Month: June 2023

A former Maryland police chief convicted of setting a dozen fires who targeted officials, chiropractors and family members he felt had rejected him, was sentenced Tuesday to multiple life sentences, authorities said. A Howard County judge sentenced David Crawford, 71, to eight life sentences plus 75 years in a serial arson case that the state’s attorney’s office said spanned nearly a decade in six counties. Crawford’s “actual enforceable prison sentence” is two life terms plus 75 years, the DA’s office said. The terms will run concurrently. “These families have waited several years for justice to be served, and we are…

RANTOUL — Braver Angels, an organization that aims to bring people together across political divides, will host a first-ever Illinois event tonight in Rantoul. The incumbents: state Rep. Mike Marron, R-Fithian, and state Sen. Paul Faraci, D-Champaign. The bipartisan Constituent Conversation, scheduled for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Rantoul Township High School, will be an opportunity for constituents to discuss how to work together despite today’s divisive politics. Braver Angels Illinois co-coordinator Matt Hausman says the organization sees this as a first step in this state. “The idea is to show that elected officials can work together and be respectful,”…

The annual cascade of Supreme Court decisions this week will make plenty of headlines, but polls show Americans of all political stripes are increasingly concerned about the lack of an ethics code for the high court. Chief Justice John Roberts has said more than once that the court is working on a code of ethics for itself, but so far, crickets. Meanwhile, investigative journalists are finding that the conduct of the Supreme Court is rich ground to plow. Last week, ProPublica reported that Justice Samuel Alito failed to disclose that he had enjoyed a high-end, all-expenses-paid fishing trip to Alaska,…

The Biden White House has repeatedly claimed they are “the most transparent administration in American history,” but a review by Fox News Digital found that visitor records from the start of the Biden administration to in February 2023 they have not included any of Hunter Biden’s visits to the White House. or extended stays. Fox News Digital reviewed several articles to piece together Hunter Biden’s whereabouts during his father’s administration and found that he has visited the White House more than a dozen times through February 2023, the month counted in the most recent visitor records published last month. The…

Last week, 30 Catholic members of Congress signed a “Renewed statement of principles” to reaffirm his support for abortion rights on the anniversary of the Women’s Health Organization’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, both cases previous ones that established the constitutional right to abortion and governed what limits could and could not be placed on abortion. The statement was deeply confused about the principles at stake. It’s the latest entry in the post-Dobbs derangement syndrome that has afflicted many on the left. Many of us on the Catholic left have advocated…

Three young girls, ages 2, 5 and 8, who had been missing since May 22 have been found safe, Mesa police announced Sunday. Mesa police said no charges were filed in this case because it was not a kidnapping case. The only living parent, the children’s mother, was arrested in Texas and a family member had agreed to take the children. When the mother was released to prison, she asked for them to be returned. One child was located in California and the other two were found in Texas. Mesa police said each state’s Department of Child Services was contacted…

The Justice Department’s watchdog agency found that prison guard misconduct and long-standing problems gave disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein “an opportunity to take his own life” before his 2019 suicide. >> Read more trending news Epstein died on August 10, 2019, while awaiting trial at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. The General Inspection of the Department of Justice determines in a report issued on Tuesday that “numerous and serious failures” by prison staff allowed Epstein to be left alone and unsupervised in his cell with an excess of sheets before he hanged himself. In the report, officials said investigators…

Spokesman Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday declared Donald J. Trump the “strongest political opponent” against President Biden, adding to make clear his loyalty to the former president just hours after suggesting in a televised interview that Mr. Trump he might not be the best Republican presidential candidate. positioned to prevail in the 2024 elections. The hasty attempt to ingratiate himself with Mr. Trump underscores Mr. Trump’s fear. McCarthy to alienate the former president as he struggles to hold together his fractured House majority and withstand growing pressure from right-wing lawmakers loyal to Mr. trump And it reflected the precarious position of…