Leonard Peltier was denied parole on Tuesday, meaning there’s likely only one other way the ailing, 79-year-old Native American rights activist will ever be released after serving nearly 50 years in prison: If President Joe Biden intervenes and commutes his sentence. Peltier has been in prison since 1977 when the U.S. government convicted him for […]
Cook County prosecutors on Saturday said that numerous witnesses and videos from surveillance cameras in the area helped identify a 17-year-old boy in the fatal shooting of retired CPD officer Larry Neuman in Garfield Park. Marquan Jones, the teen, was seen fleeing through an alley after the shooting by at least two witnesses, authorities told […]
The ex-coach of a cheer team in Barrow County made his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon. Charles Moore, 31, is charged with felony sexual exploitation of children. The alleged victim is a sixteen-year-old girl that Moore coached at the Star Athletics Gym in Winder. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] “He […]
This story was originally published on Restaurant Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Restaurant Dive newsletter. Dive Brief: River Sub, a Subway franchisee operating 48 stores in Texas filed for Chapter 11 on June 20, just over a week after a Texas appeals judge rejected the operator’s effort to vacate an […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled against a California woman who said her rights were violated after federal officials refused to allow her husband into the country, in part, because of the way his tattoos were interpreted. The 6-3 decision along ideological lines found that citizens don’t necessarily have the right to […]
A man who pleaded guilty in 1994 to attempted rape was denied parole, according to the Kern County District Attorney’s Office. Ahmad Erakat, 54, was sentenced to 32 years to life in prison for residential burglary in 1990, assault with a deadly weapon in 1990, and assault with intent to commit rape in 1993. On […]
Another day, another place of business who has absolutely no idea about the Americans with Disabilities Act, this time out of Pine Belt Region of Mississippi. Carlyn White, who is legally blind, and her service Golden Retriever Kuzco, were told they couldn’t enter a local seafood restaurant because White relies on her dog to navigate the […]
A Jackson County family court judge denied house arrest Wednesday for a juvenile charged in the fatal shooting 11-year-old Kourtney Freeman in April, according to attorneys for the defendant. The alleged shooter has been charged with second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of armed criminal action and seven counts of assault in […]
A Boonsboro High School student was not allowed to participate at her graduation ceremony Tuesday night because of concerns surrounding her makeup, leaving the 18-year-old and her family “heartbroken” on the big day. Nixx Cabrera-Guy is an aspiring piercer and tattoo artist and is the first person on her father’s side of the family to […]
CHICAGO — The University of Chicago is facing criticism for its disciplinary response to the campus protests against the war in Gaza. It is commencement weekend and at least four graduating students said their degress are being withheld pending the university’s disciplinary process. At a press conference Friday, one of those graduating seniors threw his robe […]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — “Son of Sam” killer David Berkowitz, who set New York City on edge with late-night shootings in the 1970s, was denied parole after his twelfth board appearance. Berkowitz, 70, was rejected after a Board of Parole prison interview on May 14, according to information listed on a state Department of Corrections […]
Bond was denied Thursday for a Georgia minister and car dealer accused in a massive fraud case which alleges he stole thousands of dollars in fraudulent vehicle loans. Reveckeyo Anwann Hill, 38, has been in jail since April 11 on warrants obtained by Athens-Clarke police charging him with 14 counts of fraud from theft by […]