When Sen. Kamala Harris went toe-to-toe with Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his confirmation hearing, things didn’t quite work out as planned. The California senator suggested he had compromising conversations about the special counsel probe into Trump-Russia collusion — an allegation he vehemently denied, defusing her bombshell of a question. Democrats hope Ms. Harris, now the…
Christopher Andre Vialva, 40, scheduled for execution on Thursday, would be the seventh federal inmate and the first Black man put to death since federal executions resumed in July.Christopher Andre Vialva was the first federal inmate executed for crimes committed as a teenager in more than 70 years.Credit...via Lisa BrownSept. 24, 2020Updated 4:40 p.m. ETA…
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò said the 2020 presidential election presents Americans with a “biblical” challenge “against the demonic forces of the deep state and against the New World Order.” The Catholic Church’s former Apostolic Nuncio to the U.S. once again warned voters that warring principalities unseen to the human eye will clash on Election Day.…
An official Democratic primary mail-in ballot and secrecy envelope for the Pennsylvania primary in Pittsburgh. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption toggle caption Gene J. Puskar/AP An official Democratic primary mail-in ballot and secrecy envelope for the Pennsylvania primary in Pittsburgh. Gene J. Puskar/AP Updated at 5:01 p.m. ET The FBI and the U.S. Attorney for…
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…