday night, but managed to flee the train and survive. MaGee, from Upland in Indiana, works as a business research analyst at Caterpillar after graduating with a bachelors of science at Purdue's Polytechnic Institute. Her Facebook profile photos revealed that she is an animal lover and churchgoer, who is close to her parents Emily and Gregory, and...

WOODSTOCK, ME — Political commentator Tucker Carlson sparked controversy this week when he welcomed Bigfoot onto his show to discuss how mind-controlling chemtrails are sprayed over the flat earth by the Jews. Viewers were shocked to learn that not only was Bigfoot real, but that the popular cryptid had been following conspiracy news for decades. Carlson nodded along with his guest, genuinely interested in what it had to say about Ben Shapiro. Bigfoot, who spoke with a series of unintelligible growls and whistles, was adamant that the Jews were behind the chemtrails and that it was all part of an...

Fox News reports that the inebriated judge was doing her bladder business just steps from the courthouse where she does her judicial business. Olson's husband, Jason, walked up to the scene and asked why she was being questioned.

An online fundraiser designed to support a career criminal who brutally murdered a Ukrainian girl onboard a train in North Carolina has sparked fury online. Decarlos Brown Jr., 35, is facing first-degree murder charges for stabbing Iryna Zarutska, 23, onboard a South End light rail train in Charlotte on August 22. Shocking surveillance footage from the scene showed him watching Zarutska for some time after she sat in the seat in front of him, eventually taking out what appeared to be a blade from his pocket. He then stood up and loomed over the 23-year-old, swinging the knife at her...

An Auburn University professor emerita was killed during the theft of her Ford F-150, according to newly released court documents. Harold Rashad Dabney II, 28, is charged with two counts of capital murder in the weekend slaying of 59-year-old Dr. Julie Gard Schnuelle.Dabney is charged with capital murder during a kidnapping and capital murder during a theft, according to warrants made public Monday.Though police initially said Dabney was from Montgomery, court records list an Auburn address for the suspect.The warrants do not provide any additional details about Schnuelle’s murder, and a first court appearance for Dabney is not yet listed.State...