Niger’s junta authorized troops from neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso to come to its defense and asked the French ambassador to leave the country Friday, raising the stakes in a standoff with other West African nations who are threatening force to reinstate Niger’s democratically elected president. The junta leader, Brig. […]

Frustrated former residents of New Hampshire’s only youth detention center are pushing for a federal investigation into allegations of decades of abuse. The Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester, previously called the Youth Development Center, has been under criminal investigation by the state since 2019. Ten former workers and an […]

Media outlets and liberal journalists had strong reactions to seeing former President Donald Trump’s mugshot Thursday night, with some proclaiming the image is a “sinister apparition,” a “threat,” and a sign that has galvanized his supporters even more. Others chose to mock Trump over the picture, asking if he had […]

President Biden on Friday quipped that former President Donald Trump was a “handsome guy” after his former 2020 rival and potential 2024 foe had his mugshot taken a day after turning himself in to an Atlanta jail. Biden, who is at Lake Tahoe on his second vacation in a month, […]

Indianapolis Colts rookie quarterback Anthony Richardson may have ruffled some feathers on Thursday night after he celebrated his teammate Deon Jackson’s rushing touchdown early in the first quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles. Jackson scored from three yards out. Richardson was seen in the end zone flapping his hands like an […]

Sheriff’s deputies in Arizona rescued a kidnapped woman after she handed a desperate note for help to a gas station customer. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release that the unnamed woman passed a note to a customer at a Chevron gas station Tuesday at 5 p.m. […]

A public school in Texas initially barred a mother from entering after she refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Amber Longacre said she was attempting to enroll her child into Kitty Hawk Middle School, part of the Judson Independent School District, when she was given an iPad with an NDA to […]

A beloved Las Vegas neighborhood peacock was killed with a hunter’s bow and arrow, and authorities are trying to find who was behind it. Animal Protection Services officers are investigating the death of Pete the peacock, a pet that belonged to a resident in a gated neighborhood, KVVU-TV reported Thursday. […]

A northeastern Indiana woman convicted of killing her 5-year-old son has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A Jay County judge sentenced Chelsea Lanett Crossland, 28, on Thursday after accepting the jury’s recommendation that Crossland face life in prison without parole for Christian Crossland’s March […]

Spanish soccer player Jenni Hermoso spoke out Friday amid the fallout from soccer federation president Luis Rubiales’ onstage kiss.  In a recent speech, Rubiales said Hermoso “lifted me up” in a celebratory gesture, and he asked her for “a little kiss?” and she “said yes.” But Hermoso issued a statement […]