Category: Social

A leader of a New Mexico militia that has been detaining migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border said that the group was “training to assassinate George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama,” according to an FBI agent’s sworn deposition describing reports phoned into the agency’s public tip line. Larry Mitchell Hopkins, 69, was arrested Saturday […]

A pair holding U.S. and British nationalities were among the 11 foreigners killed after a series of explosions struck three churches and three luxury hotels in and just outside of Sri Lanka’s capital Easter Sunday, leaving at least 207 people dead and 450 others injured, officials said. Sri Lanka’s foreign ministry said the other foreigners whose […]

Attorney Michael Avenatti in 2017 embezzled $1.5 million from NBA player Hassan Whiteside, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. The Times, citing bank records and an indictment brought against Avenatti, reported that in 2017 Whiteside — who plays for the Miami Heat — wired Avenatti $2.75 million and intended for his former girlfriend, Alexis Gardner, to get most of […]

A tip from a cartel member led Mexican police to a secret site containing more than 30 graves in the state of Veracruz. Each grave may contain several people, Mexican authorities said, according to The Daily Mail. The site covers such a large area that Jorge Winckler, the Veracruz State attorney general, said, ‘We will begin the […]

A Kentucky barbecue joint is facing serious blowback after some of their merchandise has been deemed inappropriate and offensive to the LGBTQ community. Belle’s Smoking BBQ, which operates out of a food truck based in Williamstown, Ky., promoted their new t-shirts on social media this week, which are emblazoned with the slogan, “I support LGBTQ – […]

Investigators in Paris said Thursday they believe an electrical short-circuit is most likely the cause behind the massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral. The French judicial police official, who spoke anonymously about the ongoing probe, said investigators still don’t have the go-ahead to search the rubble or work in the cathedral because of safety concerns. […]

More than four decades after two women along California’s central coast were raped and murdered, officials revealed Wednesday that DNA from an old razor has linked the cold case killings to a man who died of cancer while in prison. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that DNA recovered […]

Investigators are treating the fire that engulfed Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral as an accident for now, the local prosecutor’s office said Monday evening. Paris police will investigate the disaster as “involuntary destruction caused by fire” and have ruled out arson and potential terror-related motives for starting the blaze, officials said. The prosecutors’ statement came moments after a government […]

Law enforcement officials speculate the man was trying to take his own life outside of the White House by self-immolation. A man lit himself on fire while just outside the White House on Friday, officials said. Secret Service agents responded to reports just after 3 p.m. that a man had set himself ablaze while positioned along […]

Michael Avenatti, former attorney for Stormy Daniels, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in California on 36 counts, including embezzling from a paraplegic, court documents released Thursday show. Avenatti, 48, faces charges of wire fraud, failure to collect and withhold payroll taxes, attempting to obstruct the IRS, failing to file tax returns, aggravated […]

LONDON — The Justice Department revealed Thursday that it has charged Julian Assange with computer hacking hours after the fugitive founder of WikiLeaks was arrested in London on behalf of a U.S. request to extradite him. The publisher of state secrets that embarrassed governments around the world was wanted by British authorities for skipping bail […]

Former Vice President Joe Biden leads the Democratic pack of contenders for the White House despite a week of accusations of improper touching and kissing from seven women, according to a new Hill-HarrisX poll released Monday. Biden won 28 percent support in the survey, compared to 20 percent for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Biden, who […]