Alex Murdaugh makes his first appearance in court since his murder trial
Disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh has appeared publicly for the first time since a murder trial where he was found guilty of fatally shooting his wife and youngest son
2023-09-14 23:58
Danelo Cavalcante: Captured US jail fugitive planned to flee to Canada
Danelo Cavalcante also reportedly said officers came so close at times they almost stepped on him.
2023-09-14 23:56
Georgia judge shuts down DA's effort to try Trump and co-defendants together
Former President Donald Trump, along with 16 co-defendants, will not go to trial in October with two other defendants in the Georgia election subversion case but will move forward on their own schedule, with a trial date yet be announced, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee announced Thursday.
2023-09-14 23:52
No. 2 House Republican Steve Scalise returns to the Capitol after his blood cancer diagnosis
Rep. Steve Scalise has returned to the U.S. Capitol for the first time since being diagnosed with a blood cancer known as multiple myeloma
2023-09-14 23:45
Libya turmoil made Derna flooding even more deadly
Over years of lawlessness, Libya has faded from a prosperous state to a vulnerable, fragile one.
2023-09-14 23:28
DeSantis says Trump's chance of being elected if convicted 'is as close to zero as you can get'
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis says Donald Trump is unlikely to be elected president again if convicted in any of the four criminal cases he faces
2023-09-14 23:23
US sanctions five Turkey-based firms in broad Russia action on over 100 targets
By Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON The Biden administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on five Turkish companies
2023-09-14 22:50
'Tombstone' Cast Then and Now: Revisiting the unexpected western hit 30 years later
The film arrived in theaters on Christmas Day 1993 and has since remained an evergreen classic thanks to its cast and iconic gunfights
2023-09-14 22:46
‘You have the target’: Russian pilot tries to shoot down RAF spy plane over Black Sea
A Russian pilot fired two missiles towards an RAF surveillance plane after mistakenly believing he had permission to fire. Following the incident last September, Russia claimed it had been caused by a “technical malfunction” with the UK’s Ministry of Defence publicly accepting their explanation. However, intercepted communications reveal that one of the Russian pilots believed he had been given permission to target the aircraft following an ambiguous command from a Russian ground station. After firing, the first missile missed the RAF plane while the second failed to launch successfully. If it had reached its target, it could potentially have drawn a Nato member into a military confrontation with Putin’s Russia. The two Russian SU-27 fighter jets had encountered the RAF plane, which was carrying a crew of up to 30 people, as it was flying a surveillance mission over the Black Sea in international airspace on 29 September. Three Western defence sources with knowledge of the incident have told the BBC that the two Russian pilots received words to the effect of “you have the target”. This prompted one of the pilots to release an air-to-air missile, which successfully launched but failed to strike its target. A row then broke out between the two Russian pilots, as the second did not believe they had been given permission to fire. However, a second missile was released but simply fell from the wing - suggesting the launch was aborted or the weapon malfunctioned. As the Rivet Joint is loaded with sensors to intercept communications, the RAF crew would have been able to listen in to the incident which could have resulted in their own deaths. After the Russian Ministry of Defence called it a “technical malfunction”, the UK government confirmed the incident had taken place. In a statement to MPs on 20 October, the former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace described it as a “potentially dangerous engagement”. However, he added: "We do not consider this incident to constitute a deliberate escalation on the part of the Russians, and our analysis concurs that it was due to a malfunction." An intelligence leak, published online by US airman Jack Teixera, revealed that the US miliary spoke of the incident as a “near shoot-down”. “The incident was far more serious than originally portrayed and could have amounted to an act of war,” the New York Times reported. The MoD has now told the BBC that “this incident is a stark reminder of the potential consequences of Putin’s barbaric invasion of Ukraine.” Since the incident, RAF surveillance flights have been escorted by Typhoon fighter jets armed with air-to-air missiles. Read More South Korea expresses 'concern and regret' over military cooperation talks between Kim and Putin What is a Storm Shadow cruise missile? Weapons, spy satellites and nuclear ambitions: what we learned from Putin’s summit with Kim Jong-un in Russia The Body in the Woods | An Independent TV Original Documentary The harrowing discovery at centre of The Independent’s new documentary
2023-09-14 22:29
Biden advisers plotted impeachment response plan ahead of McCarthy's impeachment inquiry announcement
President Joe Biden's team has begun to execute an impeachment playbook more than a year in the making: Discredit the investigators while sticking to the business of governing.
2023-09-14 22:17
Trump won't be tried with Powell and Chesebro next month in Georgia election case
A Georgia judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump and 16 others will be tried separately from two defendants who are set to go to trial next month in the case accusing them all of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election
2023-09-14 21:51
Wall St eyes higher open as Fed-pause bets remain unchanged after economic data
By Ankika Biswas and Shristi Achar A Wall Street's main indexes were set to open higher on Thursday
2023-09-14 21:49