A 24-year-old Guatemalan woman has died after a 30-foot fall from a border fence in California, authorities said Friday. The woman was climbing a secondary fence at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego on March 21 and became stuck before she began yelling for help, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a statement. U.S. Border …
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3 Pennsylvania men have convictions overturned after decades behind bars in woman's 1997 killing
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge has overturned the convictions of three men imprisoned for decades in the 1997 slaying of a 70-year-old woman even though their DNA never matched that found at the scene, but they will remain in prison while a prosecutor decides whether to appeal. The Delaware County judge on Thursday ordered new trials for Derrick Chappell …
Read More »MSNBC, NBC leaders were caught flat-footed, out of touch with staff on Ronna McDaniel fiasco: Insider
MSNBC President Rashida Jones and NBCUniversial News Group Chairman Cesar Conde came out looking like they didn’t understand their own staffers after this week’s Ronna McDaniel debacle, a network insider tells . Exactly one week after proudly announcing the hiring of McDaniel, the former chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, as a paid analyst, NBC is still reeling after an …
Read More »Beijing sends investigators to Pakistan to probe bombing that killed 5 Chinese nationals
A team of Chinese investigators arrived in Pakistan on Friday to join a probe into a suicide attack that killed five of its nationals earlier this week, officials said, as Pakistan continued its own investigations into the attack. The slain Chinese engineers and workers were heading on Tuesday to the Dasu Dam, the biggest hydropower project in northwest Pakistan, when …
Read More »Seattle-area officials want 'no locks, no cells' for juvenile offenders amid rise in teen crime
Seattle-area leaders are eyeing a 2028 deadline for closing their youth detention center, despite a rise in youth crime. “We know detention is causing harm, we know detention is expensive,” said Celia Jackson, director of criminal legal system transformation at the King County Executive’s Office, KING 5 reported. “It is always the right time to do the right thing.” Protesters …
Read More »Jesse Watters: For two decades Diddy thought he was untouchable, now his world's crumbling
Fox News host Jesse Watters discusses the latest developments into the investigation of Rapper Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs. JESSE WATTERS: We found Diddy, the disgraced billionaire hip hop mogul and Democratic Party community organizer, was spotted for the first time since having his homes raided in a major sex trafficking investigation similar to Jeffrey Epstein’s. They say he was seen swinging …
Read More »In Jerusalem, Palestinian Christians observe scaled-down Good Friday rituals
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Christians participated in a customary Good Friday procession through the limestone walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, commemorating one of the faith’s most sacred days with noticeably thinner crowds amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The day’s processions, which normally draw thousands of foreign visitors, were unusually local. Most observers were Palestinian Christians, joined by some foreigners …
Read More »Most Americans support House plan to ban TikTok if it isn't sold, poll finds
A slim majority of Americans are in favor of a House bill that would ban TikTok if the platform is not sold to a company without ties to the Chinese Communist Party, according to a Wednesday poll. The poll from Quinnipiac University found that 51% of Americans support the legislation, compared to 41% who support an outright national ban. A …
Read More »How the Dream Chaser spaceplane plans to shake up space travel in the future
Imagine, just for a second, stepping into a world where space travel isn’t just for astronauts, but for everyone, including you. Now, picture the Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane and its Shooting Star cargo module, all lit up in soft blue lights at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. This isn’t just some cool tech on display; it’s …
Read More »Anti-squatting 'professional' celebrates Florida ban, as other state laws frustrate homeowners
The practice of squatting — or living in a home against the wishes of homeowners, often being protected by Byzantine civil statutes — is becoming a trend in the U.S. However, upon the passage of a bipartisan state law in Florida that effectively bans the ability for unwanted house guests to stay as long as they want, a self-described anti-squatting …
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