“My life is just an ordinary life where I’ve been given responsibility, and I do my best to live up to it,” said Judge Ronald Gould. For someone living an “ordinary life,” Gould has wielded more power, and surmounted more adversity, than most. He’s a federal judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in…
Inside the U.S. Capitol, statues memorialize distinguished Americans, including famed social commentator and actor Will Rogers, who once quipped about Congress, “Every time they make a joke, it’s a law, and every time they make a law, it’s a joke.” Humor like that still rings true to the nearly 9 in 10 Americans who say…
Case update: On July 9, 2026, a jury found Larry Millete guilty of first-degree murder in the death of Maya Millete. Friends, colleagues and family of Maya Millete knew that it was unusual behavior for her to just disappear, but that is what happened in January 2021, just days before her eldest daughter’s birthday….
This article was originally published on Feb. 18, 2022. It was updated on July 18, 2026. Maya Millete, a young wife and mother of three disappeared from her Southern California home in January 2021. From almost the beginning, Maya’s family and friends grew suspicious of her husband Larry. Investigators say the couple had been having…
