James Thompson WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu took the idiom, “your handshake is your word” a little too literally Friday during the opening dinner of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. Days after Beijing rejected the Pentagon’s early May invitation for Li to meet with Austin on the sidelines of the Pacific … Read more
This couple was in the right airspace at the right time. A Baltimore nurse on her way home from a tropical vacation with her boyfriend sprang into action to save the life of a fellow passenger whose heart suddenly stopped mid-flight, according to reports. Emily Raines, 31, and Daniel Shifflett, 28, were on Southwest Flight … Read more
A Florida mother has been arrested in the death of her 11-month-old baby, who was left alone in a hot car for three hours while she officiated a church service. Bulaine Molme, 37, was booked late Thursday into the Brevard County jail on a felony count of manslaughter of a child. Her arrest came four … Read more
An “armed and dangerous” inmate accused of child molestation is on the run in Missouri after a violent prison break on Thursday night. Mario Che Tiul, 34, escaped from the Barry County Jail in Cassville on Thursday night, the Pea Ridge Police Department (PRPD) said in a statement. Tiul absconded alongside six other inmates, all … Read more
American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten voiced concern to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Rochelle Walensky about the language of the federal agency’s February 2021 school opening guidance a day before the plan was made public, according to newly reported texts that shed light on the pairs friendly relationship. The chummy back … Read more
Suspected Chinese spies disguised as tourists have repeatedly attempted to enter US military bases in Alaska in recent years, service members say. The Chinese citizens have been apprehended trying to gain entry at bases like Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, where soldiers on one occasion searched a vehicle that had blown past a checkpoint and found … Read more
Donald Trump says the judge overseeing his “hush money” case should recuse himself because his daughter’s company has a “political and financial interest” in the outcome, new court papers show. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan should withdraw not only on account of his daughter’s interests, but due to his own 2020 election contributions, and because he … Read more
The Republican National Committee on Friday revealed the criteria that 2024 GOP presidential candidates must meet in order to participate in the first primary debate in August. Prospective debaters will be required to hit several polling and fundraising thresholds in order to take the stage in Milwaukee, Wis., on Aug. 23, and all participants must … Read more
The Missouri ER doctor who went missing for more than a week was seen getting into another vehicle with an unknown driver before his body was found in a lake, according to his family. Security cameras show Dr. John Forsyth entering the car in the parking lot of a public pool in Cassville, Missouri on … Read more
A Florida woman was shoplifting inside a retail store when she left two children unattended in a vehicle that burst into flames, police said. Alicia Moore, 24, an Orlando resident, is charged with aggravated child neglect and arson, FOX Orlando reported. On May 26, Moore parked her car outside a Dillard’s department store at the Oviedo Mall and left … Read more