Category: US

Vermont search-and-rescue teams are saving an ‘unprecedented’ number of lost skiers after TikTok trends

Skiers at Stowe Mountain Resort in Vermont are crossing marked boundaries, particularly near the Toll Road, where challenging terrain and thin snow make it hard to return safely

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Bitcoin extends rebound as dollar heads for ninth straight decline

Bitcoin, the biggest cryptocurrency by market value, rose to $91,878.30 on Wednesday

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‘Green River Killer’ who butchered up to 80 people is ‘near death’ in prison: report

Gary Ridgway, aka the Green River Killer, pleaded guilty in 2001 in a deal to avoid the death penalty

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Florida firefighter arrested after attacking teens with baseball bat and threatening to kill them after ‘ding-dong-ditch’ prank: police

The firefighter allegedly hit the teens and the golf cart they were fleeing in with a baseball bat, according to a report

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George Floyd killer Derek Chauvin asks for a new trial alleging false testimony got him convicted

Derek Chauvin is serving a 22-and-a-half-year prison sentence for the murder of George Floyd

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CBS News faces investigation from top House Democrat over editing of ‘60 Minutes’ Trump interview

‘The double standard here undermines public trust and demonstrates how Paramount’s capitulation has compromised CBS News’s independence,” Jamie Raskin wrote Wednesday

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Pete Hegseth endangered troops by sharing war plans in Signal chat, report says

The classified report, conducted by the Inspector General, was sent to Congress Tuesday night

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Ohio mom gave her son’s heart to save a stranger’s life. A decade later, she’s fighting to keep it beating

EXCLUSIVE: Heart transplant recipient Payton Herres and the donor’s mother, Mary Cutter, hear one another’s voices for the first time in an emotional interview with Rhian Lubin after a spike in the cost of anti-rejection drug through health insurance makes it unaffordable

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Trump team pushing for more robot development as White House leans heavily on tech innovation

American robotics companies have been lobbying for a national strategy to keep pace with rival China

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Three key reasons why Trump won’t do anything to Pete Hegseth over ‘kill them all’ boat strike scandal — for now

Trump’s desire to avoid anything resembling the chaos of his first term is keeping Pete Hegseth safely in the Pentagon, writes Andrew Feinberg … at least for the next few months.

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