Guilty: Boston thug “Whitey” Bulger convicted of 11 murders
BOSTON (AP) — Former Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger has been convicted in a string of 11 killings and other underworld crimes. The 83-year-old Bulger faces life in prison after being convicted...
View Article“Stand your ground” law still standing in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A panel of Florida legislators on Thursday easily defeated an effort to repeal the state’s controversial “stand your ground law” Thursday following hours of passionate testimony....
View ArticleTYRRELL: An American tragedy
WASHINGTON — A superb report in the Wall Street Journal by that inimitable journalist, James Taranto, moves me to reflect on the modern university and things sexual. Taranto has come across another of...
View ArticleAn anonymous neighbor called 911 on this woman after her friendly pets became...
A woman from Avalon, N.J. with a couple of colorful pets has had a run-in with the law after an anonymous neighbor complained about her chatty parrots, Edmund and Arthur. Elaine Scattergood, who is in...
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson ordered to pay millions for failing to disclose one of its...
A Missouri jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $72 million of damages to the family of a woman whose ovarian cancer death was linked to her long-term use of the company’s powder products. Jurors...
View ArticleThe DUI checkpoint video the whole Internet is talking about
DUI checkpoints have very mixed receptions across the entire country. On one hand they’re useful in helping to reduce the amount of drunk drivers out there causing harm to themselves and others. On the...
View ArticleThis thief almost got away from mall security, but one woman got a leg up on him
From YouTube description: A Hispanic woman stopped a black man accused of theft by tripping him. After, a group of his friends started harassing that woman for being a “snitch” and “racist”. They were...
View ArticleThis bikini model may look nice, but here’s why she’s as naughty as they come
Patricia Perez-Gonzalez is one naughty, naughty girl. The 26-year-old Miami model and her 31-year-old boyfriend Alberto Companioni were charged for their alleged part in a $2 million dollar identity...
View ArticleA Houston grand jury chose not to indict two well-known rappers for a few...
On Dec. 23, 2016, rap legend Paul Wall and hip-hop icon Baby Bash were arrested at a marijuana party in an undercover raid in Houston. RELATED: To move 2 tons of marijuana, drug traffickers reached for...
View ArticleThe city might be on the hook for millions due to wrongfully convicting the...
After being wrongfully convicted and spending fifteen years in prison, four are now potentially receiving a nearly $31 million settlement, one of the largest the city has ever had to pay. RELATED: One...
View ArticleChicago man arrested for Oak Park carjackings as vehicle theft rises in the...
If it feels like carjackings have been on the rise in Chicago, it’s not just you. And it’s not just Chicago. RELATED: When a Milwaukee woman’s car was about to be stolen, she quite literally “jumped”...
View ArticleCook County Jail has lowest inmate count in decades and this new court order...
Earlier this year, Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans signed a court order that has revolutionized the prison system. The order says that someone who cannot afford to post bond and doesn’t pose a...
View ArticleFormer charter school security guard arrested for sexually assaulting an...
Chicago police arrested a 29-year-old man and charged him with sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl. Omari Wilson is the man in question. He is a former security guard at Betty Shabazz...
View ArticleAfter two decades in custody, inmate exonerated due to false evidence...
“I served 22 and a half years for something I didn’t do.” Thomas Sierra, 41-years-old, still doesn’t believe he is finally free. “It’s still, you know, unreal right now. I did all the time for...
View ArticleMan finally released from ICE custody after being wrongfully arrested eight...
In March 2017, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided the home of Wilmer Catalan-Ramirez, believing him to be a gang member and undocumented immigrant. After filing a lawsuit,...
View ArticleOff-duty CPD officer carjacked in Bucktown on Tuesday morning
Police are looking for two suspects after they carjacked an off-duty police officer sitting in his car in Bucktown at around 11:30 AM on Tuesday morning. RELATED: Mom does the right thing after seeing...
View ArticleFBI probe leads to allegations of four Chicago officers stealing from drug...
A yearlong investigation by the FBI and the Chicago Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division has unraveled allegations against multiple police officers of an Area Central gang team ripping off...
View ArticleThe father of three of Larry Nassar’s victims attempted to take justice into...
The father of three sexual assault victims of disgraced doctor Larry Nassar attempted to seek his own revenge in court. “Give me one minute with that bastard,” Randall Margraves said moments after...
View ArticleWoman who murdered her husband in 2014 denied his pension benefits
On January 9th, 2014, police arrived to the Lombard home of husband and wife Zeljko and Anka Miscevic. The two were wrestling on the front lawn after Anka stabbed Zeljko. The husband eventually died...
View ArticleNorth Side carjacking leads to a crash and a woman’s death Tuesday night
At around 10:30 PM on Tuesday evening, a man stole a car, drove a few blocks, and then crashed into two other cars, killing a woman inside. The carjacking took place along the 200 block of West Walton...
View ArticleLogan Square man held without bail for throwing snowball through window of a...
This should have gone without saying but let’s just reiterate it for those in the back row: don’t throw snowballs through the windows of a judge’s home. No one ever seemed to tell 36-year-old Michael...
View ArticleFlorida killer flips out in the middle of his execution, and you won’t guess...
As the execution drugs were being administered, inmate Eric Scott Branch let out a blood-curdling scream. Then he yelled “murderers! murderers! murderers!” as he thrashed on a gurney as he was being...
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