The 29-year-old man accused of sparking one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles allegedly threatened to burn down his home in Florida last month during an argument with a relative and then showed his father a gun, according to federal prosecutors. Jonathan Rinderknecht appeared in a Florida federal courtroom on Thursday, one day after federal agents arrested him …
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‘Bachelor’s Melissa Rycroft Told Cops She Was Hit Before DWI Arrest, Police Allege
‘The Bachelor’s Melissa Rycroft Told Cops She Was Hit-and-Run Victim During Arrest, Police Say Published October 3, 2025 9:39 AM PDT Melissa Rycroft allegedly claimed to be the victim of a hit-and-run before cops arrested her for driving while intoxicated … but, they say a witness totally contradicted the claim. We’ve obtained a search warrant from law enforcement in Tarrant …
Read More »Parents of woman killed in Tesla crash allege design flaw trapped her in burning car
The parents of a college student killed in a Tesla crash say she was trapped in the car as it burst into flames because of a design flaw that made it nearly impossible for her to open the door, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday. The parents of Krysta Tsukahara allege that the company that helped Elon Musk become the …
Read More »Amazon blamed AI for layoffs, then hired cheap H1-B workers, senators allege
By imposing the $100,000 fee, Trump claims that companies will be forced to use the H-1B program the way “it was intended”—motivated to pay more for certain foreign workers in order “to fill jobs for which highly skilled and educated American workers are unavailable.” Speaking last Friday, Trump suggested that money collected from the fees would be used to “reduce …
Read More »AI chatbots sexually abused teens, led to suicide, lawsuits allege
Two lawsuits filed in Denver District Court this week allege that artificial-intelligence-powered chatbots sexually abused two Colorado teenagers, leading one girl to kill herself. Juliana Peralta, a 13-year-old from Thornton, died by suicide in 2023 after using a Character.AI chatbot. Another unnamed 13-year-old from Weld County also was repeatedly abused by the technology, the lawsuits allege. The chatbots isolated the …
Read More »In new lawsuit, fired FBI leaders allege rampant politicization by Trump allies – Politico
In new lawsuit, fired FBI leaders allege rampant politicization by Trump allies Politico FBI Director Kash Patel had to fire agents to keep his job, lawsuit says CNN Trump White House Exerts Enormous Influence Over FBI, Lawsuit Says The New York Times FBI leaders allege in lawsuit they were unlawfully fired over political loyalty The Washington Post Fired FBI officials sue Trump administration for …
Read More »Politics, retribution behind FBI purge, agents allege in new lawsuit against Patel, Bondi
Three senior FBI officials who were abruptly fired last month by Kash Patel, the FBI director, are claiming in a new lawsuit against the Trump administration that they were illegally terminated at the direction of the White House for purely political reasons. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, alleges Patel told one of the agents …
Read More »California woman can’t return to family as U.S. consulates delay more immigration cases, attorneys allege
Gloria García was born in Mexico 42 years ago, but for two decades she had been building a life for herself and her family in California and was one step away from obtaining legal permanent residency in the United States. Now, she says, she’s suffering a painful separation from her family, trapped in administrative limbo in Tijuana, even though, she …
Read More »Whistleblower complaints allege resistance to vaccines within NIH – The Washington Post
Whistleblower complaints allege resistance to vaccines within NIH The Washington Post Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H. The New York Times Two former top NIH officials say they were forced out in retaliation for objecting to grant terminations statnews.com Source link
Read More »Deadly Eaton fire ignited by Southern California Edison, feds allege in lawsuit
Federal prosecutors on Thursday sued Southern California Edison over its alleged role in the deadly Eaton fire, a blaze that killed 19 people and destroyed more than 9,000 homes and other structures in Altadena and the surrounding area. In a civil complaint, prosecutors allege that the Eaton fire was ignited by “faulty power infrastructure or by sparks from faulty power …
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