Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville refuses to release his hold on military nominations due to his opposition to the Pentagon’s abortion policy — which covers some expenses for Department of Defense (DoD) personnel — leaving hundreds of key leadership positions unfilled. “I warned the Pentagon that I would hold their […]

Sean O’Malley got to the top of the UFC mountain last weekend when he knocked off Aljamain Sterling for the bantamweight title and picked up his first-ever championship since joining the company. This week, however, it was O’Malley’s comments about his relationship with his wife Daya Gonzalez that were making […]

A Missouri death row inmate is suing Gov. Mike Parson over the governor’s decision to dissolve a board of inquiry that was convened to investigate the man’s innocence claim. The lawsuit on behalf of Marcellus Williams asks a state judge to invalidate Parson’s June order that did away with the […]

Journalist Talal Salman, who founded one of Lebanon’s largest Arabic-language independent newspapers, died Friday after a long illness, the state-run National News Agency said. He was 85. An Arab nationalist whose role model was late Egyptian President Gamal Abdul-Nasser, Salman devoted much of his writing to the Palestinian cause and […]

Homer Lee Jackson III killed four sex trafficking victims between 1983 and 1993, eluded capture until 2015 and then walked free in a plea deal in 2022 following a court battle over a controversial confession. Now he’s dead, discovered in his own home by his sister after succumbing to an […]

A panel of independent advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will meet next month to make recommendations on updated COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the fall season, according to a U.S. government website on Friday. The CDC’s immunization panel is scheduled to vote on the vaccines at […]

Central bank efforts to slow inflation, by raising borrowing costs and cooling demand for goods and services, may also undermine investments in innovative technologies that could make the economy stronger in the long-run, according to research presented on Friday at a Federal Reserve economic symposium. Yueran Ma, an economist at […]

Nikki Haley called out ABC host George Stephanopoulos on Friday after the two clashed over Joe Biden’s ability to finish his White House term, saying “everyone in America can see” the president was in “decline.” “Sorry @GStephanopoulos, everyone in America can see Joe Biden’s decline and have concerns about his […]

John Stamos showed off “the other side” of 60 by sharing a nude photo to Instagram.  The former “Full House” star’s wife, Caitlin McHugh Stamos, snapped a photo of Stamos looking over his shoulder in an outdoor shower. “The other side of 60,” Stamos captioned the picture, which was strategically cropped […]

Nearly two weeks after President Biden faced criticism for telling reporters during a Delaware beach getaway that he had “no comment” on the rising death toll in Hawaii from severe wildfires, the White House has claimed the president didn’t hear the question. In a statement to The New York Times, […]