Summary List PlacementPresident Donald Trump's final list of pardons was released on Tuesday with more than a hundred people on it, none of whom happened to be Joe Exotic.  Exotic and his lawyer Eric Love were hoping for a pardon — Love was reportedly waiting outside Exotic's prison with a limo on standby (after several hours, he drove away). Exotic was sentenced to 22 years on more than a dozen charges of animal abuse and two counts of attempted murder. But, surprisingly, the exotic animal world was represented on the president's last-ditch list. Robert Bowker pleaded guilty to trafficking in wildlife 30 years ago, after he was caught transporting 22 snakes to the Miami Serpentarium, an act for which he was offered 22 American alligators. Bowker was sentenced to probation and has spent...

Seven people were shot, one fatally, Jan. 19, 2021 in Chicago. | Adobe Stock PhotoA 28-year-old man was fatally shot in the 1300 block of South Springfield Avenue. Seven people were shot, one fatally, Tuesday in Chicago, In the day’s lone fatal attack, a 28-year-old man was killed while working on his car in Lawndale on the West Side. Two men stepped out of a vehicle about 7:50 a.m. and confronted the man in the 1300 block of South Springfield Avenue, Chicago police said. They shot him multiple times and left in the waiting vehicle. The 28-year-old was unresponsive when officers arrived, and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. In non-fatal shootings, a woman was grazed in Lawndale on the West Side. The 44-year-old was on the sidewalk about 8:30 p.m. in the...

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY – Crews on Tuesday night made significant progress in containing a number of wind-stirred blazes near long-dormant hot spots of the CZU Lighting Complex wildfires. The combination of strong winds and smoldering embers resulted in more than half a dozen fires. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said it would staff the blazes overnight, but with minimum personnel. Resources were stretched thin, the agency explained in a tweet, but more engines were due to arrive from out of Santa Cruz County. “Conditions for our firefighters are dangerous, especially at night,” Cal Fire said. “Trees can fall, but they can’t see what’s above them in the darkness. They are getting some much-needed rest overnight, and will resume fighting numerous fires at first light.”...

A 61-year-old man was charged Jan. 19, 2021, in connection with two criminal sexual assaults in 2017. | Adobe Stock PhotoDavid Pasulka is accused of sexually assaulting a 31-year-old woman Feb. 1, 2017, and a 48-year-old woman May 9, 2017, police said. A 61-year-old man has been charged with a pair of sexual assaults from 2017, police announced Wednesday. David Pasulka is facing a felony count of aggravated criminal sexual assault, a felony count of criminal sexual abuse and seven counts of criminal sexual assault by force, Chicago police said. Chicago police David PasulkaPasulka is accused of sexually assaulting a 31-year-old woman Feb. 1, 2017, and a 48-year-old woman May 9, 2017, police said. Pasulka was arrested about 10:50 a.m. Tuesday in the first block of West Madison S...

A pedestrian hands a pot of food to a homeless person sleeping in the entrance of a closing down shop (Picture: AFP)Inflation doubled to 0.6% in a month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has announced. The organisation said the Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rose in December from 0.3% in November. Jonathan Athow, the ONS’ deputy national statistician, explained: ‘Clothing prices put upward pressure on inflation in December, despite some evidence of continued discounting. ‘Transport costs, including air, sea and coach fares, as well as petrol prices, rose as some travel restrictions eased during parts of the month. These were partially offset by falling food prices, most notably for vegetables and meat.’ The organisation added that raw materials’ prices rose 0.2

Police pictured dining inside The Chef House Kitchen Café, Greenwich, on January 9 (Picture: SWNS)Nine Metropolitan Police officers have been fined for breaching coronavirus rules while on duty. Pictures were posted online earlier this month which appeared to show a group of uniformed officers from the South East basic command unit dining in a local café. The photos, taken at The Chef House Kitchen Café in Greenwich on January 9, showed police cars outside and people sat indoors wearing uniform. After an investigation, it was decided the officers involved should be issued with fixed penalty notices to the value of £200 each. Chief superintendent Rob Atkin, South East BCU Commander, said: ‘Police officers are tasked with enforcing the legislation that has been introduced to st...

President-Elect Joe Biden will on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, take the oath to become the 46th President of the United States, and Kamala Harris will be sworn in as the 49th Vice President. Here’s what to expect: Inauguration Day Schedule All times listed below are Mountain Time. 6:45 a.m. President-Elect Biden will attend a church service at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, accompanied by Dr. Jill Biden, Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris and Mr. Douglas Emhoff. 8:30 a.m. President-Elect Biden scheduled to arrive at the U.S. Capitol 9:15 a.m. The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to begin. 10 a.m. Joe Biden will be sworn in as President of the United States. Kamala Harris will be sworn in as Vice President of the United States. Biden will deliver an inaugural address. 11:40 a.m. P...

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Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThe full pardon of Anthony Levandowski came out of nowhere. In one of his final acts as President, Donald Trump early on Wednesday morning suddenly pardoned the engineer at the center of an iconic, litigious, and years-long conflict between Uber, Google, and federal prosecutors over the technology for self-driving cars. Encouraged by some of his highest-profile backers in Silicon Valley, such as venture capitalist Peter Thiel, Trump issued the surprise full pardon to Anthony Levandowski, a former Google executive who had decamped to work for Uber. Levandowski was last year sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing trade secrets from Google that he then used to help Uber in the self-driving race. The announcement came as a shock...

Summary List PlacementSteven Bradenburg, the Wisconsin pharmacist accused of tampering with vials of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, has been charged with a misdemeanor, according to new court filings. Brandenburg was arrested on December 31 by the Grafton Police Department after an internal investigation by his employer Advocate Aurora Health concluded that he had "intentionally" removed 550 doses of the Moderna vaccine from a clinic refrigerator where he worked.  Advocate Aurora Health initially claimed the pharmacist's actions were "human error" but later moved to fire the employee and alert authorities after deeming the actions intentional. In custody, Brandenburg, an avowed conspiracy theorist, told authorities that he believed conspiracy theories about the vaccine and believed that th