Day: June 3, 2024

3rd-strike ‘trans’ rape suspect prompts rebellion against CA law after attack in women’s prison

1:30 pm June 3, 2024

A transgender-identified California convict with a lengthy record of criminal violence has been transferred out of a women’s correctional facility and back to a men’s prison after being indicted for rape. Tremaine “Tremayne” Deon Carroll, 51, is an incarcerated biological male who identifies as a woman and faces two charges of forcible rape and one […]

Oregon defendants who do not have a lawyer must be released from jail, US appeals court rules

1:27 pm June 3, 2024

A federal appeals court upheld a ruling that defendants in Oregon who have been in jail for more than seven days without a defense attorney must be released from custody. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in its 2-1 decision on Friday that Oregon’s public defense system is a “Sixth Amendment nightmare,” referring […]

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee says she has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

10:14 am June 3, 2024

U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, announced Sunday night that she is being treated for pancreatic cancer, but assured her constituents that she will soon be back at full strength. Jackson Lee, 74, has been representing Texas’ 18th congressional district for 30 years. “My doctors have confirmed my diagnosis for pancreatic cancer,” Jackson Lee said […]

On this day in history, June 3, 1965, Ed White becomes first American to walk in space: ‘Just tremendous’

10:00 am June 3, 2024

Astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space on this day in history, June 3, 1965. White, an engineer, a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, a test pilot and NASA astronaut, made the spacewalk — technically known as “Extravehicular Activity” or “EVA” — while serving as the pilot on the […]

Radical climate activist vandalizes famous painting in Paris

8:15 am June 3, 2024

Paris authorities arrested a radical climate protester Saturday after she vandalized a famous painting by Claude Monet at the Orsay Museum. The protester, who was part of the French environmental activist group, Riposte Alimentaire, targeted Monet’s 1973 painting “Les Coquelicots” by covering it with a large red sticker and gluing her hand to the wall. […]