President Donald Trump said Friday he has commuted George Santos' prison sentence, ordering the disgraced former Republican congressman released immediately. Santos, 37, was serving an 87-month term after pleading guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft; he began his sentence in late July and was expelled from Congress in...
Newly released air traffic control audio captures the crew of a Mexican-registered Hawker 800XP repeating “stall recovery” as their jet spiraled toward woods near Lansing, Michigan, killing two pilots and a maintenance representative Thursday. A Cleveland Center controller called seven times with no reply while bystanders filmed the aircraft corkscrewing...
At a fractious London session, the International Maritime Organization postponed for a year a proposed tax on shipping pollution after Saudi Arabia, backed by Russia, pressed for a pause amid a U.S. pressure campaign personally led by President Donald Trump. The narrow adjournment freezes plans to push the sector—about 3...
The remnant of Typhoon Halong battered Alaska’s southwest coast late Oct. 11, unleashing hurricane-force winds and record flooding across Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta villages. More than a thousand people are displaced; one woman was found dead and two relatives remain missing. Kipnuk and Kwigillingok suffered the worst damage and are largely evacuated...
The FAA has cleared Boeing to raise 737 Max production to 42 jets a month, easing a cap imposed after a 737 Max 9’s door plug blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight in January 2024. Regulators said they will keep close oversight as Boeing and suppliers scale up. CEO...
At the White House, Donald Trump used an expletive to warn Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, claiming the leader had offered “everything” — including natural resources — to ease tensions. Speaking alongside Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump confirmed a sixth US strike on a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean, saying “we attacked...
Seven fully preserved skeletons discovered in 2011 in a repurposed water well at the Roman city of Mursa, Croatia, have been identified as 1,700-year-old soldiers, researchers report. The taller-than-average men—four aged 18–25 and three 36–50—were robust yet showed early-life stress. Thrown in soon after death, several bore weapon wounds and...
A federal judge in New York ruled Friday that Pedro Hernandez, convicted in 2017 of abducting and murdering six-year-old Etan Patz, must be retried by June 1, 2026 or released. Judge Colleen McMahon, calling the case a nearly half-century saga, set the deadline amid an appeals court finding that Hernandez...
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to permit National Guard deployment in the Chicago area, after lower courts blocked using troops from Illinois and Texas to aid immigration enforcement. U.S. District Judge April Perry said there is no substantial evidence of a 'danger of rebellion', but Solicitor General D....
Scott Derrickson returns to helm Black Phone 2 after Joe Hill’s email — “The Grabber calls Finn from hell” — unlocked the sequel. Waiting until his young leads aged into high school, he set the story in 1982, four years later. Finn wrestles with notoriety and numbness, while Gwen, outed...
