Day: April 15, 2024

Top officials at NH detention center wouldn’t take children’s word over staff, witness claims

10:53 pm April 15, 2024

A man who oversaw staff training and investigations at New Hampshire’s youth detention center testified Monday that top-level administrators sided with staff against residents, while lower-level workers wanted to punish kids for speaking up. Virgil Bossom returned to the witness stand Monday, the fourth day of a trial seeking to hold the state accountable for […]

Bill Maher rips sanctuary city ‘hypocrites’ turning away migrants: Abbott, DeSantis ‘called their bluff’

10:17 pm April 15, 2024

Liberal comedian Bill Maher called Democratic leaders of sanctuary cities “hypocrites” for their reaction to the border crisis, during his “Club Random”podcast on Sunday. Maher raised the immigration issue after guest and former TV anchor Katie Couric argued that class resentment and anti-elitism had led blue-collar workers to support former President Trump. Maher agreed but […]

Colorado funeral home owners found with nearly 200 decomposing bodies, charged with COVID fraud

10:06 pm April 15, 2024

A Colorado Springs, Colorado couple who authorities claim abandoned nearly 200 bodies in a building infested with maggots and flies, faces additional charges after allegedly spending more than $880,000 in COVID relief funds on vacations, cosmetic surgery and other personal expenses. Jon Hallford and his wife, Carie Hallford, owned the Back to Nature Funeral Home […]

Bureau of Prisons to close California women’s prison where inmates have been subjected to sex abuse

9:57 pm April 15, 2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons said Monday it will close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse. Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters said in a statement to the AP […]

Louisiana Democratic Party selects new chairman

9:55 pm April 15, 2024

The Louisiana Democratic Party has new leadership. Randal Gaines, a former state representative, was selected Saturday as the political group’s new chair after a set of procedural moves ended with him being the only candidate nominated for the position. His selection ousted Katie Bernhardt, who had been chair for the past four years, The Advocate […]