US presses criminal charges against Belarusians involved in alleged state-sponsored hijacking of flight with activist on board
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Belarus fabricated a bomb scare aboard a Ryanair passenger plane last year to force it to land so it could arrest dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, federal prosecutors in New York said
Peninsula Pirate men upset top ranked Skagit Valley basketballers

The big crash you heard last night around 9 pm was the #1 ranking of the Skagit Valley Cardinals as Donald Rollman’s Peninsula Pirates men upset the Cardinals 68 – 55, or was it an upset. The
Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance produce 'One Thousand Years of Slavery', Anthony Mackie to make his directorial debut and more
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Angela Bassett and husband Courtney B. Vance are serving as executive producers of the docuseries One Thousand Years of Slavery, which will premiere on the Smithsonian Channel during Black History Month on Monday, February 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Biden nominee would be 1st Muslim woman to serve as federal judge
ACLU Illinois (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden announced the nomination of Nusrat Jahan Choudhury to the federal judiciary Wednesday, who, if confirmed by the Senate, would become the first Muslim American woman to serve as a federal
Georgia prosecutor requests special grand jury in probe of Trump's efforts to overturn election
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A Georgia prosecutor investigating possible criminal behavior by former President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election has officially requested to seat a special grand jury, according to a letter obtained by
Judge rules family of late actor Bill Paxton can sue over alleged cause of death “cover-up”
Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Critics’ Choice Television Awards Bill Paxton‘s untimely death in 2017 was at the center of a Los Angeles’ judge’s decision on Wednesday. Deadline reports Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Steven J. Kleifield is allowing the actor’s widow, Louise Paxton, and
US escalates pressure on Russia, approving new arms and accusing it of plot against Ukraine
benstevens/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ahead of a key meeting on Friday between the U.S. and Russia, the Biden administration on Thursday pushed a full-scale campaign to pressure Moscow as Russian leader Vladimir Putin weighs a possible attack
Family of teen killed by police file $150M lawsuit against county
Courtesy Truitt Family (COBB COUNTY, Ga.) — The family of a Georgia teenager who was fatally shot by police in July 2020 has filed a lawsuit against Cobb County for $150 million over the teen’s death. “I
Jan. 6 committee asks Ivanka Trump for cooperation, testimony
Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack requested on Thursday that Ivanka Trump cooperate with its investigation and asked her to testify regarding conversations with her father, former President Donald Trump,
In space, everyone can hear you stream: Company launching the first movie studio in space in 2024
S.E.E. It has just been revealed where Tom Cruise‘s movie in outer space will be shot. U.K.-based Space Entertainment Enterprise (SEE) has announced that it’s co-producing the hush-hush film project for Cruise’s Day After Tomorrow director Doug Liman in SEE-1, the first dedicated movie studio in