Category: World

A woman died over the weekend after falling at least 75 feet from a hiking trail while visiting a waterfall in North Carolina, according to officials. Astrid Angelina Madrid Ticas, 29, was identified as the victim who fell on Sunday around 1:30 p.m. at Big Bradley Falls near Saluda, North Carolina, Polk County officials wrote…

Jury selection kicked off Monday for the high-stakes trial of James Craig, the hometown dentist accused of poisoning his wife’s protein shakes while secretly carrying on a sordid affair and plotting a new life without her. James Toliver Craig, 47, is charged with first-degree murder after deliberation in the March 2023 death of his wife,…

Cal Raleigh, the Seattle Mariners slugger who is MLB’s leader in home runs at the All-Star break, is the long ball king in Atlanta.  And he made history in the process. Raleigh beat Tampa Bay Rays budding star Junior Caminero, 18-15, in the final round to win the 2025 Home Run Derby at Truist Park…

A mountain biker was reported missing in Oregon after not returning home from a biking trip in Mount Hood, according to authorities. Ralph Sawyer, 52, was reported missing on Friday around 10:30 p.m. – two hours after he was expected to return home after leaving that morning for a mountain biking trip, the Clackamas County…

A California tax preparer pleaded guilty Monday to helping an illegal immigrant file fraudulent federal income tax returns that claimed $25 million in refunds, the Justice Department said.  Victor Cruz, 40, of Bakersfield, helped Miguel Martinez, a Mexican national who was in the United States illegally, carry out the scheme from November 2019 through June…

Left-wing Bluesky accounts defended Vice President JD Vance’s young children facing jeers and boos during their trip to Disneyland over the weekend. Vance was with his wife Usha and their children at the California amusement park where they faced cheers and boos from park attendees. Their trip also drew a large protest outside the Grand…

A progressive Democratic state representative sparked controversy after referring to ICE agents as “Nazi Gestapo thugs” following an ICE operation in Providence, Rhode Island, that resulted in the arrest of a known MS-13 gang member. “The Nazi Gestapo ICE thugs kidnapped another of our neighbors in Providence this morning. This time on Alverson St.,” wrote…

Fans of overweight influencers are reportedly feeling “abandoned” as those they look up to are choosing to lose weight.  “I think the audiences that are feeling abandoned, in my opinion, largely the feedback is not, ‘I’m mad that you’re skinny,’” Lydia Okello, a writer and model who was quoted in a recent Teen Vogue article…

A former intern for New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani appeared in a resurfaced video calling activism “jihad” while encouraging protesters to get suspended or arrested in defiance of “settler colonialism.” The footage of Hadeeqa Malik shows her calling out Muslims who haven’t taken to the streets.  “The true believer knows that none…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, R., scored a victory on Friday when the state of Florida’s university system approved a new accreditor to overhaul higher education. Florida, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee formed the Commission for Public Higher Education, a consortium of six public universities offering a new accreditation model. Florida’s Board of Governors approved…