Brand Risk Panic: Announcer Gone
Sony fired “Wheel of Fortune” announcer Jim Thornton days after suspending him over an airline laptop incident that the company said warranted immediate action.Story...
DOJ Targets $1.3B Medicare Launder Hub
Federal prosecutors say a man who was in the United States illegally helped launder proceeds from a $1.3 billion health care fraud scheme, tying...
Sinema Dragged Into Rare ‘Homewrecker’ Trial
A federal judge said a “homewrecker” lawsuit against former Senator Kyrsten Sinema can go forward, keeping a rare and controversial North Carolina claim alive.Story...
State Department’s Libya Alert: DO NOT ENTER
The State Department’s Libya warning now tells Americans to avoid the country entirely and prepare for worst‑case scenarios.Story SnapshotThe State Department set Libya at...
Cabinet Scandal: Travel, Booze, Boundaries
In public ethics cases, the durable record is the inspector general’s findings, not the rumor mill; here, a formal Labor Department OIG investigation concluded...
Texas Executes Amid Mental Illness Clash
The Battaglia case is a hard lesson in how American law separates mental illness from legal incapacity: you can be seriously mentally ill and...
Postpartum Psychosis Bombshell Stalls Justice
After six weeks, 80+ witnesses, and days of deadlock, a Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s triple-murder case, laying bare how mental...
Why Hollywood Upset This Trans Actor
After a blockbuster role, Elliot Page says the casting calls stopped — and his explanation spotlights how closed-door Hollywood really is.Story SnapshotPage says no...
Domestic Homicide Suspected—Mother Found Bleeding
Police say a 2-year-old boy is dead in a suspected domestic homicide after first responders found him unresponsive and his mother attempting self-harm inside...
Airport Photo Hunt Triggers China Probe
Federal agents say a Chinese student admitted a handler in China sent him to photograph airport cargo areas in North America, then told border...
