‘Off the charts’: Secret Service describes rising threats to protectees

WASHINGTON — The Secret Service has opened more than 10,000 investigations this year into threats against people it protects, a 40% rise over the same period last year, officials said Wednesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Director Sean Curran told reporters at a briefing that … Read more

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan describes the challenges of creating

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan said he knew filming “The Odyssey,” which was shot in six countries, “was going to be hard.” “For us, it was just the sheer magnitude of it’s ‘The Odyssey,’ it should be hard. We’re going to go out there and we’re going to make it as well as we can,” Nolan told … Read more

Epstein survivor describes ’emotional’ Todd Blanche meeting

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Epstein survivor describes safety concerns, job loss in emotional testimony at Blanche hearing

Dani Bensky, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein, gave an emotional testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee during Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing. She detailed how the release of the Epstein files resulted in privacy and safety concerns, job loss and reputational harm. Source link

U.K. man describes harrowing escape from Spain wildfire that killed his wife and friends

A British man caught up in Spanish wildfires has described how he survived the inferno as his wife and friends died trying to escape. Malcolm Timbrell, 70, lived with his wife Annette Kilgore, 69, in the village of Bedar, in the Almeria province of southeast Spain.  The area was scorched by wildfires on July 9 … Read more

Former officer describes finding a ‘sniper pad’ on nearby rooftop after Charlie Kirk assassination

PROVO, Utah — A former campus police officer testified Monday that he found an apparent “sniper pad” on a rooftop near where Charlie Kirk was assassinated, as prosecutors sought to convince a state judge they have enough evidence to put a Utah man on trial for murder. Former Utah Valley University Officer Christopher Bagley said … Read more

Former CDC official describes

Dr. Debra Houry, who served as chief medical officer at the CDC before leaving the agency in protest after then CDC director Susan Monarez was fired last year, told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that there was “pure chaos” when HHS Director Robert F. Kennedy took over, and she warned that the “scientific integrity” … Read more

Former CDC official describes

A former top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention described “pure chaos” at the health agency as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sought to drastically transform its policies and personnel.  In an interview with “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” airing Sunday, former CDC chief medical officer Dr. … Read more