Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) begged the U.S. on Friday to take in Afghan refugees, detailing her plea in an op-ed published one day after suicide bombings killed 13 U.S. servicemen in Afghanistan. Dead bodies of Afghans are laid down on the ground at a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, a day after […]
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Ilhan Omar Pleads for U.S. to Take Afghan Refugees After 13 U.S. Servicemen Killed
Former Democratic Party Chair Pleads Guilty to Child Rape – Media Blackout
A former Democfratic Party Chair has pleaded guilty to raping an underage child in 2019, according to local reports. Former North Carolina Democratic Party county chairman, Daniel Ray Green, was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting to having sexual relations with a 14-year-old in 2019. Green had previously chaired the Catawba County Democratic […]
MMA Fighter Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Police Officer During Capitol Insurrection
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Man Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping, Killing Young Amish Woman
LANCASTER, Pa.—A man who led authorities to the remains of a young Amish woman in Pennsylvania pleaded guilty Friday to kidnapping and killing her. Justo Smoker, 35, pleaded guilty in Lancaster County to third-degree murder, kidnapping and other offenses in the death of 18-year-old Linda Stoltzfoos, who was last seen walking home from church in […]
Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Pleads Guilty to Burning BLM Sign and Related Firearms Charge
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio—the 37-year-old leader of the far-right Proud Boys hate group—pleaded guilty Monday to two charges stemming from the burning of a Black Lives Matter banner stolen from a Black church in Washington, D.C., this winter. In the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Tarrio pleaded guilty to destroying the banner as well […]
Former South African President’s Son Pleads: Loot ‘Responsibly’
Duduzane Zuma, the son of jailed former South African President Jacob Zuma, pleaded Wednesday with rioters and looters currently ransacking two provinces to behave “responsibly” as they went about their mayhem. South Africa’s Independent Online reports: Following the events in the aftermath of former president Jacob Zuma’s arrest, his son Duduzane has appeared in a […]
‘We Need Assistance’: Haiti’s Interim Leader Pleads For U.S. Troops
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s interim government said it asked the U.S. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the country and prepare the way for elections in the aftermath of President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination. “We definitely need assistance and we’ve asked our international partners for help,” Interim Prime Minister […]
Marine Corps Major pleads not guilty to Capitol riot charges
Recorded on multiple videos attacking police officers during the Capitol riots on January 6, an active duty U.S. Marine officer recently pleaded not guilty to federal charges, including assault, obstruction, and violent entry on Capitol grounds. The Pentagon has confirmed that the officer remains on active duty despite facing criminal charges. Around 2:25 p.m. on […]
Biden Pleads With Public To Get Vaccinated Because Of The’Potentially Deadlier’ Delta Variant
President Biden is pleading with Americans who have not yet been vaccinated against Covid to do so as soon as possible. He cited the danger posed by the new delta variant saying it remains a serious and deadly threat” and claimed that that the new variant leaves unvaccinated people, especially the young, “even more vulnerable […]
IRS agent pleads guilty to identity theft and fraud
Initially charged in a 10-count indictment, including possession of a fake foreign passport, aggravated identity theft, making false statements during a background check, and wire fraud, a Special Agent with Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation recently pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after stealing the identity of an individual who had been […]
Missouri police officer pleads guilty after killing 4-year-old girl
Initially charged with involuntary manslaughter after fatally hitting a 4-year-old girl with her patrol vehicle, a Missouri police officer recently pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of careless and imprudent driving. On January 4, 2019, Columbia Police Officer Andria Heese entered the parking lot of Battle High School before attempting to drive her patrol vehicle […]
Chinese National Pleads Guilty in Boston for Smuggling Navy-Sensitive Products to Communist China
A Chinese American permanent resident admitted guilt in a Boston federal court on April 28 for illegally exporting hydrophones as well as other sensitive products and technology out of the United States to a Chinese university that has close ties with the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) military, said the U.S. Justice Department. The same day, […]
Long Island resident pleads guilty to attempting to join terror org.
A Long Island resident pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support and resources to Islamic State (ISIS) and al-Nusrah Front terrorists, the US Justice Department announced in a statement.With the guilty plea, the resident, Elvis Redzepagic, 30, could face up to 20 years in prison.“Redzepagic, a Long Island resident, admitted that he attempted to […]
Jewish NYC councilman pleads guilty to tax fraud
Chaim Deutsch, a Brooklyn politician who chairs the Jewish Caucus of the New York City Council, pleaded guilty to tax fraud. Deutsch, a Democrat, filed a 2015 tax return that included “false and fraudulent information” related to outside income from his real estate management company, according to the US Attorney for the Southern District of […]
Leader of Neo-Nazi pleads guilty in trial for threatening journalists
The leader of the neo-Nazi group ‘Atomwaffen’, Cameron Shea, pled guilty on Wednesday for his charges of federal conspiracy and hate crime charges for threatening journalists who worked to expose antisemitism, according to a statement by the US attorney’s office.Shea’s group used an encrypted online chat to identify journalists who they wished to threaten for […]
Drone Whistleblower Charged With Violating Espionage Act Pleads Guilty
Daniel Hale, who blew the whistle on the United States government’s targeted assassination program that includes drones, pled guilty to transmitting and retaining “national defense information” in violation of the Espionage Act. The guilty plea by Hale makes him the first whistleblower to be convicted under the Espionage Act during President Joe Biden’s administration. A […]
Prison guard pleads guilty to beating handcuffed inmate to death
Image Credit: Illinois Department of Corrections, via Associated Press Charged with assaulting a handcuffed inmate and subsequently covering up the fatal attack, a sergeant at Western Illinois Correctional Center recently pleaded guilty to two counts of civil rights violations and one count of providing misleading information. Two other correctional officers involved in the assault have […]
UNICEF boss pleads for an extra $1 BILLION in funding to support global Covid-19 vaccine rollout
The executive director of UNICEF has said the agency needs a further $1 billion of funding to ensure it can supply Covid-19 vaccines through the COVAX program and support healthcare systems in the world’s poorest nations. “We have been asking the world for more funding … for UNICEF and our distribution to countries, we still […]
NJ man pleads guilty after planning modern-day ‘Kristallnacht’
Richard Tobin, a 19-year-old from New Jersey, pleaded guilty to conspiring to vandalize synagogues and property belonging to Jewish and Black people with the goal of intimidating them, Newsweek reported Friday. Tobin had previously confessed to driving to a New Jersey mall with a machete that he planned to use to kill Black shoppers. He […]