Sunday, April 20
There is substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz violated House Rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress, the report said. But the report also found that Gaez did not violate sex trafficking laws. The 17-year-old admitted that she did not inform Gaetz that she was under 18 at that time and nor did Gaetz ask her age.
A cargo ship at Istanbul port capsized due to imbalanced cargo loading, leading to a rescue operation for the crew. Ten crew members were rescued quickly, while five others escaped by jumping into the water. One crew member was slightly injured and taken to a hospital.
President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates, sparing them from execution, but excluded three men convicted of notorious mass killings: Robert Bowers, who killed 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018; Dylann Roof, a white supremacist who murdered nine Black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015; and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who carried out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, killing three and injuring hundreds. Biden, opposed to the death penalty, justified his decision by citing the heinous nature of these hate-driven and terroristic acts. The three men remain on death row under federal sentencing.
US is in full festive mode two days ahead of Christmas. Cities are decorated with holiday lights and Christmas trees to celebrate the festival.
Jeff Bezos dismissed rumors of a lavish $600 million Aspen wedding with fiancée Lauren Sánchez next weekend as "completely false." The rumors detailed a Christmas wedding celebration at Kevin Costner's ranch and rented venues. Bezos and Sánchez, engaged since May 2023, began dating in 2018 after Bezos' divorce.
