ST. LOUIS – A former Lindenwood University and youth hockey coach appeared in federal court on Tuesday to be sentenced for sexually abusing two underage boys and recording that abuse. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said James R. Lambert, 42, produced child pornography involving two juveniles and possessed illicit […]
One Burgaw man is facing multiple counts of second-degree exploitation of minors. Richard Peacock, 39, was arrested on Thursday, according to a Facebook post from the Pender County Sheriff’s Office. Peacock faces 20 counts of second-degree exploitation of minors related to online internet activities. A CyberTip reported by the National Center for Missing and Exploited […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As Tennessee prepares to become the second U.S. state to enact a ban against adults helping minors get an abortion without parental permission, a state Democratic lawmaker and reproductive rights activist on Monday filed a legal challenge alleging the statute is unconstitutional. The complaint filed in federal court came on the […]
By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide the legality of a Republican-backed ban in Tennessee on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, as the justices waded into another contentious issue implicating LGBT rights. They took up an appeal by Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration of a lower […]
The Supreme Court just agreed to take an appeal involving gender-affirming care for minors, setting up an important decision next term. The justices took the case at the urging of the federal government, whose petition last year noted that states across the country have enacted laws that “categorically prohibit transgender adolescents from receiving medical care […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday jumped into the fight over transgender rights, agreeing to hear an appeal from the Biden administration seeking to block state bans on gender-affirming care. The justices’ action comes as Republican-led states have enacted a variety of restrictions on health care for transgender people, school sports participation, bathroom […]
A New Jersey police department will begin issuing citations to the parents of unruly juveniles in light of recent crimes involving underage visitors in towns along the famous Jersey Shore, a major tourist haven. The Margate City Police Department announced last week that it will enforce a city ordinance that allows officers to intervene when […]
ASHEVILLE – A juvenile pleaded guilty in Buncombe County Superior Court June 11, nearly one year after shots he fired left a 14- and 15-year-old with serious gunshot wounds at the end of Asheville’s Juneteenth Festival in Pack Square Park. Ja’Woun De’Shun Hackett, 17, of Asheville, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony assault with […]
CONCORD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WJW) – Leading up to sunset at St. Gabriel Catholic Church Summer Fest on Saturday there were no concerns for safety or violence. But as the night fell, several fights broke out, leading to the arrest of four juveniles, one of which was carrying a gun illegally. St. Gabriel church leadership opted […]
A Texas Democratic lawmaker who broke with her party by supporting a ban on gender-affirming care for minors was ousted in a primary runoff that galvanized LGBTQ+ groups nationwide who then campaigned for her opponent in the race for the south Houston seat. Rep. Shawn Thierry‘s defeat followed four terms in which the Houston lawmaker […]
A man was arrested on charges of creating and distributing explicit AI-generated images of minors. The 42-year-old man used Stability AI’s text-to-image model, Stable Diffusion, to make the images. He faces up to 70 years in prison, the Department of Justice said. A 42-year-old man was arrested on charges of creating sexually explicit images of […]
A former American Airlines flight attendant accused of taping his iPhone to the toilet to record a teenage girl who was using the airplane bathroom on a Boston-bound flight in September is due to appear in a Boston courtroom on Monday. Estes Carter Thompson III, 36, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was indicted by a federal grand jury […]