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The Democratic National Committee was thrown into fresh turmoil Thursday after it was forced to release an autopsy report commissioned by Chairman Ken Martin on its failed 2024 presidential campaign.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Rather than quelling speculation about the findings or anger over Martin’s initial claims of confidentiality, the announcement compounded the public relations and management nightmare. After months of refusing to release the autopsy, the DNC said it had learned important lessons from it, but on Thursday, Martin told a different story. In fact, he said the report…

In a heartbreaking victim impact statement, Matthew Perry’s mother Suzanne Morrison accused Perry’s former assistant Kenneth Iwamasa of fueling the addiction that led to Perry’s death in 2023.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.”His primary responsibility was to ensure that Matthew remained drug-free. But instead of protecting Matthew, he aided and abetted illegal drug use, arranging one source and then another,” Prime Minister Scott Morrison wrote. Perry, 54, was found unresponsive in the bathtub of her home and died. It was later determined that he died from an accidental ketamine overdose.In…

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Wednesday will be another sweltering day for people in the mid-Atlantic, with temperatures once again climbing into the mid-90s just before a storm front hits the East Coast.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Residents from Boston to Raleigh are facing high temperatures of 91 to 96 degrees, after some areas recorded May’s highest temperatures the previous day. The National Weather Service announced a record high of 101 degrees in New Jersey on Tuesday.”It is worth noting that New Jersey’s all-time high for May was 102 in Paterson on May 31, 1895,”…

A Tennessee school board member who hugged a teenage girl and called her “hot” during a public meeting last month has been charged with assault, according to court records.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.The assault charge – physical contact stems from an April 2 incident in which Keith Irvin, a student member of the female board, who had just finished asking questions about career and technical education, put his arm around her, hugged her from the side and said, “Oh my god, you’re hot.”No attorney is listed in Washington County…

Tom Kane, who voiced the character in the “Star Wars” series and Professor Utonium on Cartoon Network’s “The Powerpuff Girls,” died Monday from complications from a stroke he suffered in 2020.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.He was 64 years old. Kane, a native of Overland Park, Kansas, died surrounded by his family at a hospital in Kansas City, his attorney Zachary McGinnis said in a statement. McGinnis recalled Cain as “a legendary voice actor whose work shaped the childhoods and imaginations of millions of people around the world.” “From his…

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon’s inspector general announced Monday that he is investigating the U.S. Southern Command for suspected drug smuggling vessels in the military’s anti-drug cartel operation, which some critics say is illegal.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Since the operation began last fall, Southern Command has targeted about 60 small vessels that the military says transport drugs through the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean, destroying 59 and killing 193 people, according to the Pentagon.According to a May 11 letter from the Pentagon’s Office of the Inspector General, the internal watchdog agency…

Two people have been arrested in Japan after breaking into the cage of a monkey named Punch, who is infected with the virus, the zoo said. Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Ichikawa Zoo on the outskirts of Tokyo announced on social media on Sunday that there was an “intruder” in its monkey enclosure. The two were arrested by police. The zoo conducted safety checks on the animals and found “no abnormalities,” but said it would take “countermeasures.” The zoo announced that starting Tuesday, it will expand restricted viewing areas, install…

This incident has also attracted criticism.The Rev. Paul Brandeis Rauschenbusch, CEO of the Interfaith Alliance, argued that it fosters a narrow view of America’s religious identity.”This is an opportunity for America to celebrate the diversity of our religious traditions,” Rauschenbusch told NBC News on Sunday. “Unfortunately, what we’re seeing with Rededicate is an effort to actually betray the traditions that we have and instead say that there’s one tradition that really matters, and that’s what they’re trying to celebrate.”Harmon Barbe and his son drove from Michigan to attend Sunday’s event.Zachary Canepari appears on NBC NewsPresident Donald Trump and his administration…

Former FBI Director James Comey said Sunday he has “full confidence in our judicial system” as he faces an ongoing federal lawsuit over a 2025 Instagram post.Subscribe to read this story without ads Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Comey said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that the judiciary is “a product of the genius of our nation’s founders.””Frankly, this is the only leg of a three-legged stool still standing within the U.S. government, but it stands tall and straight,” he added. “It’s the guardian of the rule of law, and I believe in that.”The former FBI…