Texas man charged for allegedly kidnapping, assaulting Bumble date for 5 days
A Houston area man has been charged with aggravated kidnapping after holding a woman he met on a dating app captive for five days around Christmas and physically assaulting her before she escaped, according to charging documents.Read More
‘Keep praying for me’: Damar Hamlin, breathing on his own, posts on Instagram for the first time since collapse
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Iran executes karate champion and volunteer children’s coach
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Opinion: McCarthy surrendered his way to victory
The drawn-out spectacle that was the House Speaker election laid bare the fracture and dysfunction within the House Republican conference. Mercifully, it ended after four days and 15 ballots.Read More
Why Rep. Robert Garcia will be ceremonially sworn in to office with a vintage Superman comic
California’s Robert Garcia will be sworn into office with the Constitution — and a priceless vintage Superman comic.Read More
Damar Hamlin and the Existential Crisis of ESPN ‘Monday Night Football’
Fans are used to seeing gruesome injuries. But there was no media playbook for what happened to Hamlin.Read More
Benedict’s Burial Leaves Francis Alone, and Unbound
Liberal supporters of Francis, a pope never shy about exercising power, now anticipate a late-breaking season of change.Read More
Suspect in Bike Path Killing Faces First Death Penalty Trial Under Biden
Though President Biden campaigned against capital punishment, Attorney General Merrick Garland is charting his own course in pursuing the death penalty in the trial of Sayfullo Saipov.Read More
Inside the Final Hours of Kevin McCarthy’s Speaker Fight
Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s slog to his post ended with a remarkably public show of intraparty strife that played out in a history-making overnight session.Read More
What Kevin McCarthy’s Speaker Election Could Mean for the House
The top Republican already had to work with a tiny majority and an emboldened right flank. Concessions he made to win his speakership gave the rebels more tools to sow disarray.Read More
