A woman known for 37 years only as Horseshoe Harriet, one of dozen or so victims of a notorious Alaska serial killer, has been identified through genetic genealogy and a DNA match, authorities said Friday. The victim was identified Friday as Robin Pelkey, who was 19 when she was killed …
Read More »Jill Biden on getting teachers and educators the pay they deserve: “It starts at the top”
First lady Dr. Jill Biden hosted the 2020 and 2021 teachers of the year awards at the White House on Monday. President Joe Biden made a surprise appearance at the event which was held in person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. Mrs. Biden, who is a teacher …
Read More »House approves temporary debt ceiling extension
Washington — The House on Tuesday approved a short-term extension of the debt ceiling, which would temporarily avert a fiscal crisis but tees up a second showdown over the federal government’s borrowing limit in the coming weeks. The resolution passed along party lines, 219-206, with no Republicans voting for it. …
Read More »Donald Trump falls off Forbes list of richest 400 Americans
Former President Donald Trump has fallen off the Forbes 400, the annual list of America’s richest people, according to the financial magazine. It’s the first time in 25 years that Trump hasn’t been included on the list. The former president’s wealth stands at an estimated $2.5 billion, or about $400 …
Read More »Nurse assistant shot and killed in Philadelphia hospital, allegedly by heavily armed fellow nursing assistant wearing scrubs
Philadelphia — A nurse assistant was shot and killed inside Jefferson Hospital in Center City early Monday morning, CBS Philly reports. Police say the suspect, a 55-year-old heavily armed man wearing scrubs, shot the 42-year-old male nurse assistant on the hospital’s 9th floor just after midnight. The suspect also worked …
Read More »U.S. debt default could wipe out 6 million jobs and $15 trillion in wealth, Moody’s says
The U.S. economy could plunge into another recession this fall if Congress fails to lift the debt ceiling and the nation is unable to pay its obligations, according to an analysis by Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi. The fallout would wipe out as many as 6 million jobs and …
Read More »In Durham probe, grand jury indicts Michael Sussmann, attorney with ties to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign
A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., has handed up an indictment of attorney Michael Sussmann for making a false statement to the FBI, as the bureau investigated the existence of an alleged secret communication channel between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank. The indictment says that Sussmann, who …
Read More »Notebook tied to associate of 9/11 hijackers said to contain plane drawing, flight calculations
Two decades after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a new two-page declaration has become part of both the ongoing litigation by the families of 9/11 victims against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and their effort to declassify the underlying FBI records that may show any possible Saudi government officials’ assistance to …
Read More »Federal appeals court refuses to block resumption of Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy
New Orleans — A federal appellate court refused late Thursday to delay implementation of a judge’s order reinstating a Trump administration policy forcing thousands to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. President Joe Biden had suspended former President Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy on his first …
Read More »Judge rules Dominion defamation case against Trump allies can proceed
Washington — A federal judge cleared the way Wednesday for a defamation case by Dominion Voting Systems to proceed against Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani and Mike Lindell, allies of former President Donald Trump who had all falsely accused the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election. U.S. District Judge Carl …
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