An 11-year-old Florida girl was arrested Wednesday after sending a prank 911 text that said an armed man had kidnapped her friend, later claiming it was part of a YouTube challenge that she thought “would be funny,” authorities said. The incident began at 9:45 a.m., when the girl texted 911 […]

An adviser to the presidential campaign of former President Donald Trump took shots at challenger Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday.  “Ron DeSantis needs to look in the mirror and recognize that at his current trajectory, it’s not just 2024 that is dead for him, but 2028 as well,” Jason […]

The Supreme Court struck down a lower court ruling from earlier this month that blocked construction of the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) from proceeding. In a short, unsigned order issued Thursday morning, the Supreme Court vacated the July 10 stay orders from the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, […]

A video captured the moment two climate protesters defaced a portrait of King Charles III at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland, before gluing their hands to the floor.  The footage emerged as the group they are involved with, called “This is Rigged,” released a statement saying it […]

Aides inside Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2024 campaign traded barbs this week with Rep. Byron Donalds, the state’s only Black Republican in Congress, over Florida’s new educational standards for African American history. The battle began when Donalds criticized a part of the curriculum that teaches Florida students that some slaves […]

The University of Chicago’s 2023-2024 course catalog includes a religious studies course on “Queering God,” applying LGBTQ+ ideology to different religions and examining the ways gender is being reimagined in theology. “Can God be an ally in queer worldmaking? Is God queer? What does queerness have to do with Judaism, […]

Ukraine has initiated a significant push against Russian forces, hoping to dislodge them from the country’s southeast disputed territories as part of a major counteroffensive started in June.  Russian President Vladimir Putin during a summit in St. Petersburg acknowledged intensified action in the region as he praised the “heroism” of […]

Eleven people were rescued after an airboat capsized off the Outer Banks on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. A Dare County, North Carolina, dispatcher alerted Coast Guard Sector North Carolina around 10:15 a.m. that the 20-foot air-propeller-powered boat capsized about half of a mile west of Oregon Inlet, […]

Gospel singer Tori Kelly is speaking out for the first time after being hospitalized over the weekend. Kelly, who is reportedly suffering from blood clots around her vital organs that were discovered after she collapsed on Sunday, told her fans in an Instagram post that she is “feeling stronger now […]

An Arizona mother who pleaded guilty to murder and child abuse is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in the death of her 6-year-old son who was kept in a closet and denied food at their Flagstaff apartment. Elizabeth Archibeque faces a maximum penalty of up to life in prison without […]