Category: World

The Princeton, New Jersey, man known as a star student in high school who is now accused of killing his brother and a family cat likely had a mental health breakdown that ultimately destroyed his family, according to a legal expert. Matthew Hertgen, 31, is accused of murdering his 26-year-old brother, Joseph Hertgen, in the…

A Texas judge, who has been described as “rogue” and an activist by the Houston Police Officers’ Union, remains under fire after she set bond for the second suspect charged with capital murder in the death of Harris County Deputy Fernando Esqueda. Judge Hilary Unger of the 248th District Criminal Court in Harris County set…

Simon Cowell wants to see artists protected against AI. The “America’s Got Talent” judge wrote commentary in The Daily Mail this week criticizing potential changes to U.K. law that would allow companies to use any online material to train AI models unless they explicitly opt out. Cowell warned that the livelihood of artists was at…

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Cali., is demanding that Elon Musk and Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Charles Ezell stop sending mass emails to staffers.  In an open letter published Thursday, Padilla said several legislative branch offices and agencies have received mass emails from hr@opm.gov despite not being subject to personnel actions by…

Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley has started the appeal process following Mayor Karen Bass’ decision to fire her a week ago. Her decision to appeal comes after Bass’ decision has spun up criticism from City Councilmembers and the public for what they say is “misrepresenting the facts.” Crowley announced the appeal to City…

Ryan Fecteau, the Maine House of Representatives’ Democratic speaker, deleted his X account early Thursday morning, just days after censuring Republican Rep. Laurel Libby.  Libby was censured by the Democratic majority Tuesday evening for a recent social media post pointing out that a transgender high school athlete won a girls competition. The censure resolution passed…

Although he walked away from running the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside Elon Musk, Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy believes he knows the root of the hostility facing Musk and his waste-slashing agency.  “It comes from a place of irrationality. For the last several years, people have had Trump Derangement Syndrome. That derangement syndrome…

Things got awkward when Vice President JD Vance remarked on his previous comments on Britain’s free speech environment, just feet away from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during an Oval Office meeting. Vance doubled down on his comments at the Munich Security Conference earlier this month when he said he feared that free speech was…

Mel Gibson denounced California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for their involvement in the Palisades and Eaton fires that devastated Southern California communities. Gibson joined Saving California for a news conference in Altadena Wednesday and its efforts to recall Newsom. “We deserve much more and much better, and there is absolutely…

Mexico has begun the process of extraditing dozens of high-level cartel leaders and members to the U.S., including Rafael Caro Quintero, a former leader of the Guadalajara cartel involved in the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985. The founders of Los Zetas, Miguel and Omar Morales, also…