Just outside of London sits Maidstone, a quiet country town in a peaceful corner of southern England. But around 400 years ago, Maidstone was the scene of witch hunts in the literal sense of the phrase. Records show that more than 20 women convicted of witchcraft were hanged in Maidstone. Witch hunts reached their peak…
A Washington, D.C., judge permanently dismissed the criminal indictment against U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn Thursday, ending a months-long saga around allegations of vandalism to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after the government admitted to a “botched” construction job in recent renovations. In August, federal prosecutors asked Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman to dismiss the…
For more than a decade, reality TV star Porsha Williams has given fans a window into her life, from fertility struggles to the aftermath of her divorce. Now, she’s opening up about a health issue she has kept private. Williams revealed to “CBS Mornings” co-anchor Gayle King that she had to undergo an emergency partial…
Convicted Australian triple-murderer Erin Patterson appealed her convictions Wednesday for poisoning four of her estranged husband’s relatives with death cap mushrooms. Three judges of the Victoria state Court of Appeal are hearing her appeal over two days against her convictions on three counts of murder and one of attempted murder relating to a lunch of…
Two Senate Republicans released a set of early 2021 text messages that show Dr. Anthony Fauci and other federal health officials discussing how to “weigh the potential risks against the benefits” of pregnant women taking COVID-19 vaccines. The 11 text messages that were made public Monday were among more than 34,000 that the Department of…
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board on Friday denied a bid for medical release from Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy convicted of second-degree murder in the 2024 killing of Sonya Massey. The decision means Grayson, who is roughly six months into a 20-year prison sentence, will remain behind bars. Attorneys Ben Crump and…
The next foodborne illness outbreak could be much worse. That’s the concern of food safety leaders across the U.S. who are raising alarms over federal cuts they say have made it harder to detect and stop the spread of foodborne illnesses, such as the recent outbreaks of cyclospora, which has sickened thousands in dozens of…
