Lawyer challenging New York rent freeze releases emails and text messages from Mamdani officials
A lawyer hoping to overturn a rent freeze for tenants in about a million stabilized apartments is asking a judge to order top city officials and Rent Guidelines Board members to appear for interviews after communications they submitted to the court…
Pete Hegseth’s War Daddy sermon on murder and Jesus was truly eye-opening
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FBI arrests federal employee accused of trying to support Houthis
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested for providing support to the Iran-backed Houthi rebelsincluding purchasing materials for homemade explosives and drones and traveling to Yemen, the Justice Department…
Judge denies motion to find Lindsay Clancy not guilty due to lack of evidence
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes a discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, America’s National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is available by calling or texting 988. BOSTON (AP) — The judge in Lindsay Clancy’s murder case…
SpaceX Crew-13 astronauts dock at ISS less than 8 hours after launch of fastest US flight ever
SpaceX’s latest astronaut launch just set a new space record. The company Crew Mission-13 because NASA arrived at International Space Station (ISS) today (October 1) at 7:05 p.m. EDT (11:05 p.m. GMT), 7 hours and 55 minutes later launched from…
Student protests invade France as PM Lecornu calls crisis meeting
PARIS (AP) — France’s prime minister called a crisis meeting Thursday and canceled ministers’ trips to focus on the nationwide spread of protests, some violent, by high school students denouncing a lack of resources, long work hours and other…
Elon Musk returns to Trump administration to co-lead Pentagon war study
By Andreas Rogal with AFP Published on 01/10/2026 – 6:57 p.m. GMT+2 Tech billionaire Elon Musk will return to officially advise US President Donald Trump’s administration by co-leading what the Pentagon has called a study on the future of…
The botched execution of Christa Pike: how lethal injection works
Driving the news: Pike, convicted of murdering a classmate three decades ago, survived two rounds of lethal drug injections Wednesday in what would have been the state’s first execution of a woman in 200 years. In response, Governor Bill Lee halted…
Wilber Garces Perez undergoes surgery after ICE shooting
Wilber Garces Perez, the man who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in North Austin last month, underwent surgery Thursday. His lawyer, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, said he was now recovering and had spoken to his family.…
Dodgers fans won’t be happy with the NLDS schedule
Many Dodgers fans already weren’t thrilled with the team’s start time for Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Saturday. And now, after Major League Baseball announced the club’s schedule for the rest of the NLDS on…