Meghan Markle said she experienced “cruel” online bullying while she was pregnant with both of her children. Speaking during a panel on stage at an event at the South by Southwest festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, on Friday, Markle said she is keeping her “distance from [social media] right now just for my own well-being.” … Read more
Two roommates of a recently deceased man were each charged with abusing a corpse after propping up his body to withdraw money from his bank, police said. The pair, Loreen B. Feralo, 55, and Karen Kasbohm, 63, found the man dead Monday and took his body to a bank, where they had previously accompanied him, … Read more
Nine people are dead after a van was struck by a tractor-trailer in an intersection on a Wisconsin state highway Friday, officials said. Only one person, someone in the van, survived the crash that was reported at 7:53 a.m. in Dewhurst Township, around 45 miles southeast of Eau Claire, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office said … Read more
HOUSTON — The Biden administration can keep operating a program that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds after a federal judge on Friday dismissed a challenge from Republican-led states. U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton said Texas and 20 other states had not shown they had suffered … Read more
Two U.S. National Guard members and a Border Patrol agent were killed and a fourth person was injured when a helicopter went down near Rio Grande City, Texas, on Friday, officials said. The UH-72 Lakota helicopter crashed around 2:50 p.m. local time while it was “conducting aviation operations” in the area, according to a statement … Read more
The three Republicans competing in Ohio’s March 19 Senate primary met tonight for their final debate — an hourlong clash that repeatedly focused on Trump and how closely the candidates hew to conservative ideology. “Who do you trust?” Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose asked in the early minutes at Miami University in Oxford. “You’re … Read more
MAGA Inc., the super PAC backing former President Donald Trump’s presidential bid, is questioning President Joe Biden’s ability to serve a second term in a new TV ad, with a narrator asking if Biden can “even survive til 2029.” The ad begins with a video clip showing Biden pausing during a February statement at the … Read more
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Nikki Haley’s campaign is over, but the fight to win over her supporters has just begun. With former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden essentially set in stone as their parties’ respective presidential nominees, the Haley voting bloc — those who previously cast ballots for Trump and those who previously cast … Read more
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a GOP-proposed bill to protect in vitro fertilization into law Wednesday night after weeks of backlash prompted by a controversial state Supreme Court ruling that embryos are considered children. Ivey, a Republican, signed the measure just moments after lawmakers passed it and sent it to her desk. “IVF is a … Read more
Gayle Borne has fostered more than 300 children in Springfield, Tennessee. She’s cared for kids who have rarely seen a doctor — kids so neglected that they cannot speak. Such children are now even more vulnerable because of a law Tennessee passed last year that requires the direct consent of birth parents or legal guardians … Read more