A Texas teacher and two assistants allegedly isolated a 5-year-old special needs boy for so long that he started eating his own feces after being deprived of food. Melody LaPointe, 47, and teaching assistants Tarah Tinney, 33, and Augusta Costlow, 27, were charged earlier this week with abandoning or endangering …

New York City police arrested a man on Thursday for allegedly attempting to rape a woman last week on a moving subway train in Manhattan.   Chris Tapia, 23, of Staten Island, is charged with attempted rape, sexual abuse, forcible touching, and public lewdness.  The NYPD says a man was …

A Colombian judge known for sharing racy photos on her Instagram page has been suspended for three months after appearing on a virtual Zoom meeting while half-naked and smoking a cigarette in bed.  In a 33-second clip circulating on social media, the 34-year-old judge Vivian Polanía can be seen lounging …

Elon Musk seemed to take a swipe at the Associated Press on Thursday, the latest pushback on news outlets that Musk claims are pushing misinformation. In a pair of tweets, Musk called the news outlet an “expert in misinformation” after it published a report about a poll he conducted earlier …

As the seasons change and Republicans gain the majority in the House of Representatives, it is time to turn a new leaf on presidential personnel, starting with Iran. The Biden administration’s approach to Iran has been flawed from the onset. Not only were they seeking to reenter a nuclear agreement …

For an allegedly dead or dying social media platform, Twitter is doing R.I.P.-roaringly well. CEO Elon Musk might be the liveliest part of that. Owning Twitter hasn’t deadened his online personality one bit. Over the weekend, he bashed the New York Times as “basically just boring af far left brainwashing …

As our economy and our families continue to recover from the shockwaves of a grueling pandemic, more and more Americans have returned to traveling this year. That’s good news: travel is good for our economy as well as our spirits.  But that return hasn’t been without challenges. Airlines struggled to …

Los Angeles Lakers guard Patrick Beverley and Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton got into an altercation during Tuesday night’s game. The heat was turned up at the Footprint Center late in the fourth quarter. With about 3:55 left in the game, Beverley was ejected for shoving Ayton following a foul …

Ryan Leaf may have won every single NFL fan over with his response to an online troll Tuesday. The former No. 2 overall pick of the then-San Diego Chargers went toe-to-toe with a New York Jets fan who tweeted they were in disbelief that their favorite team “picked Mormon Ryan …

It’s the stuff of Thanksgiving Day nightmares: waking up to put the turkey in the oven and realizing that the bird isn’t thawed entirely — or at all.  Along with that nightmare may come the realization that there’s not the three-plus hours needed to roast a turkey the traditional way. …