Remand prisoner Simeon Burke could be released with ‘one flick of a pen’, judge says

Simeon Burke was supported in court by his parents, Martina and Sean, and siblings, Ammi and Isaac, pictured at an earlier hearing at Cloverhill Court. Photograph: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin A judge has told remand prisoner Simeon Burke that he is in custody voluntarily but could be released with “one flick of a pen” and Continue reading

Man serving life for teen girl’s killing dies in Michigan prison

A man sentenced to life for killing a 13-year-old girl while being a suspect in the deaths of about a half-dozen others has died in a Michigan prison A man sentenced to life for killing a 13-year-old girl while being a suspect in the deaths of about a half-dozen others has died in a Michigan Continue reading

Thursday Night Football: Highlights, score, stats from Bills’ win vs. Dolphins

Thursday Night Football: Highlights, score, stats from Bills’ win vs. Dolphins Show Caption Hide Caption NFL Week 2 picks, predictions and best bets USA TODAY Sports’ Lorenzo Reyes is back with his NFL best bets for week 2 games of the NFL season. The Buffalo Bills quarterback led the Bills to a 31-10 road win Continue reading

Suspect pleads guilty in connection with death of ‘General Hospital’ actor Johnny Wactor

One of the four suspects charged in connection to the shooting death of “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor has pleaded guilty, a spokesperson for Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón’s office told ABC News. Leonel Gutierrez, 18, pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of attempted robbery and grand theft. Ahead of sentencing, the court will Continue reading

Thursday Night Football: Highlights, score, stats from Bills’ win vs. Dolphins

Thursday Night Football: Highlights, score, stats from Bills’ win vs. Dolphins Show Caption Hide Caption NFL Week 2 picks, predictions and best bets USA TODAY Sports’ Lorenzo Reyes is back with his NFL best bets for week 2 games of the NFL season. The Buffalo Bills quarterback led the Bills to a 31-10 road win Continue reading

‘Disturbing’: Lindsey Graham Says Trump Shouldn’t Pal Around With 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is urging Donald Trump to stay away from far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, who was spotted traveling with the former president on his plane on Wednesday. “We have policy disagreements but the history of this person is just really toxic,” Graham told HuffPost on Thursday. “I mean, she Continue reading

Federal review of Uvalde shooting finds Border Patrol missteps but does not recommend discipline

U.S. Border Patrol agents who rushed to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in 2022 failed to establish command and had inadequate training to confront what became one of the nation’s deadliest classroom attacks, according to a federal report released Thursday. The roughly 200-page report from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Continue reading

Whoopi Goldberg defends billionaire Taylor Swift after Vance says she’s unaffected by high prices: ‘Shut up’

“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg unleashed on Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, on Thursday for saying that Taylor Swift would not be affected by high prices or housing costs, because she’s a billionaire. Swift, who endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president on Tuesday, joined Forbes’ list of billionaires in April; the outlet reported the pop Continue reading

These states tried, and failed, to cut food waste. One succeeded.

Nearly every state-led effort to ban food waste analyzed by researchers appears to be failing — except one, according to a new study. The study, published Thursday in the journal Science, singled out Massachusetts for reducing the amount of food that gets tossed in the trash. Of the millions of tons of food in the Continue reading

These states tried, and failed, to cut food waste. One succeeded.

Nearly every state-led effort to ban food waste analyzed by researchers appears to be failing — except one, according to a new study. The study, published Thursday in the journal Science, singled out Massachusetts for reducing the amount of food that gets tossed in the trash. Of the millions of tons of food in the Continue reading