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Christa Pike unconscious, on ventilator after botched execution: Lawyers
Christa Pike has been placed on a ventilator and intubated after surviving a failed execution attempt, according to a court filing from her lawyers. The Tennessee woman, they wrote on Friday, “remains critically ill” a…
Cornell rape case gets special prosecutor. And, Renee Good's family sues the government
Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. A Cornell University sexual assaul…
Asian Games 2026: Taiwan’s gender-row boxer Lin Yu-ting wins gold medal
Taiwan boxer Lin Yu-ting , the Olympic champion who found herself embroiled in a major gender row at Paris 2024, has won gold at the Asian Games. Lin beat China’s Yang Chengyu 5-0 on Friday in the women’s 60kg (132lb) …
Iran called on Iraq to lift remaining flight restrictions caused by US sanctions and fully restore normal air travel between the two countries, even after serv…
South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung has threatened to take unspecified "further action" if Ukraine does not issue a public apology for revealing that two Nor…
United States President Donald Trump has kicked off a 32-day campaign tour ahead of the November midterm elections that could see his Republican Party hurt by …
The interior ministers of European Union countries met in Luxembourg on Thursday to discuss ways to strengthen border controls and curb undocumented migration …
The BBC denied a viral AI-generated video falsely blaming an Indian passenger and pilot for a Flydubai hijacking attempt. This deepfake incident underscores ho…
Vladimir Putin has said Russia will use all weapons at his disposal if it considers its Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad to have come under direct attack. The Ru…
Former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, left, and his attorney Norm Eisen, right, leave D.C. court with a smile in early September after a hearing about the dismi…
Just four years after a landmark peace deal officially halted the devastating Tigray war, fighting has escalated once again in northern Ethiopia in recent week…
Russia will cull or relocate up to 1,000 bears to address 22 human fatalities in 2023. This intervention targets climate-driven habitat loss and aims to balanc…
Explosions were heard overnight in Ethiopia's capital, some in the area of the military headquarters in the west and another in the south of the city, resident…
George Major, known as the Pearly King of Peckham, wears his blinged-out suit in 2024. He died in August at age 88. Tony Kershaw/Getty Images hide caption LON…
