The Global Update

Country singer Craig Morgan revealed the secret behind the heroism that drives members of the military and law enforcement officers to serve others in the face of perilous situations.  In February 2011, the musician was driving through Charlotte, Tennessee, with his late son Jerry when they spotted a house that was on fire. The two…

As the search for missing spring break college student Sudiksha Konanki enters its eighth day, a retired FBI agent said that with each day passing there is a loss of “forensic capabilities.” “There will be evidence on the body to be able to determine the cause of death,” retired FBI agent Scott Duffey told Fox…

Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member convicted of leaking highly classified documents about the war in Ukraine, used his court-martial Thursday to describe himself as a “proud patriot” who was trying to expose the supposed “lies” of the Biden administration. After pleading guilty to military charges of obstructing justice, the 23-year-old acknowledged he…

An accused child rapist illegally in the U.S. was recently arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Boston, the agency announced on Thursday. ICE Boston said Stivenson Omar Perez-Ajtzalan, 19, was arrested on Jan. 30 for aggravated rape of a child in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The victim is said to be more than 10 years younger than…

Scarlett Johansson has taken a vocal stand on artificial intelligence, after having her likeness and voice used without permission. Last year, Johansson said she had been asked to voice OpenAI’s Chatbot by CEO Sam Altman, but turned down the job, only for people to notice that the feature, named “Sky,” sounded almost exactly like the…

A second judge late Thursday ordered the Trump administration to reinstate probationary workers who were let go in mass firings across multiple agencies.   In Baltimore, U.S. District Judge James Bredar, an Obama appointee, found that the administration ignored laws set out for large-scale layoffs. Bredar ordered the firings halted for at least two weeks…

Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s estate is attempting to block the release of photos, videos and police bodycam footage related to the couple’s deaths. Lawyer Kurt Sommer filed a petition Tuesday in state District Court in Santa Fe attempting to prevent the medical investigator and the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office from releasing footage, according…

Caitlin Clark appeared to take a playful jab at her Indiana Fever teammate Lexie Hull.  The 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year left a comment under a post from Hull showing off one of her pregame fits. Hull has spent the past few weeks in Miami playing for Rose Basketball Club. The team is competing…

Over a two-day period, 239 “wasteful” contracts with a “ceiling value” of $1.7 billion have been terminated, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said Thursday, including a grant intended to teach transgender and queer urban farmers about “food justice.”  The elimination of the contracts represents a savings of $400 million, according to a DOGE tweet…

Justin Bieber is speaking out about how he feels “unworthy.” On Thursday, the Grammy-winning pop star took to his Instagram story and penned a message to his 294 million followers about his internal battle with not feeling worthy of the constant praise he receives.  “People told me my whole life, ‘Wow Justin u deserve that’…