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Six states have now passed Bentley's Law, requiring drunk drivers convicted of killing a parent to pay child support to the children they orphaned. The movement is pushing for a federal standard across all 50 states.
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A Texas grand jury declined to charge a father who beat a ranch hand to death after catching him sexually assaulting his 5-year-old daughter. Texas law permits deadly force to stop a sexual assault in progress.
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Actor Rob Schneider published a public open letter to Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro demanding ABC fire Jimmy Kimmel immediately, citing a controversial joke about Melania Trump and what Schneider called a pattern of dangerous rhetoric.
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Federal agents boarded eight cruise ships at the Port of San Diego and confirmed 27 of 28 detained crew members had received or possessed child exploitation material. One ship was a Disney Cruise Line vessel. No federal criminal charges have been filed — all were deported.
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Politics
New York City’s new mayor isn’t wasting any time picking a fight with the federal government. Zohran Mamdani signed Executive Order 13 this week, drawing a hard line between city institutions and federal immigration enforcement — declaring that ICE agents cannot enter public schools, hospitals, or city-run shelters without a judicial warrant. It sounds simple, […]
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On a summer afternoon in 2012, a 23-year-old Texas father’s world was shattered in an instant. He was working on his family’s ranch in Lavaca County when he heard his 5-year-old daughter scream. What he found when he ran to her side set off one of the most emotionally charged legal debates in recent American […]
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An 18-year-old traveled over 1,000 miles to break into a Florida teenager's home with a shotgun. Her father, a retired police lieutenant, shot and killed him when he returned. No charges were filed under Florida's Stand Your Ground law.
73d ago
Politics
A presidential pardon can wipe out federal charges — but it cannot touch state prosecutors. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner made that crystal clear this week, putting Epstein’s associates on notice: no matter what happens in Washington, state-level prosecutors have the full authority to pursue their own cases, and nothing in the Constitution can stop […]
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The U.S. military has been conducting lethal strikes on boats in the Caribbean for months — targeting vessels suspected of carrying narcotics. Reports indicate at least 186 people have been killed across these operations. Now a sitting congressman is saying those strikes have crossed a line that could make the people who ordered them criminals […]
73d ago
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More than a half-dozen prosecutors have been demoted or pushed out of the DOJ office handling the Comey case. Both indictments have been thrown out, and sources say a third is coming.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a law allowing the death penalty for sexual assault of a child under 12, even if the victim survived — directly challenging a 2008 Supreme Court ruling. Here's what it means.
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Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner warned Epstein associates that a presidential pardon only covers federal crimes — state prosecutors retain full authority to file charges, and some cases may still be legally viable under extended statutes of limitations.
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