A federal judge has ordered that Hunter Biden appear in court for his arraignment on federal gun charges despite his requests to have his first hearing to take place virtually.  President Biden’s son was charged by Special Counsel David Weiss with making a false statement in the purchase of a […]

flash The following column was first published on the author’s website Res Ispa Loquitur When I teach torts at George Washington University Law School, we discuss the “no duty to rescue” doctrine. Under the common law, you are not legally required to assist a person in peril if you had […]

The White House blasted the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee for holding an hours-long “circus of a hearing full of lies and disinformation” featuring testimony from Attorney General Merrick Garland, saying it is part of a “not-so-sophisticated distraction campaign.” Garland testified before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday as part of the […]

A Michigan woman found herself in a stinky situation after she got stuck in a nasty outhouse toilet after voluntarily dropping inside it to retrieve her lost Apple Watch.  At 11 a.m. Tuesday first responders were called to an outhouse toilet at the Dixon Lake boat launch in Treetops Village, […]

Joseph Bankman, the father of troubled former crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried, allegedly held an advisory role at a top Democratic dark money network, an arrangement a watchdog says “deserves serious scrutiny.” The allegation appeared in a lawsuit Bankman-Fried’s former company, FTX, filed against his parents Monday after they allegedly “exploited their […]

The pilot of a small crop-dusting plane has died after crashing into an east-central North Dakota cornfield, authorities said. The crash happened around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday south of New Rockford, according to the North Dakota State Highway Patrol. ALL CHARGES DISMISSED IN CASE OF ND WOMAN ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTED MOTORCYCLIST […]

Talking with dogs, decoding whale sounds and interpreting bird calls could all be possible in the coming years as artificial intelligence applications learn to translate different creatures’ communications, animal researchers said. Scientists have started using AI tools to analyze vast quantities of data on various species’ communications, ranging from sounds, […]

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi expressed no regrets about how his government handled widespread protests in the country last year, even as reports of mass arrests being made in the country as the anniversary of the protests in response to the death of Mahsa Amini approaches. “Those who carried out terror, […]

High school band director Johnny Mims is calling on his students to forgive police officers and not “hold a grudge” against them after he was tasered at a high school football game. “My biggest prayer is, first of all, that these students will not hold a grudge. That they would […]

An Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper fatally shot the driver of a semi truck during a traffic stop Wednesday morning on Interstate 44, the patrol said. The trooper shot the man near a toll booth east of Stroud, about 55 miles east of Oklahoma City and about halfway between Oklahoma City […]