The beleaguered city of Flint, Mich., would receive up to $600 million in federal emergency relief under a proposal unveiled Thursday by Michigan’s U.S. senators with the backing of top Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill. Two-thirds of that funding would go toward a joint federal-state effort to replace the water infrastructure, which has become badly …
Florida’s death penalty sentencing process violates the constitutional rights of criminal defendants by granting judges powers that juries should wield, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, siding with a man convicted of murdering a fried-chicken restaurant manager. The court’s 8-1 decision means death row inmate Timothy Hurst, 37, could be re-sentenced for the 1998 …
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump had a Muslim woman escorted out of his rally in South Carolina on Friday after she stood up in silent protest. A 56-year-old flight attendant, Rose Hamid, was sitting in the stands behind Trump, according to CNN, when Trump suggested that Syrian refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war were actually affiliated with …
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto tweeted today that the infamous drug lord known as “El Chapo” has been captured after months on the run. “Mission accomplished: We have him. I want to inform the Mexicans that Joaquin Guzman Loera has been detained,” the tweet, which is written in Spanish, states. A U.S. law enforcement official …
Though Ronda Rousey is no longer the champion, A-list gigs keep coming her way. In her first major appearance since losing her UFC Women’s Bantamweight title to Holly Holm in Australia on Nov. 15, Rowdy Ronda Rousey will be hosting NBC’s Saturday Night Live on January 23. Rousey will be the third fighter to host the longtime …