HONOLULU – Taylor Montgomery did better than he expected in his first competition in seven weeks, making birdie on half of his holes Thursday for a 6-under 64 and the early lead on a blustery day at the Sony Open. Montgomery and Gary Woodland each had low expectations, for various reasons. Montgomery, … Read more
DENVER – Investigators who entered a Colorado funeral home where nearly 200 abandoned bodies were found encountered stacks of partially covered human remains, bodily fluids several inches deep on the floor, and flies and maggots throughout the building, an FBI agent testified Thursday. Prosecutors also revealed text messages sent between the funeral home’s … Read more
WASHINGTON – When U.S. and U.K. warships and aircraft launched waves of missiles at Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen early Friday in Sanaa, it capped weeks of warnings to the militant group to cease their drone and missile attacks against commercial vessels in the Red Sea or face severe consequences. Previously the U.S. … Read more
URBANDALE, Iowa – While his rivals contend with snow drifts and frigid temperatures as they make their last-ditch pitch to Iowa voters, former President Donald Trump has spent much of the week before the caucuses in court instead, by choice. Trump was in Washington, D.C., for a federal hearing Tuesday and attended the … Read more
BRISTOL, Conn. – ESPN has apologized to the organization that administers the Sports Emmy Awards for submitting fake names in categories where they were not eligible to win. “Some members of our team were clearly wrong in submitting certain names that may go back to 1997 in Emmy categories where they were not … Read more
The best CES products pierce through the haze of marketing hype at the Las Vegas gadget show to reveal innovations that could improve lives. The worst could harm us or our society and the planet in such “innovatively bad” ways that a panel of self-described dystopia experts has judged them “Worst in Show.” … Read more
LEWISTON, Maine – Sean Hodgson watched and worried as his best friend of nearly two decades unraveled. His former roommate and fellow U.S. Army reservist’s anger and paranoia were mounting, he had access to guns, and he refused to get help. So Hodgson did the hardest thing of his life: He sent a text … Read more
RENO, Nev. – A California ski resort near Lake Tahoe reopened Thursday, a day after an avalanche roared down a steep section of the mountain, killing a 66-year-old skier in the first U.S. avalanche death of the winter. Palisades Tahoe’s iconic KT-22 lift, which serves the area where the snowslide hit, was to … Read more
OTTAWA – Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says politicians have no say in the operational decisions made by police — and that is why she has nothing more to say about the arrest of a Rebel News personality. David Menzies, a commentator for the online site, was arrested Monday by an RCMP officer providing … Read more
The government consumed more than 1,400 bottles of wine and spirits at the taxpayer’s expense and topped up its cellar with £27,000 of fresh stock during the two years of the Covid pandemic from 2020 to 2022, new figures show. The report on the government’s wine cellar was published on Thursday after repeated delays. It … Read more
