• A Cybertruck owner says his accelerator got stuck while he was driving

    A federal vehicle safety regulator says it has contacted Tesla after a Cybertruck owner went viral over the weekend with claims that his accelerator pedal got stuck while he was driving the vehicle. On Thursday, Jose Martinez said he was driving his new Tesla Cybertruck on his local drag strip in Southern California when the car started accelerating on its own. He said he put his foot firmly on the brake, stopped the car and realized that a rubber cover attached to the accelerator had come...

  • What would JK Rowling say about the Tickle v Giggle case?

    At the same time Harry Potter author, JK Rowling, is challenging highly contentious gender ideology in Scotland’s anti-hate speech law,…What to read next: JK Rowling stared down hate speech laws | The return of the hungry horses | Dear Senator Wong, recognising a terrorist state is wrong | CEO class strikes out again by spruiking for males in women’s sport

  • US Says It Is Partnering With 50 Countries To Stifle Future Pandemics

    President Joe Biden’s administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak that suddenly halted normal life around the globe in 2020. U.S. government officials will offer support in the countries, most of them located in Africa and Asia, to develop better testing, […]

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    Suspect in Mission murder case taken into custody, police say

    MISSION, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A suspect in a Mission murder case has been taken into custody, police said. Police told ValleyCentral that one person was arrested in connection to the killing of a 25-year-old man last week. At 8:57 p.m. April 8, police received calls of shots fired in the area of the 2500 block []

  • Travelers avoid gridlock during eclipse; Ohio officials say planning paid off

    Travel data from the Ohio Department of Transportation shows traffic volumes were up 12.8% on Sunday, fell by 4.4% the day of the eclipse, and increased again by 15.8% on Tuesday.

  • Raskin says Trump’s hush money trial is ‘a very serious case’

    Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) underlined the severity of former President Trump’s criminal hush money trial, saying he believes that Americans will really pay attention to court proceedings, and it could impact their vote. Raskin’s comments come after Trump’s attorneys have downplayed the trial. Attorney Will Scharf said Sunday that it is merely a “six-week-long media

  • Two are fatally shot in rare Napa homicide case, police say

    Napa police are investigating the fatal shooting of two people Saturday night, a rare instance of such violence in this wine country community popular with tourists. Officers found the two female victims about 8:10 p.m. in the 400 block of Riverside Drive, the Napa Police Department said in a news release. They appeared to be teenagers, reported KTVU-TV Channel 2, which cited a witness to the shooting. One person died at the scene and the other at a local hospital, police said. Anyone with...

  • ‘Do the right thing,’ say Assange defenders as Biden mulls dropping case

    "This would be the best decision Biden ever made," said one supporter of the jailed WikiLeaks publisher.

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    Nearly 30 cases of eclipse-related eye damage reported in Quebec so far

    Quebec optometrists have confirmed 28 cases of eclipse-related eye damage since the solar event on April 8, and health officials say there could be far more.

  • State says confirmed measles case the first in 15 years in West Virginia

    Positive test came back Monday.

  • Judge Cannon says 'no' to Trump's co-defendants who want out of documents case

    Federal Judge Aileen Cannon has denied Donald Trump's classified document co-defendants' motions to dismiss. In her eight-page order, Cannon rejected efforts by Trump's aide Walt Nauta and former Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira to get the cases against them tossed, reported MSNBC host and legal analyst Katie Phang. She tweeted that Cannon shot down Nauta's request to be spared of a trial and instead "finds that the indictment puts him on enough notice so that he can adequately...

  • 'Alarming': Expert says prosecutors are panicking about one juror in Trump's criminal case

    The prosecution team may need to be wary of Juror No. 2. Described as a married investment banker with a Master's degree is one thing. But the fact that he's read Trump’s bestselling book, "The Art of the Deal," and claims to track Trump's Truth Social posts — is another, according to one expert. Elliot Williams, a former deputy assistant attorney general at the DOJ, flagged this particular juror as a potential concern for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to prove his case to a jury...