Day: February 29, 2024

Texas man receives life sentence after sexually assaulting 4 women in their homes

11:51 am February 29, 2024

A man was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty in the attacks of four women who were sexually assaulted in their homes throughout the Dallas area, including three women who were alumnae of the same national Black sorority. Jeffery Lemor Wheat, 52, entered the pleas Tuesday in district court in Collin County. With […]

Nevada’s secretary of state says lawyers who fill poll worker gap should earn continuing education credits

11:51 am February 29, 2024

With Nevada counties struggling to find poll workers in a pivotal election year, the top election official in the Western swing state is taking a page from his counterparts elsewhere and is asking the legal community to help fill the gap. Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar wants lawyers who volunteer at the polls to be […]

Lloyd Austin to face grilling from lawmakers over secret hospital visits

11:48 am February 29, 2024

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will face a grilling from lawmakers in his first appearance before Congress since his secretive hospital visits in January. Austin will appear before the GOP-controlled House Armed Services Committee. Several lawmakers on the committee have blasted the secretary both for not informing Congress of his days-long hospital visit, but also […]

Madeline Soto: Boyfriend of missing Florida teen’s mom arrested, named ‘prime suspect’ in disappearance

11:08 am February 29, 2024

Authorities in Florida have made an arrest and named a suspect amid a massive search for a 13-year-old girl last seen on Monday. Madeline “Maddie” Soto was last seen Monday morning by her mother’s boyfriend, 37-year-old Stephan Sterns, who is considered the “prime suspect” as of Wednesday night, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. […]

Dueling Biden, Trump visits to besieged border come amid fresh slew of violent crimes by illegal immigrants

11:00 am February 29, 2024

President Biden and former President Trump will both head to the southern border on Thursday as the besieged southern border becomes a top political issue — and as the nation is gripped by a wave of stories of violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants. The violent crime and those arrests, all made in the last […]