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With two state prison sentences already on his shoulders, confessed and convicted fraudster Alex Murdaugh walked into a federal courthouse in Charleston Monday to receive yet another — a hefty federal prison sentence.Disbarred Hampton, S.C., lawyer Richard Alexander “Alex” Murdaugh was sentenced to a total of 480 months, or 40 years, in federal prison, in connection with a sweeping decade-plus, multi-million-dollar financial fraud crime spree that engulfed more than a score of victims in multiple South Carolina Lowcountry counties.While Murdaugh will remain in state prison, this federal term will run concurrently with Murdaugh’s state terms. He is currently serving a…
Porsche’s electric flagship SUV big enough to fit third-row seats has been spotted testing for the first time. The prototypes in our latest spy shots show a long SUV with a low profile and a relatively low ride height. The roof is also mostly flat all the way to the rear of the vehicle, which is vital for headroom in the third row. The vehicle, which carries the code name K1, was confirmed by Porsche CEO Oliver Blume in 2022. At the time, he said it was being developed as part of a strategy to boost margins by focusing more…
Key Takeaways Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 S Edition 1 arrives months after regular model hit dealer floors. Limited to 25 units in America. Pricing starts at $81,195 before destination, but changes are only cosmetic. In January last year, as part of the CLA refresh for 2024, Mercedes confirmed that the US would be getting the even hotter S variant of the CLA 45 for the first time, bringing with it a maximum of 416 horsepower from the M139 2.0-liter turbocharged engine. This ferocious four-pot started reaching dealers at the tail end of 2023, but despite the fact that the 2024 Mercedes-AMG…
Air pollution may blunt the signature scents of some night-blooming flowers, jeopardizing pollination. When the aroma of a pale evening primrose encounters certain pollutants in the night air, the pollutants destroy key scent molecules, lab and field tests show. As a result, moths and other nocturnal pollinators may find it difficult to detect the fragrance and navigate to the flower, researchers report in the Feb. 9 Science. The finding highlights how air pollution can affect more than human health. “It’s really going deeper … affecting ecosystems and food security,” says Joel Thornton, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Washington…
In February, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill authored by Sen. Scott Wiener that makes it easier for Californians to obtain PrEP and PEP, medications that prevent HIV infection, without a doctor’s prescription. California already allowed pharmacists to prescribe these drugs but limited patients to a 30-day supply. The new law expands it to 90 days, which makes it easier for Californians to avoid infection from this dangerous virus. Yet lawmakers can do much more to expand access to other important treatments by broadening the scope of pharmacist prescribing. More than half of all pharmacists today have doctorate degrees (PharmD), for which…
April is Autism Acceptance Month, a month that until recently was referred to as Autism Awareness Month. Today, many agree that we have moved beyond general awareness about Autism Spectrum Disorder and strive instead to work toward acceptance and understanding. As the fastest-growing developmental disability in the United States, with an estimated 1 in 36 children identified with Autism Spectrum Disorder, fostering acceptance and understanding of autism is not only vital to our OPWDD mission, but also to the integrity of our communities and society.So, as we continue to ask people to Look Beyond people’s developmental disabilities this month, we…
A former classmate of Buster Murdaugh died eight years ago in a hit-and-run. The suspicious death is now officially a homicide. South Carolina authorities now believe the death of Stephen Smith, part of the byzantine web surrounding the Murdaugh murders, is a homicide. This benchmark comes after years of mystery surrounding the circumstances in which the 19-year-old student ended up dead in the middle of a road on July 8, 2015. This development formally upgrades Smith’s death from an assumed hit-and-run accident, and arrives just one day after the primary suspect in the eyes of the public, Buster Murdaugh, denied…
A large portion of the Tekken 8 community is lashing out after developers confirmed the game would be getting its own battle pass soon. Fans are not happy with Tekken 8’s upcoming battle pass system. During a recent Tekken Talk Livestream, Tekken 8 developers confirmed that a battle pass will be coming to the game. Like other battle passes, the new pass, called the Tekken Fight Pass, will allow players to obtain items by completing a variety of challenges during a limited period of time. Tekken 8 is the latest entry in the long-running fighting game series. Tekken 8 launched…
Rallying from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems, Pope Francis led some 30,000 people in Easter celebrations Sunday and made a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine.Francis presided over Easter Sunday Mass in a flower-decked St. Peter’s Square and then delivered a heartfelt prayer for peace in his annual roundup of global crises. In between, he made several loops around the piazza in his popemobile, greeting well-wishers.”Peace is never made with weapons, but with outstretched hands and open hearts,” Francis said from the loggia overlooking the square, to applause from the…
The rapper’s homes were reportedly raided as part of a ‘sex trafficking’ investigation, and two of his children were seen leaving his L.A. property after the incident. Image Credit: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images On March 25, 2024, Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ Los Angeles home was raided by federal law enforcement. The news came amid the rapper and music producer’s legal woes, including a 2023 lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who claimed that he sexually assaulted her. Though he denied the claims and settled the case, Combs is under investigation by Homeland Security. During the raid, two of Diddy’s children —…