The U.S. Embassy in Kabul told Americans to “shelter in place” in a security warning on Sunday, noting that there were reports of gunfire on the city airport. In a series of two alerts, the embassy initially said it had suspended consular services and warned Americans not to come to the embassy building or the […]
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday made his first public remarks since the Taliban captured over half of the country’s provincial capitals, saying that he’s focusing on preventing “instability, violence and the displacement of people.” State of play: In a televised speech, Ghani gave no hints that he would resign, despite being under pressure from […]
Special counsel John Durham is reportedly considering criminal prosecutions of FBI agents and others as he investigates information provided to the FBI in 2016 that spurred on the Trump-Russia investigation, with the federal prosecutor reportedly scrutinizing whether the tipsters knew their claims were false. Former Attorney General William Barr quietly appointed Durham to be special […]
The Taliban’s successful military operations this week may have come because the United States “underestimated” the group’s “planning capabilities,” according to one former CENTCOM commander. Former U.S. CENTCOM commander Gen. Joseph Votel told the Washington Examiner in an interview that he has been “very, very surprised” by the “speed” with which the Taliban has captured […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A storefront collapsed into rubble at a Las Vegas supermarket at opening time early Friday, injuring four people but none seriously, a fire official and witnesses said. Firefighters pulled one person from wood planking and roof debris about 6:20 a.m. at the La Bonita market east of the Las Vegas Strip, […]
Eva Flores entered a Chicago hospital through a secure door, then kicked a security guard in the groin The mother of the two brothers accused of killing a Chicago police officer was arrested at a hospital as she attempted to see her injured son. Evalena Flores, 41, was arrested Tuesday morning following a confrontation with […]
The unidentified woman was charged weeks later after a TikTok user alleged the woman assaulted her son Five weeks after a white woman allegedly assaulted a Black child while attempting to block him from using the community pool, she’s finally been charged. On July 6th, Heather J Brown was filmed in a heated altercation with […]
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell told attendees of his cyber symposium in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Thursday that he was assaulted in his hotel after the previous day’s events had ended. At the event, touted as a gathering of experts who could back up his claims of 2020 election fraud, a visibly upset Lindell told […]
Image of soldiers from the Parachute regiment take up a position before mounting onto Puma helicopters – Corporal Ben Beale Hundreds of paratroopers are being sent back to Afghanistan to bring home Britons, the Defence Secretary has announced, as the Taliban continues to make rapid advances through the country. Ben Wallace said that about 600 […]
An Arkansas man is accused of shooting his wife after an argument about sex, police said. The 30-year-old Fayetteville man and his wife began fighting Tuesday evening because he hadn’t allowed her to take their car in the afternoon, and then they argued “about her refusing to have sex with him when he requested to,” […]