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A Georgia elementary school teacher was killed by her estranged husband, who is accused of forcing his way into her home and fatally shooting her, the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office announced.Tyron Victor Lambert, 42, was arrested Saturday morning on suspicion of murder and cruelty to children, among other counts, in connection with the death of schoolteacher, Jasmyn Victoria Lambert, 37, authorities said.Still Elementary School in Powder Springs, Georgia. The teacher was killed in her home in Dallas, Georgia, in nearby Paulding County.According to the sheriff’s office, a witness called 911 around midnight Saturday to report a domestic dispute and home…
WASHINGTON ― House Republicans are set to vote this week on an emergency aid package for Israel that leaves out funding for other U.S. allies facing critical threats, including Ukraine and Taiwan.But there’s a big problem for newly minted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.): His first major piece of legislation faces significant bipartisan opposition in the Senate, including from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).McConnell has been banging the drum for weeks on behalf of a broader national security spending bill that would deter nations like Russia, China and Iran in what could be a legacy-defining issue for the 81-year-old…
A New York man was arrested over the weekend after police said he pointed a gun at a 6-year-old boy who left Halloween treats on his porch by mistake. Michael Wen, 43, was arrested on suspicion of menacing in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child in connection to the Saturday incident. According to Nassau County police, the 6-year-old boy and his family had mistaken Wen’s Long Island home for a friend’s house and left a “boo basket” as part of a lighthearted Halloween trend.According to police, the boy and his family stopped at Wen’s address on…
Last September, Riley headed to their clinic at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which was usually brimming with chatter about the day’s research and patient needs. But that fall morning, Vanderbilt was thrown into chaos, and the clinic for gender-affirming surgeries, which serviced both trans youth and adults, had been shut down for the day. The health care worker, who is using a pseudonym in fear of retaliation from their employer, said the atmosphere among their colleagues in the trans health clinic was a mix of “fear and concern.” Riley’s clinic remained open, and their colleagues debated whether they were safe…
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate why Dexter Wade ― a Mississippi man who authorities say was hit and killed by an off-duty police officer’s vehicle ― was quietly buried by the city in a pauper’s grave as his mother repeatedly contacted police for help finding him.“For six months, she didn’t know where he was at,” Crump said at a press conference Monday alongside Wade’s mother, Bettersten Wade, who says she filed a missing person report with the Jackson Police Department days after her son’s disappearance in March, and that she repeatedly…
The Biden administration is proposing student loan relief for several more categories of borrowers in an effort to chip away at the nation’s enormous student debt problem after the Supreme Court squashed a broad plan to do so this summer.The Department of Education released the proposal Monday. It would provide debt relief for four groups: people who “currently have outstanding federal student loan balances that exceed what they originally borrowed,” people who have loans that are more than 25 years past the start of their repayment date, people who “took out loans to attend career-training programs that created unreasonable debt…
BOSTON (AP) — In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts — the second in New England — to be executed for witchcraft, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials.Nearly four centuries later, the state and region are still working to come to grips with the scope of its witch trial legacy.The latest effort comes from a group dedicated to clearing the names of all those accused, arrested or indicted for witchcraft in Massachusetts, whether or not the accusations ended in hanging.The Massachusetts Witch-Hunt Justice Project, made up of history buffs and descendants, is hoping to…
The battle between Marvel and Martin Scorsese fans has reached a fever pitch.The “Killers of the Flower Moon” director famously said in 2019 that superhero movies are “not cinema.” After being slammed on social media by ardent Marvel fans for his opinion, he can now add “Avengers” director Joe Russo to his list of apparent critics.Russo, who co-directed “Infinity War” (2018) and “Endgame” (2019), the two highest-grossing “Avengers” films, posted a video Friday on Instagram to boast about his success — and mock Scorsese’s accomplishments.“Aw look, he’s got a schnauzer! I love schnauzers. And his name is Oscar. That’s really…
What a treat for actors Channing Tatum and Zoë Kravitz: They reportedly got engaged before Halloween.People reported the new development in their two-year relationship on Monday, citing multiple unnamed sources. ET also reported the news.The two met while making Kravitz’s directorial debut, “Pussy Island,” a thriller that stars Tatum as a tech billionaire who hosts an intimate gathering on his private island.Behind the scenes, the two quickly bonded.“Whether it was making me tea or pouring me a drink or going to whip someone into shape or whatever — he really was my protector and it was really wonderful and sweet,”…
Trump said at a rally in Sioux City, Iowa, that he was in Sioux Falls, which is in South Dakota. The former president was corrected away from the microphone, then tried to make amends by repeatedly saying the right name.Fallon joked that President Joe Biden “was like, ‘Someone help that poor old man, he’s confused and disoriented.’” Republican 2024 front-runner Trump has repeatedly questioned Biden’s cognitive abilities, dubbing him “Sleepy Joe.”“Even the biggest Trump supporters were thinking maybe those gag orders are a good idea,” Fallon continued, before mocking Trump’s mounting legal woes. “It makes sense that he was confused…