The US Department of Justice unsealed a superseding indictment charging Raul Modesto Castro Ruz (94), of Holguin, Cuba; along with five accomplices for their alleged roles in the 24 Feb 1996 shoot down of two unarmed US civilian aircraft operated by Brothers to the Rescue (BTTR), also known as Hermanos al Rescate, over international waters which resulted in the deaths of four US nationals.
Four right-wing anti-Castro terrorists
Boos rang out during the University of Arizona's graduation ceremony on Friday as former Google CEO Eric Schmidt spoke about a topic that is maybe a little sensitive for those about to enter the workforce: AI. While other speakers received cheers and applause, Schmidt's speech about the impact of modern technology on society struck a nerve.
A man has been arrested in Texas accused of intentionally driving his Tesla Cybertruck into a lake to use the vehicle's "wade mode" feature. The Grapevine Police Department said its officers were called to Grapevine Lake in north Texas on Monday to recover the vehicle, which had been abandoned by the driver and passengers after it took on water and became stuck. Read more
Speaks for itself.
In new research published in Nature, Rockefeller University's Laboratory of Neural Systems has found the first evidence of the neural substrates that underlie this process. The team located it in the ventral premotor cortex, a section of the frontal lobe. The region appears to act as a sort of mediator between the prefrontal cortex, where higher-level thinking such as planning occurs, and the motor cortex, which enables movement. Read more
Tennessee officials will pay $835,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who was jailed for more than a month over a Facebook post he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. While many people across the U.S. lost their jobs over social media comments about Kirk's death, Larry Bushart's case stood out as a rare instance in which such online speech led to criminal prosecution. The 61-year-old retired police officer spent 37 days behind bars before authorities dropped the felony charge against him in October. During his time in jail, Bushart lost his postretirement job and missed his wedding anniversary and the birth of his granddaughter, according to a federal lawsuit Bushart filed in December against Perry County, its sheriff and the investigator who obtained the arrest warrant.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded Senate Republicans fire the nonpartisan Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, after she ruled this weekend that Republicans could not include funding for the White House ballroom in an immigration enforcement bill. Trump accused MacDonough of thwarting his agenda and urged Republicans to "get smart and tough," escalating his long-running attacks on procedural hurdles inside Congress. "Shockingly, Republicans have kept the very important position of Parliamentarian' in the hands of a woman, Elizabeth MacDonough, who was appointed, long ago, by Barack Hussein Obama and a vicious Lunatic known as Senator Harry Reid, who ran the Senate for the Dumocrats with an iron fist,'" Trump posted on Truth Social.
New gold coins featuring President Donald Trump's face, issued for the 250th anniversary of United States independence, likely will not be ready until several months afterwards, the U.S. Mint has said in a legal document reviewed by Newsweek. The delay was revealed in response to a lawsuit that had been filed in a bid to block the creation of the coins altogether, which has ultimately proved unsuccessful. The U.S. Mint states in the legal document that production on the coins has not yet begun, as the final design has not been approved. After approval has been issued, the production process will still take several months, and their release will not align with the United States' 250th anniversary of independence on July 4.
Former US congressman Barney Frank who famously took on Wall Street and was one of the first known openly gay representatives died on Tuesday night, US media reports. He was 86. Frank, a Democrat who represented southern Massachusetts in the House of Representatives for over three decades, had been in hospice care at his home in Maine since April.
In the new lawsuit, former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Metropolitan Police Department Officer Daniel Hodges contend that Trump intends to use the massive bankroll to pay people who organized and participated in the riot. The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Washington, argues that the fund violates the 14th Amendment's prohibition on use of federal money to "pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States."
Barney Frank, a former US representative and Democrat of Massachusetts, died on Tuesday night, his family has told NBC10 in Boston. He was 86. "He was, above all else, a wonderful brother. I was lucky to be his sister," Doris Breay, Frank's sister, told the outlet on Wednesday morning. Frank, who represented Massachusetts in the US House from 1981 to 2013, entered hospice care at his home in Maine last month, Politico reported. He had been dealing with congestive heart failure.
The Justice Department is investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) for possible immigration fraud, VPOTUS JD Vance revealed to reporters at the White House. "I don't want to prejudge an investigation," JD Vance bleated to reporters at the White House. "It certainly seems like something fishy is there, but everybody's entitled to equal justice under the laws."
JD Vance Discussed This Several Weeks Ago
Thanks to INTERPOL's Identify Me program, on 12 May 2026 the Hessian State Criminal Police Office in Germany arrested a suspect in a long-running cold case following the identification of a teenage murder victim""Diana S'-- whose body was discovered in the River Main on 31 July 2001, nearly 25 years ago.
EUROPOL has program to help victims as well
Out of spite that the ICC is issuing an international arrest warrant for him, Israeli Cabinet Minister Bezalel Smotrich ordered the demolition of the Khan al-Ahmar Bedouin village east of Jerusalem, which the international community has long sought to protect from callous Israeli destruction.
Bedouin Arabs, like the Druze, have been loyal to Israel since 1948
Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee voted unanimously to block an amendment to a bill that would prevent child sex offenders who were pardoned by Donald Trump from receiving payment from a newly established $1.8 billion slush fund that Trump's personal attorney Todd Blanche agreed to have the government create as part of the settlement involving a member of the Trump led IRS during his first term having leaked part of Trump's tax returns.
We've actually had this item on the "to do" list for a few weeks. If ever there is a day to run it, today's definitely that day.
