Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, who is considered a top prospect to serve as former President Donald Trump’s running mate on the 2024 Republican presidential ticket, is planning an early August wedding to fiancée Mindy Noce. The wedding would take place during a relatively quiet period on the presidential campaign trail, following the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee (July …

A U.N. humanitarian official appealed Friday for more than $4 billion in life-saving aid for more than 10 million Syrians, saying that the country’s largely forgotten crisis remains “one of the most deadly to civilians in the world.” Adam Abdelmoula, resident coordinator in Syria for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, made the appeal days after Syria …

A reporter who witnessed a migrant stampede at the Texas border said the situation escalated into “absolute chaos … in a matter of seconds” as adult males charged past National Guard troops. Jennie Taer, a New York Post reporter, recounted what unfolded in El Paso on Thursday, explaining how hundreds of migrants were able to breach the border area and …

A Cyprus government proposal to enable repatriations of Syrian refugees by designating specific areas within the country as safe zones is “gaining ground” among the island nation’s fellow European Union member states, the Cypriot interior minister said Friday. Minister Constantinos Ioannou said after talks with European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas that it’s the “conviction of several states that the …

The movie “Cabrini,” now in theaters, is getting a lot of positive reviews for its cinematography, acting and storytelling. But some of the most piercing criticisms of the film have come from the faith media. The Catholic Exchange asked whether “Cabrini” is a “feminist Social Justice Warrior or [a] Catholic Saint?” An EWTN critique said the movie is “gutted of …

Russia attacked electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country’s largest hydroelectric plant, causing widespread outages and killing at least three people, officials said Friday. Energy Minister German Galushchenko said the nighttime drone and rocket attacks were “the largest attack on the Ukrainian energy sector in recent times. The goal is not just to damage, but to try …

Nashville, Tennessee, police said on Friday they found the body of Riley Strain, a University of Missouri senior who went missing on March 8 after going out downtown. Authorities said Strain’s body was recovered from the Cumberland River in West Nashville on Friday morning, about 8 miles from downtown. Police said on X that no foul play-related trauma was observed, …

A cat who was rescued from a rough living situation is looking for her forever home. Meet Pumpkin, a three-year-old cat named after the autumn season during which she was rescued. Pumpkin was brought to the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons in the fall of 2023 after she and 13 other felines were found in a hoarding home in …

A lifelong Texan near the southern border condemned the federal government for repeatedly failing to enforce border security and for fighting a Texas law she believes would deter the illegal migrant surge that has left her scared in her own home. “They’re spineless,” Shelly Means told Fox News. “We’re a joke to other countries. The United States is the laughingstock.” …

A federal judge on Thursday finished handing down prison terms of about 10 to 40 years to six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to breaking into a home without a warrant and torturing two Black men in an hourslong attack that included beatings, repeated uses of stun guns and assaults with a sex toy before one …