Earth has just experienced its 11th straight warmest month on record — a preview of the brutal temperatures forecast for the summer, according to scientists. Last month continued a relentless stretch of record-breaking global temperatures for the planet after it measured as the warmest April on record, according to a monthly climate report by Copernicus, […]
In sweltering Brazil, worst-ever flooding killed dozens of people and paralyzed a city of about 4 million people. Voters and politicians in the world’s largest election in India are fainting in heat that hit as high as 115 degrees (46.3 degrees Celsius). A brutal Asian heat wave has closed schools in the Philippines, killed people […]
Kristi Noem capped off an embarrassing week with a brutal CBS Face the Nation appearance, in which host Margaret Brennan unrelentingly grilled the South Dakota governor on the controversies surrounding her forthcoming book. At one point in the book, titled No Going Back, Noem recalled meeting North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, claiming he “underestimated” […]
To the editor: In questioning the motives of protesters, one letter writer lists several instances of other governments’ misconduct in the form of persecution of Indigenous populations and, in Russia’s case, launching a war against Ukraine. Although these are all causes worthy of protest, they are irrelevant to the Israeli-Hamas conflict. This is an example […]
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is overjoyed that the Legislature repealed what she called “this insane 1864 abortion ban,” but she is not celebrating. Not yet. Because the brutally arcane law isn’t dead yet, and it has fallen to Mayes to finish it off. The repeal of the abortion ban did not include an emergency […]
WARNING: this story contains distressing details. Ten people were involved in confining, torturing and murdering Tiki Laverdiere in the spring of 2019 in a violent bid to get information on the killing of an Edmonton man, according to court documents. Laverdiere was a close friend of Tristen Cook-Buckle, who was killed in Edmonton on April […]
Although Colin Jost is no stranger to solo stand-up comedy, most of America recognizes him best as part of a duo. He’s famous for being the straight-edged “Weekend Update” co-anchor on Saturday Night Live, working alongside the much raunchier, more dangerous Michael Che. How would Jost fare on his own? The answer, it turns out, […]
A man convicted in the rape and death of a Massachusetts high school teacher more than a decade ago when he was a teenager pleaded guilty Friday to charges in connection with a separate “horrific and terrifying” assault case involving a Department of Youth Services worker. Philip Chism, now 25, was just 14 years of […]
The heinous beating death of trans woman Andrea Doria Dos Passos sparked concern among the LGBTQ+ community and allies. Local leaders are calling for authorities to deem the “senseless” violence a hate crime — but officials contend more investigating needs to be done. What’s considered a hate crime is now at the forefront of debate […]
Donald Trump’s continued posting of attacks on witnesses in his criminal trial is one piece of evidence that suggests he’s “angling” for jail time, prosecutors said Tuesday at a contempt hearing in Manhattan where the former president’s attorney was told that he was losing all credibility with the court after trying to defend his client’s […]
Note: This story contains a graphic description of violence. A Jackson County Circuit Court judge ordered that the criminal case against a Kansas City woman charged in the gruesome killing of her 6-year-old son in 2022 resume after she was found to be mentally fit to proceed. Tasha Haefs, 37, faces first-degree murder and armed […]
“The Daily Show” guest host Dulcé Sloan on Thursday tore into Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) amid the far-right lawmaker’s bid to oust Mike Johnson (R-La.) as House speaker over his push for aid to Ukraine. Greene has “the strongest Karen energy I have ever seen,” Sloan cracked after airing a montage of her attacks […]