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By Mike Stone, Erin Banco and David Jeans WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) – The White House has reviewed candidates to potentially replace Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, three people familiar with the discussions told Reuters, a sign that more leadership change could come for a Pentagon already facing unusually high staff turnover. The effort, which was under way in June, has included conversations with senior lawmakers in the […]

The closely watched case of the Massachusetts mother who killed her three young children was on the verge of being declared a mistrial Friday — but there was still one more dramatic moment to come. After weeks of grueling testimony, the jury could not get beyond an impasse on the seventh day of deliberations on murder charges against Lindsay Clancy. An audible gasp was heard in the courtroom as Judge […]

The trial to decide if Lindsay Clancy was criminally responsible when she strangled her three children in 2023 ended in a mistrial Friday after jurors were unable to reach a consensus after weeks of conflicting testimony about her post-pregnancy mental health and seven days of deliberations. What happens now? Clancy, a 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse, remains charged with murder and will continue to be held in a psychiatric […]

WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump granted clemency this week to 30 people, including Emory Jones, a longtime associate of rap mogul Jay-Z, White House “pardon czar” Alice Marie Johnson posted on Friday. • Jones served nearly 16 years in federal prison on drug charges, Johnson wrote in a social media post announcing the clemency actions. • The president took the action on Thursday, according to Johnson, the […]

LA PAZ, Sept 4 (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed and dozens more injured on Friday after an explosion at a military barracks in the Bolivian municipality of Viacha, about 30 km (19 miles) from La Paz, local authorities said. The blast occurred at around 2:30 p.m. (1830 GMT) local time in an area used to store pyrotechnic material, authorities said. While the cause has yet to be […]

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday endorsed a new world map that represents Africa more accurately in its larger size, a culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups. Friday’s resolution, which was sponsored by Togo and backed by members of the African Union, was passed with 164 member states voting in favor. Only the U.S. voted against it while six other countries — Serbia, […]

By Field Level Media Sep 05 (Field Level Media) – Charlie Woods put himself in contention at the Junior Players Championship on Friday, firing a 1-under-par 71 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. The 17-year-old recorded five birdies and four bogeys on the par-72 Stadium Course in his lowest competitive round at the venue where his father, Tiger Woods, twice won the Players Championship. Charlie Woods was tied […]

NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) – U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr acknowledged on Friday that measles caused the recent death of an infant in Pennsylvania, citing information from a county coroner, but suggested the federal government would not yet recognize the fatality in official data amid a fast-growing national outbreak. Last month, Kennedy asked for two measles-related deaths reported by Pennsylvania’s health department to be removed from the CDC’s […]

NFL career rushing leader Emmitt Smith is being sued by a Native American investment company over claims that the former Dallas Cowboys running back and his business partners misappropriated a $2.5 million loan that was supposed to fund a wind farm project in Texas. Kituwah LLC claimed in a lawsuit filed this week in Delaware that 4 13 Solutions used the money to repay an investor from previous dealings with […]