A massive wave of freezing winds, ice, and snow is set to engulf vast regions of the central, eastern, and southern United States next week, with meteorologists warning that more than 250 million people will feel the effects of this historic winter storm.
Pro-life advocates have expressed outrage after three progressive female clergy members held a ritual blessing at a Maryland abortion facility, praising the tools and staff involved in performing abortions.
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), 81, experienced a fall on the marble staircase near the House chamber shortly after casting her vote to elect Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House. Capitol Police and medical personnel quickly arrived to assist the congresswoman, who appeared to suffer injuries during the incident but remained conscious and alert.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested a man who is believed to have the greatest number of explosive devices in the bureau's history. The FBI found "more than 150 apparent explosive devices on the property, preliminarily assessed as the largest seizure by number of finished explosive devices in FBI history," court documents say.
After 43 years, the murder of 18-year-old Ohio waitress Debra Lee Miller has been solved through advanced DNA technology. Mansfield Police Chief Jason Bammann announced Monday that James Vanest, Miller’s upstairs neighbor at the time of her death, was conclusively identified as her killer. Vanest, who was 26 in 1981, was fatally shot in November while authorities attempted to serve him an indictment on unrelated federal gun charges.
Henrico Doctors' Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, has shut down its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) following a series of bone fractures suffered by seven infants under suspicious circumstances. The injuries, which include a fractured leg in one baby, have sparked an investigation by local authorities.
A Virginia man was arrested on December 17 after authorities uncovered a large stash of "finished explosive devices" on his property. Brad Spafford, 50, was apprehended outside Norfolk after the FBI found over 150 explosive devices, including pipe bombs, at his 20-acre farm.
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.
