October 2026
Christa Pike is walking with help and eating after failed execution attempt, her attorneys say
NASHVILLE, Tenn. | Christa Pike has begun walking and eating again at a hospital a week after surviving Tennessee’s attempt to execute her with lethal drugs, her attorneys said Thursday. Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbital as the state sought to giver her a lethal injection eight days ago for the 1995 beating and […]
REEL NEWS IN A RUSH: Top headlines in Friday’s NewsMinute video
Read more New US indictment charges Maduro with overseeing machine of repression, torture of Americans Read more Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in international justice Read more Former Prince Andrew awarded $400,000 in compensation after surrendering his lease in Windsor
New US indictment charges Maduro with overseeing machine of repression, torture of Americans
NEW YORK | U.S. prosecutors unveiled sweeping new criminal charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday, accusing him and his wife of heading a state-sponsored system of repression responsible for beating, asphyxiating, and delivering electric shocks to scores of victims, including several Americans. The torture charges add to pressure on the ousted authoritarian […]
Navi Pillay wins the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in international justice
OSLO, Norway | The South African-born jurist and former U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay, who is currently an ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her efforts to promote peace and international law. Pillay’s work “is a source of hope and inspiration to all […]
Former Prince Andrew awarded $400,000 in compensation after surrendering his lease in Windsor
LONDON | Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been awarded 302,000 pounds ($400,000) in compensation after surrendering his lease on Royal Lodge, the Crown Estate said Friday. King Charles III stripped his younger brother of his royal titles and evicted him from his longtime home, the 30-room Royal Lodge mansion near Windsor Castle, earlier this year because of […]
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Read more Deported to Central African Republic, a transgender woman who lived openly in Miami is hiding again Read more Makar has 2 goals and an assist in the Avs’ 7-3 victory over the winless Flames Read more Rep. Crow, local election and law officials pledge secure vote amid Prop 7A ballot gaffe
Deported to Central African Republic, a transgender woman who lived openly in Miami is hiding again
DAKAR, Senegal | In Miami, Daniela Fuentes styled hair for clients and performed in drag at a nightclub called Azúcar. She wore her blond wig in public and dressed as the woman she had known herself to be since adolescence in Cuba. Now, more than 6,000 miles (10,000 kilometers) away in the Central African Republic, […]
Makar has 2 goals and an assist in the Avs’ 7-3 victory over the winless Flames
CALGARY, Alberta | Cale Makar had two goals and an assist, Devon Toews and Jaden Schwartz also each scored twice and the Colorado Avalanche beat the winless Calgary Flames 7-3 on Thursday night. Nathan MacKinnon scored and had two assists as Colorado (3-1-0) bounced back from a 3-2 loss in Winnipeg on Wednesday night. Scott […]
Rep. Crow, local election and law officials pledge secure vote amid Prop 7A ballot gaffe
AURORA | Amid controversy over a train-district ballot question being mistakenly sent to hundreds of thousands of voters in the Aurora region, federal and local elected officials said Thursday they’re confident that the underway election will be safe, secure and accurate. “We have the safest and most secure election system in the world,” Aurora Democratic […]
PERRY: Why pay to Whack-A-Mole when you can Whack-A-Scammy-Ballot-Prop for free
Few things have historically been as good for Colorado and as bad as the state’s ballot initiatives. While it may seem daunting to have to collect 124,238 valid voter signatures from across the state for permission to ask every Colorado voter just about anything you want, money solves that problem. Dark money from deep-pocket political […]