Day: April 17, 2023

Rep. Hank Johnson accuses relatives of crime victims of being ‘props in a MAGA Broadway production’

4:09 pm April 17, 2023

Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., sparked an uproar during Monday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing after he slammed the family members of New York City crime victims as “props in a MAGA Broadway production.” The hearing in New York City called “Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan” took aim at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and what […]

Tom Brady’s ex Gisele Bündchen gives inspirational message after divorce

4:08 pm April 17, 2023

Gisele Bündchen has some important thoughts to share six months after her high profile divorce from retired NFL star Tom Brady was finalized. “We all have our fair shares of trials,” her message, which she shared on Instagram, began. “Every laugh, every fall, every experience, the good and the bad, everything is here to teach […]

Massachusetts woman accused of killing cop boyfriend could be exonerated with new evidence: defense

4:03 pm April 17, 2023

Attorneys for a Massachusetts professor accused of killing her husband, a police officer, in January 2021 after she allegedly hit him with her vehicle while intoxicated say new evidence could help exonerate her. A Norfolk County grand jury in June 2022 indicted Bentley University Professor Karen Read, 42, of Mansfield, for second-degree murder, motor vehicle […]

California DA who floated keeping gang members accused of killing toddler out of jail faces recall backlash

4:02 pm April 17, 2023

Pamela Price, the progressive prosecutor of Alameda County, California, near San Francisco, is facing protests and a call for her recall amid a storm of criticism for her response to a family whose toddler was murdered in a suspected gang shooting on a public highway. An informal Change.org petition demanding her recall has garnered more […]

Wall Street Journal reporter imprisoned in Russia says he’s ‘not losing hope’ in handwritten letter to family

4:00 pm April 17, 2023

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained in Russia since last month, told his parents he’s “not losing hope” in a handwritten letter that indicated he hasn’t lost his sense of humor. “I want to say that I am not losing hope,” Gershkovich wrote in a letter dated April 5 that was published by […]