Author: Henry

The family of a female wrestler in Washington state is suing school districts and education officials over allegations that the teenager was sexually assaulted by a transgender opponent during a December match. Attorneys working on behalf of the girl’s mother, Stephanie Brown, and a Christian non-profit group, the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), filed the lawsuit in US District Court in Tacoma on Tuesday. Neither wrestler is named in the lawsuit, but the ADF has identified Brown’s daughter as Kallie Keeler, who was 15 at the time of the alleged assault. According to the lawsuit, Keeler was unwittingly matched up with a transgender rival at…

Recent thunderstorms haven’t been enough to offset a warm, sunny start to June, and drought is spreading rapidly across Minnesota. Despite some recent hit-and-miss thunderstorms, drought is rapidly expanding. June is a tough time of year to make real progress on dry conditions. The longest days of the year, combined with the strongest sunlight of the year, dry soils quickly on warm, sunny days. Late May into the first third of June has been much warmer than normal with lots of sun and spotty, localized rains. The latest drought monitor shows nearly one-third (32 percent) of Minnesota is now in…

The U.S Department of Health and Human Services confirmed to Scripps News that it is responding to the New World Screwworm outbreak by activating the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emergency response at “level 3,” which is the agency’s “lowest” level. Although the risk for human infections is rare, the CDC documented a human case in 2025 when a traveler returned from a trip to Central America, where the pest is prevalent. New World Screwworm is a devastating parasite that feeds on the live flesh of warm-blooded animals. It spreads when female screwworm flies lay eggs in open wounds.…

A girl has died after overdosing on Benadryl she ordered on DoorDash, as fears rise that a deadly TikTok craze is putting children’s lives at risk. Larayah ‘Rayah’ Taylor, 13, died on May 11 from what her mother Rachel Hall described as an ‘accidental overdose’ of the common allergy medication. The teenager died after consuming the Benadryl at her home in Waterbury, Connecticut, but the exact circumstances are unclear. Hall said Rayah was ‘battling mental illness and substance abuse issues’ for a while before her death, but didn’t take her own life. ‘Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get her proper treatment despite multiple attempts,’ she said.…

Dylan Phelan, 21, handed himself in at a police station in Leeds, where he told officers he had encouraged the suicide of Travis Dyer, who lived in Louisiana, and had been drawn into dark groups on the online messaging platform Discord. A British man has been jailed for more than six years for encouraging a 21-year-old American to take his own life with a shotgun during a video call. Dylan Phelan, also 21, was sentenced to six years and four months in prison at Leeds Crown Court after pleading guilty in March to encouraging the suicide of Travis Dyer in Louisiana on…

Trading in shares of Elon Musk’s rocket ship company SpaceX blasted off on Friday, marking the dramatic debut of the biggest initial public offering in history. Late on Thursday, SpaceX priced 555.6 million shares at $135 each – instantly valuing the company at $1.77 trillion dollars, making more valuable than Musk’s side gig, Tesla – and the seventh most-valuable US public company. With around $75 billion in stock being floated on the Nasdaq today, the debut will create 4,000 new millionaires. A lucky inner circle of around 400 employees stand to earn as much as $100 million each – a…

This is the moment police found a violent thug cowering in a hidden compartment in a loft – after he was given shelter by the property’s occupants. Kurt Horton and Tracey Hoff allowed James Pedley to hide in their loft as police sought him over a vicious assault which saw his victim repeatedly stabbed. Officers were called to Morvern Avenue in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, and found the man in his 40s lying on the floor. He underwent emergency surgery in hospital. Nottinghamshire Police said a trawl of CCTV footage and other inquiries identified 41-year-old Pedley as a suspect, and two days…

Celebrated British artist David Hockney has died aged 88, his publicist has confirmed. Hockney was best known for his important contribution to English pop art – and for his avid passion for smoking – and was one of the country’s most famous modern day artists. The artist, who was honoured by the late Queen Elizabeth II with the Order of Merit in his lifetime, died yesterday at his home.  In a statement released today, publicist Erica Bolton said: ‘The celebrated British artist David Hockney, one of the most important figures in contemporary art in both the 20th and 21st centuries, passed away…

The face of the U.S. men says he’s “just going to try to live in the moment” while trying to lead the team deep in the global soccer tournament. When the U.S. men’s national team opens its World Cup bid on Friday in Los Angeles, all eyes will be on Christian Pulisic. The 27-year-old star is widely considered the most talented American player of his generation and — rightly or wrongly — tasked with delivering the best result in the country’s history this summer on home soil. He says he’s not letting that pressure get to him. “I think no…

The Trump administration said it wanted to drop its criminal fraud charges against Gautam Adani, one of the world’s wealthiest people. A judge hasn’t yet signed off. Democratic senators are questioning why the Justice Department moved to drop fraud charges against billionaire Indian businessman Gautam Adani, a significant reversal in a high-profile case. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut wrote a letter asking acting Attorney General Todd Blanche about the “reportedly ‘transactional nature’” of the decision to forgo the case. Adani, who is estimated to be worth more than $100 billion and was considered the richest person in India, was indicted…