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A 12-year-old boy is charged with voluntary manslaughter while armed in the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Ahmad Mims in Northeast Washington, D.C. Story Snapshot Police arrested a 12-year-old boy tied to the July 11 killing of Ahmad Mims. Officers found Mims shot on Rosedale Street Northeast around 8:24 p.m.; he died at the scene. A […]
Harvard University will pay $53 million to families whose loved ones donated their bodies to science, only to have a morgue manager carve them up and sell the parts for profit. Story Snapshot Harvard agreed to a $53 million settlement over the theft and sale of donated body parts from its medical school morgue. A […]
A leading voice in New York City’s socialist movement spends his nights in a $1.5 million Brooklyn row house that his millionaire parents bought and fixed up for him. Quick Take Gustavo Gordillo, 38, co-chairs the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). His parents bought the Brooklyn home in 2019 […]
Florida Congressman Cory Mills, a two-term Republican weighed down by ethics complaints and personal scandals, lost his bid for renomination in the 2026 primary to a political newcomer. Quick Take Ryan Elijah, a former local news anchor, beat Rep. Cory Mills in the Republican primary for Florida’s 7th Congressional District. The loss came after a […]
Abdul El-Sayed’s own words floated swapping the right to bear arms for a right to health care—and the videos went private before his Senate run. Story Snapshot A 2023 clip quoted El-Sayed suggesting changing the Second Amendment to a right to health care. A 2022 video reportedly argued the Second Amendment protects militias, not individual […]
Prosecutors say a Penn State cocaine ring used fraternity houses as drug labs and rookies as labor, and the charges read like an operations manual. Story Snapshot State prosecutors charged 14 people tied to a cocaine ring linked to two fraternities. Authorities describe cutting and packaging inside fraternity houses, often by pledges. Controlled buys and […]
Madison just turned a years-long grocery promise into a taxpayer-backed store with a private operator, and the stakes now shift from ribbon-cutting to results. Story Snapshot The city owns the grocery condo; a private grocer will run the store. Leaders say this protects long-term access on the south side. The project took years and millions […]
A mother and daughter say they were told to cover “XX/XY” shirts or be escorted out during overtime at State Farm Arena, even as a pro-trans message flashed on the jumbotron. Story Snapshot Security allegedly told the pair to wear free team shirts or leave during overtime. Their shirts referenced biological sex and supported Sophie […]
Prosecutors say a Massachusetts teen asked ChatGPT to spin “fantasy stories” about killing his family—days before his mother and brother were found dead. Story Snapshot Prosecutors charged 17-year-old Arjun Aravind with killing his mother and brother. The district attorney says investigators found ChatGPT and internet searches about family-killing “fantasies”. Police found the victims in the […]
Air France has permanently shut down the sauna inside its Paris Charles de Gaulle business lounge after passengers repeatedly misused the private room. Quick Take Air France closed the sauna in its Terminal 2E, Hall L lounge for good, not for cleaning or repairs. A lounge manager told a visiting travel writer that passengers had […]
President Trump told Americans that paying a little more at the pump is the price of stopping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Story Snapshot Trump linked higher gas prices to pressuring Iran’s nuclear ambitions. He called the price hit “peanuts” next to preventing a nuclear-armed Iran. Prices move with global oil, not just U.S. […]
When a van tipped in Phoenix and people poured out and ran, witnesses counted in dozens. Story Snapshot Witnesses saw more than 15 people climb out of a crashed van and flee. A police-focused report said at least 21 passengers escaped through broken windows; 21 arrests followed. Overloaded vans and sudden bailouts match a long […]
Joshua Báez did what 23,000 big leaguers never did: he hammered three home runs in his first Major League game. Story Snapshot Cardinals rookie Joshua Báez hit three home runs in his debut, a Major League first. He went deep in his first three at-bats, starting on the first pitch he saw. St. Louis beat […]
