Christopher Steele, the former British spy behind a heavily disputed dossier on Donald Trump, said he believed an infamous “pee tape” of Trump does indeed exist. In an interview with ABC News, he speculated that Russia may have kept the tape hidden because Trump offered them “pretty good value” during his time in office. Steele…
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A gang captured a group of aid workers on Saturday and are holding 17 people hostage, including children. Most of those being held are Americans; one is Canadian. The gang that kidnapped 17 people with a U.S.-based Christian aid group in Haiti on Saturday is demanding a ransom of $1 million for each person they…
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Monday that China’s reported development of a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile would be “the biggest game-changer in the last 40 years,” if true. “If in fact, the Chinese have developed a hypersonic missile that can deliver a nuclear weapon, it’s a military game-changer when it comes to nuclear forces,” Graham told Fox…
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The U.S. has seen 23 percent more flu cases this year compared to last year’s influenza season, though flu activity is still below normal pre-pandemic years, according to data collected by the Walgreens Flu Index. According to the flu index, which includes data through the week ending on Oct. 9, Nevada leads the U.S. in the…
An amateur Israeli scuba diver has made the find of a lifetime at the bottom of the Mediterranean, where he discovered a sword that experts say dates back to the Crusaders almost 1,000 years ago. Shlomi Katzin was about 500 feet off the coast of Haifa when he spotted the 3-foot-long blade among a trove…
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A jury in Florida will recommend whether he should be sentenced to life in prison or death for the rampage that left 17 people dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The former student who waged a deadly attack against his classmates and teachers in Parkland, Fla., in 2018 pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the…
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A NASA spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds Saturday morning on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids. Seven of the mysterious space rocks are among swarms of asteroids sharing Jupiter’s orbit, thought to be the pristine leftovers of planetary formation. An Atlas V rocket blasted off before dawn, sending Lucy on…
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President Biden had promised to halve U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2030, but an essential tool the administration planned to use to achieve that goal now appears out of reach. The New York Times reported Friday that Sen. Joe Manchin, a conservative West Virginia Democrat, has indicated to the White House that…
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Ali Harbi Ali, 25, a British citizen and the son of a former Somali government official, was arrested at the crime scene; was not previously known to the British security forces. The suspect being held by UK police on suspicion of the terrorist murder of MP David Amess is named Ali Harbi Ali, British media…
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This week in the criminal trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, jurors heard from a second former lab director of the blood-testing startup, former executives of the two major retailers that inked deals with the failed company, as well as the beginning of testimony from a former employee who was involved in its critical Walgreens…
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