The Democratic Party is planning to reimburse for the first lady’s extensive transatlantic travel to attend her son’s trial — but the majority of costs will likely fall on taxpayers. First Lady Jill Biden has been traveling back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean as she tends to official duties in France while also appearing at the trial of her …
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Judge orders University of California workers to end strike protesting response to anti-Israel protests
A California judge ordered University of California academic workers to end their strike after they have been walking picket lines at several campuses in protest of the university system’s response to anti-Israel demonstrations on campuses. Orange County Superior Court Judge Randall Sherman handed the ruling down on Friday, according to CNS. The university system filed suit earlier last week aiming …
Read More »California Democrats 'playing dirty tricks' to keep Prop 47 reform off ballot, GOP leader says
California Democrats are playing “dirty tricks” in response to bipartisan efforts to place a measure to reform Proposition 47 on the November ballot in favor of other public safety bills, officials said. Prop 47, a voter-approved initiative passed in 2014, loosened the penalties for drug and theft crimes in California and has been blamed for California’s rampant theft problems. Californians …
Read More »Los Angeles socialite Rebecca Grossman gets 15 years to life for crash that killed 2 boys
A rich and powerful Los Angeles socialite was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison Monday for the deaths of two boys as they were crossing the street with their mother and younger brother. Rebecca Grossman was sentenced after being convicted of second-degree murder and other charges stemming from the Sept. 29, 2020 crash that killed Jacob Iskander, 8, …
Read More »Gabby Petito urged Brian Laundrie to 'stop crying' in love letter to her killer released by FBI
FIRST ON FOX: Gabby Petito attempted to soothe Brian Laundrie in a previously unseen letter released this week by the FBI, telling him to “stop crying” in an apparent attempt to make amends over an unknown issue. The pages appeared to have been written before the couple left on their ill-fated road trip and referenced coming “back from NY.” “Brian, …
Read More »DePaul University fires biology professor over assignment about Israel-Hamas war
DePaul University says it has fired a part-time biology professor after she gave an optional assignment to students last month asking them to write about the impact of “genocide in Gaza on human health and biology.” An investigation into the assignment offered by Anne d’Aquino “found it had negatively affected the learning environment by introducing extraneous political material that was …
Read More »The anniversary of Jaycee Dugard's kidnapping: Where she and her daughters are now
When Jaycee Dugard was 11 years old, on June 10, 1991, she was abducted on her way to school in South Lake Tahoe, California. Eighteen years passed before she was discovered and reconnected with her family. She was taken by Phillip and Nancy Garrido, who kept her outside in their backyard filled with tents and sheds. Jaycee Dugard was abducted …
Read More »Al Sharpton and Rep. Byron Donalds get into heated debate about Jim Crow: 'Get it through your skull'
Rev. Al Sharpton engaged in a heated back and forth with Rep. Byron Donalds on Saturday after the MSNBC host suggested the Florida Republican had put a “positive spin” on the Jim Crow era. Sharpton hammered Donalds – who is reportedly on former President Trump’s shortlist for his 2024 running mate – for what he said last week regarding the …
Read More »Body of missing 15-year-old JROTC cadet found in North Carolina lake
An investigation is underway in North Carolina after the body of a missing 15-year-old Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) cadet was recovered from a lake on Sunday. According to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, on Sunday, June 9, deputies responded to Camp Bud Schiele regarding a missing JROTC member. A group of JROTC cadets was at the lake participating …
Read More »Suspect in murder of California nurse arrested at US-Mexico border
A man was arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday in connection with the murder of a nurse in Huntington Beach, California, police announced Monday. Detectives from the Huntington Beach Police Department (HBPD) arrested 35-year-old Christopher Mendez of Diamond Bar on Friday afternoon as he was attempting to reenter the United States from Mexico. Mendez was initially a person of …
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