Accused fraudster and former White House strategist Steve Bannon was aboard a $28 million yacht owned by a Chinese billionaire when he was arrested on fraud charges Thursday morning, according to reports.The 150-foot mega vessel was in the Long Island Sound near Westbrook, Connecticut, when President Trump’s former strategist was picked up by US Postal Service inspectors, the…
(CNN)Even for a state prone to natural disasters, California's had a catastrophic week. At least four people have died as a result of the wildfires exploding in the northern and central areas, fuel…
The 2020 Democratic Convention, mercifully, is over, and former Vice President Joe Biden is officially the party’s candidate.Four days of dreary virtual programming interspersed with even drearier musical interludes were brought to a welcome finale by the emergence, finally, of the candidate himself from his basement.Against all odds, Biden read prepared remarks from a TelePrompter quite…
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden "hit a home run in the bottom of the ninth" with his speech to the virtual Democratic National Convention in Wilmington, Del., on Thursday evening, according to "The Daily Briefing" host Dana Perino."He had pace, rhythm, energy, emotion, and delivery," the former White House press secretary remarked. "I think if he looks back,…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…