Serbian troops on the border with Kosovo were put on high alert Friday following clashes inside Kosovo between police and ethnic Serbs that injured more than a dozen people. Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo, who are a majority in that part of the country, had tried to block recently-elected ethnic Albanian officials from entering municipal…
The Department of Justice is investigating whether expensive gifts were given to New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez and his wife, including a Mercedes-Benz, a luxury D.C. apartment, money and jewelry, sources familiar with the matter said. According to sources, investigators want to know if the gifts — which would be valued in the tens of thousands of…
Days after a New Mexico 18-year-old gunned down three elderly women in an indiscriminate shooting rampage, police have not yet publicly discussed a motive or revealed why a teenager hours shy from graduation would commit such a horrific crime. He killed Shirley Voita, 79, Melody Ivie, 73, and Gwendolyn Schofield, 97, who were all in…
Four people, including a teenage suspect, were killed and two police officers were wounded Monday in a chaotic shooting in the Four Corners region of New Mexico, authorities said. Three “civilian victims” were killed, Farmington police said, in addition to a suspect who was “confronted and killed on scene.” Police said that the suspect was…
A high court in Islamabad has granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan a two-week reprieve from arrest in a graft case and granted him bail on the charges. Babar Awan, the lawyer for Khan, says the court made the decision on Friday, a day after the country’s Supreme Court asked it a ruling. He says…
Russia has launched a fresh wave of deadly strikes, firing drones and missiles on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. Moscow stepped up its bombardment yesterday as it prepared for its cherished Victory Day holiday today – celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945. They carried out 61 air strikes and 52 rocket salvos on…
Won’t you be my neighbor? How porch culture fights loneliness. | View caption Hide caption Trust Why do some people view a doorbell ringing as a threat? Meet the Americans embracing porch culture and trying to keep a sense of neighborliness and fellow feeling alive in a society with an epidemic of loneliness. “Front porch…
Six people died and at least 37 others were injured in a massive highway pileup caused by “a rare dust storm” in a rural area in central Illinois, The New York Times reports. Illinois State Police say the sudden storm led to “zero visibility” conditions. The crashes occurred on both sides of a two-mile stretch…
A Georgia man shot two of his relatives and a fast food restaurant manager dead before killing himself on Thursday in rural south Georgia, the local coroner said. The shooter killed his 50-year-old mother and 74-year-old grandmother at two neighboring homes and killed a woman, age 41, at a McDonald’s restaurant in downtown Moultrie, Colquitt…
Why Biden is running again – and could beat Trump in 2024 | View caption Hide caption But the nascent 2024 contest is about so much more. He’s not running in a vacuum. Major polls suggest that, as of now, a rematch of Mr. Biden and former President Donald Trump is the likeliest scenario. If that…