On the eve of a verdict in Donald J. Trump’s Senate trial, one of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach him confirmed on Friday night that the top House Republican, Representative Kevin McCarthy, told her that the former president had sided with the mob during a phone call as the Jan. 6 Capitol attack […]
An evangelical megachurch, under pressure from health officials, said on Friday that it had postponed an indoor conference that was expected to draw as many as 3,000 people from across the country to Southern California. Grace Community Church had planned to host the Shepherds’ Conference from March 3 to 5 in Sun Valley, a neighborhood […]
Three Baltimore men have been accused by federal prosecutors of putting up a fake website to sell Covid-19 vaccines for $30 a dose, prosecutors say. The men, Olakitan Oluwalade, 22, and Odunayo Baba Oluwalade, 25, who are cousins, and Kelly Lamont Williams, 22, each face a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the United […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – An official on President Joe Biden’s staff was suspended on Friday (Feb 12) after allegedly threatening to “destroy” a reporter who was asking about his personal life. White House Deputy Spokesman TJ Ducklo was suspended for one week without pay, Biden’s Press Secretary Jen Psaki said. According to Vanity Fair magazine, Ducklo […]
A 74 year-old woman hit her boyfriend over the head with a hammer and pulled a gun on him for leaving the TV on, police say. Marilyn Kepler is accused of attacking her unnamed partner with the DIY tool at their home in Bullhead City, Arizona, on Monday. Kepler is then said to have threatened […]
More vaccine shots will be given to Americans beginning Friday with the start of a federal program that delivers doses directly to drugstores and grocery store pharmacies. The program will start small, with one million vaccine doses distributed to about 6,500 retail pharmacies. Over time, it will expand to as many as 40,000 drugstores and […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A senior aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo apologized to state lawmakers this week for the governor's office withholding requested data showing the death toll in nursing homes from COVID-19, according to transcripts of the conversation published by local media. The aide, Melissa DeRosa, told Democratic lawmakers in a call […]
A death row inmate who slaughtered an innocent woman with a shotgun has had his execution called off because his pastor couldn’t be there to watch him die. Willie Smith, 51, was due to die by lethal injection in Atmore, Alabama, yesterday but was granted a stay of execution just 21 hours before the execution […]
A border collie called Lulu is now worth $5million after her wealthy owner died and left her his fortune. The eight year-old pet, who lives in Nashville, Tennessee, got her paws on the enormous sum after her businessman owner Bill Dorris died aged 84 last November. Dorris’s will said: ‘$5,000,000 will be transferred to a […]
Bruce Springsteen drank a shot of tequila and got on his motorbike before being arrested on suspicion of drink-driving, according to police. Papers filed in federal court said the rock star told a police officer he had done two shots in 20 minutes, but he refused to take a breath test. The officer at Gateway […]