Day: February 29, 2024

Former Missouri school principal admits hiring hitman to kill pregnant teacher

5:17 pm February 29, 2024

A former St. Louis middle school principal pleaded guilty to charges in federal court after admitting he hired his friend to kill his pregnant girlfriend in 2016. Federal prosecutors said Cornelius Green, formerly a principal at Carr Lane Visual and Performing Arts Middle School, paid Phillip Cutler $2,500 to murder 30-year-old teacher Jocelyn Peters. Cutler […]

Republican lawmakers demand ‘consequences’ for Austin’s ‘failure of leadership’ during medical scare

5:17 pm February 29, 2024

Republican lawmakers confronted Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday about his “failure of leadership” during his hospitalization. Austin played defense throughout the hearing, contending that there were never any gaps in the command and control chain between President Biden’s administration and the U.S. military. He nevertheless apologized for failing to notify his superiors for multiple […]

GOP senator endorses Trump-backed Ohio Senate candidate to face vulnerable Democrat

5:14 pm February 29, 2024

FIRST ON FOX: A Republican senator added his name Thursday to a growing list of lawmakers supporting former President Donald Trump’s pick for Ohio senator, Republican candidate Bernie Moreno. Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., endorsed Moreno in Ohio’s GOP Senate primary to take on vulnerable Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in November, saying in a statement, “I […]

36 progressive House Dems vote against bipartisan green energy bill

5:10 pm February 29, 2024

Three dozen progressive House Democrats, led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., voted against a bipartisan bill that would streamline the federal permitting process for nuclear energy development. The House passed the so-called Atomic Energy Advancement Act — which was authored by Reps. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., and Diana DeGette, D-Colo. — in a 365-36 vote Wednesday […]

New NTSB report questions driver’s story that steering locked up when he crashed into cyclists in Arizona

5:06 pm February 29, 2024

A newly released report on a fatal crash involving a pickup truck and a group of cyclists last year near Phoenix casts doubt about the driver’s claim that the vehicle’s steering locked up. The National Transportation Safety Board released a report on Wednesday about the Feb. 25, 2023, crash on a Goodyear bridge. Two bicyclists […]