On a May afternoon two years ago, Christyn Akin-Crockett found herself in an unusual situation. Standing in an alley north of downtown Columbus, Ohio, the church administrator was dressed in black and staring at a run-down single-family home. Akin-Crockett, 42, had heard that a woman in the area — identified to her only as “Becka”...
In Texas, at least 90 cases of measles have been reported in recent weeks across the northwest part of that state. Among those cases are five people who say they’ve been vaccinated. It’s not known whether those five cases were fully vaccinated. Whether you’re watching this unfold from Texas or elsewhere, you might be wondering:...
President Donald Trump reversed course on Friday and said Russia did in fact invade Ukraine, and that Kyiv would soon sign a minerals agreement with the United States as part of efforts to end the Ukraine war. Trump had said on Tuesday that Ukraine “should have never started“ the war three years ago, prompting a wave of criticism...
A Las Vegas woman accused of luring men via dating sites, drugging them, and taking money was in custody in Mexico on Friday as U.S. authorities announced a federal indictment against her. Aurora Phelps, 43, has been charged with one count each of kidnapping resulting in death and kidnapping, as well as seven counts of...
WASHINGTON — The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service is bracing for an attempted takeover by the Trump administration and has retained outside counsel to fight any executive order to that effect, according to two sources with knowledge of the board’s plans. The board’s nine members, who are appointed by the president and...
At least two passengers have filed lawsuits against Delta Air Lines this week after 21 people were injured Monday when a plane overturned upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The plane, which was arriving from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, crash-landed, burst into flames and turned upside down on the tarmac. In one lawsuit filed...
President Donald Trump on Friday terminated Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman CQ Brown Jr., the country’s highest-ranking military officer, from his position. Brown’s dismissal comes amid a wave of administration shake-ups as part of the president’s crusade to reshape the federal government. “I want to thank General Charles ‘CQ’ Brown for his over 40 years...
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — President Donald Trump’s recent show of hostility toward Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has opened a rift in Republican circles, with traditional conservatives defending the war-time leader who is struggling to repel Russia’s invasion. A few days after taking office, Trump noted approvingly that Ukraine was ready to “make a deal” to...
A federal judge in Maryland on Friday blocked the Trump administration from terminating federal grants and contracts related to DEI as called for in executive orders signed by President Donald Trump. “Plaintiffs have amply established a likelihood that they will succeed in proving that the Termination Provision invites arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement over billions of...
Hamas released another set of human remains Friday, a day after the terrorist group released what it said was the body of hostage Shiri Bibas — but turned out not to be hers, officials said. The incident caused outrage from Israeli officials, and the Israel Defense Forces called it “a very serious violation” of a...