As Category 2 Hurricane Lowell barreled toward Hawaii, residents scrambled to prepare, leading to panic buying that emptied store shelves and created long lines at gas stations. The storm, which struck Labor Day night, had already left a trail of destruction. In Poʻipū, Steve Schneider sat on the front porch of his blue beach bungalow, […]
Hurricane Isaias is poised to intensify significantly over the coming days, prompting emergency declarations across multiple Gulf Coast states. As of the latest advisory, Isaias remained a Category 1 hurricane with 85 mph sustained winds, but forecasters warn it is likely to strengthen further. “It is looking more likely that Isaias will be a significant […]
Democratic Congressmembers Jamie Raskin and Madeleine Dean are calling for a criminal investigation into Leon Botstein, the former president of Bard College who served for 51 years, after congressional investigators uncovered an email from Botstein to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. In the email, Botstein asked if a young woman was “for me, or are […]
Texas carried out the execution of 46-year-old death row inmate Jamal Howard on Wednesday evening, October 7, 2026, via lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. Howard was pronounced dead at 8:03 p.m. after receiving a fatal dose of pentobarbital, a sedative. His execution marked the 30th capital punishment enforced across the United States […]
Christa Pike, the only known inmate in the modern U.S. death penalty era to survive after receiving lethal chemicals, remains in critical condition following a failed execution attempt in Tennessee on September 30. According to her attorneys in a statement to Newsweek, Pike is conscious and speaking but continues to receive critical medical care after […]
Tropical Storm Isaias strengthened into the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season on Thursday, prompting urgent preparations along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned that additional strengthening is expected through early Friday, and Isaias should remain a dangerous hurricane as it approaches the northern Gulf Coast on Friday night. Forecasters […]
In a closed-door industry conference today, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Zeldin announced plans to roll back the 2024 methane regulations for the oil and gas sector. These rules, finalized last year, established critical requirements to reduce methane emissions and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from new and existing oil and gas infrastructure. The proposal also […]
In a move aimed at easing the financial burden on truckers and farmers, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that temporarily permits the use of red-dyed off-road diesel on highways and defers the federal excise tax on the fuel through the end of the year. The order directs the Secretary of the […]
Oil prices climbed more than 2% on Tuesday, driven by escalating attacks on energy infrastructure and heightened geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. The surge comes as Yemen’s Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government announced a major military campaign on Sunday to recapture all areas controlled by the Iran-backed Houthis. The conflict has already disrupted a critical […]
Rescuers in Ukraine have ended their search and rescue operation at the site of a Russian missile strike on a five-story apartment building in the northern town of Pryluky, in the Chernihiv region. The attack, which occurred on the morning of October 7 while many residents were still asleep, killed at least 22 people, including […]
Three people were killed and 36 others injured in a series of Houthi attacks on two Saudi airports this week, according to the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA). The assaults mark a sharp escalation in the Yemen conflict, which had largely been contained by a UN-brokered truce in 2022. The attacks also come amid […]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been directed by their leadership to increase daily arrests by 1,000 people in the weeks leading up to the midterm elections, according to a new report. CNN reported this week, citing two sources familiar with the situation, that the directive would raise the daily arrest goal to 3,000, […]
