A Secret Plot, Charts and an Easel: Remembering a Bizarre Snafu During Watergate Scandal

G. Gordon Liddy.Photo: Louis MONIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images G. Gordon Liddy is well known for masterminding the plot to infiltrate the Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., in June 1972. The scandal would lead to his 1973 conviction and sentencing for conspiracy, burglary and illegally wiretapping — and it was a bizarre snafu that was ultimately his undoing. Graff writes how, in a meeting with then Attorney General John Mitchell, Liddy then detailed his plots, replete with spy planes, illegal break-ins, and blackmail.

A Serial Killer Haunted San Francisco's Gay Bars in the 1970s — and New Podcast Seeks to Find Him

1975 and 2018 forensic sketches of the Doodler.Photo: SFPD In the 1970s, five gay men were killed over an 18-month span, with their bodies discovered in remote locations around San Francisco. Police believed the murders were the work of a serial killer. They nicknamed him the Doodler, for his habit of sketching his victims prior to his sexual encounters with them, which would precede the murders. He would find his victims at diners or gay bars in the neighborhoods of Polk Gulch, the Tenderloin and the Castro.

A Series of Philadelphia Shootings Leave 4 People Dead in One Night

Photo: Getty A series of shootings in Philadelphia left four people dead Monday night, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Around 6:38 p.m., police say a 25-year-old man was shot 14 times and another victim was shot 32 times near the 3000 block of Ella Street in Kensington. Both victims were transported to Temple University Hospital where they were pronounced dead. An hour later, another victim — identified as a 31-year-old man named Travis Bing — was shot multiple times and died shortly after being transported to Temple University Hospital, according to the police.

A Service Dog in Training Went on the Most Adorable Field Trip to Disneyland

The happiest place on Earthrecently reached peak pureness. Earlier in the month, Ashley Wilt visited Disneyland with a special guest. Wilt is a volunteer puppy raiser forCanine Companions for Independence(CCI) — a non-profit with six campuses across the country where people train and place service dogs free of charge to those in need. With her fourth puppy trainee, Elijah, the Carroll College anthrozoology major decided to take a trip she had been planning to take with a service dog in training since she started puppy raising in 2015.

A Sex Trafficking Investigation, a Missing Spy & More: What to Know About the Case Against Matt Gaetz

Rep. Matt Gaetz.Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty By one view, Rep.Matt Gaetzshould not be nearly this famous. A Florida lawmaker in his third term, Gaetz represents the state’s 1st Congressional District, on the Panhandle’s western edge, far from the metropolitan centers of Jacksonville, Miami and Tampa in one of the most reliably conservative areas in the country. Gaetz has, however, passed no bills and holds no influential committee role in the House of Representatives.