The Department of Defense confirmed that U.S. troops were the target of attacks by militias in Iraq and Syria recently. Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder affirmed on Tuesday that the two attacks on April 22 were unsuccessful, injured no one, and that it was the first time these Iranian-supported militias carried out an attack […]
An Oklahoma father shot and killed his wife and three of his children on Monday in what police believe was a mass murder-suicide. He left his 10-year-old son, who was unharmed in the shooting, an orphan. Jonathan Candy, 42, allegedly shot his wife Lindsay, 39, multiple times in their Yukon home following an “altercation” between […]
Russia has deployed a “shadow fleet” of oil tankers in the Baltic Sea to circumvent economic sanctions and also engage in espionage, according to a top Swedish military official. “We are finding antennas and masts that typically do not belong to, for example, fishing vessels, so it is clear that we feel that there are […]
Two California lawmakers have proposed bipartisan legislation that would ban Clear, a biometric travel document verification system, from airports across the state. State Sen. Josh Newman, a Democrat from Orange County and the sponsor of the legislation, said Clear effectively allows wealthy people to skip the line over those waiting to be screened by the […]
California lawmakers struck down a proposal on Monday that would have further regulated how utility companies spend money in the state. According to consumer groups, utility companies are exploiting loopholes in rules surrounding illicit spending on advertising and lobbying with customer money. The new legislation would have worked toward closing those loopholes and levying fines […]
The White House danced around questions Tuesday regarding the string of pro-Palestinian protests taking place on college campuses across the country, condemning displays of antisemitism from some protesters while also declining to say if President Joe Biden planned any type of interaction with the activists. Students began camping out on the green at Columbia University […]
A few numbers illustrate Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) precarious hold on the gavel and the dilemma for House Republicans more broadly. The Ukraine aid package that is the latest policy imperiling Johnson was opposed by 112 Republicans while only 101 voted yes. (That is identical to the breakdown among Republicans on the March $1.2 trillion […]
The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday it reached a nearly $139 million settlement with the victims of Larry Nassar over the FBI’s alleged failure when it investigated the sexual abuse allegations made by gymnasts he treated. Nassar has been convicted of sexually abusing several female gymnasts while serving as a sports doctor for USA […]
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spoken out against billionaire and X owner Elon Musk, specifically as he fights a court order from the country. The order relates to videos shared on X showing Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel getting attacked by a person with a knife, with an Australian judge ruling on Monday that X […]
WNBA star Brittney Griner is opening up about her time in Russian prison. Griner, 33, has spoken before about her detainment, a result of her February 2022 arrest for smuggling charges related to cannabis oil discovered at a Moscow airport, but this will be the Phoenix Mercury center’s first time doing so in a sit-down […]
