Newly released surveillance video shows Oklahoma high school principal tackling gunman

Newly released surveillance video shows an Oklahoma high school principal tackling a gunman in the school’s lobby. Seconds after the suspect opened fire at Pauls Valley High School last week, principal Kirk Moore is seen racing into the hallway. Moore pushes the gunman onto a bench and holds him down before another staffer helps kick … Read more

They’re in a race to save their children’s lives. A newly approved drug has given them hope.

Like other children with Hunter syndrome, Cole is deficient in an enzyme required to break down certain molecules. Over time, toxins accumulate, and the genetic disorder ravages children’s organs, including their heart — and in many cases, their brain, leading to dementia-like symptoms. The condition, also called mucopolysaccharidosis type II, or MPS II, affects about … Read more

New York’s newly identified Underground Railroad passage is under threat

NEW YORK — A newly identified Underground Railroad passageway once used by enslaved people fleeing to freedom is putting the spotlight on a New York City museum and its struggle against a proposed neighboring development. Staff at the Merchant’s House Museum — an upper crust family home built in 1832 in Manhattan’s NoHo district — … Read more

Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez pitches newly opened oil sector to investors at Miami summit

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez preached of lucrative long-term opportunities in her resource-rich country at a Saudi-backed investment summit on Wednesday, offering a window into how Venezuela’s government is trying to lure investors to its oil sector. Addressing the Miami summit from Venezuela, Rodríguez presented a reformed industry — one that has … Read more

Taylor Frankie Paul seen attacking ex boyfriend with chair in newly released video

A new video released on Thursday shows Taylor Frankie Paul attacking her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, in front of her daughter three years ago. Shortly after the video was published, a Disney spokesperson confirmed on Thursday that they had pulled Taylor’s season of “The Bachelorette,” which was set to premiere on Sunday. “In light of the … Read more

Newly discovered Whitey Bulger writings show former FBI agent was framed, lawyer allege

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Attorneys are drawing on statements from a handwritten manuscript by the late mobster James “Whitey” Bulger in an effort to overturn a former FBI agent’s murder conviction, saying the crime boss’s own words show that the agent was framed. Lawyers for former FBI agent John Connolly filed a motion in Miami-Dade … Read more

Virginia’s former first lady to run for Congress in newly drawn district

RICHMOND, Va. — There could be another McAuliffe representing Virginia soon. Dorothy McAuliffe — the former first lady, onetime state department official and wife of then-Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe — said Wednesday that she will run for Congress, putting a prominent name into the mix for a newly drawn district. “We need a leader who … Read more

Atlanta Falcons fire newly hired assistant coach after sexual assault allegations

The Atlanta Falcons fired assistant coach LaTroy Lewis on Friday, hours after the organization said it was looking into sexual assault allegations going back to his years at the University of Michigan. The team, which had hired him earlier this month, issued a terse 14-word statement on its website: “The Atlanta Falcons have dismissed assistant … Read more

Newly released video shows scene of Jeremy Renner’s snowplow accident | CNN

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Newly unearthed DEA document from Epstein files raises question: Did Epstein facilitate drug trafficking?

Jeffrey Epstein was the subject of a previously undisclosed U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency investigation — a five-year-plus probe targeting him and 14 other individuals for suspicious money transfers possibly linked to illegal narcotics, a newly uncovered document in the Department of Justice’s Epstein files reveals.  “DEA reporting indicates the above individuals are involved in illegitimate wire … Read more