LOS ANGELES - A woman who worked as a longtime signature collector for ballot initiatives pleaded guilty on June 8 to paying homeless people in Los Angeles' Skid Row and elsewhere $2 or $3 to register to vote.
The board of flashy fashion tech startup CaaStle discovered its CEO had defrauded investors out of $283 million – and then allowed her to stay on as the top exec for three months, according to a report.
Christine Hunsicker was the co-founder and CEO of CaaStle, an online fashion rental company valued at $1.25 billion at its peak in 2018. The company raked in more than $600 million from big-name investors like Bill Ackman and Henry Kravis.
But in the spring of 2025, the company revealed that Hunsicker had been grossly overvaluing CaaStle’s financial earnings, and this March, she pleaded guilty to securities fraud.
A father in Houston, Texas, was killed during a carjacking Saturday afternoon, and a repeat offender on probation has been charged with his murder.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that the owner of the stolen car, identified as 56-year-old Louis Erebia, tracked down the vehicle and confronted the person accused of stealing it, London Hogan Sr., who allegedly shot and killed Erebia, who was pronounced dead after being taken to a local hospital.
Hogan Sr. is also accused of shooting another man who is expected to survive.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office told FOX26 that Erebia’s son was putting gas into the Chevy Silverado when Hogan allegedly pulled out a gun and took the pickup truck. Erebia and a friend tracked the pickup truck using GPS, which led them to the area it was being driven.
The car being driven by Erebia was involved in a collision with the stolen Chevy Silverado, which disabled it, deputies said.
According to the sheriff’s office, Erebia chased a male and female suspect who got out of the stolen truck. Deputies said that’s when Hogan fired multiple shots.
Hogan was charged with murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.
Hogan has a lengthy criminal history, which includes the following charges:
Nov. 12, 2023: Assault of a family/household member impeding breath/circulation – was given deferred adjudication, resulting in five years of community supervision.
Sept. 3, 2020: Felon in possession of a weapon – dismissed
Sept. 3, 2020: Unauthorized use of a vehicle – dismissed
Sept. 3, 2020: Possession of a controlled substance – dismissed
Aug. 24, 2016: Possession of a controlled substance – guilty
Oct. 15, 2015: Possession of a controlled substance – guilty
Dec. 16, 2009: Burglary – guilty
During a hearing on Monday where Hogan had his charges read to him, a judge reiterated that he’s on deferred adjudication.
“Looks like you are on a 5-year felony deferred for assault impeding breath. And Mr. Hogan, entered into that deferred March 27th of 2024. Also, murder is an SB9 offense,” the judge said.
Amber Burrough, who is related to Erebia, wrote on Facebook that his life was taken “far too soon.”
“Louis died doing exactly what he did every day of his life—protecting others. He was a hero down to his very last breath. A pillar of our community, the backbone of our family, and a man whose selflessness impacted countless lives, Louis never hesitated to help those in need. He gave of himself freely and served others without question,” Burrough said.
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A Sudanese migrant has been arrested after a barbaric video shows someone seemingly trying to behead another man in the middle of a UK street in scenes likened to “something out of a horror movie.”
The horrific footage shows the blood-soaked knifeman pinning down his victim in Northern Ireland late Monday in an attack a local politician also branded “barbaric” and “medieval.”
The bloodied victim desperately kicked his legs before the knifeman repeatedly stabbed him in the head and neck, the video shared by Turning Point UK shows.
“Get off him you f–king rat!” one woman shouted as the deranged attacker showed off his weapon — as a man yelled, “He’s trying to cut his head off. He’s slicing his head off.”
"We’re seeing it play itself out very much in real time. Last week in Los Angeles in the battle for Mayor, at one point after an update of 24,000 votes, Spencer Pratt, a guy with 30% support, did not gain a single vote. I asked Grok for the odds and it was somewhere over 1 over infinity... basically, zero. In a city where only 43% of students can read, believing those vote totals would require you to think that when half the voters are practically illiterate, not a single one accidentally voted for Pratt. And now thanks to mail in voting, Pratt has lost the lead for qualifying for the runoff to someone who was polling 4 points behind him when voting started."
US Attorney Bill Essayli says this "policy deserves a closer look."
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stood at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer on the 82nd anniversary of D-Day and delivered a pointed message. While honoring the sacrifices of those who stormed the beaches in 1944, he drew a connection to the threats Europe faces today. Some criticized the remarks as political. They were instead a sober reflection on what those graves represent: the high cost of securing liberty and the need to defend it in every generation.
Normandy was chosen for the Allied invasion because it offered a feasible path to breach Hitler’s Fortress Europe. The Germans expected the main assault to be farther north near Calais. Allied planners selected the Normandy coast for its relatively weaker defenses and potential for surprise, despite the formidable challenges of its cliffs, tides, and heavily fortified positions. On June 6, 1944, approximately 156,000 Allied troops, including 73,000 Americans, landed across five beaches in the largest amphibious operation in history.
The price was steep. Allied casualties on the first day exceeded 10,000, with more than 4,400 confirmed dead. American forces bore a heavy share of those losses, particularly at Omaha Beach. Yet the invasion succeeded in establishing a critical Western Front.
It relieved pressure on Soviet forces in the east, enabled the liberation of France, and set the stage for the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany less than a year later. The men buried at Colleville-sur-Mer helped turn the tide of the war through raw courage and coordinated resolve.
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