NYC high school teacher raped student for years: investigators

Yankees trade disappointing Camilo Doval to Pirates one year after hyped deadline stunner

The Yankees said goodbye to one of their prized trade deadline acquisitions last summer.

Feel-Good Friday: 12-Year-Old Saves a Man From Drowning: 'No Way That I Was Going to Let a Man Die'

"Zero Accountability": Ecuadorian Prosecutor Assassinated While Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes

U.S. boat strikes across the Caribbean and eastern Pacific have killed at least 221 people since September, while the Trump administration has provided no evidence linking the vessels or their passengers to drug trafficking. Ecuadorian prosecutor Alexandra Bravo was fatally shot on June 14 by a hitman in the city of Manta. Bravo had been investigating U.S. strikes on three Ecuadorian boats in which 36 passengers survived, many of them recounting alleged torture by American gunmen in U.S. military uniforms aboard a U.S.-flagged patrol ship. The allegations of U.S. boat strikes and torture Bravo was investigating “are a reflection of the growing U.S.-backed military dictatorship in Ecuador,” says Camila Lourdes Galarza, an investigative journalist and labor organizer based in Quito. Lourdes Galarza says that during Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa’s reelection last year, former Blackwater mercenaries patrolled voting sites at gunpoint. “The Trump administration has deepened U.S. security cooperation with Ecuador as a response to the surge in violence in [Ecuador], particularly to the growth of organized crime groups,” adds Juanita Goebertus, director of the Americas division at Human Rights Watch. “None of the two governments have provided transparency about the nature of their security cooperation.”

House Ethics Committee refuses to say if Max Miller will be investigated for domestic violence allegations

Ex-wife accused congressman of domestic abuse against her and their 2-year-old daughter, filed for restraining orders

Stephen A. Smith apologizes 5 years later for saying vaccine skepticism made player look 'flat-out stupid'

Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith has completely reversed course over comments he made during COVID about vaccine skepticism.In Oct. 2021, the Brooklyn Nets said they were not allowing point guard Kyrie Irving to practice or play basketball with the team until he got the coronavirus vaccine.'I need to do better. I'm not alone, but I'm responsible for me.'Smith was among those who heavily criticized Irving for his vaccine reticence."Kyrie Irving, I happen to believe, is an intelligent brother whose heart is in the right place," Smith said at the time. "But now, you've regressed to an alarming level of self-righteousness. It not only makes you look hypocritical and untrustworthy, it makes you look what I know you are not, which is flat-out stupid."Smith went on to catch the coronavirus despite claiming to have been vaccinated.In a video published Thursday, Smith cited the appearance before Congress of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the architect of the U.S. coronavirus response, to explain his change of heart."There were many people encouraging folks to [get vaccinated] anyway. Kyrie Irving wasn't one of them," Smith said. "In my opinion, particularly hindsight-wise, it didn't make him stubborn or selfish; it made him brave."He went on to apologize to Irving."Kyrie Irving did nobody wrong. We did him wrong. I did him wrong. And for that, I'm sincerely sorry," Smith added. "I just thought it was important to say that. ... I need to do better. I'm not alone, but I'm responsible for me."RELATED: 'Shame on you!' Stephen A. Smith tears into people celebrating the killing of Charlie Kirk He concluded, "I need to do better. And I will."Fauci refused to answer questions from members of Congress and instead over and over again pled the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Religion In America, Part One: The 250 Year Slap Fight

Is NYC’s iconic Verrazzano-Narrows bridge haunted? Inside the creepy urban legend

he Verrazzano-Narrows bridge has become a creepy legend that surfaces now and then to remind motorists of the ghostly sounds, eerie apparitions and creepy happenings on the massive span that connects Staten Island and Brooklyn

Jew-hating Cornell student begging for cash online after parents kick him out of their house

The student who declared he's "not interested in working for a Jew" got tossed from his parents' $1.75 million home -- and is now sniveling online for cash.