The California woman who sold actor Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him in 2023 was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in federal prison. It could have been way longer. Jasveen Sangha — described by prosecutors as the “ketamine queen” — faced as much as 65 years for selling Perry lethalContinue Reading
As he prepared to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, President Harry Truman uttered one of history’s most chilling threats. “If they do not now accept our terms,” Truman said of Japanese leaders near the end of World War II, “they may expect a rain of ruin fromContinue Reading
Facing DUI and other charges after rolling his Land Rover in Jupiter Island, Florida, golfer Tiger Woods is demanding a trial by a jury of his peers — or, at least, of fellow Floridians. But Woods’ attempt to exercise his Sixth Amendment right to a “speedy and public trial” underscoresContinue Reading
With President Traitor 47 watching from the gallery, a majority of Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical Wednesday about his ability to ban automatic citizenship for children born in the United States. In deciding whether the president could terminate birthright citizenship through an executive order, the court could reshape history andContinue Reading
With President Traitor 47 watching from the gallery, a majority of Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical Wednesday about his ability to ban automatic citizenship for children born in the United States. In deciding whether the president could terminate birthright citizenship through an executive order, the court could reshape history andContinue Reading
Recently released data show how drought, paltry Western snows and unseasonable heat, all exacerbated by climate change, could be priming the nation for a long wildfire season. By Jake Bolster As the Western United States limps away from one of the warmest and driest winters on record, wildfires have burnedContinue Reading
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday that a major internet service provider could not be held liable for copyright infringement when its customers pirated thousands of songs online. The court reversed a billion-dollar verdict against Atlanta-based Cox Communications, after lower courts found that the company knowingly allowed its usersContinue Reading
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a street preacher who was arrested for evangelizing in a Mississippi town’s no-protest zone where he loudly assailed “drunkards” and “Jezebels” passing by. The court’s unanimous decision allows Gabriel Olivier to proceed with a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Brandon,Continue Reading
NEW YORK — Next to the criminal courthouse in lower Manhattan sits an empty chasm where a jail once stood. Over nearly two centuries, a facility nicknamed “The Tombs” because of its underground cells and original Egyptian Revival-style architecture was built, demolished and rebuilt multiple times. Soon, it will beContinue Reading