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Former Chicago Federal Guard Brittany Hall Faces Eight Counts Alleging Sexual Abuse of Inmates Inside MCC Unit 12, Including Heather Mack
Marzo 11, 2025
Former Chicago Federal Guard Brittany Hall Faces Eight Counts Alleging Sexual Abuse of Inmates Inside MCC Unit 12, Including Heather Mack
Former MCC Chicago officer Brittany Hall faces eight federal counts alleging sexual abuse of four inmates, including Heather Mack, and the public docket still shows no plea or verdict.
Gracie Bon’s McLaren Door Would Not Latch, and Lipedema Explains Why a Carbon Cockpit Feels Like an Airline Seat
Marzo 9, 2025
Gracie Bon’s McLaren Door Would Not Latch, and Lipedema Explains Why a Carbon Cockpit Feels Like an Airline Seat
Gracie Bon's March 2025 plea for bigger McLaren seats followed years of airline and theme-park fights. She later said the shape tabloids mocked is lipedema, a painful fat disorder diet…
China’s Emergency Ministry Joined Hubei to Attack Missouri’s $24,488,825,457 COVID Default Before the State Files Its Answer
Marzo 8, 2025
China’s Emergency Ministry Joined Hubei to Attack Missouri’s $24,488,825,457 COVID Default Before the State Files Its Answer
Hubei, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and China's Emergency Ministry are asking a Missouri judge to erase a $24.5 billion PPE default. The state's consolidated response is due October 19,…
Carolina Forest’s 95-Day Covington Drive Wildfire Scarred Myrtle Beach Homes With Smoke While Alexandra Bialousow’s Case Ended in Diversion
Marzo 8, 2025
Carolina Forest’s 95-Day Covington Drive Wildfire Scarred Myrtle Beach Homes With Smoke While Alexandra Bialousow’s Case Ended in Diversion
Alexandra Bialousow's misdemeanor case over the 2,059-acre Covington Drive wildfire ended in diversion while Carolina Forest homeowners were still paying for smoke damage from a 95-day burn.
Space Force X-37B Flies OTV-8 With a Quantum Compass and Laser Link After the 434-Day Vandenberg Landing
Marzo 8, 2025
Space Force X-37B Flies OTV-8 With a Quantum Compass and Laser Link After the 434-Day Vandenberg Landing
After a 434-day elliptical flight and an aerobraking landing at Vandenberg, the Space Force X-37B went back up as OTV-8 with a quantum inertial sensor and a laser communications test.
A $10,000 Bail Left JetBlue Pilot Jeremy Gudorf His Passport Before North Carolina Could Hear the Child Exploitation Warrant
Marzo 7, 2025
A $10,000 Bail Left JetBlue Pilot Jeremy Gudorf His Passport Before North Carolina Could Hear the Child Exploitation Warrant
Customs flagged JetBlue pilot Jeremy Gudorf at Logan on a Huntersville child-exploitation warrant. A judge set $10,000 bail and let him keep his passport. He missed North Carolina, and the…
The Jail Letter That Made Luigi Mangione Cry Was Written to a Mother UnitedHealthcare Had Already Worn Down
Marzo 7, 2025
The Jail Letter That Made Luigi Mangione Cry Was Written to a Mother UnitedHealthcare Had Already Worn Down
Luigi Mangione told a mother named Karen her letter was the first to make him cry, then told a federal judge years of back pain and health-care obstacles came before…
Two Ships Named Defiant: DARPA’s Crewless USX-1 Still Has No Navy Handoff While a Battleship Proposal Wears the Same Name
Marzo 6, 2025
Two Ships Named Defiant: DARPA’s Crewless USX-1 Still Has No Navy Handoff While a Battleship Proposal Wears the Same Name
USX-1 Defiant, the crewless NOMARS hull Reddit exposed in Puget Sound, is in final trials with no public Navy transfer date. A proposed Trump-class battleship, USS Defiant, now shares the…
Montreal Call Floors, a Panama Collector, and Seven New Names Inside Vermont’s $21 Million Grandparent Scam Case
Marzo 6, 2025
Montreal Call Floors, a Panama Collector, and Seven New Names Inside Vermont’s $21 Million Grandparent Scam Case
Vermont charged 25 Canadians in a $21 million grandparent scam. Seven more were arrested later, while a collector was sentenced to 15 and a half years.
Jaythan Gilder Swallowed $769,500 in Tiffany Earrings After an Orlando Grab-and-Run, Then Rejected a Plea to Defend Himself
Marzo 5, 2025
Jaythan Gilder Swallowed $769,500 in Tiffany Earrings After an Orlando Grab-and-Run, Then Rejected a Plea to Defend Himself
Jaythan Gilder swallowed $769,500 in Tiffany earrings after an Orlando grab-and-run, then rejected a plea and asked to represent himself.