A federal lawsuit is asking a judge to stop next week’s UFC event at the White House, arguing the administration is allowing a private company to turn federal property into a commercial sports venue without the approvals normally required for such a project. The case, filed Saturday on behalf of a Vietnam veteran and a […]
Maine Democrats vote Tuesday on their Senate nominee, and Graham Platner enters primary day as the favorite despite a week of damaging reports about how he treats women. The allegations have forced Democratic allies, elected officials and party strategists to publicly address Platner’s past just as the race enters its final hours. If he wins, […]
More than a dozen people are dead, and hundreds are injured after a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines. The quake hit just after 7:30 a.m. Monday, local time, in the Mindanao region and was the strongest to strike the country this year. The Philippines’ Office of Civil Defense says at least 19 people […]
Police are working to determine what led up to stabbing attack at New York CIty’s Penn Station, which left six people injured Sunday night. The violence broke out just after 7 p.m. ET inside one of the nation’s busiest transit hubs, beneath Madison Square Garden. Authorities say one person suffered serious injuries, while four others were hospitalized with minor to […]
The war in Iran reaches Day 100, as fresh attacks and new threats cast doubt on how much longer the ceasefire will hold. Plus, a knife attack at Penn Station sends six people to the hospital, striking one of the nation’s busiest transit hubs at a moment when New York is already on high alert. […]
Social media users noticed something unusual on Instagram last week. The long-dormant profile for the White House, created under former President Barack Obama, had been taken over without explanation. It turns out that the old White House account was one of 20,225 profiles that were hijacked after hackers exploited the platform’s AI-supported chatbot. Meta, the […]
Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman has moved into second place in the race for mayor, putting her on track for a spot in November’s runoff if current trends hold. Raman overtook former reality television personality Spencer Pratt over the weekend as additional mail ballots were counted, reshaping one of the closest contests on […]
Russian forces attacked the area around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, and a “shahed” drone hit one of the Centralized Spent Fuel Storage Facility’s buildings. “An extremely critical infrastructure facility — and an extremely vile Russian strike,” Zelenskyy said. “Russia deliberately struck this particular nuclear infrastructure facility.” The International […]
An Israeli soldier opened fire at a car, killing a Palestinian baby on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday its Military Police Criminal Investigation Division is now investigating. The Associated Press reported that a bullet struck 7-month-old Sam Fahd Abu Haikal in the face when the soldier shot at the […]
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said in an interview with CNN Sunday that Iran’s main issue when it comes to negotiating with the U.S. to end the war is America’s changing and contradictory positions. “The main problem of negotiating with this administration is that you have to face so many changing positions — moving […]
