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Federal taxpayers helped build a $2.2 billion solar plant — now electricity customers are on the hook to keep it running.The Ivanpah Solar Power Plant, a sprawling facility near the California-Nevada border built with billions in federal support during the Obama-era economic stimulus program, is stuck in a costly dilemma.Both the Trump and Biden administrations — along with the utility company that buys its power — have sought to shut […]

Dr. Charles Lieber, a former Harvard scientist convicted in 2021 of concealing his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program, has since rebuilt his brain-computer interface lab in Shenzhen, China, according to Reuters.Convicted of six counts related to lying about a contract he held with Wuhan University of Technology, Lieber served two days in prison and six months on house arrest for his crimes.Just over three years after that conviction, Reuters […]

A U.S. congressman on Thursday vowed to get to the bottom of the mystery in the cases of 13 dead or missing scientists that have surfaced over the past few months, as President Donald Trump gave an update on the federal government's investigation."The count is up to 13. Thirteen American scientists tied to nuclear and space research, missing or dead," Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., said on X. "Every adversary on […]

Cameron Scott Jared Mayo, who is facing charges for sodomizing an 8-year-old girl, tried to bribe the girl's mother with a house to drop the charges in January, a Virginia prosecutor alleged.A grand jury indicted Mayo, who was already facing 10 charges, including forcible sodomy, on a fresh count of bribery in February, according to the indictment obtained by Fox News Digital.Mayo allegedly sent text messages to the victim's mother, […]

Five people were killed in an overnight plane crash in Texas, according to authorities. First responders were called to the scene after receiving a report of a crash in the 200 block of Round Rock Road in Wimberley, according to FOX 7 Austin. The aircraft has reportedly been identified as a Cessna 421C that was carrying five passengers when it crashed. All five individuals are confirmed dead, the outlet reported.PLANE CRASHES IN RETIREMENT […]

Twenty-five years after Washington intern Chandra Levy vanished, the high-profile case remains unsolved — and still haunted by questions about whether early missteps allowed a suspected killer to slip away.The case drew national attention in 2001, fueled by intense media coverage and scrutiny of Levy’s relationship with a sitting congressman. The prime suspect, however, turned out to be an illegal immigrant twice convicted of assaults on other women around the […]

The FBI and Secret Service confirmed they are investigating after the owner of a Wisconsin brewery advertised a free beer promotion upon the death of President Donald Trump just after a man was apprehended for allegedly attempting to assassinate the 47th president."The U.S. Secret Service follows up on perceived threats against the President of the United States or any one of our protectees," the agencies said in a joint statement […]

At least eight police officers were injured in a Queens, New York, explosion Thursday after responding to calls that a knife-wielding man was threatening people inside a home.New York Police Department (NYPD) officers responded to calls about a domestic dispute involving a knife-wielding man at a residence in the Ozone Park neighborhood, NYPD Assistant Chief Christopher McIntosh said Thursday morning.NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch later released shocking police body camera […]

It’s not a typo.One Wisconsin county has set one area's speed limit to 17.3 mph in an eye-catching move aimed at jolting drivers into staying alert in a high-traffic work zone.Officials in Outagamie County rolled out the unusual speed limit at the county’s Recycling and Solid Waste center, where a constant flow of trucks, contractors and residents creates a busy and sometimes hazardous environment.County leaders say the oddly specific number […]