Former CIA official David Rush, found with 303 gold bars worth over $40 million, reaches plea agreement in principle as prosecutors cite classified-material litigation
Federal prosecutors and attorneys for former Central Intelligence Agency official David Rush have reached a plea agreement in principle, stopping proceedings before a grand jury indictment in a case involving $40 million in stolen gold bars and…
Baltimore kept an invasive pear as its official tree for 52 years; after Maryland banned its sale, six costumed native trees raced to reveal its replacement, the tulip poplar
The six finalists were the tulip poplar, American sycamore, blackgum, bald cypress, bitternut hickory and overcup oak. (wbaltv photo) For 52 years, Baltimore had the Chanticleer pear, also known as the callery pear, as its official city tree. That…
Another body recovered after ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus: official
Search and rescue teams recovered the body of one of 20 people missing after a passenger ferry capsized off northern Cyprus, officials said on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to at least nine. Another body recovered after ferry capsizes off northern…
Israeli special forces capture Hamas official in raid on Gaza City
By Nidal al-Mughrabi Israeli special forces capture Hamas official in raid on Gaza City CAIRO, Sept 1 – Israeli special forces captured a Hamas militant leader in a raid in Gaza City on Tuesday while Israeli air strikes meant to protect those…
A 55-year-old Missouri official reached the 13,804-foot summit of Wyoming’s highest mountain and signed its register; he then disappeared for 5 days before rescuers found him alive and severely dehydrated
A 55-year-old Missouri official reached the 13,804-foot summit of Wyoming’s highest mountain and signed its register 55-year-old Missouri deputy attorney general who had been missing in Wyoming’s rugged Wind River Range for five days has been…
Pennsylvania measles deaths: Lancaster County official says infant ‘did not die of measles’ amid RFK Jr-Josh Shapiro row
Pennsylvania’s state Health Department said on Wednesday that one of the two unvaccinated Lancaster County, Pennsylvania residents dead from measles-related complications was an infant. However, county officials are disputing the claim. A Medical…
‘Scapegoating mob behavior’: Trump official slams Ghent over US academic Nathan Cofnas suspension
Nathan Cofnas (L), who exposed Cambridge professor Jason Arday’s plagiarism, suspended by Ghent University. US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White has publicly condemned Ghent University’s suspension of American academic Nathan Cofnas, who had exposed…
‘This right here is everything that’s wrong with H-1Bs’: Trump official knocks on the door of Pakistani event manager Mohammad Abbas accused of selling visas
Sara Gonzales brought the DOL inspector general to a Texas office accused of selling H-1B visas and Green Card and showed him purported messages. Texas journalist Sara Gonzales brought Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito to the…
Who is Heidi Beirich? 5 things to know about the former SPLC official arrested in $1.2M donor-fraud case
Heidi Beirich, a former Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) official, was arrested in California on Wednesday, August 12, in a federal case tied to the nonprofit’s secret payments to informants inside extremist groups. Prosecutors accuse Beirich of…
‘This building alone has 500+ approved H-1B applications’: Trump official in Texas reveals shocking reality, no one is opening doors
Trump official reveals shocking reality of H-1B visa program from his field inspection in Texas. Anthony D’Esposito, the inspector general of the US Department of Labor, revealed the shocking reality that they found during their field inspection in…