Text messages shown in a Los Angeles courtroom reveal that the 14-year-old girl singer D4vd is accused of killing had been pregnant with his child and had an abortion more than a year before prosecutors say he stabbed her to death. David Burke, the 20-year-old musician who performs under the stage name D4vd, pronounced "David", […] The post Court testimony reveals D4vd's teen victim was pregnant, had abortion before her killing appeared first on American Almanac .
Text messages shown in a Los Angeles courtroom reveal that the 14-year-old girl singer D4vd is accused of killing had been pregnant with his child and had an abortion more than a year before prosecutors say he stabbed her to death. David Burke, the 20-year-old musician who performs under the stage name D4vd, pronounced "David", sat in court Friday as prosecutors laid out a trail of digital evidence, autopsy findings, and financial records in a preliminary hearing that will determine whether he stands trial for murder, sexual abuse of a child, and mutilation of a body. Burke has pleaded not guilty to all charges. The messages, recovered from Burke's iPhone and iCloud account after a search of his home, date to early January 2024. In one…Open
Monterey County investigators have ruled that a 37-year-old hiker found naked and dead on a remote Big Sur trail died of natural causes, ending months of speculation after her body was discovered with marks on her neck and a gash on her forehead. The Monterey County Sheriff's Office announced that its coroner concluded the investigation […] The post Big Sur hiker Joanna Shields died of alcohol withdrawal seizures, coroner rules appeared first on American Almanac .
Monterey County investigators have ruled that a 37-year-old hiker found naked and dead on a remote Big Sur trail died of natural causes, ending months of speculation after her body was discovered with marks on her neck and a gash on her forehead. The Monterey County Sheriff's Office announced that its coroner concluded the investigation into the death of Joanna Ruth Shields, determining the cause was "probable alcohol withdrawal seizures due to chronic alcohol use disorder." The manner of death: natural. No crime. No foul play. The marks that had fueled weeks of public suspicion turned out to be insect activity on a body left in the California wilderness. Shields was discovered on April 9 by a group of hikers along the Pine Ridge Trail…Open
Rep. Ilhan Omar's congressional office operates out of a Minneapolis community center to which she funneled campaign money originally donated by two men who later pleaded guilty in the largest pandemic-era fraud case in American history. Omar moved her district office into the Sabathani Community Center in 2023 and has since paid the nonprofit more […] The post Ilhan Omar's district office sits inside a Somali center that received redirected donations from convicted fraudsters appeared first on American Almanac .
Rep. Ilhan Omar's congressional office operates out of a Minneapolis community center to which she funneled campaign money originally donated by two men who later pleaded guilty in the largest pandemic-era fraud case in American history. Omar moved her district office into the Sabathani Community Center in 2023 and has since paid the nonprofit more than $46,700 in monthly rental fees, Federal Election Commission disclosures show. The arrangement followed a 2022 decision by Omar to redirect $5,400 in campaign contributions, money she received from two Feeding Our Future operatives while they were actively stealing millions from a federal child nutrition program, to three Minneapolis food pantries, Sabathani among them. Both donors have…Open
A Louisville Courier Journal columnist used Sen. Mitch McConnell's hospitalization, and the recent death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, as the occasion to publish a blistering career retrospective he openly calls a "pre-obituary." Joseph Gerth, a columnist at McConnell's hometown paper, published the opinion piece on July 22 while the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican was reportedly recovering […] The post Louisville Courier Journal columnist publishes harsh 'pre-obituary' of McConnell while senator recovers from fall appeared first on American Almanac .
A Louisville Courier Journal columnist used Sen. Mitch McConnell's hospitalization, and the recent death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, as the occasion to publish a blistering career retrospective he openly calls a "pre-obituary." Joseph Gerth, a columnist at McConnell's hometown paper, published the opinion piece on July 22 while the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican was reportedly recovering from a fall at his home that sent him to the hospital on June 14. Gerth made no pretense of neutrality: he called McConnell a "detestable figure" and framed the column as a deliberate attempt to criticize the senator while he is still alive, so that no one could accuse him of speaking ill of the dead. The timing is pointed. McConnell's Senate office went…Open
President Trump used his first-ever speech at the White House Correspondents' Dinner to compare CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins to transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, a jab that drew sharp pushback from the network even as the evening mixed humor with tributes to those who survived April's assassination attempt. Trump took the stage Friday night at the […] The post Trump roasts CNN's Kaitlan Collins with Bud Light joke at rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump used his first-ever speech at the White House Correspondents' Dinner to compare CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins to transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, a jab that drew sharp pushback from the network even as the evening mixed humor with tributes to those who survived April's assassination attempt. Trump took the stage Friday night at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington, D.C., and wasted little time singling out Collins, who had just received a journalism award from the White House Correspondents' Association. He told the crowd of roughly 700 guests that he thought Collins "had really made it big with a major new sponsorship", then delivered the punchline. "But then I informed her that it wasn't her on the Bud Light can, it was…Open