The federal Bureau of Land Management’s preferred alternative for a proposed large-scale wind energy farm in southern Idaho would shrink its size by nearly half and move it farther from a national historic site. The proposed Lava Ridge wind farm has drawn opposition from government leaders, local ranchers, and people who have said, among other things, that the project endangers the Minidoka National Historic Site, where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. The agency detailed its preferred alternative to the original plan in its final environmental review released last week.
Giuliani, a former New York mayor, said on his America's Mayor Live social media show that he had posted his bond and had been fingerprinted and had a mugshot taken at the Maricopa County sheriff's office. After hours calls to the Maricopa County sheriff's office and to the Maricopa County Superior Court clerk's office where Giuliani said he posted bail were not returned. "It's hard for me to believe ... that I actually had to report as a defendant in a criminal case," Giuliani said on his show.
A Chinese man arrested after his speedboat illegally entered a Taipei harbour is a former navy captain who could have been probing the island's defences, senior Taiwanese officials said on Tuesday. Taiwan's coast guard arrested the man on Sunday at the coastal neighbourhood of Tamsui after his boat entered a river that leads into Taipei, an incident that happened amid ongoing tensions between Taiwan and China. China views the democratically governed island as its own territory, a claim Taipei rejects.
The State Department reversed a decade-old prohibition on the Azov Brigade from using American training and weapons after a new analysis found no evidence of human rights violations by the unit, the Post reported. "After thorough review, Ukraine’s 12th Special Forces Azov Brigade passed Leahy vetting as carried out by the U.S. Department of State,” the State Department said in a statement obtained by the newspaper.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is heard questioning whether compromise between the left and right is possible in a conversation posted on social media Monday. The conservative justice is also heard agreeing with a woman who says the United States should return "to a place of godliness.” The audio was posted on X by liberal filmmaker Lauren Windsor.
Four instructors from an Iowa college who were visiting their partner university were injured in a park in northeastern China on Monday in a stabbing incident, according to a school spokesperson.
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in a secret recording made public on Monday by a liberal activist can be heard agreeing with the sentiment that the U.S. should return "to a place of godliness." Reuters could not independently verify the authenticity of the recording that activist Lauren Windsor posted on social media and provided to the media outlet Rolling Stone. A spokesperson for the Supreme Court declined to comment.
Passengers with minor injuries have been offered $10,000 and those with serious injuries can discuss an offer to meet their specific needs, the airline said. "Passengers medically assessed as having sustained serious injuries, requiring long-term medical care, and requesting financial assistance are offered an advance payment of $25,000 to address their immediate needs," that will form part of any final settlement, it added. A 73-year-old passenger died of a suspected heart attack and dozens were injured after flight SQ321 from London to Singapore encountered what the airline described as sudden, extreme turbulence while flying over Myanmar.
South Korean soldiers fired warning shots after North Korean troops briefly violated the tense border earlier this week, South Korea's military said Tuesday, as the rivals are embroiled in Cold War-style campaigns like balloon launches and propaganda broadcasts. While Sunday's incident happened amid simmering tensions between the two Koreas, observers say it won't likely develop into another source of animosity as South Korea believes the North Koreans didn't deliberately commit the border intrusion and North Korea also didn't return fire. At 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, some North Korean soldiers who were engaged in unspecified work on the northern side of the border crossed the military demarcation line that bisects the two countries, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
Over nearly 50 years, Apple has navigated the rise of the PC, the smartphone revolution and a world made smaller by social media. But is it ready to enter the age of AI? Apple on Monday revealed its long-simmering AI strategy in a keynote at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference. Starting this fall, it’s adding a little bit of AI - which it is calling “Apple Intelligence” - to many of its core apps and devices. It also announced upcoming changes to iOS and its other big software, including
The jury in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial began deliberations on Monday after the defendant declined to testify in his own defense and both sides presented closing arguments in the historic case against the president’s son.
The Port of Baltimore’s shipping channel is fully operational again, response officials announced Monday, more than two months after a massive cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, killing six construction workers and cutting off access to the crucial shipping artery.
A dog has helped his owner get rescued after a car crash in a steep ravine in mountainous northeastern Oregon, authorities said. A man was driving with his four dogs on a remote U.S. Forest Service road on June 2 when he crashed into a ravine below, the Baker County Sheriff's Office said in a news release on Facebook. When authorities arrived, they found the man about 100 yards (91 meters) from the car after they heard him yell for help.