An 83-year-old woman was brutally stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist outside her nursing home in Herzliya, Israel, on Friday. Police identified the victim as Ludmila Lipovsky, a long-time resident of the town.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shukura Ingram has given District Attorney Fani Willis until January 13 to respond to a court order requiring her to honor a subpoena issued by a Georgia Senate committee. The Senate Special Committee on Investigations had previously sought to question Willis about her role in the prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump.
In a recent post on Truth Social, President-elect Donald Trump revealed that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has requested to meet with him at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Trump wrote, "Where are you? When are you coming to the 'Center of the Universe,' Mar-a-Lago. Bill Gates asked to come, tonight. We miss you and x! New Year’s Eve is going to be AMAZING!!! DJT."
Congressional Democrats are advancing legislation to mandate that gyms and fitness centers across the United States become more accessible for individuals with disabilities.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on Friday that several North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region died from injuries sustained on the battlefield. Zelensky addressed the issue at a press conference, explaining that while Ukrainian forces successfully captured the soldiers of the Korean People's Army (KPA), they were severely wounded and could not be resuscitated.
Republican strategist Whitley Yates pushed back against Democratic strategist Theryn Bond’s concerns about privacy violations over proposed DNA testing for illegal immigrants. Bond had argued on NewsNation that DNA testing of migrants was an invasion of privacy, calling it part of a broader effort to mass deport individuals without regard for costs.
Outgoing West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin expressed strong disapproval on Thursday over President Joe Biden's decision to commute the death sentences of two men convicted in the brutal 2002 murder of Samantha Burns, a 19-year-old student at Marshall University. The two men, Brandon Basham and Chadrick Fulks, had been sentenced to death for their roles in Burns' killing. On Monday, as part of a larger commutation effort, Biden reclassified their sentences from execution to life in prison without the possibility of parole, along with 35 other inmates on federal death row.
