WASHINGTON — Amid tensions in the Middle East, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized, including spending four days in the intensive care unit, according to two senior administration officials. Austin was not able to perform his duties since New Year’s Day, a senior defense official said Friday. Pentagon Press Secretary Major General Pat Ryder … Read more
A woman who has been in a Florida county jail since June 2022 is pregnant, according to her sister and her attorney, who are demanding answers from corrections officials. Daisy Link, 28, called her family on Christmas Day to say she was almost four months pregnant, according to her sister, Crystal Barreto. “I was lost … Read more
Children who consumed the recalled lead-contaminated WanaBana cinnamon applesauce pouches may also have been exposed to the heavy metal chromium, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. The FDA tested samples of the recalled product as part of its investigation into cases of lead poisoning in the U.S. that are linked to the applesauce. In … Read more
An inmate at an overcrowded Georgia jail killed his cellmate Thursday, marking the second such death at the facility in less than two months, authorities said. Abdul Hosea Woodward was moved to a cell at the Clayton County jail that had three inmates and slept on the floor, according to the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office. … Read more
Singer Michael Bolton revealed he was diagnosed with a brain tumor just before the holidays and had to undergo immediate surgery. He said in a post on social media that the surgery was a success and that he has been recovering at home with his family. Bolton, who is 70, said in the post he … Read more
The family of a pregnant Texas woman, killed in what investigators believe was a narcotics deal “that went bad,” insisted Thursday she didn’t use drugs and was unduly influenced by the man killed alongside her. San Antonio police arrested two men in connection with the slayings of Savanah Soto, 18, and Matthew Guerra, 22, who … Read more
A body found in a San Diego freezer last month may have been that of a woman who has been missing or dead for up to nine years, police said Thursday. “Out-of-town” family members who were visiting a residence called local authorities when they discovered the body in the freezer, police said in December. The … Read more
In 2020, Peloton instructor Jenn Sherman sat on her stationary workout bike and faced an empty studio, dumbbells in hand, as a bass-heavy beat blared in the background. “This song is from the soundtrack of a movie called ‘Tenet,’” Sherman said, asking the empty room, and the hundreds of loyal Peloton users most likely streaming … Read more
A Florida man who fled after being convicted in a Jan. 6 case, triggering a six-week manhunt, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday, federal prosecutors said. Christopher Worrell, 52, was arrested at his home in Naples on Sept. 28, a little more than six weeks after he cut off his ankle monitor four … Read more
A group of Utah rabbis was told to remove signs that declared “I’m a Jew and I’m proud” from a basketball game Monday because they were told it was causing a distraction for the players. Rabbi Avremi Zippel, a long-standing Utah Jazz fan, was at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Monday night … Read more