A 28-year-old student who was visiting western India says she missed her Air India flight back to London due to bumper-to-bumper traffic. That flight was AI171, which crashed shortly after takeoff. Bhoomi Chauhan reportedly said airline staff didn’t let her complete her check-in at Ahmedabad airport even though she had …
Read More »Largest U.S. private prison operator faces lawsuit after inmate was killed a day before his release
Matthew Vogel was finishing up a six-month stint at the South Central Correctional Facility in Clifton, Tennessee, for a parole violation when he was allegedly beaten to death by a cellmate who was serving three life sentences for murder. Vogel’s cellmate is accused of bludgeoning him with a drainage cover …
Read More »California union leader charged with felony conspiracy after being arrested during L.A. ICE protest
A top California union official was charged with interfering with law enforcement operations after he was arrested during anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles, according to court documents filed Monday. David Huerta, the president of the California division of the Service Employees International Union, is set to appear in court for …
Read More »Judge approves landmark NCAA settlement, clearing way for schools to pay athletes directly
A federal judge signed off on arguably the biggest change in the history of college sports on Friday, clearing the way for schools to begin paying their athletes millions of dollars as soon as next month as the multibillion-dollar industry shreds the last vestiges of the amateur model that defined …
Read More »Russian state media says American Joseph Tater out of country after arrest, psychiatric hospitalization
Joseph Tater, a U.S. citizen arrested in Russia in August 2024 after an apparent tussle with hotel staff and then forcibly admitted to a psychiatric hospital in April this year, without ever standing trial, has left Russia, according to the country’s state-run TASS news agency. TASS said Tater, 46, was discharged …
Read More »Supreme Court blocks Mexico’s lawsuit against major U.S. gunmakers in win for firearms industry
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Mexican government’s lawsuit against major U.S. gun manufacturers, delivering a win for the firearms industry in a test of a federal law that shields them from civil suits. The high court unanimously rejected Mexico’s arguments that its effort to hold firearms …
Read More »NYC program trains at
In a city that saw a 136% increase in minors arrested with a gun from 2018 to 2024, a unique effort is underway to empower some of those young people to put their lives on a new path. The New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice runs “Flip the …
Read More »Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” holdout Sen. Rand Paul says “the math doesn’t really add up”
Washington — Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, said Sunday that “the math doesn’t really add up” on the cost of President Trump’s “one big beautiful bill,” while outlining his opposition as the legislation moves to the Senate this week. “I think they’re asking for too much money,” Paul said …
Read More »Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif must take new sex test mandated by World Boxing before competing again
Olympic gold-medalist Algerian Imane Khelif will be banned from all World Boxing competitions until the boxer undergoes newly mandated genetic sex testing, World Boxing said. The organization announced Friday that it will introduce mandatory sex testing to determine the eligibility of male and female boxers who want to take part in their competitions. World …
Read More »FBI probes effort to impersonate White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, sources say
One or more unknown people accessed White House chief of staff Susie Wiles’ personal cellphone and used her contacts file to reach out to other top officials and impersonate her, sources told CBS News Thursday. Some of the recipients realized the messages were suspicious because the texts and calls came …
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