Federal courts will not make criminal referrals to DOJ over separate ethics complaints against Justice Thomas
Federal court officials announced that ethics lawsuits filed separately by members of Congress and advocacy groups against Judges Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson will not be referred to the Justice Department. The U.S. Judicial Conference announced that Thomas had agreed to follow updated guidelines regarding free personal travel and a list of gifts from […]
Two sailors dead in separate boom accidents in Sydney to Hobart yacht race
Two sailors on separate boats died in boom accidents two hours apart on the stormy opening night of the annual Sydney to Hobart race, marking the event's longest at-sea fatality. The history of has increased. The Australian Cruising Yacht Club in Sydney, which runs the yacht race, said on Friday that one sailor from contestants […]
NYC maniac slashes 2 people at Grand Central subway station in separate attacks on Christmas Eve
A maniac slashed a man and a woman separately at Grand Central's 42nd Street Station on Christmas Eve, police and law enforcement officials said. According to police and officials, two people got into an argument on the steps of the southbound exit of Midtown Station around 10:15 p.m., and the assailant stabbed the 42-year-old man […]
House GOP eyes plan B stopgap with separate 2-part debt limit commitment
House Republicans are eyeing an alternative government funding stopgap that excludes raising the debt ceiling, and are instead working on a pledge to raise the borrowing limit twice next year to appease President-elect Trump. People's sources told The Hill. The new continuing resolution is still under consideration and subject to change, but includes some language […]
Shouting madman stabs NYC subway rider who was watching Netflix hours after teen slashed in separate transit attack: cops
On Tuesday night, a screaming maniac stabbed a man who was watching Netflix on a train in Brooklyn. The victim now says he will think twice before riding the subway again. According to the victim and officials, the 32-year-old victim was watching a show on a northbound Q train at Park Place and 7th Avenue […]
Philly man exonerated after serving 24 years for murder conviction has been convicted in separate killing
A Philadelphia man who was acquitted after serving 24 years for murder is back in prison for another murder. Sean Thomas, 50, was acquitted and awarded a $4.1 million settlement after his 1994 murder conviction was overturned and he was released from a life sentence in 2017. But on Thursday, it was reported that Thomas […]
Shaurn Thomas awarded $4.1M over wrongful murder conviction confesses to separate killing
A Philadelphia man who served 24 years in prison for a murder conviction that was dismissed, acquitted and given a $4.1 million settlement will go back to prison for another murder. Sean Thomas, who was released from a life sentence in 2017 after his 1992 murder conviction was overturned, pleaded guilty last Thursday to a […]
Thune lays out plan for separate border and tax reconciliation bills
Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R.S.D.) said at Tuesday's Senate Republican Dinner that Congress would first embark on a budget reconciliation package focused on border security and defense next year and then act on it. He presented an ambitious plan to do so. They reached an agreement this year on a second round of […]
4 planes collide in 2 separate crashes at Boston Logan Airport
An already hectic holiday travel day was made even more chaotic on Monday when two planes collided just hours apart on the tarmac at Boston Logan International Airport. In the first crash, an American Airlines jet taxiing to the gate clipped the wing of a Frontier Airlines plane parked at a local ABC affiliate. WCVB […]
Sheriff’s defense in judge murder could depend on deposition in separate case: report
Former Letcher County, Kentucky, Sheriff Sean “Mickey” Stines on Monday pleaded not guilty to murdering District Court Judge Kevin Mullins in the same courthouse where a court officer fired on a lawman in September. Attorney Jeremy Bartley said Monday that Stines has prepared a “compelling defense” to justify the shooting of his longtime office colleague. […]