A new Mississippi law added sexual battery of a child under 12 to the list of crimes eligible for the death penalty. Senate Bill 2821, which took effect July 1, creates the crime of “capital sexual battery” and allows prosecutors to seek the death penalty against defendants 18 or older in qualifying cases involving victims … Read more
Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as GDP rises in June despite Iran war after stagnating in May The US-Israeli war on Iran has been perhaps the dominant global economic narrative of 2026, but the effects on the UK economy still appear unclear, said the ONS. We know that higher oil prices … Read more
American wins 1500m freestyle in 15min 36.09sec Walsh beats Douglass to claim 50m butterfly title Urlando breaks Michael Phelps’ 20-year-old record Katie Ledecky won the 1500m freestyle on opening night of the Pan Pacific Championships on Wednesday, earning the first international medal of her storied career on home soil. The two-time Olympic champion in the … Read more
McKenna West initially agreed to an abortion after diagnosis, but then fled to state where abortion is illegal and broke contact with biological parents, attorney alleges A surrogate mother who traveled to Texas, where abortion is illegal, claiming she was pressured to end the pregnancy after the discovery of a severe heart defect, gave birth … Read more
Shortly after announcing his intention to run for U.S. Senate, then-candidate Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., said he would support reparations legislation — government-led efforts to make up for the social harms of slavery and other injustices against Black Americans. In a 2019 radio interview, Ossoff said it was only a question of how much the government … Read more
Recent data compiled by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission shows 19 pedestrians were killed across the US in crashes with ebike riders from 2017 to 2024. That’s roughly the average number of pedestrians killed by motorists every day of 2024 Continue reading…
Democratic socialist Francesca Hong fell just short as David Crowley strives for unity for the general election Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, was on course to win the party’s nomination for Wisconsin governor on Wednesday by a clear margin, according to the polls – presaging the latest in an extraordinary wave of leftwing victories across … Read more
John Hinckley, Jr. spoke about Jodie Foster in a bizarre new podcast interview. He shot President Reagan in a twisted attempt to impress the actress. NBC News’ Anne Thompson reports.
New owner is said to be involved in AI industry, as new class of multimillionaires is entering the real estate race A luxury Lake Como-inspired estate in the San Francisco Bay Area has sold to a buyer “in the AI world” for a record $70m, in the latest sign of a new tech wealth boom … Read more
Military official says AH-64 Apache had been on a routine training flight near Fort Hood when it went down An army Apache helicopter crashed in a central Texas field on Wednesday, killing both people on board and sparking a wildfire that forced several homes to be evacuated, a sheriff’s official said. Officials from nearby Fort … Read more
