A Louisiana bill expanded after a deadly mall shooting would broaden first-degree murder charges and potentially increase death penalty eligibility, and lawmakers cited the attack as justification for toughening the state’s homicide laws. House Bill 102 was originally introduced to create a new crime targeting abuse or neglect that seriously harms elderly or vulnerable people. Read More >

A career criminal with what police say may be one of the longest rap sheets they’ve ever seen is back behind bars after a high-speed overnight chase Monday in Aurora, where officers say a blind passenger inside the stolen car was pleading to be let out. The extensive criminal history “may be the largest I’ve Read More >

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch spoke out against rising threats targeting judges, breaking his silence on violence against the judiciary in a sit-down interview with Fox News Digital. Gorsuch’s remarks come amid heightened security concerns for members of the Supreme Court after the 2022 leak of the court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Read More >

The director of University of Washington’s Middle East Center has been removed following remarks in which he was critical of the Iran war and called Zionism “cancerous.”  “Ultimately, I understand Zionism as a cancerous, a potentially fatal outgrowth in our planetary body: multiplying uncontrollably, invading healthy tissues, spreading, disrupting organs, stealing nutrients, and ultimately shutting Read More >

HARRISON, Maine — As she runs for a sixth six-year term in the U.S. Senate in left-leaning Maine, Republican Sen. Susan Collins is once again a top target for Democrats. “I have been the No. 1 target of Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, not only in this campaign, but the last two campaigns as well. I’m Read More >

The San Francisco Giants announced a fitting tribute to one of the best players in the history of Major League Baseball on Wednesday afternoon.  Willie Mays, the legendary center fielder and Hall of Famer, would have turned 95 on Wednesday. And the Giants, in conjunction with Mays’ Say Hey Foundation, along with several other sponsoring Read More >

An illegal immigrant is facing 30 charges in connection to a decade-long serial rape case in Marion County, Indiana, after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) DNA collection cracked the case, authorities said. Leonel Catalan-Torreblanca is facing 30 charges, which include level one felonies that carry potential sentences of up to 50 years in prison Read More >

All Elite Wrestling (AEW) started a special double episode of “Dynamite” and “Collision” on Wednesday with a 10-bell salute to Ted Turner. Turner, who helped launch TNT and TBS and purchased World Championship Wrestling (WCW) to help change the pro wrestling world, died on Tuesday. He was 87. AEW co-founder Tony Khan announced the tribute Read More >

Former President Barack Obama questioned claims of government-held secrets about aliens, arguing the federal government wouldn’t be able to maintain such a massive cover-up. Speaking with host Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show,” Obama dismissed ongoing UFO speculation as “conspiracy theories.” “One of the things you learn as president is the government is terrible at Read More >

A California immigration judge who was terminated by the Trump administration is alleging in a lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ) that she was fired because she is a registered Democrat and because of her affiliations with immigrant-rights groups. The 14-page lawsuit, filed by Kyra Lilien, names the DOJ and Acting U.S. Attorney General Read More >