(Headline USA) A man who stole a purse from then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem while she dined at a restaurant under the protection of Secret Service agents was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison for a string of thefts in the nation's capital.
Mario Bustamante Leiva did not...
(Headline USA) A chemical leak at a West Virginia silver recovery business on Wednesday killed two people and sent 19 others to the hospital, including one in critical condition, authorities said.
The leak occurred at the Catalyst Refiners plant in Institute as workers were preparing to shut down at least...
(Headline USA) U.S. Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat and the first Black chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, has died. He was 80.
Scott, who was seeking his 13th term in Congress despite challenges from within his party, was once a leading voice for Democrats on issues related to...
(Headline USA) The Gates Foundation is reviewing its ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the global health funder confirmed Wednesday, as its only remaining founder faces mounting scrutiny over his appearances in Justice Department documents related to its investigation of the disgraced financier.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates reportedly spoke...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The leaders of two House panels are investigating the circumstances surrounding the disappearance and deaths of scientists and researchers who have recently fueled viral speculation on social media.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and Economic Growth Subcommittee Chairman Eric Burlison, R-Mo., on Tuesday requested information...
(Headline USA) A judge on Tuesday delayed the criminal sentencing of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma in order to allow victims to attend the court proceeding in person.
U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo originally planned to hand down the sentence Tuesday during a court hearing conducted only by videoconferencing. But...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Alan Dershowitz, the 87-year-old Harvard Law School professor emeritus and one of the most prominent jewish liberal legal scholars in American history, has formally registered as a Republican after 67 years as a Democrat, Breaking 911 reported on Tuesday.
https://twitter.com/breaking911/status/2046589781572784531?s=46
The announcement came through a Wall Street...
(Headline USA) U.S. authorities “got the wrong man” when they charged an alleged Islamic State militant in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, a defense attorney said Monday at the start of the man's trial in Virginia.
Mohammad...
(Headline USA) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday she would demand explanations over what U.S. and Mexican officials were doing in northern Chihuahua when they died in an accident over the weekend, noting that any joint collaborations between the local government and the United States without federal permission would...
(Headline USA) Prosecutors once again portrayed Harvey Weinstein as a onetime Hollywood power player who used his sway as a tool of sexual assault, repainting a familiar but fraught picture Tuesday at a rape retrial nearly eight years after the former movie tycoon’s arrest.
“This case will come down to...
(Headline USA) A college student from China has been charged with illegally taking photos of U.S. military planes in Nebraska during a multistate road trip that included a stop at an Air Force base in South Dakota.
Tianrui Liang, 21, was arrested April 7 at a New York airport while...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The U.S. House Ethics Committee released a list of names of 26 current and former members of Congress who it’s investigated for sexual misconduct.
It did so after members of Congress have called for two members to be expelled, both from Florida: U.S. Reps. Democrat...