Items found in Pompeii home hint at life before volcanic explosion

The DOJ is issuing new subpoenas in a probe of Alaska's U.S. Senate race and alleged efforts by Democrats to recruit a candidate with the same name as the GOP incumbent.

The man who already pleaded guilty to more than 100 state criminal charges , including first-degree murder, for an attack on the Pearl Street Mall in June 2025, appeared in federal court on Thursday, where he changed his plea to guilty on a dozen charges. Mohamed Soliman admitted to the attack during last summer's demonstration in support of Israeli captives held by Hamas. According to prosecutors, Soliman threw two Molotov cocktails at the group, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others.

MONTICELLO, N.Y. — Lawyers for one of seven former Cornell University fraternity members accused in a high-profile sexual assault lawsuit argued in court Thursday that New York Attorney General Letitia James should be removed as special prosecutor, alleging she is biased against the defendants.

Erin Ogunkeye welcomes Lt. General (ret.) Ben Hodges, former commander of US Army Europe and NATO Allied Land Command. The dismissal of senior military officers without public explanation raises fundamental questions about institutional trust and the relationship between civilian authority and military leadership. For General Hodges, the reported firing of Lt. General Brett Sylvia reflects a potentially troubling pattern within the Pentagon under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Equally striking is his criticism of the reluctance of retired senior…