Biden hopes to get Putin to negotiating table on Brittney Griner
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Biden hopes to get Putin to negotiating table on Brittney Griner

President Biden said Wednesday he hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin will be open to “talk more seriously” about securing the release of WNBA superstar Brittney Griner — now that the US midterm elections are wrapped up. “My hope is, now that the election is over, that Mr. Putin will be…

Disturbing video captures NYC subway passengers brawling
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Disturbing video captures NYC subway passengers brawling

Disturbing video has emerged of two subway passengers punching and kicking each other — as other straphangers watch the brawl from a distance. “Just another day in New York City!” Twitter account NY Actions captioned the violent footage, which has received almost 20,000 views. “Apparently the guy’s bike knocked into…

Raphael Warnock, Hershel Walker heads to likely runoff in Georgia Senate race
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Raphael Warnock, Hershel Walker heads to likely runoff in Georgia Senate race

Herschel Walker says he’s still racing at full speed. “I’m like Ricky Bobby – I don’t come to lose,” he said, referencing the 2006 Will Ferrell comedy movie “Talladega Nights” at his suburban Atlanta watch party. The former football hero pulled a line from a famous movie in another sport…

Whoopi Goldberg Begs Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sunny Hostin to “Tone it Down” on ‘The View’ During Tense Argument
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Whoopi Goldberg Begs Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sunny Hostin to “Tone it Down” on ‘The View’ During Tense Argument

It’s election day, and tensions are high on The View. With all of us bracing for one of the most consequential midterms in years, the co-hosts are feeling the heat too, and the stress bubbled over in the form of a tense fight between Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farah Griffin on today’s…

St. Louis man Waiel Yaghnam sentenced for Sweetie Pie’s murder plot, killing Andre Montgomery
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St. Louis man Waiel Yaghnam sentenced for Sweetie Pie’s murder plot, killing Andre Montgomery

ST. LOUIS — A former St. Louis insurance agent was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for helping a one-time reality TV star fraudulently obtain life insurance on a relative later shot to death in a murder-for-hire conspiracy. Waiel Rebhi Yaghnam, 44, pleaded guilty to federal charges in July,…

FBI warns criminals using low-profile rideshares to abduct kids in alarming ‘trend’
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FBI warns criminals using low-profile rideshares to abduct kids in alarming ‘trend’

Criminals are carrying out a disturbing trend where they are using ride-sharing vehicles to abduct minors, according to one of the nation’s top law enforcement agencies.  “It’s affected my school life, my friends, my family,” one 15-year-old girl who was a victim of an attempted abduction said in 2019, according to…

Missile tests were South Korea, US attack practice
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Missile tests were South Korea, US attack practice

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s military said Monday its recent barrage of missile tests were practices to attack its rivals’ air bases and warplanes and paralyze their operation command systems, showing Pyongyang’s resolve to counter provocative US-South Korean military drills “more thoroughly and mercilessly.” North Korea fired dozens of missiles and…

Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor reveals stage 4 cancer diagnosis in band’s Rock and Roll HOF speech
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Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor reveals stage 4 cancer diagnosis in band’s Rock and Roll HOF speech

Founding Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor is suffering from stage 4 prostate cancer, his bandmates revealed during their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction speech on Saturday night Taylor, 61, was unable to attend the band’s induction ceremony on Saturday night but frontman Simon Le Bon read a letter…