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The New Hampshire political consultant behind robocalls mimicking President Biden is now facing 24 criminal charges, 13 of which are felony counts. Steve Kramer admitted to commissioning robocalls that used artificial intelligence to generate a voice similar to President Biden encouraging recipients not to participate in the primary. The Federal Communications Commission also announced $6 million in fines against Kramer. …

This story is the fifth in a series examining the mass-migration of West Coast residents to Idaho. Read parts one, two, three and four. COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Seth Horst used to avoid telling strangers what he did for a living. “Police officer” felt like a four-letter word in 2020, especially in California. Fast-forward a year and Horst stood with …

A Tunisian court on Wednesday sentenced two TV and radio journalists to one year in prison for criticizing the government on their programs and on social networks. Borhane Bsaïs and Mourad Zeghidi were each given six months’ imprisonment for disseminating “fake news” and an additional six months for “making false statements with the aim of defaming others,” in reference to …

Leonard Glenn Francis, better known as “Fat Leonard,” is a 6 feet, 3 inch tall, 350 pound former Malaysian defense contractor who bribed hundreds of Navy officers for classified information for more than 20 years. He eventually defrauded the U.S. government and American taxpayers out of at least $35 million dollars until he was caught in a sting operation in …

A 9-year-old girl “should have known” there was a camera hidden under the toilet seat by an American Airlines flight attendant, the airline’s lawyers said in court filings. The employee, Estes Carter Thompson III, 37, allegedly filmed multiple little girls between the ages of 7 and 14 during a seven-month span last year, federal prosecutors said. One of the victims’ …

U.S. Marshals apprehended a Puerto Rican man in Willimantic, Connecticut on Thursday, who was wanted for allegedly shooting and killing a man in Massachusetts in December. The U.S. Marshal’s Service said 28-year-old Lee George-Maldonado faces multiple charges in Fall River, Massachusetts, including murder, carrying a firearm without a license, attempting to commit a crime, kidnapping with a firearm, and two …

Thailand plans to relist cannabis as a narcotic and issue permits only to those who grow and use it for medical purposes and research, Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on social media on Thursday. The comments follow a stunning policy reversal this month by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, who pledged to re-criminalize cannabis by the end of the year …

An 18-year-old student was shot and wounded in a parking lot across the street from his high school in a New Orleans suburb Thursday, the final day of classes at the school. NEW ORLEANS COURTROOM BRAWL ERUPTS AFTER MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KILLING HIS 3 CHILDREN The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said the shooting was reported around noon Thursday near …

In March, 20-year-old Terry Young became the third male charged with murder in connection to the deadly shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade. A total of 12 people pulled their guns, with at least six of those individuals firing their weapons, federal prosecutors said. Lyndell Mays, 22, and Dominic Miller, 18, also face multiple charges, including second-degree …

Journalists and political commentators celebrated news that voters in Multnomah County, Oregon, which includes Portland, ousted incumbent District Attorney Mike Schmidt and replaced him with a former Republican on Wednesday. “It’s official: Portland got the Schmidt kicked out of it!” Portland-based journalist Andy Ngo wrote. “Soros-funded [Schmidt] has finally conceded after the surge of last-minute ballots failed to help him …