Why Trump’s flailing against Harris just isn’t landing

Since then, Trump has had to face a resurgent opponent with Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket. Most infuriating to Trump is his campaign being in a position it has rarely been in: chasing the spotlight. Rather than setting the media’s agenda every day, he’s been forced to watch as Harris Continue reading

Principal ‘horrified’ when Enoch Burke asked her to withdraw request to support transgender pupil

Photograph: PA/Niall Carson The former principal of Wilson’s Hospital School in Co Westmeath was “absolutely horrified” when teacher Enoch Burke interrupted a school religious service asking her to withdraw her “demand” that teachers “accept transgenderism”, the High Court has heard. Niamh McShane said she also felt “agitated” and “hunted” when Mr Burke approached her at Continue reading

Japan’s Kishida cancels Asia trip after scientists urge preparations for a possible ‘megaquake’

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has canceled a planned trip to Central Asia to lead the government’s response after scientists urged people to prepare for a possible “megaquake” off the country’s southern coast TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida canceled a planned trip to Central Asia on Friday to lead the government’s response after Continue reading

Georgia’s election board is out of control. Can anything be done?

As my colleague Ja’han Jones explained, Georgia’s State Election Board, a five-member body controlled by fervent Donald Trump loyalists, adopted a rule allowing local election boards to conduct a “reasonable inquiry” before certifying election results — a task that, pursuant to Georgia statutory law, has long been understood to be mandatory and ministerial. The State Continue reading

Suspect Allegedly Hid Ex’s Body With New Girlfriend’s Assistance

Tony Lawrence Charboneau and his girlfriend, Brandi Luffy, were charged with a number of felonies, including murder and kidnapping, in the death of Charboneau’s ex-girlfriend Amy Hogue, the Washington County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Amy Hogue, 43, “leaves behind a family that loved her dearly,” her daughter-in-law said. GoFundMe Washington County authorities said Charboneau Continue reading

Alabama GOP Candidate Who Attended ‘Segregation Academy’ Pushes For Defunding Public Schools

LOADING ERROR LOADING Alabama Republican congressional candidate Caroleene Dobson, who has been vocal about her support of school choice on the campaign trail, graduated from a private, so-called “segregation academy,” in 2005. Dobson, who is in a heated race in the newly court-drawn 2nd Congressional District against Democrat Shomari Figures, graduated from Monroe Academy, a Continue reading

Broccoli hair is here to stay: Why teenage boys are serving floret looks.

Some think it looks like broccoli florets, earning the popular look an official name: Broccoli hair. Broccoli, often pushed to the side of your plate at dinnertime, has become an unexpected source of hair inspiration for teenage boys, who replicate the look of the veggie’s florets on their own stalks. The look, a cross between Continue reading

Massachusetts rape suspect wanted for decades-old crimes captured after police chase in Los Angeles

FIRST ON FOX: A suspected serial rapist from Massachusetts accused of raping two women at gunpoint nearly 35 years ago led California law enforcement officers in Los Angeles County on a car chase Thursday before being taken into custody. Stephen Paul Gale, 71, was driving a Lincoln SUV while trying to get away from authorities Continue reading

Israel repelled Iran’s first direct attack. Is it ready for the next one?

TEL AVIV — As Israel braces for an attack from Iran — fueling fighter jets, positioning air defense batteries and coordinating with Washington on the placement of U.S. military assets — there is growing apprehension about one of its most critical lines of defense: an American-led Arab coalition that helped thwart the last Iranian assault. Continue reading

Flooding from the remnants of Debby leads to high water rescues in New York, Pennsylvania

The worst of the flash flooding so far in New York was occurring in villages and hamlets in a largely rural area south of the Finger Lakes, not far from the Pennsylvania border. In Steuben County, which borders Pennsylvania, officials ordered the evacuation of the towns of Jasper, Woodhull and part of Addison, and said Continue reading