Michael Loria

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Michael Loria

The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband in a brazen assault while dressed as a police officer is a doomsday "prepper" who set aside passports, guns and hordes of cash in the event of a catastrophe, newly unsealed federal court documents show. Vance Boelter's wife relayed the doomsday plans after she was interviewed by police during a manhunt for Boelter after he allegedly shot four people on June 14, according to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Minnesota.

1 week ago | azcentral.com | Hannan Adely |Michael Loria

A Columbia University graduate held for months in connection with his pro-Palestinian activism was released on June 20 from U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement custody, according to the student's legal team. Mahmoud Khalil was released following a federal judge's order. His release marks a blow to the Trump administration's efforts to keep him in immigration detention following his pro-Palestinian activism.

1 week ago | aol.com | Karissa Waddick |N'dea Yancey-Bragg |Michael Loria

A Massachusetts jury found Karen Read not guilty of the most serious charges and guilty on a lesser charge related to the 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe, ending a weekslong trial that has drawn intense attention from true-crime fans across the country. The jury convicted Read of operating a vehicle under of the influence (OUI) but not on charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death. Read was sentenced to one year probation.

1 week ago | galesburg.com | Karissa Waddick |N'dea Yancey-Bragg |Michael Loria

A Massachusetts jury returned a verdict in the Karen Read case, acquitting her of the most serious charges and finding her guilty of a lesser charge. Karissa Waddick N'dea Yancey-Bragg Michael LoriaUSA TODAYA Massachusetts jury found Karen Read not guilty of the most serious charges and guilty on a lesser charge related to the 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe, ending a weekslong trial that has drawn intense attention from true-crime fans across the country.

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Michael Loria

DOLTON, IL – There’s a rift growing in the Chicagoland hometown of America’s first pope. Not over what baseball team will get his blessing. Or whether the area’s anti-ketchup stance could become canon. But over his childhood home. Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago in 1955 and grew up in a squat brick house just south of the city in the Village of Dolton, a town that boomed in the post-war era but has become blighted like many Rust Belt towns. The fate of the little ranch house at 212 E.