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Her story captured the nation. She said she saw a toddler walking along the highway, then she disappeared for 49 hours and reappeared with a fascinating kidnapping tale. Turned out it was all a lie, and now Alabama police has charged Russell with two misdemeanor charges.

The 26-year-old is being charged with falsely reporting to law enforcement officers and falsely reporting an incident, both misdemeanors.

She was released on bail, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis announced at a news conference.

Both misdemeanor charges have a maximum sentence of up to a year in jail and a fine up to $6,000, Derzis said.

“I know many are shocked and appalled that Miss Russell is only being charged with two misdemeanors, despite all the panic and disruption her actions caused,” he said.

“Let me assure you I too share the same frustration,” he went on. “But existing laws only allow the charges that were filed to be filed.”

The investigation will be handled by the office of Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.

“We don’t see this as a victimless crime,” Marshall said at the Friday news conference. “There were significant hours spent, resources expended as a result of this investigation.” He also cited the “many men and women who are civilians” who helped search for her.

Derzis said no charges have been filed against Russell’s family or any other individuals. Additional charges may be filed as the attorney general’s office works through their investigation, he added.

Well, at least this Republican presidential hopeful is not afraid to take a sensible position, even when it goes against his other Republican colleagues.

When reporters asked South Carolina Representative, Tim Scott to speak about Florida’s new ‘education’ curriculum where Ron DeSantis wants to teach kids that slavery had benefits, Scott, although his response was rather mild in my opinion, stepped up and had this to say;

“There is no silver lining in slavery,” Scott said. “The truth is, anything you can learn that — any benefits that people suggest you had during slavery, you would’ve had as a free person. What slavery was, was really about separating families, about mutilating humans and even raping their wives. It was just devastating.”

“I would hope that every person in our country, and certainly running for president, would appreciate that,” he added.

“People have bad days. Sometimes they regret what they say, and we should ask them again to clarify their position,” Scott said.

Twenty Seven years after his murder, a newly released video shows Tupac surrounded by adoring fans, conversing with them before he entered the passenger side of a car and was driven to his death.

No one was ever charged with Pac’s murder, but just weeks ago, Las Vegas police executed a search warrant at the home of 60-year-old Duane Keith Davis, a.k.a. “Keefe D,” an allege passenger in the drive-by car. The police raid at Davis’ home was a search for computers and other electronics that referenced Tupac’s killing.

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Unreleased footage of 2Pac moments before he was shot in Las Vegas.

Unreleased video that was released of Tupac before he was shot has been released by The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection.

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Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell left everyone concerned today when the 81-year-old blanked out at the podium. The Minority Leader was seconds into his weekly press conference when he stopped talking and appeared dazed. He was later led away by fellow Congress members but returned shortly after.

Asked by reporters if he can explain what happened, McConnell only responded that he was fine.

Back in March, McConnell fell and had to be hospitalized.

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Why? Why would you fake their your kidnapping? Are you so starved for attention? Chalk this up to the many other cases that makes no sense at all.

Carlee Russell admitted she did not see a toddler wandering on the side of the highway and lied about being kidnapped in a hoax that set off a nationwide effort to find her, an attorney for the Alabama woman said Monday.

Hoover Police Chief Nicholas C. Derzis read the statement provided by Russell’s attorney during a news conference, in which the 25-year-old nursing student said she was not abducted as the nation was led to believe when she disappeared July 13. Russell said she had not left the Hoover area.

She returned home 49 hours after a call to 911 reporting seeing the child on the interstate.

“My client apologizes for her actions to this community, to the volunteers who were searching for her, to the Hoover Police Department and other agencies as well,” the statement said.

The police department is consulting with the district attorney’s office regarding potential criminal charges, according to Derzis.

According to The Associated Press, these neighbors have been feuding for years. Things finally came to an end with three Latino men shot dead, and a white man in custody.

According to the police charging documents, the six people who were shot were attending a large party when a dispute broke out over a parking issue. Mireles went to Smith’s home to talk about it and was arguing with Shirley Smith when her son Charles Smith returned home and confronted him. The verbal argument became physical.

Smith pulled out a gun and Mireles tried to grab it before Smith shot Mireles and Segovia. Smith “then stood over Mario Mireles and shot him several more times,” the document says. Smith then went into his house, got a rifle and began firing through a window at people who had come trying to help the mortally wounded men. Smith fatally shot Nicolas Mireles, and wounded Rosalina Segovia, Paul Johnnson and Enner Canales-Hernandez, police said.

Smith surrendered when the police arrived, telling officers he shot the victims because they shot at his house. However, none of the witnesses interviewed saw any of the victims with a firearm, according to the charging documents.

The Smith and Mireles families have had disputes for years, even going to court for help at one point. Mario Mireles sought a peace order petition in September 2016, accusing Shirley Smith of harassing him and their neighbors since he was a child. He accused her of directing racial slurs at him and his family, as well as other neighbors who are Black.

I’ve never been one to pay attention to the UFO talk. But when top U.S officials, documents and even videos from military pilots became known, it would be ignorant to close your eyes and pretend there’s nothing to see here. More information is definitely needed.

And Congressional members feel the same way and their frustration is palpable.

“My primary interest in this topic is if there are … object[s] operating over restricted air space, it’s not ours and we don’t know whose it is, that’s a problem that we need to get to the bottom of,” said Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

“If there’s an explanation for it that’s being kept from Congress, then we need to force the issue. We’re not getting answers,” Rubio told The Hill.  

The Senate has adopted an amendment to an annual defense bill that would require the federal government to collect and disclose all records related to UFOs and UAPs unless a special review board determines they must be kept classified.  

The amendment was sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Armed Services and Intelligence committees and is backed by Rubio and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), the chairwoman of the Armed Services subcommittee on emerging threats, as well as Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.), a former Marine intelligence officer, and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.).  

None of my friends have ever been indicted multiple times. As a matter of fact, none of my friends have never been indicted. I would like to think that’s the case for most Americans, but the sad fact is many Americans are getting ready to vote for someone with not one or two, but potentially a third indictment in Georgoa.

Trump has not been convicted of any crime yet, nor is it certain he will be. 

But as he faces a potential third criminal indictment, with an additional state-level probe into his actions ongoing in Georgia, the stakes for Trump to win the 2024 election are ratcheting up, with a victory next year perhaps the best way to insulate himself from conviction or jail time.

“It’s a huge factor,” said Sean Walsh, who served in the White House press office in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. 

“At a minimum, if he wins the presidency again then he can say he was vindicated in the public eye,” Walsh said. “No. 2, legally if he is president of the United States, he could potentially pardon himself …Trump’s best bet at getting out of all his legal issues is becoming president again. That’s his get out of jail free card.”

The lines between Trump’s political fortunes and his legal ones are steadily blurring as the cases pile up.

afterall, you are known by the friends you keep.

don’t know of anyone with multiple indictments,