Newport News: Condition of teacher shot by child improving
“We need the community’s support, continued support, to make sure that guns are not available to youth and I’m sounding like a broken record today, because I continue to reiterate…
Ana Montes: Top spy freed in US after more than 20 years
However, unlike other high-profile spies caught during the cold war, Montes was motivated by ideology, not personal gain. She agreed to work for Cuban intelligence in part based on her…
Hamlin thanks fans for ‘overwhelming love’
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has thanked fans for their “overwhelming” love when he posted on social media for the first time since suffering cardiac arrest in a NFL game…
Fan outrage at Susan Meachen, the romance novelist accused of faking her death
The BBC asked Ms Meachen for comment in a message sent to her account. At the time of publication, the account had not responded. Ms Meachen’s former editor, Kasey Hill,…
Flight PS752: Families of victims met with harassment from Iran
Iran has been accused of harassing dissidents in other countries abroad, including the US and the UK. Last November, Met Police guarded the offices of Iran International, an independent Farsi-language…
A Lecturer Showed a Painting of the Prophet Muhammad. She Lost Her Job.
Ms. Wedatalla declined an interview request, and did not explain why she had not raised concerns before the image was shown. But in an email statement, she said images of…
‘I Don’t Get Lost Anymore’: Migrants in New York Struggle, and Settle In
The wave of migrants who began arriving in New York from the southern border last year was unusual in many respects. Unlike most immigrants who make their way to the…
In Speaker Fight’s Final Hours, Arm-Twisting, Flaring Tempers and Calls From Trump
WASHINGTON — Confident that he was about to win the speaker’s gavel after a torturous four-day stretch of defeats, Representative Kevin McCarthy of California sat grinning late Friday night in…
From Gingrich to McCarthy, the Roots of Governance by Chaos
It was Mr. Gingrich, after all, who as a congressional candidate in 1978 told an audience, “One of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we…
Ukrainians Celebrate Orthodox Christmas at a Holy Site Long Linked to Moscow
The mass marked a deeply symbolic moment as the head of the church that is loyal to Kyiv delivered a sermon after months of tension with the Moscow-led branch.