Meet the Convicted Murderers and Child Rapists Walking Free After Making Roy Cooper’s ‘Early Release’ List

Cooper agreed to fast-track the release of 3,500 inmates as part of a settlement with the NAACP. Fifty-one rapists and murderers serving life sentences made the list. Roy Cooper (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Tony D. Hartsell strangled and beat the 84-year-old North Carolina woman who lived across the street from him before stabbing her 44 times,

Conservatives Attempt to Reframe Debate Over Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Feb. 2, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times A growing coalition of parents, activist groups, and others is organizing to put pressure on the Supreme Court to overrule its 2015 decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The Greater Than campaign, which launched on Jan. 28, recasts the effort to