2+ hour, 6+ min ago   (302+ words) Stamford Advocate The sweeping bill initially had just a provision included that would bar all federally elected officials and their spouses, as well as federal judges, from issuing digital assets A core group of Democrats, as well as Sen Thom…...

8+ hour, 28+ min ago   (223+ words) Several families have long alleged that a group of extremist religious leaders in Saudi Arabia gained influence in the Saudi government and aided the hijackers. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudis, but the Saudi government has long denied any involvement…...

9+ hour, 56+ min ago   (220+ words) U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany says he was returning from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day Dinner when the light aircraft lost power as it approached Wausau Downtown Airport. The pilot made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau. They both ended up…...

16+ hour, 53+ min ago   (1046+ words) Although Black men vote overwhelmingly Democratic, even small shifts in their support can help swing razor-thin elections. They are often some of the most scrutinized but least understood voters, a blind spot that Thompson wants to fix. His mission led…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (255+ words) A federal judge on Friday extended a deadline to formally indict defendant David J. Rush until Oct. 8, giving time for federal prosecutors and his attorney to finalize the plea deal and avoid a public trial that the parties said could involve…...

21+ hour, 29+ min ago   (305+ words) An Iranian commercial ship was struck early Sunday near the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed, Iranian state media say. Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said they fired drones and missiles toward southern Saudi Arabia, putting new…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (238+ words) THOMPSON — First responders found two people dead at the Orchard Drive home where a large fire broke out Sept. 1, state police said Saturday. The bodies, believed to be those of adults, were discovered that night, according to Connecticut State Police....

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (872+ words) Susan Appe, University at Albany, State University of New York (THE CONVERSATION) A string of major disasters in 2026 have had devastating consequences. Earthquakes in Venezuelaand Colombia and floods and mudslides in Nepal have killed tens of thousands of people and…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (782+ words) The recent departure of Venezuela and Chad brings the number of countries to pull out of the court in the past year to five, joining Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. The surge in withdrawals comes as the ICC faces hostility…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (692+ words) Daniel Owen Conahan Jr., 72, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. after receiving a three-drug lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He had been sentenced to die for the 1996 kidnapping and strangling of Richard Allen Montgomery, whose mutilated body was found…...