L.A. city council saves Marilyn Monroe’s home from demolition
By Liya Cui (Reuters) – The Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to designate actress Marilyn Monroe’s former home as a historical landmark on Wednesday, preventing the house where the Hollywood legend died from demolition. The decision
KEYWORD NOTICE – 3rd lawsuit claims a Tennessee city’s police botched investigation of a man accused of sex crimes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee city is facing a third lawsuit claiming its police refused to conduct proper investigations into allegations that a man was sexually assaulting multiple women for years. The newest plaintiff has said
California floats an idea to fight shoplifting that may even affect who controls Congress
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California initiative to once again make shoplifting a felony for repeat offenders is developing into a contest over whether the state’s Democrats are tough enough on crime to hang on to their
Florida’s balloon ban will protect sea turtles, birds and other marine life
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Sea turtles, marine birds and children under 7 will be protected under a new Florida law that bans the intentional release of balloons. The law, signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday,
Tennessee turns failed Graceland auction probe over to federal investigators
By Jasper Ward (Reuters) – Tennessee’s attorney general has asked the federal government to take over an investigation into an attempt to auction off Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan
More than a hundred Haitian migrants arrived in a sailboat off the Florida Keys
MIAMI (AP) — A group of more than a hundred Haitian migrants arrived in a sailboat off the lower Florida Keys on early morning Wednesday, local and federal officials said. The boat arrived about 100 yards (91
Prosecutors, defense clash over whether man who killed 5 in Florida bank deserves death penalty
A former prison guard trainee who executed five women inside a Florida bank in 2019 deserves the death penalty because the massacre was “shockingly evil,” long-planned and designed to mentally torture his victims, a prosecutor argued at
Ex-‘Jackass’ star Bam Margera will spend six months on probation after plea over family altercation
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Former “Jackass” star Bam Margera will spend six months on probation after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct Wednesday over an altercation at his home near Philadelphia. Margera, 44, had been charged with
Former Honduran president sentenced for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into US
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced Wednesday in New York for his conviction on charges that he enabled drug traffickers to use his military and national police force to help get
Feds charge 5, including man acquitted at trial, with attempting to bribe Minnesota juror with $120K
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Five people were charged on Wednesday with trying to bribe a juror in one of the country’s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases with a bag of $120,000 in cash, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the
