Tesla has issued a recall for every Cybertruck sold since its introduction in November 2023 due to an issue that may cause the vehicle’s accelerator pedal to get stuck when pressed down, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced Thursday. The company said it issued the recall after it received two complaints, one on […]

On Wednesday, the NBA announced that Jontay Porter, a two-way player who recently came under contract with the Toronto Raptors, has been banned from the league for his illicit involvement in sports betting, including intentionally underperforming. According to the NBA, the 25-year-old leaked confidential information to sports bettors, held back in at least one game […]

Federal authorities arrested a Disney Cruise Line crew member for allegedly possessing child sexual abuse material, making it the third arrest this year of a crew member employed by the family-oriented cruise company over similar heinous charges. Tirso Anthony Neri, a 44-year-old Philippino citizen working on the Disney Dream cruise ship, was arrested when federal […]

NPR formally punished senior editor Uri Berliner for publishing an opinion piece last week in which he claimed that the network was taken over by activist progressives who cared more about advancing their agenda than journalistic integrity. Mr. Berliner, an NPR veteran of 25 years, was given a five-day suspension on Thursday afternoon that began […]

NASA confirmed that the object that blasted through the roof of a Florida home last month belonged to a pallet of aging batteries jettisoned from the International Space Station (ISS). A 4-inch-long cylindrical tube crashed into Alejandro Otero’s home in Naples, Florida, at 2:34 p.m. local time on March 8. “It was a tremendous sound,” […]

The suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed U.S. troops and Afghans in August 2021 was not preventable, according to a new review by U.S. Central Command. The findings, released Monday, clarified that a “bald man in black” spotted by U.S. service members the morning of the attack was not the bomber and refuted […]

Colorado’s Democratic-controlled House on Sunday passed a bill that would ban the sale, import, and transfer of virtually all semiautomatic firearms, a major comeback for the legislation after roughly the same bill was swiftly killed by Democrats last year. The bill, which passed on a 35-27 vote, is now on its way to the Democratic-led […]

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) intercepted 1,503 firearms at airport security checkpoints during the first quarter of 2024, a number the federal agency said is comparable to last year’s. The total represents an average of 16.5 firearms per day detected at TSA checkpoints during the first three months of the year. During the same time […]

The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Thursday said it has restricted travel for its staff in Israel, as all U.S. citizens currently in Israel were urged to caution, as fears of a retaliatory attack from Iran increase. “Security incidents often take place without warning,” the embassy’s security warning said. “The security environment remains complex and […]

No less than 85 people were found guilty in Vietnam on Thursday in the country’s largest-ever fraud case, with a 67-year-old woman who was the center of the operation receiving the death penalty. Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, the chairwoman of Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, was found guilty of defrauding the Saigon Commercial […]

Officials told local residents to prepare for possible evacuation after water began gushing from a 60-foot crack in the Panguitch Lake Dam on Monday. Later, they confirmed that the issues were not likely to cause a complete dam failure. The fissure was discovered in the upper portion of the dam during an inspection Monday night, […]

On Tuesday, Consumer Reports called on the Department of Agriculture to remove the popular Lunchables food kits from the National School Lunch Program after tests revealed that they may not be the healthiest option. “We don’t think anybody should regularly eat these products, and they definitely shouldn’t be considered a healthy school lunch,” said Eric […]

At least 125,000 illegal immigrants have been released from detention “without proper vetting” into San Diego over the last seven months, a county supervisor said. San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond told The New York Post that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are “completely overwhelmed” by the incessant stream of migrants arriving at the […]

A young man from Idaho was arrested on April 6 for planning to attack churches in Idaho on behalf of ISIS, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a statement. According to court documents, 18-year-old Alexander Scott Mercurio of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, pledged his allegiance to the Islamist terror group ISIS, proclaiming to kill […]

A large container ship required assistance from tugboats Friday evening after coming to a stop in waters near New York Harbor due to an engine failure. The 1,145-foot vessel, the APL Qingdao, lost power in the Kill Van Kull channel, a 3-mile-long, 1,000-feet-wide shipping strait between the Staten Island, New York, and Bayonne, New Jersey—which […]

A United States Air Force investigation into the death of an army contractor who walked into a spinning aircraft propeller concluded poor lighting conditions and inadequate briefing were the main causes of the accident. At around 8 p.m. on Sept. 7, 2023, instrumentation engineer Stephanie Rachel Rodriguez Cosme, employed by army contractor Sumaria Systems, suffered […]

A Queens Civil Court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by two men claiming home ownership of a house that they were evicted from by police after occupying it last month. In the lawsuit, filed on March 14, the men claimed that they had been legally renting the duplex since January and that their removal was […]

Unified Command dive teams recovered the body of a third missing construction worker person at the Key Bridge incident site in Baltimore on Friday morning. The body belonged to 38-year-old Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval, a husband and father of two. Divers located the missing construction worker around 10:30 a.m. on Friday and notified Maryland State Police, […]

Two people are dead and seven were injured in a shooting incident that occurred in a Florida shopping and dining mall early Saturday morning. City of Doral Police Chief Edwin Lopez praised the “heroic actions” of responding officers, who took out the shooter during the exchange of fire in Miami-Dade County. At around 3:30 a.m., […]

“Real Housewives of New York City” star Leah McSweeney said she will be leaving New York as public safety in the city is being eroded under the weight of a drug and crime epidemic. “Service announcement,” read the caption under the video Ms. McSweeney posted to her Instagram account on Tuesday. “People are smoking crack […]

A Zurich-bound flight was forced to return to New Jersey after an aggressive passenger attacked the crew and attempted to enter the cockpit, Swiss Airlines said. Shortly after Swiss International Air Lines Flight LX19 took off from Newark Liberty International Airport Sunday evening around 9:55 p.m., the pilot of the Airbus A330 alerted fight control […]

Jackson County voters rejected a proposal to introduce a 40-year sales tax to help pay for renovations at the Chief’s Arrowhead Stadium and a new ballpark for the Kansas City Royals in Tuesday’s local election. The Chiefs and the Royals signed new leases with the Jackson County Sports Complex authority just last week—contracts that were […]

The construction of various major Navy vessels, including two new aircraft carriers, has incurred delays of up to three years, largely due to supply chain issues and difficulties in finding skilled workers, according to an internal Navy review. The review, ordered by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro earlier this year after concerns about […]

A massive hailstorm that destroyed a solar farm in southeastern Texas earlier this month, has led to investigation over health concerns and raised questions about the reliability of “sustainable” energy sources. The March 15 hailstorm ruined hundreds of solar panels on a 3,000-acre solar farm in Fort Bend County, a rural area just southwest of […]

Georgia lawmakers approved a bill on Friday that would require children under 16 to have their parents’ explicit permission to create social media accounts. Senate Bill 351 would also ban social media use on school devices and school internet services, require pornography sites to verify whether users are 18 or over, and mandate schools to […]

Newly published documents from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany’s top federal health agency, show that the government ignored the institute’s warnings about the potential harm of lockdowns and that there was no evidence that masks would prevent the spread of the virus. A report from December 2020 said, “The consequences of the lockdowns are […]

A California man accused of leaving threatening voicemails to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas was sentenced to 11 months in prison, the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday. David Allen Carrier, a 44-year-old resident from Concord, California, made voicemail threats on two different occasions in 2021 and 2022. […]

A sweeping study from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that a widespread lack of sleep among service members is costing the military hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to ships, vehicles, and aircraft and has even led to fatal accidents. The study, published on Tuesday, examined health data provided by the Department of […]

New York City officials announced Monday that they plan to intensify a crackdown on subway fare evasion by sending at least 800 police officers to keep watch on turnstiles. The operation is part of the city’s plan to address concerns about safety, crime, and unruliness in the nation’s busiest subway system. “The tone of law […]

As the City of Light prepares to host the Summer Olympics in July, France, over the weekend, raised its terror alert to the highest level in the wake of the Friday terror attack in a Moscow concert hall, which an ISIS affiliate group claimed. “Following the attack in Moscow, the French President convened a meeting […]

According to a new study released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), life expectancy in the United States bounced back in 2022 from the COVID pandemic. Life expectancy was up by 1.1 years from 2021, rising from 76.4 years in 2021 to 77.5 years on average, the CDC study reported. The […]

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said during a trip to Kyiv on Wednesday that a major U.S. aid package that has been blocked by Republicans for months would “get to Ukraine” and vowed that Washington’s support would continue. A U.S. aid package for Ukraine has been stuck in Congress since late last year, […]

The City of Chicago announced on Wednesday a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against gun manufacturer Glock for manufacturing handguns that can easily be converted into automatic firearms. The complaint alleges that Glock “unreasonably endangers” Chicagoans by continuing the sale and manufacturing of semiautomatic pistols that can, at little cost and with little time and effort, be converted […]

The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it would relax automobile emissions standards previously aimed at boosting electric vehicles (EVs) and cutting carbon emissions. The tailpipe limits proposed last year by the Environmental Protection Agency EPA will be relaxed for 2027 through 2029 without changing the initial end objective, leaving it to the industry to […]

On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the prohibition of the ongoing use of asbestos, a known carcinogen banned in over 50 countries. “The action marks a major milestone for chemical safety after more than three decades of inadequate protections and serious delays during the previous administration to implement the 2016 amendments,” the EPA […]

Joann, the 81-year-old fabric and craft retailer, announced Monday that it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In a statement, the Ohio-based company said a restructuring deal was made with a majority of its financial stakeholders and other financing parties, who together pledged $132 million in new funding to help reduce Joann’s debt to approximately […]

The number of foreclosures in the United States continues to rise monthly and annually nationwide, according to a real estate market report released on Monday. The report, compiled by ATTOM, a land and real estate data provider, counted almost 33,000 foreclosure filings of U.S. properties in the month of February—down 1 percent from January but […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday charged 17 people for their purported roles in a $300 million Ponzi scheme that attracted more than 40,000 investors. The complaint was filed in federal court in Houston, Texas, and comes in the wake of an emergency action taken by the SEC in September 2022, when it […]

More passengers who were aboard an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX jet when part of its fuselage blew out in January are suing. Seven passengers filed a lawsuit in Washington’s King County Superior Court on Thursday against Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Spirit AeroSystems, and 10 people listed as John Does. One of the complainants, Cuong Tran, […]

Election violence in Mexico continues to escalate as another mayoral hopeful was assassinated—as more than 20 candidates and elected politicians have been assassinated this month. Prosecutors in the southern Mexican state Guerrero said Tomas Morales Patrón, an aspiring mayoral candidate for the city of Chilapa de Álvarez, was shot in the head twice outside his […]

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the first portion of its field agents is being equipped with bodycams following a White House executive order. The agency said the first 1,600 bodycams are being issued to the men and women of its two law-enforcement divisions—the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Enforcement and Removal […]

Former UFC star Mark Coleman is fighting for his life after saving his parents from a house fire in Toledo, Ohio, early Tuesday, his daughter Morgan wrote on Instagram. “As many know, our dad was involved in a house fire early this morning,” she wrote. “He managed to carry both of his parents out of […]

Italian police have arrested three Palestinians based in central Italy who they said were planning attacks in an unspecified country, a police statement said on Monday. The three men living in l’Aquila, about 120 km (75 miles) northeast of Rome, had set up a terrorist cell linked to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, it said. The […]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging food services in 15 states to discard or return bags of various types of shredded cheeses distributed by Sargento over concerns of potential listeria contamination. According to the distributor, the potentially contaminated packages—with “use-by” dates stretching from Feb. 5 through July of this year—were sold to food […]

The man suspected of pushing his girlfriend onto Manhattan subway tracks in front of an oncoming train that resulted in her losing both of her feet has been arrested, NYPD said. The couple was arguing around 10:30 a.m. Saturday on a train platform at Fulton Street station in New York’s financial district. The argument escalated […]

In a Sunday news release, the NBA announced it had fined Minnesota center Rudy Gobert $100,000 after he made a money sign during a Friday night game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, implying that a referee was catering to gamblers. The NBA said the fine, the maximum amount as stipulated by the collective bargaining agreement that […]

Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped around 287 school pupils in the northern town of Kuriga on Thursday. The kidnapping happened shortly after the morning assembly at a local government school in the town of Kuriga, in the Chikun region of the state of Kaduna. The precise number of abducted pupils is continuing to be updated. “The […]

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed on Thursday that it has traced the origin of the elevated lead and chromium levels found in Wanabana fruit puree pouches. The affected products—cinnamon-flavored applesauce and apple puree pouches from the brands WanaBana, Schnucks, and Weis—were voluntarily recalled by its manufacturer Wanabana in November last year, […]

Healthcare providers across the country are on alert after a cyberattack on a massive U.S. healthcare technology company disrupted the administrative operations of hospitals nationwide, delaying prescriptions and paychecks and disrupting hospital supply chains. In addition to the patients’ medical data being exposed to the hackers, the hack could also disrupt discharging people from the […]

The Maryland State House went under lockdown for two hours Thursday evening as scores of police officers searched the building after a phone threat was received from a man claiming to be armed and on his way, officials said. Officers from the Maryland Capitol Police, Maryland State Police, Annapolis Police Department, and the Anne Arundel […]

Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-Colo.) oldest son was released after his arrest for allegedly being part of a group that used credit cards stolen from cars to make purchases at gas stations and McDonald’s. According to the arrest affidavit, the 18-year-old Tyler Boebert was identified from a surveillance video at a gas station store, wearing a […]

The American woman killed in the crossfire of a drug gang shootout at a beach club in the Mexican resort city of Tulum earlier this month was spending time over the border to get away from rising crime in California, her husband said. Niko Honarbakhsh, a 44-year-old Los Angeles native, was shot and killed on […]

Sony has announced it will lay off 8 percent of its Sony Interactive Entertainment employees globally, around 900 people, as it looks to adapt to a rapidly changing market. “The leadership team and I made the incredibly difficult decision to restructure operations,” President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment Jim Ryan wrote in an email […]

Macy’s announced on Tuesday that it will close 150 underperforming stores over the next three years as it seeks to revive itself by focusing more on luxury products and better service. Fifty stores are to shut down by the end of this year. The downscaling will leave the century-and-a-half-old brand with 350 of its currently […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested on Sunday that the plans for Kyiv’s counteroffensive last year had fallen into Russian hands before it was launched. “Our counteroffensive action plans were on the Kremlin’s table before the counteroffensive actions began,” Mr. Zelenskyy said at a press conference in Kyiv. After the press meeting, Mr. Zelenskyy’s office confirmed […]

Two campuses of the City University of New York went into lockdown after receiving bomb threats Thursday afternoon, police said. According to the NYPD, school officials from both colleges—York in Jamaica and Queens in Flushing—received anonymous bomb threats via email at roughly the same time, around 12:50 p.m., claiming explosives were left to detonate at […]

A study conducted for CNN revealed that a majority of Americans believe President Joe Biden, while he was serving as vice president under President Barack Obama, personally profited from his son Hunter’s business dealings with China and Ukraine. Sixty-one percent believe President Biden had “some” involvement in Mr. Hunter Biden’s business dealings in China and […]

The White House on Feb. 21 announced new measures to strengthen cybersecurity of U.S. ports and maritime supply chains, following the same-day release of a Maritime Advisory report. An advisory from the U.S. Department of Transportation warned that foreign-built port equipment features vulnerabilities that may be used to impact or harm global maritime supply chains, […]

Yulia Navalnaya, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s widow, vowed to continue her husband’s fight against President Vladimir Putin, after the family was denied access to his body. “I shouldn’t have to be here recording this video,” Ms. Navalnaya said in a video posted on a freshly instated X account. “Another person should have been here […]

Three South Carolina police officers have been criminally charged for making fake calls to 911 about dead bodies found in four small towns last week. State officials announced on Monday that the three Chesterfield County deputies were arrested. According to court documents, First Sergeant Justin Tyler Reichard, 28, Sergeant Darien Myles Roseau, 25, and Deputy […]

Singer Taylor Swift has made a $100,000 donation to a GoFundMe page set up for the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, the sole fatal victim in Wednesday’s mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory parade. During the shooting, 22 other people were injured, at least half of whom were under 16, with the youngest shooting […]

Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday that he will retire at the end of his current term, which expires on Jan. 25, 2029. The 65-year-old commissioner made the declaration when asked a question about his future during a spring training press conference in Tampa, Florida. “You can only have so much fun […]

According to a report by the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service, Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to double the number of troops stationed along Russia’s border with the Baltic states and Finland, as Moscow envisions a potential military conflict with NATO within the next decade. “Russia has chosen a path which is a long-term confrontation,” […]

An American woman and an alleged drug dealer from Belize were killed in a shootout between drug gangs at a beach club in the Mexican resort city of Tulum Friday night, officials confirmed. The State Attorney General’s office of the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo clarified that the woman had no connection to the […]

The Oregon Transit Association (OTA) and the Amalgamated Transit Union 757 (ATU) are throwing their support behind a Senate bill that would criminalize the use of illicit drugs on public transportation. As the opioid and fentanyl addiction crisis and related crime continue to run rampant throughout the state—forcing even multiple businesses to close—the two unions […]

Musician, actor, and radio DJ Mojo Nixon died from a heart condition on Feb. 7, 2024, while traveling with the Outlaw Country Cruise through the Caribbean. The 66-year-old singer first rose to fame in 1987 with his single ‘Elvis Is Everywhere,’ and was known for his satirical songs and exuberant personality. “A cardiac event on […]

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday outlawed robocalls that contain voices generated by artificial intelligence (AI)—a decision that sends a clear message to scammers that exploiting such technology to extort people and mislead voters will not be tolerated. The unanimous ruling targets robocalls made with AI voice-cloning tools under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, a […]

Anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin was rejected Thursday as a candidate in next month’s presidential election, a strong signal from the Kremlin that it would not tolerate public opposition to the invasion of Ukraine. The move by the Central Election Commission (CEC) smoothens the path for President Vladimir Putin to win a fifth term in power. […]

Ransomware gangs returned with a vengeance, extorting a record-breaking $1.1 billion in cryptocurrency payments in 2023 after a significant decline in 2022. According to blockchain expert Chainalysis, ransomware attacks intensified in scope and complexity, targeting companies, high-profile institutions, and critical infrastructure, including hospitals, schools, and government agencies, in 2023. After gaining digital access, ransomware hackers […]

A 73-year-old man from Casa Grande, Arizona, lost his life in a skydiving accident on Jan. 31, the Eloy Police Department reported. Terry Gardner had been out for a day of skydiving in Eloy, a popular skydiving location 65 miles south of Phoenix. At approximately 12:04 p.m., Mr. Gardner and three friends and fellow skydivers […]

The state of California has been legally allowed to continue its practice of requiring people to undergo background checks to buy ammunition after a divided federal appeals court on Monday put on hold a judge’s ruling that had declared the rule unconstitutional. In a one-page ruling, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel, on […]

Former New York Jets tight end and wide receiver Richard Caster, who was selected for three Pro Bowls during his 13-year NFL career, has passed away. He was 75. The death was communicated to the Clarion Ledger on Sunday by James Hartfield, a former teammate of Mr. Caster’s at Jackson State University. “I am really […]

MCU and Mission Impossible actor Jeremy Renner, who suffered a near-fatal snowplow accident just over one year ago, said he’s ready to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) as bow-wielding superhero Hawkeye. “I’m always game. I’m gonna be strong enough, that’s for sure. I’ll be ready,” the 53-year-old actor told Entertainment Tonight. “If they […]

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) has announced his endorsement of Arizona Republican Kari Lake in her bid for the Senate, calling her “fearless” and a “principled conservative.” “I’m honored to endorse my friend Kari Lake to be Arizona’s next U.S. Senator. Kari is a strong, principled conservative, who knows and loves the people of Arizona and […]

The U.S. Secret Service has filed a criminal complaint against a Michigan man who allegedly made death threats to hundreds of people, including President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris, during a four-day spamming marathon on the X platform that ended Sunday. The account user, who has 30 followers on his X account, also threatened […]

After initially staying out of the 2024 presidential race, billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin has thrown his support behind Nikki Haley as she challenges Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination. A spokesperson for Mr. Griffin said he made two contributions, one in December and another in January, totaling $5 million, to a super […]

A lawyer for the California woman who avoided prison time after fatally stabbing her boyfriend during a marijuana-induced psychosis has applauded the judge’s mild sentence, while warning about the lesser known dangers of the drug. Medical experts from both the defense and the prosecution agreed that Bryn Spejcher, 33, suffered an acute psychotic episode after […]

A 23-year-old man, who was flying solo in a reportedly stolen plane, cut off communications with air traffic control just before the plane crashed in a Texas field near the Oklahoma border on Wednesday. The crash killed the pilot, who has been identified as Logan Timothy James from Stokesdale, North Carolina. Before the crash, Mr. […]

Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema has called for the regulation of the sale and use of cocaine to undermine organized criminal enterprises. “Let us conclude that hundreds of years of discouragement and repression have achieved very little,” Ms. Halsema said in an interview with Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad (FD), calling the war on drugs “perverse […]

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) has endorsed former President Donald Trump as his presidential candidate of choice, after seeing President Trump secure two strong victories in the first two Republican primaries. The Louisiana Republican said that he had waited with his endorsement to see where the chips would fall. The former president’s clear victory in the […]

The state’s toughened voting rights restoration policy requires convicted felons to get their gun rights restored before they can become eligible to vote, Tennessee’s elections office said Tuesday, confirming a mandate that officials had been debating internally. In June, a state Supreme Court ruling prompted election officials to decide that all convicted felons must first […]

Bryn Spejcher, the Californian woman who was found guilty in December of involuntary manslaughter after killing her boyfriend during a cannabis-induced psychosis, was sentenced Tuesday to two years of probation, 100 hours of community service, and no prison time. In a packed courtroom, Ventura County Superior Court Judge David Worley ruled that Ms. Spejcher, now […]

Virgin Atlantic cancelled a New-York bound flight after a passenger noticed four screws-heads were missing on one of its wings. The passenger notified the cabin crew moments before take-off. Flight VS127 to John F. Kennedy International Airport, was stopped from taking off from Manchester Airport on Jan. 15 as engineers inspected the aircraft. Engineers then […]

Pet food producer Purina has said online claims that its products have caused dogs and cats to become ill or die are nothing but false rumors. “Pet parents continue to be understandably scared by an online rumor that there is an issue with Purina pet foods. This rumor is false, and we are saddened to […]

Police are searching for one or more suspects after a Holocaust memorial in Philadelphia’s Center City was vandalized for the second time in a week. On Tuesday, the pedestal of the Horowitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial on Arch Street, one of Philadelphia’s busiest roads, was littered with trash. Surveillance photos showed a suspect dragging bags and a […]

French President Emmanuel Macron promised on Tuesday to overhaul parental leave so it pays better after France saw the lowest number of births since World War II last year. According to the latest annual census report from the French National Statistics and Economic Studies Institute INSEE, France counted 678,000 registered births last year, 7 percent […]

A new analysis of 42 prior studies has found that drinking even just one glass of 100 percent fruit juice per day increases the body weight of both children and adults. “One fundamental problem with juice is quantity; consuming fruit this way makes it so easy to overdose,” Dr. Walter Willett, a professor of epidemiology […]

The wife of U.S. Senator Bob Menendez on Monday sought to sever the government’s corruption case against her from that of her husband, according to a court document. Nadine Menendez’s lawyers argued that a joint trial will prejudice her right to defend herself in a fair trial. They added that a joint trial would force […]

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who late last year floated the idea of potentially running a third-party bid for the White House, on Sunday endorsed former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley as his Republican candidate of choice. “It’s time for the party to get behind Nikki Haley,” Mr. Hogan told CNN. “I believe that Nikki Haley’s […]

A hot-air balloon crashed Sunday morning in Arizona shortly after eight skydivers had jumped from its gondola, killing four of the remaining occupants and leaving a fifth critically injured. According to police, the “devastating incident” happened around 7:50 a.m. in a rural desert area about five miles north of Eloy, a popular skydiving location 65 […]

A classified briefing on UFOs delivered to members of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Friday elicited a mixed response, with some saying they were dissatisfied by the fragmented information presented, while others were grateful to receive some more clarity. Interest in UFOs, which officials now call unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), surged in July […]

The U.S. Embassies in Bogotá issued a security alert regarding robber gangs using online dating apps following the suspicious deaths of eight U.S. nationals in recent months. “The deaths appear to involve either involuntary drugging overdose or are suspected homicides,” the embassy wrote on its website. The suspicious deaths all occurred in Medellín, Colombia’s second-largest […]

All six crew members of a U.S. Navy helicopter miraculously survived as they crashed into Southern Californian waters Thursday night, an army spokesperson has said. The MH-60R Seahawk crashed into San Diego Bay near Naval Amphibious Base Coronado at around 6:40 p.m. while on a routine training mission, according to Cmdr. Beth Teach of the […]

The new Thai government has reversed the country’s decision to decriminalize cannabis for medicinal and recreational use, following public backlash. A bill to amend the current cannabis legislation was introduced last weekend, and will be submitted to the country’s Parliament for review near the end of the month. “We drafted this law to prohibit the […]

North Korea fired more than 200 artillery rounds on Friday near a disputed maritime border with South Korea in another escalation of tension, prompting the South to respond with live fire drills on its side of the border. North Korea later said its artillery firing was a “natural response” to recent military actions by South […]

Following up on her campaign promises to improve public safety in one of America’s most crime-riddled cities, Philadelphia Democrat Mayor Cherelle Parker declared crime a public safety emergency on her first day in office. As the first step in her 100-day action plan, Ms. Parker signed an executive order on Tuesday that calls on the […]

The Associated Press has apologized for an article it published about the resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay that claimed the discovery that she plagiarized other people’s work was the “new conservative weapon against colleges.” “The story doesn’t meet our standards,” Lauren Easton, vice president of AP Corporate Communications, told Fox News Digital. The article’s […]

Rep. Mark Green responded to a Tuesday report that alleges that congressional members’ portfolio gains have far outperformed the trades by average Americans on the stock exchange. “Every year since 2020, US politicians beat the market. And many in Congress made unusually timed trades resulting in huge gains,” market analysis group Unusual Whales said on […]

Thrusted by great support from his constituency, Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah) officially entered the race for a Senate seat on Wednesday morning as Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) vacates the position. Mr. Curtis, Utah’s 3rd District representative, first expressed an interest in filling Mr. Romney’s shoes following the latter’s surprise retirement announcement in September. At the […]

Herb Kohl, a former U.S. Democrat senator from Wisconsin and past owner of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, died on Wednesday at the age of 88. His death was announced by Herb Kohl Philanthropies, a non-profit that focuses on K-12 education. No specific cause of death was disclosed, but the organization said Mr. Kohl passed away […]