Ex-Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax kills wife and himself, police say
FILE – Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, right, and his wife, Cerina, at the inauguration of Gov. Ralph Northam at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Saturday, Sept. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Kevin…
US expands blockade to target Iran-linked ships worldwide
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Thursday, April 16, 2026 in Washington. (AP…
Peter Mandelson failed security vetting but got US ambassador job anyway
Sir Keir Starmer has ordered the Foreign Office to explain how Lord Peter Mandelson was cleared to become UK ambassador (Picture: Reuters) Sir Keir Starmer is under fire after it…
‘Shirtless in a hot tub with Kid Rock’: Democrats in Congress question RFK Jr. priorities
California Democratic Rep. Linda T. Sánchez at a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on April 16, 2026, shows a poster of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy…
With GOP defections, US House passes bill extending legal status for 350,000 Haitians
Massachusetts Democratic U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley speaks at a press conference April 15, 2026, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. From left to right just in back of her…
US House Dems at ag hearing excoriate Trump cuts proposed for farm and food aid
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, speaking at a Future Farmers of America event Aug. 18, 2025, at the Tennessee State Fair. (Photo by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout) Democrats on a U.S.…
Monk vanishes from secluded monastery ‘warned about unauthorised exorcisms’
Justin Evans was reported missing from Papa Stronsay monastery in the Orkney (Picture: Police Scotland) A monk living in a secluded island monastery is presumed dead after vanishing. Justin Evans,…
US House narrowly defeats resolution limiting Trump war powers
A view of the damaged B1 bridge, a day after it was destroyed by an airstrike, on April 3, 2026 west of Tehran in Karaj, Iran. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty…
Son kept his dead mother ‘in freezer for two years so he could claim her pension’
Christopher Phillips, 60, was funding a bachelor lifestyle A man has pleaded guilty to preventing the ‘lawful and decent” burial of his mother after her body was found in a…
How to boost chances of winning the new £1,000,000,000 Powerball lottery – don’t use your birthday
The odds of winning the game are usually around one in up to 11.7 million (Picture: Shutterstock) The National Lottery will soon give players two chances to win a new…