A major search for a 14-year-old girl who disappeared from the Phoenix area over three years ago came to a happy end when the now-18-year-old reported to a police station in Montana, officials said Wednesday. Alicia Navarro went the small town near the Canadian border recently and said she is …
Read More »Hunter Biden pleads not guilty after plea deal derailed
WILMINGTON, Del. — Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to federal charges Wednesday, a surprise development after a disagreement arose with prosecutors over a gun charge. The president’s son had been expected to plead guilty to two tax charges under a deal with the government, but the judge delayed ruling on …
Read More »How high will the Federal Reserve go?
U.S. inflation has now declined for 12-straight months. But in June, consumer prices increased 3% year-on-year. While that’s the lowest the annual inflation rate has been in more than two years, it’s still too high for the Federal Reserve, which is looking to wrestle increases down to about 2%. To …
Read More »Search underway for prisoner who escaped Colorado jail with 3 others
One of four people who escaped from a Colorado jail was on the loose Tuesday, after two of them were recaptured and a third was found dead, the Bent County Sheriff’s Office said. Four people in all escaped from the Bent County Jail, the sheriff’s office said in a statement. …
Read More »Marine veteran Trevor Reed, released by Russia in prisoner swap, hurt while fighting in Ukraine
WASHINGTON — Marine veteran Trevor Reed, who was wrongfully detained in Russia for three years before being released as part of a prisoner exchange last year, was injured while fighting in Ukraine, the State Department confirmed Tuesday. “We are aware that Trevor Reed was injured while participating in fighting in …
Read More »LeBron James’ son Bronny James rushed to the hospital in cardiac arrest
Bronny James, son of basketball icon LeBron James, collapsed during a workout in Los Angeles on Monday and was rushed to the hospital, the family said. “Yesterday while practicing Bronny James suffered a cardiac arrest. Medical staff was able to treat Bronny and take him to the hospital,” said a …
Read More »The ‘allergic march’ shows how allergies can progress in kids
Eczema in young babies could be a sign that a child will go on to develop more allergies. New research, published Tuesday in the journal Pediatrics, confirms a phenomenon known as the “allergic march” — a pattern that describes the way allergies tend to develop and progress in children, beginning …
Read More »Former pastor arrested in 1975 murder of young girl walking to his church
On. Aug. 15, 1975, 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington was walking to Bible camp in a township outside Philadelphia when she was kidnapped and murdered. On Monday, authorities said a man who had been the pastor of one of the camp’s host churches has been arrested and charged with Harrington’s murder. The …
Read More »Obama employee dies paddle boarding near former president’s Martha’s Vineyard home
An employee of former President Barack Obama died while paddle boarding near the family’s Martha’s Vineyard residence, state police and the Obamas said Monday. Tafari Campbell, 45, went missing around 7:45 p.m. Sunday on Edgartown Great Pond, Massachusetts State Police said. Divers recovered his body in about 8 feet of …
Read More »Israeli parliament passes key part of Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plan
Netanyahu, who attended the vote hours after being released from a hospital following an emergency heart procedure, and his allies say the change is needed to stop unelected judges from overruling democratic leaders. The Israeli leader was expected to address the nation later Monday. Prior to the vote, President Isaac …
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