BY RAUL HERNANDEZ I started writing my novel The Rivera Girls in 2018, a few months after Pixar’s Coco hit theaters in November 2017. Coco went on to win Academy Awards for…
CRUSHER’S FUNERAL He’s Dead. The City Isn’t Done With Him. Now on Audiobook
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For Sale: Books, Art and Other Stuff — Free Poetry
Notes, Thoughts, Art, Books and Poetry: STEPPING ON THE DEVIL’S TAIL — A CRIME NOVEL ************ ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Raul Hernandez is a former newspaper reporter who spent more than…
The World Is Sitting on 12,187 Nuclear Warheads—and Pretending That’s Security
It Would Take Only a Fraction of Them to Destroy Civilization and Starve Billions *********** Nine countries possess nuclear weapons. Together, they control an estimated 12,187 nuclear warheads—enough destructive power to turn…
Billings Bail Bondsman Gets Prison for Trading Bail for Sex
A Billings bail bondsman was sentenced to one year in federal prison for pressuring jailed women for sex in exchange for reduced-cost bonds.
FBI Art Crime Team Repatriates 48 Ancient Artifacts to Egypt
LOS ANGELES — The FBI has returned 48 cultural artifacts to Egypt after investigators determined the objects had been illegally trafficked out of the country, officials announced last week. The artifacts were…
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Duo Convicted in Ponzi Scheme That Cost Hundreds of Investors Millions, Facing Up to 70 Years in Prison
SAN ANTONIO — A federal jury convicted two Lubbock men Tuesday of operating a Ponzi scheme that cost hundreds of investors millions of dollars, officials stated this week. Joshua Allen and Michael…
Former Colorado Teacher Gets 40 Years for Exploiting 37 Boys
DENVER — A former Durango middle school teacher was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting 37 adolescent boys, federal prosecutors announced. Benjamin Smith, 30, of Durango, will also…
Former New Orleans Teacher Gets 33 Years for Sex Trafficking 16-Year-Old Girl
NEW ORLEANS — A former New Orleans schoolteacher was sentenced Wednesday to 33 years in federal prison for trafficking and coercing a 16-year-old runaway into commercial sex acts, officials stated. Aaron Terod…
Illinois Drug Dealer Gets Three Life Sentences for Fentanyl Overdose Death
URBANA, Ill. — A Danville drug dealer was sentenced to life in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine and other drugs in a conspiracy that caused one fatal overdose and left another…
ADX Florence: Life and Death Inside America’s Most Secure Prison
ADX Florence rises from the high desert of southern Colorado like a concrete fortress built to swallow sound. The prison sits about 100 miles south of Denver, surrounded by razor wire, gun…
South Carolina Man Pleads Guilty in Brutal Massachusetts Sex Trafficking Scheme
BOSTON — A South Carolina man pleaded guilty Monday to participating in a sex trafficking conspiracy that used violence, threats and other forms of coercion to force a woman into commercial sex…
Former Finance Director Gets Prison for $10.7M Embezzlement, Lavish Spending
A former Scottsdale finance director was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for embezzling $10.7 million to finance a lavish lifestyle.
Mexican National Pleads Guilty in Human Smuggling Crash That Killed 2, Facing Life in Prison
LAREDO, Texas — A 19-year-old Mexican national pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges stemming from a human smuggling operation that ended when an SUV crashed into a utility pole, killing two migrants….