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For the first time in more than half a century, The New York Times has lost a U.S. defamation case involving one of its articles, with an Alabama federal jury ordering the newspaper Thursday to pay $9.25 million to a former University of Alabama basketball player falsely placed at the scene of a murder. The verdict is particularly striking for a newspaper that has spent decades successfully…
A New York woman who allegedly praised the September 11 attacks, encouraged Muslims to pledge allegiance to ISIS and talked about poisoning “infidels” has been arrested after federal authorities say she moved from online jihadist propaganda to an actual plan to bomb the New York State Capitol and kill lawmakers inside. Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, was arrested Wednesday after allegedly accepting…
The United States is quietly doing something Iran has spent months insisting it would never allow: moving millions of barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz under American military protection. U.S. forces have established a tightly controlled shipping corridor through the southern portion of the strait, allowing 15 to 20 oil tankers to move through the strategic waterway each night, according…
The legal battle over Baby Gabriel has taken another remarkable turn: The biological parents who wanted their surrogate to abort him after doctors discovered a serious heart defect are now suing her for more than $100,000 for refusing to do it. Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed filed a countersuit against McKenna West, the 28-year-old Alaska nurse who carried their child, in the weeks before West…
A longtime senior adviser to Anthony Fauci has pleaded guilty to conspiring to hide federal records about taxpayer-funded coronavirus research, turning years of congressional allegations about secret emails and disappearing government records into an admitted federal crime. David M. Morens, 78, who served as a senior adviser in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director’s…
Liberal regulators in California have found another way to make an everyday necessity more expensive. As one of the largest consumer markets in the world, drivers thousands of miles from Sacramento could eventually feel the consequences. The California Energy Commission voted unanimously Monday to impose the nation’s first energy-efficiency standards on replacement tires, regulations that could…
Newly declassified FBI files reveal that federal agents believed suspected Chinese intelligence operative Christine Fang used straw donors to funnel illegal campaign contributions to former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell while cultivating a personal relationship with the California politician and helping place interns in his offices. The files, declassified by President Donald Trump and released…
Kansas Democrats are trying to win the governor’s mansion in one of the most reliably Republican states in the country. But they just can’t quit being for “they/them.” Cindy Holscher, the Democratic nominee for governor and a state senator, is facing renewed scrutiny over comments in which she said she had no idea whether Jesus Christ was transgender, gay or straight—remarks she made while…
Iran is now offering cash for dead or captured American soldiers. The Iranian military announced Sunday that it will pay the equivalent of $30,000 to anyone who kills or captures a member of the U.S. military, according to Iranian state media. Women who carry out the act will receive twice as much. Army chief Amir Hatami said the program was created in response to “the large number of requests”…
Stephen A. Smith’s slow-motion breakup with the Democratic Party may have just taken another step. The ESPN star and longtime Democrat says there is at least one Republican who might actually convince him to switch parties: Florida Rep. Byron Donalds. “And I ain’t no d— Republican. But that mean if anybody could make me one, it would be him. I’m just going to keep it a buck. I’m just letting you…
