A Pennsylvania judge put Luigi Mangione’s case on hold Thursday, citing his custody on federal and state charges in New York and his refusal to appear remotely. Federal officials have not allowed his transfer for hearings, meaning the Pennsylvania matter may not proceed until proceedings in New York conclude. The...
Senators blocked a House-approved bill to fund the U.S. military during the shutdown, voting 50-44—short of the 60 needed under filibuster rules. Three Democrats joined most Republicans in support, while Senate Majority Leader John Thune voted no tactically to keep the effort alive, hours after a broader funding bill also...
The Energy Department finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee for AEP Transmission to replace nearly 5,000 miles of power lines in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma and West Virginia, boosting reliability and capacity for largely fossil fuel-run energy as data centers and AI drive demand. The first award under the Energy...
Japan has recorded a record high in bear-related deaths since tracking began in 2006: seven people have died since April and about 100 have been injured, mostly in the northeast and Hokkaido, the environment ministry said. Investigators in Iwate found human blood and bear fur after a 60-year-old man vanished...
ICE arrested Hanover Park police officer Radule Bojovic, from Montenegro, on Thursday, accusing him of living in the U.S. unlawfully after overstaying a tourist visa that expired in 2015. DHS said Bojovic was encountered during a targeted enforcement action in Illinois. The Hanover Park Police Department had recently celebrated his...
Indiana University fired student media director Jim Rodenbush on Tuesday, hours before instructing the Indiana Daily Student to halt print publication. The university says it is shifting resources to digital to address a longstanding deficit, insisting IDS retains full editorial control. A termination letter cited Rodenbush's "lack of leadership" and...
Democratic-led states won a reprieve as U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney temporarily barred the Trump administration from withholding billions in SNAP administrative funds from states refusing to turn over recipients’ personal data. USDA says the unprecedented demand—names, addresses, Social Security numbers and more—aims to fight fraud; most Republican-led states...
Two bright green comets—Lemmon and SWAN—are gracing Northern Hemisphere evenings, with Lemmon nearing Earth around Tuesday and SWAN’s flyby on Monday as it fades while heading away from the sun. Experts call the dual display rare but not unprecedented. Look just after sunset: Lemmon low in the north, SWAN low...
A one-game swing tightened the race: Chris went 10-5 thanks to taking the Bears, trimming the gap to one; season tally 60-32-1 vs. 59-33-1. Against the spread: 51-42 vs. 47-46 after 7-8 and 8-7 weeks. This slate features only one disagreement, with Simms taking Washington over Dallas while Florio sides...
A looming government shutdown is putting SNAP—food assistance for roughly 41.7 million people—at risk for November, with the USDA warning states not to submit files needed to load EBT cards. Benefits are assured through October, but officials and advocates say the outlook is worsening. Minnesota has halted new applications and...
