Day: December 23, 2024

President Biden spurred criticism and praise on Monday with his decision to commute all but three prisoners currently on federal death row.  Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) called the move “pol…

Luigi Mangione, suspected of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is expected to appear in Manhattan Supreme Court Monday to be arraigned on state murder and terrorism charges. Mangione, 26, is slated to appear before state Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro on the 11-count indictment brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office. He’s charged with first-degree …

The committee was expected to soon release the report about the former GOP lawmaker.

Two of the federal inmates on death row whose lives have been spared by President Joe Biden are from the state of Georgia.

Ronald Mikos, a podiatrist, was convicted in May of 2005 of shooting Joyce Brannon in her church basement apartment to keep her from telling a federal grand jury how he defrauded Medicare. Prosecutors said he shot the nurse and former patient, who was disabled, six times at point-blank range.

Donald Trump has threatened to take over the Panama Canal, but what is the waterway and why is it so important? Here’s what you need to know. What is the Panama Canal? The canal is a major waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, allowing sea travellers to avoid an additional 7,000 nautical miles (13,000km) around the tip of South America. The 51-mile (82km) canal cuts through the middle of Panama, a country occupying the strip of…

Century-old department store Nordstrom has agreed to be acquired and taken private by Nordstrom family members and a Mexican retail group for $6.25 billion, the company said Monday. Nordstrom shareholders will receive $24.25 in cash for each share of Nordstrom common stock, representing a 42% premium on the company’s stock as of March 18, when repo…

CNN publishes draft concluding GOP congressman paid tens of thousands for sex and drugs among other violations