The Justice Department took steps to charge James Comey with leaking information earlier this month, court records show, in its third attempt to bring criminal charges against the former FBI director and Trump foe. Prosecutors are seeking to charge Comey with two counts of violating the Espionage Act by transmitting national defense information to a…
From AI chatbots to lifestyle trends, the concept of optimizing one’s life came sharply into focus in 2026. That’s why Dictionary.com picked “maxxing,” a reflection of our increasingly online society, as its latest Word of the Year. “Maxxing (sometimes -maxxing) is short for ‘maximizing,’” says Dictionary.com. “This trendy term can be used on its own…
Only two weeks after undergoing surgery for lung cancer, Pope Leo XIV has been given the medical green light to embark on an ambitious 12-day tour of South America next month. “Based on his current clinical status, as well as the instrumental and laboratory tests performed, there are no contraindications that would prevent him from…
Tel Aviv — After three years with their country at war on multiple fronts, Israelis will go to the polls Tuesday in a hotly contested election that will shape their next government. Polls show it is an incredibly tight race, and as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fights to hold onto his job, there’s no guarantee of…
London — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, confronted her estranged father last year about child sexual abuse allegations leveled against him, about six years after she was first made aware of the claims, according to new information from CBS News’ British partner BBC News. Last week, police in the Philippines confirmed they were investigating Thomas Markle Sr….
Tens of thousands marched in Tel Aviv last night demanding Benjamin Netanyahu’s government answer for the failures that led to the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks. “We cannot be a dictatorship!” said one woman. “And we cannot have these criminals running our country.” Tuesday will be the first parliamentary elections since the attacks. Thirty-nine parties…
The Israeli military continued a massive operation in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, placing major restrictions on movement ahead of Israel’s upcoming elections. The operation, which comes in response to a gun attack that killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three others in Hebron on Friday, has displaced hundreds of Palestinians over the last…
The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat on Sunday in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government. It was a seismic political shift in the Balkan country where Vucic, who had been endorsed by Russian President Vladimir…
Brazilians are voting in Sunday’s polarizing presidential runoff between incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, a contest that will determine whether the U.S. will significantly expand its growing influence in Latin America. Polls showed the two candidates, who need more than 50% of the vote to become Brazil’s next leader in…
On the streets of Schenectady, New York, Ron Ladouceur is “ghost hunting” in broad daylight, alongside an old brick wall. “We’ve got a couple of letters we can make out here, right?” he said. “There’s the word ‘service,’ that’s pretty clear. The brand name was here. This was probably an auto service center of some…
