The number of people who died in motor vehicle crashes in 2023 decreased by 3.6 percent from the previous year, even as the estimated number of miles traveled increased, according to government data released Monday. An estimated 40,990 people died in traffic-related motor vehicle crashes in 2023 — down from 42,514 in 2022. At the...
President Biden and former President Trump are set for a rematch this November after becoming their party’s presumptive nominees, but they’re also facing a relatively notable third-party challenge from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy, the nephew of former President Kennedy, has been trying to gather signatures to get on the ballot in as many states...
The U.S. was the world’s largest exporter of liquified natural gas (LNG) in 2023, according to federal data released Monday. U.S. exports of the fossil fuel last year surpassed those of major exporters Qatar and Australia, and it amounted to 12 percent more American gas shipped than in 2022, the independent Energy Information Administration said....
A United Airlines flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to San Francisco was diverted Friday after a toilet overflowed into the cabin, the airline confirmed. The Boeing 777 turned back to Frankfurt about two hours into the flight, over the North Sea. The airline attributed the incident in a statement to The Hill to a “maintenance issue...
Authorities say a man was arrested Monday after he attempted to storm the FBI office in Atlanta, ramming his vehicle into the building’s gates. The man, who was not affiliated with the FBI and has not been identified, allegedly drove to the facility tailing an employee, attempting to bypass security gates just after noon Monday....
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) office on Monday condemned former President Trump’s recent attacks against his hush money judge’s daughter, re-upping a demand that the judge expand or clarify Trump’s gag order to protect her. “Defendant's dangerous, violent, and reprehensible rhetoric fundamentally threatens the integrity of these proceedings and is intended to intimidate witnesses and...
A Maryland man said he considers himself "lucky" while reflecting on being one of the last drivers to go across the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore moments before it was struck by a cargo ship and sent crumbling into the Patapsco River. Larry DeSantis was making his daily commute last Tuesday to his second...
Google has agreed to destroy “billions of data records” collected during private browsing sessions to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the tech giant of improperly tracking people who thought they were browsing the internet privately. The company also agreed to rewrite the disclosure that appears at the beginning of every “incognito mode” session to...
The outcome of the war in Ukraine is uncertain, as are the consequences. But if there is one conclusion all Americans can make, it is that the Democrats’ foreign policy establishment cannot be trusted with national security.