Vance Boelter, 57, is in the Sherburne County Jail on Tuesday in Elk River, Minnesota, facing several federal and state charges for the shootings that killed a state representative and her husband, and wounded a state senator and his wife. Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband, …
Read More »“Tiger King” Joe Exotic announces prison engagement
FORT WORTH — Joe Exotic, made famous in the Netflix series “Tiger King” and currently serving time in federal prison, says he is engaged to a fellow inmate in Texas and hopes to get married. Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado, is currently incarcerated at Federal Medical Center Fort Worth. …
Read More »Wild Thang wins world’s ugliest dog contest in Petaluma
PETALUMA — “Glugly” is the word that Ann Lewis uses to describe Wild Thang, her 8-year-old Pekingese from Coos Bay, Oregon. “It’s glam meets ugly,” Lewis said before she and her excessively hairy gray-black pup waltzed down the red carpet and across the stage with the hopes of Wild Thang …
Read More »Maryland elections board member resigns after being charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
BALTIMORE — A Maryland elections official resigned Thursday after being arrested Tuesday on charges that he breached the U.S. Capitol in a riot on January 6, 2021. Carlos Ayala, a Republican member of the Maryland State Board of Elections, was arrested on multiple charges on Tuesday, according to federal court …
Read More »California SWAT standoff comes to a deadly end after suspect’s home burns down
A SWAT standoff turned into a fiery inferno after the suspect’s Upland home burst into flames after a gunfight Monday night. The deadly shootout started around 3:15 p.m. when deputies tried to serve a search warrant at the suspect’s home between North Benson Avenue and North Mountain Avenue, according to …
Read More »Hate crimes on the rise in Texas, data shows
NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) — The sentencing hearing for the Allen man who pleaded guilty to 90 federal charges in the 2019 mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart began Wednesday morning. Of those charges, half are hate crimes. The shooting was one of the deadliest attacks on Latinos in modern U.S. history, killing …
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