The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office is no longer seeking the death penalty for a gang member accused of fatally shooting one police officer and trying to kill another one in 2017, prosecutors told a judge in the case Thursday, Feb. 18. Whittier Officer Keith Boyer, 53, was the first police officer in the
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Texas senator Ted Cruz flew to Mexico with his family while the state he represents deals with power outages and water supply issues due to freezing temperatures. Parts of Texas have been without power for four days, with hospitals facing a loss of water pressure and heat. Meanwhile, the prominent Republican flew to the resort
The government unlawfully failed to publish details of coronavirus-related contracts worth billions, the High Court has ruled. The Good Law Project launched a judicial review against the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) over its “wholesale failure” to disclose details of the COVID-19-related contracts. Under law, the government has to publish a “contract award
Actor John R. Mitchell has resigned from SAG-AFTRA’s local board of directors in Philadelphia amid growing outrage about a meme he posted that depicts President Joe Biden with stereotypical Asian features and text that reads, “Introducing Our 46th President: Sum Dum Fuk.” See the image below. In a statement on his resignation, SAG-AFTRA called it
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a novel attack that could allow criminals to trick a point of sale terminal into transacting with a victim’s Mastercard contactless card while believing it to be a Visa card. The research, published by a group of academics from the ETH Zurich, builds on a study detailed last September that delved
Redmi Note 10 series global debut is set for March 4. A fresh leak in the run up to the launch event suggests the possible variants coming in the series, their key specifications, and colour options. Redmi Note 10 series is likely to comprise three models – Redmi Note 10, Redmi Note 10 Pro, and
The boss of LloydsPharmacy is facing questions from a prominent MP about its treatment of employees as its American owner plots a £400m sale of the chain. Sky News has seen a letter from Robert Halfon, a member of the Conservatives’ 1922 Committee, to Toby Anderson, chief executive of McKesson UK, querying prospective changes to
Singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah earned a 2020 Grammy Awards Best American Roots Song nomination for her song “Black Myself,” as originally recorded by Our Native Daughters, a quartet also featuring Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla and Allison Russell. A newly released solo version, however, offers a different look at the track. “”Black Myself” is the first song I’ve
FINALLY. The wait is over. Ashley Monroe announced she has a new album due out April 30th called Rosegold, and she just released the first single, “Drive.” It’s psychedelic, sexy and pretty pop sounding, compared to what we’re used to seeing from Ashley. It remains to be seen if she might be changing up her
WandaVision fans crashed Disney+ went Episode 7 went live. Reports indicate that problem reports for Disney+ service surged around 2 a.m. on Friday, February 19th – the exact same time that WandaVision’s new episode dropped. Further reporting and social media reactions indicate that Disney+ was down for about 10 minutes of time for some subscribers;
Exclusive Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will get clobbered as a third-party Presidential candidate unless he’s willing to stand up to billionaires and fight for everyday people … so says the Green Party. As you may have heard … the WWE superstar-turned Hollywood megastar now says he’d seriously consider running for Prez “if that’s what the
At long last, the Snyder Cut is set to be released out into the world, putting a cap on a years-long fan campaign to see a filmmaker’s vision realized. On March 18th, Zack Snyder’s Justice League will make its debut on HBO Max. The only problem, however, is that HBO Max is currently only available
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This post was originally published in our mystery/thriller newsletter, Unusual Suspects. Sign up for it here to get mystery news, reviews, deals, and more! Hello mystery fans! I have three mystery books perfect for escape-reading, depending on your mood: cozy, historical, and a fun thriller. Also, for fellow horror/Gothic/suspense fans, I just finished the audiobook for Mexican
The recently rebooted TV series Unsolved Mysteries is launching a new weekly podcast Wednesday, February 17th. To accompany the launch announcement, Unsolved Mysteries released a trailer that features interviews with various people sharing their eerie tales. Each episode will focus on a different mystery and will feature guests closely associated with the case, such as
This Clarice review contains spoilers. Clarice Episode 2 Clarice episode 2, “Ghosts of Highway 20,” takes the series further from The Silence of the Lambs, and deeper into federal cop procedural territory. FBI Agent Clarice Starling (Rebecca Breeds) went rogue at the end of the debut episode, “breaking the chain of command” and telling the
Dockworkers at the nation’s largest commercial seaport complex continue battling the coronavirus, even as numbers wane across Los Angeles County — with about 41% of all positive tests at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach occurring in the first six weeks of the new year. There were 590 cases suspected coronavirus cases at
NASA’s mission to search for signs of ancient life on Mars has sent back its first images from the surface of the Red Planet after a successful landing. The historic moment was the culmination of a seven-month journey in space and a considerably shorter trip through the Martian atmosphere. Claps and cheers erupted from the
At least 10,000 children in care were placed in potentially unsafe accommodation including caravans, tents and barges, a Sky News investigation has found. Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show that local councils used unregulated accommodation to house vulnerable children – even though these settings were not subject to inspection or regulation by Ofsted. Between January 2019 and December
Vlad Tenev, founder of retail stock trading app Robinhood, told a House Committee on Thursday that “the financial system should be open to everyone,” including frenzied buyers of GameStop and AMC Entertainment whipped up by a Reddit chatroom. He apologized profusely that a funding rule had forced the app to subsequently block share purchases –