Florida Governor Ron DeSantis fired back at Gavin Newsom for demanding he be investigated for “kidnapping” after flying planes of illegal immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, suggesting his California counterpart’s “hair gel” is depleting his “brain function.” Newsom sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland last week requesting the Department …
Read More »Ryan Giggs will face retrial for coercive control charges and for ?headbutting’ girlfriend Kate Greville
48-year-old former Wales manager Ryan Giggs will go on trial next year for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend. Asides being accused of controlling and having a coercive behaviour towards his ex Kate Greville, 36, he is also accused of assaulting Ms Greville’s younger sister Emma on the same night he reportedly …
Read More »Myanmar junta charges former UK ambassador with immigration offenses
Myanmar authorities alleged the address Vicky Bowman had registered to her visa did not match her residence, according to military junta’s statement. Breaches of Myanmar’s Immigration Act carry a maximum sentence of five years in prison. On Wednesday night, Bowman, who served as the UK’s top diplomat in Myanmar from …
Read More »Rapper Fatty Wap facing 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges
Fetty Wap has pleaded guilty to one federal count of conspiracy to distribute and possess controlled substances. The Trap Queen rapper is facing a minimum of five years in prison and a maximum of 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges related to his October arrest. Fetty, …
Read More »A$AP Rocky hit with assault and weapons charges over 2021 shooting
American rapper A$AP Rocky has been hit with assault and weapons charges over a 2021 shooting. According to PageSix, the music star was slapped with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm with allegations of personally using a firearm.
Read More »Brittney Griner appeals her conviction on drug charges in Russia, her defense team says.
The defense team for Brittney Griner, the American basketball star sentenced to prison in Russia on drug smuggling charges, said on Monday that it had appealed the verdict as Russian diplomats began to speak more openly about a potential prisoner exchange with the United States. Maria Blagovolina, a partner at …
Read More »Justice Dept. Charges Iranian in Plot to Kill John Bolton
“Iran has a history of plotting to assassinate individuals in the U.S. it deems a threat,” said Larissa L. Knapp, the executive assistant director of the F.B.I.’s national security branch, which worked on the case with the Justice Department and Secret Service. By November, Mr. Poursafi had been introduced to …
Read More »Iran says Swedish national arrested on spying charges
The arrest comes amid increasing tensions between Tehran and Stockholm. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s intelligence ministry says it has arrested a Swedish national on charges of spying after having him under surveillance for some time. An intelligence ministry statement on Saturday did not name the Swedish citizen or provide any …
Read More »Buffalo shooting suspect pleads not guilty to hate crime charges
US authorities say suspect charged with killing 10 Black people at a grocery shop was motivated by hate, white supremacy. The man charged with killing 10 Black people in a racist mass shooting at a grocery shop in Buffalo, in the US state of New York, has pleaded not guilty …
Read More »Nigerian extradited to US to face fraud charges
A Nigerian man identified as Olamilekan Idowu Fatade was on Thursday, July 14, extradited to the United States of America to face prosecution on fraud and aggravated identity theft charges. Vanguard reports that a statement by the Department of Justice, US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, Fatade’s repatriation was in …
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