Washington Post Publisher Says He Aided Hack Inquiry. Scotland Yard Had Doubts.
Will Lewis, now the publisher of the Washington Post, was in full crisis mode in 2011. Then an executive at a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, he was an…
Maryland couple ‘walked for hours’ before dying in Hajj heat
A US couple who died during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia were walking for over two hours in scorching temperatures before they succumbed to heat stroke, their daughter has…
US Supreme Court to hear major Tennessee transgender case
The US Supreme Court has agreed to review a lawsuit challenging a Tennessee law banning hormone therapy and puberty blockers for children under 18. It marks the first time the…
Florida family seeks damages from Nasa after space debris hits home
A Florida family whose home was hit by space debris earlier this year is seeking compensation from US space agency Nasa for property damage and mental anguish. The 1.6lb (0.7kg)…
Washington Frets As Chinese Company Cosco Wraps Up Construction of South America’s Largest Deep Sea Port | naked capitalism
“Due to its potential size and volume of operations, Peru’s Chancay mega-port is destined to become a nerve centre of international trade.” And it will be exclusively controlled by Cosco. …
Assange Agrees to Plead Guilty in Exchange for Release, Ending Standoff With U.S.
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, agreed to plead guilty on Monday to a single felony count of illegally obtaining and disclosing national security material in exchange for his release…
Rapper Julio Foolio shot dead in Florida, lawyer says
Florida rapper Julio Foolio has been killed in a shooting in Tampa, his lawyer says. Police said four people were hit with gunfire in a hotel car park early on…
Drawn-Out Heat Wave Expected to Finally Let Up in Many Parts of the U.S.
The unusually early heat wave that shattered temperature records across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic States and Midwest last week is expected to subside by Monday, bringing relief to tens of millions…
Opinion | Lauren Boebert Is Feeling the Heat in Colorado
“Man, I hit a wall,” Lauren Boebert said, sounding ready to pack it in. Hovering near the back of a high school cafeteria in Otis, a tiny speck of a…
Grocery Store Shooting That Killed 4 Leaves an Arkansas Town in Disbelief
Thomas and Sharon Brazil were sitting in their car late Friday morning in front of the only grocery store in Fordyce, Ark., discussing what they wanted to buy to put…