Day: April 15, 2025

No ‘Real ID’ appointments open in New Jersey as residents sound off: ‘Get with the times, NJ’

1:30 pm April 15, 2025

With the deadline for Real IDs fast approaching, many Americans are struggling to book appointments to obtain the new documentation — especially in the state of New Jersey. Beginning May 7, air travelers at domestic airports and people entering some federal buildings must have what’s known as a Real ID. On Monday in the Garden […]

American pastor’s kidnapping in South Africa fueled by soaring armed robbery incidents in recent years

1:30 pm April 15, 2025

The kidnapping of a Tennessee pastor working in South Africa comes amid a soaring kidnapping rate in the country over the last 10 years, fueled by armed robberies. Josh Sullivan, a 34-year-old Fellowship Baptist Church pastor and missionary working in Motherwell, was allegedly kidnapped by several armed, masked men who broke into his church in […]

National Guard deployed to blue city overrun with juvenile crime, fentanyl is ‘not enough,’ state GOP says

1:30 pm April 15, 2025

After Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced she’s sending the National Guard to Albuquerque to address a spike in juvenile crime and fentanyl, the state’s GOP said the move isn’t enough. Grisham signed an executive order on April 8 that authorized the deployment of the 60-70 New Mexico National Guard personnel to Albuquerque by mid-May, […]

Karen Read’s true-crime documentaries may impact second trial: court docs

1:30 pm April 15, 2025

Karen Read’s out-of-court statements, including in popular true-crime TV programs, will play a key role in her second murder trial in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, according to new court filings. Read is accused of backing her Lexus SUV into O’Keefe just after midnight on Jan. 29, 2022, then leaving […]

Josh Shapiro barely escapes assassination; why Trump should call him

12:30 pm April 15, 2025

Political violence is spiraling out of control. I don’t care which party you identify with. I don’t care if you like or dislike Donald Trump. This has been building for years, and perhaps we’ve become as inured to it as we have with most mass shootings. The most prominent example, of course, is the two […]