Monthly Archives: November 2016

Steven Shapiro will step down as national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union next month. During his 23-year tenure leading the group’s legal strategy, he has never known a liberal Supreme Court. For almost a generation, neither has much of the country. But the election on Tuesday could change that. “For much of […]

(CNN)The case against an alleged South Carolina man accused last week of a kidnapping has quickly expanded into a multiple murder investigation. Todd Kohlhepp, a 45-year-old realtor fromnear Spartanburg, now faces charges for the 2003 murders of four people killed at a motorcycle shop in Chesnee, South Carolina, according to court records. Spartanburg County Sheriff […]

America goes to the polls to choose between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Tuesday, after a long and unprecedented election how did we get here? The election the world thought would never end at least began predictably an hour and 50 minutes after the last one was over. This was how long it took one […]

Legislation raises concerns foreign companies may need to hand over intellectual property and help security agencies in return for market access China adopted a controversial cybersecurity law on Monday that it said would tackle growing threats such as hacking and terrorism but has triggered concern from foreign business and rights groups. The legislation, passed by […]

(CNN)There is so much at stake in the election this year — immigration, jobs, health care and the future of the Supreme Court. But there is another, immediate concern. When you cast your vote Tuesday, consider that the next president may well be the first to face a new kind of warfare when he or […]

Durst was the subject of 2005s true-crime documentary The Jinx, where he was caught on a hot mic saying What did I do? Killed them all, of course Robert Durst, the property heir and subject of unrelated gun charges and is now standing trial for the murder of his friend and former spokeswoman, Berman, who […]

Glenn Palmer, a three-term incumbent linked to the Patriot movement, is among the wests most controversial local officials and could stay in office after Tuesday Theres an election on Tuesday, and voters in Grant County, Oregon, face a stark choice. They have to choose their sheriff, and the result of that race will resonate far […]

Absolutely sickening. Last week, we reported on missing person Kala Brown being found alive, chained inside a metal container on the property of Todd Kohlhepp. On Sunday, the registered sex offender (pictured above) was charged with kidnapping, along with four counts of murder in a connection with a quadruple homicide that took place 13 years […]

TFW get the hell off my property.Image: brooksfilms A would-be burglar got a dose of Robin Hood-style vengeance, when he was shot in the butt by an arrow while trying to flee. New South Wales Police in Australia are investigating a case in which an intruder broke into the home of a 68-year-old man and […]

Freespee, which these days calls itself a real-time conversation cloud technology company, has raised 9.25 million in Series B funding. French venture capital firm Ventech led the round, alongside existing investors Sunstone Capital and Inventure. Silicon Valley Bank also participated, signalling that this is a mixture equity and debt financing. Founded all the way back […]