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The last woman to reach the final table at the Main Event was Barbara Enright, who placed fifth in 1995.Leonore “Leo” Margets is making history in the world of poker. This week, she became the first woman in 30 years to reach the final table at the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas. “It’s so unreal, it is a dream,” Margets told PokerGO sideline reporter Jeff Platt. She added, "How lucky I am to live this!” The Spanish poker pro was ultimately eliminated Tuesday, finishing in seventh place. She will still take home $1.5 million in prize...

A gynecologist, her husband and a businessman have been arrested in connection to the murder of the physician's lover, whom she was caught on camera kissing outside her home in Sorriso, Brazil. Bonotto suffered multiple stab wounds and remained under observation at Sorriso Regional Hospital, where he died after going into cardiac arrest on April 13. Dr. Sabrina de Mello, a mother-of-two, is being investigated for procedural fraud, the Mato Gross Civil Police said. Her husband, Gabriel Tacca, is said to have plotted the murder while his friend and businessman, Danilo Guimarães, reportedly killed Bonnatto. Authorities said that Bonotto was...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A former Arkansas teacher and leader at Immanuel Baptist Church has taken a plea deal related to sexual assault charges. Reagan Gray, who worked as a teacher for Pulaski County Special School District and volunteer at a local church, was accused of having a sexual relationship with a minor while working as a church volunteer back in April of 2024. Following her "no contest" plea to a reduced charge of 2nd degree sexual assault, Gray is now required to register as a sex offender and has been given six years probation. Gray was initially arrested in...

Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right French National Rally party, has been found guilty in an embezzlement case that could see her banned from running for office. Ms Le Pen and 24 other officials from National Rally were accused of diverting millions of euros from the European Parliament to pay for party staff. The money was meant to be used to pay for EU aides but instead was used to pay staff working for the French party. The defendants denied any wrongdoing. Prosecutors pressed for Ms Le Pen to be banned from running from office for five years,...

A married Illinois special education teacher has been arrested for allegedly molesting a 15-year-old student during a tutoring session, according to prosecutors. Christina Formella, 30, was busted in the Chicago suburb of Downers Grove on Sunday — days after a student told police she molested him in a Downers Grove South High School classroom in December 2023. Formella — who married her college sweetheart in August 2024 — also coached soccer at the school.

Metro Long Island Politics World News Search Type to Search Search Breaking News Trump pauses all US military aid to Ukraine after heated Oval Office meeting with Zelensky US News High school Spanish teacher, 33, accused of having sex with 17-year-old student: police By Patrick Reilly Published Feb. 27, 2025, 4:15 p.m. ET A high school Spanish teacher from California is accused of having a sexual relationship with a teenage student, according to police. Dulce Flores, a teacher at Riverbank High School outside Modesto, is charged with having sex with a 17-year-old while he was a student in 2023, according...

Penny and his lawyers celebrated in a bar in New York City. “He was trying to help people on that train, and he did,” Penny’s lawyer said. “I’m just glad that the jury was able to truly evaluate that as a potential cause of de*th and that Danny was justified in the actions that he took,” he said. WATCH:

NY BLM leader Hawk Newsome calls for “Black vigilantes” to step up in response to Daniel Penny’s acquittal We need some black vigilantes. People wanna jump up and choke us and kill us for being loud? How about we do the same?”

This comes after the second-degree manslaughter count was dismissed. 26-year-old Marine Corps veteran Daniel Penny has been found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide issued in the subway chokehold case. On Friday, the count of manslaughter was dismissed. ...more

President-elect Trump has named former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his next nominee to the lead the Department of Justice. Bondi was a swift pick just hours after former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) withdrew himself from consideration for the role. “For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans – Not anymore. Pam will refocus the DOJ to its intended purpose of fighting Crime, and Making America Safe Again. I have known Pam for many years — She is smart and tough, and is an AMERICA FIRST Fighter, who will do a...

Lauren Boebert has officially joined the ‘Make Politicians Hot Again' movement, and buddy, she may jump straight to the top of the power rankings.

A Missouri math teacher is likely headed to prison after admitting last week that she had sex with a 16-year-old student while other students served as her “lookouts” — and the boy’s dad still faces felony charges for allegedly condoning the disturbing relationship. Hailey Clifton-Carmack, 26, was arrested in January after a student reported their illicit relationship to a school resource officer, then showed cops a photo of the scratches she left on her victim’s back. On Friday, she pleaded guilty to sexual contact with a student, a charge that could imprison her for the next four years, according to...

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Reagan Gray, 26, is accused of sexually abusing a 15 year old boy and sending him naked photos 'on a daily basis' - the abuse started in the autumn of 2020 at Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock.A 26 year-old teacher has been accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy and inundating him with explicit images. The accused, Reagan Gray, who was a volunteer at one of Arkansas' largest churches, claimed she limited their sexual activity to oral interactions so he could "stay pure".It is alleged that Gray, working from Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, initiated the abuse in...

A married substitute teacher was arrested in Nebraska after she was caught undressed in the backseat of a car with a teenage boy, according to authorities. Douglas County Sheriff's deputies identified Erin Ward, 45, on Saturday after they were notified about a suspicious car parked on a dead-end road around 3am near 10200th block and North 189th Street. As they approached a gray 2015 Honda Pilot, police said that they spotted Ward and a 17-year-old boy in the backseat as she was putting her clothes back on. The boy then hopped into the driver's seat and fled the scene before...

A married teacher has been arrested over an alleged sexual relationship with a student after they were caught in 'states of undress' in a nature preserve. Jessica Sawicki, 37, from Point Pleasant, New Jersey, taught English at Hamilton High School West in Trenton, which is about a 20-minute drive from the preserve. She is accused of sexually assaulting the student - who has been described as 'at least 16 but not yet 18' - at the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area in Upper Freehold.

A female teacher has been charged with sexually abusing a 15-year-old male student at the same Arizona high school where another teacher had allegedly committed a similar crime seven months earlier. Alyssa Todd, 23, was arrested for 'inappropriate contact' between her and a student, making her the second teacher in seven months to be arrested for a sex crime at Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies High School in Buckeye. In mid-September, 42-year-old teacher Jessica Kramer was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old male student at the same school. And in October, a 23-year-old female teaching...

A special education teacher and dance team coach faces criminal sexual conduct charges after she allegedly had sex with one of her students and bought alcohol for minors. Ann Margaret Bacon, 24, told cops she had sex five times with an 18-year-old student in a hotel room in Vadnais Heights, Minnesota, according to the criminal complaint. She was charged on Monday in Ramsey County District Court with felony third-degree criminal sexual conduct. Bacon soon resigned from her position at Tartan High School, located in Oakdale, the principal of the school announced in a statement on Tuesday. Although the student was...

The Gen Z college grad who made headlines after tearfully sharing her struggles adjusting to a nine-to-five job on TikTok has recently been laid off with no emergency fund. Brielle Asero, who lives in New Jersey, revealed that she lost her first post-grad job, a position that took her five months to secure, in a recent video that has garnered over 500,000 views. 'I got laid off from my first post-grad job - the one that took me five months to find, and for which I moved to New York City,' she said, adding that it's not her fault. The...

A former South Carolina teacher was arrested Wednesday for preying on a 17-year-old high school football player, according to a local news station. Married mother-of-two Reagan Anderson, 27, is facing two counts of sexual battery on a Holly Hill Academy student for the alleged abuse, WCSC reported. The alleged victim's mother blasted Anderson at a bond hearing on Thursday. "A trusted coach, teacher and friend that abused our trust and violated her oath as an educator. She has ruined our son's life," the teen's mother read from a statement in court. "He should be 100% focused on being a fun-loving...