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Los Angeles City Attorney Sues Macy’s, Kohl’s, J.C. Penney, Sears for Pricing Scam
Four major retailers are named in a lawsuit brought by the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office on Thursday over alleged deceptive advertising that duped customers into thinking that they were saving money. Macy’s, Kohl’s, J.C. Penney and Sears are the retailers accused of falsely advertising high regular prices on merchandise that was never actually for…
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Felony Charge Dropped for Jury Foreman as He Served on Michael Slager Trial
The lone black juror who also served as foreman during the Michael Slager trial had a pending felony charge against him that was mysteriously dropped by prosecutors during the Slager trial. Dorsey Montgomery, 34, was indicted last year on the charge of breach of trust with fraudulent intent, which carries a sentence of up to…
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1st American Man to Orbit Earth and Former US Sen. John Glenn Dead at 95
Astronaut and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn, who in 1962 became the first American to orbit Earth, died Thursday at the age of 95. Glenn was surrounded by his family and his wife of 73 years, Annie, when he passed away at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, the Columbus Dispatch reports. Glenn was…
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Local Non-Profit Helps Los Angeles High School Students ‘Get Lit’
A Los Angeles-based nonprofit is helping local high school students to learn to love and appreciate poetry, and recently turned a group of them into published poets. Get Lit, founded in 2006 by Diane Luby Lane, is an organization that brings poetry into schools and “fuses classic and spoken word poetry to increase teen literacy…
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Judge Rules Cosby Civil Deposition Testimony Can Be Used in Criminal Trial
Prosecutors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial next year will be able to use testimony he gave during depositions for an accuser’s lawsuit, a judge ruled Monday. Attorneys for Cosby, 78, claim that he only agreed to testify in the 2005 lawsuit brought by Andrea Constand because a prior prosecutor had promised him that he…
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Muslim NYPD Officer Speaks Out About Being Target of Weekend Hate Attack
A Muslim New York City police officer who was allegedly a victim of a hate crime over the weekend spoke with reporters Monday about her experience. Officer Aml Elsokary said in the press conference, covered by CBS New York, that crimes like this will not be tolerated. “I have faith that Allah is going to…
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#NoDAPL: Number of People at Resistance Camp Increasing Despite Evacuation Order
Groups of U.S. military veterans have already begun arriving at the protest against the Standing Rock oil pipeline to make good on their promise to act as “human shields” for the water protectors. Despite a mandatory evacuation order issued by North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple citing the harsh weather that has already arrived at the…
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District Attorney Says LAPD Officers Who Fatally Shot Homeless Man Were Justified
Three officers with the Los Angeles Police Department will not be charged in the videotaped fatal shooting of a homeless man last year. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office found that Sgt. Chand Syed, Officer Francisco Martinez and Officer Daniel Torres reasonably believed that Charly Leundeu Keunang posed a lethal threat during the March…
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#WalterScott: Lone Juror Appears to Be Holdout in Guilty Verdict
Updated, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, 2 p.m. EST: One juror in the Walter Scott murder trial apparently refuses to vote for a guilty verdict, thereby deadlocking the jury in the high-profile murder case. The juror, identified only as a 50-year-old male, told the judge Friday that he could not “with good conscience approve a guilty verdict” against…
