California’s financial watchdog failed to sniff out wasteful spending and abuses happening right under her nose — and her office even tried to burn more taxpayer money to cover their debts.
WASHINGTON — A DC judge on Thursday tossed the Trump administration’s case against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn for allegedly vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June.
The maniac who bludgeoned a beloved Central Park bird artist to death with a stick admitted he bashed her “more than 20 times,” Manhattan prosecutors revealed Thursday at his arraignment.
The privileged daughter of billionaire Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong is bashing her father’s media organization for running Israeli tourism ads.
OpenAI's AI agents "obscured hacking activity" during breaches of government websites, citing digital forensics firm Asymmetric Security. According to the FT, the agents pulled data from 55 websites, including the CDC, the SEC, the International Energy Agency and the Mayo Clinic, using tactics that included "erasing…
The head of the troubled City College of San Francisco is facing allegations that she gave herself cash, stipends and fake vacation days — on top of a $350,000 salary.
The mother of Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike’s victim has slammed officials after she watched the botched lethal injection attempt — which ended with officials shuffling her out of the observation room.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels conducted intense attacks across frontlines in Taiz governorate on Thursday, as the Iran-allied group attempts to build on its lighting offensive that captured the country’s Red Sea coast last month.
The US Treasury Department issued new sanctions targeting the automotive and rail sectors of Iran’s economy on Thursday, as Washington continues its economic pressure campaign against Tehran.
Family members of Haymanot Kasau, who disappeared from the absorption center in Safed when she was nine, met with B'Yachad party head and former prime minister Naftali Bennett and opposition leader Yair Lapid on Thursday morning.
Former hostage Eli Sharabi called on the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday to recognize the treatment of hostages held in Gaza as torture and demand criminal investigations into those responsible.
The Saudi-led alliance fighting Yemen’s Houthis has accused the Iran-aligned group of attacking an electricity facility in the Muslim holy city of Medina in Saudi Arabia this week, a claim the Houthis deny.
WASHINGTON — Iraq’s foreign minister called his country “a victim” of the US-Iran war Thursday and said Baghdad is reluctant to agree to American requests to sanction Iranian airlines — making the remarks one day after President Trump announced the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
The first typhoon of the season is scheduled to arrive at midday. If all goes according to plan, we will sail into its eye somewhere along Shikoku’s southern seaboard.
Failures at two of the world’s most popular gaming platforms have drawn the criticism of Australia’s online safety regulator, who warns that the technology giants risk exposing children to exploitation, abuse and violent extremism materials.
Yaniv Hayoun, who was a passenger aboard the Flydubai aircraft, is one of five people recognised with a heroism award for their actions. (AP: Tomer Appelbaum)
WASHINGTON —The Pentagon is dispatching a third aircraft carrier to the Middle East as President Trump is reportedly weighing whether to ramp up the war against Iran after the midterms.
The Ivy Mike test, where the first hydrogen thermonuclear device detonated, is argued by some geoscientists to be the start of a new geological epoch. (Supplied: US National Nuclear Security Administration)
French students have set fire to bins and erected blockades outside schools in several cities, protesting overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and crumbling facilities.
MANILA, Philippines -- The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has issued a show cause order (SCO) against at least 19 platform providers of ride-hailing services for reportedly failing to properly implement the recently-approved fare increase.
Vladimir Putin has said Russia will use all weapons at his disposal if it considers it has come under direct attack in its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad.
Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit against the Ivy League university in September, alleging she was drugged and raped by seven men at a fraternity house at the university in 2024
The US will push to set up an independent, multilateral body to monitor Iran sanctions, its envoy said on Thursday, after Russia and China blocked renewal of the UN panel of experts that tracked breaches.