An arrest affidavit contains an eyebrow-raising claim that the son of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) sent out a sex tape involving him and another suspect in their alleged Colorado crime spree. Tyler Boebert‚ 18‚ was arrested Tuesday and faces 22 charges relating to a series of alleged thefts and vehicle break-ins in Rifle‚ Colorado‚ which is in his mom’s congressional district. The sex-tape allegation was levied by the stepmother of one unnamed suspect‚ who is said to have disclosed the alleged...

A European consumer rights consortium has released a scathing new report accusing Meta‚ the owner of Facebook and Instagram‚ of using a privacy “smokescreen” to obscure what it’s deemed a “massive‚ illegal” data collection scheme. In particular‚ the European Consumer Organisation says Meta’s Nov. 2023 policy of charging European Union residents a monthly privacy fee if they don’t want to be tracked violates an EU privacy law known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)....

Israeli troops fired on a crowd of Palestinians racing to pull food off an aid convoy in Gaza City on Thursday‚ witnesses said. More than 100 people were killed in the chaos‚ bringing the death toll since the start of the Israel-Hamas war to more than 30‚000‚ according to health officials. Israel said many of the dead were trampled in a chaotic stampede for the food aid and that its troops only fired when they felt endangered by the crowd. The violence was quickly condemned by Arab...

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth has been threatened by angry criminals. Drug cartels. Even al Qaeda. But nothing‚ Lamberth says‚ prepared him for the wave of harassment after he began hearing cases against supporters of former President Donald Trump who attacked the U.S. Capitol in a bid to overturn the 2020 election. Right-wing websites painted Lamberth‚ appointed to the bench by Republican President Ronald Reagan‚ as part of a “deep state” conspiracy to destroy Trump and his...

A rapidly spreading Texas wildfire has killed one person‚ forced residents to evacuate‚ cut off power to homes and businesses‚ and briefly paused operations at a nuclear facility. It has burned 1.1 million acres north of the city of Amarillo - making it the second-largest fire in US history. Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 60 counties. Dry grass‚ high temperatures and strong winds have fuelled the blaze‚ which remains 3% contained. In Hutchinson County‚...

House lawmakers approved a temporary spending bill to prevent a partial government shutdown this weekend‚ with Speaker Mike Johnson (R.‚ La.) forced once again to turn to a coalition made up mostly of Democrats to pass it. The vote was 320 to 99‚ with slightly more than half of Republicans joining with almost all Democrats to support the measure. Some House Republicans had emerged from a closed-door meeting ahead of the vote saying they were frustrated that Johnson was asking them to...

President Biden and former President Donald Trump both touched down in Texas on Thursday afternoon‚ headed to two different sites along the US-Mexico border‚ as the migrant crisis resulting from record-setting illegal immigration is a top issue in their likely election rematch. Biden‚ 81‚ announced his trip Monday‚ after Trump‚ 77‚ had set his own trip there for today to slam Biden’s policies. “What I didn’t know was that my good friend apparently is going‚” Biden insisted during an NYC...

A Texas law giving state law enforcement officers expanded power to arrest people who illegally cross the southern border was blocked by a federal judge on Thursday — less than a week before the law was slated to go into effect. U.S. District Judge David Ezra granted a preliminary injunction that will block the Texas law‚ which made crossing the border illegally a state crime‚ as record numbers of migrants cross into the U.S. under President Joe Biden‚ The Texas Tribune reported. Ezra‚ an...

A crucial witness in the motion to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case was far more involved in the effort than previously known. Terrence Bradley — former law partner and divorce attorney of prosecutor Nathan Wade — testified under oath Tuesday regarding what he knew about Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis and special prosector Nathan Wade's personal relationship. Bradley took the stand after Judge Scott McAfee determined Bradley...

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