If the U.S. military carries out President Donald Trump’s threats to strike Iranian power plants, and if Iran retaliates by hitting critical civilian infrastructure in other Middle Eastern countries, both sides could be guilty of war crimes, military experts say. “It certainly has a feeling of ‘ready, fire, aim,’” Geoffrey Corn, a retired Army lieutenant […]
TSA checkpoints around the country are estimating hours-long wait times — more than three hours in Houston — as a partial government shutdown strangles America’s airports. However, these wait times are lightning fast compared to the up to six hours some waited just a day earlier. Extreme wait times aren’t the only new addition at […]
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a street preacher who was arrested for evangelizing in a Mississippi town’s no-protest zone where he loudly assailed “drunkards” and “Jezebels” passing by. The court’s unanimous decision allows Gabriel Olivier to proceed with a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Brandon, Mississippi, arguing that restricting his […]
A California jury on Monday ordered Bill Cosby to pay $19.25 million to a woman who says the comedian drugged and sexually assaulted her after a show in 1972. Donna Motsinger won the verdict after three days of deliberations. She is one of dozens of women who have publicly accused Cosby of sexual misconduct since […]
Iran has until the end of the week to allow ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, before the U.S. will launch attacks on the country’s power plants President Donald Trump said Monday. That escalation could trigger retaliatory attacks on power plants and water desalination facilities in the region, and could even raise the […]
The Senate voted Monday evening to confirm U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), replacing embattled former Secretary Kristi Noem. Mullin, a Republican senator from Oklahoma, inherits an agency facing a financial gridlock and a year of controversy. The final vote tally was 54-45, with Democrats John Fetterman of Pennsylvania […]
An Air Canada Express jet collided with a Port Authority fire truck on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, killing the pilot and co-pilot. The crash shut down the airport overnight and halted all flights. The aircraft, a CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation, was arriving from Montreal when it struck an aircraft […]
Before Brandi McWhorter’s father passed away from lung cancer last year, she worked with him to lay out the details of his estate, something she dreaded to discuss. Her father had a few life insurance policies, a 401(k), savings accounts, his house and vehicle to be finalized. Overall, McWhorter, who is 39, inherited roughly $150,000. […]
ICE agents are deploying to airports nationwide Monday to help manage security lines as a Department of Homeland Security funding standoff continues. The move comes as President Donald Trump says agents will be able to make arrests, even as local officials have been told enforcement is not the focus. Passengers at major airports are facing […]
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday over whether states can count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day if they are postmarked by that deadline. The decision sould affect 29 states and Washington D.C., which allow at least some military and overseas ballots to be counted after Election Day, according to the […]
