STARKE, Fla. (AP) -- A former police officer convicted of the on-duty rape and murder of a young girl was put to death Tuesday, the first of two lethal injections planned for a single day in Florida, hours before an 80-year-old man was to become the second-oldest inmate executed in modern U.S. history. Tuesday marked the first time since two convicted murderers were executed on a single day -- in Arkansas in 2017 - that a state has planned virtually back-to-back executions. It also comes 18 months after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis began stepping up executions at a pace unseen in Florida since the U.S. death penalty was reinstated in 1976, making his the busiest death chamber in the nation. read more
EMPORIA, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) -- A 37-year-old teacher was released from a Kansas jail after posting bail following his arrest at a city meeting where zoning changes for a proposed data center project were passed. Lux Claridge, an Emporia High School physics teacher, was arrested for interference with law enforcement after clapping during the meeting. Commissioners warned those in attendance against disruptive behavior, including clapping, snapping or rude comments. Lux Claridge and several others clapped in support of speakers opposing the Flint Hills Digital Campus data center. After commissioners issued a final warning, Lux Claridge continued to clap, leading to his arrest. read more
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Gruesome images of a teenage girl's dismembered corpse have been shown in court before her horrified parents on the opening day of a preliminary hearing in the murder case against the singer who performs under the stage name D4vd. Prosecutors presented graphic crime scene photos showing 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez's body when it was found last year inside a Tesla registered to singer David Anthony Burke in Hollywood, Los Angeles. read more
Quoidbach et al. elicited estimates of people's personality, values, and choices and compared how much, for instance, 33-year-olds believed that they would change in the next 10 years with how much 43-year-olds reported that they had changed in the past 10 years. For groups spanning 18 to 68 years of age, people of all ages described more change in the past 10 years than they would have predicted 10 years ago. read more
"Inside it is one of the worst designs I've seen."
#160 | Posted by NerfHerder
Biltmore House in Asheville: www.biltmore.com
Up close it looks as well put together as a Hollywood facade.
And the most fascinating parts of the tour, even though postbellum, were all the working areas. And I don't think in the late 1800s, it was drum-circle lefties from Asheville providing the labor. Or the white Western NC inhabitants, who would scoff at such ostentation. Food was probably better at their house anyway.
What I'd like to see is Jefferson's octagonal house that originally had grass landscaped steps going up to the front door.
https://www.poplarforest.org/
Thanks, enslaved persons.
Another great tour: Montpelier: https://www.montpelier.org/.
A bit overwhelming to be in the room where Madison's books were and where he did his research for the Constitution.
Going limp, like flashing your lights at an oncoming car to let them know of police presence, is interfering with an ongoing investigation or police activity.