Democrat New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced she will sign legislation legalizing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill individuals, marking a major shift in state policy on end-of-life care.
Michigan football program rocked by criminal charges against former head coach Sherrone Moore after prosecutor detailed disturbing behavior, including threatening self‑harm with scissors in front of alleged former mistress.
A California doctor who admitted to supplying ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Los Angeles.
The parents of a 19-year-old California woman killed in a fiery Tesla Cybertruck crash last year have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company, claiming the vehicle’s door handle design prevented their daughter from escaping the burning wreck.
South Africa’s ambassador to France, Nkosinathi Emmanuel “Nathi” Mthethwa, 58, was found dead Tuesday at a Paris hotel in what French authorities are treating as a possible suicide. The veteran diplomat and longtime cabinet minister was a prominent figure in South African politics and a close associate of former President Jacob Zuma.
A man attending the Burning Man festival in Nevada was found dead Saturday night in what authorities are investigating as a homicide. The discovery was made as the festival’s iconic wooden effigy was set ablaze in Black Rock City.
A massive bribery and fraud scheme tied to commercial driver’s licenses in Washington has drawn national outrage after a deadly Florida crash involving an illegal immigrant with a fraudulently obtained CDL. The scandal centers around Skyline CDL School and a now-terminated state examiner who allegedly falsified tests in exchange for cash.
Governor Arnold Palacios of the Northern Mariana Islands died on July 23 at age 69 after suffering a sudden “medical incident,” just months after announcing a decisive shift away from Chinese influence in favor of stronger ties with the United States. Palacios collapsed in his Saipan office and was airlifted to Guam, where he died hours later.
An illegal alien has been charged in a fatal drunk driving crash that killed 18-year-old Hallie Helgeson and seriously injured her boyfriend, 19-year-old Brady Heiling, in Dane County, Wisconsin.
A federal court in Los Angeles is preparing for Dr. Salvador Plasencia to enter a guilty plea on Wednesday. He stands accused of supplying ketamine to “Friends” actor Matthew Perry in the weeks before the star’s fatal overdose in October 2023. This guilty plea would make him the fourth of five individuals charged in connection with Perry’s death to admit wrongdoing.
