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A California mother of three who claimed in viral social media videos that a couple made a kidnapping attempt on her children last week has hit back at skepticism over her allegations. Katie Sorensen posted two videos to her account @motherhoodessentials in which she detailed how her four-year-old son and one-year-old daughter were allegedly 'the targets of attempted kidnap' in a Michael's store in Petaluma on December 7. Sorensen immediately drove to the police station to report the couple's actions yet has now been forced to answer to critics after a press release from the cops noted inconsistencies between her Instagram story and statement to them. The influencer had gained tens of thousands of followers to her account after posting the videos, which were viewed more than two million rimes.  'I had no intentions or underlying motives for sharing my story, other than to encourage fellow parents to always remain vigilant,' she told Buzzfeed. 'I hope my fami

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Wednesday that the Democratic Party needs 'new leadership' in a snub to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer – but insisted she can't be the one to take on that role. The New York representative also admitted that even if Pelosi and Schumer were to go, the progressive wing of the party has no plan on who would fill those vacancies. And she said the replacement could end up being worse and 'even more conservative' than the current Democratic leaders. 'How do we fill that vacuum? Because if you create that vacuum, there are so many nefarious forces at play to fill that vacuum with something even worse,' Ocasio-Cortez told The Intercept podcast 'Intercepted' in an interview that aired Wednesday.  'And so, the actual sad state of affairs is that there are folks more conservative than even they are willing to kind of fill that void,' she said. Ocasio-Cortez, 31, admitted that she couldn&

‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow, the Idaho mother charged in relation to the murders of her two children, has filed a motion with the state to disqualify the prosecuting attorney in her trial over allegations he coerced and intimidated a key witness. According to court documents filed in Fremont County on Tuesday, Vallow’s attorney Mark Means accuses special counsel Robert Wood of committing ‘prosecutorial misconduct’ by coaching witness Summer Shiflet – Vallow’s biological sister – during an October phone call. ‘The recording clearly illustrates Mr. Wood’s attempt to coerce, unduly influence, coach, and or intimidate said material witness to this case,’ the documents state. Means also accuses Wood of violating Vallow’s rights after ‘discussing matters that support the state’s position of the case,’ with another witness, Zulema Pastenes, at around the same time. ‘The prosecutor engaged in coercive, unduly influence, coaching, and intimidating tactics to manipulate a material witness in this cas

MPs have clashed over proposed changes to the UK asylum system due to coming into force next year.  Several 'camps' lacking mains electricity and water are to be created to house asylum seekers, according to a Conservative former immigration minister. Caroline Nokes warned the Home Office's proposed changes coming into force on January 1 'have far reaching implications'. Ms Nokes added that while the reforms are intended to act as a deterrent to people traffickers, they instead 'create a separate tier of asylum seeker' who will not have their claim considered.  Nokes said in parliament that the Home Office will seek to return these individuals 'with no mechanism yet to do so'.  Home Office minister Chris Philp countered that the  accommodation the Government provides to asylum seekers is 'reasonable' and 'good'. The exchange comes three months after the UK opened its first camp for asylum seekers in a disused army barracks in Folkesto

A man whose diabetes made him particularly vulnerable to coronavirus  took his own life during the first lockdown after he 'could not bear the thought of living on his own', an inquest has heard.   Daniel Furniss, 34, who lived by himself in Waterlooville, Hampshire, was found dead at his home on March 27, a few days after the country was ordered to stay at home amid the coronavirus pandemic.  An inquest at Portsmouth Coroner's Court heard that the 34-year-old's mental health worsened after his Personal Independence Payment benefit had been stopped and because of the lockdown rules. The hearing was told that Mr Furniss, who also had depression, had also been bullied over his sexuality and had struggled with the death of his former partner four years previously. Daniel Furniss, 34, who lived by himself in Waterlooville, Hampshire, took his own life during the first coronavirus lockdown, an inquest has heard His mother, Anita Harper-Sterling, said: 'He couldn't be

President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter is planning his first solo art exhibit at Manhattan's upscale Georges Bergès Gallery, according to a new report.  Hunter Biden, 50, has no professional background as an artist, instead working most recently as a lawyer and investment advisor on a range of foreign deals that have drawn scrutiny from the Justice Department. However, he is currently signing a deal to be represented by Georges Bergès Gallery in SoHo, with a solo exhibition planned for next year, sources told PageSix. In February, Hunter Biden opened up about his passion for art in an interview with the New York Times, saying the creative endeavor was 'literally keeping me sane' following struggles with crack addiction, and in the midst of politically charged scrutiny over his foreign dealings. Hunter Biden pictured at work in his art studio in Los Angeles in November, blowing alcohol ink through a metal straw Hunter credits the creative endeavor as 'literally keepi

A cocaine-using woman who murdered her 19-month-old daughter by scalding her and leaving the toddler screaming in agony for an hour has been jailed for life.   Katie Crowder killed Gracie Crowder by pouring hot water over her at their home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and then spent the next hour 'clearing up' before taking the youngster to her parents' house in the same street. At the 26-year-old's trial, prosecutors said it was 'not an instant death', adding 'it would have taken in the region of one hour for her to die'. Jailing Crowder for life with a minimum term of 21 years at Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday, Mr Justice Jeremy Baker said the crime was 'as disturbing as it is tragic', adding that the little girl would have been in 'intense pain'. He said: 'You poured a significant quantity of scalding water over Gracie's face and body while she was sat in a pool of equally hot water, causing deep burns to at least 65% of

Texas and nine other states have filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google over its ad-tech dominance.  The lawsuit, which was announced by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, was filed in the Eastern District of Texas on Wednesday afternoon.  The complaint focuses on Google's ad-tech dominance and accusing it of breaking antitrust law in how it runs its online advertising business.  It was prompted by complaints by publishers and other businesses whose publications rely on advertising revenue to survive.  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the lawsuit against Google on Wednesday afternoon In its lawsuit, Texas argues that Google dominates the path of getting an advertisement from the agency that produces it to a web page or mobile app that attracts the consumer's eyeballs.  'Google repeatedly used its monopolistic power to control pricing engage in market collusions to rig auctions in a tremendous violation of justice,' Paxton said in a Facebook video.  He add

Trump political appointee Paul Alexander made his pitch for 'herd immunity' to combat the coronavirus through mass infection in crude terms that are now being revealed in unsealed government documents. The science advisor articulated his plan – which involved millions of Americans getting the virus so that it would eventually run out of hosts and die off – in emails to another Trump appointee, Michael Caputo, a former assistant secretary at HHS.  'Infants, kids, teens, young people, young adults, middle aged with no conditions etc. have zero to little risk….so we use them to develop herd…we want them infected,' he wrote, in stunning emails the House Oversight Committee's coronavirus select subcommittee obtained and provided to Politico. Science advisor at HHS Paul Alexander penned emails about 'herd immunity' and said of young people: 'We want them infected' Defending the herd position, Alexander wrote in the July 4th memo to Caputo and others: '

Daily coronavirus infections in the UK have spiked by 50 per cent again as health chiefs recorded another 25,161 cases in the last 24 hours. Covid-19 deaths have also risen 14 per cent week-on-week, with 612 new victims reported today compared to 533 a week ago.  Today's cases are the highest since November 14, when England was in full lockdown, and mark a 51 per cent jump on the 16,578 figure last Wednesday.   It's the second day in a row that daily infections spiked by more than 50 per cent after 18,450 positive tests were announced yesterday, up from 12,282 last Tuesday.  The seven-day average number of daily cases – considered a more accurate indicator because it accounts for day-to-day fluctuations – is nearly 21,000, the highest in more than three weeks. The worrying trend in the figures came as Britons were warned Christmas mixing will lead to more coronavirus deaths in the new year.  England's chief medical officer Chris Whitty delivered the stark warning tonight as