Cher has filed a petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court to become a temporary conservator of her 47-year-old son Elijah Blue Allman's finances due to his struggles with mental health and substance abuse. The petition seeks to appoint a conservator to control access to Elijah's funds and ensure they are used responsibly, as Cher is concerned that any funds distributed to her son will be immediately spent on drugs. This is the latest in a series of attempts to help Elijah manage his finances and ensure his safety.
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The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has terminated the role of Dr. Joe Gow as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, effective immediately due to "significant reputational harm" caused by Gow and his wife producing and appearing in pornographic videos. The regents voted unanimously to fire Gow, who is a tenured faculty member and will eventually return to work in a faculty role. The university community has reacted with mixed reactions, and an interim chancellor has been appointed to oversee the university's operations until a replacement is announced.
The University of Idaho began demolishing a house on Thursday morning, despite pleas from two of the victims' families to wait until evidence needed for the court case was collected from the site. The house, located in Moscow, Idaho, was the site of a tragic incident last year in which four University of Idaho students were fatally stabbed. The FBI had gathered additional information from the house in October, but the demolition of the house began early Thursday morning, with debris from the home’s walls being loaded into a dump truck. The families of the victims have expressed their disappointment at the school's decision to proceed with the demolition before all evidence was collected.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has responded to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's comparison of him to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, accusing Erdoğan of genocide against the Kurds and imprisoning journalists. Yair Lapid, leader of the opposition in Israel, also condemned Erdoğan's words. Meanwhile, Israel has launched heavy strikes across central and southern Gaza, with Netanyahu defending the Israeli military's actions as the "most moral army in the world." The ongoing conflict has resulted in hundreds of deaths and injuries on both sides, prompting calls for an immediate ceasefire.
This article reports on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, as well as recent clashes between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Six youths were killed in an Israeli strike on the Nour Shams refugee camp, while residents of other refugee camps reported heavy bombing overnight. The Israeli military said it had achieved "direct hits" on a tent belonging to a special force, while Hezbollah targeted a new Israeli command position. The conflict has caused immense suffering for civilians in the region, with calls to end the war going unanswered.
Two fishermen in Northwest Indiana made a remarkable discovery on Tuesday when they found a driver who had been trapped in his truck for nearly a week after it crashed off Interstate 94. Mario Garcia and his son-in-law Nivardo De La Torre called the Porter County Dispatch Center after initially believing the man to be dead, and the driver was taken to a nearby hospital and is expected to make a full recovery. Officials credited Garcia and De La Torre with saving the driver's life, as their chance discovery of the crash site likely prevented a much worse outcome.
On December 24th, a woman was stopped from bringing a loaded handgun onto a plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia. The TSA found the firearm on an X-ray machine and confiscated it, citing the woman on a weapons charge. The TSA reminds travelers that firearms must be declared and placed in checked baggage and encourages them to check the rules and regulations for the items they are bringing with them before arriving at the airport.
Former Nebraska Congressman Jeff Fortenberry was convicted in 2019 of making false statements to the FBI about a campaign contribution, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the conviction on Tuesday, ruling that the trial should not have taken place in Los Angeles as the crime was not committed in that state. The court noted that Fortenberry should have been tried in either Nebraska or Washington, D.C., and reversed his conviction, allowing him to be retried in a proper venue.