The murder trial of Alex Murdaugh has been a shocking and tragic event for the small town of Oakwood, Arkansas. On the morning of October 4th, the bodies of Murdaugh’s wife and son were discovered in their home. In the wake of this tragedy, prosecutors have taken on the daunting task of bringing Murdaugh to … Read more
On Friday, a federal judge delayed the contempt trial of White House trade adviser Peter Navarro for months over executive privilege issues. The trial was set to begin on April 28th, but Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., granted a motion by the White House to delay the trial … Read more
On April 14, 2021, a federal judge sentenced the first person to be convicted of assaulting a Capitol Police officer during the insurrection on January 6, 2021, to more than six years in prison. The man, George Pierre Tanios, of Morgantown, West Virginia, admitted to assaulting Officer Brian Sicknick with a chemical spray during the … Read more
The trial of Peter Navarro, a top White House economic adviser, has been delayed for several months due to a dispute over executive privilege. Navarro is facing a congressional contempt charge for refusing to testify before the House Oversight Committee in 2019. The committee was investigating the White House’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Navarro … Read more
The United States Justice Department recently announced the arrest of three individuals in connection with a plot to assassinate a New York-based journalist, Masih Alinejad. The suspects were allegedly directed by Iran-based agents to carry out the attack. Masih Alinejad is a prominent Iranian journalist and human rights activist. She is known for her outspoken … Read more
CNN — Sayfullo Saipov was convicted of murder by a federal jury for using a rented truck to fatally beat eight people on a New York City bike path on Halloween in 2017. Jurors deliberated about six hours over two days in the case involving New York’s deadliest terror attack since 9/11 – which left … Read more
CNN — The Memphis police chief condemned the actions of the officers involved in the arrest of Tire Nichols earlier this month as “a breach of basic humanity” ahead of the imminent release of video showing the incident. “It’s not just a professional failure. It’s a basic lack of humanity to another individual,” Chief Cerelyn … Read more
CNN — The murder trial of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh is underway at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, a small town about 40 miles east of Charleston. The case dates back to June 2021, when Murdaugh’s wife and son were found shot dead at the family estate in Islandton, known as Moselle. … Read more
CNN — Nearly three weeks after a traffic stop in Memphis led to a violent arrest and subsequent death of a driver, police are expected to release police body camera footage of the incident to the public. Tire Nichols, a 29-year-old black man, was hospitalized after the Jan. 7 arrest and died three days later … Read more
Washington CNN — Criminal charges have been dropped against an Afghan national who served with the US military in Afghanistan and was apprehended after fleeing to the United States across the southern border with Mexico. Abdul Wasi Safi, referred to as Wasi, served alongside U.S. Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan as an Afghan Special Forces … Read more
