A businessman who orchestrated a $180 million check-kiting scheme and used the proceeds to live a lavish lifestyle and amass one of the world’s most revered classic car collections has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison. Najeeb Khan, 70, of Edwardsburg, Michigan, told a federal judge Thursday […]

The leader of Burma’s army-installed government said the military will carry out counterattacks against a powerful alliance of ethnic armed groups that has seized towns near the Chinese border in the country’s northeastern and northern regions, state-run media reported Friday. The Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper quoted Senior Gen. […]

“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling sounded off on a new policy out of Southern Australian courts that endorses the use of preferred gender pronouns in the courtroom as a “matter of respect” to ensure “public confidence in the proper administration of justice.”  Rowling blasted the move, saying hypothetically on X: […]

A former Pennsylvania nurse, arrested in May for the murder of two patients, has confessed to trying to kill more than a dozen other people, according to authorities.  Heather Pressdee, 41, of Natrona Heights, allegedly admitted to trying to end the lives of 19 additional patients with toxic doses of […]

A rocket launched from Gaza exploded near a kindergarten building in southern Israel, just feet from a crowd of journalists covering the Israel-Hamas conflict. The attack was witnessed by Fox News foreign correspondent Trey Yingst, who estimated that he was within 100 feet of the blast. “It appears there has […]

As the conflict between Israel and Hamas approaches the end of its fourth week, support for Palestinians has been seen across the world. Marches and rallies have been held in support of Palestine, with calls for a ceasefire, as Israel has continued to respond after the October 7 attacks that […]

A former Missouri police officer pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights charge and could face up to 10 years in prison after prosecutors said he kicked a man in the head while the man was being held at gunpoint by another officer. Former Woodson Terrace Police Officer David Maas, […]

Two men were shot to death while visiting a graveyard during Mexico’s Day of the Dead holiday, prosecutors said Friday. The two men were killed, and a third person wounded, in a shooting Thursday at a cemetery in the Mexico City suburb of Naucalpan. Mexicans traditionally visit the tombs of […]

A gas explosion collapsed part of a brick multifamily building north of New York City, trapping victims in the rubble and injuring 10 people, according to officials. There were no fatalities in the Thursday afternoon explosion and fire, which sent thick smoke billowing in the air about 50 miles north […]

Police in central Pennsylvania released photos and videos on Friday of two suspects in a string of incidents over the past month where rocks have been thrown at vehicles from an interstate overpass, saying they want the public’s help identifying them. METAL DEBRIS BREAKS THROUGH WINDSHIELD ON MAINE TURNPIKE, STRIKING […]