Author Archives: Syndicated Content
POLL: 6 in 10 favor doing more to hold police accountable
stocknshares/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Confidence that police in the United States are adequately trained to avoid using excessive force reached a new low in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, and 60...
Apr 23, 2021
Capitol riot arrests of military, law enforcement and government personnel rises to 52
BlakeDavidTaylor/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- As authorities investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continue to pore over images and video of the riot, they've encountered a distressing trend: A...
Apr 23, 2021
Washington state on verge of fourth COVID-19 wave, officials warn
Myriam Borzee/iStock(OLYMPIA, Wash.) -- Washington officials are sounding the alarm that the state is on the "cusp" of a fourth COVID-19 wave that could curtail further reopening plans if not abated. ...
Apr 23, 2021
Kristin Smart's parents sue murder suspect's father for allegedly moving her body
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff(NEW YORK) -- The parents of Kristin Smart, a California college student who disappeared in 1996 while walking home from a party, have filed a lawsuit against the father ...
Apr 23, 2021
"I Hope You're Happy Now" -- and yes, Carly Pearce is, as she turns 31
Allister AnnIt's a weekend to celebrate for Carly Pearce, as the "I Hope You're Happy Now" hitmaker turns 31 on Saturday. Though she's on a high from winning two Academy of Country Music awards for Si...
Apr 23, 2021
Nashville notes
Burke/Triolo Productions/ThinkstockWillie Nelson has been announced as the keynote speaker for Luck Presents: Planting the Seed, the country legend and Luck Presents' first-ever cannabis convention. T...
Apr 23, 2021
Alternate juror in Chauvin trial describes experience: 'I felt he was guilty on some level'
KTSP-TV(MINNEAPOLIS) -- One of the alternate jurors to sit on the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin called the experience of watching one of the most important police use-of-for...
Apr 22, 2021
George Floyd's killer was convicted. So what was different about Philando Castile's case?
Facebook/Philando Castile(NEW YORK) -- Two of the most high-profile cases of police using deadly force in Minnesota history happened roughly 5 miles and four years apart. Each death was captured on vi...
Apr 22, 2021
Jordan Davis joins Hailey Whitters for “The Ride” duet on the latest “CMT Campfire Sessions” episode
Harper SmithHailey Whitters takes the spotlight during the latest installment of "CMT Campfire Sessions," a digital series from CMT that launched in January. Each episode features a different artist o...
Apr 22, 2021
Case over Jeffrey Epstein's 'sweetheart deal' could be headed for Supreme Court
Patrick McMullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- On a Friday afternoon in July 2008, 20-year-old Courtney Wild appeared in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida, demanding answers...
Apr 22, 2021