NEW YORK — More than a half a million beds sold at retailers like Walmart and Wayfair are under recall because they can break during use, which has resulted in dozens of injuries. The recall impacts several different models and sizes of upholstered low profile standard and platform beds from Home Design, Inc. The Silver … Read more
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey won’t face charges following allegations he had an inappropriate relationship with a minor, Newport Beach, California, police said. The department said it conducted a “thorough and exhaustive examination” into the claims, which The Athletic said emerged on social media, and “were unable to corroborate any criminal activity related to … Read more
Actor Sophie Turner’s lawsuit requesting that pop star Joe Jonas return their two children to England has been dismissed by a New York judge. The “Game of Thrones” star and the singer, once one of Hollywood’s favorite young couples, announced their split on Sept. 6 after four years of marriage. Since their separation, there’s a been a … Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO — A suspect was arrested in the brutal killing in Brazil of an American art dealer who was the co-owner of a prominent gallery in Manhattan, police said Thursday. Brent Sikkema, 75, was found dead on Monday with 18 stab wounds in his Rio de Janeiro apartment. Rio state police arrested a man who … Read more
A hospital employee was arrested and accused of stabbing six people in a string of unprovoked attacks that sent “real fears throughout” New York City, authorities said Thursday. Jermain Rigueur, who was born in 1996 and has no prior criminal record, was booked on suspicion of attempted murder, felony assault and criminal possession of a … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined for now to weigh in on the contentious issue of bathroom access for transgender students by rejecting an Indiana school district’s appeal. The court left in place an appeals court ruling that required a middle school in Martinsville, Indiana, to allow a transgender boy to use the … Read more
Rep. Dean Phillips talks UFOs with New Hampshire voters At a diner stop in New Hampshire, Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota found himself discussing UFOs — officially known as unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs — with two voters. Phillips, a Democratic presidential candidate, told the voters that he doesn’t believe in UFOs, but he called up … Read more
WASHINGTON — Senior lawmakers in Congress announced a bipartisan deal Tuesday to expand the child tax credit and provide a series of tax breaks for businesses. The $78 billion tax agreement between House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith, R-Mo., and Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., caps months of negotiating and pursuing common ground … Read more
Former President Donald Trump attended his defamation damages trial in New York on Tuesday, sitting roughly 10 feet away from E. Jean Carroll, the writer whom a civil jury last year said he was responsible for sexually abusing in the 1990s. Trump was in the courtroom for jury selection but left before opening statements began … Read more
Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Tuesday that he is suspending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, dropping out after failing to register in the Iowa caucuses. Hutchinson notched 0.2% of the vote in Monday’s caucuses, finishing a distant sixth after an anti-Trump campaign that did not gain traction for the veteran Republican in … Read more