President Donald Trump issued a memorandum on Friday to put the U.S. military in control of a 60-foot strip of land along the southern border between the United States and Mexico. Friday’s memorandum, titled “Military Mission for Sealing the Southern Border of the United States and Repelling Invasions,” orders Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Defense…
Gov. Jared Polis signed a sweeping gun-control measure into law Thursday, the culmination of years of effort by advocates and progressive Democrats to limit the sale of high-powered semiautomatic weapons in Colorado. Starting next summer, Coloradans will have to pass a background check and a training course before they can purchase a swath of semiautomatic…
Soulja Boy was ordered on Thursday to pay $4 million in damages after being found liable in a sexual assault case brought forward by a woman who previously worked as his assistant. The “Crank That” rapper, whose real name is DeAndre Cortez Way, was accused of sexual and physical violence in a lawsuit originally filed in January 2021. The…
At 6:01 p.m. Friday, in a crack of rifle shots, Mikal Mahdi was executed inside of the Broad River Road Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina. The convicted double murder let out a groaning yell as the bullets struck his chest, followed 80 seconds later by a deep guttural moan as the life seemed to leave him. He was pronounced dead…
Most lay people wouldn’t know that honor guard work at military grave sites involves more than donning a freshly pressed uniform and white gloves. But the Meriden Antique Veterans Honor Guard Post #1 members know all the potential pitfalls — including the sinking soil at cemeteries when it’s wet, storing the rifles in the van and how…
At least 50 people were killed in weekend attacks in Congo’s conflict-battered east, authorities said Saturday. The government traded blame with Rwanda-backed rebels over who was responsible for the violence that quickly escalated the conflict in the region. The renewed violence that residents reported in and around the region’s largest city of Goma — which…
