Kouri Richins, a Utah mother who wrote a children's book about grief following the death of her husband, was just sentenced to life behind bars without the possibility of parole ... after being convicted of murdering him.
Kouri was convicted of aggravated murder in her husband's March 2022 death ... for lacing his drink with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl.
A Utah jury also found her guilty of attempted aggravated murder for trying to kill her husband on Valentine's Day 2022 with a fentanyl-laced sandwich ... plus insurance fraud and forgery related to his life insurance policy.
Billionaire Stephen Cloobeck's surprising arrest is tied directly to the criminal case surrounding his fiancée, Adva Lavie ... TMZ has learned.
TMZ broke the story ... Cloobeck was arrested Tuesday in L.A. on a felony charge connected to discouraging a witness from testifying, and we're told investigators believe that witness was tied to Lavie's ongoing theft case.
Lavie -- a former Penthouse Pet -- is accused of targeting wealthy men through dating apps and social circles ... allegedly stealing luxury goods, cash and personal information. She has pleaded not guilty to multiple felony charges.
Rep. Ilhan Omar thinks her fellow members of Congress like to get a quorum together in the form of a smoke sesh, because she believes there are plenty of stoners roaming the halls of the Capitol.
Our TMZ DC team chatted with the Congresswoman from Minnesota about the Department of Justice's recent decision to reclassify weed from a Schedule I substance -- the same category as heroin -- down to a Schedule III, which makes it far easier for researchers to receive funding to study it.
It's still not legal for recreational use at the federal level, so don't expect to see FBI or FEMA agents sparking up after a long day ... but, Rep. Omar says she wants to get it to a place where it's completely legal nationwide.
She also told us something that's pretty mind-blowing on a political level.
Terrence Floyd sat down for an interview on "The Latest with Loren LoRosa"... and he was asked who should've stepped in to stop Hinchcliffe from mocking Floyd's murder by saying he was "looking up at us all, laughing so hard he can't breathe."
Floyd says his family was especially hurt by the joke because Hart attended Floyd's funeral in Minnesota back in the day ... and he feels Hart should've stepped up in the moment and cut Hinchcliffe off.
Colorado cops sprang into action to save a dog from a burning building earlier this month ... and got the whole rescue on camera.
On Monday, Westminster Police shared the body cam footage from the house fire, which shows them going inside to save the pup while flames spread along the way.
In an X post, WPD said they beat the firefighters to the scene to find the homeowner had managed to get out with one of his dogs ... but the second one was still trapped inside.
Jacobis soooo Gen Z -- complain complain complain, although this time he may have a point.
Our D.C. young'un ran into Rep. Seth Magazineron The Hill, and told the Congressman about how he and his friends suffered through COVID, and how he just couldn't handle another pandemic.
The Rep. from Rhode Island was sympathetic, and confessed our country is totally unprepared for another disease that shuts America down.
Jacob then went to his go-to -- THE FREAKOUT METER -- and asked the Congressman where we land.
Magaziner's answer focused on members of Congress ... and where he puts them on Jacob's meter is more than alarming.
8:47 AM PT -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson released a statement Wednesday, saying ... "While we respectfully disagree with the Court's decision, my Office will aggressively seek to retry Alex Murdaugh for the murders of Maggie and Paul as soon as possible. Let me be clear -- this decision does not mean Murdaugh will be released. He will remain in prison for his financial crimes. No one is above the law and, as always, we will continue to fight for justice."
Alex Murdaughjust caught a massive break behind bars ... with South Carolina's high court tossing out his murder convictions, and ordering a new trial.
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Murdaugh’s 2023 convictions for the murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, can’t stand because the jury process was compromised.
At the center of the decision is former court clerk Becky Hill ... who was accused of making anti-Murdaugh comments to jurors and influencing deliberations during the nationally televised trial. The court said the misconduct was serious enough to blow up the verdict entirely.
Charlie ran into the Congresswoman from South Carolina Monday, and she's putting Spencer's campaign in the "BRILLIANT" category. She's super impressed with the ad campaign, especially the A.I. spots which were produced independently by filmmakers.
As for the Trump comparison, yeah, Mace -- who's running for Governor of South Carolina -- sees it. She says Spencer owned Mayor Karen Bass during the Mayoral debate.
Charlie asks Mace about the recent passing of her dad ... it's a touching moment.
The dreaded hantavirus has nearly claimed another life ... as a French woman is struggling, breathing through an artificial lung amid the MV Hondius cruise outbreak.
According to her doctor, the unidentified woman is currently in critical condition in a Paris hospital after contracting the disease aboard the cruise ship during a 34-day expedition through the Atlantic, with several stops along the way.
Authorities said three people have died, with eight other reported cases as a result of the outbreak on the ship, which launched April 1 from Ushuaia, Argentina. So far, authorities have confirmed nine of the hantavirus cases.
Details are emerging about the man killed by a Frontier jet engine on a Denver International Airport runway Friday night ... and his criminal record is filled with violent arrests and run-ins with police.
The New York Post reports 41-year-old Michael Mott had been arrested more than 20 times in Colorado dating back to 2002 -- with charges ranging from DUI and trespassing to attempted murder and assaulting a peace officer.
Mott's most recent arrest reportedly came just last month ... when he was busted for felony trespassing, property damage and resisting arrest after an incident at a Colorado Springs home. He was reportedly homeless at the time.
Public records cited by the outlet show Mott's criminal history escalated quickly after a string of minor arrests as a teenager. In 2005, he was arrested for attempted murder involving a gun ... but later pleaded guilty to second-degree assault with a deadly weapon and served six years behind bars.
He was later reportedly charged with assault involving a weapon while incarcerated ... and after his release, continued racking up arrests tied to domestic violence, burglary, hit-and-run incidents, violating protection orders and resisting cops.
As we previously reported ... Mott breached an 8-foot barbed-wire fence at the airport Friday night and walked onto the tarmac directly into the path of a departing flight bound for Los Angeles. Mott was sucked into the engine and killed instantly ... with his cause of death ruled as multiple blunt and sharp force injuries, and the manner of death was suicide.
Air traffic control audio captured after the impact described "limbs" scattered across the runway ... while all passengers and crew members aboard the plane were evacuated safely.
Denver officials say no suicide note has been recovered.
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Kash Patel pulled out some schoolyard-level debate tactics on Tuesday when he was grilled about allegedly drinking on the job.
During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing Tuesday, Democratic Senator from Maryland Chris Van Hollen raised concerns about reports of the FBI director's alleged excessive drinking.
Patel tried to flip the script on Van Hollen ... talking over him, slamming him for meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia -- the Salvadoran man wrongfully deported by the U.S. government last year -- and accusing him of "slinging margaritas" and running up a $7K bar tab "on taxpayer dime."
Six people who were found dead inside a Union Pacific train container in Texas have been identified -- and officials say a 14-year-old boy was among the victims.
The Webb County Medical Examiner's Office released a grim update Tuesday after the bodies were discovered Sunday at a Union Pacific railyard in Laredo ... revealing the group included five men and one woman believed to be from Mexico and Honduras.
Authorities have positively identified five of the six victims so far -- including a 14-year-old Honduran boy, a 29-year-old Mexican woman, a 24-year-old Honduran man, a 45-year-old Mexican man and a 56-year-old Mexican man. One additional male victim has not yet been publicly identified. Officials did not release the victims' names.
President Donald Trump tore into reporter Akayla Gardner during a White House press event ... calling her a "dumb person" while defending the soaring cost of his new ballroom project.
Watch the clip ... Trump insisted the ballroom is still "under budget" and is ahead of schedule ... explaining he's doubled the size of it. But when a reporter pointed out the cost had doubled too, Trump unloaded.
"I doubled the size of it, you dumb person," Trump snapped ... before adding, "You are not a smart person."
The man who was struck and killed by a plane at Denver International Airport over the weekend died by suicide ... though questions remain about why he wanted to end his life.
Denver Medical Examiner Sterling McLaren said 41-year-old Michael Mott is the man who was consumed by the jet engine of a Frontier Airlines plane late Friday night as he walked on the runway. McLaren's office determined the man's cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries, and the manner of death was suicide.
A city mayor in Southern California has resigned from her position after being federally charged as an illegal agent accused of working for China ... and is potentially facing prison time.
Eileen Wang stepped down as mayor of Arcadia after the Justice Department slapped her with one count of acting in the United States as an illegal agent of a foreign government.
According to a DOJ announcement released Monday ... Wang is expected to plead guilty to the charge as part of a deal with the feds.
Roman Rozhavsky -- Assistant Director of the FBI’s Counterintelligence and Espionage Division -- said Wang admitted she "secretly served the interests of the Chinese government," saying ... "Let this serve as a clear warning: Individuals who act on behalf of foreign governments to influence our democracy will be identified, investigated, and brought to justice."
The plea deal says Wang allegedly pushed pro-China propaganda from late 2020 through 2022, alongside Yaoning "Mike" Sun.
Together, they allegedly operated U.S. News Center ... a website described as a news source for the local Chinese American community. The DOJ says Wang and Sun posted pro-China content on the page.
The Justice Department cites a few alleged instances in 2021, including one where an official of the People's Republic of China sent Wang and other people pre-written news articles in the encrypted messaging app WeChat.
Wang allegedly posted the article on her website "minutes later" ... and the DOJ claims she messaged the official back on WeChat to show she'd done it.
The charge against Wang comes with a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison ... and the Justice Department says she's agreed to plead guilty in the coming weeks.
Arcadia is a city approximately 15 miles northeast of Los Angeles with a population of about 54,000.
Another day, another dollar ... or, in this case, the $100 bill with Donald Trump's face on it. At least, that's just one of the wild A.I. images the president just shared.
DT posted a slew of them on Truth Social Tuesday ... including a pic of himself on the $100 bill, the U.S. military shooting Iranian vehicles with missiles and lasers, and insane images of Democrats.
