‘People are screaming for help’: Details of Catalina helicopter crash emerge
Investigators have located the wreckage of a medical transport helicopter that crashed into the Pacific Ocean after leaving Santa Catalina Island Wednesday evening, killing a pilot and a nurse. One person, a patient transported to the mainland, is still…
Georgia’s GOP-controlled election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal
Georgia’s Republican-controlled Board of Elections on Thursday called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to declare the state’s election system illegal ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. In a letter Thursday, State Election Board (SEB)…
What is ketamine, the drug at the center of the alleged Cornell rape?
The drug ketamine sparked renewed interest when New York state prosecutors announced they would reopen an investigation into an alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity house. A student identified as “Jane Doe” in a civil suit…
Trump jokingly calls Paxton a ‘pain in the ass’ at Texas event
President Donald Trump jokingly described Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton as “a pain in the ass” during his remarks in Denton, Texas, on Thursday — the latest in a long line of jabs he has leveled at his staunch ally who is…
“It’s a nightmare.” Former refugee, professor on Trump’s new Medicaid policy: NPR
Mohammad Attaie and his wife Deena, newly arrived from Afghanistan, receive help from medical translator Jahannaz Afshar to make a doctor’s appointment at the Valley Health Center TB/Refugee Program in San Jose, California, December 9, 2021. Eric…
Democrats file suit over Pentagon changes to voting forms for Americans abroad
Democrats filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration’s recent use of an emergency measure to make changes to the federal voter registration form used by U.S. military personnel overseas and citizens residing outside the country,…
FBI arrests Massachusetts man accused of stalking conservative podcaster Katie Miller
The FBI arrested a man Thursday accused of stalking former Trump administration adviser Katie Miller, an administration official familiar with the investigation told NBC News. John Anthony Proia III, 41, was arrested and charged with stalking following…
‘Extremely angry’ New York Times trans executive ‘rained hell’ on his family for years, in-laws’ lawyer claims after murder
The lawyer for the alleged killer’s in-laws painted a starkly different picture Thursday of the transgender New York Times executive gunned down in a Northern California parking lot. Curtis Briggs stood in court where Jonathan McKinsey’s…
Christa Pike in critical condition after botched execution in Tennessee, lawyers say – Washingtonpost.com
Christa Pike in critical condition after botched Tennessee execution, lawyers say washingtonpost.com How did Christa Pike survive two fatal injections of pentobarbital? The New York Times Trump on botched execution of Christa Pike: ‘It…
Trump says latest Iran peace offer not enough
US President Donald Trump said it was “possible” he would step up bombing against Iran after the November 3 midterm elections and rejected Iran’s latest peace offer because it is not enough. Fighting between Houthi rebels and government…