Utah Mom Who Wrote a Children’s Book About Grief After Fatally Poisoning Her Husband is Stone-Faced as She’s Sentenced to Life in Prison

A Utah mom who wrote a children’s book on grief after fatally poisoning her husband was sentenced to life in prison.

Kouri Richins laced her husband Eric Richins’ Moscow Mule with a fatal dose of fentanyl in March 2022.

At first, authorities believed Eric Richins accidentally overdosed; however, a year after his sudden death, police accused Kouri Richins of killing her husband.

Prosecutors said the motive was financial. Kouri Richins was reportedly in more than $4 million in debt, and she took out a $2 million life insurance policy on her husband without his knowledge.

Prior to her arrest, Kouri wrote a children’s book about grief titled “Are You With Me?”

The grieving widow actually went on a morning talk show and promoted her children’s book.

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In the Spring of 2023, Kouri Richins was arrested and charged with her husband’s murder.

Kouri was convicted this March and sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday.

NBC News reported:

The Utah grief author convicted of murder after prosecutors said she laced her husband’s cocktail with a fatal dose of fentanyl was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday, on what would have been his 44th birthday.

Richins, handcuffed in the front and wearing a neon green t-shirt over a grey long-sleeved shirt, addressed her sons who said earlier in victim impact statements they’d feel unsafe if she were ever released.

“I will never be angry at you for your feelings,” she said, telling them that she has been trying to get in contact with them for years. “All I care about is you, boys.”

Richins, 36, then accused her late husband’s family of cutting off her contact with the children.

“You boys are my world. The reason I continue to wake up every day and fight to come home,” she said. “I promise you, boys, one day it will be over.”

In her statement, Richins said she’s “done plenty of things I am not proud of” and told her children that “nobody is all good or all bad.”

Kouri sat in the courtroom, stone-faced as she was sentenced to life in prison.

The Richins’ three sons are being raised by Eric Richins’ sister and her husband.

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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/utah-mom-who-wrote-childrens-book-about-grief/

Court Sentences Founder of Strangest Biker Gang You’ve Never Heard Of

(The Daily Caller)—The founder of a Punjabi “Hells Angels” offshoot gang was sentenced to five years and four months in federal prison on Monday for gun offenses in California, the Trump administration announced.

Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Dale Drozd laid down the punishment for “Punjabi Devils” founder Jashanpreet Singh of Lodi after he pleaded guilty in February to unlawfully dealing firearms and unlawful machine gun possession, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Tuesday. Singh failed to appear in court on initial state charges for the crimes and was arrested by federal agents at San Francisco International Airport in July 2025 while trying to flee to India.

The DOJ called the Punjabi Devils “a Stockton-based outlaw motorcycle gang associated with the Hells Angels,” a violent biker gang that has been a thorn in law enforcement’s side for decades.

Singh tried selling items such as “assault weapons,” machine gun conversion devices, a revolver and a short-barreled rifle to someone he did not know was an undercover law enforcement officer in June 2025, prosecutors found.

“A search of Singh’s residence resulted in the discovery of additional firearms, including a machine gun, another machine gun conversion device, and a silencer,” the DOJ said. “Officers also discovered a single pineapple-style capped and fused hand grenade, as well as what law enforcement believed was a military electronic capped claymore mine.”

Customs and Border Protection alerted the FBI that Singh had scheduled a flight to India in three days while wanted on state charges, and federal agents tracked him down on the day of his flight to arrest him, according to the DOJ.

The DOJ touted the case as furthering “Operation Take Back America,” a Trump administration effort launched in March to dismantle “cartels and transnational criminal organizations.”

https://thelibertydaily.com/court-sentences-founder-strangest-biker-gang-youve-never/

“Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes”: TikToker Urging Trump Supporters to Be Shot on Sight Learns Her Fate

A Florida woman who created TikTok videos urging MAGA supporters of President Donald Trump to be shot on sight is now learning the specific consequences of her actions.

As WorldNetDaily reported in March, Desiree Doreen Segari, 41, of Sarasota, Florida, had been found guilty of interstate communication of a threat to injure after posting a disturbing video on Aug. 17 in which she put a mortal target on everyone who wants to Make America Great Again.

She has now been sentenced to 14 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Katheryn Kimball Mizell in Tampa, being spared the maximum penalty of five years behind bars.

“Play stupid games, win stupid prizes,”journalist Mario Nawfal said Wednesday.

Segari had stated in her video: “People like that respond to fear and terror and aggression, not logic and empathy and, I don’t know, intelligence. It just doesn’t work for them. Fear works.

“So if we all get our guns and use our Second Amendment right and our common sense – at this point this administration is begging us to rise up and revolt – and you see somebody with a MAGA hat, ‘Pew pew’ that’s what we do, that’s the way, it’s the only way.”

While saying “Pew pew,” Segari used hand gestures mimicking the firing of a gun.

She continued, “Put them back in their basements, make them scared again to be racist, homophobic, and terrible just awful f***ing pieces of s***,” and “MAGA people deserve to be terrified and scared to walk in the streets because they should know that real Americans are gonna f***ing kill them.”

WATCH (Some obscenities included):

The next day, Segari posted another video on TikTok, in which she stated, “See MAGA pew pew MAGA, see MAGA pew pew MAGA, see MAGA pew pew MAGA so these [expletive] know we ain’t here to play” while again using hand gestures to mimic the firing of a gun.

When Segari posted the video, she included a caption: “#seemagapewpewmaga, saying, Starting a new trend, hope it catches on. Please spread the word. Share this video. Repost it. Use the hashtag all over the internet. Let’s go guys. It’s time to fight back in a potentially effective manner.”

https://thelibertydaily.com/play-stupid-games-win-stupid-prizes-tiktoker-urging/

BREAKING: Thomas Massie chances of winning are PLUMMETING after latest hush money scandal

The chances that Thomas Massie will win the primary to keep his seat next Tuesday have plummeted on Polymarket, after the hush money scandal emerged yesterday.

First, here’s the news:

 
So what hush money scandal? Axios has the news on that. Note the parts I bolded in red. Seriously.

A former girlfriend of Rep. Thomas Massie accused him this week of offering her $5,000 to drop a wrongful termination complaint against his close ally, Rep. Victoria Spartz.

Why it matters: Cynthia West’s accusation surfaced a week before Massie’s May 19 primary.

President Trump is targeting the Kentucky Republican in what has become the most expensive U.S. House primary in history.
West said she did not coordinate or communicate in any way with Trump’s political operation and the campaign of Massie’s primary opponent, Ed Gallrein.
West said Massie’s offer involved cash that he had previously given her during their relationship and that she later returned to him.

Zoom in: West told Axios she broke her silence because she resented Massie for speaking about the need for transparency when it came to releasing the Epstein files — even as, she alleges, he attempted to silence her with cash when she accused an ally of his, Spartz (R-Ind.), of wrongdoing.West worked in Spartz’s office for about six weeks after Massie, West’s boyfriend at the time, arranged it.
After she broke up with Massie, West said, she was fired by Spartz, who has a reputation as one of the “worst bosses on the Hill,” according to Legistorm.
This March, according to a proposed agreement obtained by Axios, West was offered a $60,000 settlement in her wrongful termination complaint against Spartz. But it came with a nondisclosure agreement that West refused to sign, she said.

What they’re saying: Reached by phone, Massie declined comment and referred questions to Kentucky state Rep. Steven Doan, a family law attorney who questioned West’s credibility, citing filings from her prior divorce.Massie’s political account hid replies Tuesday on at least one post on X from users who linked to West’s accusations.
His campaign later issued a statement, saying: “These last minute dirty tricks don’t merit a response. The trashy lies they’re putting out now demonstrate how desperate they are.”
A spokesperson for Spartz said her “office cannot comment on the details of Ms. West’s pending allegations, but we can confirm that Ms. West held a temporary 90-day probationary position with our office, and her employment was not extended beyond that period due to unsatisfactory job performance.”

The other side: West told Axios that the shortcomings in her divorce case were her fault because she represented herself instead of hiring an attorney.A school board candidate in Okaloosa County, Florida, West said she is campaigning against the very type of bullying and toxic political environments she found working in Spartz’s office.
“What kind of person would I be if I did this [by taking a settlement with an NDA] when I have the ability to teach the culture,” she said.

Flashback: West told Axios she began dating Massie after he messaged her on X in August 2024, shortly after his wife died.In late December 2024, she said, Massie arranged her job in Spartz’s office so that she could be in D.C. at the same time he was there.
In mid-January 2025, she said, she broke up with Massie after he grew “emotionally abusive” because she refused to “engage in behavior I wasn’t comfortable with.”
She was later let go by Spartz’s office, she said, because she complained of the toxic work environment, Spartz’s decision to hire a noncitizen for a district director job and the representative’s insistence on getting involved in Ukraine’s elections.

The intrigue: When she called Massie to inform him that she was filing a complaint against Spartz, she said he offered to give her $5,000 in cash.West said the money was half of the $10,000 he gave to her in an envelope of $100 bills when they first began dating as a surety for incidentals if West, a single mom, left her job to work for Spartz and needed the money.
West said she returned the cash to Massie when they met at a Kentucky Cracker Barrel.
“You’re just one person. You’re not going to make a difference. Just walk away,” West said Massie told her.

I bet you that ‘behavior’ she wasn’t comfortable with was in the bedroom. If so, yikes.

https://therightscoop.com/breaking-thomas-massie-chances-of-winning-are-plummeting-after-latest-hush-money-scandal/

US returns rare Second Temple-era coins looted from Israel

One of two looted Israeli coins returned by US authorities.

The coins, one of which was minted by the Maccabees and bears the image of a menorah, were looted by antiquities thieves and smuggled to American auction houses.

Two rare ancient coins, including one depicting the seven-branched menorah that stood in the Temple in Jerusalem, were returned to Israel this week after an international investigation into antiquities smuggling.

The coins were handed over Monday at an official ceremony at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in New York. The operation was carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority’s Theft Prevention Unit, the Manhattan district attorney’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit and US Homeland Security officials.

The coins were minted in Hasmonean-era Jerusalem and in the ancient Mediterranean port city of Ascalon, modern-day Ashkelon.

According to the Israel Antiquities Authority, the coins were illegally taken from the ground by antiquities looters, smuggled out of Israel and later offered for sale through US auction houses.

Israeli inspectors passed intelligence to American authorities, leading to an investigation into the auction houses and sellers. The joint probe produced evidence that allowed officials to confiscate the coins and return them to Israel.

One of the coins is a small bronze prutah minted during the reign of Mattathias Antigonus, the last Hasmonean king, who ruled in Jerusalem from 40 to 37 BCE.

One side shows a seven-branched menorah, among the earliest known artistic depictions of the Temple menorah. The other side shows the showbread table, another sacred object used in the Temple.

The Israel Antiquities Authority said the coin is the only Jewish coin known to depict the seven-branched candelabrum from the Temple.

Because of its rarity and its status as the last coin type of Hasmonean independence, it is defined as an item of national importance and may not be exported from Israel.

The second coin is a silver tetradrachm minted in Ascalon during the Persian period more than 2,500 years ago. It is one of the rarest coins minted in the Land of Israel, with only one other known example, held by the Israel Museum.

Its design was inspired by the Athenian tetradrachm, a widely used currency in the eastern Mediterranean at the time. One side depicts the helmeted goddess Athena, while the other shows an owl spreading its wings. Above the owl are the Phoenician letters aleph and nun, an abbreviation for Ascalon.

Col. Matthew Bogdanos, chief of the Manhattan district attorney’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit, said the coins’ return reflected close cooperation between Israeli and American authorities.

“These extraordinary coins represent an important piece of history that is finally coming home,” Bogdanos said. “Furthermore, they represent an extraordinary partnership between the Antiquities Trafficking Unit in New York and the Israel Antiquities Authority. This is a partnership that should serve as a model for the return of looted cultural heritage around the world.”

Ilan Hadad, the Israel Antiquities Authority inspector in charge of antiquities commerce, said the illegal trade in antiquities fuels looting and damages cultural heritage.

“The illegal trade in antiquities is a distressing international phenomenon, which constitutes an economic engine promoting antiquities looting and untold damage to cultural heritage assets,” Hadad said. “For the sake of money, thousands of years old antiquities from the State of Israel are looted, smuggled and sold abroad.”

Dr. Eitan Klein, deputy director of the Antiquities Theft Prevention Unit, said the case showed the importance of international enforcement cooperation.

“The illegal trade in looted antiquities is a widespread international phenomenon, which requires cooperation between countries and enforcement agencies around the world,” Klein said. “The cooperation with our counterparts in the United States is exceptional in its scope and quality, and made this success possible, along with many other successes in the fight against the illegal antiquities trade.”

Heritage Minister Amihai Eliyahu said Israel and the United States were working together “not only in the security arena, but also to bring home our historical story.”

“The rare coin with the seven-branched menorah is a clear symbol of Jewish life in the Land of Israel thousands of years ago,” Eliyahu said. “The theft of antiquities is an attempt to erase this history of ours and cut us off from our roots. They will not succeed.”

https://worldisraelnews.com/us-returns-second-temple-era-coins-looted-from-israel/?vwo_powered=1

Alex Murdaugh’s Murder Convictions Of Wife And Son OVERTURNED

This is quite shocking.

Disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh, who hailed from a prominent South Carolina family, has just had his convictions for murdering his wife and son overturned.

Murdaugh was convicted of killing his wife and son in 2023, but now the South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned his conviction.

The New York Post reported more on the court’s surprising ruling:

Alex Murdaugh — the disgraced South Carolina legal scion who was found guilty of killing his wife and son — had his murder convictions sensationally overturned Wednesday by the state Supreme Court after it found that the local county clerk had “placed her fingers on the scales of justice.”

Murdaugh, 57, was serving two consecutive life sentences without parole for the grisly 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, following a dramatic, six-week trial that gripped the nation in 2023.

“Although we are aware of the time, money, and effort expended for this lengthy trial, we have no choice but to reverse the denial of Murdaugh’s motion for a new trial due to Hill’s improper external influences on the jury and remand for a new trial,” the justices wrote in a 5-0 ruling.

Despite having his conviction tossed and a new trial ordered, Murdaugh will not be allowed to walk free. He is also serving concurrent 40-year federal and 27-year state sentences for financial crimes for stealing from his clients.

Murdaugh’s lawyers appealed the murder convictions, arguing the trial was affected by county clerk Becky Hill, who they say tampered with the jury during the trial.

They also accused the judge of allowing prosecutors to present more than 12 hours of evidence regarding his financial crimes to prove a motive for the murder.

Murdaugh’s lawyers appealed the murder convictions, arguing the trial was affected by county clerk Becky Hill, who they say tampered with the jury during the trial.

Fox News reports:

Here’s the Murdaugh family before the murders took place:

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AP reported prosecutors already have a plan set for retrial:

Prosecutors said they would aggressively seek to try Murdaugh again on the murder charges with state Attorney General Alan Wilson saying he respected the court’s decision but no one is above the law.

Murdaugh’s lawyers pointed out that trial will look a lot different, as the justices also ruled days of evidence at the murder trial about how Murdaugh stole from clients, many of them in dire straits, shouldn’t be allowed next time.

Still, the ruling is a win for Murdaugh, who admits to being a thief, liar, insurance cheat and bad lawyer, but has adamantly denied killing his wife Maggie and younger son Paul since he found their bodies outside their home in 2021.

“Alex has said from day one that he did not kill his wife and son. We look forward to a new trial,” Murdaugh’s lawyers Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin said in a joint statement.

Court said clerk attacked Murdaugh’s credibility with jurors
In their unanimous ruling Wednesday, the South Carolina Supreme Court said the conduct by Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill “egregiously attacked Murdaugh’s credibility” by suggesting to jurors his testimony could not be trusted.

A few jurors said Hill, assigned to oversee the evidence and the jury during the trial, told them to watch Murdaugh’s body language when he testified in his own defense and to not be fooled, confused or thrown off by what he might say.“By urging the jurors not to be fooled or convinced by Murdaugh’s defense, Hill essentially implored the jurors to find him guilty, the ultimate issue in the case,” the justices wrote, adding that the comments insinuated there was something unusual and suspicious about his decision to testify.

https://wltreport.com/2026/05/13/alex-murdaughs-murder-convictions-of-wife-and-son-overturned/