Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for orchestrating FTX fraud

Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for his role in defrauding users of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX. In a federal courtroom in lower Manhattan, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan called the defense argument misleading, logically flawed and speculative. He said Bankman-Fried had obstructed justice and tampered with witnesses in mounting … Read more

Idaho Father Who Killed Neighbor’s Family After Their Teen Son Exposed Himself to His Wife and Daughters, Sentenced to Life in Prison

An Idaho judge has sentenced a Kellogg man, Majorjon Kaylor, who shot and killed a family of four last June, to life in prison without the possibility of parole. “The event is a particular heinous event. You’ve taken four individuals from this community based on your decision,” Shoshone County District Court Judge Barbra Duggan said … Read more

Florida Students Seize on ‘Parental Rights’ to Stop Educators From Hitting Kids

Inside a Florida high school principal’s office, Brooklynn Daniels found herself alone with two men and a wooden paddle “that was thick like a chapter book.” In about a third of Florida school districts, and concentrated in rural panhandle enclaves like Daniels’s Liberty County, corporal punishment as a form of student discipline remains deeply ingrained … Read more

Two squatters who took over NYC home of woman found beaten to death, stuffed in duffel bag are being sought for murder: cops

Two squatters are being sought over the gruesome murder of a 52-year-old woman whose body was found stuffed in a duffel bag inside her late mother’s upscale Manhattan apartment last week, police said Thursday. The victim, Nadia Vitel, was savagely beaten by the two perps when she discovered them holed up inside the 19th-floor apartment on East … Read more

Russia arrests suspected attackers after mass shooting kills 143 at concert

MOSCOW – Russia said on Saturday it had arrested 11 people including four suspected gunmen in connection with a shooting rampage that killed 143 people in a concert hall near Moscow, the deadliest attack in Russia for 20 years. Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack but there were indications that Russia was pursuing a Ukrainian link, despite emphatic … Read more

Man Who Tortured His Girlfriend’s 5-Year-Old Daughter with Thumbtacks Sentenced to Life for Her Murder

A Texas man will serve life in prison for abusing and killing his girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter in 2022, according to multiple reports.   Mercedes Losoya died in February 2022 in San Antonio, Texas, after being taken to a local hospital by her mother and the woman’s then-boyfriend, KSAT and KENS 5 reported.  Following her death, her mother’s then-boyfriend Jose Ruiz … Read more

All 6 officers from Mississippi “Goon Squad” have been sentenced to prison for torturing 2 Black men

Sentencing has concluded for the six white former officers in Mississippi who pleaded guilty to breaking into a home without a warrant and torturing two Black men. High-ranking former deputy Brett McAlpin, 53, received a sentence of about 27 years and was the fifth former law enforcement officer sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge Tom … Read more

Little Rock Airport boss Bryan Malinowski is shot in head while federal agents serve warrant at his Arkansas home

The executive director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton Airport in Arkansas was shot in the head by federal agents on Tuesday after he opened fire on them.  Arkansas State Police say 53-year-old Bryan Malinowski was injured at his home in west Little Rock around 6 am.  The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said agents were trying to … Read more

Ohio mother who left toddler alone when she went on vacation is sentenced in child’s murder

An Ohio woman whose toddler died after she left her alone for more than a week while she went on vacation was sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday, the Cuyahoga County prosecutor said. Kristel Candelario, 32, pleaded guilty last month to aggravated murder and endangering children in connection with the death of her 16-month-old daughter, Jailyn, last year. … Read more