It can take a long time to get the justice you deserve. We’d say 329 years is way too long, though. But that’s the time it took for Elizabeth Johnson, Jr., to get her name cleared of crimes she didn’t commit. Johnson was the last of the Salem “witches” who hadn’t been exonerated for making …
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TikTok gets a bad rap — and we’re going out on a leg and saying it’s fully deserved. It seems like every week a new trend or challenge on the platform tries to outdo the previous ones in stupidity. If you think we’re exaggerating, just consider how many stories we’ve published about kids injuring themselves …
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Two years ago, a West Virginia woman fell victim to a savage attack in her home. She survived, but only barely. Wanda Palmer, 51, fell into a coma from which nobody expected her to come out again. Meanwhile, the police struggled to find any clues as to who attacked her. Without any solid leads, the …
Feelings can get heated during difficult court cases. And it’s not always just the defendants or lawyers that lose their cool — that can happen to judges, too. But you’d probably never expect a judge to pull out a gun during court. Yet that’s precisely what a West Virginia judge allegedly did. Circuit Judge David …
Sometimes, the rules and regulations about city planning can be frustrating or downright stupid. As a recent example, we brought you the story of Los Angeles removing crosswalks painted by activists. But now the City of San Francisco has topped that case. The Golden City’s latest stunt is so ridiculous it’s hard to believe it’s …
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Which four things do drug kingpins from Latin American cartels love the most? Drugs, of course, but also money, guns, and exotic animals. You might be surprised by that last item but if you’ve paid any attention to narcos, you shouldn’t be. After all, the U.S. has recognized Pablo Escobar’s cocaine hippos as people. But …
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For the first part of this story, see Girl Killed by Family Performing San Jose Exorcism Together: Part One. And Girl Killed by Family Performing San Jose Exorcism Together: Part Two. “(He) stated that the night of Sept. 23, 2021, he believed the victim was possessed, as she would cry and scream, and he believed …
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Go here for the first part of this story, continued Girl Killed by Family Performing San Jose Exorcism Together: Part One. All three family members face child abuse charges, including assault on a child with force likely to cause great bodily injury resulting in death. The victim’s 59-year-old grandfather was a self-proclaimed pastor. When interviewed …
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Three family members were accused of performing a church exorcism on the girl, and prosecutors want to put all three on trial together. Court documents filed Monday June 13th by Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeffrey Rosen asked a judge to merge the three cases into one. Each defendant played a role in torturing the …
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It really must suck being a celebrity — wherever you go, there’ll be somebody gawking at you with a camera to catch your every move. But as it usually goes with these things, it can get worse. Law experts are now warning that paparazzi — or just plain old weirdoes — might soon be after …
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