The Detroit Pistons have become the first team in NBA history to lose 27 consecutive games in a single season. On Tuesday night, they fell 118-112 to the Brooklyn Nets, their 27th consecutive defeat. Pistons first-year coach Monty Williams expressed his disappointment in the team's record, and the Pistons will look to break their losing streak when they face the Chicago Bulls on Thursday, hoping to avoid the record-breaking 28th consecutive loss.
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Christopher Lee McWhorter was executed Thursday in Alabama for his role in the 1993 robbery and shooting death of Edward Lee Williams. His execution was the first in the state since 2019 and the ninth since then, despite his attorneys' efforts to have it stayed due to his mental competency. McWhorter's execution is the latest in a series of executions of inmates convicted of capital murder in Alabama, making it the state with the most executions since 2019.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is seeking an emergency protective order after confidential video recordings of key witnesses in her election interference case against former President Donald Trump were leaked to two news outlets. The videos include statements from lawyers Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro and bail bondsman Scott Hall, with Ellis saying a senior White House official insisted Trump had no plans to leave office despite losing the election. Willis's office believes the leak was intended to intimidate witnesses and is now seeking an emergency protective order to prevent further disclosure.
Jenna Ellis, a senior legal adviser to former President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, has pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings. In exchange for her plea, Ellis will receive five years of probation and have to pay $5,000 in restitution to the state. Former President Trump has distanced himself from Ellis, with his campaign releasing a statement saying she was never a part of the campaign's legal team. This plea agreement is the latest development in the ongoing investigation into alleged efforts to reverse the outcome of the 2020 election.
A man shot and wounded himself when officers sought to question him about four escapees from a Georgia jail. The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force had gone to a Macon apartment after receiving a tip, and the man, identified as Christian Demond Williams, had been missing for more than seven months. The investigation into the escapees is ongoing, with the Bibb County Sheriff's Office working with other law enforcement agencies to locate and bring them to justice.
In March 2022, Bruce Willis was diagnosed with aphasia and frontotemporal dementia, leading him to step away from his acting career. His wife, Emma Heming Willis, appeared on the "Today" show to discuss how the family is handling the diagnosis, saying that it has been both a blessing and a curse, but it has taught them how to love and care for each other.
Richard Allen, a northern Indiana man charged with killing two teenage girls, has had his attorneys file court documents claiming his innocence and that the girls were actually killed as part of a ritual sacrifice. The attorneys have requested a hearing to present evidence that the search warrant for Allen's house was based on faulty probable cause and should be thrown out. Allen has pleaded not guilty to all charges and his attorneys are hoping the court will grant them a hearing to present their evidence and throw out the search warrant.