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Hawaii liquor commissioner Lisa Martin resigns after allegedly using badge to get into club, threatened to close it down in drunken confrontation

Trouble in paradise. A Hawaii state liquor commissioner was forced to resign after he allegedly entered a nightclub flaunting his badge, then got into a drunken altercation with an employee and threatened to close the establishment. Lisa Martin resigned from her position as vice chair of the Honolulu Liquor Commission on Monday following allegations of […]

Pakistani judges say intelligence agency threatened them over Imran Khan | Imran Khan

Allegations by senior Pakistani judges that intelligence agencies applied pressure in a case involving former Prime Minister Imran Khan have reached the country’s highest court following the publication of an unprecedented letter that has taken Pakistan by storm. . The letter from six high court judges alleges family abductions, torture, cameras installed in bedrooms and […]

Man who threatened Pelosi, Mayorkas sentenced to 11 months in prison

California man who left threatening voicemails for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Department of Homeland Security. The Justice Department announced Wednesday that Alejandro Mayorkas was sentenced to 11 months in prison. David Allen Carrier, 44, pleaded guilty on December 19, 2023 to two counts of intimidation of a federal officer after a grand jury […]

Netanyahu’s Coalition Threatened by Religious Draft Law Controversy

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government, already under pressure from left-wing protests and predictions of the collapse of the U.S. intelligence community, faces a new challenge in the fight over drafting the Religious Soldiers bill. Members of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community are exempt from military service under a policy that Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion […]

MLBPA ‘threatened’ players who spoke out, claims lawyer at center of union drama

A battle within the Major League Baseball Players Association has taken another turn, with one rival faction claiming the other is trying to “bully and intimidate” players into changing their minds about the organization’s leadership. Harry Marino is a central figure in the ongoing power struggle within the MLBPA leadership, pitting the current leadership of […]