A plot to bomb the New York state Capitol and kill lawmakers has been thwarted, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. The 35-year-old woman had allegedly planned to kill as many as possible, destroy as much of the building as she could, and then escape to the ISIS-controlled territory in Syria. She posted anti-American messages that included, 'Praise be to Allah for…
Spanish officials are dismantling some makeshift camps at the Ceuta province in northern Africa after a number of underage sexual assaults were reported. The alleged female victims included residents of northern Morocco, which borders the small province overrun by an estimated 72,000 migrants in late July. 'It is an invasion of savages whose misogynist culture the government wants to spread…
An upcoming documentary on comedian Dane Cook revisits a disturbing chapter from the height of his fame two decades ago. Cook was one of the first comedians to figure out how to turn the internet into a path to stardom. In the early 2000s, when most entertainers still regarded online file sharing as piracy to be stamped out, Cook embraced it, putting his stand-up on services such as Napster,…
The Trump administration on Wednesday published rules that would open the door for other accreditors to be recognized across American higher education, as Trump himself recognizes that accreditation is the "secret weapon" for controlling universities.
The fate of a Massachusetts woman who allegedly killed her three children in 2023 is being decided at court, but outside the courthouse, hundreds of women rallied to show their support for the defendant. Lindsay Clancy of Duxbury has allegedly admitted to killing the children, ages 5, 3, and 8 months old, but a jury is deciding whether she should be found guilty of murder or exonerated over mental…
A Florida mother has been arrested after allegedly posting videos showing her igniting a fire in her kitchen and pouring hot wax on her young daughters, according to authorities. Meliza Campos-Sanchez, 26, was arrested on Monday and charged with first-degree arson, child abuse, and child neglect, according to records from the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department. 'In one video,…
The Democratic nominee for Wisconsin's First Congressional District, Mitchell Berman, is running against Republican incumbent Bryan Steil as a "devoted husband." But records made public through the high-profile data breach of the affair-seeking website Ashley Madison indicate Berman was an active user who made two transactions on the site around the time he got married, a Washington Free Beacon…
Virginia state senator L. Louise Lucas, a top Democratic leader in the state, is levying a novel critique at companies building data centers in the state—that they're paying construction workers too much money. The post WATCH: Top Virginia State Senator Who Authored $15 Minimum Wage Bill Slams Data Centers for Paying Construction Workers Too Much appeared first on .
The U.S. national debt stood at roughly $85.06 billion at the turn of the 20th century, adjusted for inflation. At the turn of the 21st century, America's outstanding debt was $5.67 trillion — the equivalent of roughly $10.99 trillion today. According to the Department of the Treasury and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service's Fiscal Data dashboard , America's total public debt outstanding as of…
