US defense secretary says taskforce will ‘combat dangers’ of leaks in latest escalation of White House press crackdown The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, announced Monday that the Pentagon and the US Department of Justice have created a “joint taskforce to identify and prosecute” what he called the “unauthorized disclosure of sensitive” information to the press, marking the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s effort to crackdown on leaks. In a video posted on X , Hegseth
A Texas DoorDash driver didn’t let the pain of being struck by a car keep her from delivering an order. A less dedicated driver may have seen the police chase headed their way, hopped back in their car, and canceled the order. This heroic delivery driver did not. She was knocked onto the hood of the car driven by an alleged burglary suspect who refused to stop during an attempted traffic stop. Understandably, she dropped the order. But only for a moment. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME
Briton tells of surviving Spain wildfire in car as wife and friends died trying to run to safety A British man whose wife and 12 friends and neighbours are feared to have been killed in the Spanish wildfires has told how he became separated from them as the flames raced towards his home. Malcolm Timbrell, 70, and his wife Annette Kilgore, 69, lived in the village of Bédar, in Almeria province, which was consumed by flames last Thursday evening, leaving 13 people dead. The devastated survivor spo
Officers say decision made after ‘new information and evidence has come to light’ Counter-terrorism police are now leading the investigation into the death of the former MP and Reform spokesperson Ann Widdecombe after “new information and evidence has come to light”, counter-terrorism policing south east said. Widdecombe’s body was found with “serious injuries” by the ambulance service at her home in Haytor, Devon, at 11.40am on Thursday, Devon and Cornwall police said. Continue reading...
An armed man was arrested Monday after driving to a security barricade outside the U.S. Capitol , prompting a police investigation into why he came to the heavily protected complex and temporarily shutting down part of the Capitol grounds. U.S. Capitol Police said officers arrested the man at the North Barricade after discovering he had a firearm. Firearms are prohibited on Capitol Grounds, and authorities immediately closed the area while investigators processed the scene. "Our investigators ar
BBC World News · Oct 8
Bison rams grandfather in Yellowstone Park, knocking him metres into the air A bull bison, reportedly weighing 2,000lb (900kg), sprinted towards an elderly man, ramming him with his head and knocking him into the air in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park. Viral footage of the incident shows a boy and his grandfather snap a picture of the bison as it lies in the grass, before the massive animal jumps to its feet and chases after them. The man, who has been identified by US media as 65-year-old C
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Shawn Fain calls allegations ‘bogus’ and says attorney holds a ‘grudge’ against him over union’s ‘anti-war stance’ on Gaza The US Department of Justice is probing allegations against United Auto Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain that he put pressure on another high-ranking union official to provide benefits to his fiancee and sister and then retaliated against the official who refused to approve it. On Sunday, Fain, who is running for his second term as union president, said the accusations are
Fox News · Oct 8
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing renewed criticism over housing affordability as rents in Manhattan and Brooklyn hit record highs, with conservative commentators arguing that immigration-driven demand is adding pressure to an already tight rental market that the mayor campaigned to ease. Manhattan's and Brooklyn’s median rents reached $5,295 and $4,350, respectively, in June, according to an analysis conducted by the Corcoran Group, a real estate firm. The most recent available data
Fox News · Oct 8
A controversial United Nations agency is being investigated by U.S. officials for alleged ties to terrorism. The U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the U.N. organization for Palestinian refugees, has more than 1,500 employees being probed for links to terrorism. U.S. officials have increasingly called on U.N. member states to defund UNRWA after decades of concerns about its school materials promoting terror , the presence of Hamas tunnels beneath UNRWA schools and charges that staff members p
