Oath Keepers founder sentenced to 18 years for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy A federal judge’s 18-year prison sentence for Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, is the longest yet among people involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. | View caption Hide caption First Look | Oath Keepers extremist group founder Stewart…
LOS ANGELES — Actor Armie Hammer will not face criminal charges in connection with allegations of sexual assault made in 2021, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. The district attorney’s office said there was insufficient evidence to charge Hammer, the star of “The Social Network” and “Call Me by Your Name.” “Due…
As technology advances, the use of facial-recognition software is being implemented in numerous new ways, often by government entities, for security purposes. The Transportation Security Administration has been testing out the software at more than a dozen U.S. airports, leading to both praise of the system’s security features and calls from politicians for facial scanners to…
As technology advances, the use of facial-recognition software is being implemented in numerous new ways, often by government entities, for security purposes. The Transportation Security Administration has been testing out the software at more than a dozen U.S. airports, leading to both praise of the system’s security features and calls from politicians for facial scanners to…
One person was killed Tuesday and others were injured when a driver accused in a carjacking crashed after a pursuit by officers, police said. The carjacking happened around 10 a.m., and a police chase started after the stolen city-owned truck was spotted by authorities, Officer Robert Rueca, a San Francisco police spokesperson, told reporters. One…
“Where have all the flowers gone?” asks the famous 1960s antiwar song. In Moscow today, The New York Times reports, the question is: Where have all the men gone? The answer to both questions is, in part, the same: To the graveyards of soldiers. But a lot of the missing men of Moscow have also…
The Kremlin has opened a criminal case against the prosecutor and several judges on the International Criminal Court in an apparent act of retribution for the court issuing an arrest warrant against President Vladimir Putin. The Russian Investigative Committee said in a Telegram post Saturday that British prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan had brought “a knowingly…
Police arrested a 15-year-old student after he allegedly brought an AR-15 and ammunition to a Phoenix high school on Friday, authorities said. The student is facing “serious felony charges” after allegedly bringing the semi-automatic rifle — the weapon behind a dozen of the 21 deadliest mass shootings in the U.S. since 2006 — to Bostrom High School,…
Durham report criticizes FBI role in Trump-Russia probe A four-year investigation into the possible misconduct of the FBI’s probe into ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign has concluded. Prosecutor John Durham’s report has identified major flaws in the FBI’s investigation. | View caption Hide caption First Look | An investigation into the origins…
Days after a New Mexico 18-year-old gunned down three elderly women in an indiscriminate shooting rampage, police have not yet publicly discussed a motive or revealed why a teenager hours shy from graduation would commit such a horrific crime. He killed Shirley Voita, 79, Melody Ivie, 73, and Gwendolyn Schofield, 97, who were all in…