Firefighter killed, several others injured in Virginia house explosion
A Virginia firefighter was killed and others were injured after a house exploded Friday evening, officials said. Loudoun County Fire and Rescue responded to the home in Sterling around 7:40 p.m. for an investigation, and firefighters were inside when the home exploded, Fire and Rescue Assistant Chief of Operations James Williams said. “Total More...
Floral tributes to opposition leader Alexei Navalny pulled down and mourners detained in Russian cities
Floral tributes to Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe who died Friday in a Russian penal colony, were removed overnight by groups of unidentified people while police watched, videos on More...
Snoop Dogg’s brother, music executive Bing Worthington Jr., dead at 44
Snoop Dogg’s younger brother Bing Worthington is dead, the rapper said Friday on Instagram. The 44-year-old died Thursday, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department in California, which More...
Former FBI spy hunter sentenced to more than 2 years in prison for lying about cash payment
WASHINGTON — A former FBI special agent who once led a counterintelligence division in New York was sentenced Friday to more than two years in prison in connection with lying to investigators about receiving More...
Navalny declared declared dead on anniversary of key Putin speech
The announcement Friday that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny had died in prison coincided with the 17th anniversary of a speech President Vladimir Putin delivered in Munich — a lecture many Kremlin More...
Joe Manchin announces he will not run for president
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced Friday that he is not running for president after spending months mulling a bid that would have shaken up the 2024 campaign. “I will not be seeking More...
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny dies in prison
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died in prison, the country’s state media reported Friday, ending a yearslong fight against corruption and the Kremlin that saw him survive several poisoning More...
White House lawyers criticized Robert Hur’s report days before its release
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s legal team is frustrated over the findings and tone of special counsel Robert Hur’s report, several letters leaked Thursday between Biden’s attorneys and top Justice More...
What Trump is promising supporters he’d do in a second term
At a Donald Trump rally, it is often an off-the-cuff one-liner that ends up driving headlines. In between, in speech after speech, the former president is laying out an aggressive and ambitious policy agenda More...
Jan. 6 defendant arrested at Obama’s home hit with new felony charges
WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 defendant who was arrested near the Washington home of former President Barack Obama over the summer after former President Donald Trump posted a screenshot that included the address More...