(Chris Wade, The Center Square) New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch is praising the city's officers after celebrating Knicks fans blocked intersections, damaged police cruisers and set school buses on fire Saturday night following the team’s NBA championship win.
The Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs, 94-90, to win...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The man who killed former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, pleaded guilty to a series of federal offenses in connection with the murders, the DOJ announced on June 11.
Vance Luther Boelter entered the guilty pleas in exchange for federal prosecutors sparing him...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard released on Friday records that detail the U.S. funding dangerous biolabs throughout the world, including over 40 in war-torn Ukraine.
“Many of these U.S. government-funded biolabs are currently or have previously engaged in research using hazardous and highly contagious pathogens, in...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Thursday that he plans to nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as director of national intelligence.
Trump announced the nomination on social media amid pressure from Congress to name a...
(Headline USA) A former Taliban commander was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday for crimes including kidnapping a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and providing support that led to the deaths of three American soldiers.
Haji Najibullah's sentencing capped a daylong proceeding in Manhattan federal court that featured a dramatic few...
(Headline USA) A Texas teenager who fatally stabbed a 17-year-old track athlete from a rival team during a meet was convicted of murder Tuesday in a trial that drew national attention far beyond the booming Dallas suburb where the two students attended different high schools.
A jury rejected Karmelo Anthony’s claims...
(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) A new U.S. House oversight report alleges Minnesota officials were aware of "rampant" fraud risks in taxpayer-funded social programs for years but failed to act, allowing potentially billions of dollars in taxpayer funds to be lost.
The 205-page report, released by the U.S. House Committee...
(Merrilee Gasser, The Center Square) Florida became the first state this week to sue OpenAI.
The civil complaint against OpenAI and Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman accuses the company of deceptive practices and harms to Floridians. Specifically, the lawsuit alleges Altman prioritized commercial gain and ignored warnings that OpenAI's products could...
(Headline USA) A judge on Thursday dismissed a murder charge against an Arkansas man who won the GOP nomination for sheriff while awaiting trial for the shooting death of his teenage daughter's alleged abuser.
The ruling came weeks before Aaron Spencer, who will be on the November ballot, had been set...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Central banks were once again net gold buyers in April, after large sales pushed gold accumulation into negative territory in March.
In March, global central bank gold reserves fell by 27 tonnes, driven by big sales by Turkey and Russia. The tide turned in...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Thursday attacked House lawmakers as “unpatriotic” for passing a War Powers Resolution that would direct him to end the war with Iran, which he launched with Israel without congressional authorization, in violation of the US Constitution.
The bill passed on Wednesday in a...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Trump-led Department of Agriculture is battling a bed bug infestation that officials say may have been caused by employees’ negligence, with the same workers now demanding the right to stay home while collecting taxpayer-funded salaries.
The infestation, first reported Tuesday by NOTUS, appears to have affected...