Mitchell G. Patton

Reality couple Todd and Julie Chrisley were sentenced Monday to years in prison, five months after they were convicted on federal charges of fraud and concealing their wealth from tax authorities. Todd Chrisley was sentenced to 12 years and Julie Chrisley was sentenced to seven, according to the US attorney's office. The couple, known for their USA Network series "Chrisley Knows Best," were found guilty in June of fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United States by a federal jury in Atlanta. They were charged with conspiring to defraud Atlanta-area banks out of more than $30 million in…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A decorated Army veteran who confronted the shooter who killed five people at a Colorado Springs gay club said he wanted to protect the tight-knit community inside the room. Richard Fierro, 45, was at Club Q celebrating a birthday with his wife, daughter and friends when he found himself one of two people who subdued the attacker armed with an AR-15 style rifle and carrying a bulletproof vest.“I just know that I went into mode and I needed to save my family, and my family at the time was everyone in that room,” he said at…

A man died and at least 16 people were injured Monday morning after an SUV drove into a Massachusetts Apple Store, authorities said. Police received calls of a car crashing into the windows of a store at the Derby Street Shops in Hingham, about 16 miles southeast of downtown Boston, around 10:45 a.m. Monday. Responding officers found multiple people with injuries in and around the Apple Store at the outdoor mall, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz said during a news conference on the incident.A dark colored 2019 Toyota 4Runner it went through the familiar large glass windows of the…

Attorney General Merrick Garland's decision to appoint a special counsel to investigate former President Donald Trump is a miscalculation, and the main problem is timing. The impressive scope of the mandate that Garland bestowed on special counsel Jack Smith likely doomed a swift and focused determination of whether Trump should be impeached. The impressive scope of the mandate that Garland bestowed on special counsel Jack Smith likely doomed a swift and focused determination of whether Trump should be impeached. Despite Garland's assurances that special counsel will not hinder the investigation, reality suggests otherwise. Smith will oversee not one, but two…