Author Salman Rushdie was off a ventilator and in good spirits Saturday, a day after being stabbed as he went to give a lecture in upstate Chautauqua, his agent confirmed. Rushdie, 75, remained in serious condition but was said to be “talking (and joking)”, fellow author Aatish Taseer tweeted. Rushdie’s agent Andrew Wylie confirmed the … Read more
That’s one way to get a politician to stop talking. A bee flew straight into the mouth of Ontario Premier Doug Ford as he was speaking at a news conference on privatizing health care. The insect can be seen flying around Ford’s face before it dives directly into his kisser, prompting him to suddenly step … Read more
Congressional Republicans want to know just what the Internal Revenue Service intends to do with the $700,000 worth of ammunition it recently added to its 5-million-round stockpile — as Democrats voted to give the agency $80 billion for stepped-up enforcement. “If the Department of Justice will politically target President Trump and raid his home, I … Read more
A car plowed into a crowd of people in Pennsylvania on Saturday as they attended a benefit for victims of a massive fatal fire last week, reports said. The car struck “multiple people” at the Intoxicology Department bar and restaurant in Berwick at around 6:30 p.m., the Times Leader reported. It wasn’t clear how many … Read more
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman made a tentative return to the campaign trail with a rally in Erie, Pa., his first public appearance after suffering a debilitating stroke in May. “I just got so grateful, and I’m so lucky,” he said Friday night in a sometimes halting 11-minute speech to 1,400 supporters. Fetterman, the Democratic … Read more
US intelligence should assess the national security damage caused by former President Trump storing classified documents at his Florida resort, top House Democrats said. House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Adam Schiff of California and House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York asked Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines for a full review … Read more
Russia and Ukraine exchanged blame for the shelling around Europe’s largest nuclear power plant Saturday amid growing fears of a nuclear catastrophe. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly blamed the Russians, who seized the nuclear compound at Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine in March. They accuse Russian forces of storing heavy weaponry inside the plant and using it … Read more
A diesel pipeline in Wyoming owned by a company that’s being sued by federal prosecutors over previous spills in two other states cracked open and released more than 45,000 gallons (205,000 liters) of fuel, state regulators and a company representative disclosed Friday. Cleanup work is ongoing from the spill that was discovered by the pipeline’s operator on … Read more
A boil water water advisory was issued Saturday in 23 Detroit metro-area communities, affecting 935,000 residents, after a water main break was discovered. The Great Lakes Water Authority found the break on a 120-inch water transmission main that distributes drinking water to 23 communities across Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties, the Detroit Free Press reported. The GLWA … Read more
The political battle lines hardened Saturday over the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago, President Trump’s Florida resort home. A top Senate Republican has demanded the public release of the evidence that convinced a judge to let the agency take the unprecedented step of barging into an ex-president’s home. Meanwhile, Democrats decried the GOP’s anti-FBI rhetoric — … Read more