U.S. Treasury moves to protect identities of ‘dark money’ political donors
The U.S. Treasury said on Monday that it will no longer require certain tax-exempt organizations including politically active nonprofit groups, such as the National Rifle Association and Planned Parenthood, to identify their financial donors to U.S. ta…
U.S. politician denounces as ‘sick fraud’ Baron Cohen TV guns prank
A Republican congressman filmed for Sacha Baron Cohen’s satirical television series who appeared to back a fictitious scheme to train toddlers to use guns said on Monday that he was the victim of “a sick fraud.”
School buses collide in New Jersey, 23 children injured
At least three school buses collided in southern New Jersey on Monday, injuring 23 children and an adult staff member returning from a summer day camp, police officials said.
Volcanic lava ‘bomb’ injures 23 people on tour boat in Hawaii
A blob of hot volcanic lava struck an ocean tour boat just off the Big Island of Hawaii on Monday, injuring nearly two dozen people in the worst casualty incident to date from the ongoing eruption of the Kilauea Volcano.
Pennsylvania woman charged after baby’s death blamed on drugs in breast milk
A Pennsylvania woman was charged with criminal homicide for the death of her 11-week-old son after an autopsy showed the baby had died because of drugs in the mother’s breast milk, prosecutors said.
Woman arrested in Washington, accused of being Russian government agent
A 29-year-old Russian woman living in Washington, D.C., has been arrested and charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian government while developing ties with American citizens and infiltrating political groups, the U.S. Justice Departme…
School buses collide in New Jersey, multiple injuries reported
At least three school buses collided in New Jersey on Monday, injuring several dozen people, more than 20 of them seriously enough to be taken to local hospitals, a county official said.
Volcanic lava ‘bomb’ injures 22 people on tour boat in Hawaii
A blob of hot volcanic lava struck an ocean tour boat just off the Big Island of Hawaii on Monday, injuring at least 22 people in the worst casualty incident to date from the ongoing eruption of the Kilauea Volcano, fire officials said.
Pianist’s wife not guilty by insanity in killing of daughters in Texas
The estranged wife of a prominent Ukrainian-born concert pianist was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2016 slayings of the couple’s two young daughters in their Texas home, and the judge hearing the case ordered her committed to a state me…
Texas fetal tissue burial law on trial at U.S. court
A court hearing on a Texas law requiring the burial or cremation of aborted fetal tissue opened on Monday with the state arguing the requirement was a matter of dignity, while abortion providers called it unnecessary and aimed at impeding clinic operat…
