Former President Donald Trump met with Japan’s former Prime Minister Taro Aso after appearing in court for his “hush money” trial on Tuesday, with the two discussing the mutual alliance between their countries. President Trump met with the 83-year-old Mr. Aso, who currently serves as vice president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, at Trump […]
A Michigan woman was arraigned Tuesday on second-degree murder and other charges after prosecutors say she drunkenly crashed her SUV into a boat club that was hosting a child’s birthday party, killing a young brother and sister and injuring several other people. Marshella Chidester, 66, did not enter a plea to the eight counts she […]
DETROIT—Jeep maker Stellantis is planning to lay off an unspecified number of workers at its U.S. factories in the coming months to deal with a rapidly changing global auto market, the company said Tuesday. The statement comes as the company faces increased capital spending to make the transition from gasoline vehicles to electric autos. It […]
BALTIMORE—Officials in Baltimore plan to open a deeper channel for commercial ships to enter and leave the city’s port starting on Thursday — a significant step toward reopening the major maritime shipping hub that has remained closed to most traffic since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed last month. The new channel will be 35 […]
LAS VEGAS—The defense attorney representing a former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas said Tuesday his client’s accounts of the killing are fiction and prosecutors lack key evidence to obtain a murder conviction. “He himself is giving different stories,” attorney Carl Arnold told reporters outside a […]
Google fired at least 20 more workers in the aftermath of protests over technology the company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, bringing the total number of terminated staff to more than 50, a group representing the workers said. It’s the latest sign of internal turmoil at the tech giant centered on […]
UnitedHealth Group said on Monday that hackers stole health and personal data of potentially a “substantial proportion” of Americans from its systems in February, as the largest U.S. health insurer scrambles to contain the damage. The intrusion at its Change Healthcare unit, which processes about 50 percent of U.S. medical claims, was one of the […]
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—A former researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was sentenced Tuesday to 35 years in prison for the killing of a Yale University graduate student found shot outside his car on a Connecticut street. Qinxuan Pan, 33, who pleaded guilty to murder in February, apologized during a hearing in a New Haven […]
President Joe Biden visited Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday to condemn the state’s six-week abortion ban that will soon go into effect. President Biden’s campaign has made abortion one of its priorities. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump commented on the pro-Palestinian protests happening in colleges across the country.
As Israeli residents were enjoying Passover at the beach, the sound of alarms abruptly forced many to run for cover. Now, almost 200 days into the war in the Gaza Strip, Iran-backed terrorist groups are still able to launch attacks into Israel.
A child sex sting operation led to the arrest of 24 individuals, including a San Jose fire captain. “Operation Spring Cleaning” was spearheaded by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office and is part of a nationwide Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. This video may contain subject matter and language some viewers might find disturbing.
An award-winning film depicting a nationwide persecution in China was screened on Capitol Hill on April 23. Based on true events, “Unsilenced” tells the story of a group of university students who risked their lives to expose a brutal campaign by the Chinese regime. The film follows the footsteps of Wang—a Falun Gong practitioner—and a […]
Over 130 protesters were arrested on the New York University campus overnight after demonstrators refused to vacate the area. Clashes became violent as bottles and chairs were thrown at police. Protests also continue at Columbia University, where critics are calling for university president Minouche Shafik’s resignation. NYC Mayor Eric Adams stated at a news conference […]
An anxious wait is leaving Taiwan vulnerable. The island has ordered $19 billion worth of U.S. weapons. But it could take years to deliver them. To fix the backlog, some lawmakers floated the idea of making some of the American weapons in Taiwan. A Taiwanese diplomat reacts.
The NHL Playoffs are in full swing and though the postseason is nearly as unpredictable as baseball’s Fall Classic, the oddsmakers have Carolina, Edmonton, Florida, and the NY Rangers as the favorites. The Rangers haven’t won the Stanley Cup since 1994 but had the league’s best record and currently lead Washington 2–0 in the first […]
U.S.–Israeli relations continue to be rocky, as the Biden administration considers sanctioning certain units of the Israel Defense Forces and is faced with escalating anti-Semitic protests on college campuses. Ohad Tal, a member of the Israeli parliament, says Iran attacked Israel recently because they saw the Biden administration not supporting Israel and that Israel is […]
