New York’s highest court has overturned the 2020 rape conviction against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, ruling that the judge in the trial made “egregious” improper rulings. “We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes,” the court’s 4-3 decision …
A Florida man was charged with aggravated animal cruelty after he was seen on video shooting a dog in the face during an argument over his allegedly infidelity. Lee County deputies were called when Farhad Deiham, 41, threatened to kill everyone in the home, including two children, the sheriff’s office said. When they arrived, deputies …
Some Christians objected Tuesday when a member of the Satanic Temple of West Michigan delivered the invocation before a meeting of the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners, but others said it was only right to uphold the US Constitution’s 2nd Amendment guaranteeing freedom of religion for all religions. Satanic Temple member Bendr Bones pointed out …
Brazilian Au Pair, Juliana Peres Magalhaes and her charge leave the Banfields’ Fairfax County, Virginia, home but turn around when Peres Magalhaes realizes she forgot their bagged lunches. Arriving at the house, the au pair sees a car she doesn’t recognize and a man she doesn’t know entering the house. Confused, she calls her employer, …
All four women on the US Supreme Court pushed back on Idaho’s strict abortion ban during oral arguments Wednesday on whether the law conflicts with a federal emergency care law. That included conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who accused the state’s attorney Joshua Turner of “hedging” when he said that decisions about whether a woman’s …
Billionaire tech entrepreneur Stewart Butterfield’s 16-year-old daughter has been reported missing in San Francisco. The Marin County Sheriff’s Office said Mint Butterfield has run away and is believed to be headed for San Francisco’s gritty and artsy Tenderloin district, KRON reported. “This is a missing child whom we now believe to be in or around …
A pair of Nevada parents have been arrested for child abuse/neglect after their 11-year-old child was found in a “large metal enclosure” when officers were asked to check on a truancy issue. The Henderson Police Department said they and the Clark County School District Police Department conducted a welfare check Tuesday morning and found the …
An grand jury has indicted Stephan Sterns with first-degree murder in the death of 13-year-old Madeline Soto, nearly two months after her body was found in a wooded area of Osceola County. The indictment alleges that Sterns killed Soto between February 25 and February 27, but no other details about the death were released, WOFL …
A 12-year-old boy found dead after spending the night in a tiny tent at a North Carolina wilderness therapy camp earlier this year may have suffocated in that tent, a staff member assigned to check his breathing in the night told state investigators. Staff at Trails Carolina did not visually check the boy overnight and …
A British woman accused of intentionally setting an elderly woman’s home on fire will face trial this week. According to BBC, Elizabeth Vamplew, 77, died from burns and smoke inhalation after Karen Vamplew, 43, set the victim’s bungalow in Eton Court, Newark, Nottinghamshire, on fire in 2021. Vampley is now charged with murder, accused of …
Colorado officials said on Wednesday that an autopsy was completed in the case of a woman whose remains were discovered in 2023, three years after her reported disappearance. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation confirmed to KKTV that Suzanne Morphew’s autopsy was completed. The report has not yet been made available to the public. READ: Suzanne …
