The Biden administration was expected to propose new rules for protecting imperiled plants and animals on Wednesday that would reverse changes under former President Donald Trump that weakened the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates protections for species that...
Israeli Settlers Torch Palestinian Homes, Cars in Occupied West Bank Village
Hundreds of Israeli settlers on Wednesday stormed into a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, setting fire to dozens of cars and homes to avenge the deaths of four Israelis killed by Palestinian gunmen the previous day, residents said. The settler attack came as the Israeli military deployed additional...
Daughter of California Man on Iran’s Death Row Seeks Charges Against Iran Judiciary
The daughter of a California-based man sentenced to death in Iran has asked authorities in Germany to open criminal proceedings against members of the Iranian judiciary. The family of Jamshid Sharmahd, who is a German-Iranian citizen, says he was abducted by Iran while staying in Dubai three years ago. Iranian authorities accused...
Dozens of Women Inmates Slaughtered in Honduran Prison, Officials Say
Inmates had complained for weeks they were being threatened by gang members at a women’s prison in Honduras. The gang fulfilled those threats, slaughtering 41 women, many of them burned, shot or stabbed to death. President Xiomara Castro said Tuesday's riot at the prison in the town of Tamara, about...
Underwater Noises Heard in Desperate Search for Missing Titanic Tourist Sub
A Canadian military surveillance aircraft detected underwater noises as a massive operation searched early Wednesday in a remote part of the North Atlantic for a submersible that vanished while taking five people down to the wreck of the Titanic. A statement from the U.S. Coast Guard did not elaborate on what rescuers believed the...
Justice Department Charges Hunter Biden With Federal Tax and Weapons Offenses
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has been charged with failing to pay federal income tax and illegally possessing a weapon and has reached an agreement with the Justice Department, according to letter filed in U.S. District Court in Delaware. As part of the agreement, made public Tuesday, Hunter Biden will plead...
Charitable Giving in 2022 Drops for Only the Third Time in 40 Years: Giving USA Report
Charitable giving in the United States declined in 2022 -- only the third time in four decades that donations did not increase year over year -- according to the Giving USA report released Tuesday. Total giving fell 3.4% in 2022 to $499.3 billion in current dollars, a drop of 10.5%...
Ukraine Downs Russian Drones but Some Get Through Due to Gaps in Air Protection
Ukrainian air defenses downed 32 of 35 Shahed exploding drones launched by Russia early Tuesday, most of them in the Kyiv region, officials said, in a bombardment that exposed gaps in the country’s air protection after almost 16 months of war. Russian forces mostly targeted the region around the Ukrainian capital in a nighttime drone...
At Least 6 Teens Shot After Milwaukee Juneteenth Celebration Ends
At least six teenagers were shot around where Milwaukee’s Juneteenth celebration had just wrapped up, according to police and fire officials. The shooting happened about 4:20 p.m. Monday outside Greater Philadelphia Church of God in Christ, according to witnesses and a Facebook Live video taken by a bystander in the immediate aftermath...
Inside the Deepening Rivalry Between Newsom and DeSantis
Gov. Gavin Newsom says there's no chance “on God's green earth” he's running for president in 2024, but he wants to make clear that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is running, is “weak” and “undisciplined” and “will be crushed by Donald Trump." DeSantis, meanwhile, likes to mock Newsom's apparent “fixation” on Florida while insisting...