Dozens of North Carolinians are missing after flooding caused by Tropical Storm Fred caused havoc, dumping nearly a foot of rain on the Tarheel State, officials say. As of Wednesday, 35 people from Haywood County, North Carolina, where heavy rain resulted in nearly a foot of floodwater, were missing. On Thursday, Haywood County officials confirmed […]
The son of a powerful Afghan resistance commander who once fought against the Taliban declared he is “ready to follow” in his father’s footsteps and take up arms against the Islamist military organization now in control of his homeland. Ahmad Massoud, who resides in one of the few remaining regions in Afghanistan not under Taliban […]
A church destroyed by the Caldor Fire. Allison Dinner/Getty Images Northern California’s Caldor Fire is burning uncontrollably in El Dorado County, with officials describing it as an “unprecedented” blaze. The fire has destroyed multiple structures, including a school and church, forced thousands to evacuate, and left two people injured. The blaze was sparked on Saturday […]
Jessica Bortle is accused of killing her 14-year-old daughter with special needs after an argument over color crayons in the hospital, according to police in Florida. Jasmine Singletary was battling an infection and admitted on July 8 to Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, where she regularly received treatment for a neuromuscular disorder, Pensacola police […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A witness to an incident last week involving MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell says he saw no reason for Lindell to claim he was attacked at a South Dakota hotel. Lindell, who was in Sioux Falls hosting an election fraud symposium, told The Associated Press on Tuesday his encounter with […]
Afghan pilot. SHAH MARAI/AFP via Getty Images One Afghan Air Force pilot, forced into hiding until rescued or found out by the Taliban, wants Americans to know Afghan soldiers did not just apathetically throw in the towel when it came to defending their government. “Many Afghan soldiers died bravely,” the pilot told The Bulwark. “I’ve […]
Drone video captured the brutal devastation left behind by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that rocked Haiti on Saturday. Video shot above a residential neighborhood of Les Caves appeared to show rescuers painstakingly going through the pancaked ruins of a building. Furniture and air conditioning units could be seen tangled into the twisted concrete wreckage. The Haiti […]
WASHINGTON — A female Afghan journalist tearfully confronted a Pentagon spokesman during a Monday press briefing, in a poignant reminder of the human stakes of the Taliban’s takeover of a nation that the United States had long hoped would be transformed into a stable democracy. “I’m from Afghanistan, and I am very upset today,” the […]
The Biden administration is appealing a ruling from a Louisiana-based federal judge blocking its indefinite pause on oil and natural gas leasing in federal lands and waters. The Department of Justice is appealing the decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the Interior Department said in a statement Monday. The […]
California Rep. Barbara Lee, the only member of Congress to vote against the 2001 resolution that launched America’s longest war, said the Taliban’s swift takeover is proof that “that there is no military solution, unfortunately, in Afghanistan.” “We’ve been there 20 years; we’ve spent over a trillion dollars and we’ve trained over 300,000 of the […]