The "crystal-like substance" the FBI found inside the van of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo " the 52-year-old who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Houston earlier this month " was not an illicit drug, according to U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston, the Harris County District Attorney's Office and a lawyer representing Salgado Araujo's brother. "We can now confirm that the substance found in Lorenzo Salgado's van was not a narcotic or any other illicit substance," Garcia said on social media, without revealing the source of the information. "As his family has said all along, this was an electrolyte powder to stay hydrated working outside in the hot Texas summer. The attempt to cast a shadow over Lorenzo Salgado's name has failed." read more
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Vance Boelter to two life sentences plus 40 years with no parole in the killings of former Minnesota DFL House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, and the attacks on DFL state Sen. John Hoffman, his wife Yvette and their daughter Hope. read more
The Trump administration's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has dropped its controversial demand that the University of Pennsylvania provide records related to all Jewish faculty and staff as part of its investigation into alleged antisemitism on campus. In return, Penn has agreed to dismiss its appeal to the 3rd Circuit, possibly ending a monthslong legal battle over whether the federal government could compel the university to identify employees based on their religious affiliation or national origin. Penn claimed victory with the latest agreement, saying the action "vindicated" the university.
The president's legal team is seeking an emergency injunction that would order [E Jean Carroll] to return the payment to the account in the hopes that the Supreme Court will grant him a legal Hail Mary and reverse the judgment, sending the money back to him. read more
Sen. Mitch McConnell's extended absence has thrown a number of the Senate's top priorities into limbo. read more
Nazi Leon is so triggered by the casting of Lupita Nyong'o as Helen Of Troy he's vowing to kill another 5 million in Africa.