Jim Bakker, who built the ‘PTL Club’ televangelical empire, has died at 86: NPR
FILE – Television evangelist Jim Bakker poses in front of the water park in Columbia, South Carolina, one of his Heritage USA attractions, March 19, 1987. Lou Krasky/AP hide caption toggle caption I Lou Krasky/AP Jim Bakker, who with his first wife Tammy…
US ‘closely monitoring’ death of Russian plague researcher
Asked by a reporter for “an update on the suspected plague case in Russia,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said: “It appears there was a worker at the lab who was infected and there is concern that this, you know, may have spread, at…
Students protest Cornell University’s response to gang rape complaint
ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Cornell students gathered in the campus square to protest the university’s response to sexual assault allegations in a fraternity house, and the school’s main administration building was splashed with graffiti and damaged…
Democrats cut some North Carolina Senate spending after GOP withdrawal
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Jim Bakker, televangelist who co-founded ‘The PTL Club’ empire but fell from grace, dies at 86
Branson, MO. — Jim Bakker, who with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hit TV show “The PTL Club” only to lose it all to a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died. He was 86 years old. Bakker died Monday, his…
Elon Musk is a billionaire again. It also reaches new heights of self-debasement
How is it possible to be the richest person in history and still be as pitiful as Brundlefly in that scene from David Cronenberg’s film? The fly (Major spoiler alert btw). Over the past summer, it’s been difficult to summarize Elon…
Death row inmate spared after Christa Pike’s botched execution killed friend moments after bailing him out
The botched execution of Christa Pike gave another death row inmate — who released a friend from prison just to kill him and then his sister in 1992 — several more weeks to live before his tryst with death. After Pike failed to die after being given two…
Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Malik Hasan to be killed by US Army firing squad
Nidal Malik Hasan, a former Army officer and psychiatrist who killed 13 people and injured 32 others in a mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, will be executed by a U.S. Army firing squad, the Pentagon announced Monday. “Secretary of War Pete…
“Brazen conspiracy”: California real estate agent selling mansions accused of spying for China
October 5, 2026, 9:24 p.m. ET Federal authorities have accused a California real estate agent of spying on the son of Taiwan’s president in the United States. Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather Zhang, was arrested Sunday at Los Angeles…
Bryn Walker founders found shot to death outside their California home
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The husband and wife behind a luxury California clothing brand were found shot dead outside their hillside home, as relatives reportedly revealed disturbing details about the days leading up to their deaths.…