The driver charged with leaving the scene after fatally striking a 4-year-old Boston boy was held on $15,000 bail at his arraignment Tuesday. Olguens Joseph, 30, pleaded not guilty to charges including motor vehicle homicide and leaving the scene of personal injury or death during a hearing in West Roxbury […]

Author Sebastian Barry, who has received four previous nominations for the Booker Prize and twice been shortlisted for it, was one of four Irish writers Tuesday to make the long list of semifinalists for the prestigious award. Barry is up this year for his novel “Old God’s Time,” about a […]

Columbia Law School has reportedly backtracked from a recently implemented policy requiring applicants to submit video statements as part of the admissions process, after facing scrutiny. The law school added a new video requirement for all applicants to record a 90-second video statement to give the admissions committee greater “insight” […]

Sofia Vergara is crossing her t’s and dotting her i’s when it comes to her divorce from Joe Manganiello. Vergara has responded to her estranged husband’s July 19 divorce filing. The actress requested the court uphold the couple’s premarital agreement in documents filed July 26, and obtained by Fox News […]

It’s a Houston reunion: Justin Verlander is back with the Astros just before the MLB trade deadline, according to multiple reports.  The Mets already unloaded Max Scherzer to the Texas Rangers, as their 2023 season has not been going according to plan.  Now, it’s Verlander heading to Texas, but to […]

Financier George Soros is almost single-handedly bankrolling a mysterious Texas entity working to build up progressive infrastructure across the Lone Star State in attempts to elect more Democrats, records reviewed by Fox News Digital show.  According to Federal Election Commission filings released Monday, George Soros’s Democracy PAC II has provided $750,000 to […]

A group of religious activists disrupted a prayer session at a Catholic monastery in Haifa, Israel, last week, claiming the historic site is holding the bones of a biblical prophet.  Israeli protesters entered the outer courtyard of Stella Maris Monastery, scaring worshipers as they were participating in group prayer, according […]

Burma’s military-led government reduced the prison sentences of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a clemency connected to a religious holiday in the Buddhist-majority country, state media said Tuesday. Former President Win Myint also had his sentence reduced as part of the clemency granted to more than 7,000 prisoners. […]

Ukrainian soldiers admitted that recent efforts to advance the counteroffensive have met more difficult Russian opposition than they had expected as they continue to push toward enemy territory.  “Our mission was planned to take two days. But we couldn’t drive in during the darkness at the right time, for a […]

A Hong Kong government official vowed Tuesday to mull legal changes and set up protocols to better protect whales after the discovery of a carcass sparked anger on social media and speculation that sightseers had contributed to the animal’s death. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan said it was […]