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(L) Photo via: Reed Saxon / Files / AP Photo / (R) Charles Manson followers, from left: Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten walk to court to appear for their roles in the 1969 cult killings of seven people. (Photo via: AP)

Newsom blocks parole for former Charles Manson cult follower Patricia Krenwinkel

California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom has once again denied parole to Patricia Krenwinkel, a former follower of cult leader Charles Manson and one of the perpetrators of the infamous 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.

(L) Screenshot taken of video provided by Charlotte Area Transit System. / (Background) Law enforcement stand guard outside of the state capitol building in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, on January 17, 2021 (LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images)

N.C. lawmakers work to eliminate cashless bail with ‘Iryna’s law,’ following gruesome train stabbing caught on camera

Following the fatal stabbing of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train last month, North Carolina lawmakers have approved legislation aimed at ending cashless bail for violent offenses — citing the need to strengthen public safety and prevent similar incidents in the future.

(Background) U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Attorney’s Office on August 25, 2025 in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. Attorney General Bondi announced the guilty plea of Sinaloa cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia on federal crimes alongside other law enforcement officials including the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Joseph Nocella, Jr., Drug Enforcement Administrator Terrance C. Cole, Homeland Security Investigations Acting Executive Associate Director Derek W. Gordon, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Operations Director Chad Yarbrough. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) / (R) Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia. (Photo via: state.gov)

Mexican Cartel boss ‘El Mayo’ Zambada Garcia enters guilty plea to drug trafficking in U.S.

Mexican cartel boss Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia pleaded guilty on Monday to federal charges stemming from his role as a co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel. The charges include drug trafficking, money laundering, and other firearms offenses.

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 05: U.S. President Joe Biden signs two bills aimed at combating fraud in the COVID-19 small business relief programs at the White House on August 5, 2022 in Washington, DC. Biden signed into law two bipartisan measures to take action against those who commit fraud in abuse of COVID-19 small-business relief programs. (Photo by Evan Vucci - Pool/Getty Images)

DOJ official previously warned Biden admin about his last-minute autopen pardons, raised legal concerns

A senior Justice Department official in the Biden administration previously warned that thousands of last-minute pardons issued with a mechanical signature (autopen) could be legally flawed or, at the very least, be seen as “questionable.”

Patty Morin, mother of homicide victim Rachel Morin, speaks during a White House press conference on April 16, 2025, standing beside Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary. (Photo by ANDREW THOMAS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) / (R) Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez. (Photo: Tulsa Police Department)

Rachel Morin’s illegal immigrant killer sentenced to life in prison, as victim’s mother explains pain of losing her daughter

Salvadoran national Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for raping and murdering 37-year-old Maryland mother-of-five Rachel Morin.

Solomon Galligan. (Photo via: Aurora police department)

Colo.: Registered sex offender ‘found incompetent to stand trial’ after being accused of attempting to kidnap 11-year-old

Prosecutors in Colorado are reportedly planning to dismiss charges against a registered sex offender whom witnesses say attempted to abduct a child from an elementary school last year, citing his “incompetence to stand trial.”