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Dahlia killer was sadistic, Zodiac sought publicity: Experts cast doubts on link
The woman known as the Black Dahlia had not been dead long before the smears began. Two months after her mutilated, bisected body was found in a South Los Angeles lot on Jan. 15, 1947, a newspaper headline asked: “‘Dahlia’ to Blame?” Looming over the case was the suspicion that Elizabeth Short, who was jobless
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GOP senator opens up new front in war against Trump nominees: ‘Take me at my word’
Fresh off forcing the Trump administration to drop its politically motivated prosecution of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is now deploying his Senate Judiciary Committee leverage to block acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’spermanent nomination unless the administration abandons any tolerance for Jan. 6 apologism. According to Politico’s Jordain Carney, Tillis holds
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The Summer the American Water Crisis Turned Real
Two high-profile water crises, juiced up by climate change and industrial overuse, are building in the US. From a city in Texas staring down a drought emergency, to a decades-long political crisis coming to a head for seven states that rely on the Colorado River, water issues in the West will take center stage this
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Americans aren’t buying Trump’s schtick anymore
The British monarch came before Congress to jointly celebrate the 250th anniversary of the former American colonies throwing off his “five-times-great-grandfather” to become the independent United States. But the speech by King Charles III was enough to make Americans want to swap their current president, a wannabe king, for the real thing again. Just kidding,
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Disgraced Republican lawmaker throws in towel on comeback effort in South Carolina
Disgraced South Carolina politician Mark Sanford is ending his comeback bid — before it even had a chance to properly begin. According to The Post and Courier, Sanford will suspend his campaign to reclaim his old congressional seat, just 30 days after he first announced: “The former South Carolina governor and congressman confirmed his plans
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Delta passengers chant at flyer who refuses to hang up phone: ‘Get off the plane’
A Delta Air Lines flight passenger was removed from a plane in Miami after refusing to end a phone call before takeoff, causing a delay and enraging other travelers. The incident happened Monday on a flight from Miami to Atlanta, the airline confirmed to Fox News Digital. Crew members repeatedly told the passenger to hang up while
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An emergency room is no place for immigration enforcement
A recent episode of HBO’s “The Pitt” portrayed the chilling effects of immigration enforcement in healthcare. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents dressed in tactical gear and face coverings brought in a woman in zip ties to the emergency room for medical clearance. Chaos ensued: Staff were confused about how to care for the patient, both
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The surprising reason why buying guns helps endangered species
Here’s a weird fact: Every time someone buys an assault weapon in the US, such as an AR-15, they’re funding wildlife conservation. The same is true if they purchase a handgun, a shotgun, or any other kind of gun or ammunition. That’s thanks to a law most people have never heard of: the Federal Aid
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These Men Allegedly Profit Off Teaching People How to Make AI Porn
A little over a year ago, MG was leading the relatively normal life of a twentysomething in Scottsdale, Arizona. She worked as a personal assistant and supplemented her income by waiting tables on the weekends. Like most women her age, she had an Instagram account, where she’d occasionally post Stories and photos of herself getting
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Trump gets blunt fact check from oil experts on ‘explosive’ claim: ‘Not how it works’
President Donald Trump has intensified pressure on Iran by predicting that the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will soon cause catastrophic damage to Tehran’s oil infrastructure, but energy experts and analysts widely dispute these claims as unrealistic. Trump told reporters at the White House last Thursday: “If they don’t get their oil moving,