This report is published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Giving birth to her fourth child in January of 2021 was life-changing, says Nicole Hamann, but not in the way she ever imagined. While still at the hospital, Hamann was informed that both she and…
Hawaii voters go to the polls on Saturday for primaries in the heavily Democratic state, with Rep. Ed Case facing a primary challenger in the 1st District. Case, 73, has represented the 1st District, which includes Honolulu and other parts of Oʻahu, since 2019, having previously represented the 2nd District, which includes more rural parts…
Washington — The Pentagon on Friday released a new batch of documents and images related to UFOs, also known as unidentified anomalous phenomena or UAP, including a military pilot’s recollection of a huge, strange triangle that blocked out the stars over Afghanistan in 2002. The 41 new files, posted on the Pentagon’s UFO website, include…
In a back room behind a colorful facade in northern Manhattan, drug users are smoking crack while nearby cubicles stand ready for heroin users to wrap tourniquets around their arms and inject themselves with new, sterilized needles. It’s all part of a 5-year-old experiment sanctioned by the city of New York, but not by the…
Police said a man charged with starting a wildfire in Spokane, Washington, confessed to the crime, describing how he planned it for weeks and created a device to ignite a blaze that destroyed hundreds of buildings. Aaron Farinacci researched the weather to predict a day that would have “high winds, low humidity, sort of high…
For Melanie Herbert, years of hospital treatments for a serious medical condition fueled an early interest in how healthcare providers communicate and address their patients’ needs. The experience informed her decision years later to launch Sync Labs, a health technology startup that aims to improve care for older Americans, while she was still a student…
Washington — With three months to go until the critical midterm elections, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill is taking her first major step onto the national political stage to help Democratic candidates with military service win in competitive frontline races. The centrist Democrat, who won in a top battleground race last year, will use her…
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, giving the CDC its first official director in nearly a year. Schwartz was confirmed Wednesday by a vote of 51 to 44. The CDC has been without a Senate-confirmed director since late August 2025, when former director…
Geoffrey Fieger, who campaigned with the flamboyant theatrics he used as Jack Kevorkian’s lawyer, won a narrow victory in the Democratic primary for Michigan’s governor. “There’s a movement going on here, and that movement will turn out voters in unprecedented numbers,” Fieger said Wednesday at a news conference where he claimed victory. He renewed his…
U.S. Rep. John James, endorsed by President Trump, is projected to be the winner of Tuesday’s Republican gubernatorial primary race in Michigan, according to CBS News. As of 10:47 p.m., unofficial results showed that James was leading with 155,109 votes to businessman Perry Johnson‘s 111,942. James will go head-to-head against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who…
