Five Alarm: Nineteen people died yesterday, nine of them children, in a fire in a West Bronx apartment building.   Another 44 were injured, 13 of them critically, after the occupants of the third-floor apartment where the fire started left in a …

Malice Murder: A Judge in Brunswick, Georgia yesterday sentenced a father and son convicted of murdering black jogger Ahmaud Arbery to life without the possibility of parole plus 20 years.   Travis McMichael, 35, his father, Gregory McMichael, 66, had both been convicted of …

Big Lie, Big Truth: In a blistering speech in which he never mentioned Donald Trump by name, President Joe Biden breeched traditional etiquette and protocol yesterday in a speech denouncing his predecessor,  his propagation of the big lie that the 2020 election …

The Quiet Coup:  One year since the Capitol insurrection, law enforcement is on alert this morning for a repeat of the attempted coup against the government of the United States. It’s a year late. A coup, if there is to be …

Sleeping with Elephants: Armed with messages Sean Hannity sent in the days surrounding the January 6th insurrection, the House committee investigating the riot is seeking to question the Fox News  host.    Hannity acted as a participant in political discussions rather than a journalist covering …

Bad Blood: A jury in San Jose, California yesterday found Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the Theranos blood testing company, guilty of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, each carrying a penalty of up to …

Viral News: While the coronavirus pandemic still rages, some studies have found that the now-dominant Omicron strain is less severe because it doesn’t attack the lungs like previous evolutions, pretty much remaining in the nose, throat, and windpipe. Cases are climbing, but …

She Had it Coming: British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty yesterday of procuring underage girls for the late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein. The 60-year-old Maxwell was found guilty of sex trafficking and four other charges. She faces up to 40 years …

Be Not Proud: As the first anniversary of the January 6th insurrection approaches, a federal judge has ruled that the First Amendment right to free speech does not protect four leaders of the right wing Proud Boys from facing trial for storming the …

Trump to Court: In a case that may set constitutional precedent, Donald Trump appealed to the Supreme Court to block the release of 700 pages of records his presidential records to the House committee investigating the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol.   Trump has …