An Appalachian State student was stabbed outside one of the university’s busiest halls, and investigators have charged a fellow student in the attack. It happened just after noon on Thursday, April 11, outside Peacock Hall, home to the Walker College of Business, the Marshall Croom Student Services Center and the dean’s suite. The university is […]
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has made no secret of his public disdain for Rep. Matt Gaetz. But in a recent interview, he went further than ever, appearing to say that Gaetz ended his speakership while trying to prevent an ethics investigation into allegations that the Florida Republican had sexual relations with a 17-year-old, an […]
A lawyer fatally shot his former daughter-in-law, as well as a fellow attorney, during a deposition at a Las Vegas law firm Monday morning, two sources familiar with the investigation said. The shooter opened fire at the Prince Law Group office in Summerlin during a deposition of his son, whom he had been representing, the […]
A federal judge has dismissed most of the defendants in Johnston County school board member Ronald Johnson’s lawsuit over losing his job as a Smithfield Police detective and being indicted on criminal charges. Johnson filed a federal lawsuit in June charging that he was the victim of a conspiracy by multiple groups to remove him […]
Tributes continue to pour in locally and across the country in memory of nine service members, including a Bergen County native, killed during a medevac training mission at a Kentucky military base a year ago. The Fort Campbell Army installation unveiled a memorial dedicated to the fallen soldiers Thursday, a day before the first anniversary […]
A passenger aboard a flight from Australia to New Zealand described fellow passengers being thrown from their seats and hitting the roof when the plane suddenly plunged, before safely landing at Auckland Airport. At least 50 people were injured Monday after the LATAM Airlines plane experienced a “strong shake,” according to the Chilean airline. The […]
Did he trip over his feet? Did he make an indefensible gaffe? No, my fellow Americans, he did not. I admit, the bar was set in a rather bizarre place for President Biden’s State of the Union speech on Thursday. He is, after all, the oldest American president. And though he is only four years […]
A Miami Beach officer has not been suspended for her part in a friendly-fire shooting on the Venetian Causeway over the weekend, police told the Miami Herald. However, an internal affairs investigation is open — and her role in the department has since changed. Shenaqua Stringer, who’s been with the department for eight years and […]
A Co Down novelist has been announced as the new Children’s Writing Fellow for Northern Ireland. Shirley-Anne McMillan will take up the role that was created as part of Queen’s University Belfast and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s (ACNI) joint 10-year Seamus Heaney Legacy Project, supported by the Atlantic Philanthropies. She will be based […]
WASHINGTON — An empowered faction of Donald Trump-aligned Republicans is seeking to redefine dealmaking as an insult by deploying the term “uniparty” to attack colleagues who work with Democrats and strike deals that fall short of what their base wants. The growing use of the word among the GOP’s ascendant culture warriors represents an effort […]
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A college wrestler in Kentucky was killed by a fellow student at a private Christian university over the weekend, authorities said. Josiah Kilman, 18, was pronounced dead at a hospital after police officers were called early Saturday to Campbellsville University in central Kentucky, city police said in a news release. He […]
“He’s already heading this way!” the passenger recalls the woman telling him in a post shared on the subreddit, ‘Entitled People’ ©2022 Susumu Yoshioka/Getty Stock photo of a woman on a plane A Reddit user recounted a shocking request made of him by a fellow passenger. In a post shared on the Entitled People subreddit, […]