Ukraine war briefing: Europe to take charge of military aid as Trump era looms | Ukraine

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced on Monday that a new NATO mission in Wiesbaden will take over coordinating Western military aid to Ukraine.. The establishment of NSATU (NATO Security Assistance and Training to Ukraine) has been planned for months and is widely seen as an effort to protect the aid mechanism from interference by […]
‘The right guy in charge’

Tom Homan, President-elect Donald Trump's Border Patrol agent, is headed to Texas to prepare for a crackdown on illegal immigrants. Lone Star State Gov. Greg Abbott said Homan will tour the Texas-Mexico border with him during a visit later this week. He praised Homan as “the right person in charge” of border security and deportation […]
Feds charge 5 hackers tied to notorious Scattered Spider group — here’s how they stole from big companies

U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday announced criminal charges against five people alleged to be members of Scattered Spider, a loosely organized hacker community suspected of infiltrating dozens of U.S. companies and stealing confidential information and cryptocurrencies. U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada in Los Angeles said the defendants conducted a phishing attack that bombarded employees' cell phones with […]
Brittany Patterson fights child endangerment charge after son walks alone to town

A Georgia mother is facing possible prison time after her 10-year-old son was found walking alone into town less than a mile from his home. Brittany Patterson, 41, was arrested on Oct. 30 on suspicion of reckless conduct after her son was walking unsupervised, according to the Fannin County Sheriff's Office. Patterson left her son […]
Why Elon Musk thinks being in charge of DOGE will be a ‘revolution’

Billionaire Elon Musk joined President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday at the annual America First Institute Gala at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. Musk, who was recently tapped to co-lead the incoming Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), told an audience Thursday that his role is not just about business, but about a “revolution” in […]
Texas death row inmate, Melissa Lucio, murder charge recommended to be overturned

A Texas death row inmate has been deemed “actually innocent” by a judge who has recommended that his death sentence be overturned after new evidence confirms that his daughter died in a fall. Melissa Lucio, a 14-year-old mother from Brownsville, Texas, was arrested and charged in 2007 with the murder of her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah […]
EPA’s new rule to charge oil and gas companies for emissions could face a Trump reckoning

The Biden administration is moving to impose new fees on oil and gas companies for methane emissions, but opponents of the rule say such efforts may not last under incoming Republican leadership. Suggests. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Tuesday that it will “incentivize” the oil and gas industry to reduce methane emissions by imposing […]
Feds Reportedly Charge CIA Official For Leaking Classified Docs About Israeli Attack Plans Against Iran

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials on Tuesday charged a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official with leaking classified documents revealing Israel's plans to attack Iran, The New York Times reported. Asif W. Rahman was arrested in Cambodia on Tuesday. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency The New York Times, a combat support agency within the U.S. Department […]
Jack Del Rio, Wisconsin football assistant and former NFL head coach, arrested on OWI charge

Former NFL head coach and Wisconsin Badgers football staff assistant Jack Del Rio was arrested Friday on OWI charges. The 61-year-old man was driving early Friday morning in Madison, Wisconsin, when the car he was driving crashed into a road sign and destroyed a fence before coming to a stop in a yard, ESPN reported, […]
Police in Antigua charge suspect over fatal stabbing of politician | Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua police have charged a man with stabbing a lawmaker to death at his beachfront home. Police on the Caribbean island charged landscape gardener Alexta Francis, 26, two days after she was arrested and questioned over the murder of Asot Michael. Francis was scheduled to make his first court appearance on Monday. It was not […]