The Hudson River snakes through forests and rushes over boulders in the Adirondack Mountains before settling into a wide, slow flow closer to New York City. It stretches 315 miles from source to end. Lewis Pugh is about to finish swimming all of it. The 53-year-old endurance swimmer plans to […]

Former Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill recalled herself and other U.S. Senators “laughing” at then-vice president Joe Biden while questioning why Americans were so down on Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday. McCaskill, now an MSNBC analyst after two terms as a U.S. Senator from Missouri, questioned Washington Post columnist David […]

The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog has found that officials at the besieged southern border often failed to accurately obtain the addresses of tens of thousands of the migrants it released into the United States – finding that at least 177,000 migrants have been released after giving either an […]

Attorney General Merrick Garland will testify next week before the House Judiciary Committee amid allegations that the federal investigation into President Biden’s son has been influenced by politics. The committee, led by Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, announced the hearing, titled “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice,” will take place […]

Apple had its Wonderlust event and highlighted a range of new products and features that will upgrade the way we communicate, work and play. From the new iPhone 15 with four models to more advanced smartwatches, Apple is making a play toward the premium market. Here are some top things […]

A former executive and two operations managers for classified site Backpage.com worked vigorously to keep the platform free of ads for prostitution even as strategies on how to do so constantly shifted, their attorneys said Tuesday at a federal trial in Phoenix. Defense lawyers for Scott Spear, Andrew Padilla and […]

Former prosecutor Andy McCarthy wrote a column this week suggesting New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham should face federal charges under the same statute the Justice Department is using to charge former President Donald Trump over her move to suspend constitutional gun rights in her state In a National Review […]

Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim, who went to prison for corruption and then regained his old job back eight years ago in a remarkable political comeback, has won the Democratic nomination for another term. Ganim, 63, defeated John Gomes, the city’s former chief administrative officer, by a narrow margin Tuesday in […]

Lava fountains spewing from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano were captured on video lighting up the night after the volcano erupted on Sunday for the fifth time in almost four years. The U.S. Geological Survey shared video early Tuesday showing the spurting lava feeding a lake of molten rock in its summit […]

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is facing its second alert so far this semester about an “armed and dangerous” person near campus on Wednesday.  “If you are on or near campus, go inside and avoid windows,” the Town of Chapel Hill wrote on X, formerly Twitter, Wednesday.  […]