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Los Angeles bus driver fights back after female suspect attacks her over alleged fare dispute

A Los Angeles bus driver was seen on video fighting back against a woman who attacked her on Sunday. The incident unfolded around 1 p.m. near South Central Avenue and Jefferson Boulevard in South Los Angeles. The suspect was boarding a DASH bus, which offers free service, and tried to pay a dollar to the driver, the Los Angeles Department …

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Maryland man allegedly murdered his mom in their shared home, left her body in a bathtub

A Maryland man was arrested Monday after allegedly murdering his mother and leaving her body inside a bathroom of the home the two of them shared. Jeremy Gentry, 48, was charged with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment in connection with the death of Beatrice Kay Gentry, 68, according to Maryland State Police. The Fruitland …

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Suspect in NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller slaying pleads not guilty to murder, other charges

The career criminal accused of fatally shooting a New York Police Department officer in the stomach during a routine traffic stop pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday morning, more than a month after the incident. Guy Rivera, 34, was hospitalized after he allegedly inflicted a mortal wound on Officer Jonathan Diller, 31, and fellow officers returned fire. He was …

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Tennessee's worst juvenile criminals can't age out of punishment thanks to new blended sentencing

Tennessee lawmakers have sent a “blended sentencing” bill to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk that will crack down on lenient punishments for the worst of the worst juvenile offenders by handing them adult punishments after they age out of the juvenile system. Under current law, the juvenile justice system loses jurisdiction over a young offender after his or her 19th birthday. …

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Trump reads back to media their own trial reporting: 'No smoking gun'

Former President Trump greeted the media Tuesday morning holding a sheet of paper detailing news reports that there’s “no smoking gun” in the unprecedented Manhattan trial. “NBC ‘Today’ show: ‘The challenge is that there is no smoking gun, no email or tape to prove the president’s intent. They don’t have a way to prove that.’ That’s NBC ‘Today’ show,” Trump …

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Trump trial judge compared to 'corrupt dictatorships' as Stormy Daniels unleashes salacious testimony

Legal experts railed against former pornographic actress Stormy Daniels’ salacious testimony as “prejudicial” on Tuesday, as former President Trump’s legal team moved for a mistrial that ultimately failed in the action-packed court day. “I used to try cases for a living. I still have a pretty good sense of what evidence is relevant, what is prejudicial and what is completely …

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NM high court upholds man's convictions in 2018 triple homicide

The New Mexico Supreme Court has upheld a man’s murder convictions in the 2018 shooting deaths of three people near the community of Dixon. In a unanimous decision, the state’s high court concluded Monday that there was sufficient evidence to support John Powell’s convictions of three counts of first-degree murder and one count of aggravated burglary in 2020. The bodies …

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NY v. Trump: Mayor Adams says Rikers Island is 'prepared' if Trump is sentenced to jail

New York City’s Rikers Island is prepared if former President Donald Trump is ordered to serve time in jail amid his unprecedented trial in Manhattan, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday. “Our amazing commissioner … is prepared for whatever comes on Rikers Island,” Adams told the media Tuesday when asked if Rikers, New York City’s largest prison, is prepared if Trump …

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Missouri man admits to strangling hospitalized wife to death because he couldn't afford her medical bills

A Missouri man is facing a second degree murder charge for strangling his wife to death as she was lying in a hospital bed over the weekend, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced. According to court records, Ronnie Wiggs admitted to police that he killed his wife, who had come to the hospital for a new port for dialysis. …

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Boca Bash partier's parents issue apology after son caught dumping bins of trash into ocean

The family of one of two teen boys facing felonies for dumping drums of trash into the Atlantic Ocean at Florida’s annual Boca Bash issued an apology after their son turned himself in to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Now-viral drone footage shows the teens hefting two trash bins filled with bottles and other plastics over the …

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