Police in Wichita, Kansas, tracked down a man who is accused of stealing a popular bronze statue of legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson. Ricky Alderete, 45, was charged with making false information, identity theft, aggravated criminal damage to property, and felony theft valued over $25,000 in connection to the incident. A statue of Jackie Robinson...
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Meta’s Oversight Board Blasts Facebook Policy Allowing Altered Clip of Biden to Stay Online. How Could Disinformation Spread Impact the Upcoming Presidential Election?
Meta’s Oversight Board said it recently decided to uphold the social media company’s decision to leave on Facebook a video, first posted last May, that was altered to make it seem as though President Joe Biden is touching his adult granddaughter inappropriately. The board criticized Meta’s manipulated media policy in the decision, stating it was...
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‘He Was Scared of the Big, Black Man’: Texas Army Veteran Gets 40 Years for Racially Motivated Murder But Avoids Life Term
A Texas Army veteran who was convicted of murdering a Black man in a racially motivated shooting in 2021 was sentenced last week to 40 years in prison but avoided a life term from the judge, which could set him free after serving half the time. Christopher Lee Powell, 36, of Killeen, was found guilty...
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Can Donald Trump’s Campaign Funds Cover His Mounting Legal Expenses?
Former President Donald Trump spent about $50 million from Republican donors on legal bills in 2023 as he faced a panoply of criminal and civil charges, according to a report by The New York Times. Thus far in the 2024 primary, Trump’s Save America PAC, has spent about as much money on legal bills as...
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‘There Are Whistleblowers’: Staff Members Offer to Tell All on DA Fani Willis Amid Investigation Into Financial Misconduct Claims
Several staff members who serve under Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis reportedly have come forward in an ongoing Georgia Senate panel investigation into alleged financial misconduct by Atlanta’s top prosecutor amid an ongoing romance scandal. The state Special Committee on Investigations — comprised of six Republicans and three Democrats — is looking into whether...