News
Rescuers evacuate the first of 5 villagers found trapped in a cave in Laos; 2 still missing
45+ min ago (178+ words) Lao and Thai rescue workers posted the news on social media, along with a video showing the first rescued villager with a lamp strapped to his forehead. The villager, who was not immediately identified, was walking unsteadily with the assistance…...
Chicago Tonight | Policy Shift Will Require Most Green Card Applicants to Apply From Home Country | Season 2026 | PBS
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (1841+ words) Visit the official PBS Shop for t-shirts, tote bags, and more. Every purchase supports PBS. The shift was recently announced by U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Clip: 5/28/2026 | 12m 3s Video has Closed Captions | CC Immigration attorneys argue the move upends years of precedent…...
Explosion and fire at Dallas apartment causes fatalities, search for missing continues
15+ hour, 30+ min ago (486+ words) Authorities would not provide an immediate number of deaths but confirmed there were fatalities. It was unclear how many residents lived in the building in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, where some people said they had been unable to…...
Suspect in plot to attack Taylor Swift's Vienna concert convicted and sentenced to 15 years | PBS News
16+ hour, 44+ min ago (534+ words) The state court in Wiener Neustadt, south of the capital, found the 21-year-old defendant, an Austrian citizen known only as Beran A. in line with Austrian privacy rules, guilty on multiple charges including those related to the concert. The concert plot…...
Chinese online retailer Temu fined $232 million for unsafe toys and electronics
23+ hour, 55+ min ago (389+ words) The 27-nation EU's fine follows preliminary findings last year that Temu was exposing consumers to a high risk of products sold on its platform like baby toys and small electronics that didn't comply with EU consumer safety rules. The bloc's…...
Supreme Court rules for Black death row prisoner from Mississippi over racial bias in makeup of jury
1+ day, 1+ min ago (346+ words) By a 5-4 vote, the justices sided with Terry Pitchford, who was sentenced to death for his role in the killing of a grocery store owner. There was one Black juror in a trial with similarities to that of another Black…...
AP report: Justice Department opens investigation into E. Jean Carroll, who successfully sued Trump for sexual abuse and defamation
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (179+ words) The person who confirmed the existence of the investigation was not authorized to publicly discuss an ongoing inquiry and spoke on the condition of anonymity. The perjury investigation is being led by the federal prosecutors' office in Chicago, and acting…...
Judge tosses James Comey, Letitia James cases, rules prosecutor was illegally appointed
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (1008+ words) A federal judge dismissed the indictments against James Comey and Letitia James. In twin rulings, Judge Cameron Mc Gowan Currie found the appointment of Lindsey Halligan as interim U. S. attorney was invalid and unlawful. Halligan was picked by President Trump to…...
Matthew Perry's assistant gets 3 years, 5 months in prison for role in deadly ketamine injection
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (751+ words) Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence to 60-year-old Kenneth Iwamasa in federal court in Los Angeles. He was also sentenced to two years of probation and a $10, 000 fine. It was the fifth and final sentencing in the 2 1/2-year…...
South African police official testifies on criminal syndicate infiltration in government
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (541+ words) Kwa Zulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said at a news conference in July that some top politicians and police officials were interfering in sensitive police investigations in the interest of criminal syndicates and drug cartels. His claims caused a public…...