Two suspected arsonists in California accidentally lit themselves on fire during an attack on a business. The suspects were heard screaming as they fled the scene. The incident happened early Monday morning at Servicio de Imigracion in Bakersfield. The company provides immigration and naturalization services. The company’s owner Max Solorzano released the[Read More…]

The first known U.S. execution of an openly transgender person was carried out in Missouri. Amber McLaughlin, convicted of a 2003 murder, was put to death by lethal injection. “McLaughlin was pronounced dead at 6:51 p.m.,” the Missouri Department of Corrections said in a written statement after the Tuesday execution.[Read More…]

The number of American children under the age of six who have accidentally consumed cannabis edibles has increased significantly in the last five years, according to a new study, published in the journal Pediatrics. Between 2017 and 2021, there was a 1375% increase in reported cases of children consuming edibles,[Read More…]

A Black family in California who won a long-fought battle last summer to regain a beachfront property that was stripped from their ancestors in the 1920s is now preparing to sell the property back to Los Angeles County for $20 million. The Bruce family won the 7,000 sq. ft. property[Read More…]

A conservative anti-abortion group says their billboard in Portland, Oregon, was vandalized this week, with the words “Kill Them Kids” spray painted over the image of an infant’s face. The national anti-abortion group ProLife Across America says its advertising partner, Outfront Media, removed the billboard from the 1600 block of[Read More…]

Grubhub has been ordered to pay $3.5 million to Washington D.C. after the District filed a lawsuit against the company for allegedly deceiving customers and charging them hidden fees. Washington D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine said that the company regularly charged customers “hidden fees” and used “deceptive marketing techniques to[Read More…]

A Tesla on Autopilot reportedly led police on a high-speed chase after the driver had allegedly fallen asleep behind the wheel of the car. “The driver was driving on the A70 from Bamberg [a town in Germany] in the direction of Bayreuth around 12 p.m. when the police patrol wanted[Read More…]

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges after he allegedly defrauded his customers. Thirty-year-old Bankman-Fried was indicted last month on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy-related charges. Bankman-Fried is currently out on a $250 million bond. He was arraigned in[Read More…]

At least 500 migrants landed along the Florida Keys over the last several days, prompting officials to temporarily close an isolated national park. The closure will last for several days. The park has recently seen an influx of migrants arriving by boat from Cuba. On the weekend, around 300 migrants[Read More…]

Twitter, Inc. is being sued by a property management company for failure to pay $136,000 in rent at an office space in San Francisco, according to a new court filing. The filing, dated December 29, claims Columbia Reit, the landlord for the 30th floor of an office building, did not[Read More…]